Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, at the Dudu's Mansion in Guangzhou, Li Ke met the main responsible persons of the wealthy families from Guangzhou. Changle, Li Yan and Wu Jue were also there, but they sat beside them and did not speak.

After saluting each other, Li Ke smiled and said, "Everyone should have a good year this year?"

As soon as Li Ke said that, everyone laughed, "Thanks to your highness, everyone is doing well."

"Well, it's actually not bad. I have something to announce to everyone." Li Ke said with a faint smile, "I set off for the Western Regions this time, not to expand the trade of the Tang Dynasty. I brought a relatively large Caravan, and this time the main trade of the caravan is currently profitable, let’s guess.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Everyone knew about the establishment of the Datang Shipping Company, but it had little to do with them. However, as local wealthy nobles in Lingnan Road, they knew something about the interests of shipping, Li Ke asked. up.Immediately, someone asked, "I wonder how much your Highness will cost when you leave?"

"Around 230 million." Li Ke gave an approximate figure.

This number made many wealthy families startled. Although it was known that Datang Shipping Company sold nearly 1000 million shares in total when it set off, but the cost of a single shipment exceeded 230 million, which is still an astronomical figure.

For many aristocratic families, it may be enough to transport one hundred thousand guan.

"The minister would venture to guess that His Highness has about 1000 million yuan in profit?" a person tentatively asked.

A profit of 1000 million yuan is already crazy, which is equivalent to five times the profit, and five times the assets in a year, which many businessmen cannot do.In fact, although the profits of their silk trade are not low, but because of problems such as ships, the cost is also high, and the final profit is not high, that is, one or two times.

Li Ke smiled, then waved his hands and said: "The total profit is about 600 million yuan. After going back this time, these profits will be distributed to the major shareholders."

With a sound of "wow", all the businessmen present were in an uproar.

Twenty-six million guan!Datang's treasury is only a little over 600 million a year! 1000 Treasurys!This means that just this time, all the shareholders who invested in the purchase of Datang Shipping Co., Ltd. have earned their money back!

This is crazy too!The rest is profit!

"The reason why I tell everyone is because you each have a caravan. In fact, you can also have the profits of the Datang Shipping Company. However, you have to find profit points from various places, such as ships! Currently in Hu Du, oh, this name is very unpleasant, so I changed it to Shanghai. At present, there are two shipyards and ports near Shanghai Town and Bohai Sea, and they can already design, produce and sell cargo ships ranging from 800 tons to 1200 tons."

"These ships use brand-new technology. If you go from Guangzhou to Persia at full speed, you can successfully arrive in about one and a half months! I believe you should be very clear about how much the time and cost of one and a half months can shorten everyone's profits."

"However, everyone in business should be aware that there are situations such as bidding with each other, so for the time being, in order to maintain the high profits of all of us, I decided to set up the Datang Shipping Department. The main task of this Shipping Department is to help everyone earn money. The highest profit, that is to say, the selling price of our trade in countries such as Dashi must be the same."

"This will prevent us from going out to sell goods in the future and reducing the profits of our peers." Li Ke said.

"At present, the profit dividend like this will not last for too long, and the profit will definitely decline later, but I hope to minimize the room for profit decline."

"I believe you all agree on this point?" Li Ke looked at them and asked.

"Your Highness, what I want to ask is, is your Highness setting the price for this shipping company?" a person asked.

"Of course." Li Ke nodded.

"The minister joined." The man said without hesitation.

Others immediately offered to join.

"Yes, in addition to this, in addition to this, other new things will continue to be sold in the future, such as the development rights of islands, some islands may be sold to individuals for development, the medicinal materials on them, precious wood , Gold mines, silver mines, etc. that may appear, will belong to individuals after purchase.”

"As for excellent assets like Lizhi Island and Lizhi Harbor, they have been high-quality properties for hundreds of years or even thousands of years. I believe that you will not suffer."

"But the prerequisite is to be consistent with the government of Datang, understand?" Li Ke looked at them and said.

"The ministers will definitely follow the government orders of the Tang Dynasty." Everyone immediately bowed and saluted to express their agreement.

Li Ke nodded, and then turned to Feng An and the others: "About the operation of the medicinal material factory, and the recruitment and training of the urban management guards and the navy by the mountain people and fishermen, you and Dang Renhong should pay more attention to this aspect. Let people spot check."

"Yes, please rest assured, Your Highness." Feng An immediately stood up and bowed to salute. Now that he has won the position of governor of Luzon Island, he knows very well that he must stand with His Highness King Qin, and that Luzon Island represents meaning is completely different.

"On the Ryukyu Island, you also need to send people to investigate and do a good job in port construction and other related work." Li Ke warned.

"Yes!"

The Ryukyu Islands in the Tang Dynasty were not the Ryukyu Islands in later generations, but Taiwan Island.

After making arrangements and having a meal with these people, Li Ke returned to Chang'an on the King of Qin, but this time he didn't come directly from the Yangtze River, and then he returned via the canal, he still had to go to the Bohai Sea.

As a result of this meeting with these aristocratic families in Lingnan Road, all the reform measures proposed by Li Ke were not questioned, and all of them expressed that they would be implemented according to His Highness King Qin's words.

It can be seen that profit is the eternal foundation.

About ten days later, on the second day after the Shangyuan Festival, Li Ke arrived at the Bohai Shipyard. Looking at the vitality of the dock and port, Li Ke was a little emotional. It was less than a year since the last time, but the scale of the entire port has expanded. Doubled, the size of the shipyard alone has at least doubled, and a regular number of residential buildings have formed a town not far from the port.

Yu Wenlin is not here. Yu Wenlin has already gone to Shanghai Shipbuilding to build and expand the Huainan Shipyard and build a new port.

Li Ke met him when he passed by. According to Li Ke's request, the ex-factory price of all ships in the shipyard was doubled first.

Such as shipyards, etc., will soon have to be responsible for their own profits and losses, so Li Ke naturally wants to increase their ex-factory prices to ensure the profits of the shipyard. Private orders will completely feed the two shipyards.

Li Ke came to Bohai mainly to meet the person in charge of Yuelai Commercial Bank here, and to pay attention to the battle situation here. Datang's next strategy must be Goguryeo.