Zongben's arrival made Tang Xiaoqiao feel extremely comfortable.

The arrival of Zongben represents the support of the indigenous Ming people for the previous plan of the Yuanmeng to go to Nanyang. More importantly, it means that at least some of the indigenous elites recognize the superior system of the Yuanzhong and are willing to spend real money to officially

The future of the family is staked on the warlord Cao Chuan.

The seventeenth century was an era of unlimited responsibility. According to thousands of years of tradition, once a struggle of this level was defeated, those who invested their wealth and followed Cao Chuan with their families would not be able to escape a traitor who would confiscate their homes and exterminate their families.

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"Haha, Boss Zong, you are quite supportive of your brother's work. You must be treated with dignity!"

While patting the sect boss's arm vigorously, Tang Xiaoqiao let the visitor go to the building: "Go in and have a cup of coffee first. Let's have a good chat today."

This is the first time to drink coffee, and the main thing is to go through the formalities. No matter what the investment situation is, the capital must be verified first before we can get down to business, right?

So the next thing to do is to verify the capital first.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the head office was not prepared, so Tang Xiaoqiao urgently sent people to the bank for help. Fortunately, the National Reserve Bank, the 17th century version of the People's Bank of China, was opened not far from the company, on the same street.

So when the coffee is brewed, people will come.

The following is a very common gold-sharing activity in this era.

In the infield of the head office surrounded by small buildings, the staff moved tables and chairs, opened the three boxes brought by Zongben, took out the precious metals inside, weighed them one by one and registered them.

The money Zongben brought was very mixed. It included not only gold and silver bars of various qualities, but also a large number of Ming Dynasty silver ingots, as well as Spanish pistols, rial, Dutch guilders and other foreign gold and silver currencies.

All these precious metals must first be classified according to currency type, and secondly, the quality must be checked.

Mr. Zong was sitting on a chair, holding coffee in his hand. While talking to Manager Tang, he curiously looked at the strange measuring tools on the table.

He understood the scales. There were objects with the same shape in the Ming Dynasty, but they were much rougher. However, he did not recognize the metal hydrometer that the bank employee brought.

The hydrometer made based on Archimedes' principle of buoyancy has an electronic screen and a transparent water tank, which is definitely incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Soon, the hydrometer detected several pieces of fake silver.

Not to mention the simplicity of the ancients, fakes were also rampant in the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty, the social economy has gradually developed, and counterfeit silver has emerged one after another. The government has repeatedly banned it, causing great damage to commodity trade and folk life. Among them, there are not only treacherous people who are cheating on silver, but also people who sell gold.

Merchants such as silver and pawn shops are also the main players.

By the late Ming Dynasty, counterfeit silver had developed into an industrial chain. There were dozens of types of counterfeit silver, including paper cover, tripod silver, hanging copper, lead filling, forged white, burnt partition, shake silk, double green, flying white, etc.

So much.

Not only that. In addition to counterfeit silver, in the economically developed Suzhou and Hangzhou areas of the Ming Dynasty, wine was mixed with ash, chickens were stuffed with sand, geese and sheep were blown with air, fish meat was filled with water, bayberries were painted with purple and black dye, and old hens were inserted into long tails to pretend to be pheasants.

....There are also fake milk, fake rat poison, fake antiques, fake books, etc.

The above are all self-recorded by Ming people, and there are many poems and stories by Ming people who laughed at the fakes in Suzhou and Hangzhou at that time. Therefore, the counterfeit products in later generations are actually leftovers from the ancients. In addition to having fewer types of goods, the ancients

In other respects, he is really not inferior to future generations.

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A group of employees from the National Reserve Bank quickly sorted the silver coins brought by Mr. Zong, assessed their quality, weighed them, and picked out a small pile of fake silver.

As for counterfeit silver, Mr. Zong can only admit that he is unlucky this time. When doing business and delivering silver, he must check it carefully. This time, it was mainly because he was too short for time and was afraid of long nights and dreams, and the amount of silver was too large, so

The proportion of counterfeit money received is slightly higher.

After all the precious metals were measured and weighed, according to the exchange table publicly provided by the bank, the total value of the precious metals brought by Mr. Zong was 100,400 yuan. The yuan here is based on the one-yuan face value paper issued by Chuanchuanzhong

It is calculated by Chao/Cao Datou.

After learning the total amount of money, Tang Xiaoqiao stood up, held Master Zong's hand, and led him into his office on the second floor.

A simple office with concrete floors and whitewashed walls, and a rosewood desk, lay quietly with a shareholding agreement.

Immediately, Mr. Zong enjoyed the treatment of the CEO of Nanyang Company personally explaining the contract payments. During this process, he nodded frequently and did not raise any objections to the contract.

