"I have." Shen Fengming said.
Of course he did. The Shen family had been standing for hundreds of years, and although poetry and literature were passed down from generation to generation, they had also accumulated a lot of wealth.
"Take me with you. I'll tell my mother to take the money." Yang Sheng said quickly. He felt that he would definitely make money by following Shen Fengming and Jiang Yunzhu.
In fact, the Yang family only looks glorious, and the general is the guardian of the country. In fact, the family is not rich.
Military generals spend more money than scholars. It is expensive for scholars to buy books and pay tuition fees, but a good horse for a military general will cost thousands of taels, and a suitable weapon will cost hundreds of taels. Not to mention that they have to eat more than scholars on a daily basis. Therefore, there is a saying among the people: "The poor are good at literature, and the rich are good at martial arts", which means that only if you have money can you learn martial arts.
General Yang was very compassionate to his subordinates. Shen Fengming was worried about those who retired from the Qilin Guard. In fact, compared with those who retired from the army, the Qilin Guard was considered to be in good shape.
At least the Qilin Guards are small in number and have high monthly salaries, so even after retirement, they can still receive a generous sum of money.
But what about those people in the army? They are just ordinary soldiers, with only one penny of silver per month. If they are injured or leave the army, they can only get ten taels of silver at most.
What's the use of ten taels of silver? If the injury is serious, it will only be enough to treat the injury. What about their future life
Therefore, General Yang often subsidizes his subordinates, and the Yang family naturally becomes poorer and poorer. Now, they only rely on some stores under the name of Madam Yang to maintain the appearance of the General's Mansion.
"In recent years, the Western Rong and Northern Di have not made large-scale invasions, but they have kept making small moves. There have been wars on the border from time to time, and many soldiers have retreated. Fengming, Miss Jiang, how many people do we need this time? If we are short of manpower, can we hire them to do the job?" Yang Sheng rarely showed such a sad side.
Jiang Yunzhu had no problem with this. It didn't matter who she hired, she believed that the soldiers led by General Yang would definitely be good.
“Okay.” Shen Fengming also said.
"That's great. What are we waiting for? Let's get the fleet up and running quickly. I'll tell my dad about it then, and he'll definitely be happy." Yang Sheng said.
Once the funding issue is resolved, the fleet will basically be there. What remains is what business they want to do and where to do it.
The most profitable maritime trade now is selling silk, tea, and porcelain. Oh, and there is one more thing, glass, they can also sell these.
As for where to go, the known places now include Java, Indonesia, and the Western Continent. The routes to some places have been explored and are relatively safe, but most routes are still unknown or full of danger.
These dangers include pirates, wind and waves, local forces, etc.
"Pirates? Pirates are good. I heard they are very rich. Aren't our Qilin Guards supposed to catch thieves? It's fine if they don't come, but if they do, they have to stay.
Besides, this is a fleet, not belonging to the court, so the seized property... Hehe!" Yang Sheng suddenly realized that it would be great to have his own fleet instead of setting up a new department. Maybe he could make a fortune just by destroying those pirates.
Shen Fengming and Jiang Yunzhu looked at each other and felt that 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 them
Then the second aspect is confirmed, they specifically go to those unexplored routes, high risk, only high rewards can be obtained.
In this regard, Jiang Yunzhu has an advantage. Although she is not very good at geography, she still knows the distribution of several continents in the world. As long as she follows the direction she points out, finding new land will not be a problem at all.
Then they can sell porcelain and silk there and bring back real money!
Thinking of this, Jiang Yunzhu was actually a little excited, and she wished she could go on adventures with the fleet and make money.
Once this policy is set, the first aspect, what to sell, is no longer a problem.
Then comes the budget, how much money to invest, and how to distribute the dividends.
Yang Sheng estimated that his mother could only come up with 20,000 taels at most, and she would have to sell a lot of things in the house.
For the first fleet, Shen Fengming planned to have thirty large ships, fully armed, and the purchase of supplies would cost an estimated 500,000 taels.
Compared with this money, Yang Sheng's twenty thousand taels is a bit too little.
The amount of money Jiang Yunzhu could come up with was even less. At most, she could only come up with three thousand taels.
She was a poor woman and felt she could get out of the business.
Finally, the three of them discussed and decided that Shen Fengming would hold 60% of the shares and Qilin Guard would hold 12%. This 12% would be mainly distributed to the Qilin Guards who led the team and used for the resettlement of the Qilin Guards' retired personnel in the future.
Yang Sheng took 6%, and 10% was given to the crew members of the fleet, and a part of it was also reserved for resettling retired soldiers in the army.
The remaining 12% will be given to Jiang Yunzhu. She proposed this plan, and she may be responsible for many things in the future.
"No, they're giving me too much." Jiang Yunzhu waved her hands repeatedly. Twelve percent, that's a huge profit, she couldn't even imagine it.
"What's more? Not much at all." Yang Sheng said with a smile.
Shen Fengming also nodded.
Jiang Yunzhu had made too many decisions. The Qilin Guards and the crew members risked their lives to go out to sea, but they only got those things.
She just ran errands in the early stages, it's not good to take too much.
Finally, she gave 1% of the shares to Qilin Guard and the crew respectively. Qilin Guard had 13%, the crew had 11%, and she had 10%.
