The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 390 Monopoly of Maritime Trade
Wu Xiang told everyone that it was because Mr. Xin Hai was attacked by pirates and would be buried in the sea when he did not make a fortune. It happened that Mr. Huang led the navy to chase the Jiannu spies.

Master Huang only had a few straw boats at that time, but he acted chivalrously and immediately attacked the pirates, and saved Xin Haijun at the cost of losing dozens of family members and two straw boats.

Not only that, Master Huang also helped Mr. Xinhai recover his strength later, and finally got the canonization of the King of Korea last year, so Mr. Xinhai unconditionally trusts Mr. Huang and is willing to share the glory and wealth with him.

The story is absurd and bizarre, and most people don't believe it. Wu Xiang told the military attache who is not good at fighting but good at business very seriously, "Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway."

Ever since, the military officers were impatient to figure out what to do, and chose to believe such rhetoric.

The people brought by Ye Chengjing and Ye Haowu were sent to "Huaxia Island" by warships sent by Daishan Island after they were concentrated in Zhoushan Zhongzhong.

Seeing such a powerful navy today, I know that the future masters of the four seas have changed, and Mr. Huang Sheng is already the uncrowned king.They all agreed tacitly with North Korea's Xin Haijun's announcement, and from now on they will follow Mr. Huang's lead.

Huang Sheng presided over the meeting on the second day, inviting merchants from all walks of life to gather in "Huaxia Island" every February 28 and August [-] to participate in the spring order fair and autumn trade fair.

At the meeting, it was clarified that the Huaxia Navy will form an escort formation to escort all merchants, and the fee will be charged in both directions from [-]% to [-]% according to the value of the goods and the distance of the journey.

If the goods are plundered by pirates or destroyed at sea, Huaxia Navy is responsible for compensating the shipper for all losses.

The newly established "Huaxia Shipping" undertakes all the routes from the east to Japan and the south to Manila and Dai Viet. The freight charges for shipping with "Huaxia Shipping" are also charged in both directions from [-]% to [-]% according to the value of the goods and the distance of the route .

This is blatantly unfair competition. The cost of escorting the ship is the same as that of hiring the Huang family's transport ship to deliver the goods. Who would foolishly use their own sea ship or hire other people's transport ships?
I believe that in less than a year, people who own sea ships will sell their No. [-] lucky boat and straw boat at a low price, because it is impossible to have business, and it is not worthwhile to use it for themselves. If you dare not to escort the Chinese Navy, everyone knows the consequences well aware.

After this conference with the theme of monopolizing maritime trade, it is estimated that Daming's monopoly on long-distance voyages will be completed by the end of next year. The Huang family is not afraid that there will not be so many seagoing ships. First, several shipyards are working overtime to build new ships.

The second is to buy the sea-going ships that other merchants have turned into waste at a low price, and hire the best among their original sailors and gunners with high salaries.

The third is that after the six cargo storage bases of "Huaxia Island", Huangjiawan Island, Fushansuo, Daishan Island, Jinmen Island, and Lingao are formed, the transportation capacity can be scientifically allocated, and the efficiency of cargo ships has been improved by more than [-]%.

This is already similar to the way express companies operate in later generations. For example, Zhejiang used to send goods that were not enough to fill a No. [-] ship to Dayuan Port. There was no way but to make a trip. Now it is unnecessary.Maybe one or two ships from Fushan Port took the goods away.

Anyway, the Huang family paid for the value of the goods. As long as the goods were delivered in good condition within the agreed time, the consignor would not care about how many ships were used to carry out the task.

The fourth is to support the "Huaxia Sea Operation" with the water transport fleet relying on the big rivers. It is still necessary to employ the method of hiring and self-built operations, and dispatch more small sea-going ships that have been eliminated to the Yangtze River, so that the goods from the Land of Abundance will pass along the river. Nantong Prefecture reprinted and sold Dongyang and Xiyang.

