In the past, although the southerners had a policy of horse-herding, many people came out of the customs. In a year, there were as many as tens of thousands of people. These people had begun to spread outside the customs and build pastures along the Great Wall. However, in Ye Chunqiu's opinion, it was still far from enough. The most fundamental reason was that the inside and outside the customs was too far away.

To shorten the distance between people, you must have an efficient and fast means of transportation, such as... a steam train.

Once it starts to be put into use, the time within and outside the pass can be shortened to within three days or even months from the original hike. Time is very important, which will make people feel the illusion of shortening distance. Then... those who refuse to give up leaving their hometown are willing to find a better life.

It's like a small farmer in the countryside who can hike to a relative's house a hundred miles away in three days. This is the limit of his range of activities. No matter how far away he is, he will never go. As for the outside of the pass, it is equivalent to Java. Although he also knows that there are gold everywhere, he wants him to abandon everything and run outside of the pass, but he doesn't even dare to think about it.

But once it only takes three days to leave the seclusion, this gives this person enough courage, giving him the determination to explore a new world like visiting relatives. There are no longer thousands of mountains separated by them, no longer mysterious and intimidating, which is enough to double the courage.

If Ye Chunqiu wants to create a prosperous place outside the pass, he needs a population and a large population. There is no need to doubt this.

In addition, the railway also brings a crazy increase in transportation capacity. Cattle and sheep outside the pass can be sent onto the bus at any time, in exchange for countless fresh fruits and vegetables in the pass, and in exchange for countless tea leaves. The prosperity of trade is just around the corner.

For this reason, even if the imperial court did not build a railway, Ye Chunqiu had to build it. His first railway was between Qinhuangdao and Qinglong, and first connected these two places.

Because the railway distance is short, the cost is about 5 million taels, and Ye Chunqiu has decided to pay out of his own pocket.

After years of unremitting efforts, the Ye family has accumulated a lot of wealth, through many transactions of the Ye family and dividends of shares. Now the Ye family's deposit of the bank has reached 50 million taels, which... does not include the investment in many workshops by millions of silver every year. Even Ye Chunqiu can be said that almost 30% of the hundreds of large commercial banks and thousands of workshops in the world have the Ye family's shares.

The Ye family no longer works by themselves, and they don’t need to develop any business specifically. What Ye Chunqiu did was investment.

At present, the largest pillar industry of the Ye family has evolved from a workshop to a money house. Zhenguofu money house is almost controlled by the Ye family. With the help of the money house, in addition to issuing money, another function of the money house is to crazyly buy many equity shares that the Ye family thinks are worth buying.

Every year, hundreds of millions of silver with silver are frantically invested. Coupled with the dividend income of Zhenguo Mansion itself, even if the Ye family members lie down a year, they can get an investment of 20 million silver with silver.

This amount is absolutely amazing. Because the Ming Dynasty's annual silver tax was only 2 million taels of silver, but this... it doesn't count. In fact, the Ye family's investment is still continuing. But this time, Ye Chunqiu prepared to make the biggest investment.

That is investing in railways.

Of course, Ye Chunqiu was not doing it rashly, and he was never a fool who acted impulsively.

After saying goodbye to Zhu Houzhao, Ye Chunqiu hurried back home. Several people in the family who were mainly responsible for doing business had arrived. In addition to his uncle Sun Qi, there were also a few Ye family members who were trained in business. Most of them were able to stand on their own and were all business leaders of the Ye family.

Ye Chunqiu sat down, took a sip of tea, and then started talking: "The railway matter will be finalized sooner or later. Laying the railway tracks first and steaming cars is no longer a problem, but we can still find a way to improve it before the laying is completed. Now the technology and craftsmanship matters are not a problem. However, others refuse to repair this railway, so the Ye family will build it first, starting from Qinhuangdao to Qinglong. The current problem is not this, but to prepare in advance. Since the money has been decided to be spent, the capital must be taken back first."

Everyone looked at each other, confused. How could they recover their capital before the railway was built?

They are now considered business elites. It can even be said that the most proficient business people in the world are all sitting here now, all of whom Ye Chunqiu have worked hard to cultivate.

But they still don’t understand what Ye Chunqiu said. What does Chunqiu have to do with it?

Ye Chunqiu did not bother everyone for too long, so he slowly said: "This railway must always have stations. Although it is only three hundred miles between Qinglong and Qinhuang, there are only three hundred miles between them, but there are always several stations. First, take the silver and buy all the planned stations and ten miles nearby. The nearby stations are now very cheap and not worth a few silver. But once the steamed car stops, it will be different. It can be said that where will the station be located in the future.

, Where is the future new city or the future workshop gathering point. Who does business? Don’t want your raw materials to be supplied at any time? Who doesn’t want your public housing to be convenient for transportation? After buying the land, it won’t take long, and the nearby land will surge. It’s not too much, even a hundred times, and a hundred times may not be impossible, especially those wastelands, which are not worth a lot now. Ye Xiu will do this. It is especially important to note that you must not leak the news.”

Ye Xiu has been working as the shopkeeper in Zhenguo Mansion and is the assistant of the shopkeeper Sun Qi. Now, after hearing Ye Chunqiu's words, he suddenly woke up.

So that's it. When I think about it this way, I immediately realized the huge benefits. As a businessman, what I hope most is that investment can be profitable, and it seems to be a big benefit. Ye Xiu was shocked and hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll do it now."

Ye Chunqiu smiled and couldn't help but feel that he had some of the essence of a profiteer. This is not his love for money. He knew very well that he had become a representative of industry and commerce, and he himself was the shopkeeper of the world's largest business.

But to put it in the small way, people always have to consider themselves. The Ye family makes money, which is also a blatant and upright money. By relying on their own efforts, they will not harm others and not break the law, what's wrong? Who doesn't want their wealth to grow?
Chapter completed!