Super dictator.

The discussion among the people under Wei Jichen became more and more heated, and the mood became much more relaxed. The prosperity of the world is all about fame and fortune, so I will use fame and fortune to drive them.

Wei Jichen nodded slightly to Yan Dunyuan, and Yan Dunyuan took out several projects that had already been planned, and began to introduce them to everyone.

Zhang Zuolin's Taishan Zhao Zhanyuan has no objection to Zhang Zuolin this time. Although he is a rich landlord and has never opened a company or factory, he is good at observing. With a look of eagerness, he knew that making money would probably not be a problem.

At the same time, he thought in his heart that this young general Wei had a great reputation in Liaodong. He cherished his feathers and would not ruin his reputation. How much money do you have left on hand?

"Father-in-law, this is an industry we support in Liaodong recently, please have a look." Zhang Zuolin respectfully put a document in front of Zhao Zhanyuan, and he put on his reading glasses and picked it up to have a look.

I saw match factories, cement factories, paper mills, printing factories, candle factories, sugar factories, flour mills, raw silk factories, glass factories, machine brick and tile factories, oil extraction factories, and also opened up the mining industry. There are 4 mining photos, 13 prospecting photos and so on.

There are no fewer than dozens of projects, and each project has a detailed description and the approximate total amount of funds required, which is convenient for these businessmen to weigh in their own minds. Zhao Zhanyuan was dazzled by it.

Zhao Zhanyuan was just a modest landlord, and the landlord's family didn't have much food left over. He was able to gather up 3 taels of silver in a short period of time. It was because he trusted his son-in-law and Wei Jichen that he dared to sacrifice his wealth and life.

"Yuting, do you think it's better for me to take a share in that factory?" Zhao Zhanyuan put away the materials and rubbed his temples with a headache.

Zhang Zuolin thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Actually, in my son-in-law's opinion, every project is very promising, but considering your father-in-law's situation, my son-in-law thinks that the sugar factory and the flour mill should be good."

Zhao Zhanyuan was taken aback, and said puzzledly, "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot, doesn't this flour mill need wheat? But where can we grow wheat in Northeast China?"

The crops used in the sugar factory are sugar beets, the raw materials of the flour mill are wheat, and the raw materials of the oil mill are soybeans. These are all planned by Wei Jichen. These processed agricultural products can also be exported.

As a landlord, Zhao Zhanyuan is not familiar with other things, but he still knows about agriculture.

Zhang Zuolin glanced around, and then said in a low voice, "Father-in-law, you don't know that, Wei Shuai has already opened an agricultural experiment field, and selected various wheat varieties from home and abroad for experiments, and has selected the ones that are suitable for the soil and climate of our Northeast. The seeds will be promoted next year, and if the father-in-law participates, he will come out on top."

Agriculture is the most important thing. In addition to building a breeding base on Changxing Island, Wei Jichen also wants to establish an agricultural school in Haicheng with Yiktanga to train agricultural talents. The agricultural school will definitely have an agricultural experiment field attached to it. , Ranch, etc., so that students can practice. After graduation, these students will be engaged in agricultural education and popularize modern agricultural knowledge.

Zhang Zuolin wasn't leaking secrets, because Wei Jichen had already started notifying the local governments, letting them leak the news, and persuading the farmers so that they wouldn't be caught off guard in the coming year.

Seeing that Zhao Zhanyuan was still hesitant, Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but swear: "My father-in-law will trust me this time. If I lose money, I will pay in advance."

Zhao Zhanyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, but it's impossible for a person to hang himself from a tree, so I'll divide the 3 taels of silver into two shares, one for the flour mill and the other for the matches factory."

In fact, with more than 3 yuan, it is completely possible to start a flour mill by itself, but because Zhao Zhanyuan has no experience, he dare not start it alone, so he can only participate in the shares.

After everyone had read it and had a rough idea, Wei Jichen struck while the iron was hot and asked Yan Dunyuan to start counting.

In this way, you pay 1 taels, I give 2 taels, and even many wealthy businessmen put up a huge sum of more than 10 taels in one go to open a factory with their own sole proprietorship, all they need is for Wei Jichen to buy him machines.

After Wei Jichen finally got the summaries, he couldn't help but gasp. This gang is simply too rich. There are more than 500 people. After statistics, the total investment assets have reached more than 2300 million, and the average is almost 4 taels per person. , It seems that there is no shortage of rich people in any era, especially now, some gentry and merchants have accumulated wealth for several generations, this time they were persuaded by Wei Jichen, and took out most of their property to invest.

Each project has a limited number of factories. For example, flour mills can only open 10 factories next year. This is not because of sales problems, but if there is no limit on the number of factories. Some other projects were left out in the cold, which was not conducive to Wei Jichen's full-blown layout.

What surprised Wei Jichen was that those 20 or so planers were the most generous, many of them were more than 10 taels, and they chose mining, mainly coal mines. It seems that these guys are also smart people.

Seeing that the government is building the Anshan Iron Works, a lot of coal must be needed, so I want to come up and get involved.

Wei Jichen almost wiped out most of Fengtian's gentry, merchants and landlord forces, united them to his side at once, and diverted their attention, attracting them to join the industry instead of focusing on the land.

