From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian cursed secretly, but he had to admit that this person was right. Unless it was something as weird as the spice trade, which could have a [-]% profit, otherwise the level of productivity and the size of the market at this time would not be enough for this young man. It is true that people say that land rent is still the first choice for the company's interests.

It can be seen that reading a lot of books and analyzing the interests of Minzhi Chukai is not good, so you can't do many things that Chen Jian wants to do, and you can't even reason.

The young man glanced at Chen Jian, bowed his head and said: "Mr. Chen, I respect you very much, but I must remind you that your ideal or party is your business and your party's business. Please don't involve the joint stock company. Zhonglai. As a shareholder, your only goal is to make profits for shareholders. Please consider this clearly. Nanyang Trading Company is not the property of your Mexican party!"

"I never doubt your mind, but obviously when you make a decision, the interests of shareholders are second, or even later. Of course, in the east of the ends of the earth, I agree with everything you do, including the ends of the earth, You are also thinking about the future, I thought about it after the fact, I was not thoughtful. But, here is the problem, you have to give our shareholders an explanation, what are you going to do?"

Lan Qi snorted, wanting to refute something, but was held down by Chen Jian.

He squeezed his head, stood up and asked, "It's not a matter of conscience, what are you questioning?"

"Sorry, I just wanted to remind you."

"Okay, remind me, and I'll take it. So leaving aside the matter of land rent in India, what do you think about trade here?"

"I've already said about the long-term plan. At least at this time, the land rent and poll tax are more profitable. But in the short-term... I suggest adopting the best strategy of the Ming businessman and occupying the big staff."

"and then?"

"Then? The places where Ming merchants can make profits are nothing more than Manila, Pattani, Malacca, Aceh, and Japan. If we control the officials, we can use our navy to control local merchant ships. They are not allowed Go to manila, japan for trade, only allowed in places we control. This way, we can monopolize the trade here. Also, we can distribute flags, every ship must fly our flag, otherwise we can sink or capture."

The young man smiled and said, "Everyone, don't ignore a problem. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty are also our competitors. If there is no us, they can go to Japan on their own. Why should we make a profit? Everyone is just worried about the Dutch, Portuguese Chinese and Spaniards, but ignored that Ming merchants are the biggest competitors.”

"Even if we control Pattani, after we gain a firm foothold, what we have to do is to prohibit the fleets of other countries from coming here to trade, including merchants from the Ming Dynasty. And they can only trade again through our hands, and we can Make more money. Otherwise, we will face competition and the danger of bidding."

The people around whispered, these words sounded very reasonable, Chen Jian and others fermented for a while, and asked, "Is it finished?"

"Yes."

"I think you have a good idea, but you obviously forgot to consider a cost issue. If we do that, we will offend Ming businessmen, Portuguese, Dutch, and Spaniards. Don't look at the Dutch now looking north, They are even competing with Portugal. But once we do this, when the Dutch take control of the Spice Islands, they will join hands with us. Plus the merchants of Ming, do you think a group of people risked smuggling across the sea Are people really as weak as you think?"

Glancing at the man, Chen Jian smiled and said, "I'll do the math for you. To maintain such an advantage, we need at least 150 large ships, [-] armed merchant ships, and [-] to [-] sailors and gunners." , [-] soldiers, [-] field guns, and [-] management personnel. How much is this cost? How many years can it be recovered? Because we will face the encirclement of the four countries. Even if the Ming Dynasty does not pay much attention to maritime trade, everyone , we can set up a trading company, can’t those maritime merchants from the Ming Dynasty set up pirates?”

He glanced at the young man, and said in a pretentious old-fashioned tone: "Young people have hot blood and passion, but you have to consider the reality."

When Lan Qi heard such words, she secretly pursed her lips and laughed, thinking how old are you?

However, after all, Chen Jian is still qualified to say such a thing. The young man bowed his head and said nothing. Chen Jian sighed and said, "Don't have such a big appetite. Besides, we control the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Who will sell the goods to? A big one like this The country, have you considered its production capacity? Have you considered how big the market is for the things produced every year? When the supply exceeds the demand, who will we sell to? If you do it like this, we will stand firm , we have controlled it, and the only market we can sell is Japan. Can he eat so much in a year? Have you calculated how many goods are smuggled at sea in a year?"

