New Shun 1730

This is a very heavy word.

Mantou and others also heard Liu Yu say such heavy words for the first time, and their expressions were serious.

Sinner...

These two words are really heavy.

Liu Yu smiled only after these people nodded seriously.

"Yes, that's how it should be. I have never said such heavy words to you before. I said it today, just keep it in mind. Don't spread it."

He stretched out his hand to count the eight people around him, and then said: "To have a fighting force with the Dutch in Nanyang, there must be at least eight warships. That's all, I don't need to say more. Just keep it in mind."

The few people were all happy and nodded repeatedly.

They knew that only the weapon and the name could not be delegated to others. Liu Yu was not qualified to directly appoint the captain, but his right of suggestion must be sufficient.

The words were so clear, and the few people made up their minds secretly.

When the French ship arrived, it was necessary to redouble their efforts to avoid becoming the "sinner of the Chinese" in Liu Yu's mouth.

Thinking that France only sold two ships this time, even if they had money and craftsmen, it would take two years to complete a batch of ships by themselves.

If they wanted at least eight warships, and at least they could drive and fire, it would probably take at least four or five years.

Moreover, these eight warships were only the minimum number, which meant that they could not afford any failure. If they really wanted to ensure that everything was foolproof, the more the better, and the number would be doubled.

The Austrian country in Europe was thousands of miles away, and they had never even seen what Charles VI looked like. Now they were praying to various gods, hoping that the King of Austria could live for at least another five or six years, and if he could live for another seven or eight years, that would be the best.

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During the voyage of the fleet, Liu Yu met Lin Yunwen alone.

During this meeting, Lin Yunwen's attitude towards Liu Yu had changed from the habitual respect under the official standard at the beginning to the amazing respect from a pure businessman's perspective at this time.

He didn't know what Liu Yu and the shogun talked about, but he knew two things.

Liu Yu was the first "Tang merchant" to meet the shogun.

Liu Yu got thirteen trade cards.

The entire Dashun merchant, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Fujian, only had twenty-five.

In order to get a trade card, the various merchants in Nagasaki's Tangren Town had a lot of ridiculous stories.

Some secretly asked the competitors about the amount of bribes, some wrote letters of gratitude and expressed their loyalty to the shogunate in the same tone as they would to the emperor, some hijacked the other party's ships in private, and some raised the price of the other party's goods on land.

Lin Yunwen has seen a lot.

Now Liu Yu got thirteen cards at once. When Lin Yunwen first heard the news, he thought he was dreaming.

Liu Yu was not generous, but he followed the rules.

He said that the dividends given to him had never been less.

Just this point, Lin Yunwen was convinced.

After all, the other party was an official, and he had never seen an official who did not want bribes but instead gave him dividends according to the rules.

Moreover, Liu Yu never showed a hierarchical attitude of "scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans", nor did he have an attitude of looking down on businessmen from a high position, at least in Lin Yunwen's opinion.

According to Lin Yunwen's observation, Liu Yu was very knowledgeable about trade.

However, after meeting alone this time and listening to what Liu Yu wanted him to do, Lin Yunwen found it difficult to understand.

"Sir, for trade with Japan, capital is not a problem. Whoever has the ability to get a credit card can make money. Since you have a credit card, why do you need to find someone to invest? Isn't this just giving money to people for nothing?"

Lin Yunwen was very puzzled. Liu Yu asked him to take advantage of this opportunity to go to the south to collect goods, spread the news, and find someone to invest.

Don't even think about it, this kind of thing... As long as the news is released, there will definitely be people scrambling to get in.

Trade with Japan is very special. Getting a trade card is equivalent to getting real money. At the most expensive time, the bribe price of a trade card was seven or eight thousand taels of silver.

With a trade card, is money a problem?

Lin Yunwen thought that he had been to Japan many times in the past few years, and he had handled all the silver he earned, which was less than hundreds of thousands of taels.

Let alone thirteen trade trade cards, even thirty would be enough capital.

Even if it is not enough, even if you borrow usury, you can still make money.

Now you want to find someone to invest, isn’t this just giving money to others?

Liu Yu did not tell the reason, after all, there were too many reasons, he just said: "Just do it. Tell them, I only want 600,000 taels, 30% of the shares, and dividends every year. First come, first served, but each person is limited to 20,000 taels."

"Don't mention my name, you, Lin Yunwen, must have been famous among the sea merchants in recent years, and everyone knows that you are the head of the ship. I believe that once you say this, the response will be overwhelming."

Thirteen trade letters, 30% of the shares, are about four cards. The price is 600,000 taels, which is about tens of thousands of taels per card. After all, the shareholders don't have to pay for the purchase.

This price is not expensive at all in the eyes of those who know the business. After all, it is unknown whether you can get a card every year in Japan. And it costs a sum of money to get it once. There are too many wolves and too little meat, so the meat must be bribed, and this is every year.

