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Text] Chapter 1o5 Ocean Trade Fleet

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Take monopoly of the trade in Beiyang! Make the biggest profit! The ship owners were so sarcastic by these two sentences. When Yinzhen finished speaking, the crowd didn't care whether it was rude. They immediately started discussing it, and the living room quickly compared with the vegetable market.

The discussion was not long, and soon, Tang Degui stood up again and said: "Prince Heng, the Sand Ship Association is indeed beneficial to the shipowners here, but the cost of the Sand Ship Association..."

Yinzhen chuckled and took over the conversation, "There is no extra fee, but the Sand Ship Association must accept the management and dispatch of the court. Of course, the dispatch is paid, and the court will also try its best to support it. For example, in the future, the cotton quota of Beiyang will only be given to the Sand Ship Association, purchasing goods or entrusting freight, and they will directly look for the Sand Ship Association. However, the Sand Ship Association cannot exclude or suppress the owner of the small boat. I only emphasize that since the establishment of the Sand Ship Association, any owner who has illegal and bad records must be resolutely eliminated."

I heard that there is no need to pay any fees to the court, so all the ship owners were relieved. It was natural to accept management and dispatch. It was natural to eliminate disobedient people. So what is there to say? Once the Sand Ship Association was established, the benefits were obvious. In those times, the small ship owners would not squeeze in like crazy. It is absolutely certain that the sand ship owners who were excluded would be dead. Who would kill their fleet for a little profit? This would inevitably reduce the wind of smuggling.

Zhang Qingshan from Chongming had a large number of sea boats under his command. He felt itchy when he saw the sand boats establishing an association. But Yinzhen did not mention the sea boats, so he had to ask Zhang Yuanlong, "Brother, with the sand boats having an association, our sea boats might as well join forces to form an association. Are you interested?"

Zhang Yuanlong had already received instructions from Yinzhen that he was just a child and was about to find an opportunity to raise this question. Zhang Qingshan's question hit his mind and said, "My fleet has already invested in the Qing Ocean Trade Fleet under the name of Prince Heng, and he has received great affection."

Many of the ship owners here have large seaship fleets. When did Prince Xu establish the Qing Ocean Trade Fleet? I have never heard of it. Zhang Qingshan was slightly stunned, but then asked, "How many% of the shares does my brother's fleet occupy?"

"Haha, how many of my small fleet can occupy? Prince Heng took care of me and rewarded half of the shares." Zhang Yuanlong added with a smile: "Even the 100 large ships of 1,500 and 2,000 materials that my shipyard has built in the next four years."

As soon as these words were said, the whole house was filled with air conditioning. One hundred large ships with a thousand five-piece and two thousand pieces of materials, plus the original fleet of the Zhang family, were worth eight or nine million, and they could only occupy half of the shares. What a large fleet is this? Is Prince Heng going to dominate the trade in Nanyang?

Thinking of the four sea ships with a total of 1,500 and 2,000 materials that Zhang Yuanlong launched in the water recently, and the two giant shipyards that Honggang is about to be completed, everyone was worried. That's true. In the future, their sea ships will still have business. They are the general supervisor of the General Administration of Customs, and they control the share of all cotton exports. There is such a large fleet, so what can they use to compete with him?

Yinzhen smiled and told everyone again, "The Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet not only operates the East (Japan) and the South China Sea, but also opens Western trade, African trade and American trade. In the future, the specialized products will never be just cotton."

The opening of Western trade, African trade, and American trade is not the same as Zheng He who was in the Ming Dynasty voyage to the West, but it should be far away. But I have never heard of America. The specialty will never be just a commodity of cotton. Everyone is worried. Will raw silk, silk, and tea be specialized? Everyone couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuanlong with envy. The Zhang family is really great.

Before the crowd could react, Tang Degui asked tentatively: "I wonder if Prince Heng's Qing Ocean Trade Fleet has the opportunity to invest in Caomin and others?"

Yinzhen glanced at Tang Degui with great appreciation and smiled reservedly, "Of course, I allow it, but each family cannot exceed two points at most, one million points. You might as well tell you clearly that the court holds 40% of the shares."

‘Four Great Everlasting’! Another ‘Four Great Everlasting’, everyone reacted in an instant, and Tang Degui said without hesitation: “My Tang family bought two cents.”

"The Gu family also bought two cents."

"Can the Zhang family fleet invest at a discount?"

"The Sha family fleet also invested at a discount. If it was not enough, it would be worth two cents for the Sha family."

"The Yin family wants one point."

The Qing Dynasty was going to go to the West! The 14th Prince took action again after two years! The Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet was grandly launched, with the royal family accounting for 40% of the shares, monopolizing export goods, consolidating the East and South China trade, opening Western trade, African trade, and American trade. Now takeaway shares have begun. In a cup of tea, the news that the sea merchants in Shanghai immediately spread at an accelerated rate of 800 miles. At the same time, the news that Yinzhen established a self-employed MN household was spread. However, the path of transmission was different, and the targets of attention were also different.

The monopoly giant of the "Four Great Hengs" who dominated the silver industry is the work of the 14th prince and is also his best publicity and advertisement. Compared with the 1000s, the maritime trade is even more profitable. Who doesn't know that any huge businessman with a net worth of millions in Jiangnan has a huge profit of 4 or 5 times. How many times should the Western trade be? Where is Africa and America? I haven't heard of it, it will definitely not be worse than the West, and it will monopolize exported goods like cotton cloth. Everyone knows how terrible the profits are.

What? The fleet has not been built yet? Are you not awake yet? The fleet has been built, and there is still a chance to invest? Zhang Yuanlong’s shipyard was launched last year with four sea boats of 1,500 and 2,000 materials? Didn’t you hear of the two shipyards covering an area of ​​1,000 acres of land? Did the fourteenth prince’s two shipyards covering an area of ​​1,000 acres be built for people to visit?

The 14th Prince has integrated all the fleets in Shanghai. There are more than 500 small sea boats with just two sails. Do you know? Do you think that the owners of the sea merchant ships in Shanghai are stupid and have a lot of money? You don’t have time to pay attention to you. You are in a blessing and don’t know how many people are anxious to jump now.

For a time, various wealthy businessmen near the water such as Suzhou, Jiangning, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Hankou, etc. were digging silver cellars, and the "Four Great Heng" silver bills increased sharply.

The wealthy businessmen in Foshan, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Beijing were really anxious to hear this news. The court occupied 40% of the time, and bought 10% of the time in Shanghai alone, leaving only 40% of the time. Suzhou, Jiangning, Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Hankou are all places where rich people are crowded, which are much richer than that in the small place in Shanghai. When they bring silver tickets, they will be able to arrive in Shanghai. I am afraid that the yellow food will be cold. However, with such a great opportunity, I have to try it, so there are still a large number of rich people rushing to Shanghai with tickets.

Unexpectedly, news came out of Liuyuan that the remaining shares of the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet were scheduled to be sold in a centralized manner on February 15th. As soon as the news came out, I don’t know how many horses would die, and the large and small clutches in Shanghai Port were shuttled continuously.
Chapter completed!