Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 504
Li Shimin is not in Chang'an, which does not mean that the court will not hold a court meeting. Under the circumstances that most things are handled by the various ministries, a court meeting will be held every five days to summarize and deal with some situations. This is the first time after Sun Xiangfu came back. The next court meeting, moreover, will be the court meeting in which the Ministry of Agriculture plays the leading role. On the day before the court meeting, Sun Xiangfu also specially called officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to hold a meeting to learn about some situations.

Summer harvest is an event that is more important than autumn harvest after Guanzhong has switched to two-season planting. The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of harvesting, grain processing, storage and other matters, and the Ministry of Households is in charge of taxation.

Above the court, after the distribution of specific tasks under the auspices of Fang Xuanling, everyone began to discuss other matters.

The first thing to be mentioned is naturally the medical and pension security system implemented in Weinan. Wen Yanbo suggested that the imperial court also encourage the implementation in places other than Weinan. However, many people opposed it. These people, There are officials who represent the interests of various local groups.

Sun Xiangfu had expected this to happen early in the morning, so he comforted Old Wen and told him that in fact, this matter does not need to be promoted by the court now. As long as Weinan insists on implementing it, the reality will force all those who need a lot of labor. The industry followed up, because if you don’t have such benefits, the workers are unwilling to work for you. Now Datang has a vast land and abundant resources, and what they lack is labor. If they don’t want to retain the labor force, they will inevitably face operational difficulties. In this In this era, everything is produced and created by human power.

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's comfort, Wen Yanbo knew why Sun Xiangfu didn't bring this matter up to the court for discussion, but directly promoted it to the outside world. It turned out that this was his method, but now it seems that it is really clever.

There was no agreement on this matter, but one matter was quickly agreed upon, that is, the matter of sending the students of the Hongwen Institute to border towns as officials. Now, the territory of the Tang Dynasty has doubled sharply, and the border towns in all directions are short of manpower. The imperial court basically has no choice. If they can write, know how to count, and are willing to help the imperial court, they can give them a chance. Even the ordinary students of the Imperial College, Fang Xuanling, want to use them, let alone those educated by Hongwenguan. The children of high-ranking officials, they are trained according to the standards of officials. Being able to become an official is something that everyone in the court can enjoy. Naturally, no one objects.

Then, Wen Yanbo once again suggested that most of the interns who were assigned to various places the year before last, who performed well, would become full-time employees in advance and be assigned to various border areas as officials.

This suggestion has also been approved by everyone. Those places where only officials who have been demoted for crimes in the past will become officials are now likely to become golden bumps. It is naturally better to develop and utilize them earlier.

In the end, under the deliberate guidance of Changsun Wuji, the topic focused on the 1000 million investment project that Xingfu Village collectively published in the newspaper.

Needless to say, officials with five surnames and seven families, they habitually believe that as long as they are invested by Sun Xiangfu, they must make a lot of money. How much money has been invested, there is basically no one-word decision, and they are in the court, so they have to go back and ask the Patriarch.

At this time, the people representing the small and medium-sized family groups of various local forces finally got an opportunity to participate in such a huge investment project, which made them very excited. Everyone selectively forgot. Years ago, everyone was still impeaching so-and-so in the court, and so-and-so was fighting for profit with the people!
Now, no one opposes things like impeachment, and interests can smash the mask that everyone wears on their faces.

"I don't know what the upper limit of Sun Dudu's investment project is?"

Many people in the court cannot make decisions about the wealth of the family they represent, but there are also some officials who are in charge of the family and can directly decide the wealth of the family. It was decided, so that after the big families of five surnames and seven families took action, they could only drink leftover soup.

"The upper limit? There is no upper limit. All families and individuals who want to invest in this project can go to Wangjiang Tower to participate in a public offering meeting in three days. At that time, they only need a cash deposit certificate of ten pennies to buy it." One share of this project, and finally, based on the total number of shares recruited by the deadline, establish the original share capital. I will use these raised funds to set up a company and let special personnel manage the operation of this project. Currently , tentatively named 'Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd.'."

"Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd."

"Well, what is the original share capital?"

"After we invest money, how do we distribute dividends?"

"There is no upper limit, that is to say, as long as we pay, we can get the shares? There is no need to fight for it."

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All kinds of questions were asked by the courtiers one by one, so Sun Xiangfu had to explain to everyone according to what he had discussed with Changsun Wuji in advance.

"My lords, this so-called joint stock company is an industry developed by many shareholders. For example, the previous Weinan New City project was invested and built by the royal family and many noble shareholders. We can call it For the 'Weinan New City Investment Co., Ltd.'.

This company will have the largest shareholder as the chairman. A general manager can be recruited to be responsible for the operation, or the chairman can run it himself. The seven or nine largest shareholders can form a board of directors to be responsible for decision-making and business affairs. For very important matters, it is necessary to hold a meeting of all shareholders, solicit opinions, and vote for resolutions..."

