The New Biography of Han Lingdi

Chapter 83 Dahan Chamber of Commerce
After Liu Hong finished talking with them, "Liu Lu, call Fan Li and Su Bin in." Su Bin only entered Luoyang in the last two days, and the next home game is Su Bin's. Su Bin is an economic genius, and only Only now can he control all of Liu Hong's industries.

"Your Majesty." After Su Bin and Fan Li came in, they saluted. Both of them had controlled Liu Hong's property before. This time, if we integrate all the properties, the two of them will be indispensable.

"Get up, long time no see Su Bin." Liu Hong pulled the two of them up.These two people are relatively close to him, and Su Bin is strictly speaking his second subordinate.He can be regarded as his veteran, but he is now in charge of managing Liu Hong's property.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Su Bin was left in Jizhou, and now because Liu Hong needed his help, he was arranged to enter Luoyang.

"Okay, we are all old people, let's sit down and talk." Liu Hong said.

"Yes." Liu Hong led the two of them to their seats.

"What's the current situation of the industry?" Liu Hong asked. Although he would have an account book for him to see, he was still a little unclear about the actual output.

"Your Majesty, at present, our sea salt, spirits, tobacco, tea, and perfume are our five pillars. Now they have basically spread all over the country. The annual income is about [-] million yuan." Su Bin said.When Fan Li entered the court, Fan Li's property was also handed over to Su Bin.

So Su Bin's understanding is definitely more than Fan Li's.

[-] million coins basically accounted for half of the currency in circulation in Dahan.Of course, it is not all currency, it may be cattle and sheep and other things.These should be exchanged with foreign races.

"So, now I have an idea. We want to establish a Dahan Chamber of Commerce, which is a subordinate of the imperial court." Liu Hong expressed his idea. This chamber of commerce is similar to the state-owned enterprises of later generations, and it is controlled by the imperial court. Now the entire Han Dynasty is short of money to the extreme. .

Only in this way can it be possible to satisfy the imperial court and win over the aristocratic family.

"Dahan Chamber of Commerce? What?" Fan Li and Su Bin both didn't understand this matter, and they had never heard of it.There is no idea at all.

"In the afternoon, I will talk to the family. All our industries will enter the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. Among them, [-]% of the profits from tea, tobacco, and sea salt will go to the treasury, and the rest will be managed separately from the family." Liu Hong said his plan.

"So, is it too big? Is it because we have paid too much for the court?" Su Bin was a little puzzled, and it was still a bit unacceptable for tens of millions of dollars to be directly given to the treasury.

"This time, we need the full support of the family to establish the Chamber of Commerce, and to win them over, otherwise, why would they work for you." Liu Hong naturally knew how much benefit he had to give up this time, but in exchange for the support of the family, He thinks it's worth it, after all, he still has so many money-making things in his hands, and these are not the only ones.

"Since His Majesty has made a decision, we can only agree to the recruitment." Su Bin said that the property is also Liu Hong's. Although he doesn't care about things, Su Bin knows Liu Hong's control of the entire property.

Although the person in charge of a county under the chamber of commerce was selected by Su Bin, Liu Hong would also choose them. If it wasn't his faction, he wouldn't use it.

This also led to the rise of Liu Hong's control. "This is the preparation method of white sugar, as well as the papermaking technique, I leave it to you." Liu Hong took out the things he kept at the bottom of the box.

The current paper was invented by Cai Lun, but because the cost of paper is too high, not many people use it at all, so now the main thing is to use bamboo slips, and silk is used for more important occasions.

What Liu Hong gave was basically the papermaking technology in the later dynasties, and the cost was pitifully low.Let a chamber of commerce participated by the aristocratic family release it, so that it will be possible to spread.

"Your Majesty, what is this candy?" Fan Li said, he had never heard of this thing, it looked similar to salt, but there were some differences.

"Go and take out some of the sugar in the back." Liu Hong said to Liu Lu.He has already tried this thing, and it is possible to create sugar, and it is indeed good. Liu Hong has enough confidence in his craftsmanship.

"Understood." Liu Lu went back to the back, came out after a while, and also took out a small jar. "Please, both of you," Liu Lu said.

"Thank you, Miss Liu Lu." They didn't dare to confide in front of Liu Lu. Liu Hong's maid since childhood even gave up the opportunity to marry in order to take care of Liu Hong.In a harem without a queen, Liu Lu's status is self-evident.

They even thought that Liu Lu's status in Liu Hong's heart might not be as high as that of being a queen in the future. "Try it." Liu Hong said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the two trembled, but Liu Lu was a little nervous when he handed over the sugar with a spoon.

When people face unknown things, they are bound to be nervous. Tension is a person's instinctive reaction, but it is just that a person is better at hiding it and does not express it.

"Your Majesty, how do you eat this?" Fan Li said.

"You can just eat it." Liu Hong smiled a little. Candy, which is so common in later generations, actually scared two top talents.

"Sure enough, it's sweet," Fan Li said.Just after eating it, there is a sweet feeling.It seems that it is not a human thing.

"Your Majesty, is this what we need to sell next?" Su Bin said.

"Yes. But the most important thing is this papermaking technology. I will give you this thing." Liu Hong said.This chamber of commerce wants to lower the price of books and popularize paper. Liu Hong can no longer accept using bamboo to read things every day, he is too tired.Arms are tired.

The reason why the aristocratic family almost monopolizes the entire official system now is because poor families can't afford to read books. As long as the price of books comes down, if the poor family can also study, then Liu Hong will promote some talented young people from the poor family to leverage the foundation of the family.Of course, letting the aristocratic family participate also allows them to make money.

Liu Hong also expressed his goodwill, as long as you hang out with me, I can give you huge benefits.He also knew that the family would understand this action. He basically gave one-fifth of the benefits of the chamber of commerce to the family, and he himself also had one-fifth.

Although [-]% of the three aspects of sea salt, tobacco, and tea are given to the national treasury, the remaining [-]% is already enough. These [-] are the current big ones. The five pillars are the most important, and the remaining [-]% That's enough.

There are other things, Liu Hong will not give them all to the aristocratic family, at least half will be in his own hands. Liu Hong still takes the bulk of the rest of the aristocratic family's share.

But the rest is all the wealth of a top-notch family, who would think that there is less money?
"This afternoon, if the family agrees to establish a chamber of commerce, you will act. If you don't agree," Liu Hong showed cruel danger at this time.At that time, I can't blame him.

(End of this chapter)