The news that Zhu Cixiang held a "Xinzhou United States Project Investors Meeting" at the Huangji Palace spread to Nanjing on the other side of the Yangtze River, and immediately caused a sensation. Meetings between the two governments of the Ming and Ming Dynasties were always kept secret, and basically no news would be leaked. However, this

I don’t know who was responsible for the secret work. Within two days, the whole city was in trouble, and no one in Nanjing knew about it!

It turns out that the Emperor of Heaven is really the richest man in the world today!

In addition, what kind of country is this United States of Xinzhou? Why are the richest people in the Ming Dynasty, the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, and the honest officials of the Manchu Dynasty all enthusiastically investing money in it?

And I have only ever heard of conquering the world, creating a kingdom with one sword and one shot. How can you invest and create a kingdom now?

Is Jiangshan Sheji something that can be purchased?

So, is it a good deal to invest in a country?

Now the threshold is a bit high for a Hou to add a veteran to a million yuan! Are there any projects that cost less? For example, one hundred thousand taels can buy a "bo", ten thousand taels can buy a "zi", etc.? This amount of money

Everyone can afford it!

The landlords, wealthy and capitalists in Nanjing are all excited!

After all, the United States project was led by the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. The second richest man in the Ming Dynasty who was the Minister of Household Affairs in Beijing probably also invested a large amount. They were all optimistic about the project. How could they still invest in a loss? Even if they lost, what would they still pay?

If you can get a piece of land, you can get a title.

The news was known to ordinary people in Nanjing, and the Supreme Emperor Huangdang, who lived in the Renshou Palace (original Dakongfang and Xipu) on the banks of the Qinhuai River in the inner city of Nanjing, also heard about it.

The person who brought him the news was Pang Tianshou, the eunuch in charge of Renshou Palace.

"What? He wants to invest 30 million taels of silver in some country in Xinzhou? Where does he get so much money? He only has 300,000 taels of gold and silver a year!"

Chongzhen was shocked! He had been the emperor for seventeen years, and he often couldn't sleep all night long because of the headache of hundreds of thousands. In the end, he seized power for his son because he had no money. However, this traitorous son had only been in power for thirty-four years.

How many years have it been since I ran to Nanjing almost empty-handed? How come I always spent millions and tens of millions on every move?

Eunuch Pang smiled bitterly and said, "Old Long Live, you don't know, right? It's been widely spread outside that today in the Ming Dynasty, there are two richest men, one richest man and one second rich man. The richest man is Zheng Zhilong, the second rich man is Shen Tingyang, and the richest man is Long Live Master!"

Chongzhen was surprised: "The richest? How rich are you?"

"He's so rich that he can use 30 million taels to support the eldest son of the emperor in the United States. How rich do you think he is?"

"But, where did his money come from?" Chongzhen still couldn't figure it out!

Pang Tianshou shook his head and said: "Although Long Live Lord's court is very good at collecting money, Long Live Lord himself only gets 300,000 taels a year, which is less than a copper coin, and he spends it all every year."

Er Jing, there is no balance at all”

"Then how did he become the richest?" Although Emperor Chongzhen has lived a debauched retirement life, he is not old, only in his forties, and he is in good health and has a very quick mind.

So I still haven’t given up studying philosophy, French, mathematics, Ge Zhixue and how to be an emperor! All five subjects are very good, I am a real academic master!

However, although Chongzhen, the top student, has a high IQ, his financial IQ is very low. Let alone learn Zhu Cixiang's ability to make money, he can't even understand it!

If he could understand better, he would not discuss with Pang Tianshou how Zhu Cihong became the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

"This, this, how does this slave know?" Of course Pang Tianshou doesn't know!

Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty often needed to rely on eunuchs to make money, eunuchs themselves had no financial skills. When the civil servants collectively failed to do anything, all the nobles lay motionless, and the emperor himself grew up in the palace and had no financial knowledge at all, eunuchs were the only ones who could replace them.

The emperor went to scrape the money man.

