Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 100 Airlines and Stocks

Liu Dapao’s fire nitrate purification method is very simple, it’s just a stacking nitrate method. It was originally invented by the father of modern chemistry, the French chemist Lavoisier, and it is only a hundred years more advanced than Europe. Of course, the current Lavoisier Wasi reckoned that his father was still just an egg, so this naturally became Liu Dapao's invention.

Of course, it is inconvenient to talk about the specific invention method now, Feng Zhenhai and Wei Xiaobao are still listening, especially Wei Xiaobao, it seems that there is no difference between Wei Xiaobao knowing and Kangxi knowing.

So I mentioned a beginning, but I didn't continue to say it, let's teach it slowly later.

Then he turned to Feng Zhenhai and said: "Old Feng, you are a local snake, and needless to say, among the top ten incense masters, you should be regarded as my direct descendant. There is a task that must be done by you. So making money, but it is as vital to our life and death as gunpowder."

"Second son, please speak."

"I have already discussed with Porter that we will jointly build the most advanced and largest shipyard in the world. I hope that your people can work in this shipyard and secretly control the shipyard from bottom to top. At the same time, put They learned the craft of shipbuilding."

"The shipyard is a long-term project. It must start with ship repair. Let me tell you another story. Do you know the Spaniards? Before the Netherlands, they were the real world hegemons. You know the Dutch are How did it rise?"

"I also ask the second son to enlighten me."

"There was once a Dutchman named Jan Haygen van Linschoten. You can ask any Dutchman about this man, and they will tell you one day. They always think that this man is the biggest hero in the Netherlands. Let's call him Lao Yang."

"Lao Yang was born in the Netherlands, but he went to Spain with his family very early, and later went to Portuguese India as the secretary of the archbishop at that time to develop. At that time, Spain and Portugal were in hostile relations and shared the world together. The Spaniards hired Lao Yang to go to Spain. As a spy, he was ordered to collect climate, hydrology, and customs of various parts of the Indian Ocean in Portuguese India."

"Lao Yang accomplished the task very well, and even secretly collected the sea texts from the Arabian Sea in East Africa to India, and even farther away in Malacca, including the products along the way, the Portuguese cargo stronghold, etc., etc., all collected."

In this way, he has been lurking for 14 years. After finally returning to Europe, the Spaniards were planning to obtain information from him, but he turned around and handed the information into a book to the Dutch. It turned out that he was a triple spy.

These materials made the Dutch, who had no sailing experience, rise rapidly, and gradually reached the point where they are today, monopolizing 80% of the shipping capacity in Europe, and they are called sea coachmen. "

"Old Feng, do you think there will be a hero like Lao Yang under my command?"

"I understand the second son. Since it is a ship repair, we have the opportunity to get acquainted with those red-haired crew members, get information, and even get on their ship as a ship repairer. The information that Lao Yang can get, As long as we work hard, we can get it too, not 14 years, three years, at most three years, I will send you a detailed navigation chart!"

"Okay, okay, if this is done, you will be doing a great job. Now I am in a cooperative relationship with Potter, and the so-called cooperation has always been based on the fact that neither party can overturn the table, or both can overturn the table." The table is the premise, if you handle this matter for me, I will have the power to overturn the table, and one day in the future, if we organize our own voyage, I will definitely give this really big business to you Honghuatang."

"Thank you, Second Young Master."

Seeing this, Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Then what about me, what are we doing in Qingmu Hall?"

"Senior brother, your situation is different from others after all. You will be returning to the capital in a few days. Your Qingmutang is mainly active in the capital and Zhili area. It is the real dragon's pond and tiger's lair, the heartland of the enemy, so Your number is the smallest among the top ten branch halls, and it is also the most elite."

"After the establishment of the West Pacific Company here, it will soon issue something called stock to raise funds, and of course, there will be bonds."

"Stocks? Bonds?"

Liu Dapao had no choice but to explain the basic concepts of stocks and bonds to him, and then said: "The stock exchange here in Chaozhou must be managed by me personally, and you have heard the words I fooled Porter and the others. , In fact, I didn't completely lie to them, finance is really a knife that kills people without blood, and robbery is not as quick as finance."

"There are many princes and nobles in the capital, and the children of the Eight Banners also have hard-core crops. I plan to print a batch of stocks and securities for you, Tiandihui, to help you sell them, as if your Qingmutang opened a branch in the capital. For the stock exchange, arrange for trustworthy people to be traders. After all, you have few people, and charging some handling fees is enough for your daily operations (stock trading in ancient times was very troublesome and required a large number of traders).”

Hearing this, Wei Xiaobao frowned and said: "Didn't you say that Wu Sangui will raise troops soon? If you also raise troops to respond..."

"It doesn't matter. First of all, Westpac is not owned by me alone. Then there are Porter's shares. The shares issued by the other two stock exchanges are the same and can be cashed. I can even tell you in advance Well, Westpac’s stock will only go up and not down for at least one or two years. Even if one day we fight the Qing court to the death, I will still honor the stocks and bonds purchased by the Qing court, no matter it is registered It’s still anonymous, so you might as well recommend some people who have a good relationship with you to buy stocks and make a fortune.”

"Guaranteed to make a fortune?"

"Yes, the more you buy, the more you send."

Then Wei Xiaobao took out a thick stack of bank notes from his pocket and said, "All my personal belongings are bought in stocks."

"You, you are so smart. The stock hasn't officially gone on sale yet. If you buy it now, it's considered the original stock. Bring it, but I won't issue the stock to you. Let your mother save it for you. "

"it is good."

But he was thinking in his heart, if this junior brother really meant what he said, he might as well fool Xiao Xuanzi to buy some with his own private money. In case the junior brother really succeeds in rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty in the future, he can at least have a lot of them when he returns to his hometown outside Shanhaiguan. money spent.

Unknowingly, however, he really believed that Liu Dapao had the ability to drive out the Tartars.

Of course, Liu Dapao thought more, because in the final analysis, a large part of the reason why the Qing court was able to win the world so quickly after the fall of the Ming Dynasty was that they were quite clear about appeasing the big landlord class among the Han people. Under the circumstances, Li Zicheng, who was sincerely loved by the people at the bottom, died more miserable.

To be honest, at least currently limited by factors such as knowledge level and productivity, the power of the big landlord class is still very strong, and stocks are the way Liu Dapao wins them over.

When fighting with the Qing court in the future, the main body on my side must be the West Pacific Company. At that time, if all the landlords, rich, princes, nobles, and even every soldier of the Eight Banners on the land of Jiangbei own a large number of shares in the West Pacific Company, As a shareholder of the company, didn't I win this battle with my eyes closed?
(End of this chapter)