Dominate the Country

The breeze caresses my face, and the sun rises in the east. The winter sunshine fills the earth, making people feel warm all over.

A carriage with a gorgeous exterior was approaching in the wind, its wheels passing on the flat concrete road, followed closely by eight bodyguards on horseback.

The waists of these eight people were all bulging, and they were obviously carrying muskets. Moreover, their backs were straight and their eyes were scanning the surroundings like hawks. They gave people the feeling of being soldiers, even though they were not wearing military uniforms.

There is also a gold-inlaid flagpole more than a foot long stuck in the front of the carriage, with a red Suzaku flag on top. This sign simply and straightforwardly indicates the identity of the passenger in the car: he is a member of the royal family of Cai Guo. people.

The Kingdom of Cai was the feudal kingdom of Chen Ming's eldest brother, King Cai Chen. It was located on the Xiajiazhou Peninsula. There is also an enclave in Colombia. The latter was selected by Chen Ming not long ago, because the situation in the Xiajiazhou Peninsula was really unsatisfactory. Chen Ming cried out for poverty several times, so Chen Ming let him have his way. The other brothers each gained a small enclave even though the original territory could not be expanded, and those who could continue to expand their territory would have more peace of mind.

Chen Ming didn't want to be rumored to have treated his brothers badly when he got old. Anyway, the territory these brothers have increased is far behind compared to the vast Middle East and North America. To be clear, the Lighthouse Country still exists until now.

The owner of this carriage is a direct descendant of the Cai royal family, otherwise it would not be a gold-encrusted flagpole. You must know that Chen Han had regulations on etiquette in this regard. There are strict regulations on copper poles, silver poles, gold-inlaid flagpoles, gold poles, gold-inlaid jade poles, and jade poles.

The emperor has a jade pole, the prince has a jade pole inlaid with gold, the kings have a gold pole, and the princes, princes and princes and princes have a gold flagpole.

In other words, the person inside this carriage is the son of the current King Cai and the nephew of Chen Ming.

The man sitting in this carriage is named Chen Hong, the third son of King Cai Chen Si. However, he has not left the country much since he went to college. He majored in economics, and his greatest wish in life was not to be a king or a general, but to become a rich man. I dare not say that he was the richest man in China, but he also wanted to be the richest man in Cai State. At least that's what he said openly.

He is now a member of the Chen-Han Federation of Industry and Commerce and a member of the Shanghai Consultative Bureau. He has been seeking to become a member of the Political Council.

Although in the unspoken rules, non-locals are the most qualified to be members of the Consultative Council, and it is impossible to become members of the Political Council. The number of members of the Zizhengyuan in each provincial capital is limited, and the number is very small. How can outsiders be allowed to get there?

However, as a player in the game, Chen Hong sneered at this unspoken rule. Although this unspoken rule is common in the north, south, east and west of the country, is there such a provision in law?

And as long as there are no clear provisions in the law, some hidden rules are of no use to a person like Chen Hong who has a tough background and is harder than iron.

Now Chen Hong is living a very comfortable life.

After gathering his thoughts, Chen Hong noticed that the carriage had slowed down. He looked forward and saw that the parking lot next to the scheduled venue was already dark. They were carriages of Shanghai businessmen who had arrived earlier than him, as well as their accompanying horses. wait. When the security guard at the entrance of the parking lot saw the gold-inlaid flagpole in front of the approaching luxury carriage, he subconsciously stood up straight.

Speaking of which, Chen Hong might not always ride in this carriage with a gold flagpole when he went out. He would only ride in one when meeting important guests or attending important gatherings.

Chen Hong came out today because he had an important ceremony to attend. Chen Hong wanted to attend the opening ceremony of a securities trading company. Securities trading companies have not been uncommon in Shanghai for twenty years, but now this company has a profound background, and Chen Hong and many leading figures in Shanghai's business and political circles are expected to attend.

Shanghai is a local financial center recognized by successive cabinets and one of the world's financial centers. London in the West, Shanghai in the East.

Guangzhou is like Paris. No one will deny their strength, but financially they are obviously weaker than Shanghai and London. There is no doubt that Shanghai is China's No. 1 in terms of finance.

Chen Hong invested in a copper mine in Luzon last year. Copper ingots have always been an urgently needed material in China. As long as copper mines worth smelting can be dug out, making money is a matter of course. But this also requires gambling, because today's science and technology are limited, and there are considerable risks in exploring reserves. Investing in minerals is equivalent to a gamble.

