Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 79 Twelve License Plates

At that time, more than 100 maritime merchants from all over the southeast or local tycoons who intended to become maritime merchants entered the main courtyard of Yinghaishifu's mansion.

Mingyuan Hall couldn't accommodate them, and some people could only stand outside the door. Fortunately, the side door of Mingyuan Hall was fully opened today, so they were not afraid of not being heard.

Zhu Yuan was the only one in the main seat, sitting on the first right seat on the large conference table, after all, he couldn't block the ancestor's saber, right.

Hua Gao and Wu Zhen have already left.

The two of them understood that today was Zhu Yuan's home game, and they had come to understand his thoughts in advance, so they took the initiative to leave.

There are too many things to do.

After everyone stood or sat or actively or passively found their seats, Zhu Yuan clapped his hands habitually and glanced around: "Then, let's start now."

Everyone immediately handed over or should, and some people who were lucky enough to sit on both sides of the conference table by virtue of their age and fame subconsciously got up.

Zhu Yuan had no choice but to hold back his hands, and when he was quiet again, he said, "I'm sorry to bother you all for traveling all the way and spending these days in Dinghai. After all, the new dynasty needs a new look. On the other hand, there are some recent affairs of the court that require everyone's assistance."

Everyone at the scene had already speculated about this these days, but it was unexpected that Zhu Yuan was so straightforward.

Moreover, this little adult's way of speaking is white and strange, but also... has a special charm.

When he first met Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuan still hesitated, and the way of speaking that is getting closer and closer to later generations is also intentional.

Instead of trying to adapt to the ancients, it is better to let the ancients adapt to themselves.One day in the future, if the entire Ming Dynasty speaks Mandarin, even if everything else fails, Zhu Yuan feels that his fate will not be in vain.

Others are cultural imports from across borders, but we transcend time and space.

high end.

Before everyone could respond, Zhu Yuan continued, picking out a document from the stack at hand, and pushing it towards the center of the long table: "Let's talk about what everyone cares most about, the new rules of maritime trade in the future. This is a brand-new Daming Maritime Decree formulated by the Maritime Division in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the past dynasties. However, it is a temporary regulation, that is, it will be implemented temporarily. It is planned that after one year, according to the specific implementation situation, some of them may not be corrected. Appropriate regulations should be revised, such as tax rates, such as restrictions on the entry and exit of goods, etc., and then it will be finalized as a law."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan paused for a while, and continued: "Gaozu made three chapters, and the Han Dynasty prospered because of this, which shows the importance of rules and the key to laws. Once the city ship decree is finalized, it will not be changed in the next ten years. Therefore, In the future, as long as you conduct business according to the rules, you don’t need to have other worries.”

What are businessmen most afraid of?
Changing decrees from day to day, day to day and day to night, day to day and day to night, day to day to Qin and day to night, and day to farewell to the Baidi Emperor among the colorful clouds, thousands of miles away...

spit!
In short, Mr. Yinghai Envoy once had a personal experience of this.

Desperate to die.

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, more than 100 pairs of eyes, inside and outside the hall, stared eagerly at the not too thick booklet.

Since he is a businessman, even without Zhu Yuan's corresponding insight, everyone at the scene would understand the meaning of a law that everyone can refer to.Especially in this era when the status of merchants was low, the law may be a constraint, but it is also a kind of protection.

Only when there are rules can you draw a circle!

There are no rules, no matter how you draw, if you say you are wrong, you are wrong.

After giving everyone a little time to digest, Zhu Yuan said: "I will take this draft by myself later, and copy and circulate it to each other. If you have any comments, you can also submit them to Yinghai Division, but there are only three days. After three days, we will The draft will be sent to Jinling for review by the ancestors. After the ancestors approve, this decree will start to be tried out. At the same time, the Yinghai Division will reopen the Municipal Shipping Division in Mingzhou and Quanzhou respectively. When Guangdong is pacified, there will be Guangzhou City ship division."

"Then, let's move on to the next topic."

Opening another document, Zhu Yuan raised his head and glanced at the crowd, and said: "Everyone should know that the imperial army is on the Northern Expedition, and the Northern Expedition needs food and wages. The corruption of the Yuan Dynasty caused the inland canals to fall into disrepair, and the imperial court had to consider transporting food by sea. .My battalion envoy, as well as the naval commander next door, have been handling this matter recently."

As soon as the words fell, someone rushed to say: "Expel the barbarians and restore China, which is the wish of my son of the Han family for a hundred years. My lord, the court has a mission, and the Shen family of Changzhou is willing to use all its wealth to support the army. There is no other way .”

