I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 520: I spent a billion dollars to build a colonial company, who wants to join in and make a fortune?

In this way, Liu He relied on the three sharp weapons of imperial power, people's support and the new army to completely subdue the wealthy family.

Under the rapid whipping of the post and pavilion soldiers, Liu He's determination to reform at the imperial meeting was once again issued in the form of an edict to all the counties and states of the Han Dynasty.

"Chang'an Monthly" seized the opportunity and published hundreds of articles about the New Deal.

The original "Chang'an Monthly" had two issues per month, but now it has six issues per month. As soon as each issue of "Chang'an Monthly" is printed, it will be quickly sent to the counties and states in Guandong by pavilion soldiers.

Within three to five days, even in Guangling and Jiaozhi counties far away from Chang'an, they can read the freshly baked "Chang'an Mooncakes".

Nowadays, there is a relatively stable group in Chang'an city who make a living by writing narrative articles for Chang'an Monthly.

This group included low-level officials who were keen on the New Deal, Confucian scholars who wanted to be gentlemen and Confucian scholars, and even traffickers and pawns who were illiterate.

No matter who you are, one word is worth two yuan. If you write two or three narrative articles a month, the money you earn is enough to support your family.

The published narratives are still easy to understand, keep up with current events, and are never arrogant.

Reading the narrative articles one by one can not only kill time, but also understand the situation in the court:

"The Captain of Changyi leads a surprising group of people", "The birth and end of Xianheng Winery", "The victory of the common people", "Land annexation is not advisable"...

"Whether you are a follow-up official or a cruel official, you are a good official if you work hard" "The reform is good, the reform is good, the people can have enough to eat" "New Style in Pingling County"...

"Wherever a good man goes, he will naturally join the army" "The Style of the Imperial Examination"...

Under the publicity of these important events, the wind of reform finally blew out from Wuyang Palace, swept the world, and became the new trend of the Han Dynasty.

This is the brilliance of Liu He.

Before the New Deal is implemented, the momentum should not be too great, because no matter how strong the wind blows, it may not be understood by the people.

After all, it's none of your business, just hang on high.

If the turmoil in the court was not related to the vital interests of the people, they would not have the heart to care about it, let alone devote themselves to it.

After the current rounds of the New Deal, the poor people have tasted the benefits. Coupled with the publicity and agitation of these narratives, the new coup law has become linked to the common people.

Suddenly, everyone in the streets was discussing this matter.

When something becomes popular among the class that makes up the majority of the population, it will naturally form a trend in the entire society, attracting many people who are not from this class to participate.

At the beginning, only the common people were keen to talk about the New Deal. Later, aristocratic families also started to talk about the New Deal keenly.

Especially young people from aristocratic families, who take the young emperor as their role model, talk about "reforming the old and creating new things", "enriching the people and strengthening the country" and "striving to be a gentleman and a Confucian scholar" all day long.

And not only did they talk in words, these young people from aristocratic families also personally participated in it and used actions to prove their support for the New Deal.

He rebelled against his family, voluntarily joined the army, and went to border counties to guard the border. Because his father and brother did not support the New Deal, he completely broke with them and established a new family. What's more, after inheriting the family business, he donated half of his family members for national use...

Everyone in the Han Dynasty was immersed in a new atmosphere that had never been seen before. This vibrant atmosphere directly catches up with the era when a hundred schools of thought contended.

In fact, not only the young people of the aristocratic families, but also the most cunning and cunning heads of the aristocratic families began to look for opportunities along the lines of the Emperor's New Deal.

Since this new policy is already imminent and must be launched, and resistance can only lead to death, then only by carefully looking for opportunities to take action can it be possible to profit from it.

As a result, these "old sparrows" who lived deep behind the gates gathered together all day long, studying the emperor's edicts and the chronicles of "Chang'an Monthly" all night long...

Soon, they really found a way to grow their hair.

From this veritable "big court meeting", they found a few words said by the emperor.

"Whether it's a wealthy family or a commoner from a humble family, they want to get more land..."

"I can show you a clear way, that is to go outside the big man to get it..."

"The Western Regions, the west of the Western Regions, Daqin, Jiaozhi, Goryeo, and the Japanese Kingdom... one day, Han flags will be planted all over the world!"

The "old sparrows" have never heard any emperor say such a thing, or even heard anyone say such a thing.

But they saw one thing clearly from it, and understood that the emperor wanted them to look for land, opportunities and wealth outside the Han Dynasty.

