Xinshun 1730

Chapter 908 Nanyang Development ([-])
The businessmen were fascinated by the future described by Liu Yu, and they didn't have any doubts.This lack of doubt stems from nearly 20 years of prestige accumulation of being correct and correct, winning and winning.

Liu Yu said that this is profitable, and he explained clearly one, two, three, four, five, which solved the many hesitations in these people's hearts.

They have no hesitation about investing in itself, and they have already gotten used to it over the years.

But whether the investment choice is profitable or not, you have to hesitate, which is normal.

There are some words that Liu Yu just needs to finish.This does not mean that these businessmen can't understand the meaning of the words.

It may be difficult for people of later generations to understand the mood of these wealthy businessmen in this era - looking at the silver in their warehouses, worrying.

The reason for their worries is that they still know what is going on with the court, and they also have a general idea of ​​the court's attitude towards businessmen.

They are also worried that their huge amount of silver will end up being used as wedding clothes for others.

But to say this kind of worry is distorted.

Since you are worried, donate or give away the money, don’t you worry if you don’t have money?But they refused.

I think this is suicide to protect myself from being killed by others.

Liu Yu's Nanyang development plan can be regarded as finding an outlet for their silver.

Transformed into various industries, rather than pure silver, it seems safer.

Industry, it cannot be cashed into silver immediately.

Just think of it as an inheritance for your children and grandchildren. I have worked hard all my life, and I know that it only needs to be three feet wide after death. Isn't it prepared for the children and grandchildren of the family?
Liu Yu said that you should not "go against the sky" when doing things in the celestial court, and they also understood that the meaning was nothing more than "you must know what the court wants you to use your money for".

Obviously the imperial court does not want you to buy land madly in the country to create mergers, but if you insist on buying land madly, then you are not open your eyes.

The imperial court had to kill chickens to make an example to monkeys.

They had a lot of contact with Westerners, so they naturally envied the British East India Company's board of directors model. The British court had no regulatory power at all, and even the governor, army, and laws were formulated and selected by themselves.

They are even more envious of the Dutch East India Company. They don’t even need to disclose the accounts. The 17-member board of directors arranges everything in the hut, and the Dutch government does not allow audits. complexion.

But Dashun couldn't do it, they felt that the imperial court was not so "reasonable".

And they thought, didn't Liu Yu just perform what is called "unnecessary" in Macau?If the imperial court really wants to find trouble, there is no reason for it, and a reason can always be found.

Nowadays, since the imperial court intends to let them not invest their money in domestic land, but encourages them to invest in Nanyang, this is so clear, but they still don’t know how deep they want to hold their money and take advantage of the disaster to hoard land. I think my family has too much money.

Fortunately, everyone has reached a consensus over the years, following Xing Guogong, there must be meat to eat.Whether people earn or lose, they all make it clear in advance.

Now that the long-term rate of return on Nanyang investment should be more than ten percent, and the sales prospects of the products of several large plantations have been clarified, why is there any hesitation?
After they had no hesitation, Liu Yu's last "uplifting" words endowed them with a special "sacred" nature, making them more at ease.

"Since the Han Dynasty, all dynasties, except for the Mongol Yuan, have never been so lenient towards merchants and businessmen. The Mongol Yuan has no ability. Governance requires technology, and they don't know it. They have to be extensive. This dynasty is not You can’t, you can’t do it.”

"Why?"

"Emperor Wu has no intention of opening the border."

"The Heavenly Dynasty allows Jue Zhong, nothing more than east, south, north, and west."

"Emperor Wu has the intention of opening borders, but he is worried about the idea of ​​reducing the household registration by half and resorting to military affairs. Therefore, we should learn from the Westerners who choose what they are good at."

"Northwest and southwest, you are definitely not willing to pay. Then you can only mobilize the financial power of the imperial court."

"Whaling in the South Seas is profitable. The imperial court does not have to pay for it, and you are allowed to take profits."

"This is the general plan of the country. In the future, you will also have the power to expand the land and fight against the barbarians."

"In short, for places that do not make money but have to spend money, such as flood control, disaster relief, Kaibian, Western Regions, etc., the imperial court pays."

"Where you can make money and open up places by the way, you pay for it."

"Make money, but it will endanger the stability of the country... You'd better not invest money there. If you are really unconvinced and want to give it a try, then I will vote. What can you do, then you can try it. Right?"

"Why do you have to set up a company, why do you have to let the few of you occupy the limelight? In a word, it's easy to manage."

"Hundreds of thousands of gentry, the imperial court will certainly not be able to investigate their invasion of fields and land, and see clearly."

"There are a hundred, at most a few hundred wealthy merchants, and the boy army can still follow them. You say, right?"

"Actually, this can be regarded as cultivating a group of chaebols..."

A group of businessmen didn't care about Liu Yu's last few words. This is the basic fact, and they don't need to sigh.Instead, Liu Yu gave them the reputation of "contributing to the land and conquering the barbarians", which is very worthy of admiration.

This is called fame and fortune.

If this is really the general plan of the country, at least it seems that there is no need to worry too much until the emperor dies.

As for the future... let's talk about the future.

In this world, apart from the Confucian family in Qufu, how can there be a big family that has survived for 200 years?

"Don't worry, duke, the so-called 360 lines, the number one scholar. Those who have a net worth of one hundred thousand like us can be regarded as 'jinshi' among merchants. They still have the brains they should have."

