Xinshun 1730

Chapter 865 I'm here to supervise you ([-])

Since they are all businessmen, they have a relatively thorough understanding of the principle of whether they should eat alone.

Western trade seems simple, but it is actually very difficult.These businessmen know it well.

Relying solely on their dispersed strength, let alone dispersed individual strength, is useless even if they form gangs according to regions as in Nagasaki.

This kind of trade, especially in the era when "free trade" is only an ideal and fantasy, international trade without the endorsement of the country is difficult to move forward.

Of course, sometimes it may be "obstacles", such as the ban on cotton cloth in Britain and France, which also seriously damaged the interests of East India Company merchants.

But compared to this obstacle, there is no doubt that the help is greater.

Liu Yu felt that he was not from Dashun just after saying that they should not engage in international trade for a few years. Now that he has woken up, he certainly understands that doing this kind of trade in Dashun, and it is obvious that such a lucrative trade has to be partnered with people in the court. relationship.

Moreover, many people in the DPRK want it too.

Because Liu Yu, the Duke, is caught in the middle, they can pay for the shares instead of directly eating dry shares, and these businessmen are considered to be very popular.

In addition to the share reserved for those people in the DPRK, a part has to be reserved for those small businessmen who are not too big.

There are many people, and this matter is stable.

"Don't worry, Duke. Although we are stupid, we still understand these principles. It all depends on Duke's arrangement."

"It's just that the monsoon season is coming soon, even if it can be completed this year... Isn't it too late for the purchase of this goods?"

Liu Yu just smiled, and said lightly: "We will find out about this matter in a while. Alright, what we should say in private is almost done, and we should get over it."

After all, he walked ahead, surrounded by a group of people, and arrived at the reception banquet.

The businessmen from all over the world who had been waiting here for a long time couldn't see the host and guest, so they didn't dare to sit before, they just stood outside and waited.

These small businessmen couldn't help but suspect, what happened so that the Duke wanted to talk privately with those big businessmen first?What are we talking about again?Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Many people have been waiting in Songjiang Mansion for more than half a year, and they are afraid of missing the opportunity of Nanyang spice trade.Many people regret the last trade with Japan.

They all thought that if they were more courageous, or got the news earlier, and put all their wealth on it, now they might have the opportunity to be interviewed by the Duke in private?
Some people think that it is true that one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven, or that it is true that the near water and the tower are the first to obtain the moon.Lin Yunwen was unlucky in business back then, and suffered several strong winds in a row when he went to Japan for trade, and lost the bottom line.

However, since he boarded the Duke's boat, he has soared into the sky.

So, the fate of this person is unpredictable...

In the last opportunity to trade with Japan, those who got in the car first had already welded the door. The volume of trade with Japan has increased rapidly in recent years, but it is still a monopoly model after all.

The mentality of businessmen is the same.

The Dutch East India Company would rather issue bonds to solve financial problems, or even issue bonds ten times the number of shares, rather than issue new shares.

The interest rate in Dashun is relatively high, and the trading company to Japan is in the expansion period, and there is no huge military expenditure, and there is no need to borrow money to make up for things.

But on the matter of not issuing new shares, their attitudes are the same.Not only the attitudes of these businessmen are the same, but also the attitudes of the royal family money and noble private property who have invested in the shares.

With this incident as an example, since the imperial court went to Nanyang, someone has been waiting here.Afraid to miss this opportunity.

Now those businessmen waiting outside don't know whether it will be successful or not. Seeing Liu Yu finally arrived, after they stood up to greet each other, their expectations for the news were unabashedly revealed on their faces.

Although the big businessmen who were interviewed by Liu Yu in private had already heard the news, they knew that there were some things that they could not do for themselves. They put in effort to hide their inner emotions, and they couldn't see it on their faces.

After Liu Yu came to the upper position, before sitting down, Liu Yu said three words first.

"It's done!"

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In an instant, everyone was buzzing with excitement, like someone throwing a stone into a summer fly-filled cesspit; or like someone throwing a firecracker into a sleeping kennel.

The crowd was so loud that they almost wanted to lift the roof off.

Liu Yu didn't say anything, but which one of the people present didn't know?

It is relying on relationships and relying on financial resources to get involved in today's dinner, or to wait in Songjiang Mansion for more than half a year. What are you waiting for?

It would be a lie to say they are not worried.

Because for the imperial court, taking the initiative to trade with the West is not the only option.

The imperial court has many choices, and it is precisely the least likely one that the imperial court will choose to take the initiative to expand trade in the West.

Or you can engage in a court comprador system, or you can engage in a distribution monopoly system, and take the initiative to expand in the West, which is the most difficult and least easy way to go.

This simple word "become" is nothing less than a thousand weights.

These businessmen who had no chance to be interviewed just now did not know what was discussed in it just now, and it is even more impossible to know about the Caomi comprador's reliance on wealthy merchants.

