Great Tang Southern Emperor

Chapter 784 Crazy Businessman

1Chapter 17 The Crazy Businessman

"These lunatics really don't take human life seriously." After learning the details, Li Zhen gasped. He was indeed ruthless on certain occasions, but this kind of ruthlessness was aimed at the enemy. On the contrary, he cherishes the lives of his own people very much.

But now the performance of these businessmen has refreshed Li Zhen's three views-for the sake of profit, they really don't care about anything.

"No, this can't go on like this. This kind of behavior must be curbed——Feng Zhibao, immediately formulate relevant regulations. Sea-going ships with a gross tonnage (not a displacement) of less than ten tons are not allowed to go to sea. The shipyard must also punish ships. Carry out grading, and ships below a certain level cannot be used for ocean voyages..." Li Zhen quickly thought of a countermeasure, directly cutting off the possibility of small boats going to sea from the source.

The reason why Li Zhen cares so much is not only because human life is at stake, but more importantly, this kind of behavior of the merchants is too detrimental to the development of her plan-although it seems to have nothing to do with herself, it is purely because the merchants are shocked by the profits. The stimulation caused even human life to be ignored, and the crew members were also attracted by the high profits and were willing to board their ships, even if they died, they could not blame others.

But Li Zhen understands very well that if those merchants are allowed to go on like this, one out of a hundred of the ships they went to sea this time can come back alive, which is already thankful—for those small boats, it would be impossible. Cunyi was really not talking about it. They underestimated the wind and waves of the sea too much. On the treacherous sea, for a small boat with a tonnage of less than ten tons, if a wave hits, the whole ship will be destroyed. was overturned.

And once their manpower is too seriously damaged, it will definitely have a great impact on the future of sailing—the average person doesn't care what kind of ship you use when you go to sea, they will only see a fleet of thousands of people alive Going out to sea, only a few hundred people came back...

This will definitely cause great panic, and make others look pale when they talk about the sea. Under such a frightening environment, how can anyone dare to go to sea?

No one goes to sea, so what kind of a fart age of voyages is still going on?

How can Li Zhen's dream come true?

Therefore, for the sake of future development, Li Zhen absolutely must stop those people's nonsense - it is possible to go to sea, but the boats only have limited specifications, and ships that do not meet the target cannot go to sea.

And there is another point, most of these fleets bought a huge amount of insurance before they sailed. If they really came back for nothing, the King's Bank would have to pay a lot.

Li Zhen has a lot of shares in Wangwang Bank. If the bank loses money, it means Li Zhen loses money. Of course he doesn't want to—by the way, he can also contact the bank and set a rule for insurance. The displacement is less than ten There is no insurance for sea-going ships weighing tons. Even if insurance is established, it must be ensured that it cannot sail far away. Otherwise, the insurance will be deemed to be automatically scrapped if it does not come back for a long time. Not only will the entire ship not be compensated, but the people on board will not have a penny. Insurance……

Well, very good, this is also a good way, it should be able to scare some people away...

"But Your Highness, many fleets have already gone to sea. Even if the rules are formulated now, it may be too late." Knowing Li Zhen's decision, Feng Zhibao felt a little embarrassed. He was in charge of the Shipping Department, and all affairs on the sea Within his jurisdiction, it is not difficult to formulate such regulations. The problem now is that many ships have already gone to sea. Even if regulations are formulated, they cannot control others.

Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "Of course, there is no way to go to sea. We can only resign ourselves to fate, but as the saying goes, it is not too late. Isn't there still a lot of fleets that have not gone to sea?"

However, Feng Zhibao still shook his head: "I'm afraid this won't work. Although His Highness is right, we still have to look at the situation. Even if those fleets haven't gone to sea, they are almost ready and the goods have been purchased. The crew is also in place... If we set a rule for them at this time, then [-]% of their ships will be unqualified... They will definitely suffer heavy losses."

"Part of the loss will be compensated by the Yuezhou Yamen as appropriate, but the fleet must be strictly screened, and those with a displacement of more than [-] tons are not allowed to go to the open sea." Li Zhen has made up her mind, even if she pays part of it herself. Money can't let those businessmen ruin their plans.

