Chapter five hundred and sixty-six. joint-stock city
As the saying goes, relying on the mountains and water to eat water. If you rely on the grassland, you will naturally have to find a way to eat animals!
As for why Genghis Khan was so awesome in later generations? The feat of the Mongolian cavalry in the cold weapon era could not be replicated even in the hot weapons era before Wang Hou traveled through time. One of the magic weapons was this milk powder!
Moreover, the deeper he went into the grassland, the more Wang Hou learned about some of the real situations in the grassland. Like before, he thought that nomadic peoples had big fish and meat all day long, which was outrageous. Dairy products were the main food for nomadic peoples throughout the ages. Herdsmen who raised hundreds of sheep might not be able to eat one for a year.
Moreover, although nomadic peoples need ten times more land than farming, in fact, the dairy production capacity of nomadic peoples has always been oversupplied!
Because farming depends on the weather, nomadic people actually rely on the weather for food than farming. About two or three dairy sheep produce enough milk to support one person. However, a vacancies can eliminate 60 to 70% of the animals in a tribe. How many animals you raise can be considered enough. Therefore, no matter which tribe, the animal husbandry in the tribe will do its best to raise as much as you can, and even if you can't finish the milk you produce, you have to keep it.
Then there is a second focus, reserve!
The nomadic peoples on the grasslands of the Song and Ming Dynasties lived a better life, because there were iron pots since the Song Dynasty. Later, Mongolians used iron pots to make milk tofu, but they used iron pots to boil fresh beef and goat milk little by little, and then put them in a wooden grid to dry and harden. However, in this era, there was not even an iron pot. The heat conduction of the jar was much worse than that of the iron tools, and it was famous for lack of fuel on the grasslands, so in the same time, nomadic peoples did not reserve many dairy products.
In this case, Wang Hou will have a lot of room for operation!
"Sugar and salt can be kept fresh and anti-corrosive! What you just drank was not fresh milk, but my special milk powder from Liaodong. Put the fresh beef and sheep milk into an iron pot, add sugar and boil until it is sticky, and then dry and grind it into powder! It's this milk powder!"
"In addition, let me tell you all the bad news. The milk powder you just drank is not fresh, but was cooked by me at this time last year!"
Looking at Wang Hou's smirk, many of the rich grandsons in Liaodong couldn't help but change their faces slightly. They took out dairy products that were all Chen a year for everyone to drink. Don't you deliberately cheat them? You can't drink them badly!
But the bearded man from Kangju in the Western Regions was the first to react. He was full of excitement and started shouting loudly.
"Your Excellency General, what do you mean, this milk powder can be stored for a year without breaking down!"
"For more than a year, the most bag, I have been in stock for three years, and I can still drink it!"
Now, more and more people are coming back! The advantages of farming people over nomadic peoples are not only that they produce more arable land and feed more people, but more importantly, the grain reserves that have been built can be stored for many years, just like the grain reserves stored in Luocang during the Kaihuang period of Emperor Wen of Sui, and even the Tang Dynasty was still ate after more than 20 years of founding.
But nomadic people, you have kept the bag of milk for more than 20 years? It will break in two or three days!
But now, Wang Hou's milk powder can still be eaten for three years, which means that dairy products can also be used as a food product sold on a large scale for long distances. It is simply a new challenge to the existing types of grain in the Han Empire.
Moreover, this thing provides much more energy than the same unit of corn. Genghis Khan marched tens of thousands of miles, and the Mongolian army came with milk powder in his skin and carried meat floss as military rations. When he was hungry, a little milk powder and hydrate it, soak it in meat floss, and it swelled out and it was a meal.
Grassland can also become a grain exporter!
Compared to this milk powder, yarn has shocked merchants a lot. After all, a long time ago, Wang Hou had already produced cotton to impact the old Han Empire textile market. Although yarn is a new industry, it is not uncommon.
"General, are you recruiting us here? Are you the two industries of investors?"
Seeing the huge benefits, his eyes shone. Old man Tian Rangtian acted as the childcare again and shouted loudly. Who knew that Wang Hou shook his head heavily when he heard this.
"What I want you to invest in is this city built with the Xianbei people!"
"this……"
Listening to Wang Hou's words, Tian Rang froze in shock, but when he said this, Wang Hou became excited, and his tone was extremely quick to explain his grand plan quickly like a machine gun.
"I agreed with Ke Bi Neng that the construction of the city will be entirely borne by Liaodong, our country! We will collect the land and the food and wages for building this city. However, it is not a waste of time! The amount of money and grain each person pays today will occupy as much shares! The construction of this milk powder factory and the wool factory will also have the annual city tax revenue. This is 30% of the income. In addition to leaving a certain proportion of the city to operate, the remaining income will be distributed to everyone as dividends!"
"In addition, the materials produced in Grassland City are only sold to shareholders, and the materials are distributed according to the investment amount, and then purchased by foreign merchants!"
As soon as these two conditions came out, many of the big merchants present had their eyes lit up. The former regarded the city as a big shop. Although it seemed that only 30% was a little small, it was the output of monopolizing the joint efforts of Xianbei and Liaodong! It has been a lot in a year!
The second one is a complete monopoly! Only those who own shares can sell milk powder, and they just become the first dealer. Although milk powder is not as indispensable as salt, it also has the flavor of a small salt merchant in the Ming and Qing dynasties!
However, before the merchant could finish the consideration, Wang Hou's next words made everyone gasp again.
"The third point is that the management rights of this grassland city are managed by half of our Liaodong and Xianbei. The management rights of the grassland city are controlled by the government regardless of the slightest, and the shareholders' meeting elects nine directors to manage. This city does not belong to the Han government, but to the shareholders!"
"You can form an army, tribes that dare to offend the trade routes, and you have the right to declare war and strike! The appointment and removal of urban management officials is decided by these nine boards of directors. Finally, although the city is in the Han Dynasty law, when the board of directors conflicts with the law, it will be decided according to the board of directors' handling opinions. When there is a conflict between the general meeting of shareholders and the board of directors, the opinions of the general meeting of shareholders shall be the main focus!"
This is too much for Timo to sell official positions and titles from the two emperors Huan Ling, which means that everyone has spent money to build a country! Listening to Wang Hou’s announcement, it should be a businessman from Jingzhou who Wang Hou didn’t know couldn’t help but say in disbelief.
"Are the generals afraid of the merchants' rebellion?"
"First of all! This is a money-making job, and I will invest in it!"
"Second!"
He smiled and replied to him, Wang Hou also spoke up with a heart-killing statement.
"To form this grassland city, there must be at least hundreds of shareholders. If everyone thinks it should be reversed! Then let's reverse it!"
As soon as these words were said, the entire banquet hall was filled with an uproar. Even Xu Shu, Wu Qiu Jian and others couldn't help but look horrified. However, after a while, Xu Shu couldn't help but nodded secretly. As for Tian Rang, High-speed Railway, Chen Duan and Zhuge Rui and other rebellious merchants from the aristocratic families, they were full of fanaticism.
The existence of grassland city is equivalent to taking back the political status gradually lost by merchants after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! At least on the grassland, everyone no longer has to look at the faces of the corrupt scholars of the gentry who had rice insects on the land!
Chapter completed!