Chapter 114
"I have." Shen Feng Ming said.
Of course he had. The Shen Family had stood for hundreds of years. Although they were heirs of poetry and books, they have accumulated a lot of money.
"Tag me too. I'll tell my mother and get her to get the money." Yang Sheng interjected. He felt that following Shen Feng Ming and Jiang Yun Zhu would definitely make money.
The Yang family looked glorious. General Zhenguo. But in fact, the family wasn't rich.
Military generals spent more money than literati. Literati buy books and pay for tuition. A good horse cost thousands of liang for a military general. A few hundred liang for a good weapon. Let’s not forget they ate more literati. There was a folk saying ‘poor literature and rich martial arts’. It meant that only those who had money could learn martial arts.
General Yang was very sympathetic to his subordinates. Shen Feng Ming was concerned about those who retired from Qilin Guards and compared to those who retired from the army, Qilin Guards were better off.
First, there were fewer in Qilin Guards and the monthly salary was high. Even if they retire, they could receive a generous amount of money.
But those people in the army, they were ordinary soldiers. They only get one liang of silver every month. If they get injured or leave the army, they could get ten liang silver at most.
What's the use of ten liang silver? If the injury was serious, it was barely enough to heal the injury. What about their future life?
Therefore, General Yang often subsidized his subordinates. Naturally, the Yang Family was getting poorer and poorer. Now, it was relying on some stores under Madam Yang's name to maintain the status of General Zhenguo's Manor.
"In these years, Xirong and Beidi haven't violated the border on a large scale, but they keep making small moves. There are fights at the border and many soldiers have retired. Feng Ming, Miss Jiang, how many people do we need this time? If there is a shortage of manpower, could we hire them to do things?" It was rare for Yang Sheng to show such a sad side.
Jiang Yun Zhu had no problem. Anyway, hiring anyone was still hiring. She believed that the soldiers led by General Yang must be good.
"En." Shen Feng Ming also responded.
"Great, what are you waiting for? Get the fleet up and running quickly. I'll tell my Father then. He’ll be delighted." Yang Sheng said.
Once the funding problem was solved, the fleet was basically sorted. The rest was what business they wanted to do and where to do business.
Now the most profitable maritime trade was selling silk, tea, and porcelain. Oh right, there was another thing, colored glass, they could sell these.
As for where to go, the places known now include Java, Indonesia, and the Western Continent. Some routes have been identified and were relatively safe. But most routes were unknown or full of danger.
These dangers include pirates, wind and waves, local forces and so on.
"Pirates? Pirates are great. I heard that they are very rich. Doesn't our Qilin Guard excel at catching criminals? If they don't come, so be it. If they come, then stay.
And our fleet, it doesn’t belong to the royal court. The seized property... Hehe! "Yang Sheng suddenly realized that it would be nice to have his own fleet instead of setting up a new department. Maybe he could make a fortune by exterminating those pirates.
Shen Feng Ming and Jiang Yun Zhu looked at each other and found it made sense. The Qilin Guard led the team and the soldiers under General Yang served as the crew. Their fleet was the highest combat power of the Xia Dynasty. Who could stop it?
Then the second aspect was confirmed. They would exclusively go to those unexplored routes. High risk meant high return.
In this regard, Jiang Yun Zhu had an advantage. She wasn't very good at geography, but she knew the distribution of several continents in the world. As long as they followed the direction she pointed out, finding a new land wasn't a problem!
At that time, they would be able to sell porcelain and silk there and bring back solid gold and silver!
Thinking about it this way, Jiang Yun Zhu was a little excited, wishing to go on adventures with the fleet and make money.
And to set the direction. In fact, the first aspect, what to sell, wasn't a problem.
Then there was the budget, how much to invest, and how to distribute dividends.
Yang Sheng reckoned that his mother would be able to take out 20,000 liang at most and this was after selling a lot of things at home.
For the first batch of fleets, Shen Feng Ming planned to get 30 large ships, all of which were fully armed. Plus the purchase of supplies, it was estimated to cost 500,000 liang.
Compared with this money, Yang Sheng's 20,000 liang was a bit small.
The money that Jiang Yun Zhu could give was even less. She had done her best and could only take out three thousand liang.
She was a poor person. She felt that she could withdraw from this business.
In the end, the three of them discussed and decided that Shen Feng Ming would hold 60% of the shares, and the Qilin Guards would hold 12%. The 12% would be distributed mainly to the Qilin Guards who led the team, as well as to the Qilin Guards who would retire later.
Yang Sheng accounted for 6%. 10% was given to the crew of the fleet and part of that was reserved for the retired soldiers in the army.
The remaining 12% was for Jiang Yun Zhu. She proposed this plan and may have to handle most things in the future.
"No, it's too much for me." Jiang Yun Zhu waved her hands again and again. 12 percent, that's a huge profit. She didn't dare to think about it.
"What too much? Not much!" Yang Sheng said with a smile.
Shen Feng Ming nodded.
Jiang Yun Zhu insisted it was too much. It was the Qilin Guards and those crew members who ventured out to sea and that was all they got.
She would only run errands in the early stage. It wasn't good to take too much.
In the end, she gave Qilin Guards and the crew each 1% of the shares. Qilin Guards got 13%, the crew got 11%, and she got 10%.
In fact, she wanted to share more, but Yang Sheng and Shen Feng Ming disagreed. So it was settled like this.
