Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 582
All prosperity in the world comes from profit.

It is impossible for a person to live in a vacuum in the world. Under the sophistication of the world, what is hidden is the interweaving of various interests. After all, status and power will all derive interests.

Chengguo government office.

"I understand the matter of United Maritime Trade, and it is a lucrative business."

Xu Yunzhen couldn't hide his excitement, held a teacup in his hand, looked at Zhu Chunchen and the others, and said, "The group of civil servants before all clamored that there should be no maritime trade, and that they should not violate the country's principle of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Is this really the case?

The Huangming Maritime Trade Association, where we are located, has the latest financial report summary, have you read it?
At present, there is no large-scale organization to go to sea, just relying on the purchase of tea, silk, porcelain, etc. from the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, transporting them to Tianjin through the canal, and signing contracts with maritime merchants from European countries to earn that as much silver.

If this bypasses the maritime merchants of these European countries and directly transports the entire ship to the Southeast Asian countries, or even to Tianzhu and other places, how much money can it earn? ! "

Zhu Chunchen and other relatives all showed different expressions when they heard Xu Yunzhen's words. Obviously, they all had their own ideas and calculations about the United Maritime Trade.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the group of honored relatives in Beijing and proposed the joint maritime trade. In the form of raising funds and taking shares, he raised the first batch of silver from the hands of honored relatives such as Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen, and double squeezed the money through the new money making method. The wealth of these relatives.

However, regarding the opening of the sea and trade, for these relatives, in just a few months, they have seen how much net profit the Huangming Maritime Trade Association has earned.

"Mr. Dingguo is right. The main problem now is that the Huangming Maritime Trade Association owns too small a fleet of ships. Otherwise, it would have organized foreign maritime trade long ago."

"This is really eye-catching. The money is clearly in front of you, but you have to go through those greedy Western barbarians to exploit a part of us in order to earn the money."

"Aren't there many shipyards planned to be built in coastal areas such as Tianjin and Denglai? Why do we have to wait and see even if we place an order?"

"Now all the ports in Liaodong are also under construction. I heard that the officials in these ports are all approved by His Majesty to take office. I think they are planning to build a lot of shipyards."

"No, why do we have to wait for the local shipyard? Didn't His Majesty say that we are allowed to build a corresponding shipyard under the name of the Huangming Maritime Trade Association?"

When Emperor Chongzhen proposed a joint maritime trade, the share of the key fundraising was still so huge. This made Zhu Chunchen, Xu Yunzhen and his relatives in Beijing inevitably feel a little worried, for fear that the first batch of money they invested might be stolen. The emperor was taken by force.

Another one of them was also a little worried. They took out too much money, which made the emperor jealous and wondered where the money in their names came from.

It's just that with the passage of time, although the invested silver was actually converted into new money, in just a few months, a lot of silver was earned through trade in Tianjin and Hong Kong.

This quietly caused corresponding changes in the minds of the Xun Qi group in the capital.

Greed is always inexhaustible.

"Everyone, be quiet."

The silent Zhu Chunchen, after making eye contact with Xu Yunzhen, stretched out his hand and said: "At this stage, the Huangming Maritime Trade Association can earn corresponding money through overseas maritime trade, this is beyond doubt.

However, due to the small size of the ships under his command, we can only watch passively. I feel that this situation must be changed. "

When Xu Yunzhen and Gu Zhaoji heard the words, they all nodded in approval.

"Actually, we all know His Majesty's attitude in the past few months. It is hoped that the Emperor Ming Maritime Trade Association will gradually develop and grow."

Zhu Chunchen continued: "After all, the internal funds account for 3000 million taels of silver, even if His Majesty did not pay 1 tael of silver.

However, having His Majesty backing us up will save us a lot of trouble and incidents.

Since the matter of foreign sea trade can be continued, why don't we add money in advance?There's no need to wait until the half-year period is up before adding a second sum of money, right? "

Xu Yunzhen nodded in approval and said: "Mr. Cheng is right, the reason why we wanted to increase the money in batches at the beginning was not because we were worried that this matter would not be done?

In this way, our losses can be minimized.

But the crux of the problem now is that the United Maritime Trade business can not only succeed, but also earn a lot of net profit.

The most important thing is His Majesty's attitude. He recruited corresponding talents from various places and quickly prepared to establish the Huangming Maritime Trade Association. From this, it can be seen that even if the follow-up civil servants object, His Majesty will come forward to solve it. "

Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen explained their thoughts one after another, so that Gu Zhaoji and other relatives who were invited to come over knew what was going on. This was to add money in advance.

But they have no objection to this.

After all, whether they can earn money or not, they really see it.

It is absolutely impossible to falsify the regular financial reports issued by the Huangming Maritime Trade Association, and the disciples they send are also involved in the accounting process.

"If you don't object, I think the second batch of additional silver should be set at 1000 million taels, so that Huangming Maritime Trade Association can build a shipyard by itself."

Zhu Chunchen saw that everyone was discussing, and said: "I have done a calculation, we all add up, and the total amount to be added is 530 million taels, and the remaining silver is what the British Lord wants to add.

As long as we add it and submit a report to His Majesty, the British public must add it, otherwise we will take their share.

Only in this way can the shipbuilding industry be prepared faster, and the fleet under the name of Huangming Maritime Trade Association can be established as soon as possible. Then the fleet can be organized as soon as possible, and the fleet can be dispatched to the Nanyang countries to earn more money. . "

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

Xu Yunzhen, Gu Zhaoji and other relatives, after hearing what Zhu Chunchen said, they all spoke in agreement.

Under the conscious differentiation of Emperor Chongzhen, these groups of relatives in Beijing were inevitably divided into two factions. One was headed by Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen, and the other was headed by Zhang Zhiji and Liu Wenbing. There was no apparent conflict between them. However, there are still many contradictions behind the scenes.

After all, people like Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen at this stage have become veritable empty boxes without any real power in their hands, unlike Zhang Zhiji and Liu Wenbing, who are relied on and trusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

After all, some of the group of relatives in Beijing will be gradually eliminated, and these deep-seated thoughts are unknown to Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen.

At present, they are blinded by their interests, and gradually jump into the trap set up by Emperor Chongzhen to contribute to the continued development of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)