Then, through constant inquiring, the "old sparrows" obtained more useful information through their connections in the court.

Engineers were in full swing renovating a large shipbuilding yard in Kuaiji County, and Da Sinong purchased shipbuilding timber from Yulin County and Cangwu County in the south.

These shipyards want to build a kind of large ship that is different from the building ship, specifically for going to sea: not sailing along the coastline, but to sail into the bottomless ocean.

The news spread like wildfire, spreading from wealthy families to poor people. No matter who it was, when they first heard the news, they felt a little shocked.

When they learned for sure that the large ship built under the supervision of the work officer was called the "Penglai Square Ship", they even thought that the emperor wanted to imitate the ancestors of the past dynasties and seek immortality and medicine.

When all kinds of rumors started to spread, the narrative article in "Chang'an Monthly" clarified their doubts.

Throughout July, the narrative articles published in "Chang'an Monthly" were all related to "overseas voyages."

"The Secret of Penglai" "The Japanese Kingdom has been the land of the Han Dynasty since ancient times" "There is not only the land of the king, but also the sea of ​​the king" "To the east of Fusang, there is a fairy mountain"...

"The sky is round and the place is round or the earth is round and the sky is square" "What is the earth" "The heart of heaven is in the sun but not in the earth" "Golden spices, the way to make money" "Why don't men go to sea"...

Under the bombardment of these narratives, the Han people finally understood that the emperor was not looking for a fairyland, but going to sea to do business.

They do not know what the spices are, but they know what the gold is.

What's more, the emperor has an exquisite heart and can always come up with many ways to make money.

If you follow the emperor, you will definitely make money.

When the poor and the rich were looking for ways to make money by "going to sea", Gongyu, the captain of Shuiheng, brought this way to them.

Captain Shui Heng opened a business name called "East Fuso Co., Ltd."

"Co., Ltd." is another novel word. No one in the world can invent this thing except the emperor Liu He.

But this does not prevent people from paying attention to this new thing, and many clever people are flocking to it.

Dong Fusang Co., Ltd. was opened in a newly vacated government office in Beichengguo.

On the notice booth outside the door was posted the instructions for the company's operation, with at least hundreds of details.

The dense swarms of Han Li ants lined up in the Yamen, and the memory made one dizzy.

The endless stream of new words in the "Management Regulations of Dongfuso Co., Ltd." confuse even the smartest tyrants and ordinary people.

What is limited liability, what is owned by the Han Dynasty, what is exclusive business rights, and what is colonial trade... are all questions.

But these problems did not extinguish people's enthusiasm because they could understand the most important details.

"Ten thousand yuan per share, investors are shareholders of the company, and shareholders can receive dividends." "The company makes a living by buying and selling silk, porcelain, spices, gold and Kunlun slaves."

"The Shaofu invested one billion yuan into 100,000 shares, and the county magistrate is the largest shareholder of the company."

In fact, as long as there is the last one, it is convincing enough: one billion yuan, the land rent collected by the entire Han Dynasty is only this amount a year.

The emperor has taken out all his own wealth, so why should others hesitate?

Suddenly, there were so many people responding!

Ten thousand dollars per share is not too high a threshold.

An ordinary family of five can afford anything as long as they have their own land and are good at managing it.

The entire Dongfuso Company issued a total of 200,000 shares, priced at 10,000 yuan per share, with a total price of 2 billion.

If the emperor pays one billion, he will take one hundred thousand shares, and everyone can subscribe for the remaining one hundred thousand shares.

The cunning people in Chang'an City did not fully understand the operation mode of Dongfusang Company, but the money was already prepared.

On the first day of August, Higashi Fuso Company started its public offering, and there was a long queue at the door, with countless people vying to pay.

This time, Liu He opened his eyes.

He knew that the City of Shouxian was a cornucopia, but he did not expect that there was so much wealth hidden in this cornucopia.

In just three days, hundreds of millions of dollars were raised.

By the fifth day, 300 million yuan had been raised.

Within ten days, 500 million yuan was raised.

Not only the people of Chang'an City, but also the people of Sanfu, and even the people of Guandong County gathered to respond.

On August 15th, the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all one billion yuan was raised.

In order to prevent Hao Chou from taking too much advantage in this business, Higashi Fuso Company has clearly defined the upper and lower limits for shareholding.

The minimum number of shares purchased is one share, which means an investment of 10,000 yuan; the maximum number of shares purchased is 1,000 shares, which is 10 million yuan.