"We also thought about it. If we really 'go against the sky', maybe one day the property will be donated. Now that we can make money and contribute a little to the Martial Emperor, why not? We He is also a person who knows how to flatter."

Liu Yu said with a smile: "It's the best way. It saves a lot of trouble. The imperial court is also reasonable, but not the kind of reasoning of the British East India Company. In short, let the money move, and your money will be safe."

"I bring you to Nanyang, this is exactly what the emperor meant. Your majesty is lucky to Songjiang mansion. Do you think you will pay for the pick-up? Even if your majesty is not the kind of extravagant person, the officials will not apportion it." , you say you can’t get out by yourself?”

"Your Majesty means that the money earned by the salt merchants in Yangzhou belongs to the common people. The merchants in Songjiang Mansion earn money from the Japanese and the Western Yi. The difference must be clearly distinguished. That's the case. , with the money to pick up the driver, it is better to move more people to Nanyang."

"The so-called emergency relief does not save the poor. Donating a few money, immunization, and relief are for emergency relief; and moving them to Nanyang is for the relief of the poor."

When the merchants heard this, they hurriedly shouted long live to the north with tears and gratitude.

After going through the process, the businessmen feel at ease.

They also know that they and the salt merchants of Lianghuai cannot urinate in the same pot, and the imperial court treats them and the salt merchants of Lianghuai differently.

Historically, salt merchants must have been extremely rich.In the original history, during the Qianlong period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, during the 60-year period, according to approximate statistics, the net profit of Lianghuai salt merchants, including saltworks merchants and transport merchants, was estimated at a maximum of 5 million taels, and a minimum estimate of 2.2 million taels. .On average, there is a net profit of 700 million taels of silver a year.

According to estimates, the annual operating cost is about 1600 million taels of silver, and the lowest estimated profit return rate is also about 40% per year.

The population of Dashun grew more, and the income of salt merchants was only high but not low.

This kind of industry that belongs to the official consumption tax must be closely related to the government, and ordinary people have no chance to do this.Dashun learned the lesson of the former vassal kings, and was stricter on the issue of salt importation, which made the salt merchants earn more.

But you earn a lot, and this kind of money is earned by the court, which will inevitably lead to the need for salt merchants to "serve the country" on a regular basis.

Voluntary, involuntary, voluntary voluntary... In short, 10 taels of silver are paid each year.

If it catches up with the disaster year, water conservancy repairs, etc., more will be paid.

This is not negotiable.

These merchants in Songjiang Prefecture belonged to the nouveau riche relative to the Lianghuai salt merchants.It popped up suddenly in recent years.

Of course, there was foreign trade before, but this kind of monopoly scale was not formed before.Coupled with the Ostend incident, it was not until the Netherlands, including the Netherlands, that large-scale business establishments were opened on the shore and direct trade was developed.

That's 30 to [-] years.

And when it first started to rise, Liu Yu used the form of a joint-stock system to have a quick game of big fish eating small fish, and basically completed the "non-administrative authorization" and "full free competition" monopoly of foreign trade.

Many merchants who started their businesses with Liu Yu are now worth more than one million yuan, but 20 years ago they were worth tens of thousands, 10,000+ taels.

Their rise was too fast and too sudden, and Liu Yu had been coordinating with the court, which made the court try to change its thinking from the very beginning.

Instead of taking the method of pulling wool, the emperor also allowed Liu Yu to try to guide these upstarts to use it to expand the border.

Normally speaking, without Liu Yu's tinkering for these years, basically these foreign traders would eventually become salt merchants.

Or become the treasury of the imperial court, or need to report to the country on time every year.

Now Liu Yu is bringing out the salt merchants as a comparison, and talking about the emperor's southern tour, just hoping that the merchants will be more clear-headed.

Anyway, the imperial court is going to Nanyang.

The court has no money, but you have money.

If you don't go to Nanyang, the imperial court insists on going to Nanyang. The imperial court is short of money, but the imperial court has guns.

Liu Yu was also trying to scare them, because in a sense, this kind of development itself violated Dashun's historical inertia and common sense.

In the face of Western countries, adopting the thirteen-line model of sitting on the ground and collecting money is the most likely management and control method adopted by the imperial court under inertia.

Liu Yu hoped that these merchants could understand that it was not easy to get to where they are today, and if they don't want to be salt merchants who are plundered by the imperial court all day long, then they should do something to make the imperial court feel that you are still useful.

The emperor doesn't like money, he has no interest in money.It's just that many things the emperor wants to do need money to promote.These businessmen need to figure out that if money can be used to do what the emperor wants to do, the emperor does not necessarily have to take off his pants and fart, and collect the money into the internal funds and treasury, and then spend it.

If you want to maintain this state of being more profitable than salt merchants, but the imperial court does not treat the emerging class of Songjiang Prefecture like it treats salt merchants, you must do something.

The development of Nanyang is an unspoken gentleman's agreement between the emerging class and the emperor: don't bother your majesty to take off your pants and fart, collect the money from the internal treasury and send it to the treasury for work, and we will "consciously" do it as your majesty Want to do, and more efficient.

The emperor allowed them to go to Nanyang during his southern tour, which was the emperor's statement.

The [-] field troops garrisoned in the Songjiang Prefecture Camp, and the Weihaiwei Tianjin Guard Fleet, which businessmen can't interfere with at all, are the supervisors of this agreement.

Of course, the final interpretation of this gentleman's agreement belongs to the emperor.

(End of this chapter)