Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1362
"You must ensure the supply of mulberry leaves. Otherwise, all plans will come to an end." Li Yaoer repeatedly urged.

Zhao Yingong naturally patted his chest.He is so interested in buying "tip leaves", besides this is a relatively safe and cheap way to buy mulberry leaves, he also noticed another thing: when Ye Xing sold "tip leaves" to silkworm farmers, Credit sales are also available.It was agreed to use cash or raw silk as the condition for repaying the principal and interest. In this way, Ye Xing actually played the role of a lender.

If this method can be used, then his small loan plan will have a reliable and convenient channel to carry out.

Just do what you say, Zhao Yingong immediately told Cai Shi to prepare invitations and gifts, and he wanted to visit the gentry in the city one by one.Among these gentry, there were those who expressed their intention to join China Merchants, and there were also "directors" of Cihuitang.If you want to run a charity factory, it is most appropriate to pull these two groups of people to escort you.

The IPO plan of Zhao Yingong's China Merchants Group has caused a great sensation among the gentry circles in the south of the Yangtze River. There are countless people who want to buy shares. Into one or two shares.

The silver inflation at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not as severe as in the Qing Dynasty. 5 taels of silver was considered a huge sum of money, and most of the property of the ordinary gentry's family was reflected in the land. It was not easy to immediately raise several thousand silver in cash.Therefore, although subscriptions were active, there were not too many "big players".This avoids the situation that Zhao Yingong once worried about some big investors buying half of the shares as soon as they make a move.

Zhao Yingong came from Guangdong, and the goods he sold were all the goods of "kun thieves" -- the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River now gradually know a thing or two about the "kun thieves" who once turned Guangdong upside down.

The gentry are different from ordinary people. The relationship between colleagues in the same year is as close as a cobweb, and they can grasp the news of many places through the letters they exchange with each other.All kinds of news from Guangdong and all kinds of Australian goods that began to flow into the south of the Yangtze River all connected Zhao Yingong with the "Kun Thief".Zhao Yingong and Kun thief must have a close relationship in private, which has become the consensus of many gentry in private.

With such a background, there is no doubt that in addition to the Japanese air route, he probably also has the now popular "Australian goods" channel.This made many gentry have a strong interest in Zhao Yingong.Some people began to look for opportunities to cooperate with him to make money.As soon as the prospectus of China Merchants came out, many people were moved by the news.

The Catholic gentry in the south of the Yangtze River applauded his actions—not only because of his strong support for the church, he has become a faint "pillar of the church" in Hangzhou.Moreover, the Catholic missionaries of the Hangzhou Church also regarded the opening of the navigation channel to Japan as a major opportunity for the Church to re-enter Japan.Therefore, several gentry in Hangzhou were the fastest to respond, and quickly raised shares of 6000 taels of silver.Among them, Sun Yuanhua's family took out 2000 taels of silver - 1000 taels of which were paid by Xu Guangqi's family privately, not for profit, and all the profits from this stock were designated to be used by the church.

As for the others who are always bold, the money in the frying pan must be earned, and the gentry naturally don't care what Zhao Yingong has to do with the Kun thief. Anyway, the money is the same everywhere, so why not help someone to make money.

Including Wu Zhixiang, who came to Jiangnan to promote his fame, also gave 1000 taels of silver.

Even in the rehabilitative society there were people who contributed money.Sun Chun went straight to Wanbi Bookstore without humming, and directly bought a share.Zhao Yingong originally thought that Zhang Dai, Fang Yizhi and other Fushe heavyweights would be attracted to invest in the shares, and he also specially distributed the prospectus to them.

Unexpectedly, it was Sun Chun who came!Zhao Yingong knew that Sun Chun was a key figure in the Fushe, equivalent to the director-general.But his reputation is not obvious. Even in Fushe, many members still don't have a correct understanding of Sun Chun's real status, and only regard him as a logistics backbone similar to "serving tea and water".

It is quite intriguing that Fushe is invested and invested by such a person.Zhao Yingong felt that Fushe's attitude towards him was still to value rather than trust.Zhang Pu, the "Tiantian leader", is still observing himself.

Zhao Yingong quickly raised 5 taels of silver from a total of 36 investors, including not only the gentry from Nanzhili, but also some businessmen who had dealt with Zhao Yingong.

However, these shareholders are not members of the board of directors of China Merchants, and Zhao Yingong does not need so many decision makers.These 36 people just need to wait for the dividends.There are only two actual board members: himself and the Shen family.Other shareholders just sit back and enjoy the dividends.

The loss of this kind of bonus can be tolerated for the time being. First, the Senate urgently needs to rely on Japanese resources. Secondly, the next activities in Hangzhou also need to be protected by such a network of interests.

