Xinshun 1730

Chapter 232 Industry or Financial Real Estate
Thinking of this, and looking at the merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company moored in the port, Liu Yu's smile gradually became strange.

Tian Ping followed Liu Yu's gaze, and also let out a yell.

He participated in the trade with Japan, so he naturally knew that the Dutch also allowed trade in Japan, which was closed to the country. Every year, Dutch ships would load a large amount of raw silk in Songjiang.

Some of these raw silk will be sold to Japan.

Thinking of this, Tian Ping felt a pain in his heart.

If the Dutch are squeezed out and the Japanese trade is occupied by their own people, how beneficial is it?How much bonus do you have for a year?
If the Dutch transported them to Japan, they were all Western goods, and it would be fine if he couldn't handle them in Songjiang.

However, most of them are raw silk and other Jiangsu products. In my eyes, there is no such thing as a boatload of raw silk, and it is clear that he and all the shareholders who participated in the Dongyang Trading Company took money from the pockets.

Tian Ping waved his hand to let the people around him disperse, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Shouchang, are you going to make a move on the Dutch?"

Liu Yu tilted his head, Tian Ping smiled and said: "I just guessed that way. In fact, I am here, and I have bought shares again. I really hate the Dutch. I just think about the situation in Japan. Even if I don't give them goods, the Japanese And won’t give us those shares.”

"If you can get the neck of the Dutch, the Japanese can send us a few more trade letters. Let's see what you can do brother."

Liu Yu believed in this very much.

In an official-based country under centralized power, it does not need any commercial competition to win, or even a formal and clear policy to do this kind of thing.

As far as Tian Ping's connections and relationships are concerned, it's easy to engage the Dutch in Songjiang.Not to mention long-term control, at least one year can make the Dutch East India Company unable to function due to a broken capital chain.

Dashun's switch policy has made the Dutch East India Company's capital chain and Dashun too deeply bound.

Whether Japanese merchants exchanged raw silk for gold, silver and copper, or shipped tea and silk to Europe, the interests of the Dutch in India and Persia gradually declined.

The deeper the binding, the worse it will be if you try to engage in it.And it is likely to be a catastrophic chain reaction. If you touch Songjiang's raw silk and cotton cloth, it will cause major problems in the capital chain.

But this matter cannot be said at this time.

"In this matter, as you said, it is useless to move the Dutch. In addition to the trade with Japan, there are also some goods shipped by the Dutch to Europe."

Tian Ping laughed loudly and said, "That's none of my business? I don't have a silk reeling or weaving workshop. I only care about Japan's trade."

"That's true, hahahaha."

Liu Yu also laughed, and then said: "To be honest, brother, I really have something to ask you to do."

"Tell me, what do you want?"

"Hmm...Can the customs in Fujian and Guangdong be able to talk? Just do me a favor and get me a list of the goods shipped by Dutch merchant ships in recent years. Including how many ships have come, how many goods have been bought, How much is sold. Be serious, don't fool the one above."

When talking about the first half, Tian Ping felt that it was too simple, and it was really not a difficult task.But after hearing that Liu Yu wanted to be real, his expression gradually became serious.

"Okay, but it may take a while before I can give it to you. Anyway, I'll do it as soon as possible. It's no problem to talk about it. It's easy to talk about Fujian and Guangdong... There are still some goods that may go to Macau. I'll ask someone to ask you Just ask."

"This issue……"

Just as he was about to instruct this matter not to spread, Tian Ping smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know how to be strict. I don't ask you what you want to do, but since I ask my brother for help, this matter can be resolved easily. I also know that you are now The identities are different, if you ask, you may be in trouble. If I ask, it will be more convenient. I said that the customs here have to use it, and they have their own methods."

Liu Yu nodded, knowing that Tian Ping is also a person who knows the importance now.Now that I have promised, I will definitely do it, otherwise I will talk about the difficulties now.

"Brother Shouchang, you're not here just to give money this time, are you?"

Tian Ping was also very puzzled in his heart. He must be happy that Liu Yu came to Songjiang. He knew that it must not be as simple as giving money, but must be something big.

Although there is a way to get rich, I must not forget myself, but my heart is still itchy, and I want to know it sooner.

For Tian Ping, Liu Yu should not hide anything and will not hide it.

"To tell you the truth, of course it's not as simple as sending money. Anyway, you just have to prepare the money."

"Money? How much profit?"

With the experience of participating in the Japanese trade last time, Tian Ping's ears perked up when he heard the word money.

If it is a big profit, he can sell part of the trading company's shares to raise money.

When it was first issued, one share was 100 taels of silver, but now it has risen to [-] taels, and there is still a price but no market.

All the shareholders are holding on tightly and won't let it go. Everyone knows that this is a long stream of lying down and making money. Although the annual dividend profit is not as good as that of usury, it is not bad.

Such a high profit is naturally thanks to Japan's closed-door policy, so that in the absence of monopoly power, Liu Yu obtained a substantial monopoly power through his operation in Japan.

Now the headquarters of the trading company is located, surrounded by teahouses. Many people squat there every day to watch the news and exchange information on the goods. It has gradually become the maritime trading center of Songjiang.

There are even prototypes of early futures such as soybeans in Liaodong, and the trading volume is increasing every year.