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect everyone to trust me so much in Wei Jichen. Come, serve food, and have a banquet." Wei Jichen said with a smile on his face. Most of the 2000 million taels of silver will be legally collected in his pocket. This is Wei Jichen's meritorious service, Prestige points are exchanged for silver taels.

After more and more people see them successfully making money, Wei Jichen's business will probably get better and better. I'm afraid the merit points and prestige points will not be enough.

For a while, the host and guest had a great time, and Wei Jichen got very drunk.

The next day, Wei Jichen has one more thing to do, and he will leave Haicheng, and this matter will affect the economic development of the entire three eastern provinces, which is to open a bank. The importance of the bank is not to be said. The rich resources of the three provinces were quickly transformed into economic advantages, which was conducive to resisting the aggression of Japanese and Russian capital, and also helped to raise funds to build railways.

Originally, China Commercial Bank, the first Chinese bank in the Qing Dynasty, could not be established until Sheng Xuanhuai in Shanghai the following year.

However, now Yiketanga and Wei Jichen from the three eastern provinces are inviting the court, while Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, Wang Wenshao and others are joining the court. The two parties have the same goal, and they all work together to set up a bank, which affects the court. , In addition, Guangxu also had this intention, so he agreed to open two official commercial banks, one is the Commercial Bank, and the other is the Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces.

Wei Jichen of China Commercial Bank can’t get in. China Merchants Bank has 500 million taels of investment shares, half of which is 250 million taels, and borrows 100 million taels of treasury bank from the account department. The bank will return the 100 million taels to the account department, thus turning them into commercial shares .

Damn it, before Wei Jichen got the news, the commercial shares of China Commercial Bank had already been divided up completely. The China Merchants Bureau and the Telegraph Bureau supervised by Sheng Xuanhuai invested 80 taels and 20 taels respectively, half of which went away, and Sheng Xuanhuai He and Li Hongzhang and others invested another 70 taels in their own names, and Beiyang Minister Wang Wenshao invested another 5 taels. I don't care about that either.

Fortunately, the imperial court also agreed to the request of the three eastern provinces to open the bank of the three eastern provinces.

Wei Jichen now has a lot of money left in his hands. As long as he changes hands, there will be more than 1000 million taels. If it wasn't for the benefit of sharing and giving some sweets to other officials in the three eastern provinces, he would be able to take it all by himself. Unfortunately, no matter who In this era, eating alone will only be cast aside by others.

It was Chen Weiren, an official from the Shengjing household department, who was sent by Yiketanga to discuss the matter with Wei Jichen.

Shengjing was the accompanying capital, and the yamen's subordinate agencies included the printing office, household, ritual, military, criminal, and engineering departments.

Of course, Shengjing's household department is also in charge of Fengtian's finances.

Chen Weiren was in his forties, so he was considered a young official. Of course, Wei Jichen couldn't be compared with him.

He was considered a relatively enlightened and capable official, so Yiktanga sent him to meet Wei Jichen.

"General Wei, the imperial court has approved the establishment of banks in the three eastern provinces. Our Shengjing household department will use 100 million taels of Treasury Bank as the official stock. In addition, like China Merchants Bank, the investment shares will be 500 million taels." Chen Weiren said a little excitedly. Originally, he was just a modest official in the Shengjing household department, but because he knew a little about banking affairs, he was sent to handle this important matter. Woolen cloth.

Wei Jichen frowned and said, "Only 500 million taels of China Merchants shares? It's too little. How can the strength of our three eastern provinces be smaller than that of Sheng Xuanhuai and others?"

"What does the general mean?" Chen Weiren asked cautiously. He came the day before yesterday. Seeing Wei Jichen's ups and downs last night, he persuaded those gentry businessmen to buy machines and open new factories in a few words.

"Add 200 million taels to make up 800 million taels. I believe you saw last night that there are a lot of rich people in the three eastern provinces. When they hear about the bank's investment promotion stock, they will probably flock to it." Wei Jichen said with a smile.

After a brief gesture, a soldier put a gift on the table, and Wei Jichen said kindly: "I heard that Mr. Chen likes Nalan Rongruo's poems. I got one by accident. Why don't you give it to Mr. Chen?" Such everyone's hands, otherwise it would be a waste here."

Chen Weiren was overjoyed, but also a little embarrassed, after all Wei Jichen had a much higher status than him.

Wei Jichen pushed it into his hand and said, "Master Chen, don't misunderstand, you and I hit it off right away, it's just a little care."

Wei Jichen had investigated this Chen Weiren, and knew that this person was not a very clean official, so he could just be used to bribe him, and he could hollow out the Shengjing household department through the Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces in the future.

With a small heart, Chen Weiren secretly swallowed his saliva, Wei Jichen meant that he would have a big heart in the future.

He couldn't help picking it up, peeking at it, and found that besides a calligraphy and painting, there were more than a dozen banknotes inside, probably no less than a few thousand taels.

Calmly putting the gift in his sleeve, Chen Weimin smiled and said hastily: "Actually, the lower officials don't know much about the bank matters, and the general has to do everything."