Liu Yu took away thirteen cards at once, a total of twenty-five cards. Some people who could get the cards originally had no chance this year.

This year, some maritime merchants must be stuck with money and goods, but cannot go to Japan to trade.

As Liu Yu said, Lin Yunwen has become famous in the Dongyang maritime business circle in recent years. Everyone knows that he is "capable". He can not only get normal letters every year, but also temporary letters, which is enough to prove how strong the strength behind him is.

Reputation is the appeal in the circle.

There is no problem with raising shares. Lin Yunwen just can't understand why he should give money away for nothing?

"Sir... do you want to think about this again?"

"No need to think about it, I have made up my mind. In addition to the matter of participating in shares, we should also contact some rice traders in Siam. Give them priority to participate in shares, not only money, but also ships can be used as shares. 600,000 taels of silver, 6,000 shares, 100 taels per share. The minimum amount of 100 taels is enough to participate in the shares. Just tell them clearly that I am just giving money. This is the first cooperation, and I want to buy trust."

Lin Yunwen is just a person who does things. After hearing Liu Yu's firm words, although he doesn't know what the tricks are, he can only do it.

Thinking that he is close to the water and gets the moon first, why not borrow tens of thousands of taels and invest in some shares? Will you still worry about not having money to spend at that time?

Thinking about Liu Yu's identity again, if he did too much, it might not only be useless, but also bring disaster.

But the urge to make money in his heart was really unbearable, and he couldn't help asking: "Sir... Can I invest in it?"

"Of course you can. But you can only invest 20,000 taels, no more. Don't do some boring tricks. The 20,000 taels are internally given to you, but I don't want to see you use aliases to make more. There is another way to say this. The government will collect stamp duty at that time. The government will guarantee it. Whoever it belongs to will be whoever it belongs to. Don't be clever."

After a slight warning, Lin Yunwen nodded hurriedly.

Liu Yu calculated that 30% of the shares were raised externally, and 70% were left.

Of this 70%, 25% must be given to the emperor. At that time, the emperor will be given the alias "Long Aotian" if the emperor agrees.

Make false accounts by yourself, change the name, and get 35%, including your friends, family, naval officers, etc. Half of the money has to be paid to the household government, but the emperor has to step in.

The remaining ten percent will be paid to the nobles, and they will definitely be tied to it.

It will save them from having money and not spending it, and always thinking about the little land near the capital. In the future, there will be enough support for the real war.

Liu Yu said that it was like giving money to those who invested, and buying trust with money, and it was not a lie.

The power of a single person is limited, and the efficiency of the official business is nonsense. If you want to do big things, you have to gather the power of everyone.

The money of the household government can only keep Dashun from collapsing. Expecting the household government to pay for something new that is not in line with the past common sense, the officials are unwilling, and the emperor has no courage.

Now Japan's trade door has opened a little hole. In addition to the thirteen trade letters, there are also things like shipping rice from Siam.

In the future, if we want to try to change the canal transportation to sea transportation, we must have a strong caravan to prove that it can really be done and the loss is extremely low.

It is also necessary to start planning, investigating, and mapping in Nanyang in advance, and to tie a large number of sea merchants to the chariot of Nanyang in the future.

All of these require more money and more people.

Dashun is not without a prototype of the joint-stock system, but if it wants to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it needs to spread some rice first.

As for limited liability, joint confiscation of property, and joint punishment, they need to be solved slowly, rather than solving these problems before doing them.

Now the emperor is stuffed in, and the emperor will definitely be short of money for at least ten years.

The rewards after the fight against Junggar will be paid by the household government and the emperor himself.

Relatively speaking, fighting Junggar will not cost much money, and the real money will be spent later: garrisoning in the Western Regions, reclamation, and immigration will all be negative returns for at least ten years.

Once the fight against Junggar is over, the emperor will see the power of the new army with his own eyes, and he will definitely carry out some military reforms, which also requires money.

Only when the emperor is short of money can he try some new things.

Only when he tastes the sweetness of new things can he support them.

In order to get the emperor's support, Liu Yu had to do more things like taking off his pants and farting.

Thinking that starting from this year, the annual share dividends would be sent to the palace first.

Let the emperor see the white silver with his own eyes, and then transport it back to Weihai to invest in the navy.

The emperor may say that it is not necessary to do so, and there will be losses on the road, but he must be happy in his heart.

Such things of taking off pants and farting should not only be done, but also done frequently in the future.

If it is done well this year, it should be possible to take out a considerable dividend and send it to the emperor, hundreds of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels, which is already a huge sum of money for the emperor.

Dashun does not have so many imperial farms, and the few taels of money in the emperor's treasury are pitifully small. If hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are placed in front of him, the impact must be huge.

No matter how much money there is in the household government's treasury, it is not the emperor's, at least not in theory.

The reality is that the imperial power is too strong. For a few years, the emperor can make or break a country with a word. The ceremony of flattery cannot be omitted.