Tian Ping thought, if the profit is huge, he can completely sell part of the stock and participate in the new stock. It is still very easy to sell.

Although the stock price is still rising in recent years, it has also stabilized.

On the one hand, trade with Japan is ultimately restricted by trade cards. Even if rice can be transported and smuggled, the increase has reached the limit. Japan has noticed the phenomenon of a large outflow of gold and silver again, and may tighten the policy within a few years.

On the other hand, the trade situation with Nanyang has just opened. Although the share capital is strong, businessmen from Fujian and Guangdong have also begun to form groups to protect their original interests.

At least for now, it seems that there is a bottleneck in the profit growth of trading companies, if there is no big change.

When Tian Ping asked about profit return, Liu Yu didn't have a good answer.

The military factory is fine, and he wants to use this to dilute the dividends to the French East India Company and clarify the shares so as to avoid wrangling in the future.

For the time being, there is an order for the Dashun military reform, and the profit is still considerable.

However, it is difficult to say about the rest of the new industries, such as cigarettes, matches, glass, soap, etc.

You may win, you may lose.

The situation in Weihai is special. The navy and officers have monthly salaries, and the attitude of people who go to sea to earn money every day, coupled with some habits developed in the military rationing, makes cigarettes and soap, etc., a well-established consumer market. .

But in Jiangnan, it's really not sure whether it will work or not.

The land rent in Dashun is too high, and the interest rate of usury is too high, making usury the highest rate of return, and the most value-preserving land.

It is really difficult to enrich capital in industry and commerce.Whether there is such a large rate of return on monopoly trade with Japan is really uncertain.

If the profits are insufficient, people would rather invest their money in buying land and lending money.

The reason why the profits from the trade with Japan were distributed to everyone was that, apart from wanting to involve more people in the war against Japan, it was really worth a fortune.

I just don't know how much this daughter's trust is worth.

In the hundreds of years of church rule in Europe, usury is forbidden in the Bible. Although it is still done in private, the Jews who are open to usury are often arranged.

The current law in the United Kingdom is fixed, and the annual interest rate cannot exceed [-]%.The annual interest rate on British government bonds is only about [-]%.

The germination of capitalism is not just a change in production relations, but also a whole set of ways of thinking. British industrialists and businessmen have begun to publish books advocating that interest rates should be as low as possible.

Basically, the annual interest rate in the Netherlands and the UK is generally around [-]%, which makes a lot of money invested in industry and commerce.

A major factor in the enclosure movement is also because the traditional land rent in Britain is too low.If Britain also has 50.00% land rent in Dashun, it can be regarded as a benevolent policy, and the motivation to enclose land may not be so great.

But for Dashun, the annual interest rate of 30.00% is the upper limit stipulated by law.The Great Ming law of the previous dynasty stipulated that the interest could not exceed the principal, and Dashun inherited it, but the grassroots control forces were forced to control it, and they were unable to control it at all.

Nowadays, even in economically developed areas or between businessmen with collateral, the interest rate is [-] to [-]%.

The land rent of nearly 50.00% and the loan interest rate of nearly 30.00% make it extremely difficult for Dashun to start a new industry and commerce.

The internal market is basically saturated, with a population of [-] million, there are only so many people with consumption capacity, and the rest are self-sufficient or even self-sufficient and have no money to consume; the external market is temporarily saturated, and external growth depends on the liberalization of mercantilism in Europe policy, but Dashun does not have the ability to switch gunboats.

The land rented by Gaodi can be bought and sold, and the loan interest rate is 30.00%, which is considered a low interest rate. In such an environment, one can imagine how much money will flow into industry and commerce.

If the rate of return is lower than 30.00%, businessmen would rather lend money or buy land.

Dashun's household department is not the central bank, and the imperial court's control over the grassroots cannot even promote the young crop law.The Green Crop Law is certainly utopian, but the reason why some people regard it as "good governance" is because the maximum interest rate is 30.00%, so one can imagine what the normal interest rate is.

The household government's income and expenditure situation lacks assistance to the private sector, which makes private lending assume the function of private "rescue".Even if the maximum interest rate is stipulated, it is just a formality, it is impossible to prohibit it, and there is no economic basis for prohibiting it.

The UK can issue treasury bonds, and the people can subscribe, not only because of the existence of the Bank of England, but also because of the common interest rates among the people.

If Dashun followed England, it would issue national bonds and pay [-]% interest.In the eyes of businessmen, it is no different from stealing money.If I have money, I can put [-] out of [-] returns to usury, and I can buy land that preserves its value forever. Why do I have to earn the pitiful [-]% interest from the imperial court?

If the annual interest rate of 30.00% is given, the national debt will definitely be able to be raised. The problem is that if the company can afford the 30.00% annual interest rate and still not go bankrupt, is it still necessary to borrow national debt?

Thinking of these irritating problems, Liu Yu felt that the only way to solve them was to push everything back to the beginning.

But thinking about the reality at this time, I can only try to be a tinkerer and find a way out of the dead end.

At this time, when Tian Ping asked about the benefits, Liu Yu didn't say too much or too little, but just smiled mysteriously: "I don't know for sure, when I have dinner at night, I will ask them what they think. Weihai is very different from here, whether you can make money or not depends on what they say."

(End of this chapter)