Zhu Yuan looked over and roughly recognized that it was Shen Mao, the third son of 'Shen Wansan', the third son of Shen Wansan who had met several times before and met Wu Zhen on the pier.

The question is, why so excited?
Many people inside and outside Mingyuan Hall have heard about Shen's recent encounters, and understand why Shen Mao made such a statement, and while they all agree with each other, they are not without complaints in their hearts.

Mrs. Chen is willing to spend all her wealth, you can say it in private!

It's embarrassing for so many people, isn't it?

Shen Mao, who was sitting at the back of the left hand side of the long conference table, clapped his hands and finished speaking loudly. He could also feel the meaning in the eyes of the people around him looking at him, but he could only smile wryly.

Sorry, everyone.

If he didn't take the opportunity to express his opinion, Shen Mao was really worried that he would lose his chance suddenly.

Hearing the voices of professing loyalty buzzing around him, Zhu Yuan had to hold back his hand again, and without responding to Shen Mao, he pushed another document forward: "It is unnecessary to spend all the wealth of the family, but it does require everyone's efforts. But , and will not let everyone contribute for nothing. Here is a plan for the establishment of a maritime trade company that I recently conceived."

Faced with yet another stare, Zhu Yuan continued: "Let me first give a general explanation. The so-called 'company' can be understood as a business entity that cooperates with each other to engage in certain production or trading activities. If you change the name, such as 'firm name', you may I get it. However, the 'company' is different."

Ok……

The biggest difference is that Zhu Yuan needs to carry out cultural input beyond time and space.Make yourself more understandable, not the ancients.

Going back to this dilapidated place that doesn’t even have soft toilet paper, with a sickly body that collapses in the wind, I still want to serve the country and the people. Is it too much for you to accommodate me?
With a little complaint in his heart, Zhu Yuan found his own memo next to him, flipped through it, and then continued: "Simply speaking, the Yinghai Division plans to publicly issue 10 licenses of maritime trade companies, and I don't make many detours. Each license is 20 yuan Two silver. Moreover, I want to explain that this money is not intended to be put into my personal pocket, nor is it intended to be put into the pocket of the imperial court. Except for some of it being used for the recent transportation of food by sea, the rest is mainly for developing the ocean. For example, building the navy, combating the sea Kou, to provide you with a good sea navigation environment. For example, the lighthouse navigation system that Yinghai Division is planning to build is better than the beacon on Zhaobao Mountain. It is covered with islands in the outer sea. Follow the lighthouse all the way home. Another example is the construction of ports in various places, the opening of maritime schools that specialize in training nautical talents, the development of better seagoing ships, and so on.”

"Ten licenses. Once you get them, you can continue your maritime trade business in the future. If you don't have a license, unfortunately, you can only change careers. If you forcefully continue your maritime business, it will be regarded as smuggling. I hope you will not make mistakes and lead to ransacking your family and exterminating your family." disaster."

hum...

Discussions resumed.

Each license plate is 20 taels of silver, which is acceptable to many wealthy merchants present, not to mention the promise to use it at sea.However, there are only more than 100 people inside and outside the hall, and ten license plates, this... how is it enough!

Zhu Yuan pressed his hands again, seeing that it was useless, he had to clap his palms: "Everyone, listen to me."

When the hall was quiet again, Zhu Yuan continued: "I just said, the 'company' is also an important point for the license of the maritime trade company. This is a kind of business entity that cooperates with each other. One family, but each of you can join forces to obtain a license, set up a company, and jointly operate."

call……

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This little adult... really scares people to death.

Zhu Yuan is also helpless, you don't wait for me to finish, scare yourself, what can you do?
When the crowd calmed down again, Zhu Yuan simply restrained his expression and reminded: "I hope everyone will not interrupt, and if there are any rash discussions and noises, I will have people expel those who do not obey the rules."

Immediately, the inside and outside of the lobby were solemn.

After being expelled, there may be no more.

Zhu Yuan was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and continued: "I have a general understanding of the risks of maritime trade. Therefore, I believe that it will last longer if we adopt a company model and share the risks with each other. I have to remind everyone here that choosing a partner must be Be cautious. If someone does something illegal, you will all be implicated, and the most serious thing is that your license will be revoked."

When Zhu Yuan said this, some people in the hall couldn't help but look at a certain sea merchant surnamed Zhang.

Zhang Zha was not qualified to take a seat, but was standing among the crowd on the right side. Hearing Zhu Yuan's words, he suddenly felt that his face didn't matter, but... his legs were a little weak.