Chen Jian shook his head, waved his fingers again and said: "You still miscalculated one thing, the rate of return. The shareholders of Nanyang Trading Company will choose to trade with Europe, Africa, and the Spanish Viceroyalty. The damage rate is low and the return is high. There is marine insurance, who is willing to invest money here under such circumstances? To be clear, we don’t have much demand for spices. Even if the trading company’s equity overflows and no longer issues shares, where will the capital flow?”

"It won't be here, it's just the last option. Capital will flow to handicraft factories, workshops, silk reeling, cotton cloth factories, and even sugar cane and tobacco in tropical islands. It won't flow here either. I'm not saying that it won't flow in at all, It's that relative to the rates of return elsewhere, capital raising here doesn't have the ability to control trade that you plan to do."

"This place needs long-term operation, long-term stable funds, and funds that can be distributed and withdrawn for at least ten years. Therefore, the idea is good, but the reality does not allow it. Indeed, Nanyang Company is not our party property, nor is it my private property. But just as a shareholder, I also have to say that we have to take another strategy."

Pretending that there were flies flying around, quietly wiped a cold sweat, glanced at the crowd secretly, thinking that his "traitorous behavior" must be explained by a reason for the benefit of the ethnic group, which is really troublesome.

Chapter 50 Up, Middle, Down Three Strategies

"Everyone, after you go back, as long as you want to get involved in the issues here, whether it is a country or a trading company, you need to appoint a governor to take charge of it. Who is this governor? It's hard to say now, but it must be selected from everyone, because at least You have seen everything here with your own eyes, and you know something about this side.”

Slightly tempting to make some active-minded people happy, Chen Jian asked again: "Then, what are the most important issues in the form of a trading company?"

He thought that everyone's answer would be a steady flow of water, long-term stability, etc., but he didn't want everyone's opinions to be surprisingly consistent and it was not what he thought.

"Mr. Chen, in fact, the most important issue is the employees and internal management. This is a profound knowledge. For example, the company has spent a lot of money, hired escorts, built warships, and controlled the trade routes. The employees or the company The internal members took the opportunity to sell the goods they carried privately... If the company wants to make a profit, it must guarantee a high price, and the goods carried by individuals will definitely be sold at a lower price than the company."

"No matter what kind of trade form in the future, internal management must be strict. Otherwise, individuals will benefit, while shareholders' collective reasons will be damaged. This must be strictly regulated. As for the rest of how to trade, how to carry out, etc. , but can be discussed later.”

"Disasters are always inside, not outside. If this aspect is relaxed, the company will be in debt or even unable to operate in a short time. In fact, everyone is the same. If I were a crew member, of course I would think about everything except myself. In addition to their salary, they also need to carry some goods to make money. And if the individual makes money, the company will inevitably lose money, which is beyond doubt."

This is a consensus. Several people have mentioned this issue, which proves that they have really noticed this possibility.

Chen Jian laughed a few times, nodded and said: "Yes, this is really a problem. But this is also an opportunity. Whoever can come up with such a method, at least in the company, can reach the sky in one step. But what I want to say is still That's not it."

Everyone looked at Chen Jian, and Chen Jian felt a little guilty.

It has to be said that Daming at this time is not very attractive to these people in the fleet.

Daming does not produce gold and silver, and the Republic does not have a demand for all kinds of goods from Daming. Unlike countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal, the Republic has a sufficient domestic market and a complete range of domestic handicrafts. In this case, even if it is Japan is more attractive than Ming Dynasty.

What they want is precious metals, silver and gold. Under the special self-sufficient economy, even if the normal historical line reaches the era of the Opium War, non-drug trade still cannot open the market.

This piece of land is a special existence for capital.Commercial capital is unwilling to get involved, and the profits are not high.

When capital is willing to get involved, there must be excess domestic capital and the need for capital output instead of commodity output, but by then it will be too late, and monopoly imperialism will soon appear.

From the perspective of today's ethnic group, the fanatical, active young man with the potential to be a colonial leader is right.

If you want to make a profit here, you can only monopolize the coastal trade, control merchant ships, and force transactions, otherwise you are making wedding clothes for others.When the merchants of the Ming Dynasty realized the crisis, they would burst out with great power, trying to take the leading role in trade in their own hands.