Moreover, if you invest in a copper mine and do not build a copper smelting plant, it will be a huge waste. It is true that Chen Hong has money in his hands, but a copper mining company also needs to be equipped with ore selection sites, coal preparation sites, and ship transportation. Wait, if you don’t form a chain model, you can’t maximize your benefits.

The investment would be too huge, and even if Chen Hong had money, it would be impossible to use it all to gamble this time. Although these investments can be put in place bit by bit, if Chen Hong is more meticulous, it is not that he cannot support this stall. But gambling is risky. A successful businessman always wants to avoid risks as much as possible, so he needs to raise stocks.

Chen Hong has a good relationship with the backend boss of this securities trading company. If possible, he hopes that his copper mining company can be matched by this securities trading company.

Chen Hong was really attracted by the rising copper prices in recent years. Although he knew that the reason for the rising copper prices was the war, and Chen Han could not keep fighting, which meant that the prospects of the copper industry were very vague. But Chen Hong firmly believed that even if there was no war, the price of copper would not be much lower.

Don't ask him why he was so determined, he would not tell outsiders. The real good news only needs to be in mind. Telling outsiders would leak state secrets. The news of breech-loading guns and copper shell bullets is Chen Ming's highest-level secret.

If Chen Hong told outsiders, he would go to jail.

Chen Han invented the breech-loading gun early, but due to the limitation of metallurgical technology, the toughness of the needles and springs produced was not up to standard, so that they could never leave the test field and go to the battlefield.

But decades of time, Chen Han's researchers have not been in vain. After repeated failures and explorations, they finally produced qualified steel, qualified needles and springs, and naturally, the needle-type breech-loading gun was officially finalized.

The bullets needed for breech-loading guns are no longer lead bullets like muzzle-loading guns, but copper-shell bullets. With the primer and detonator, the effects that can be played - shooting speed and shooting accuracy have been qualitatively improved.

There are many business opportunities in this. Chen Hong weighed his own weight. He would not touch the industry that was too hot, and went to Luzon to fish for copper.

Chen Han already has good quality steel, but steel has a smaller expansion coefficient than copper and poor ductility. After shooting, the propellant explodes and generates a force on the shell. The eggshell needs to cooperate with the gun barrel to limit this force and concentrate it in the barrel. If it cannot be limited, it will explode.

Because of the force during the explosion, the shell expands and deforms, and the copper shell can be smoothly pulled out of the gun barrel because of its soft material, while the iron shell has poor ductility and will stick tightly to the gun barrel, which is prone to poor shell extraction and even damage to the bottom edge of the shell. Therefore, in order to ensure that the shell can be pulled out smoothly, copper is a must in war.

In the previous life, the rabbit was limited by the limited domestic copper reserves, and the copper production figures were also not enough. In addition, the military expenditure was tight, so the rabbit army could only use steel shells. Therefore, the cone of the rabbit shells is much larger than that of the copper shells, so that the shells can be extracted with very little force. In addition, the rabbit also needs to use a layer of metal paint on the outside of the steel shell to prevent moisture and rust...

But now Chen Han does not need to be as miserable as the rabbit. Luzon is famous for its many copper mines, and now Luzon belongs to China. Of course, he will not think about studying steel shells.

Copper is a very good self-lubricating material. Even if it is not used as a bullet shell, it has other uses. Chen Hong's gamble this time is not the future price of copper materials, but the reserves of the copper mine he bought.

Chen Hong just got the report of the first three months of the copper mine a few days ago. The market is very good. This report has more or less given Chen Hong confidence.

The copper smelting plant has entered the later stage of construction, and there is also the establishment of coal reserves and transportation departments. These are all undertaken by Chen Hong alone. He is under a lot of pressure now. He was determined to cash out the shares of the copper mining company to solve his own financial pressure.

Previously, Chen Hong also leaked the news that he was going to cash out the shares of the copper mining company. Unfortunately, his copper mining company entered the industry too late. If it had been two years earlier, it would have really made a fortune. But now, few people think that the war will continue for another three or two years.

Chen Hong's copper mining company will wait until a series of supporting facilities are fully prepared, and it will be almost the New Year next year. How many good days can there be? It is better to directly invest in an old copper industry company than to invest in such a new copper mining company that integrates ore smelting.