"It's easy to handle." Feng Zhibao heaved a sigh of relief, as long as Li Zhen was willing to pay compensation, then he was sure to get those merchants to agree to the plan of the Shibo Department.He is also a businessman, and he knows the nature of businessmen very well. Although to a certain extent, businessmen are all daring people, but that is when there is no government. If they face the government, they are still punks.

It is said that the imperial court has supported the merchant class in the past ten years, and the status of the merchants has been greatly improved, but those merchants who came from the old era did not give up the grudges in their hearts, and they still lived cautiously—after all, they accepted thousands of years. Treated unfairly, and lived tremblingly for thousands of years, how can the fear of the imperial court be smoothed over by a short ten-year support policy?

Therefore, based on the merchants' fear of the imperial court, if the imperial court simply issued a ban not to allow them to go to sea, it might arouse their opposition, but now that the imperial court has promised compensation, how can they object?How dare they have any room for opposition?

"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, it's okay to kill them, but don't go too far, let alone arouse their resentment."

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Feng Zhibao said repeatedly.

"Go."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

"Also..." Just as Feng Zhibao walked to the door, Li Zhen suddenly spoke again.

Feng Zhibao immediately turned around: "Does Your Highness have any orders?"

"Dong dong dong..." His fingers kept tapping on the table, but the sound of 'dong dong' seemed to hit Feng Zhibao's heart, which made him a little nervous-I don't know what is going on with this wise and mighty Highness The task has to be entrusted to oneself.

"...You...that's all." Li Zhen sighed: "You have done a good job in the Shibo Department during this time."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your compliment." An ecstasy rose in his heart in vain. At this time, if Feng Zhibao didn't know what Li Zhen was going to say next, he would really be an idiot.

"No, this is not considered a compliment, you did a really good job." Li Zhen shook her head: "Just in time, Datang is already preparing for a new round of conquest, and Fang Yiai won't be able to go back to Shibosi in a short time, so I Gong wants to completely hand over the Secretary of Shibo to you, but I wonder if you are willing to do so?"

Chapter 785 Liu Rengui's Resentment

1Chapter 17 Liu Rengui's Resentment

"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness is willing to die for His Highness." Feng Zhibao knelt down without hesitation, and took over this important task. He did not refuse, because he knew that his Highness didn't like these fake things. If he wanted to, he just wanted to. If you are willing, you are unwilling, so there is no need to say those polite words—otherwise, Feng Zhibao can't guarantee whether Li Zhen will take back her order after she resigns, and then put a mother-in-law on her head.

"That's good. I will do my best in the future and don't let me down, otherwise I won't be merciful."

Since ancient times, the Shibo Department has been a place of corruption. There are so many ships coming and going every day, and each ship has to pay a huge amount of tax. This is a huge sum. The annual tax collected by a shipping department in Yuezhou is enough to cover the taxes of several upper states.

Such a large amount of money, except for those who are really indifferent to fame and wealth, probably no one will not be tempted. Li Zhen doesn't know whether Feng Zhibao can keep his heart, so he put the ugly words in front of the front. Feng Zhibao dared to dereliction of duty a little, Li Zhen raised his butcher's knife without hesitation.

"This subordinate will never disappoint His Highness' high expectations, otherwise, without waiting for His Highness to do something, this subordinate will raise his head to see His Highness." To be honest, Feng Zhibao has never made any plans for Shibosi. Will be an official?Wouldn't it be enough to do business directly?With his talent, within a few years, he can earn another family business no less than a year ago-this is much faster than embezzlement, and it is also safer, why bother to embezzle the Secretary of the City Shipbuilding Corporation? What about the money?

Since he dedicated all his family property to Li Zhen, he naturally gave up his plan to continue to be a businessman, but wanted to work hard in the officialdom.Now that he has managed to get the position of the envoy of the Yuezhou City, seeing that he is on the verge of success, how could he do something that would destroy his future?