If you can't control the trade here to form the effect of monopolizing shipping by force, you won't have much profit to speak of.Under the leadership of capital, every pore is dirty. This group will not care about massacres and barbaric conquest of civilization. On the contrary, if they have the opportunity, they will not give up an opportunity to tear China apart.

At this moment, Chen Jian is a natural "traitor". It is difficult to convince the people here of many things, because people are not stupid, and they know how to get the most benefits in their heads.

But fortunately, the way of thinking of profit decision still gave Chen Jian an opportunity.

Chen Jian clicked on the desktop and said: "In Europe, you have also noticed that the Dutch and the Spaniards can no longer fight. Before we set off, the duchess and husband in the south had already made a gesture of peace talks, so the Netherlands There may be peace between Spain and Spain."

"Here, the focus of the Dutch is on the spice trade. For the time being, as long as we don't reach out, they don't care about us at this time. However, it should be noted that once the Netherlands and Spain reach peace, they will have enough power Start getting involved here."

"If we want to gain a foothold here, we must also consider the situation here. What we are facing here are princes and nobles from some countries, companies from the Netherlands, companies from the United Kingdom, governors of Portugal and Spain, and businessmen from the Ming Dynasty. "

Speaking of this, Chen Jian glanced at the young man who had expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with him before, pointed at him and said: "You are right just now, labor is the foundation of wealth. So how can no one work? We want to get Interests, in addition to transshipment trade, of course, can also start from land rent, deprivation of labor fruits, etc. "

"What should I do specifically? Let me tell you, it's actually quite simple. For some small countries, after gaining a firm foothold here, get rid of their princes, liberate their serfs, turn them into farmers, and hand over the land rent directly to us. As long as we collect There are fewer people than those princes and original landowners, and if we spread some ideas we believe in and build schools, there will be less resistance."

"And in some barren places, the land exists, but the population is not enough. What should we do in such places? Let me tell you, this is easy to handle. Just remember that labor creates wealth, and there is no labor without people. Therefore, we can attract immigrants."

"Where do you attract it? People from China can go to the Great Wilderness, to the ends of the earth, or to the tropical islands in the south, so they won't like to come here."

"The population of the Ming Dynasty is sufficient. It is said that they have 4000 million taxpayers. This does not include women and children. With such a large population, as long as there are earthquakes and disasters... I am afraid that the people in a few nearby counties are enough to reclaim these barren lands. soil of."

"To gain a foothold here, we need population, labor force, money, soldiers...the people of the Ming Kingdom can do all of these. One is that our cultures are very similar and our appearances are similar; the other is that any large and stable Kingdoms, their bottom must be industrious and patient. This is the best working population."

"The means of the Dutch and the Spaniards are rough. They artificially differentiated the difference, which inevitably created the germination of large-scale resistance. There are many ways to make money, but this kind of oppression after artificially distinguishing the difference is the most The stupid kind. The cost is too high."

"The islands here are suitable for growing sugar cane, spices, rice, and many teak woods suitable for shipbuilding, gold, silver, copper and tin mines... I know, you want to say that you came here not to help others, but to make money. "

"However, to make money, do we have to use methods like the Dutch and the Spanish? Moreover, the Nanyang Trading Company is indeed neither my private property nor our party's property, but there are also a group of workshop owners and factory owners in the Nanyang Trading Company."

"So...even if we grow sugar cane and rice here, we still need cotton cloth, steel, weapons, plowshares, etc. As long as we can't develop our own large-scale handicraft industry here, we can still make money, and we can make more money , the cost is lower.”

"Ground rent is an income, and the profits of the goods they need to develop the handicraft industry are another income. The cooperation with them has stabilized, and they have provoked conflicts between them and the island natives, and the Dutch and Spanish. We because of appearance, The customs and writing and similar issues are on their side, so that we can benefit here for a long time, and be stable for a long time."

"As long as we don't exploit too much, as long as we don't do it so blatantly, as long as we allow them to study science and mathematics, so that they have the opportunity to become managers or even officials, there will be almost no resistance. Over time, intermarriage, Can they still be separated from each other?"

"Remember one thing, a single economy, don't be self-sufficient. Then they can only choose to be closely connected with us, and we will always be able to benefit. In the future, those islands in the south will be Ming people who are very similar to us, cultural convergence, and way of thinking Similar...but the economy is single, only sugar, rice, teak, spices...doesn't it still require a lot of trade?"