On November 5, 1657, Qingdao County Expo Road, sunny. ※%,

A new carriage drove up the clean and tidy street. Under the control of the coachman, two beautiful horses quietly stopped in an open space on the side of the road. Then a woman in a jacket and dressed as a Ming woman walked out of the car and entered the gate of a grand building in front of her under the escort of the follower.

This is the famous "registered stock exchange" on Expo Street. The shares of Nantie Company, which was famous many years ago, were issued here. Now, another company similar to Nantie Company has also begun to publicly list on the registered stock exchange to raise funds. The company's name is Caribbean Shipping Company. The shares issued this time are 10,000 shares, accounting for 40% of the total share capital. The price per share is 60 yuan (slightly higher than the 50 yuan of Nantie Company at the time), and the expected funds are raised 600,000 yuan.

The company is basically another marine version of Nantie, Super Kangcaien Enterprise. The East Coast Ministry of Finance invested at a discount on the monopoly trade rights of the Governor of New Spain. In addition, it allocated 80,000 yuan in cash and four older guard gunboats to the company, occupying a full 60% of the shares, while the other 40% of the shares were taken out to the society for public fundraising.

According to the agreement with the Spaniards, the shareholders of the Caribbean Shipping Company can only be Spanish and East Coast people, and the company's shares must also be sold to the citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Mo San, who was in charge of the negotiations, promised this condition. However, the matter later changed dramatically. When some Spanish merchants who heard the news rushed to Qingdao Port, they were told that the sales to the Spanish people had ended on the night of November 3.

The Spanish naturally didn't believe this, so they went to inquire. Later, Mr. Charles, who was from the UK, confirmed that the registered stock exchange in the late night that day did have publicly sold shares of Caribbean shipping companies, but it lasted only five minutes. Then he announced that no one came to buy it. At the end of the sales, Mr. Charles visited the late night back to the Golden Deer Store and inadvertently noticed the whole process. The result made the Spanish merchants stunned and didn't know what to say.

Of course, for Spanish merchants or Hidalgo who really had a great influence in the Spanish American colonies, the East Coast people still divided some Air Canada stocks to them in advance, accounting for about 5% of the total share capital and raised 75,000 yuan in funds. After all, there are many places that require Spanish locals to do business in the Caribbean in the future.

At this time, the lady who drove to the registered stock exchange naturally came to buy stocks. She was quite generous, and she took 250 shares at one time, accounting for 1% of the shares, spending more than 15,000 yuan (including handling fees).

The woman's generous move shocked everyone in the exchange. Someone familiar with the powerful circle of the East Coast quietly spread the science to the people next to her: "This woman is the beloved daughter of Commander Pu Tingpu of the Gendarmerie, a former official of the State Intelligence Administration, and the wife of Section Chief Tian Xingtian who is now transferred to the Far East. She has a wealth of wealth. However, this time she spent 15,000 yuan in huge amounts, which should have been raised by many sources. She may have also brought a lot of loans on her body, but this is not worth telling to outsiders."

The lady left after buying the stock. However, the others in the hall were extremely confused about whether to buy the shares of Caribbean shipping companies. Because the funds raised in the company's regulations will be used for three major purposes: one is to build a large number of ships to transport goods, the second is to build plantations on the banks of the Mississippi River in North America, and the third is to recruit and train various talents to take over customs in multiple cities that Spain promised to open ports.

The first condition is easy to understand. Since Caribbean shipping companies monopolize trade in the Governor of New Spain, they naturally need a large number of ships to transport goods. It is naturally something that shareholders are very happy to see if they spend their investment on it.

However, the second condition is a bit painful, that is, the construction of plantations on the banks of the Mississippi River in North America is a policy task that is completely suppressed by the Executive Committee. Considering the currently rumored "China-Black Division and Treatment" plan, most of these plantations are black as the labor force. Perhaps there are many Malay prisoners of war from New China Island to be honest, the profit prospects of these plantations are extremely suspicious and have a great competitive relationship with the plantations in New China Island. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are not profitable. Not to mention the complex local situation and the security situation is not optimistic. In short, this is a very risky project, and it will inevitably squeeze out a large amount of valuable funds from Air Canada and affect the company's daily operations, so it has always criticized them, such as potential investors.

