Chapter 6 False and True Geniuses
Before they knew it, the two of them went up the winding narrow road to the top of the rockery.
I saw that the rockery with overlapping peaks was like a plate, and an octagonal wind pavilion was built.
Zhao Hao looked left in the pavilion, and saw the scenery of the whole garden, and the banquet scene of the host's house in the distance.
"The Ministry of Personnel probably won't agree, right?"
"Of course, my uncle's seventh-rank magistrate will be appointed and removed by the Ministry of Personnel." Jiang Xueying said softly: "I heard that they don't need to go through the Ministry of Personnel, and they can move more hands and feet."
As she said that, she apologized to Zhao Hao: "My sister doesn't know much about official affairs. She can't count it because of hearing."
"It's hard for my sister, I'll ask my grandpa again." Zhao Hao smiled gratefully, and suddenly a burst of tiredness came. He realized that it was time for him to take a nap. He yawned and asked, "What else does sister have to do?"
"..." Jiang Xueying felt so stuffy when she heard this. Could it be that she was just suffering when she took a walk with her?
"Why, it's not convenient to speak?" Mr. Zhao looked at Jiang Xueying in confusion.
"No." Jiang Xueying forced a smile, and Fang cheered up and said, "There are two questions that I want to ask my brother. One is that he heard that his brother opened a Xishan company in Beijing and sold his shares to wealthy families in Beijing, making a huge profit."
All the money Zhao Hao earns is in Wu Ji.
Jiang Xueying always pays attention to his every move, and naturally knows that Mr. Zhao earned a total of 2 million taels through two stock sales.
It took Zhao Hao only a short year to go from being alone in his family to being rich enough to match Wu Ji.
Xue Ying felt that the business talent that she had always been proud of was simply not worth mentioning in front of Zhao Hao.
His series of magical techniques that were unheard of and unseen made Xue Ying dizzy and shocked the heavens.
She had completely given up and wanted to fight with him. Now she just wanted to learn from him and see if she could keep up with Zhao Hao's footsteps...
That's why I say, "I'm willing to be taken away," which is the kind of thing that makes people think of wrong things.
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The little beauty of the iceberg showed a passionate admiration in her bright starry eyes.
"My little sister carefully studied the company's articles of association drafted by her brother, and felt that this was the greatest invention since the creation of the world. I really don't know how my brother came up with it."
Zhao Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, saying that he would not be sleepy.
It has been several months since Xishan Company was opened, but everyone's attention has been focused on the rising stock price.
But no one realized that the most valuable thing about Xishan Company is actually the new business model of "joint stock company".
To carry out an industrial revolution, there must be a commercial revolution first. Without a successful commercial revolution laying the foundation, any technological progress is just a toy for scientists, and will not be transformed into real productivity, nor can it promote the progress of the entire society.
Joint-stock companies are the "steam engine" of the commercial revolution!
Zhao Hao released it, hoping that it could drive the Ming Dynasty's business revolution to move forward, rather than being as vulgar as making a fortune by selling stocks.
When Mr. Zhao is doing business, making money is never the main purpose...
But so far, even if some people have begun to follow the company system, they are just trying to copy his shortcut to make a fortune.
Jiang Xueying is still the first person to focus on the business model itself.
Now, Mr. Zhao, who has been walking in the night with a bright clothes and brags about his lack of a way, has found the audience.
In this beautiful pavilion, he explained to her the company's structure, operation and advantages.
Jiang Xueying sat quietly beside him, looking up at the young man shining in the sun, and listening to him use extremely inflammatory language to draw a grand blueprint!
"The joint-stock company is the most effective and outstanding business organization model we can think of at present! It makes cooperation between strangers outside of blood and geopolitical connections possible."
"So it can gather the power of tens of millions of people into one, becoming a super existence that can surpass all business names and merchants! It will be a behemoth that no one can shake!"
"It is by no means a business name, a business group. It can use its own strength and influence to promote the prosperity of business, promote scientific and technological progress, improve people's living standards, and then profoundly influence all aspects of the Ming Dynasty..."
The girl, who had always been as cold as ice and snow, was actually incited by him and asked in a state of great enthusiasm: "So, can businessmen change this world like scholars?"
"Of course!" Zhao Hao said with a heavy emphasis: "This world should not be dominated by scholars!"
"Brother." Xue Ying stood up, clenched her pink fists tightly in front of her chest, and said with a red face: "My sister also wants to change Wu Ji to a company, hoping to contribute to the arrival of that day!"
"Of course it's OK!" Zhao Hao jumped onto the stone bench happily and said, "With your genius, you can definitely help me a lot!"
"Yes." Xue Ying nodded solemnly.
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After calming down the excitement in his chest, Zhao Hao asked again: "What about one more?"
"That's a small matter." Xue Ying replied softly: "After learning about 'buy short selling' with my brother last year, my younger sister thought that it might be used to solve a big problem."
“What’s the problem?”
"The general number of Wu Ji is in Suzhou. Suzhou was originally a land of fish and rice, but because the silk industry made huge profits, the people abandoned rice and planted mulberry trees, so most of the food in Suzhou City was trafficked from Huguang."
"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded to express his understanding.
Suzhou has long been transformed from a granary in the world to a large industrial and commercial metropolis, and its status as a major land tax payer has been replaced by Huguang.
Of course, the growth of commercial taxes and handicraft taxes in Suzhou has completely made up for the reduction in land taxes, so the tax paid is still far ahead of the country.
"This will lead to a serious problem. Suzhou's grain prices fluctuate seasonally. During the harvest season, a large amount of grain poured into Suzhou, far exceeding the needs of citizens. This caused the market to plummet, and grain merchants often couldn't even collect freight fees."
"When the second spring famine came, the grain store was exhausted and the price of grain soared again. The most expensive ones could be twice as expensive as the most cheap ones."
"The merchants saw profitable and kept the grain for sale in the coming year. Our Wuji is no exception, but this brings three serious problems: one is that they occupy too much and too long; the other is that they have to bear the risk of food overwintering. Third, if the grain prices do not rise to the expected level in the coming year, they may not even be able to recover the cost. My sister has always had a headache about this."
"Last October, after asking my brother for advice, my younger sister suddenly opened up. As soon as she returned to Suzhou, she asked the shopkeepers to discuss with the buyers that they could reach a relatively discounted price and reach a deal contract in advance, and then deliver it when the spring famine next year. Many merchants are willing to choose this way of buying and selling in order to buy grain at a relatively low price during the spring famine. As a result, before the New Year, they ordered all the stored grains in the warehouse, and the deposit they received could almost get the money back."
"The only price is to make less money, but the risk has been completely passed on!"
Jiang Xueying's face was not cold, just like a junior high school student who scored the full mark, his face was full of "Praise me" and "Praise me"!
Chapter completed!