Xinshun 1730

Chapter 234 Cheat Sheet

"You also know that now that I have an official status, there are still many things to take care of in the court. I really can't take care of things here."

"Furthermore, I am the backbone of a wealthy city. I ask everyone to gather capital and learn from the methods of Westerners. The so-called strength of a large number of people makes a fortune in partnership. In the past few years, all the profits have been distributed as dividends. I don't care. If there are too many, the more you worry about harming everyone's interests when you make a decision."

"For example, in the trade with Japan, the Japanese issued a fixed trade letter card. One ship has one card, but if this is the case, why don't we make the ship bigger? Why can't we load the goods that can hold thousands of stones?" Ten thousand stones?"

"You have all dealt with the Dutch. The Westerners used to collect tariffs according to the size of the ship, and the Dutch built the ship to hold more cargo. In fact, the same reason, the Japanese paid a fee for each ship. It's a trade letter card, but it doesn't stipulate the size of the ship. Then we can make the ship bigger?"

"It's just that building a ship costs a lot of money, especially a large ship. In the long run, it will benefit a lot; in the short term, this will affect this year's dividends. Since all the shares are paid out, it is not good to have no decision-making power. But if everyone Everyone can talk, but it’s a mess, and it’s hard to get results.”

"Thanks to everyone's trust, let me take care of the affairs here. But one day I can't take care of it? It's better to establish rules for everything and act according to the rules."

In the past few years, it has indeed gained a lot of dividends, and the idea of ​​building a bigger ship is not unheard of.

Now that Liu Yu took the initiative to talk about this matter and said that rules should be established, everyone was actually happy.

Of course the rules are good, Liu Yu seems to be a good person now, but who knows what will happen in the future?If there are rules, there will be less trouble in the future.

Moreover, if Liu Yu can decide whether to expand operations in the future, whether to issue new shares or not, even if Liu Yu alone can decide, everyone may not be willing.

Now it depends on personal prestige and reputation, but relying on personal prestige and reputation is bound to be unstable.

It may be efficient, but there is always a sword hanging above the head, and it is not stable.

These businessmen must be happy to have as much power to speak as they pay.The ideal system that all businessmen in the world like most is the property-weighted voting system. According to the amount of money, one tael of silver is said to be one tael of silver, and 1 taels of silver is said to be 1 taels of silver.

From the perspective of businessmen, it is only right and proper.

"That's what I think. We can learn from the British. The British East India Company selected some people to talk about things. How to choose them? They are five hundred pounds, which is about 500 taels of silver for us. Count one vote."

"So this time, all those who invested more than 1000 taels were called over, and everyone discussed and discussed. We are one vote for 1000 taels, and two votes for 2000 taels. I will not participate this time, and let you do it yourself. "

"But before that, let me talk about some of the rules that come to mind. Listen, everyone. If you agree, let's do it like this. If you don't agree, just say what you think and brainstorm."

After everyone in the hall quieted down, Liu Yu talked about some things he imagined and plagiarized.

It is to be formalized. The first point is that the debt liability of the trading company to the third party needs to be clearly borne by the company.

According to 1000 taels of silver shares and one vote, an 11-member committee is elected for a term of seven years.

Shareholders have the right to convene an extraordinary general meeting, as long as one-third of the share capital is agreed, and members of the committee can be removed under special circumstances.

This is a path reserved for himself. For the time being, Liu Yu does not want to fully control the trade with Japan. He wants this trading company to grow spontaneously and gradually improve the rules.

But if things go wrong in the future, he can control them.

After the election of the 11-member committee, the committee has full powers, including formulating trade plans, publishing accounts every year, and formulating long-term plans.

The rest are not allowed to interfere, but need to be announced to shareholders.

If you want to interfere, follow the previous article.

The employees of the trading company must have a fixed salary, and the wages of the ship's bow, accountant, purchase, etc. at all levels must be clearly defined.

Set up a special supervision department, in charge of checking accounts, auditing, etc., this department is outside the 11-member committee.

These are the general rules, either copied from the previous life, or imitated the Dutch or British ones.

These rules are not too novel, and they make sense.

Everyone also raised some other opinions, and after discussing for a while, the general rules were settled, and Liu Yu reminded two more things.

"One thing is that in the future, we can be a little bit bigger and bolder. We still have to grasp the trade in Nanyang. Besides Nanyang, we can go to India for a while. Just right, I can go out there. Two ships, load some cargo, and send some good sailors to try to find the way, see if they can stand firm, and prepare for future business expansion.”

"another……"

Speaking of another matter, I used the idea of ​​building a large ship as an introduction. What I really want to say is that the maritime merchants of this trading company should plan for the long-term.

