There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

After the Qing army left the country, Ming Dynasty’s capital, Shandong and other places were busy licking their wounds and cleaning up the mess. Documents from various places requesting the court to provide disaster relief piled up. But Chongzhen had no money in his hands, so he could only turn a blind eye like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand. .

But even if not a penny is allocated for disaster relief, there is no need to think about taxes in these places next year. In many places, entire villages and towns were wiped out by the regiments, their people taken away, their houses burned down, and where to collect taxes. It is foreseeable that next year will only be more difficult.

After Li Zicheng fled to the Shangluo Mountains, apart from attacking a few villages some time ago to replenish food, he began to concentrate on training his troops.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other big bandits have been put down, and other small groups of civil unrest and peasant army activities have nothing to do with the overall situation. The entire Ming Dynasty rarely experienced a calm situation.

The flames of war across the country seemed to have been extinguished, and the dawn of victory seemed to be just around the corner.

But Lin Feng knew that this was just a brief calm before the storm. Now Ming Ting had just been bled by the Qing invaders, and his body was extremely weak.

It turned out that the Qin army and Hong Chengchou's army, which had been able to effectively suppress the peasant army, and Li Zicheng and others who had been encircled and suppressed, fled in all directions, were transferred to the capital.

Following the capture of Sun Chuanting, the Qin Army fled back to Shaanxi in large numbers of middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers, and was already in name only. More than a hundred of Sun Chuanting's most elite guards had followed Jing Xiaoyan and joined Lin Feng.

Hong Chengchou served as the governor of Jiliao, and all the troops under his control were transferred to Liaodong. Otherwise, without a strong supervision force, it would be impossible to command the Guan Ning Army, which has become a serious warlord.

The peasant army that loses its suppression will soon rise in numbers and once again ignite the flames of war throughout the Ming Dynasty. At this critical moment, the imperial court was already in a situation where it wanted money but no money, and wanted troops but no soldiers. Yang Sichang's "Four Positives and Six Corners" strategy went bankrupt, and it was no longer able to annihilate the peasant army.

In addition, the imperial court was unable to pay the troops from various places who were recruited by King Qin of Beijing. Many officers and soldiers fled seriously, and even turned into bandits. Banditry is rampant around the capital, making it even more chaotic.

In the north of Jiazhou City, the headquarters of Zhenming Group.

Lin Feng is presiding over the group's shareholders' meeting. On his left and right sides are two vice presidents, Li Xiongzhen and Li Wanxiang.

Sitting below on the left are Zhang Tiechui from Sledge Iron Art, Yang Sen from Li's Cereals and Oils, Li Changji from Zhenming Chemical, Zhao Jialiang from Zhenming Bank, and Cao Qiang from Zhenming Real Estate. Now the head offices of the group's industries have been moved to Jiazhou to facilitate the unified management of the group headquarters.

Sitting on Lin Feng's right are Lin Jiakang, Su Shunian, Fang Dashan and other heads of relevant departments at the group headquarters. Su Shunian is considered a representative of the Government Affairs Council.

After Lin Feng saw everyone sitting down, he said: "The first quarter of the twelfth year of Chongzhen has ended, and our Zhenming Group has also ushered in rapid development. Today we are calling everyone to hold a shareholders' meeting. There are two main arrangements: one is to inform the group of recent developments. The revenue situation in the first quarter and the other is the adjustment of part of the group's equity.

Now let’s proceed to the first item of the meeting, where Group Secretary Lin Jiakang will report the group’s revenue in the first quarter. "

Lin Jiakang spread out the account books and reported while flipping through: "In the first quarter, the revenue of various businesses of the group continued to reach new peaks. The main ones are:

1. The thermal insulation industry of Dahami Iron Art and Grassland Trading achieved sales of taels and a profit of approximately taels.

2. Li's grain and oil revenue is more than taels, with a profit of about taels.

3. Li's Construction achieved an income of taels and a profit of approximately taels.

4. Several agricultural markets and commercial street projects developed by Zhenming Real Estate were a great success, achieving revenue of taels and profits of approximately taels.

5. Zhenming Chemical achieved a revenue of taels and a profit of about taels.

6. Zhenming Mining sold about taels of minerals, which was basically pure profit.

The total loan amount of Zhenming Bank has reached more than 50,000 taels, and the profits have remained stable, which are mainly used for the daily operating expenses of the group.

Taken together, the group achieved a profit income of nearly 20 taels this year. Excluding bonuses and operating expenses from various shops, a total of 18 taels of silver can be provided to the Hou Mansion, which is about 6 taels per month. "

Compared with previous revenue, except for Zhenming Mining, which has reduced its output due to cold weather, the revenue of other stores has increased steadily. The most gratifying growth is Zhenming Real Estate. The shops developed are very profitable, with a net income of 3.5 taels in one quarter. It is worthy of being a hugely profitable industry.