"I wish for our fleet to overcome difficulties and make a lot of money." Yang Sheng picked up his wine glass and said merrily.
Jiang Yun Zhu picked up the wine glass.
Shen Feng Ming originally didn't want to respond to Yang Sheng, but seeing Jiang Yun Zhu pick up the wine glass, he picked it up too.
The three of them were in a good mood after drinking the wine in their glasses.
"Should we give our fleet a name? At that time, as long as they mention our name at sea, they would be intimidated." Yang Sheng said excitedly.
The Qilin Guard was intimidating in the Xia Dynasty, but there was the emperor above and the noisy ministers. It wasn't enough. Going overseas, meeting gods and killing gods, meeting Buddhas and killing Buddhas. That was excitement!
Thinking about it this way, Yang Sheng wanted to quit Qilin Guard and go to sea.
"Name?" Jiang Yun Zhu felt it was necessary.
What was a good name?
"Qilin?" After Yang Sheng finished speaking, he disdained it. He didn't like the name Qilin Guards. Suddenly, he eyed the two people on the opposite side. His eyes flashed a little sly and he said with a smile, "It's better to call Mingyun Trading Company."
A trading company was the same as a business firm, but it was called trading company in this era.
Mingyun was naturally Shen Feng Ming's ‘ming’ and Jiang Yun Zhu's ‘yun’.
Jiang Yun Zhu glared at Yang Sheng, they were discussing serious matter!
"It's better to call it Yunming Trading Company." Shen Feng Ming suddenly uttered. His voice was cold. Not a hint of joking!
He put Jiang Yun Zhu's ‘yun’ in front.
Yang Sheng rubbed his palms, "This name is great. Let's call it this name."
Jiang Yun Zhu: ... Wait, are you serious?
Yunming Firm, the name was settled under such circumstances. Jiang Yun Zhu felt like they were messing.
When Yang Sheng went back that night, he almost wore out his mouth when he told Madam Yang how their trading company would make money in the future.
Madam Yang disagreed at first. There was only so much money in the family. What to do, if invested all and there was no return? The family would drink northwest wind in the future!
Later, Yang Sheng had no choice but to ask Madam Yang to promise to keep it secret and he told her the specific situation of the trading company.
Now Madam Yang became energized. Shen Feng Ming invested 500,000? Jiang Yun Zhu as management? The Qilin Guard lead the team and the retired people from the army were the crew? They’ll go develop new lands and destroy pirates... Pirates were rich.
No matter how one looked at it, it was a lucrative business.
"Why did you invest 20,000!" Instead, Madam Yang blamed Yang Sheng. Though the family had no money, she could go out and borrow.
Yang Sheng was speechless. That's not what you said just now. Besides, he was a hitchhiker in this business. Jiang Yun Zhu came up with the idea. Shen Feng Ming provided the money. They will run it in the future. So he got so many shares for nothing. They were already taking care of him.
What's more, so many shares were distributed to the retired soldiers of Father’s army. In the future, Father won't have to worry about the livelihood of those soldiers. Didn't it solve the big trouble at home?
As a human being, one shouldn't be too greedy.
Madam Yang pondered and agreed.
Suddenly, her mind turned again. Wait, how did Yang Sheng, Shen Feng Ming, and Jiang Yun Zhu get together? They acted as if they had no relationship before.
"Explain now." Madam Yang patted the table.
"It's the other party’s matter. How am I to speak?." Yang Sheng retorted.
Then, he realized that he had slipped up.
Madam Yang was very shocked. Yang Sheng liked saving damsels. She thought he was with Jiang Yun Zhu. Who would have thought that it was Shen Feng Ming and Jiang Yun Zhu?
Shen Feng Ming liked girl?
The two of them...
"Mother, my dear mother. Don't go out and talk nonsense or meddle. I have worked so hard to bring them together." Yang Sheng recalled the days when he got Shen Feng Ming to recuperate and shouldered the Qilin Guard by himself. It was so bitter.
Madam Yang looked at him meaningfully.
"Mother, it can't be that you think I'm with Feng Ming?" Yang Sheng frowned.
Those were rumors made up by others. He liked females. So did Shen Feng Ming. They have nothing to do with each other.
Madam Yang waited for a long time before accepting the news. She had a sense of proportion and won't talk nonsense. It was just that she liked Jiang Yun Zhu very much. It would be a bit difficult for her to marry into the Shen Family.
It wasn't Jiang Yun Zhu who wanted to marry, it was Shen Feng Ming who wanted to marry. Yang Sheng wanted to correct her but in the end he said, "Mother, don't worry about it. Quickly gather money.
Oh right, I'll write to Father later about the crew. Do you have anything to tell Father? "
"Tell him that Son has finally grown up and knows how to take care of the family. Say that I said it." Madam Yang replied.
This was clearly praising Yang Sheng. Yang Sheng smiled in joy.
"Also, that, whatever iron tree is blooming. I haven't hugged my grandson yet, get him to say what to do!" Madam Yang continued. Shen Feng Ming already had a girl he liked. She didn't want to have no grandchild to hold when Princess Danyang hugged her grandchild.
The smile on Yang Sheng's face froze. No, could you forget the last sentence?
In the end, Yang Sheng's letter didn't say anything about it. He only told General Yang about the fleet and asked him to select a group of wounded or retired soldiers. There was money to make money.
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