Under the favorable influence, the merchants in Jubaolou began to make preparations. At the same time, they asked trustworthy people to go to Lianzhou. In the future, Lianzhou will definitely be the gateway for the entire Ming Dynasty. Whoever seizes the opportunity there will surely be rewarded.
Extremely rich.
The news spread to all parts of the world, and tens of thousands of merchants set off with tens of millions of servants, pouring into Lianzhou from all directions, bringing trillions of dollars with them.
With the development of Jubao Bank, merchants flocked to invest, so they naturally had to exchange cash for banknotes to make them easier to carry. Banks everywhere were overcrowded, and the number of banknotes issued in one day was actually more than those issued in a month.
On the other hand, various cities have also begun to recruit craftsmen and laborers. Labor has suddenly become very popular. Almost all workshops have begun to increase their scale. After all, the prices of goods are increasing everywhere, supply exceeds demand, and the scale is expanding more and more.
The bigger the income, the more objective the income will be. Therefore, recruiting craftsmen on a large scale and purchasing machinery for various workshops have become popular.
Many big businessmen went directly to Lianzhou to build shipyards. Once the sea opened, the supply of cargo ships would inevitably exceed demand. The business of the shipyards was profitable. There were many merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, and their ancestors had a lot of craftsmanship in building cargo ships. At this time
After rummaging around to find some blueprints and techniques for building cargo ships, they suddenly became very popular.
At the same time, Jubao Trading Co., Ltd. began to officially list its shares. Across the street from Jubao Building, it began to recruit shareholders. The threshold here had long been crossed. At first, the merchants still had room for business, but when Lianzhou really opened the sea
, they knew that Jubao Trading Company was a profitable business. In just a few days, Jubao Trading Company raised 7 million taels of silver, and its speed of attracting money was unexpected.
On the one hand, it is because Jubao Trading Company is guaranteed by Jubao Tower, so there is no need to worry about its reputation. On the other hand, this matter is led by Lianzhou Marquis. Although Lianzhou Hou is notorious in the officialdom, his reputation in the business world is at the peak, and he holds Jubao Tower.
Repaying his studies with others has been so popular that many businessmen even hailed Liu Chengfeng as the God of Wealth. Anything Liu Chengfeng can do will definitely be profitable.
The seven million taels of silver did not exceed Liu Chengfeng's expectation. Two and a half million of the seven million taels of silver were used to build roads. Of course, the roads were not built in vain. When the time came, these would naturally be used to pay for the tolls.
After the money is collected, business is business, and the trading company must not lose money. With the remaining silver, it can start building ships, recruiting people, and hoarding a batch of goods. The trading company itself can even open some workshops.
But this is all a long-term matter. In the short term, Liu Chengfeng plans to start smelting iron and forging weapons in the name of a trading company in Lianzhou. Although the imperial court specializes in salt and iron, Lianzhou will not be affected. After all, that place is
As long as the palace trusts you in your fiefdom, you don't have to worry about any problems in smelting iron. What's more, the royal family already accounts for 50% of this business. It is equivalent to making money for His Royal Highness. Even if the palace does not support it, at least it will not object.
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Lianzhou is already mountainous and rich in iron ore, and after occupying the five Annan counties, these five Annan counties also have a large amount of iron ore, so the raw materials are temporarily sufficient. After Liu Chengfeng organized the Jubao Trading Company, he immediately sent people to raise funds to open the mine.
, the matter of establishing an ironworks workshop, and began to forge weapons in large quantities.
These weapons are not used by Liu Chengfeng himself, but are used to earn the first pot of gold for Jubao Trading Company. Now the Annan Kingdom and the Nanzhang Kingdom are at war. The two sides are fighting extremely fiercely. The weapons of the Ming Dynasty have always been better than those of the Annan Kingdom.
The Nanzhang Kingdom is much smarter, everyone is jealous, of course less
There is no need to buy these weapons on a large scale. In fact, before the iron workshop was ready to be built, the Annan Kingdom heard the news and immediately came to contact Lianzhou and asked to buy a batch of swords, guns, and arrows.
The price offered was too high, which discouraged Annanguo.
It was too expensive, and the Annan Kingdom was in decline and was being suppressed by the Nanzhang Kingdom. The treasury was already empty. It would have been easy to spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but the price offered by Jubao Trading Company was sky-high.
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The reason why he dared to ask for sky-high prices was because Jubao Trading Company not only sold swords and guns, but also blunderbuss and artillery. These weapons were tacitly approved by the palace. For Zhu Youtang, as long as the trading company could earn him money, he could not do anything else.
They are all small sections. If it is in the south,
A battlefield of the scale of Western countries uses weapons such as artillery and muskets, which has a great impact on the battle situation. Although these things do not seem to be very useful on the battlefield in Liaodong, this is because most of the battles in Liaodong are horse armies.
Quick maneuvering makes
Guns and artillery can only be used for city defense. Unlike places like Annan, which are mountainous and forested, the horse army is of little use. Therefore, infantry warfare has become the mainstream, and in infantry battles, artillery and gunpowder are more powerful.
It’s amazing. This is true in Southeast Asian countries.
