Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 542
On the same day, Han Jiang went through the handover procedures with Fan Ning and escorted 150 million taels of gold and countless treasures back to the capital.

As soon as Fan Ning returned to Jinglue Mansion, Cao Ping and Gao Shilin found him with a group of officials and eunuchs. Dozens of powerful families such as the Cao family, the Gao family, the Pan family, and the Yang family all set up commercial firms in Quanzhou. It was established one after another, and the next step is to look for opportunities to make money. The major families have sent smart and capable children to Quanzhou to sit in town.

Opportunities didn't fall from the sky, but came out of the sky, especially with Fan Ning. A dozen or so military families filled Fan Ning's official room.

Cao Ping is the nephew of Empress Dowager Cao and the eldest son of Uncle Cao. This time, the Cao family took out [-] guan as the capital, just to show some tricks, and the Gao family was no exception. Gao Shilin, the son of the head of the family, Gao Zunfu, is in full charge. Gao Shilin is Gao Taotao's younger brother, and the relationship is even more unusual.

"Everyone please be quiet!"

Fanning waved his hand, and the noisy room gradually fell silent.

Fan Ning then said: "I understand everyone's eagerness, but making money is not something you can just grab, he just robs. In fact, there are many opportunities to make money, the key depends on which direction you choose."

"Mr. Fan, please tell us! We are all at a loss now." Cao Ping said loudly.

Fan Ning nodded, "At present, there are four ways to make money, one is trading, the other is running workshops, the other is buying land, the other is mining, trade everyone knows, one is trade with Japan, the other is trade with Southeast Asia, and the other is trade. One is trade with the West. Trade is the fastest way to make money. Selling cheap and selling expensive, earning the difference. This is only capital, and ordinary businessmen can do it. To be honest, there are more people doing it now, and the profits are not as rich as before. So I suggest that you do the latter three items, but buying land and mining mines are not easy to do because the imperial court’s decree has not yet come down, if you can wait, it’s okay to wait for a while.”

"Your Majesty thinks that if you buy land, how far can the imperial court open it?" Cao Ping asked cautiously. The Cao family made a fortune in gold panning in Kunzhou, and they paid more attention to the land.

"It's hard to say, but overseas is more risky and you must protect yourself. I guess private armed forces will be allowed to exist, and private people will be allowed to build towns. No matter how much autonomy you have, there is one principle that will not change. You must Great Song Emperor pledges allegiance."

"What the envoy means is that the size of the imperial court with autonomy has not yet been determined, right?"

Fan Ning nodded, "That's what I mean. I have to be honest. Buying land overseas is relatively risky, and the imperial court still has to consider too much about it. I suggest that you don't rush to make a move for the time being, and you can lay the foundation first."

Cao Ping quickly asked: "What does it mean to lay a good foundation for what you said?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "The most important thing for overseas development is people. If you buy land, how can you develop it without people? The same is true for buying mines. You need to recruit labor to do it."

"But I heard that Zhizheng Hall refused to hand over the gold and silver mines to private individuals." Yang Xian who asked this time was the youngest son of Yang Wenguang. He used to be a palace guard and had a very good relationship with Gao Shilin. .

Fan Ning said: "You said it was the emperor's decree issued in Jiayou's fifth year. This emperor's decree is currently only aimed at Kunzhou and Liuqiu Prefecture. If you read yesterday's "Tabao" and "Xinbao", you will know that Da Song has already taken The Lower Luzon Islands, with an area equivalent to fifty Kaifeng prefectures, are extremely rich in various resources. Currently, Jinglue Prefecture is planning to develop Luzon Island. The area of ​​this large island is equivalent to Jingdong Road. There are several large gold mines and copper mines, which are easy to mine and smelt. At present, the mining rights of the mines are in the hands of the Jinglue Mansion, but it is up to the Zhizhengtang to decide whether to allow private mining. Yu Fang mining, gold sand fields still hope to be dominated by the government."

