I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

After the shipbuilding order was promulgated, businessmen who were looking for investment were excited.

According to past experience, any industry that Wu Changqing personally named to focus on development will become very profitable. Such as steel making, salt making, these are huge profits.

The shipbuilding industry this time is another rare opportunity for them.

Those who have a little spare money and want to do business are already ready to start all kinds of preparations at this time.

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However, the shipbuilding industry has a large initial investment and a long profit recovery period. It is not an industry that ordinary people can enter, and no one with a worth of millions is not qualified to enter the market.

And once you gain a firm foothold in this industry, you won't have to worry about making a living for three generations.

"Father, I think the shipbuilding industry is very good. Now the ocean trade is more and more prosperous, and the demand for ships is very large. As long as we enter the industry now, we will definitely be able to develop. There are many old craftsmen who can build ships in our hometown. The advantages."

In a certain house in Nanjing, a middle-aged man was analyzing with his father with a newspaper in his hand.

"It's just, can we enter the industry? As mentioned above, the government will provide the most advanced marine technology for those who enter the industry. And we are northerners after all, and they will give us the technology with confidence, without worrying about us leaking to the Qing court. ?"

Hong Tianwen said that they are the richest people in Huai'an. Because there are many opportunities for making a fortune in the south, they came to Nanjing with capital and wanted to open up a new business.

Originally, they wanted to get involved in the steel or grain industry, but after visiting Nanjing, they found that the profit of the grain industry was very low, and prices and transportation were controlled by the government.

The same is true for the steel industry. These important industries are strictly controlled by the government, which is not suitable for their northerners to invest.

Originally, they were about to give up and were about to return to Huaian.

At this time, Wu Changqing issued a shipbuilding order, saying that he would support the shipbuilding industry, and encourage local businessmen to go abroad to do business and explore overseas markets.

This allows them to see business opportunities, but they are worried that they will not be able to enter the industry because of their status.

"I will visit Mr. Hong Chengchou for this. He is now in charge of development matters in the Ministry of Commerce, and he has the right to speak. As long as he can help us, we will definitely be authorized."

Hong Tailin is going to go through the back door, which is also the most common method used by their businessmen.

If you are in trouble, call the officials.

The Hong family in Huaian, this Hong Chengchou, as a servant of the Ministry of Commerce, naturally knows a little bit, and knows that their family is very rich.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou soon met with Hong Tailin.

After all, a very important part of his work is to attract investment, which is called attracting investment in future generations.

As long as there are businessmen who come to invest in Nanjing or the South, he welcomes them with both hands.

The more investment he pulls in, the more developed his business will be, the more jobs he will create, and the better his political performance will be.

"I have seen Mr. Hong."

Hong Tailin saluted.

"Please take a seat."

Hong Chengchou greeted, and then the two exchanged some nonsense.

Hong Tailin praised Hong Chengchou's current political achievements, and Hong Chengchou praised the strength of the Hong family.

Afterwards, Hong Tailin understood his purpose: "I came to Nanjing this time because I wanted to settle down in Nanjing and find a way to make money here."

"This is very good. Now that the Governor is encouraging business, investing in Nanjing is a wise choice."

Hong Chengchou said.

"Your Excellency the Governor is concerned with industry and commerce, which is a blessing for us businessmen. However, after my investigations in Nanjing, I found that most of the industries have already entered the industry. There are also some industries that I am not qualified to enter."

Without the qualifications to enter the industry, do they want to enter the manufacturing of steam engines? The manufacture of new weapons, is this guy a businessman or a spy?

Hong Chengchou suddenly became vigilant, although he liked the flow of capital into Nanjing very much. However, some of them are strictly forbidden to ordinary businessmen.

For example, the manufacture of steam engines, the manufacture of flintlock guns, the manufacture of cement, etc., these core technologies Wu Changqing is very hard to cover, they are all looking for very reliable partners to operate, and they will always send people to supervise them to prevent technology leaks.

There are so many forces that want to steal these secrets, as big as the Qing court, Ming Dynasty, as small as a wealthy businessman, they all want to steal the secrets to make a profit.

Over the past few months, the intelligence agencies have captured dozens of spies. Among them, there are many people who pretend to be businessmen and try to obtain secrets in the name of cooperative investment.

Therefore, when Hong Tailin said it was an industry that he could not get involved in, Hong Chengchou became alert.

"Which line do you want to enter?"

Hong Chengchou asked.

"It's the latest shipbuilding industry recommended by the Governor. When my family was in Huai'an, I had also been involved in the shipbuilding industry and had a lot of experience. But this time I want to enter the shipbuilding industry, but I am worried that because of our identity in the north, the government will treat it differently. Provide us with the most advanced shipbuilding technology."

Hearing that it was the shipbuilding industry, Hong Chengchou felt a little relieved.

Compared with those core technologies, the shipbuilding industry is not so strict.

Even in the event of a technology leak, the enemy cannot use this technology to quickly change the strength of the army or change the general trend of the world.

Therefore, this kind of business can be opened to northern merchants.

"These techniques

After all, the technique is the effort of the Governor-General, if it were leaked, it would not be the enemy. "

Although it was obvious that he could open up to them, Hong Chengchou didn't say it clearly, but first talked about his own difficulties.

This is just for a fee.

After he surrendered anyway, the property in the north was confiscated by the Qing court, so he is relatively poor now and can only get a little basic salary every month.

This monthly salary is a lot for ordinary people, but it is really not enough for him, a third-rank officer. The house he lives in is still rented. Other prices in Nanjing are cheap, but the house price has been rising.

This is also impossible, there are too many people who want to come to Nanjing to settle down.

Because of the reason he just surrendered, or for the sake of his future career, Hong Chengchou did not dare to corrupt or accept bribes.

In desperation, he could only count on a little extra benefit.

Strictly speaking, this kind of money is also embezzlement, but this kind of embezzlement is harmless to the government. He doesn't take the money, and he also issues a license to Hong Tailin.

After receiving the money, he will only issue a license and will not give any other benefits.

This is called embezzlement without breaking the law, and it doesn’t matter whether the money is collected or not. This kind of money is generally collected without too much risk. Even if something goes wrong, the punishment is very light.

For Hong Tailin, paying such a sum of money to buy peace of mind is not a loss.

In this era of corruption, some businessmen will not feel at ease if they do not give a little benefit to being an official. Just like to do surgery with some people in later generations, I like to give the doctor some red envelopes.

With the intentions of both parties, the matter was quickly settled. Hong Tailin obtained the business license, but he needed to accept the supervision sent by the government.

In this incident, Hong Tailin paid 10,000 taels of silver to Hong Chengchou, which was a huge sum of money.

There are not a few northern businessmen like Hong Tailin. They often do this in order to be able to do business in Nanjing normally.

Nanjing's investment environment is very good, and capital inflow is the general trend.