I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Jinling Chamber of Commerce, many businessmen gathered together, and the discussion was naturally about the train.

"Everyone has seen that train. It is said that I have received news that the performance of this train can continue to improve. I think everyone should be clear about what this means."

Sun Daoming said.

Trains have a huge impact on businessmen and business models.

Everyone knows this in their hearts, so they really want to take the lead in this change.

Among them, the most important thing is to be able to hold the railway in your own hands.

In this way, your own goods will be cheaper than others' goods, and the competitiveness will be stronger.

Armed with power in rail transportation, they can do so much that they can even crush their competitors to bankruptcy.

"However, now the imperial court wants to control the railway, and we can't interfere."

Cui Mingchong said.

The latest treasury bond issuance plan has been set, much worse than they expected.

There is only one priority for the transportation of goods, and there is not even a preferential price.

"However, the money is in our hands. We don't have to buy it. How much money can those pariahs collect? As long as we don't pay, Ruan Dacheng will have to come and beg us."

Pang Yuanming said in disdain.

It was five million taels of silver, and it was a long-term investment, and it was difficult to see benefits in the short term.

Ordinary people can't spend so much money and can't last that long.

This railway can only be built with the help of big businessmen with strategic planning.

"This is not good. We are now making money thanks to the imperial court. Now that the imperial court needs our contribution, if we make things like this, will it make Your Majesty angry?"

Not everyone agrees with the proposal to unite and negotiate conditions with the government. On the one hand, they feel ashamed.

"Tao shopkeeper is serious, we are not making things difficult for the court, we are doing it for the sake of the court. What ability do those officials have to manage this railway? Only professionals like us know how to use the railway to make money.

The more we earn, the more taxes we pay to the imperial court. Isn’t this also contributing to Dahua? "

Pang Yuanming quibble.

They manage operations, and they may indeed earn more than government management.

However, they must have squeezed the common people by extreme means, or plundered the profits of other merchants.

The government manages it and earns a little less, but it will definitely benefit the people and serve the entire society, not a certain group.

"As a group of businessmen, we really need more right to speak."

Hong Tailin said.

His thinking still stayed in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, they bribed the ministers of the DPRK and the middle and subsidized the imperial examinations for scholars, and colluded with a large number of allies and mouthpieces in the DPRK.

At that time, the merchant group had a great say in the court.

Every time Chongzhen wanted to collect taxes from businessmen, he could be turned back by those they supported.

Unfortunately, Wu Changqing today is not as incompetent as Chongzhen.

Naturally, they were not reconciled to the weakening of their right to speak. Now, taking advantage of the railway construction, they are beginning to make a move again, wanting to restore their former glory.

"This idea is very dangerous. Today, His Majesty is a hero. I think we should just earn a little money honestly."

The shopkeeper Tao said that he was more afraid of Wu Changqing.

That is a character who started from a very small moment and changed the general trend of the world with his own power, no matter how jealous he is.

"Tao Tao is thinking too much. We are just fighting for our rights. Manager Sun is still here. Can he not think about His Majesty? What we do is also beneficial to the court."

Pang Yuanming said.

Sun Daoming can barely be said to be a relative of the royal family. He now supports the management of the railway in the hands of the Chamber of Commerce.

After all, Sun Daoming is the chairman.

If this can be facilitated, his prestige will be greatly enhanced.

In the end, everyone was relieved and agreed not to buy those treasury bonds collectively.

The reason is also easy to find, just say that the capital chain is not sufficient.

It took a few days for the treasury bonds to be issued, and a total of less than 300,000 taels were sold, and they were all purchased in small amounts.

This is very abnormal, Ruan Dacheng is very keen to find the problem through the data.

In desperation, Ruan Dacheng could only gather these big businessmen together and have a chat.

Even though Ruan Dacheng is a cabinet minister, he actually has no good way to take these big businessmen.

Unless he is prepared to use some savage means and use force.

However, the impact is very bad.

Therefore, Ruan Dacheng still wants to solve the problem through negotiation.

"Everyone, I won't say more nonsense. The reason why everyone can make a lot of money now is that His Majesty drove the Tartars away, and that His Majesty invented many commodities.

Now that the Dahua Empire needs to be built, you should contribute more or less. Moreover, this is not to ask everyone's money for nothing, but to borrow money from everyone, and there is a lot of interest. "

Ruan Dacheng went straight to the point, lazy to play sloppy eyes with these people.

"Master Ruan, I also want to contribute to the construction of Dahua. However, I made a plan to expand the scale a few years ago, and I really have no money in my pocket."

Pang Yuanming said.

However, Ruan Dacheng would not believe even a word of his words.

If he held this kind of meeting without investigating in advance, then he would not be qualified to take the position of Minister of Work.

When he does things, he is usually well prepared.

"Well, shopkeeper Pang's profit in December was 130,000 taels, and this year's expected profit is 2 million taels. And your expansion plan is five salt fields, and the initial investment only needs a hundred thousand taels.

With the completion of these five salt farms, your profits can be increased by a few percent. No matter how you calculate it, you are not short of money. "

Ruan Dacheng directly debunked Pang Yuanming's lies. He could roughly get these data based on Pang Yuanming's tax situation for one year.

Pang Yuanming was a little embarrassed to hear this, but he was also an old fox, and immediately changed his tune: "The five salt fields were the original plan. I don't think the salt production is too low, so I want to build more."

"No, it's just right to expand to five, you have to give other salt merchants a buffer for transformation, and expanding so much at one time will easily kill other salt merchants and be detrimental to social stability.

Add five more and there will be no shortage of salt in our area. As for other places, we will talk about it later, but the current railway construction is more important. "

Ruan Dacheng continued to fight, he had to bite the fast meat from these people today.

Pang Yuanming was speechless for a moment, but he did not agree.

He was going to see if others could hold on first. If everyone else could hold on, he could insist on not helping. After all, the law does not blame the public.

If other people will also be left speechless by Ruan Dacheng, then this time it is estimated that they can only admit their counsel.

The matter of seizing power has to be discussed in the long-term, and it is planned slowly.