There was a sudden commotion in the lobby. Most of these officials and eunuchs went to pan for gold in the sand fields. The Cao family and the Gao family made a fortune panning for gold in Kunzhou, which made many families jealous. What's the point?
In fact, it was Fan Ning who advocated not letting go of gold mining. In the last meeting of the Zhizheng Hall, Fan Ning pointed out the lessons of Kunzhou. Indulging in gold mining will destroy agriculture and destabilize the hearts of immigrants. At most, private mines are allowed. It requires a certain amount of technology and capital, and if ordinary people can't do it, it won't trigger a national gold rush like Kunzhou.

At this time, Gao Shilin stood up and said sharply: "Everyone be quiet, listen to Fan Shijun, if you want to quarrel, go out and quarrel!"

Gao Shilin is the Empress Dowager's younger brother, the emperor's uncle, and his seniority is relatively high. His prestige is great, and everyone immediately fell silent.

Fan Ning said slowly again: "Luzon Island has just been taken, and it needs to immigrate first and then gain a firm foothold. There are many things, so no matter whether it is selling land or mining, it will not be approved for at least three years. I just said Yes, if you can wait, you can wait for a few years, if you just want to make money, then building workshops and taking trade routes is a good way."

At this time, Pan Quan raised his hand and asked, "Didn't the envoy just say that the current trade profits are not as rich as before?"

Fan Ning laughed and said, "Just now I said that if you only do trade, the benefits are not as lucrative as before. This is true. Let me use fine linen as an example. The cheapest purchase price for a piece of fine linen in the Song Dynasty was [-] Wen. Last year, the Nanyang market The last piece of fine linen was [-] Wen, and the other merchant’s takeover price was [-] Wen, then the profit of a piece of fine linen is [-] Wen, but I got the latest news, the price of the other merchant’s takeover of fine linen has dropped. It’s [-] Wen, unless you open your own shop and sell it to ordinary people.”

"That one bolt of flax still has a profit of seven hundred cash!"

Fan Ning shook his head, "That's not how the account is calculated. You still have the charter fee, right? The charter fee for a piece of fine linen is two hundred cash, so the profit is only five hundred cash. You open a business here. , but also to send people to buy, and the Shibo Department has to collect a tax of five per cent. In the end, a piece of fine linen only has a profit of three hundred cash, which is not as good as that in the Song Dynasty. As far as I know, a whole A piece of fine linen can also earn four hundred Wen."

Everyone was silent, Fan Ning glanced at everyone and continued: "This is the profit of pure trade, but it will be different if you go to industry and trade. As you all know, Fan's firm built a loom with three thousand pieces The workshop has already started work, and the cost of each piece of linen has dropped to [-] yuan. They also have a fleet of ships, so their net profit of a piece of fine linen is [-] yuan. If they grow the linen themselves, then the cost I have to drop another [-] Wen."

At this time, Cao, who had been silent all the time, commented: "May Mr. Fan arrange for us to visit the workshop?"

Gao Shilin laughed and said, "Don't bother Fan Shijun with this matter, I'll go find those two boys, I'm close to them!"

Fan Ning let out a sigh of relief after finally dismissing this group of rich and powerful children. These guys want to dig for gold, so how can they do it? We must guide them to go to industry, build ships, build factories, and develop ocean trade. This is a powerful country. way.

At this time, Su Liang's voice came from outside the door, "I have something urgent to find him, please inform me quickly."

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Ji Chang, let Zhizhou Su come in!"

After a while, Su Liang walked in quickly and said, "Go and have a look! Those immigrants are all clamoring to go home, and the camp is in chaos."

"What happened?" Fanning asked.

"It's not because of you!"

Su Liang said unhappily: "The imperial court said that they should go to Liuqiu Mansion, but you said that most of them have to go to Luzon Mansion, and everyone exploded, clamoring that the imperial court is a liar and wants to go home!"

"Why don't you want to go to Luzon Mansion?"

"It's not too far away! I told them to go to Ryukyu Mansion for a long time, and lied to them that it's just across the strait, and they can come to Quanzhou by boat to see lanterns or something when they have nothing to do, so they are willing to migrate, and now they say to go to Lu Song Mansion, they are unwilling to go even if they die."

Fan Ning frowned, stood up and said, "Let's go! Let's go and have a look."

The two left Jinglue Mansion, and rode with their entourage towards the camp outside the city.

(End of this chapter)