Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1000
After the defense was broken, Liu Yu said with relief: "Don't worry too much. If I really want to find Wang Ermazi and Zhao Sangouzi, I won't ask you to come to the capital."

"I'm just telling you that I have the ability to lift up a Wang Ermazi. But I won't. It's not that I can't lift up."

"After all, you have also contributed to the battles of leveling the court, restoring the Western Regions, and Dingchuan West."

The leader of the Shaanxi businessman hurriedly said: "I dare not take credit. We are just looking for profit and making a fortune. We don't have a [-]% heart for the community."

"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter what you think. You still have to be objectively evaluated. Besides, if there is chaos in the Northwest, you will bear the brunt of it. You still understand this truth, so you don't have to be too modest." Thinking about history Liu Yu couldn't help sighing that the Shaanxi merchants who had been wiped out in the Shaanxi-Gansu Hui Revolution.

After sighing, Liu Yu picked up a document from the table, handed it over and said, "I just said a lot to let you understand the situation."

"There is a story that someone went out in the sun with an umbrella."

"What would you say?"

"If you know that there will be rain in half an hour, then you will definitely praise this person as a genius."

"And if you know that every day is sunny, then you will definitely say that this person is a coward."

"I said a lot just now to let you know whether it is raining or sunny."

"Just so you can see some of my thoughts on the changes in southern Sichuan. After you read it, just speak boldly and ask boldly."

The Shaanxi businessman quickly took the document in both hands, and read it carefully from the beginning, word by word.

Of course, Sichuan Salt's plan to enter Hunan and Chu cannot be mentioned now.

However, when Sichuan salt enters Guizhou, it can still be used for official transportation and commercial sales.

Although the ultimate goal is to enter Hunan and Chu, but now it can be used as a cover under the guise of entering Guizhou.

The biggest difference between going to Guizhou and going to Hunan and Chu lies in the amount of investment and the number of wells opened.

In terms of framework, there is no difference.

The Shaanxi businessman only saw half of it, and was secretly amazed by the imperial court's generosity, and understood what Liu Yu meant by the word "supporting the chaebols".

Basically, it is to concentrate the scattered forces in southern Sichuan and organize a southern Sichuan salt company.

Shareholding means, unifying forces.

If it's just like this, it's not called support.

Support is reflected in the attitude towards the land: the imperial court directly expropriates and encloses the land, and cancels the land rent of industrial capital.

After the land in the circle is discounted, part of it will be used as share capital, and part of it will be returned in 20 years to force the cancellation of land rent, and at the same time prevent the proportion of the landlord's shares from being too large.

As for how to get the consent of the local landlords, this is not mentioned above.

But the above meaning is very clear: the local landlords will definitely agree, must agree, and have to agree.

Liu Yu finally understood what he meant by "support".

Not even daring to solve the land rent issue, is it worthy of supporting the buds of capitalism?

After land expropriation, the landlord's land is used as a share, which counts as [-]%; the remaining [-]% is divided into [-]% by Shaanxi businessmen, and the remaining [-]% by Sichuan businessmen.

For salt wells that are not included in the enclosure and land acquisition, but are determined not to take shares, they are allowed to exist.

Here we need to rely on strong capital, the power of the steam engine, and directly use competitive means to complete the merger.

Small producers, small retail workshops, if you are shameless, let them see what it means to be capitalist, the big fish eats the small fish.

After the establishment of the company, the official is responsible for the transshipment of salt, and the company is only responsible for production.

The official acts as the middleman between the seller and the manufacturer, and adopts a semi-order mode of production.

The tax link is completed before the transshipment,

The operation of the company is the responsibility of the company itself, and the imperial court only supervises and does not manage it. It will send people to keep an eye on the account books and production, and conduct regular inspections.

Shareholders of the company are responsible for their own profits and losses, and can be transferred for sale.

If a company shareholder commits a crime, it has nothing to do with the company, only the individual shareholder.

If the company goes bankrupt, all shareholders will only pay for their own share capital, and will not be involved in their previous profit and dividends.

The Academy of Sciences provided technical support such as steam engines and coal rails, and stationed specialized technicians. The salary was provided by the company, but the selection qualifications were in the hands of the Academy of Sciences.

This is a simple well salt industry, but the well salt industry is not simple.

In the industry related to well salt supporting, it will raise shares and use similar means of enclosing land to forcibly merge the coal mines near Rongxian County to organize a new company and adopt a framework similar to that of the salt industry.

The coal industry and the salt industry each contributed half to renovate the transportation route from Rongxian to Zigong.

Part of the original canals will be rebuilt, and at the same time direct repairs to railway tracks will be made in some places to reduce coal transportation costs.

The industrial and commercial yamen under the jurisdiction of Liu Yu set up new yamen in the Jingyan area and the mining area, parallel to the original prefectures and counties, responsible for public security, inspections, and employee registration in the factory area.

Although I didn’t say it later, the meaning can be seen roughly. The smell of support is too strong. Obviously, it is going to directly engage in monopoly, and it may merge the surrounding salt areas in the future.

After seeing it, the Shaanxi businessman was speechless for a long time, and then said after a while: "The Duke's plan is really good. Those of us who do this kind of business, the first complaint is the local landlord."

"The inclusion is not light, the price increase is too heavy, and the rent is very high."

"But drilling a well is nothing else. Who knows if there is any brine underneath? Only experienced masters can look at it, and it may not be sure to see it."