"Okay, let's go down."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

"Your Highness, is it really okay to hand over the Shibo Secretary to him?" Feng Zhibao left, and Liu Rengui, who had been watching silently by the side, finally couldn't help it. He has dealt with shipping companies, so he understands how profitable the shipping companies are today.

And more importantly, the current potential of the Shibo Division is far from being developed. Once the era of great navigation opens, the number of merchant ships docking here every day will be ten times, ten times, dozens of times or even hundreds of times the current number. There are more... This is definitely a big gold mine. Compared with this gold mine, what is Silver Island?What is the Luzon Islands?This is a never-ending gold mine.

But now, Li Zhen put such a large gold mine in the hands of Feng Zhibao - a newcomer who has just joined Li Zhen for less than two years. Isn't this decision a bit too hasty?

This is the Shibo Department. Once Feng Zhibao wants to make a decision from here, Datang will not lose a little bit.

"It doesn't matter, Feng Zhibao is still very trustworthy." Li Zhen shook her head and said nothing. After more than a year of observation, Li Zhen has been very sure that Feng Zhibao really came to rely on her sincerely, not a certain force. Anzi around her is basically trustworthy.

Moreover, he has done a very good job in the Shibo Department in the past year, and he has contributed a lot to the management of the Shibo Department, which originally only had three or two big cats and kittens, into its current prosperous appearance.

Although the prosperity of the Shibo Department has something to do with the unveiling of the age of sailing, Feng Zhibao has not made any mistakes in the past year - and for a department like the Shibo Department, no fault is the greatest credit.

What's more, Feng Zhibao has done really well this year, so it's really unreasonable not to give him some rewards.

"Are you not worried about his problems?"

"What could go wrong?" Li Zhen asked back: "He is just a city envoy, what else can he do besides facing a golden mountain of income every day?"

Of course, things are not as simple as what Li Zhen said. For such an important department as the Shibo Department, his role is of course not as simple as collecting taxes. Here, a lot of top-secret information can be collected—just like Yindao at that time. After the silver mine was brought back, if Feng Zhibao was to handle this matter, he would definitely be able to handle it properly. At that time, except for a few people, no one would know about Silver Island.It's just that Li Zhen didn't mine the silver mine to keep it secret. On the contrary, he deliberately disclosed the news, so Feng Zhibao was not used.

Therefore, the role of the Shibo Secretary is very important, and the position of Feng Zhibao, the Shibo Envoy, is even more important. However, since Li Zhen dared to put Fan Zhenying in this position, he naturally had his means—the intelligence organization under his command was not Vegetarians, as long as they are willing, they can investigate exactly how many mouthfuls of food Feng Zhibao eats in a day.

It's just that it's not easy to tell others about this kind of thing, so Li Zhen didn't tell Liu Rengui that's all.

"By the way, Feng Zhibao's matter is over, let's continue talking about your matter." Li Zhen was unwilling to say more about this kind of matter, and shifted the topic to Liu Rengui. In fact, it was Liu Rengui who came first, but Feng Zhibao reported it later. The matter had something to do with Liu Rengui, so the conversation between the two was interrupted, and the topic focused on Feng Zhibao. Now that Feng Zhibao's problem was resolved, it was natural to start discussing Liu Rengui's matter.

"Yes, Your Highness, it's not kind of you to do this." Liu Rengui began to complain when he heard this: "You want to attract more businessmen to go to sea, and my subordinates support this with both hands and feet, but why did you send our ship to the sea?" What about selling?

How can I go to sea?

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without a boat, how can my subordinates go to sea?My subordinate still wants to look south along the Luzon waters, look at Borneo and K Island (Sulawesi Island, the shape of which looks like an English letter K, and the historical text should be as far as possible. Don't show the real place name) what it looks like.Fortunately, you not only sold our existing boats, but also sold out the boats that are still under construction in the dock at a high price... How can we go to sea without a boat?

If I can't go to sea, what role do I have as a fleet leader?Your Highness, you have to give me an explanation today, otherwise this subordinate will not give up easily. "