If the second condition is just a possibility of loss, then the third condition is completely thankless. Because Caribbean shipping companies will accept the commission of the Executive Committee to set up customs in many commercial ports along the Caribbean coast to collect tariffs, which is simply nonsense. Because after Air Canada monopolizes trade in the Governor of New Spain, its largest market share is undoubtedly in its own hands. Occasionally, some ships such as the Netherlands, Genoa, and Courland, which are licensed by the East Coast, may come to trade, but they are not mainstream. Therefore, it is conceivable that the majority of this tariff is still on Air Canada's own taxes on itself, which is really nonsensical.

Of course, Air Canada actually operates customs, and it is not without any benefit. After all, it is up to them to decide how much the customs charge is. They only need to take out part of the funds to bribe Spanish employees in the customs (according to regulations, the Spanish must occupy a certain proportion of the customs), so that customs taxes can be made into a confusing amount and seize the goods of foreign smuggled ships and strengthen their monopoly position. You must know that these places were not the markets of East Coast people in the past, and smuggling trade was extremely rampant. If Air Canada could gain a foothold in the local area, it would not be a luxury to eliminate these smuggled merchant ships and unify the local market to seize excess profits.

In addition to the above three points, there is actually another thing that makes investors discourage, that is, the dividend issue of Caribbean shipping companies, which are deeply controlled by the government, that is, whether they will truthfully use the profits they earn every year to give everyone dividends. This question is very critical, because there is a very bad example in the south, that is, the Nan Railway Company, which is also controlled by the army, has a very poor reputation in dividend distribution. It has made a lot of money every year by relying on railway transportation and monopoly trade, but the company has used large profits to make a lot of money in the year, but the company has used large profits to make

The development and construction of the bank makes the dividends to shareholders very pitiful every year, completely lower than investors' expectations (even in the first few years, Nantec had a disgraceful side of "six consecutive losses". Therefore, investors now have reason to suspect that Air Canada may also be driven by the Executive Committee to act as a pioneer in colonial development, spend a lot of unnecessary money and bear a lot of policy losses, so that the company's profits have been greatly reduced and the dividends to shareholders have been greatly reduced. Therefore, based on such doubts, many investors with funds dare not buy the company's stock.

However, even though many investors have adopted a hesitant and wait-and-see attitude, Air Canada's stock is still sought after by some people, especially those rich people with keen sense of smell and well-informed. With the purchase of 20 shares and 30 shares, Air Canada raised tens of thousands of yuan in just one morning. Their idea is very simple. The government has carried the Spanish behind their backs. How could it be a good thing? Even if the company has a lot of burdens, as long as the number of ships is enough, as long as the government's navy is able to sweep away (including some European smuggling ships), as long as they can continue to monopolize the import and export trade of New Spain, then these are not a problem, and the company will definitely make a fortune.

After raising the first fund, Air Canada will almost order ships from the three major domestic shipyards. It is estimated that the order for the Kingdom of Spain to open up trade on the East Coast will be spread to the New World by the latest in the second half of 1658. By then, the company has almost accumulated some of the ships and can start Caribbean trade in the initial stage. In addition, according to the latest "China-Black Division" plan, the first batch of Black Eight Banners officers and soldiers and their families will board the ship and settle near the Mississippi River Estuary. New China will also hand over a group of Malays, Comoros and Swasily people to Caribbean shipping companies, and local cotton plantations can be almost opened.

These "labor workers" who were handed over (actually contract slaves) will re-sign labor contracts with Air Canada, promising to work in the North American plantation opened by the company for several years, and their monthly salary will be fixed. Once their work contract expires, they themselves have the right to renew the contract. Of course, if they are unwilling to renew the contract, they will automatically become free people of the country established by the Black Eight Banners in the local area. This is protected by the East Coast people, and the Black Eight Banners' Klars have no idea.

By the way, according to the "China-Black Division" plan, this Black Eight Banner country established on the banks of the Mississippi River has a very ironic name: Free State (I don't know if it was named by the evil spirits of the time travelers). Free State includes more than 100,000 Black Eight Banners. According to the system established by the East Coast, it can almost draw 20,000 small people to fight (of course one-third of them are still fighting in the Far East). They have experienced years of training and strict discipline and militarized organizations. Many people have been born and died in the Far East battlefield, and have rich combat experience. They are like cutting melons and vegetables when facing the white colonists. I believe that if Air Canada can fully cooperate with Free State, they will definitely be able to make a world in the lower Mississippi River. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!