"If their land is a shareholding, the most ruthless thing is to divide it in this way: for example, in one month, the salt for the first twelve days belongs to us, and the salt for the next eighteen days belongs to them."

"We have suffered so long!"

"Actually, we have long wanted to gather the strength of the big guys to do it, but we couldn't agree on this matter. We paid for it. They just occupy the land and it takes eighteen days a month. It's really difficult for us. The imperial court came We don’t care about these things, let them go completely, let us talk to those people by ourselves, it’s really hard.”

"When my ancestors transported grain to the Tianbao Mansion during the Hongwu period, they knew that the strength of one person is very weak. We must gather the strength of everyone and then hold shares and share dividends to make it bigger. We don't need the Duke to say this. We also understand the truth. It's just that without the help of the Duke, we can't even pass the land rent. We can only gamble on our own. We are willing to accept the loss. The family is ruined."

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Capital and land rent are irrelevant. There is a book in Xiyi, and the part about land rent, I am afraid that the whole world will cry after reading it. Those people in Songjiang Mansion can What they understand is free trade and division of labor and exchange, but it is not easy for them to understand the part of land rent."

"Doing business, the court can't do it; enclosing land, you can't do it. Now you can understand why Sichuan merchants have to take part of the shares, right?"

The Shaanxi businessman said repeatedly: "Understood."

"If Sichuan merchants don't hold shares, then Deng Ai and Zhong will attack Shu."

"If Sichuan merchants take the shares, it's a battle of 'scholars, farmers, businessmen', a battle between capital merchants like us and landowners, regardless of Shu people or Qin people."

"Sichuan merchants have been in the local area for a long time and are deeply rooted. If they can stand with us, it will be a help."

Liu Yu nodded in satisfaction, then stretched out two fingers and said: "The imperial court can only help you here."

"The land rent is too high, and industrial capital cannot be developed. This land rent should belong to the imperial court, and the person occupying the land should pay him according to the price of the first-class land on the ground. How can the underground brine belong to him? Why should he Rent collection?"

"Steam technology, the imperial court can also help you."

"Only these two things, the court doesn't care about other things."

"Your Majesty ordered me to be in charge of industry and commerce, regardless of the salt administration. You can understand that you are not under the administration of the salt administration. You only produce salt, and the rest of the transshipment and sales have nothing to do with you, so it belongs to the industry and commerce."

"I am in charge of industry and commerce. I don't want to say anything about crimes, and I don't need to tell you. I just say that after you set up a board of directors, you will make your own decisions."

"Just remember one sentence. In the board of directors, there are intrigues and different abilities, and no one can control it. But the company is no better than the Sanwujing salt farm in the past. It is rich in capital. It is useless to find the state herd and governor. The final decision It's the imperial court."

After exhorting, Liu Yu asked again: "For these methods, don't just say good things. All kinds of disadvantages, you can think of, and you can also say it. Say what you have, don't worry about it."

The Shaanxi businessman thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "What the Duke thinks is exactly what we have thought about but it is difficult to do. Few people in the court know the specialness of well salt."

"For example, in the Lianghuai area, small people can cook for themselves. One small pot, one small business is also possible."

"And well salt is no better than sea salt."

"Every well requires a division of labor."

"Those who need to drill wells, draw brine, need gas, need to scrape salt, need to pick coal, need to raise cattle, need to buy materials..."

"The model of small people like Lianghuai is not acceptable. Capital must be gathered before it can grow bigger."

"Before the court, the central government had little control over Sichuan salt. The villain dared to say that it wasn't that the court didn't want to manage it. In fact, the adults in the court only cared about small farmers and salt workers, and they really didn't care about this kind of factory with thousands of people and a division of labor. "

"Actually, we are looking forward to the court's management."

Liu Yu chuckled and said, "This is a bit insincere."

The Shaanxi businessman hurriedly said: "The Duke absolutely believes that this statement is sincere and there is no falsehood in it."

"The fact that the imperial court has less control means that we sell less salt."

"The imperial court has a lot of control, which proves that we sell a lot of salt."

"The Celestial Dynasty sells salt not because it is cheaper or whiter than anyone else's, but because the court asks whoever sells it to be able to sell it."

"Like the place in Kuizhou, if you go down the river, you will reach Hubei in an instant."

"Kuizhou also produces its own salt, which is cheap and white in color. However, the imperial court said that only the people in Hubei are allowed to eat Subei salt, and the people in Hubei can only eat Subei salt. The Kuizhou salt that is close at hand cannot be eaten. "

"Why? It's because the imperial court really only managed small farmers and salt workers, but not the salt well factory, and didn't know how to collect taxes."

"Since the first emperor unified, Lianghuai and Sichuan, aren't they all celestial dynasties? What is the difference between the silver in northern Jiangsu and the silver in Sichuan?"

"Yes, we expect the court to take care of it. The court's management means that more people will eat Sichuan salt in the future, and we will get more profit."

"Salt merchants in Lianghuai complain all day long that the imperial court takes too much control. They really don't know. If the imperial court doesn't care about it, then he would not be able to sell a catty of northern Jiangsu salt in Lianghu, which is half of the salt tax in Lianghuai! Born in the blessings, you don't know the blessings. I don't know what to complain about."

"Everything the villain said is true. Today, we are the ones who are most looking forward to the imperial court to manage it. It is really a great thing for the imperial court to manage it; It would be great if they were all located in Chengdu!"

(End of this chapter)