The maritime merchants' eyes lit up when they heard this. Although they didn't understand the new term "company", they still had a general idea in their minds after doing business with Daxi people for so long. In order to fight for a boat at Haicheng Yue Port, they were just fighting for a sea trade certificate that could be officially recognized. Now Guo Zhiyuan is willing to take them to do business together in the name of Dongfan Mansion, which is equivalent to giving them a long-term official recognition qualification for business. It is naturally a good thing for them to be sought!

Guo Zhiyuan knew that his words had worked as soon as he saw the expressions of the people. He quickly set off the railway while the hot: "The Great Western people have strong ships and cannons, and the imperial court does not want to start the war easily, so we cannot fight them head-on for the time being, but we have our advantages. Why did the Great Western people travel thousands of miles to the east? Because we have scarce Western things that they do not have, such as tea, ceramics and silk. They can sell them at a high price of several times or even dozens of times as long as we unite, and as long as we unite, we have the capital to trade with them equally. After establishing a company, we can jointly organize a fleet to go to sea. Our government will send warships to escort them to eliminate Japanese pirates along the way."

The maritime merchants have been suffering from the plunder of Japanese pirates for a long time and have to invest a lot of money to hire guards. If Guo Zhiyuan can send a warship to escort, the security issues will be guaranteed, and the money to hire guards can be saved. When they hear the eyes brighter, they showed a eager expression. However, they also knew that pies would not fall from the sky. Guo Zhiyuan offered such attractive conditions, and they must also pay the corresponding price. Chen Jintai exchanged glances with several maritime merchants with good friendship and tentatively tentatively: "Mr. Guo is so sympathetic to our merchants and people, and it is really a rebirth of the sky. I wonder what conditions are needed to join the East China Indian Maritime Trade Company that the adults said just now?"

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said, "It is not necessary to join the East China Indian Maritime Trade Company. As long as you are engaged in maritime trade, you can join."

There is such a good thing? The maritime merchants widened their eyes in disbelief. Guo Zhiyuan had already won the appetite of the maritime merchants. It was time to get straight to the point. He changed his tone: "But you also know that since you are united to do business, there is a problem of distribution of interests. The greater the investment, the more benefits you can distribute. This is fair. Our government will divide the shares according to your investment, a total of 100 shares. Our government will occupy fifty shares, and the remaining fifty shares will be taken out for you to subscribe freely."

Although the businessmen of this era do not have a shareholding system, it is common for several businesses to join forces to do business. Therefore, I have a rough understanding of the shares proposed by Guo Zhiyuan. Chen Jintai hurriedly asked: "Mr. Guo, I wonder how much money does it cost to subscribe to a share?"

Guo Zhiyuan raised his index finger and smiled slightly and said, "Subscribe for a share of 100,000 taels of silver!"

When the maritime merchants heard this, their faces changed. It was too dark. It costs 100,000 taels of silver to subscribe for one share, and 50 taels of silver to 5 million taels of silver. Guo Zhiyuan himself owns fifty shares, which is equivalent to taking away half of the profits and power with an empty name and promise, but they have to take out real money. This is simply a robbery of money!

These maritime merchants are rebellious masters and have a backer behind their backs. Naturally, they will not sell the accounts of Guo Zhiyuan, a magistrate who has no foundation. Even Yang Tiansheng, who had a good impression of Guo Zhiyuan before, looked at Guo Zhiyuan again with an hostility. Chen Jintai bowed to Guo Zhiyuan with a dark face and bowed to Guo Zhiyuan, "Mr. Guo's appetite is too big, right?! Don't say that I can't afford so much money at all, even if I can take it out, the money I waited for was not blowing from the wind, but made money on my belt. Please forgive me for not being able to accompany me!" As he said that, he stood up and prepared to take everyone away!

Guo Zhiyuan had long guessed that the maritime merchants would react like this, and laughed and shook his head repeatedly, "I thought you were all heroes on the sea, so I invited you to be so short-sighted, but I misread it."

The maritime merchants were so angry that they blushed with anger by Guo Zhiyuan's ridicule. However, they were also a little confused by Guo Zhiyuan's sudden laughter, so they did not immediately confront him. They just stared at Guo Zhiyuan with a bad expression. Guo Zhiyuan glanced at everyone and laughed: "You are not convinced? Then I will make a calculation for you. Haicheng Yuegang only issues 88 ship leaps every year. If you want to compete for one ship leaps, you have to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver? Joining the East China India Sea Trade Company is equivalent to obtaining permanent legal sea trade qualifications and sharing the profits. Is it a big appetite for only 100,000 taels of silver per share in our country?"

After hearing Guo Zhiyuan's analysis, the maritime merchants also looked like they did. If they calculated this way, it would be not expensive for Guo Zhiyuan to only charge 100,000 taels of silver per share. After all, if they have good luck in a trip to the maritime trade, they can earn tens of thousands to tens of thousands of taels of silver. If they make 100,000 taels of silver in a year, they can earn back a one-year deal. It is also a cost-effective transaction.

When Guo Zhiyuan saw that the maritime merchants were a little moved, he slowed down and said, "In this way, if you can't believe me, I can make a bet with you for a year. If you want to withdraw in a year, I will take back your shares at the original price, and I am afraid that you will not be willing to change hands by then?"

Guo Zhiyuan said this not to fool these maritime merchants. He was not interested in the money in the pockets of these maritime merchants. If he just wanted to raise startup capital, he could raise money by selling ships like Haicheng Yue Port. The reason why he took out half of the shares of the East China India Maritime Trade Company to sell them was to tie these maritime merchants to their ships, change the past situation of loose sand, so as to achieve a monopoly on Fujian's coastal maritime trade business, quickly strengthen his own strength, and gain more say when trading with Western colonial countries such as Spain. At the same time, he could also use the inland connections of these maritime merchants to reduce their resistance, so he would rather give up some of the benefits and give others some soup when eating meat.

After he said this, most of the maritime merchants were tempted. If Guo Zhiyuan could guarantee that he would recover the shares at the original price in a year, the transaction would not be lost no matter how he calculated it! At this time, a handsome man in the maritime merchant who had not spoken suddenly interrupted: "The account cannot be settled like this. Even if there is no ship guide, we may not be able to do the maritime business. Moreover, I think that the Dongfan Mansion is now building a city, and the need is very huge. How can the maritime merchants guarantee that there will be silver to recover their shares in a year?"
Chapter completed!