Chapter 248: Heading the Cattle

There are very few people who do not love money from ancient times to the present. Even gentlemen cannot avoid the common people. Otherwise, there is no famous saying that comes from - a gentleman loves money and gets it well? Yinzuo never considered himself a gentleman, and naturally he loved money. Yinzuo was also very distressed to take out such a huge amount of wealth at once, and his heart was bleeding, but there was no way. Whether it was for the future throne or to realize his own ideal, Yinzuo had to grit his teeth and make a major sacrifice.

In addition to the old man's silence of the holy heart, it is also inseparable from the support of the Eight Banners. After all, most of the military power is in the hands of the Eight Banners at this time. It is worth it to win over the people of Manchu and Han Eight Banners. Even if it costs a lot, it is worth it. That being said, winning over the Eight Banners cannot make Mr. Kangxi suspicious. It is the best strategy to take advantage of the opportunity to rectify the banner affairs and buy people's hearts. Moreover, if Yinzuo wants to realize his ideal, he must try to eliminate the ethnic conflicts between Manchu and Han, and the Eight Banners merchant is one of the means for Yinzuo to achieve this goal.

A group of Eight Banners yelled to ask what happened. The sound was very noisy, but Yinzuo just laughed and said nothing. After everyone shouted for a while, they all calmed down. They all looked at Yinzuo and waited for Yinzuo to speak. The eyes of the old and young men showed anxious eyes. Even Eshan, who was still awake, was stunned. He couldn't even remember the scorching pain on his butt. He looked at Yinzuo with confusion and asked, "Prince, what is the Eight Banners business name? Please give me advice."

"Okay." Yinzuo smiled and waved his hand and said, "This Eight Banners Trading is Manchu, owned by the Eight Banners. The king donated 250 large sea ships as the foundation of operation. The treasury allocated 10 million taels as the start-up capital to form the Eight Banners Trading. The capital donated by the King is public shares and private shares. The silver allocated by the Treasury is public shares. All public shares account for 70% of the total share capital. The dividends obtained are divided into 10 million shares according to the rank of the Eight Banners children. Each share is collected from all the Eight Banners children. Each share is priced at three taels of silver and purchased according to the limits of the rank and position. The merchant number is collected from all the Eight Banners children.

Except for one-third of the dividends obtained each year, the remaining dividends are distributed according to the number of shares owned by the bannermen. From the time of the establishment of the business, any male child of the Eight Banners who is over 16 years old can receive different dividends per month according to the title, and can purchase a certain amount of shares of the business under the title. All shares must be purchased in registered names and cannot be transferred to prevent counterfeiting. I calculated that if the business is properly managed, the annual profit of the Eight Banners Business should be more than 20 million taels. If the scale is further expanded, the profit will be far more than 20 million taels."

Yinzuo drew a wonderful prospect, but he concealed many things: if the export scale was further expanded, trade wars with Britain, the Netherlands and other countries and even large-scale naval wars would inevitably be inevitable. Yinzuo knew this, but there was no need to explain it to these Eight Banners powerful people. As long as they saw wealth and honor, they would become. What Yinzuo said was just a copy of the joint-stock company in later generations, and there was nothing strange about it, but for people of this era, it was very novel. Everyone knew the huge profits of overseas trade. Many of them had engaged in such money-making transactions, so they naturally had a account in their hearts, and they bowed their heads and calculated them.

"Prince, I would like to ask you: If the Eight Banners Business is established, how many shares do you want to occupy? Besides, is the prince still engaged in overseas trade? Also, who is responsible for the operation of this business? How many shares can we occupy according to our title?" Although everyone was so happy that they heard that they had money and could make money, after all, there were still many questions. As the leader of everyone, Eshan naturally threw out all this series of problems.

Haha, it's all taken the bait, it's so cool! Yinzuo saw that the Eight Banners' powerful people had taken the bait, and he immediately laughed: "Mr. E asked well. As long as the Eight Banners Business is established, I will no longer engage in overseas trade. As for how much share capital I can occupy, all the royal families will be based on the title limit. The business team of this business will be operated by the current business personnel of the King. According to the titles of you and others, the general can purchase 20,000 private shares, and the deputy general can purchase 15,000 private shares, and the rest can be reduced according to the title. If ordinary citizens cannot buy it for the time being, they can wait until the public share dividends are issued before purchasing. I have some plans here. If you have anything unclear, you can take a look."

