I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Ouyang Shiqi soon discovered that the key to governing Shanghai was actually how to raise money.

There are many achievements that the government can do, such as building bridges and roads, building infrastructure, expanding commercial areas and industrial areas...

And these all require a lot of money.

If you have money, these things are easy to do.

Without money, these things are difficult to do.

How to raise money has become Ouyang Shiqi's daily life.

To this end, he also had to resort to various means.

For example, from the railway station to the wharf, and from the industrial area to the residential area, he plans to build public carriage tracks.

And this requires a lot of money.

The rail carriage project in Nanjing is funded by the central government. Don't think about it here. There are too many places in the world that need to spend money, and he can't take care of a rail carriage here.

Ouyang Shiqi could only think of a way by himself. He announced the agency right to rent out the rail carriage, and it was still the old way. One lease was ninety-nine years, which was equivalent to selling it.

He let out a word that whoever is responsible for paying for the construction will be in charge of the road in the future.

This is still a good temptation for businessmen.

With management rights, they can make money off this track carriage.

Of course, they won't set the ticket price as low as the government, and they won't pay attention to safety like the government.

In short, they are for profit, not for the benefit of the people.

Mastering this track carriage, there are other benefits.

For example, when delivering goods, you can refuse to ship competitors' goods, and you can use this transportation right to sit on the ground and raise prices.

In short, as long as the management power is handed over to the businessmen, they have a way to use this power to directly or indirectly make a lot of profits.

And in this process, it is very likely that some bad phenomena will occur.

There will be certain risks in handing over management rights to businessmen, but Ouyang Shiqi can't care about that much.

Moreover, he feels that this risk is controllable. If the businessman really does something in the operation that will harm the interests of the government and the people, he can also directly intervene shamelessly.

Unless those businessmen suddenly flooded their minds and wanted to rebel, they would generally compromise.

As long as you can't make a big deal out of it, you can just let it go.

In this way, he can add two more track carriages to Shanghai in a short period of time, which is a very dazzling achievement.

As soon as the news came out, businessmen with ideas began to study the project.

After all, the investment in rail carriages is not small, and the initial income is not high, and it will take a very long time to recover the capital.

Whether it's worth it or not, most people have no idea.

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In the Jiang family, Mr. Jiang Yu set the direction.

As a large landowner of a generation, his family property has accumulated over four or five generations, reaching millions.

In the past, it was a lot of money.

But with the rapid development of Shanghai's industry and commerce, Jiang Yu watched other people's assets double in a year. The speed of making money just blinded him.

He found that he needed to change.

If it remains unchanged, his family will soon be reduced to second-rate.

To bury that silver in the cellar becomes the stupidest choice. Not only can't make money, but it's still slowly depreciating.

Therefore, Jiang Yu urgently needs to find a good investment project.

Some small business, he despises.

And those popular businesses, the competition is very fierce.

Jiang Yu never found a good project until Ouyang Shiqi rented out the agency of the public carriage.

This is a costly project with long-term benefits, just right for him.

And as a veteran landlord, he is still obsessed with power.

In the past, he owned a lot of land, and local officials had to give him three-point face.

He thinks that as long as he has the right to manage the public carriage and controls the traffic in Shanghai, the officials in Shanghai will have to give him face even more.

And this hidden status actually has many benefits.

Jiang Yu made a statement, and the Jiang family naturally had no objection.

After repeated discussions with Ouyang Shiqi, the two sides signed an agreement, and then the money in the Jiang family's cellar was dug up by carloads, and the Shanghai Public Transport Company was established.

At the beginning of the company, three routes were planned, namely the line along the river, the line from the railway station to the wharf, and the line from the industrial area to the residential area.

These are the three busiest routes at present and in the future. As long as the routes are built, there is no need to worry about no business.

The matter of the track carriage was settled, and the political achievements were obtained, but Ouyang Shiqi still had no money.

So he used his brains and issued a decree to license BMW cars and rickshaws.

The reason is that a BMW car occupies the position of four or five pedestrians and needs to pay additional road fees.

This road occupation fee is collected in the form of a license.

Rickshaws are only allowed on the streets for BMW cars that have paid for a license plate. Unlicensed vehicles will be caught once and fined once.

As soon as this decree came out, the wealthy people in Shanghai were almost furious. There were no one who knew how many people in the whole Shanghai city were scolding Ouyang Shiqi for thinking about money and thinking about money.

Ouyang Shiqi didn't care, and insisted on it.

After those rich businessmen scolded, they could only reluctantly pay.

Because Ouyang Shiqi's income is not expensive, a BMW car only charges 50 yuan a year.

It's acceptable compared to a BMW that costs one or two thousand yuan.

Even spending 2,000 yuan to buy a car. Could it be that he threw the car in the yard because he was reluctant to pay an extra 50 yuan?

If they don't pay, they don't dare to take to the streets without a license. After all, Ouyang Shiqi is a real person, and those who do not have a license will be fined.

Being fined is a trivial matter, and losing face is the most unacceptable thing for the rich.

Taking a BMW car is the feeling of honor.

As a result, now, because he was reluctant to spend an extra 50 yuan to get a license, he was stopped by the yamen on the street and dragged to the yamen, which is really embarrassing.

The common people will not judge whether the government's policy is reasonable or not. They only see that the so-called rich people can't even afford 50 yuan.

Such a rich man is not envious.

And this is precisely the death point of those rich people.

The price set by Ouyang Shiqi was naturally the result of careful consideration.

Not only as much as possible, but also within the affordability of the rich.

The 50 yuan is just right.

The rickshaw license plate is relatively cheap, only 5 yuan a year.

With this little money, the rickshaw driver will definitely find a way to transfer it to the guests, just raise the price a little bit.

For people who like to take a car, the cost of living has increased a little, but it has little impact.

As for the government, a small amount will add up. The decree of this license alone can raise an annual income of about 120,000 yuan for them.

120,000 yuan, you can do more things.

Of course, the 120,000 yuan is far from enough for big projects. Ouyang Shiqi's way of raising money is still far away.