For this reason, Huang Sheng sent 50 injured and retired sailors and gunners to form a team, and gave 10,000+ taels of start-up capital, asking them to dredge the waterway, buy ships, and ensure that the cargo ship of [-] shi can reach Sichuan Shizhu directly.

They also have a mission to recruit a thousand youths, the poorest Three Gorges trackers, to bring their families to Lingao. Huang Sheng is going to train the mountain infantry. The cooperative nature of the trackers' work is destined to make them the best mountain soldiers in the world in time.

Another aspect of the meeting was the monopoly of goods sources and pricing power. All raw materials from Daming were prohibited from being exported, and the nickel-nickel-nickel copper was also exclusively purchased by the Huang family. The price given was fair, and the merchants would not lose their profits.

The Huang family also increased the price by [-]% to order tung oil, fierce fire oil, and flower essential oil. The Huang family has too many ships, and tung oil is an indispensable preservative for the maintenance of wooden ships, and the demand exceeds one year.

China is the origin of the tung tree. It can be cultivated on the mountains in Shaanxi, Henan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Huang Sheng bid more, which will naturally stimulate the mountain people to expand the planting area. This kind of cash crop that does not occupy good land will bring benefits to the common people. .

Huang Sheng held the spring ordering meeting based on mutual benefit and win-win results. The merchants attending the meeting won countless orders. They also hoped to deal in Jiangsu and Zhejiang silk and Sichuan brocade with high added value.

However, if others sell raw silk and other raw materials, they will lose many customers if they don’t sell them themselves. Now, the establishment of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce has made the merchants have scruples and discipline, and it is no longer a mess.

The price agreed by Huang Sheng and everyone is very transparent. The profit of the merchants is definitely not less than that before the establishment of the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce. As long as they strengthen management and are keen on developing new products to increase added value, they will get higher profits.

Therefore, the seven-day trade fair ended when most merchants received a large number of profitable orders.

With so many wealthy merchants gathered, the currency "Huaxia Tongbao" issued by "Huaxia Big Bank" has been carefully studied by discerning merchants, and many people have recognized these gold, silver and copper coins.

They saw the unrivaled "Huaxia Navy" and thought that it would be safe to escort Liu Shui away by the navy on the island controlled by Mr. Huang.

What's more, Huang Sheng promised that as long as the cash or currency is handed over to the ship that "Huaxia Haiyun" transports, if there is an accident, "Huaxia Big Bank" will guarantee the loss.

Too many merchants have had the experience of earning money and not being able to take it home, and being cheap on the road. Now it’s great. With the "Huaxia Big Bank", as long as you deposit money in Jinmen, Fujian, you can go back to the capital and Nanjing to wait. Why not take cash?
Brother-in-laws Zhang Zhiji and Gao Zhimou felt apprehensive when they saw Huang Sheng's strength, they didn't ask anything, they just thought that the "Huaxia Navy" was really the military force of King Xinhai of North Korea, and they were court officials, so there were some things that were hard to know.

Huang Sheng did not treat the Gao family badly, and rented more than 8 seagoing ships that the Gao family could sail long distances at a very attractive price. The Gao family did not need to do anything to earn [-] taels of silver every year.

My brother-in-law got the distribution rights of horse-drawn carriages, soap gift boxes, west wind spirits, and glass products in the three provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan. The supply price guaranteed to him has a 30% gross profit, and I am afraid that he will earn more than [-] taels a year.

The two brothers of the He family are also some of the most famous merchants now because they represent the business of Nanzhili. "Huaxia Tongbao" is uncompromising.

With the leader, many merchants also promised to use "Huaxia Tongbao" according to the value of the currency.Of course, the Huang family’s maritime trade partners are more supportive, there is no risk here, because the Huang family promises to go to the bank to exchange small amounts of silver at any time, and guarantee that large amounts of exchange will be satisfied after making an appointment.

(End of this chapter)