When everyone heard Yinzuo's words, they immediately took the business charter issued by Qingsong without hesitation, and they all studied hard. Some illiterate generals didn't mention the one in their hearts. They kept asking around others and asked questions. For a moment, everyone started to discuss it while reading. Although the charter was detailed, they also discussed it for a while. Naturally, they knew how much money they could make from it. With the share of their sons, they roughly calculated that they could earn at least 30,000 taels of silver in a year. If there were more than 50,000 taels or 60,000 taels, they were all moved. Moreover, this private stock could be inherited. For the descendants of their families, the accumulated shares were amazing, and it was not too difficult to keep their families rich.

Yinzuo only gave the Manchus to the Eight Banners, but did not leave any place for the Eight Banners of the Mengs from beginning to end. Although everyone was a little strange, no one was willing to share the profits less by themselves. Naturally, they pretended not to know and looked at Yinzuo happily and said, "The prince is wise, we are willing to follow this Elementary Charity."

Grandma, a bunch of guys who have breasts are mothers, so I want to sit and share the money. I’m so beautiful that I don’t help me with the work. Yinzuo looked at the old and young men in front of me who were so happy that they suddenly sighed: “Although I am willing to let everyone live a good life, this note has not been passed after all, which is just my thoughts. Besides, I will be ordered to rectify the flag affairs, if so…”

Yinzuo deliberately said half of the words, and the rulings who were so anxious that they were already dizzy about money and jumped up, shouting that they would go to meet the saint immediately and join forces to join the book. No matter what, they would pass this bill. If anyone dared to stop it, they would fight with anyone. For a moment, anyone who dared not agree with this bill would be able to fight with him. As for the flag business, they all patted their chests and shouted loudly, saying that anyone who dared to be disobedient would chop off anyone.

Haha, it's done, damn, these dogs finally got into trouble. Hehe, let them come forward and make a fuss with our old man. It's better to argue with the court officials than anything else. Yinzuo felt very happy, but his face looked calm, waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "Everyone is the leader of my Eight Banners. You should know that the population of my Eight Banners is growing, but the official positions are very limited. It's impossible for everyone to have a place. It's not a big deal for a large group of old and young men to be idle. Everyone is not an individual to walk birds and fight dogs. The good Eight Banners' children have been beaten into playboys. I'm afraid there is something wrong with this."

Yinzuo's words were the truth, and these men knew it well. Not to mention ordinary bannermen, even the sons in their family were not all good. Everyone knew that this would not work, but no one could solve this problem. Seeing Yinzuo suddenly raised such a problem, he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Yinzuo suddenly changed his tone and said with a deep expression: "Everyone should know that Japan repeatedly violated the power of the Qing Dynasty. In the early summer of last year, he even dared to take the world's tyranny and wiped out our Qing fleet. Fortunately, the fourteenth Beile led his army to fight and finally occupied Nagasaki. However, if the army retreated, it would be difficult to ensure that Japan would not be in trouble again. Besides, Nagasaki is a major trade site, so the tariff income is not small. Oh, I have calculated that it can earn at least 5 or 6 million taels a year. Wouldn't it be a pity if it is gone?"

Everyone can calculate the accounts. Of course, five or six million taels of silver is not a small amount, but that is the income of the treasury and has nothing to do with everyone. It is not so sad. But I don’t know what Yinzuo suddenly said about this matter, so I had to accompany each other carefully and echo a few times to express my regret.

"My dear masters, I have a small proposal: Nowadays, Nagasaki is my enclave of the Qing Dynasty, and I have so much income. This silver is cheaper than outsiders, why not give me the children of the Eight Banners? I think there are too many idle soldiers in the Eight Banners, so why not just form a group of troops to occupy Nagasaki, so I regard Nagasaki's tariffs as the additional military pay for the army. What do you think?"

Yinzuo said this and everyone was stunned. Five or six million taels of silver is not a small amount. If anyone could lead the army to occupy Nagasaki, wouldn’t the silver be obtained in vain? A group of commanders who had never led the army naturally understood the way to deduct military pay. With so much money or extra military pay, this mistake could be at least 50,000 taels. How could they not be moved? Besides, they were all fighting old wars, so how could they take the tofu soldiers in Japan seriously? At this time, all their eyes were bright and red. They wanted to pull this position into their own flag immediately. They made a big fuss and shouted. The atmosphere was so warm that Yinzuo was a little unexpected...
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