For example, set up a practical school, let the children go to school, and let the bastards or non-concubine elders of the family learn more about sailing.

If you want to build a large Western ship, Liu Yu can let some people retire from Weihai. Anyway, we have trained excess officers, and we don’t need so many trainee captains for the time being. These people also look forward to finding a better job after they finish their studies. .

This has been possible in the past few years, but it will definitely not be the case in the future.

Therefore, I hope that the committee members of the trading company will consider building some volunteer schools in Songjiang to recruit some poor children to learn navigation, accounting, arithmetic, etc., so as to ensure that there are enough talents for further business development in the future.

These businessmen are not very interested in Confucianism, and they are also willing to let the children of their families learn such knowledge.

The real heirs of the family are fine, and those bastards will have a way out, and they will have more contacts in the company in the future.

Moreover, Liu Yu also prepared a way for these people to become officials other than the imperial examination, that is, they can pass the Jinghai Palace and become officers in artillery, navy, and fortress engineers.

Conversely, people and sailors who have retired from the navy can also be given priority to work in trading companies.

Create a new class as much as possible, this class is not land landlords, but mainly industrial and commercial people.

This class does not take the orthodox imperial examinations, nor does it study Confucianism, but it can have certain influence and influence in the army.

Not only rich, but also people.

This idea is also a borderline ball within the permission of the emperor, and there is no problem now.

When it came to the establishment of practical learning and free learning, the businessmen present also agreed.

They understand the principle of handing down poems and books from family to family, but in the past, poems and books had little to do with business and voyages.

The imperial examination is too difficult.Only the top people in each province can get ahead. It is really not an easy way.

Now to set up a practical school, the imperial court will definitely not pay, and the merchants are still willing to pay the money.

It will definitely be useful for big business in the future.

After the East Ocean is finished, there is also Nanyang, and beyond Nanyang, there is also India, which can be tried.

At worst, let the maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong also participate in the shares, and use their strength to develop Nanyang and expand their influence.

Although there will definitely be people who disagree with these people sharing the profits, these will be decided by the committee after the 11-member committee is elected.

If they do not agree, either gather one-third of the shareholders to hold a meeting to dismiss them; or sell the shares to others.

As a businessman, you must first learn to abide by the rules and be willing to admit defeat. There is no business in the world that only pays but does not make money.

What Liu Yu did was actually going against the times.

The South China Sea bubble just broke out in the UK, which caused great doubts about the joint-stock system. For a long time, no new joint-stock companies appeared. The British were frightened by the tragedy after the bubble burst.

But for Songjiang, if they want to monopolize the Japanese trade in the future, they must expand their shareholders and funds.

Shipbuilding, shipbuilding, buying guns and guns in the name of going to sea to defend against pirates, and investigating Batavia's intelligence all require long-term and huge investments.

I have eaten enough sweet dates in the past few years, it is time to let the blood out.

The shares in Liu Yu's hands have the ability to convene an extraordinary meeting to remove members of the committee at any time, but at this time he does not want to use it, but treats this trading company as a child.

Now this child is finally going to grow up, allowing trial and error, allowing mistakes, for a while... until the Japanese issue is resolved, he will not directly take care of it.

This time, the formalization of the trading company went smoothly within his expectations, and there were no surprises, and there was no possibility of surprises.

The profits from trade with Japan are too great, and the actual monopoly power caused by Japan's country lock also makes many businessmen think that this is a stable sale comparable to land.

Naturally, I also hope that this business will be more stable. It is of course good to have a formal system.There are many people, and part of the reason is that once the company is formalized, even if the imperial court apportions donations, it will not be apportioned to one person.

As an independent virtual person, the company is responsible to third parties.In this virtual person, there are earls like Liu Yu, nobles from the capital, officials like Tian Ping, and the emperor's shares that they don't know about.

Without the exploitation of officials, and the money to be bribed every year in Japan to get a trade letter, coupled with the smuggling of rice mixed with smuggled goods, the profits are increasing every year, and I am afraid that some people will be jealous in the future.

Now that it is formalized, at least it sounds safer and more stable, especially to reassure some people with small capital.

Although listening to Liu Yu's intentions, it is necessary to build a big ship and run a free school, so the profit of dividends in the past two years may decrease.But in the long run, it still pays off.

There was generally no objection, and some rules were agreed upon, and the 11-member committee was quickly elected.

Even though Liu Yu didn't want to interfere, he still had five of the 11-member committee elected.

Lin Yunwen joined it as a matter of course, from the misery of losing his business a few years ago and going to be a "teacher" to the person in charge of a large chamber of commerce with a total share capital of several million taels.

After giving the handful of sweet dates to everyone to eat, Liu Yu struck while the iron was hot, and finally talked about what he really wanted to do.

(End of this chapter)