I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Hong Chengchou took the task, and while he was happy, he was also a little worried.

This task is a test for him. If you do it well, you will be appreciated and reused by Wu Changqing. If you do it poorly, you may miss the best opportunity to rise.

Moreover, this task is actually not easy to do.

It's a bit difficult for ordinary people to believe in the imperial court.

When Hong Chengchou returned home, he began to ponder and look at various cases.

In the end, he chose to turn to Qian Qianyi and Wei Ziwen from the Ministry of Rites, hoping they could give him some help in public opinion.

One of the most important abilities of being an official is communication. Hong Chengchou and Qian Qianyi have no friendship with Wei Ziwen. However, after Hong Chengchou communicated with them, Qian Qianyi and Wei Ziwen both agreed to help.

This is Hong Chengchou's ability.

The next day, the People's Daily began to popularize the concept of national debt to the general public and officials.

If the national debt is interpreted as the court borrowing money from the common people, then there are definitely not many people who buy it, and no one likes to lend money to others, let alone to a court that is infinitely more powerful than itself.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou forcibly changed the concept and interpreted the national debt as an investment behavior. It was Wu Changqing who took pity on the suffering of the world and wanted to bring the people together to do business and become rich.

This explanation cannot be said to be completely nonsense. Fifty percent of the annual rate of return is indeed a business.

After changing an explanation, the interest of the people has greatly increased. After all, this is a profitable business. Moreover, the guarantor is Wu Changqing.

The people did not trust the imperial court, but they still believed in Wu Changqing. This is the result of Wu Changqing's long-term insistence on putting the people first, the result of Wu Changqing's frequent speeches in front of the people, and the result of the long-term public opinion propaganda of the People's Daily.

In a restaurant, several scholars were drinking and reading newspapers together.

"Master Guo wants to raise funds to expand the steel plant, and there is still 50% of the interest."

"This is a good thing. We must support it. Not only can we make a little money, but we can also contribute to the court. The more steel we produce, the more troops we will equip, and the more hopeful we will have to recover the north."

"No, the paper says that the steel produced is mainly used to make farm implements."

"This is not bad, at least it is a move that benefits the country and the people."

Some intellectuals, out of support for the regime, chose to buy support.

On the Qinhuai River, some prostitutes also gathered to chat and read newspapers.

There are two types of prostitutes, one is called prostitutes who sell their bodies, and the other is called prostitutes who sell their talents. Prostitutes sometimes sell themselves, but not easily.

Most prostitutes who are purely prostitutes have no culture, but prostitutes are about the same as female stars of later generations.

The downside is that women in this era cannot participate in the imperial examinations, and women are better than men in the liberal arts by rote memorization. If women could participate in the imperial examinations, the champion would probably have nothing to do with men.

In short, these top prostitutes are not only very cultural, but also like to keep an eye on current affairs. Reading newspapers has become an important recreational activity in their daily leisure.

By reading more newspapers, you can at least know which official is gaining power recently, and the sugar daddy has to choose the target first.

"Wu Guogong wants to raise funds to expand the iron and steel plant, and lend the money to Guogong, and there will be 50% interest at the end of the year."

Yang Xiaoxiao, a new generation of Qinhuai Bayan, said in surprise.

Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, and Qin Huai Bayan from Dong Xiaowan's generation have all married and become other wives. Today, the new generation is better than the old, and a new generation of Qinhuai Bayan has been launched on the Qinhuai River.

Among them, Yang Xiaoxiao, who is only 16 years old, has been hailed as the first of the eight beauty. Not only is she beautiful in appearance, but she also plays the pipa with one hand.

It is impossible to count how many talented and wealthy businessmen have spent a lot of money on her.

What's even more amazing is that Yang Xiaoxiao has collected so much money and still remains a virgin. Among them, no wrist can do it.

"There is such a good thing, then can't we lend the money to the grandfather of the country, borrow 100 taels, and get 150 taels at the end of the year?"

Another prostitute said the rate of return was quite impressive.

Of course, the most important thing is that because they have no other way to make money, the money cannot be increased either by keeping it in their hands or in the bank.

"Is this true, what if the court doesn't pay it back in the future?"

Some people have raised their concerns. Since ancient times, people have not fought against officials and have lent money to officials, and they can only stare blankly if the officials do not pay them back.

"This is Mr. Guo's loan, how could he not pay it back? Mr. Guo is a good official who loves the people like a son, and is first-class and considerate of the people."

Yang Xiaoxiao refuted that, anyway, she had never heard of Wu Changqing's bad words, and every day she heard words and articles praising Wu Changqing.

"Yes, yes, Grandpa Guo is a great official. If he hadn't invented mirrors and perfumed soaps, we wouldn't have made so much money."

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With Wu Changqing's endorsement, some petty citizens with spare money bought a tael or two of silver tentatively.

And some merchants are much more courageous, ranging from a dozen to several thousand taels.

Among them, the girls from Qinhuaihe contributed a lot, and they all had small assets. What they earn is youth money, and they are all taking advantage of their youth to earn money to retire later.

Therefore, their hands are much richer than others.

In the past, they kept the money tightly in their pockets and would not use it easily.

But now, out of concern for Wu Changqing

However, they are very active in spending money to buy government bonds. It verifies a sentence in Stephen Chow's movie, prostitutes are also patriotic.

In their words, anyway, the money was made extra from the perfume and soap of the grandfather of the country, even if it was a loss, it didn't matter.

Of course, the most important thing to say is that the current business situation in Nanjing is good, and most of the business is making money. And the business led by Wu Changqing is even more profitable.

In less than three days, Hong Chengchou raised 200,000 taels from the private sector.

Among them, merchants are the main force, and the girls from Qinhuaihe also contributed a lot.

In addition to the 100,000 yuan, Hong Chengchou also raised 100,000 taels from officials. You don't need to ask them for it, just according to the size of the official position, the salary is directly deducted from a certain percentage.

Wu Changqing's plan, how can the officials below dare not support it. Even if they didn't support it in their hearts, they resented Hong Chengchou who proposed this plan, not Wu Changqing who made the decision.

This is the same as Emperor Hongguang acquiesced to Ruan Dacheng to clean up the Donglin Party. The Donglin Party only dared to resent Ruan Dacheng, and did not dare to say that Emperor Hongguang was wrong.

Just like Emperor Wanli used Wei Zhongxian's hand to clean up the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party only dared to resent Wei Zhongxian, and could not scold Wanli for being stupid.

And now, those who were originally unwilling to pay, secretly scolded Hong Chengchou for being a traitor and bastard.

It doesn't matter to Hong Chengchou. Anyway, as long as he can handle the errand that Wu Changqing explained, it is nothing to be scolded. When he surrendered to the Qing court in the past, he was already scolded for being utterly broken.

Now that he has revolted again, he has no reputation at all, and all he can do is to be Wu Changqing's solitary minister.