After Lin Jiakang finished his briefing, the audience immediately burst into warm applause. I knew Zhenming Group could make money, but I didn't expect it to be so profitable. The profit in the next year would be almost one million taels.

"President, I didn't expect that our group's profitability is so strong now. With the revenue from the Luoyang branch, the annual profit will exceed one million taels. I heard that the Ming Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue was only three to four million taels. ." Li Xiongzhen said with emotion.

"That's the cash income of the court. The majority of the Ming court's tax revenue comes from food, cloth and other physical goods. The total is about 20 million taels, which is still far more than us." Lin Feng and Lu Xiangsheng chatted a lot along the way, and they knew Ming Ting's income.

"Then the imperial court doesn't have money to raise troops?" Li Xiongzhen asked in confusion.

"The imperial family has a great cause. It costs ten million taels of silver a year just to support the clan. There are also so many officials' salaries, and there are corrupt officials everywhere. It's strange that this money is enough." Su Shunian also understood the situation better and added Said something.

"Yes, we must pay attention to avoid these problems with the court. Now Zhenming Group is developing very well. Based on ten times the annual profit, the group's value is almost 10 million taels.

The shareholders here, even if they only hold 0.1% of the shares, they are worth tens of thousands of taels. Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had to live without eating or drinking for five hundred years before they could earn ten thousand taels. Therefore, everyone must be content and never make mistakes such as corruption, bribery, or betrayal of the group. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. "Lin Feng took the opportunity to beat everyone again.

"Follow the president's teachings, we will never dare to make such a mistake!" Everyone replied, everyone is not stupid, and the cost of betrayal is too high now.

"Okay, that's it for the first topic. Now let's talk about the equity adjustment. With the development of the Zhenming Army, some important forces have joined our army. According to the previously established principles, part of the equity needs to be allocated.

At present, the Zhenming Army has three divisions and seven brigades. The three division commanders Lu Xiangsheng, Song Jilie and Fang Xiaoyu are allotted shares at no less than 0.3%. Among them, Fang Xiaoyu already holds 0.5% of the shares, Song Jilie needs to increase by 0.1%, and Lu Xiang needs to increase by 0.3%, so a total of 0.4% of the shares need to be allocated.

Most of the seven brigade generals have already been allocated shares, and only 0.2% of the shares of Zhenqiang combat brigade Yang Heng need to be newly allocated.

In this way, a total of 0.6% of the shares need to be allocated for allotment. These shares should have been shared by all shareholders, but considering that the number is too small, it should be allocated from my equity. " Lin Feng arranged.

"President, the allocation of equity is for everyone's benefit. How can you contribute alone every time? I also have a lot of equity, but my contribution is not matched enough. I suggest that this time it should be contributed from my shares." Li Xiongzhen calculated that his equity was worth 50 taels. No matter how many things he did this year, it was not worth the price, so he argued.

Lin Feng thought that Li Xiongzhen and his sister Lin Wanyu held a total of 7% of the shares. It would be easy for people to be jealous if they held too many shares. In addition, he also had to set an example that allotment of shares required everyone's contribution.

So he said: "Vice Chairman Xiongzhen has a very high attitude. For the benefit of the group, everyone needs to contribute more. In this way, Vice Chairman Xiongzhen and I will each contribute 0.6% of the 0.3% shares required for this allotment."

In addition, I will allocate 2% shares each to my wife Feng Ziyi, Li Rushi, and Wu Yunna from my personal equity. Excluding the 0.2% that Wu Yunna already has, a total of 5.8% is needed. Do you have any opinions? Lin Feng asked.

Allocating shares to the three ladies, Lin Feng promised them last time and must cash in as soon as possible. This is also why Lin Feng is considering changing the model of living security for his children in the future. Mainly relying on the shares of Zhenming Group to provide support, so that there will be no clan issues like the Ming Dynasty.

"No!" everyone replied.

Lin Feng adjusts some of the equity he holds to others. Naturally, other people cannot have any opinions, which is to ask symbolically.

After the adjustment of the group's shares this time, the largest shareholder is naturally Lin Feng, accounting for 76.8% of the shares, and the shares have dropped significantly.

接下来是李雄振4.7%、林婉瑜、冯梓怡、李如诗、乌云娜各2%、李万祥1.5%，张铁锤、方大山、方铁锤等3人各1%，方小鱼、杨森、苏顺年、林家康、王勤、郭正、赵知新等7人各0.5%，卢象升、宋继烈各0.3%，洪图等7人各占0.2%，赵家亮、李长吉、郭天右、曹强等5人各占0.1%。

(End of this chapter)