Is there anyone around here willing to cooperate with him?
Zhu Yuan didn't notice this small detail, and continued: "The specific cooperation method adopts a shareholding system. I initially set the share capital for everyone as 1 shares. First of all, I will take away 2000 shares and hand them over to the imperial court. , let His Majesty dispose of it, or keep it as a court asset, or reward meritorious officials in the future."

Hearing this, no one spoke, but everyone inevitably made eye contact.

Twenty percent, not much!
What's more, according to this little lord, whether it is kept as the property of the court or rewarded in the future, it is equivalent to their companies directly relying on the government, which is simply a talisman.

Of course, hidden worries are inevitable.

This imperial court...will it only be satisfied with [-]%?
Zhu Yuan allowed everyone to make eye contact, and continued on his own: "Everyone invested 20 taels to get the remaining 8000 shares. The shareholding ratio is calculated according to the investment of each company. I still opened up and said, don't think that I am taking advantage of you, Haimao The benefits are too great, if I don’t take this part away, you will be coveted in the future, so it’s better to put the matter on the table.”

"In addition, of the 10 publicly issued maritime trade company licenses, the first batch will give you 7 licenses, and the remaining 3 licenses will be reserved for the unsettled areas in the south."

"In addition to these 10 public licenses, I will also issue two other licenses, which are exclusive to the imperial court and are also used to participate in maritime trade. You can rest assured that the imperial court exclusive company will follow the rules, and these two The additional license is mainly for some special trade. For example, I recently saw a sea merchant importing sulfur from Japan. From now on, sulfur will be strictly controlled and banned. The company to which the license belongs is acquired at market price."

After saying this, Zhu Yuan gave everyone a little time to digest before continuing: "I promise everyone here that within 10 years, Yinghai Division will only issue these 12 licenses of maritime trade companies, and there will be no more."

"Furthermore, these 12 licenses will completely monopolize Daming's maritime trade for the next 10 years."

"To what extent is the monopoly?"

"In the future, except for those who are not licensed, they are not allowed to conduct maritime trade. Even if there are foreign sea merchants who ship goods to Daming, they can no longer trade on their own. Only these 12 companies can bid for their goods. When foreign sea merchants leave, I want to To purchase goods, it must also be done indirectly through these 12 maritime trade companies."

"This will ensure an absolute competitive advantage for everyone."

When Zhu Yuan said this, there was another burst of eye contact around him.

God!

If the imperial court can really fulfill this promise, let alone 20 taels of silver for a license plate, and double it a few times, everyone is willing!
Inside and outside the lobby, some people are looking forward to it, while others are in despair.

A few businessmen, such as Zhang Zha, who are not very popular or moral, have no strength to win a license alone, and find it difficult to find a partner, feel ashamed.Such a big piece of fat, they watched helplessly, but they couldn't eat it!

Zhu Yuan paused again, before continuing: "After talking about the benefits, let's talk about the obligations."

"In addition to the previous 20 taels of silver for each license, the main thing is this transportation of grain."

"Because this year is the beginning, the imperial court lacks excellent sailing talents and needs everyone's assistance. My request is that each company that bids for the license must submit 500 people, and it must be your most outstanding 500 sailing experts. I will Assign responsibilities, bind which ships each company is responsible for, if you fool me, just send someone over here, if something happens in the future, what will happen, you can imagine for yourself.”

Without waiting for Zhu Yuan's permission, everyone expressed their opinions subconsciously.

How dare you have a bright future!
Zhu Yuan said again: "The last thing is ships. I don't have many requirements for each license plate. Everyone shows their talents, whether it's building or buying, or taking out the sea-going ships that you have secretly hidden. In short, Each family collects the share of ships carrying [-] shi of grain. Of course, the grain is provided by the imperial court, and you only need to supply sea ships."

"Finally, I want to assure everyone that this matter will only be limited to this year, because the imperial court lacks preparations. When next year, the imperial court's own grain transportation team develops, no matter whether it is ships or manpower, it will not bother you anymore."

Having said that, Zhu Yuan exhaled.He glanced at his memo, and when there was nothing else, he glanced around again.

After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against? !
Ok.

Forget about this stalk, and the impolite ancients couldn't catch it.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan just said: "Everyone, do you have any questions?"

Ugh.

Immediately, he lost his big boss momentum again.

However, when a certain person spoke with no momentum, about a hundred people inside and outside the lobby did not dare to neglect at all, expressing their opinions one after another, of course there is no problem.

　PS: Finally, the third watch, [-] words.Since the book was opened, I often see everyone giving rewards, so I want to add more thanks. A few days ago, there was an additional host, and I wanted to add more, but I dare not say it, because I am afraid that I will not be able to write it. There is no chance during the time period, and it happens that the train of thought is relatively smooth recently.In short, thank you all for your support during this time, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)