It seems that the difference is a thousand times, but in front of the emperor's 100,000 shares, it is a mere decimal, and it will not cause the hidden danger of doves occupying the magpie's nest.

If there was no upper limit for the investment, then the 100,000 shares worth one billion dollars would probably be sold out in just ten days.

In late August, after all the shares were sold out, there were still wealthy businessmen from Sichuan who arrived belatedly carrying copper coins in carriages.

When they learned that all their shares had been sold out, they could only sigh or even get furious.

Many arrogant people went straight to the gate of Dongfusang Company and made a fuss for several days. They did not leave until the patrol guards were dispatched.

In this way, Liu He used an empty shelf of "Fufen Co., Ltd." and dozens of notes to create a huge pie.

It was a good start for the Han version of the Age of Discovery, which had only taken a small step.

This will inevitably create new wealth inequality, but Liu He will have many other ways to smooth this inequality in the future.

At least, now a large amount of start-up capital has been obtained.

Soon, under the emperor's plan, Gong Yu, who was the captain of Shuiheng and the chief seal of Dongfusang Company, began to spend money in an orderly manner.

The largest part was naturally invested in the Kuaiji Shipyard - the construction was personally supervised by the engineer, but the ownership was in the hands of the Dongfuso Company.

Hiring skilled shipwrights, purchasing a large amount of shipbuilding materials, recruiting sailors with experience at sea, setting up new workshops to manufacture navigational instruments...everything costs money.

The second part is to open a special private school in Chang'an City - Penglai Academy.

Although this private school also teaches some Confucian classics, it teaches more about astronomy and ocean knowledge.

There are only a few Confucian scholars who teach, and most of them are related to going to sea.

Either he was an official who observed the stars in the Qin Tianjian, or he was a shipbuilding craftsman, or he was a sailor who went to sea, or he was a state official who had dealt with overseas barbarians.

The chief professor of Penglai Academy is none other than the emperor himself.

Liu He would come to Penglai Academy to teach for half a day every three days. Not only the students recruited by the academy had to attend the lectures, but also the lectures had to be attended together.

Compared with the Shiqu Pavilion debate, the knowledge Liu He imparted in Penglai Academy was more shocking, and the textbook "Geographical Illustrations" used made readers stunned.

"The sky is vast and boundless, and the sun, moon and stars are countless."

"The sky we live in is called the solar system, and the place we live in is the earth."

"The earth and the seven stars revolve around the sun, and they also revolve around themselves, while the moon revolves around the earth twice."

"One revolution of the earth is one year, one revolution is one day, and it goes round and round."

"The earth is huge, divided into seven parts by oceans and three parts by continents."

"And the continent is divided into seven, which can be called the seven continents."

"One is Asia, where the Han Dynasty is located, and the wind of enlightenment is the most sacred. There are Japanese people in the east, who are ambitious people, and there are Indian people in the southwest, who are lazy and cannot be enlightened."

"The second one is Europa, where the Qin Dynasty is located. Its people have white skin and eyes. Although they are civilized, their ethics are crazy. They can travel from the Western Regions to the west by land."

"The third one is Africa. It has a vast land and rich resources, and is as hot as midsummer. Its people have dark skin, curly hair, and do not understand etiquette. They are like the ancient savages who drank their hair and drank their blood. It can be reached by land from the Qin Dynasty to the south."

"Fourth is North America. It is a land of thousands of miles, with fertile soil. Its people have red skin. They are suspected to be survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. They only know how to cultivate slash and burn farming, but do not know how to smelt iron and make copper. They need to sail thousands of miles to the sea."

"On the fifth day, South America is home to dense forests and deep water. There are many miasmatic beasts. Among them is a powerful country called Maya, which is superficial and vulnerable. North America is accessible by land to the south."

"Sixth Day: Australia, there is an oasis on the sandy coast and there are many rare and rare animals in it. It is different from other continents. Its people are short, black and thin, cannot speak human language, and have to sail thousands of miles out to sea."

"Seventh: Antarctica is the extreme south of the world. It is frozen for thousands of miles and desolate. Only tens of millions of penguins live on it, and it also requires long voyages."

"There are products on all seven continents that can make the people of Han Dynasty rich."

"North America has gold, Europe has silver, Africa has Kunlun slaves and spices, South America has new grains, Australia has iron and copper..."

If Liu He were not the commentator on the Sacred Scriptures, the greatest Confucian in the world, and a sage enshrined in the Panthéon, then what he said would definitely be regarded as evil words to confuse the public.

But now, the people listening could not believe it.

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