Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

The successful trial of the steam train immediately caused a sensation.

Whether it was princes, nobles, officials and merchants, or ordinary people, they all felt a great shock.

Such a giant does not require the power of cattle, horses and animals to pull it away. It burns coal and sprays black smoke. It is sure that it is not a divine beast recorded in the Shanhai Sutra?

Although this speed is not as fast as the speed of lightning, it is just the same as the best carriage, but the endurance is strong!

No matter what kind of BMW horse is, it always needs to rest, and the coachman also needs to eat and drink, but the train is different. As long as there is coal, you can walk, and you will never know what it is.

Just as everyone was talking about this steel beast, King Ning rushed into the palace.

"My minister Zhu Dianpei asked the saint for his goodbye!"

When Zhu Qizhen saw King Ning, he looked a little surprised and asked, "Isn't the emperor sick?"

Zhu Dianpei bowed his head and said, "I was caught in a cold yesterday and was ill in bed. I was unable to test the car with the order. Today I am slightly better. I will come to the palace to apologize!"

"Why are the emperor doing so politely? Since you are not feeling well, you should have a better rest. Huai'en, go to the Imperial Hospital to find an imperial doctor and take a closer look for the emperor."

"I just felt the cold and had already taken the medicine, so there was no need to bother the imperial doctor."

Zhu Dianpei hurriedly stopped Huai'en and continued, "I am here today, because there is something to report to the emperor."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "Uncle I don't have to be too polite. I'll be kind and give me a seat!"

"yes!"

Huai'en brought a chair, and Zhu Dianpei first thanked him, then bowed and sat down.

"The emperor has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

"Although I didn't test the train myself, the magic of this steam train is in the capital, and the streets and alleys are talking about it. Everyone is sighing. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a skillful work. I dare to ask, how much does this railway cost?

?”

"About tens of millions of taels of silver!"

Zhu Qizhen didn't know why, but King Ning suddenly showed great interest in railways and trains. The cost was actually transparent, so he told the truth.

"This...so much..."

After hearing this, Zhu Dianpei suddenly showed a look of disappointment on his face.

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "This is not the cost of early research and development. After all, it is the first railway. The cost is definitely higher. If the process is mature in the future, it may be reduced."

Zhu Dianpei's eyes lit up and asked, "What the emperor means is that the next railway has been planned?"

"Not bad, Huai'en, go get the map!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Uncle, don't be restrained, come and see!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the picture.

"The next railway is to directly connect to the north and south Beijings, with a total distance of 2,000 miles. At present, the bachelors of the Academy of Sciences are surveying and planning routes along the way. It is expected that construction will start next spring."

Zhu Dianpei thought for a while and asked again: "Master, what is the budget for this railway?"

Zhu Qizhen found something wrong with King Ning today. When he first chose the ban, he started to take action and chose Uszang. He was ready to leave for the vassal. What's wrong now? He asked about the train and the railway tracks again?

"The budget for this road is roughly 50 million taels."

"Fifty million..."

Zhu Dianpei couldn't help but take a breath, he made a big move!

When did I build a road in the Ming Dynasty, it would cost 50 million taels of silver?

"The treasury must be very tight when taking so much money at once, right?"

Zhu Qizhen seemed to understand and said, "Uncle Emperor, don't worry, I will find a way. I will definitely cash out the money, food and equipment I promised!"

"No... I don't mean that!"

Zhu Dianpei waved his hand repeatedly and said, "As the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, I must consider the court. Such huge expenditures, even if the treasury can be used, will it be a huge expenditure. If other places need silver, where should I pay it?

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Zhu Qizhen felt something in his words, so he asked, "What are the great ideas of the emperor?"

"Gaojian... I can't say that I just have a small suggestion, I don't know if it's feasible..."

"Uncle, don't be so reserved. They are all their own family. If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it."

"yes!"

Zhu Dianpei first bowed and said, "I think the country's wealth comes from the people of the world. If the money is collected through taxes and then taken out to build a railway, it is better to let the people participate directly, and everyone has money to pay.

, if you have strong efforts, the future income will be divided according to proportion. I wonder what the emperor thinks?"

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen suddenly became interested. This idea coincided with the upcoming stock fundraising system.

Construction of railways costs a lot of money. Although it makes money, it makes long-term money and is difficult to achieve results in the short term. Therefore, it is difficult to maintain only treasury expenditures.

"Uncle Huang's idea is very good. It just so happens that I have a prospectus here. Huai'en, you go and get it."

Soon, Huai'en came to the hall with a prospectus.

Zhu Dianpei opened it in confusion, looked at it for a few times, and his expression was shocked.

Among them, I thought about it, but I didn’t expect it, I wrote it all in it.

The general meaning is that the Ming Dynasty established a railway bureau, which, as the name suggests, was specifically responsible for the construction of railways.

However, the operation of the Railway Bureau was not the direct payment of the court, but the stock raising system.

One share is one tael of silver. The investor uses the money to purchase stocks, and the accounts are published at the end of each year and dividends are distributed according to the shareholding ratio.

This will greatly alleviate the pressure from the court and allow more people to participate.

After reading it, Zhu Dianpei raised his head and asked, "Prince, who drafted this prospectus?"

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "This idea is what I think. The specific details were drafted by Yu Qian and the Ministry of Revenue. What do the emperor think?"

"Extremely wonderful, wonderfully wonderful!"

Zhu Dianpei clapped his hands and said, "Master, how many shares are the Railway Bureau going to recruit?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "The initial decision is 100 million shares, the national treasury will pay 50 million, and the remaining 50 million will be raised by the private sector."

Zhu Dianpei seemed to have made a major decision suddenly and said, "I am willing to buy three million shares!"

"Um?"

Zhu Qizhen was surprised and asked, "Have you thought about it?"

"Think about it!"

Zhu Dianpei nodded with a heavy emphasis and said, "I am about to be a vassal of Us. It is useless to keep the gold, silver and property of the family and the land deeds of land. They are all sold, and they can be roughly three million taels."

Zhu Qizhen nodded secretly. As a vassal king, he took out three million taels of silver in one breath, which seemed not too much.

What surprised him was why King Ning was suddenly so interested in railways and stocks?

The people who went to the test drive yesterday said nothing, and you didn’t get in the car, but instead were the first to come?

Having said that, stocks are a new thing. If they are placed directly on the market, people may not dare to buy them.

I was planning to find a few helpers, but now I have saved them all.
Chapter completed!