But they know a truth.

If the court wants to engage in a bureaucratic comprador system, this kind of thing must not be their turn.

In order to facilitate management, the imperial court will definitely choose a wealthy businessman with sufficient wealth to be the comprador.Ordinary pawn, how can there be a chance to participate in eating this big meal?
They can't understand what it means to take the initiative to expand trade with the West and what it means to Dashun and Zhuxia.

But they understand that the profits, if they engage in a joint-stock system, they can also eat a meal with them.

As for how much profit the spices make, they don't know.

But they know one thing.

That is, the Netherlands is far away from here. Even if the wind is favorable, the ship must sail in November and arrive here in June and July.

In order to monopolize the spices in Nanyang, the Netherlands prepared a military force, which made the imperial court prepare for nearly 20 years before taking Nanyang in one fell swoop.

So, what is the profit of Nanyang Spices?

With these facts, there is absolutely no need for specific numbers.

The buzzing and jubilation lasted for a long time, and Liu Yu didn't stop their celebration.

Until these people spontaneously felt a little impolite, and slowly calmed down, Liu Yu looked at the group of businessmen, and said something with a very sincere feeling.

"You should all know that the first time I got involved in trade was to go to Japan."

"Many of the people sitting here today hated each other more than a decade ago when I first went to Japan for trade."

"The Zhangzhou gang, the Ningbo gang, and the Fuzhou gang... fought in Nagasaki, undermined each other, and lowered each other's prices. After returning to China, they competed with each other, each seeking help from officials, and each looking for backers."

"But today, more than ten years ago, a group of people who met each other with Japanese knives and slashed at each other sat under the same roof drinking and eating food."

"Today you are no longer from Zhangzhou, Ningbo, or Fuzhou. Some people think that this is because of a common name: the shareholders of the Western Chamber of Commerce."

"Some people think that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. As long as there is money to be made, there is no overnight hatred."

Speaking of this, Liu Yu's mouth twitched into a smile.

Then scolded: "If you want me to say, shit."

"The grievances formed by the Ningbo, Zhangzhou, and Fuzhou gangs in Nagasaki cannot be solved by other means."

"It's because I went to Japan and took seven out of ten trade licenses myself. You don't have a chance to compete with each other."

"Because I have the power of the imperial court behind me, you can't fight me for this kind of thing. You smuggled horses, guns, and art of war books, and you had to sneak around, and you were caught and killed directly; I just took horses, firearms, Go to the armor, no one dares to stop, how can you compete with me?"

"North Koreans do everything possible not to sell war horses, and I bought dozens of them casually. In order to send a warrior who can ride and shoot, you started to make friends many years in advance; and I am going to sell and sell horses directly from learning martial arts. Picking from the emperor's family, how can you compare with those wild people?"

"There was a famine in Japan. I shipped the rations directly, and exchanged a bunch of trade licenses. Who of you can do that?"

"Several packs of wolves are biting each other in order to fight for a piece of meat. The best way to prevent them from biting is to find a tiger to eat the piece of meat."

It has been many years since what happened at the beginning, and it is not a secret at all.Now many people know.

It's just that the merchants murmured a few words in their hearts about the end of the court, but they dared not talk about any resentment.

After joining, Liu Yu did not eat alone, but set up a trade company with Japan, which stunned and unraveled the hatred between several chambers of commerce that hated each other in Nagasaki.

However, no one thought that in such a happy day today, Liu Yu would actually create a wave of hatred first.

Some members of the Ningbo Gang and Zhangzhou Gang could only laugh awkwardly at this time.

There were also those who patted the horse directly: "Duke Huwei, what kind of pack of wolves am I waiting for? At most, it's just a group of rats. In the eyes of the Duke and the court, as long as you stick out a finger, we will be crushed to death."

Liu Yu laughed and said: "I say that, you may not accept it in your heart. You feel that the court has made a decree, and you can't go beyond it, but I can do that. Naturally, I can get a trade license. If it is in the business I'm not necessarily better than you guys, right?"

Who dared to answer these words, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, not wanting Liu Yu but said: "I said this, first of all, I want to remind you. This is Dashun."

"In business and business, purely commercial means of competition do not exist at all. To put it mildly, this is the case in Dashun. To put it bluntly, it is like this all over the world. Western trade is now difficult because there is no purely commercial means at all. compete."

"This is the reality, so you have only one way, and that is to recognize the reality. The reality doesn't sound good, but if you don't see the reality clearly but imagine the businessman's version of the 'Reign of Three Generations' in your mind, you are deceiving your ears and stealing the bell."

"Don't just float up one by one because of the trade and business environment in the past few years."

"This kind of business environment is not normal at all. This is a gift from the imperial court, not like those Western businessmen...you can take it back at any time. Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)