Sun Xiangfu talked a lot, and finally explained the word "company" clearly. After the ministers heard it, they felt that it was very feasible. Everyone invested money to do business together. The board of directors was responsible to all shareholders, and the financial situation was also disclosed to all shareholders. After making a profit, dividends can be distributed every year according to the number of shares held by each shareholder.

For example, if 500 million shares are finally recruited after three days, and the net income of the next year is exactly 500 million yuan, then each shareholder can earn one penny for each share held. , then divide it by 500 million shares.

Moreover, Sun Xiangfu also specifically stated that this share can be transferred and traded, or passed on to future generations of heirs.

As long as the joint-stock company does not dissolve, continues to operate, and continues to make profits, then those who hold shares in this joint-stock company can enjoy dividends without time limit.

After listening to this setting, the ministers have a stronger desire to buy shares. This is an industry that can be passed on forever!
If it can continuously earn wealth like Weinan New City, even if the family has a prodigal son in the future, as long as the shares are not sold, it can guarantee that he will have a good dividend every year to live on, as they use to continue the family inheritance The guarantee is too suitable.

"As a colleague, three days later, there will be a detailed introduction to the 'Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd.' in the prospectus meeting held in Wangjiang Tower. If you intend to buy original shares, please bring your identity Household registration, as well as the cash deposit certificate of Datang Bank, to establish their first, second, and third heirs in advance, so that the company can issue shareholder certificates."

After the explanation, Sun Xiangfu once again concluded his speech.

"At that time, the old man will definitely go. Buy two thousand shares of it."

"Two thousand shares, that's twenty thousand. Your family has a lot of surplus money! My family can only buy a thousand shares at most."

"We are all small fishes. The real big ones will probably be taken by five surnames and seven families. I just don't know how much cash they have in Chang'an..."

The court meeting dissipated in the midst of everyone's discussions, but Wei Zheng, who came out from behind, looked at the chattering officials in front, shook his head and said, "Hey, all the princes in the court are talking about business, I'm afraid, Kong Jijiu will be angry today. Jumping."

"Why, didn't Kong Jijiu think of a way to incorporate merchants into Confucianism? You know, merchants are based on honesty, and Confucianism also emphasizes sincerity. Believe it! If he merges, the entire Confucian merchants will come out. That's pretty cool!" Sun Xiangfu followed behind Wei Zheng and joked in a somewhat joking tone.

"Hmph, how can we, the disciples of Confucianism, associate with merchants and businessmen?"

"So, Mr. Wei is not planning to invest money in this project?"

"Who said, the old man is going to buy [-] shares."

Surprised by Wei Zheng's sudden turn of events, it took Sun Xiangfu a long time to react, and said with a smile, "Ten thousand shares? That's one hundred thousand shares. I never thought Wei Gong's family would be so rich."

"If you don't have money, how can you live in Chang'an City? Now, as soon as you go out or go to the streets, you have to spend money everywhere. I don't think about myself, I have to think about future generations!"

All right!This is the advantage of Chang'an's commercial development. When people go to the streets, they will always make people unable to resist consumption. Sun Xiangfu went there because these ancient people wanted to save their family business for future generations. He deliberately hid his investment. He only focused on the inheritance of shares, profits, etc., which hit the nail on the back of these family officials, and naturally lured them all into the bait. He was looking forward to three days later, at the Wangjiang Tower's IPO meeting, Can gather a huge amount of wealth, with this money, he can promote all projects faster, in any world, more money is easy to do.

However, Sun Xiangfu encountered a difficult matter right now, because he was entangled by Li Tai.

"Master Sun, Xiaotai please, let me eat a little more every day! Just a little bit..."

"Well, I'm not cruel to be a teacher. With your current figure, if you want to lose weight, you must control your food. Otherwise, you may not live long, so why are you talking about setting an example for the farmers in the world?"

"Ah! Can't you live long?"

Li Tai's face turned pale from being frightened by Sun Xiangfu's words. Sun Xiangfu was half a well-known doctor in the powerful circle of the Tang Dynasty. Even the Imperial Physician Ling Zhen Quan was full of praise for some of Sun Xiangfu's medical skills, and he sighed. He said he won't live long?
Li Tai suddenly felt dizzy, and he didn't know whether he was hungry or frightened. Fortunately, Sun Xiangfu's hands and feet were still fast, so he supported him and comforted him, "As long as you can reduce it, it's all right." The problem is gone, I want to increase the food! It’s okay, starting tomorrow, the summer grain will be collected, you should do more physical work, and I will give you extra meals at night.”

"Extra meal?" Hearing these two words, Li Tai instantly revived with full blood.

"Ok!"

"Master Sun, you are so kind. Tai will definitely go to work in the fields tomorrow. You must prepare more delicious food for me!"

Seeing Li Tai's obsequious expression, Sun Xiangfu felt that it was better to explain the situation to him, "Uh, don't be so polite, just one or two cucumbers and a little bit of fruit."

"Plop." Li Tai was really dizzy this time.

(End of this chapter)