But how likely is it that someone who can really make money and run a business will become a eunuch?

For example, when Wei Zhongxian was 27 or 27 years old, he was so poor that he had no way to survive, so he had to castrate himself and become a eunuch in the palace. Can such a person be a master of financial management? Emperor Tianqi could only rely on him to collect money, which is a tragedy in itself. And Chongzhen Company

Not even Wei Zhongxian

But Zheng Zhilong is amazing. He came from a humble background and started from scratch. When he was 27 or 28 years old, he was already the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. His family had more money than the Ministry of Household Affairs. If you want to make money, you have to find someone like this!

"Pang Banban, show me to Laoshan Palace!" After much deliberation, Emperor Chongzhen finally made a seemingly wise decision to go to Laoshan Palace to ask Zhu Cixiang!

Ignore the ready-made Ming Dynasty's richest man and don't ask, why should I compete with a eunuch?

Starting from Renshou Palace in Nanjing City, we boarded a dragon boat and entered the Yangtze River from the Qinhuai River. After crossing the river, we went to the Royal Pier in Pukou, then put on a four-wheeled carriage and drove all the way to Laoshan Palace. The waterway is 278 miles, and the land route is

There are more than thirty miles, totaling more than sixty miles.

Chongzhen set off in the morning and arrived at Laoshan Palace just in time for dinner.

Zhu Cixiang was "practicing French" with Mary Mancini in Pang's Garden. When he heard that the emperor was coming, he had no choice but to put aside Little Yangma's "French class", walk back to the palace via the corridor, and then have someone set up a table in Yanshan Palace.

After buying wine and food, he also invited Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu to accompany him.

It can be regarded as a joyful royal family dinner.

Emperor Chongzhen was already hungry after a long journey. After sitting down, he ate some food to satisfy his hunger. Then he put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I heard that you spent 30 million taels of silver on the New World."

Vote for a United States?”

Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, "Yes! Father, you are in such a hurry to come from Nanjing, do you also want to invest some money? One million taels per share, how many shares do you plan to invest?"

It turns out that there is a threshold for investing in the United States of New Zealand. The minimum investment is one million taels! The upper level is one million taels per share, one million shares, and two shares is two million.

"One million." Emperor Chongzhen glared, "I don't have that much money! And I came to Laoshan Palace not to invest money, but to ask, where did you get so much money? Thirty million

Two! Your Majesty, you must explain it clearly to me!"

Zhu Cixiang laughed, and at the same time his eyes swept over the faces of his two concubines, taking in their expressions.

Wu Sanmei looked worried. She knew how much money Emperor Zhu had. It must be more than 30 million, and even a small target couldn't stop him!

But those are assets, not cash! They are mainly land and shops in Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Yangzhou held by the Royal Chamber of Commerce, shares in Salt Trading Company, Maritime Trading Company, shares in Nanjing Iron Works, Gun Factory, Shipyard, and Shanghai

, shares in three exchanges in Nanjing and Wuhan, as well as several toll canals, dozens of toll docks, and shares in some schools. If you add them all up, you must have 100 million, but you have to pay for it with Emperor Zhu.

It would not be easy to provide 30 million in cash. I'm afraid I would have to sell off a lot of assets, and maybe even borrow money.

Would Wu Sanmei be willing to spend so much money to "buy the country" for Zhu Hehao?

As for Zheng Chagu, she was cheerful and smiling. She now has three sons who are wealthy and have a place to go, and two more sons who are eyeing the position of crown prince!

"Tea Girl, tell me, where did I get so much money?" Zhu Cixiang saw that she was very happy, so he simply asked her the difficult problem.

Zheng Chagu was stunned, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to say? But I don't care about the Royal Chamber of Commerce's affairs!"

"But you know!" Zhu Cixiang looked at Zheng Chagu, "In the past few years, you have made millions in vassal bonds, national bonds, land certificates, and rice and flour transactions, right? My little financial plan is almost enough.

After you finish studying, you won’t know?”

What? Zheng Chagu has made millions?
Chapter completed!