Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 285 I Have Salt

"Of course I'm interested! I just want to know what you guys are going to do?"

"Naturally, I led my brothers to secretly fight a bloody way in Nanyang! Your Majesty should understand that there is no profitable business that is not carried out on the tip of a knife. Where there are huge profits, fighting and killing are naturally indispensable!"

Hong Fu said, with a look of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Since you have been researching for half a year, you should know that the imperial court does not support private maritime trade now. Nowadays, the Frangians are very active in Nanyang, and they are found in many places, and they have guns and ammunition. You rush in to snatch them. Do you think you have a chance of winning the business?"

Qin Shao called Hong Fu to sit down again and asked.

"This... my son, I want to tell you the truth, many of my subordinates have no land, no settlement, or even no household. If you don't ask for a living at the knife edge, you can't live at all. Everyone is used to it! Now the salt business is no longer good. Now, everyone can only find a way out, anyway, it’s not easy to live, no one will be afraid of death!”

"To be honest, even if I don't earn much, I can still live a good life. It's just that if I don't find a new way out, those people will starve to death, and I have offended many people over the years..."

Hong Fu said with a sigh.

When a person reaches a certain position, the bigger he does, the more responsibilities he will bear, and the greater the pressure will be. In many cases, he can't stop because he can't help himself.

As for the so-called retirement, it is not realistic at all. Is there any king in the world!
"I'm not opposed to shipping. On the contrary, I think shipping has a lot to offer! Nowadays, not to mention the salt industry, all the big industries that can make money are basically controlled by people. Instead of fighting for a little bit of profit within Daming, it's better to go outside and fight. Not just reckless, but be prepared in advance!"

Qin Shao reminded.

"We have already built a big ship, and the guys are all equipped with knives and weapons, and the food needed on the ship will be ready when the time comes."

Hong Fu said.

"Far from enough!"

Qin Shao said directly.

"My lord, then...what else do we need? We don't have enough experience, so please speak bluntly, my lord!"

"Doing business is not just about fighting and killing. Have you ever thought that when you go here, in addition to facing the control and siege of the imperial court, you may also face the guns of the Frangians. In front of the guns, your swords Can it be fought against at sea?"

"Also, no one can guarantee the success of the sea transportation. If it fails, how much start-up capital do you have to guarantee food and drink for those people? Can you have money guarantee if you encounter problems later?"

"This... start-up capital?"

Hong Fu didn't know much about this new term, but when he heard Qin Shao talk about the guarantor's food and drink and how to guarantee it when he encountered problems in the future, he seemed to understand a little bit.

"When we made money before, we would distribute a portion to the brothers every time. Everyone divided the profit. We never thought about preparing silver in advance as a guarantee."

Hong Fu hesitated for a moment and said.

Qin Shao sighed, and understood that Hong Fu was just a reckless man after all, he didn't read much, he only knew how to fight and kill, and to manage in a rough way.

Although he has been in the salt industry for many years, at most every time he makes a profit, he directly divides the spoils, and has not formed a formal business model at all.

Although he has his own caravan, it is far from the family salt merchants in Shanxi and Huizhou in terms of operation. It is no wonder that after so many years of doing business, the path has become narrower and narrower.

"Going to the sea is no better than land. Even if you have been doing salt business for the imperial court these years, it is on the right track after all. Even if there is danger, it is only on a small scale. Once you go to the sea, there will be various situations. My suggestion In the early stage, you should train your troops on the water first, and prepare some guns and ammunition."

Qin Shao expressed his thoughts.

Since you want to go to sea, you need to have strong soldiers and do something big.

Qin Shao thought of Lin Tong's letter a few days ago.

Zhu Houzhao mentioned himself again and asked what he was doing in Anlu Prefecture, which meant that he wanted to go to the capital. Qin Shao knew that his idea of ​​staying in a quiet corner of Anlu Prefecture might come to naught!
And Lin Tong also revealed that Jiang Bin seemed to want to send someone to investigate him.

"Guns and ammunition? Those things are so expensive!"

Hong Fu said with some uncertainty.

Although he said that he made a lot of money in the salt industry, but these people are not very good at management, eating, drinking, and sharing, in fact, there is not much left.

Although those silver taels are enough to eat and drink for several lifetimes, but if you buy so many precious weapons, it is not enough to do some big things.

This is what Qin Shao said. When they make money, they only think about sharing the money, and don't think about leaving spare funds for their team.

And today's ammunition and guns are indeed precious and expensive, not to mention personal teams, even the imperial court, those things are also very expensive.

It also costs 200 taels of silver to buy Frangie's four-pound cannon from the devil!
How much does 200 taels of silver change? The annual income of ordinary people is only 20 taels of silver.

Those things are not the financial capabilities that ordinary people can have. Hong Fu, who has just learned about shipping, naturally dare not think about it.

Including many pirates who went out from the Ming Dynasty in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, many of them used cold weapons at the beginning, and then they started to upgrade their equipment when they were severely beaten and had some money in their hands.

Many people dare not think of Qin Shao's idea of ​​equipping and training the army in advance.

"To tell you the truth, the current salt introductions are all in the hands of the court cabinet officials. They all have their own caravans. Now we have been suppressed to the point where there is basically no other place except Anlu Prefecture. Some brothers in the previous paragraph The salt transport was also attacked for no apparent reason, and we are helpless!"

Hong Fu said with some sighs.

Qin Shao knew that those salt farms had long been controlled by some high-ranking officials, not to mention ordinary people, even the emperor couldn't talk about it. A lot of the money hadn't flowed into the treasury. Such dividends were naturally as desperate as dogs grabbing bones.

"My son, I think you know a lot about shipping. To be honest, although our group of people can fight and kill, we are still lacking in logistics. I have always wanted my child to study, but he still likes to fight and kill. Kill! These days, I also think about it. Even if we get up by sea, we still need internal support to help us manage our internal business. Although my brother Hong Shou can read some words, he still lacks in store management. The money we earned bought a lot of shops and land, and it was just a poor operation."

"Your Majesty has only opened a few stores and he is able to flourish. I came here this time to see if you can help us and give us some pointers!"

After these days of investigation, Hong Fu admired this son from the bottom of his heart.

This one is also a bold one. Now that the imperial court allows the imperial family to participate in the scientific examination, if this one participates in the scientific examination in the future, maybe...

That is, he will not work in the court in the future, and with his business ability, he can be their backing, so naturally...

If you can cling to one or two, you can count on something to rely on.

"I am in favor of your shipping, but the salt business has to be done. Since you will have a market for selling salt in the future, wouldn't it be a pity not to sell it?"

"But, son, we have a place to sell salt now, but we can't get salt, there is no salt, this business..."

Hong Fu was a little surprised. He had already planned to give up selling salt, but there was nothing he could do.

"I have salt here!"

"Do you have salt?"

"I have salt!"

(End of this chapter)