The reason is simple: no matter ancient or modern, the so-called contract will only take effect when the strengths of both parties are equal. In the barbaric environment of the seventeenth century, Zongben did not have the legal environment to support him in later generations. He

You can think with your feet whether this contract can be implemented and to what extent it can be implemented. It all depends on the other party's thoughts. He himself has no bargaining power.

In this case, what is written in the contract is not important to him who has already staked everything. He can study it slowly when he gets back.

Slowly reaching out his hand, Zongben took out the brush on the table. At this moment, his expression finally became solemn. Finally, after thinking about it, he sighed and signed his name on the contract.

"In this way, Zong will entrust his wealth to Master Tang and Master Cao. I hope you will take good care of me in the future!"

According to the system, for a person like Zong Ben who appears suddenly, the head office will definitely conduct a background check on him afterwards. But Tang Xiaoqiao didn't need a background check today, and he knew that this person had staked all his wealth: because Zong Ben had previously

Did not appear on the key invitation list of the investment promotion conference.

So Tang Xiaoqiao was still a little touched at this time: I don’t know how many resources were used behind the scenes for this dear friend to come to him today, and he must be under a lot of pressure! You know, this is one hundred thousand taels of silver, how can anyone else take it for granted?

Take it out.

"Shopkeeper Zong, please rest assured." Tang Xiaoqiao looked serious at this time: "I can now promise you on behalf of Mr. Cao that no matter what happens in the future, your money will never be wasted!"

From the moment Tang Xiaoqiao said these words, Zongben became the first Mingren shareholder of Nanyang Development Corporation.

And just at this moment, someone from outside suddenly came to report: Bai Shenming, Bai Xiaolian, also came to the company to give money to buy shares!

General Manager Tang Xiaoqiao was blessed with double happiness today, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter again after hearing this.

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If Zongben achieved the achievement of "revolutionary masses willing to get closer" in the Chuanchu organization today, then Bai Juren had already been an "old friend of the Chuanchuan people" and was a "local backbone and revolutionary activist who can be relied on"

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So Bai Juren came to the head office with great arrogance today, bringing shopkeeper Lao Wu and money.

When Bai Juren arrived, the scene became more lively. After learning that Mr. Zong actually took the lead in front of him, Bai Juren couldn't help but give Zong Ben a high look. After that, the two big speculators quickly started chatting.

When we come together, after all, we are all on the same line now, sharing the same pursuit and taking the same risks.

Like Zong Ben, Mr. Bai's investment capital was not too much or too little, and it happened to be one hundred thousand taels of silver. This one hundred thousand taels of cash also cost Mr. Bai his life: he not only sold the farmland in the countryside, but also took out all the money under his banner.

Almost all the cash in the business system and even the gold hidden in the house were withdrawn, and some debts were borrowed.

After Tang Xiaoqiao learned of these situations, he dealt with the matter immediately. When foreign businessmen came to invest in later generations, the local government would have to provide some supporting funds and bank loans. The same was true in the seventeenth century. Shareholders could not just drink the northwest wind after investing.

So Tang Xiaoqiao contacted the bank on the spot and released a sum of money to Mr. Bai for emergency relief. He then contacted a batch of in-demand industrial products and granted them to two Xinke shareholders so that they could use them to maintain their own sales network.

Mr. Bai was really grateful for this. He never expected that after receiving him one hundred thousand taels of silver, they not only returned part of it to him at a low interest rate, but also gave him a batch of goods.

You must know that this batch of goods includes hot-selling items such as kettles and oil lamps. In Guangzhou, a city where rich people gather today, Mr. Bai only needs to get the goods list, without leaving the warehouse at all, and can resell it at a high price, sitting at home.

Make money.

After initially experiencing the benefits of being shareholders of Nanyang Company, the two gentlemen went through a series of procedures. This included not only the two of them, but also the subordinates they planned to take to Nanyang. These people were all selected and capable people.

, are now all incorporated into the "security team" of Nanyang Company, and they have gained status.

After all the formalities were completed, the two gentlemen finally received official documents.

There are two types of IDs. One is a work ID card with a cowhide cover, which is no different from that of later generations. There are also photos, names and stamps on the inner pages, but due to technical reasons, the photos on the ID are black and white.

Knowing that this small leather booklet was the "accusation document", the gentleman hurriedly put it away.

The second type of ID is the name badge.

The tag, made of glass, colored rope, thin iron sheet and identity paper, was undoubtedly much heavier than the authentic products of later generations. However, the two gentlemen put it away solemnly, without even considering the importance of this weird "waist tag".

Hanging inelegantly around the neck, a bit like a dog tag.

Mr. Tang told them that in the future attack on Hao Jing'ao, only those with this "waist badge" would be allowed to observe the battlefield and enter post-war Macau as soon as possible.

Taking the day when the two gentlemen bought shares as the starting point, from the second day onwards, people came to buy shares one after another, and the East India Company established by them was on the right track.

At the same time, the time travel group, which was almost ready in all aspects, began to gradually show its fangs.
Chapter completed!