Zhao Yingong had everything ready, so he set off with several gentry from the church in Hangzhou to visit Hangzhou Mansion and the yamen of Qiantang and Renhe counties.
Originally, the directors of the Cihui Church at the foot of Phoenix Mountain were mainly from the educated gentry in Hangzhou, and the influence of the Shantang was not great.When Zhao Yingong built a large-scale refugee camp at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, it aroused some people's surprise.

However, Zhao Yingong and his Cihui Hall soon became famous.During the severe drought in northern Zhejiang in 1633, Cihuitang, with its fastest response speed and efficient management, quickly carried out refugee relief activities, opened porridge factories, accommodated refugees, buried roads...especially for the local Almost all the hungry people in the four townships that caused great troubles were rescued by the Cihuitang, and they survived. Thousands of refugees were also sent out to open up wasteland by the organization - greatly reducing the possibility of local "civilian riots" , the stability of the social order has been greatly favored by the local gentry and ordinary citizens.

Therefore, after the drought eased slightly in October, the Cihui Hall was paid more attention to. Not only Zhao Yingong was praised by the officials of the first prefecture and two counties in Hangzhou, but also the gentry who were keen on gaining fame or really enthusiastic about their hometown came in droves to set up a place in the Cihui Hall. Take a kick and hang the name of the board director.

As a result, the name of the Cihui Hall has grown—there are government-run charities at the Hangzhou prefecture and county level, but they are poorly managed and wasteful.Some facilities are old and useless—although there are various facilities such as Salesian Bureau and Nursing Home, most of the buildings were built in the early Ming Dynasty and were renovated in the middle period, and they have long been unusable, let alone resettling refugees.As for the handling personnel, most of them are the aides and relatives of the chief officials and subordinate officials in the prefectural and county yamen, or they are dominated by rich and powerful local people.Although the county government allocates a certain amount of money and rice on a monthly basis and has a certain number of admission places, they are actually swallowed up by the handling staff and have no effect at all.

Therefore, although the relief of famine has always required government relief money and food, the specific handling is often entrusted to the local gentry.In the economic situation of the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty, which was becoming more and more embarrassing, the bulk of the relief money and food had to be raised by the local government.Therefore, the role of the gentry in disaster relief was further enhanced.

Although Zhao Yingong is an outsider, he has already gained considerable popularity in the gentry circle through his active activities, especially through his relationship with the gentry who served education and restored society. Relieve the shortage of talents".

Therefore, at the end of last year, after the drought ended, the Hangzhou government established a rehabilitation bureau, and Zhao Yingong also became a member of the rehabilitation bureau.Because Cihuitang did a good job in accommodating and reliefing refugees, the Rehabilitation Bureau outsourced all the work of refugee accommodation and relief to Cihuitang.Speaking of which, he was a very bad member of the committee - this job was costly and energy-intensive, and a bad trouble could easily lead to civil uprisings.The money and rice raised by the Aftermath Bureau and the appropriation from the government are just a drop in the bucket.

In the end, the Cihui Hall was still orderly. After entering the cold winter, there were no large crowds of refugees gathering on the road, and even the number of dead bodies cleared up on the road every day was more than half less than usual—you must know that this is a famine year after the disaster. In the past, at least hundreds of corpses were brought from the city to the cemetery for burial early in the morning.

No one knows how much Mr. Zhao invested in the Cihui Hall, but everyone knows that the current situation cannot be achieved with a little government appropriation and money and rice raised from wealthy people.Not to mention that the refugees can be settled in a safe place without suffering from cold, hunger and disease-this not only costs money, but also needs to be able to do things.

Such talent and financial resources can't help but impress the local gentry.In addition, everyone vaguely knew that he had the background of Mr. Xu Ge, and Zhang Pu from Taicang also had a relationship with him, and knew that this person was by no means an ordinary Guangli scholar.Therefore, the position in the aftermath bureau is also becoming more and more important.Officials in one prefecture and two counties should be polite when they see him.

He was going to do this today, and it was also a matter of the aftermath bureau.Zhao Yingong felt that as long as he was accurate, it would not be difficult to get the support of the government.

Since the beginning of spring this year, the weather in Hangzhou has been relatively smooth, and the situation has gradually slowed down, so the affairs of the Aftermath Bureau have gradually become rare.However, the disaster relief work is far from over.

After the catastrophe, the victims often have sold all the means of production and living in order to survive, leaving them empty-handed.Neither seeds nor cattle.It is difficult to carry out production self-rescue activities quickly, and it is already late March, and it will be "five shortages in June" in a blink of an eye.If the disaster victims cannot be helped to produce and save themselves in time, it will inevitably cause another large-scale exodus of the disaster victims.Then the relief work of the previous year would be in vain.

Zhao Yingong is going to the aftermath bureau today, and this is what he wants to talk about.A few days ago, the prefect of Hangzhou convened the committee members of the aftermath bureau and asked them to continue to "think of a way and come up with an idea."

(End of this chapter)