We have known this for a long time. This is attributed to Mu Ying during the reign of Taizu. At that time, Mu Ying led troops into Yunnan. The local indigenous people were dissatisfied and gathered a large army to resist. Not only were they large in number, they also dispatched troops that made the entire Nanyang look down upon them.
Military horses - elephant soldiers.
Hundreds of elephant soldiers acted as the vanguard, followed by hundreds of infantry. At that time, this battle had a great impact on the entire Nanyang Kingdom. I thought that with these hundreds of elephant soldiers, the Ming army was bound to be defeated. Who knew that Mu Ying used a magical machine?
The army was divided into three sections, holding fire cannons. They launched an attack on the incoming natives. The natives were immediately defeated. The arrogant elephant soldiers did not even touch the edge of the Ming army, and the whole army retreated.
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This battle laid the foundation for the Mu family in Yunnan. In the following hundreds of years, the Ming army in Yunnan used firearms to suppress the local indigenous people many times, with remarkable results. The entire Southeast Asia also had a strong response to the Ming army's firecrackers and artillery.
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Because of this, although Jubao Trading Company offered a sky-high price, it promised to add ten artillery pieces, five hundred fire blunderbuss, plus tens of thousands of refined swords, guns, swords, halberds, arrows and other goods to this batch of weapons. The asking price was silver.
Five hundred thousand taels made Annan people's hearts flutter.
The Annan Kingdom has been on the verge of collapse since it was raided once by Liu Chengfeng, and then the Nanzhang Kingdom took the opportunity to launch a massive attack from the west. The Nanzhang Kingdom burned, killed, looted, and occupied more than a dozen counties.
There is a trend of troops coming to Tokyo and destroying the Yue Kingdom.
In this case, if we can get this batch of weapons from Jubao Trading Company, it will be extremely beneficial to Dai Viet Country's current situation. Although Jubao Trading Company asked for a high price, they quickly negotiated terms with them. As long as Dai Viet Country is willing to use mines and passes,
Taxes can be used as collateral to allow Dai Viet to pay in installments.
Pay the cost of purchasing weapons. If the Yue people violate the agreement, then these mines and passes will all belong to Jubao Trading Company. The Annan people are now in a hurry to seek medical treatment, and even the country is about to perish. At this time, they seem to not care about so much.
He immediately agreed to the conditions of Jubao Trading Company and signed a series of agreements.
The first business of Jubao Trading Company has been completed. All that needs to be done now is to immediately start smelting iron, mining, casting and delivering the goods as scheduled.
Jubao Trading Company has now elected a shopkeeper. Liu Chengfeng will no longer ask about the details. Since the last court meeting, Liu Chengfeng has been waiting at home. It is not convenient for the emperor to summon him now. Liu Chengfeng guessed that
In a few days, the formal summons will be held.
He has put aside business matters. Although he successfully opened the sea this time, he offended many officials. For Liu Chengfeng, the future life will probably not be easy.
However, the benefits Liu Chengfeng gained were also huge. On the one hand, the establishment of Jubao Trading Company completely tied the palace's interests to Liu Chengfeng. In the long run, Jubao Trading Company will definitely become the most famous trading company in the world. Secondly,
Lianzhou opens up the sea, the only one in the world
In the future, all goods coming in and out will inevitably pass through Lianzhou. This means that sooner or later, Lianzhou will become one of the largest ports in the world like Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty. Lianzhou is Liu Chengfeng's fiefdom, and Liu Chengfeng sits on the land.
Collecting money will benefit your children and grandchildren immensely.
Not to mention anything else, the current population of Lianzhou Prefecture is only 500,000 in ten counties. This also includes many Yue people without household registration. However, after the opening of the sea, the population flowing into Lianzhou will sooner or later increase to hundreds.
Ten thousand, three million, or even five million.
Lianzhou's status is like Hong Kong in later generations, and the benefits can be imagined.
At the beginning of August, the palace finally issued a decree, asking Liu Chengfeng to enter the palace immediately to see him without any mistake.
Liu Chengfeng had been waiting for this day. After sitting at home for so long with nothing to do, he was really bored. When the emperor summoned him, it should be about an appointment. It was better to have something to do than nothing to do. Liu Chengfeng
Wearing brand new clothes
, immediately entered the palace from the Meridian Gate, and when they arrived at the Meridian Gate, they happened to see two brothers from the Zhang family coming out of the doorway. They must have just received an errand to supervise the construction of the road, so their faces were all red.
Don't look at the two of them
They look like they are doing nothing, but with the status of this maternal relative, although they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, they also want to do something to show their brother-in-law and sister. Now it is not easy for the emperor to take a liking to them, and he has put this most important person in the world to the test.
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The important project was handed over to them, and they also knew the reason. It was recommended by Liu Chengfeng, so when they saw Liu Chengfeng, their eyes couldn't help but brighten up, and they all came up to greet Liu Chengfeng with laughter and bowed to Liu Chengfeng.
Said: "Hello, Brother Liu."
Liu Chengfeng could only stop and chat with them, but since they were all acquaintances, Liu Chengfeng would not be too polite. After he had finished speaking, he left and said, "Your Majesty has summoned Mr. Liu. Let's go to the palace first. When the time comes,
Let’s make a date to go out for a drink and talk.”
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