The friends that Chen Hong contacts on a daily basis are all of high level. There is no need to accompany Ben to curry favor with him, so he didn't sell a penny after going around in circles. But the securities trading company is different. The latter can contact objects that are hundreds or thousands of times the number of friends in Chen Hong's circle, and the levels are different. It can even be said that 99.9% of the people are not higher than Chen Hong's circle. There are some smart people in it who want to curry favor with Hong.

Chen Hong will not talk about levels this time. He is now money first. No matter which province the businessman is from, no matter what he did before, as long as he is willing to pay money, he can become a shareholder of his copper mining company and enjoy real shareholder rights.

You know, many people only pay money to get dividends in order to curry favor with the people above, and they can't touch the power of the company at all. Even when the dividends are not right, they don't say a word.

Chen Hong can be said to be a little anxious this time.

But he also has his own calculations in his mind. According to estimates, if the share expansion is completed, the copper mining company can bring him at least 2 million in cash, which is still a conservative estimate. If the operation is good, 3 million in cash will not be a problem. And this 3 million in cash can solve his urgent needs.

Of course, this cannot be said that Chen Hong is cheating people. He just wants to sell the company in his hands at a good price.

After all, a new era is coming. His kinship with the royal family has been further distanced, and the privileged aura on him has also weakened.

Before, he could still be said to be the emperor's nephew, but now? The emperor's cousin?

As the saying goes, a cousin is a thousand miles away. With the word "cousin" in between, he is not too close. Especially in the royal family, and it is unlikely that he will inherit his father's throne, so his importance is even less.

Chen Hong needs to think about his future. Maybe one day, he will have nothing left except money and his identity.

After all, he is not yet 30 years old this year, and the new emperor will be almost 50 years old soon, and his son is older than Chen Hong. It is obvious who will die first, and when the son of the new emperor succeeds to the throne, he, the cousin/uncle, will be nothing.

Chen Hong has never felt that the current emperor and his father have a deep brotherly love. The difference between the two is so big, they are the age of father and son, and they are from the same mother and born in the royal family. What brotherly love do they have?

Chen Hong is calculating the arrival of the New Year and his future. He plans to rush to Nanjing immediately after cashing in his shares. It is not yet the twelfth lunar month, and he still has time.

In fact, there are many children of the royal family of the vassal state who work hard in their hometown like Chen Hong. After all, as an oriental monarch, unless he is physically disabled, or has a hidden illness, or wants to play a role, it is impossible for him to have only one or two children.

The best example is Liu Lao San. Before Liu Bang became king and emperor, he had only three children, the eldest son Liu Fei, the second son Liu Ying, and an eldest daughter Princess Lu Yuan whose name was not left. There is no more offspring than in the 21st century, after all, Liu Fei was not born by Lu Zhi. But what about after he became the King of Han?

Liu Ruyi, Liu Heng, Liu Hui, Liu You, Liu Chang, Liu Jian, the children came out in a rush.

The same is true for Li Yuan.

This man is in good health, as long as he has more wives, there will always be deaths.

Chen Hong's father has more than ten children, and he is not a political talent or a military genius. It doesn't matter if Cai State has one more or one less. Chen Hong came to China to eat and drink, and his father had no objection. And there are many such Chen clan members.

These people are good and bad. Chen Hong is already good, at least he has made a good business. Some people who are not so good can't even get into the delegation of the vassal state. Chen Hong can get in. He is one of the members of the delegation of Cai State, and he is also a deputy envoy. But no matter how good or bad they are, they must rush to Nanjing before the New Year.

"Bang bang bang..."

Outside the venue, the sound of firecrackers rang out.

Chen Hong also returned to his seat and stopped greeting people. The opening ceremony of this securities trading company is about to begin. Although the big boss behind the scenes did not come out in person, this is not the place for Chen Hong to steal the show.

When the general manager of the company was speaking, Chen Ming looked around and had a general understanding of the number and weight of the guests present today. There are really a lot of people. Many people who had no close relationship with the boss behind the scenes before, or had a weak relationship with him, have come in person.

Chen Hong tasted it in his heart, but he didn't feel jealous. After all, this is a securities trading company. Shanghai is now China's financial center. It is normal for a securities trading company to go bankrupt in such a place, but it is also normal to make money.

In Shanghai, securities trading companies go bankrupt every month, and new securities companies open every month. There is no way, people's eyes are on profits. Although the risks of securities trading companies are big enough, they are really profitable.