I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"Master, the invitation of the adults, let you go to the Wusong Hotel for a banquet the day after tomorrow." In a mansion, the housekeeper handed the invitation to the rich man Tang Hong.

"What, it's Ouyang's skinning again, I won't go."

Tang Hong threw the invitation card away.

Ouyang Peeling Skin is the nickname given to Ouyang Shiqi by Shanghai businessmen, because Ouyang Shiqi plucked a lot of wool from their businessmen.

Ouyang Shiqi has done a lot in Shanghai in the past three years.

Especially in the aspect of making money, there are endless means, which many businessmen love and hate.

What I love is that Ouyang Shiqi has done a good job in Shanghai's transportation and infrastructure, and it is very convenient to do business.

What I hate is that Ouyang Shiqi tried his best to steal money from their pockets, so that they lost a lot of income that should belong to them.

For example, the import tariff of goods is the amount clearly stipulated by the court. Ouyang Shiqi, a small capital, naturally cannot change it.

But in order to increase the financial revenue of Shanghai, Ouyang Shiqi invented a port service fee.

A lot of infrastructure is built on the docks, and then merchant ships are charged for their services.

On the surface, this is what you want.

But in fact, merchant ships that are reluctant to pay this service fee and refuse to accept official docking services and cargo services cannot dock at all.

Anyway, the government has reasons to make things difficult for those merchant ships.

The service fee set by Ouyang Shiqi is very clever, just enough to make the businessmen feel pain, but not to smuggle in order to save this money.

If you don't pay it, you will delay things and suffer a loss. Pay it, it's cheaper for the government, but it still suffers.

For another example, Ouyang Shiqi also invented a thing called value-added tax. When some properties are bought and sold, they need to pay a value-added tax to the government.

As soon as this tax came out, businessmen immediately fry the pot.

Before buying and selling a house, there was no such thing as paying taxes. Moreover, there are no such rules in other places in Dahua.

Why, Shanghai should be like this, they are not convinced.

But who is Ouyang Shiqi, the champion.

To be reasonable, people can fight with Confucianism, without blushing and panting at all.

In Ouyang Shiqi's words, can other places compare with Shanghai?

Houses in other places are used for living.

Only houses in Shanghai and Nanjing can be used for frequent buying and selling to earn the difference and turn it into a business.

This house already has the attributes of a commodity. Since it is a commodity, it is natural to pay taxes when buying and selling.

Moreover, Ouyang Shiqi also directly sprayed these businessmen.

He asked everyone, don't you understand why houses in Shanghai are so valuable?

It is not that the Son of Heaven is wise and martial, and vigorously supports the development of Shanghai. The imperial court has allocated huge sums of money to support the infrastructure construction of Shanghai.

It is through these infrastructures that Shanghai's economy has taken off, which has driven Shanghai's housing prices.

Therefore, the increase in the value of these houses is the credit of the court. Everyone who sells a house to make money has to bow in the direction of Nanjing and thank the Son of Heaven.

The court only charged a little value-added tax, and that was the mercy of the Son of Heaven.

Otherwise, these houses should be directly confiscated by the court and sold together.

Anyone who has an opinion is ungrateful and disloyal to the emperor.

When Ouyang Shiqi spoke out against the group of merchants, those merchants were really afraid and quickly agreed to pay the value-added tax.

If you don't pay it again, you will be labelled as disloyal and unfilial, which is simply too deadly.

In short, there are many similar things between Ouyang Shiqi and them.

The businessmen in Shanghai were embarrassed to say that they were doing business in Shanghai without being looted by Ouyang Shiqi.

That's why Tang Hong got angry when he heard that it was Ouyang Shiqi's dinner party, and he was not less exploited.

Moreover, Ouyang Shiqi's dinner, can that be a good thing?

Tang Hong didn't even need to go, he could guess that it must be Ouyang Shiqi who was short of money again.

Otherwise, do you really think that the adults in the capital can go to the expensive Wusong Hotel for dinner?

Two days later, Tang Hong still came to the Wusong Hotel.

It's enough to complain at home, he won't be so stupid that he can't come to the adults' dinner, unless he doesn't want to hang out in Shanghai in the future.

Moreover, businessmen in Shanghai have a love-hate relationship with Ouyang Shiqi.

There is hate, but there is also love.

For example, Ouyang Shiqi can always help them solve some very real problems, and Ouyang Shiqi is also very supportive of business development.

Otherwise, those businessmen would have rebelled long ago if they were only able to peel off their skins.

At the door, Tang Hong met some other bosses.

Then, carefully, he found that the people who came here seemed to have a common characteristic, that is, people with a lot of land along the north bank of the Wusong River.

It seems that Ouyang Papi is trying to move Hongkou's idea.

Tang Hong had a guess in his heart.

When several businessmen met, they couldn't help but smile bitterly when they saw each other.

Everyone knows this expression, but it's nothing more than dealing with the difficult Ouyang.

Entering the hotel together, all kinds of wine and delicious food have been greeted.

"Everyone, let's celebrate the great progress we have made in Shanghai's development. The port throughput and the number of factory companies have increased by more than 30% compared with last year."

Ouyang Shiqi raised his glass, and everyone followed.

Speaking of development results, many businessmen are also very happy.

The better Shanghai develops, the better the business will be.

"It is thanks to His Majesty's wise leadership and the diligence and diligence of Ouyang's capital that Shanghai has achieved such achievements."

Someone immediately flattered.

However, Ouyang Shiqi changed the conversation and said, "However, the development of Shanghai is not fast enough, and it can be faster."

The crowd listened quietly.

"We still have a lot of places to use in Shanghai, and the places that can be developed have not been effectively developed. For example, the east bank of the Huangpu River, such as Hongkou on the north bank of the Wusong River.

All of you are people with a lot of land in Hongkou. Now the price of land in Huangpu is nearly 100 yuan per mu, and the price of land in Hongkou is only 30 yuan per mu. Can you be reconciled?

But if the land price in Hongkou is to rise, a traffic problem must be solved. To this end, I decided to build a steel bridge across the Wusong River. "

"Hi...The river surface can be nearly 100 meters. Considering that the bridge needs to pass through the ship, this bridge has to be built for more than 100 meters. Is there such a technology now?"

A businessman asked, a bridge spanning 100 meters was something they had never thought about before.

However, in the past, they also dared not imagine that Shanghai could have buildings of 30 to 40 meters high.

The more they saw, the less surprised they were.

"There is definitely no problem with technology, the key is lack of money."

Ouyang Shiqi said.

Here he comes, he comes again.

When they heard Ouyang Shiqi mention the money, everyone was speechless. Familiar recipe, familiar taste.