In fact, she wanted to distribute more, but Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming disagreed, so she made this decision.
"I wish our fleet will overcome all difficulties and make huge profits." Yang Sheng picked up the wine glass and laughed.
Jiang Yunzhu also picked up her wine glass.
Shen Fengming didn't want to pay attention to Yang Sheng at first, but when he saw Jiang Yunzhu pick up the wine glass, he also picked it up.
The three of them drank the wine in their glasses and were in a good mood.
"Should we give our fleet a name? Then whenever we mention our name on the sea, they will be terrified." Yang Sheng said excitedly.
The Qilin Guard was also feared in the Xia Dynasty, but there was an emperor above them and ministers who complained. It was not satisfying enough, so they went overseas and killed gods and Buddhas when they met them. That was exciting enough!
Thinking of this, Yang Sheng wanted to quit the Qilin Guard and go play on the sea.
"Name?" Jiang Yunzhu felt it necessary.
So what's a good name
"Qilin?" Yang Sheng said, and he even disliked it. He actually didn't like the name Qilin Guard. Suddenly, he saw the two people opposite him, and a cunning flashed in their eyes. He smiled and said, "Why not call it Mingyun Commercial Bank?"
A trading company has the same meaning as a company, but it is called a trading company in this era.
Mingyun is naturally the "Ming" of Shen Fengming and the "Yun" of Jiang Yunzhu.
Jiang Yunzhu glared at Yang Sheng and said, let’s get down to business!
"Why not call it Yunming Trading Company?" Shen Fengming suddenly said. His voice was cold and there was no joking in his voice.
He put Jiang Yunzhu's "cloud" in front.
Yang Sheng clapped his hands, "This is a good name, let's call it this."
Jiang Yunzhu: ... No, are you serious
Yunming Trading Company, this name was decided under such circumstances, and Jiang Yunzhu always felt like it was a joke.
When he returned home that night, Yang Sheng almost talked his mouth off telling Mrs. Yang how much money their business would make in the future.
Mrs. Yang disagreed at first. The family only had so much money. If they invested it all, and it didn't come back, the whole family would be left with nothing!
Later, Yang Sheng had no choice but to ask Mrs. Yang to promise to keep it a secret before he told her the details of the business.
Mrs. Yang was very excited. Shen Fengming invested 500,000 yuan? Jiang Yunzhu was in charge? Qilin Guard led the team, and retired soldiers were the crew? To develop new land and eliminate pirates... Pirates were all rich people.
No matter how you look at it, it's a lucrative business.
"Why did you only invest 20,000!" Mrs. Yang blamed Yang Sheng. The family had no money, but she could still go out and borrow money.
Yang Sheng was speechless. That's not what you said just now. Besides, he was just a freeloader in this business. The idea was from Jiang Yunzhu, the money was from Shen Fengming, and they would run the business in the future. He got so many shares for free, which meant that the two of them were taking care of him.
What's more, so many shares were distributed to my dad's retired army soldiers. In the future, my dad won't have to worry about the livelihood of those soldiers. Doesn't this solve a big problem for the family
As a person, you can't be too greedy.
Mrs. Yang thought about it and agreed.
Suddenly, she thought again, no, how did Yang Sheng, Shen Fengming, and Jiang Yunzhu get together? They acted as if it didn't matter before.
"Hurry up and tell me." Mrs. Yang slammed the table.
"It's other people's business, why should I say anything?" Yang Sheng argued.
Then he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag.
Mrs. Yang was extremely shocked. Yang Sheng liked to save girls, and she thought he was with Jiang Yunzhu. Who would have thought that it was Shen Fengming and Jiang Yunzhu
Does Shen Fengming like girls
The two of them...
"Mother, my mother, please don't go out and say nonsense or meddle in other people's affairs. I went through a lot of trouble to bring them together." Yang Sheng felt miserable when he thought of the days when he let Shen Fengming recover from his injuries while he was leading the Qilin Guard alone.
Madam Yang looked at him meaningfully.
"Mom, you don't really think that I'm with Fengming?" Yang Sheng got angry.
Those are all rumors. He likes girls, and so does Shen Fengming. They have nothing to do with each other.
Mrs. Yang took a long time to accept the news. She was sensible and would not say anything nonsense. However, she also liked Jiang Yunzhu, but it seemed a little difficult for her to marry into the Shen family.
It wasn't Jiang Yunzhu who wanted to get married, it was Shen Fengming who wanted to marry her. Yang Sheng wanted to correct her, but in the end he just said, "Mom, don't worry about it, just collect the money quickly.
By the way, I will write to Dad later about the crew. Do you have anything to tell Dad?"
"Tell him that his son has finally grown up and knows how to take care of the family. Just say that it was me who said it." Mrs. Yang said.
This was clearly a compliment to Yang Sheng, and Yang Sheng was beaming with joy.
"Also, the iron tree has blossomed, but I still don't have a grandson. Let him tell me what to do!" Madam Yang said again. Shen Fengming already has a girl he likes, and she doesn't want to wait until Princess Danyang has a grandson before she has one.
The smile on Yang Sheng’s face froze. No, could you please not mention the last sentence
Finally, Yang Sheng’s letter did not mention what happened next. He only told General Yang about the fleet and asked him to select a group of injured or retired soldiers to make money.