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Chapter 164, line 36 (silver update 11)

When Suzaku arrived at the Royal Sugar Factory, he immediately felt that this place was different. He might not be able to make a name for himself. Anyway, it was his last resort. He just threw away his identity and had no airs. He did whatever he was asked to do and tried his best to do it well.

He has read books and practiced martial arts. He has a good mind and body. He is young and has a correct attitude. He accepts new things quickly. Within half a year, he was promoted to the director of the factory, responsible for the procurement of raw materials. .

This time he was transferred to Zhaoqing to start a new business. He became a pioneer and took his clan status to the extreme, which made local officials and gentry uncomfortable and became a credit guarantee for farmers.Anyone who hears that this is the emperor's family can't help but look up at him, which makes it easier to win his trust.

When faced with officials and gentry who came to visit for various reasons, regardless of their position or wealth, Suzaku always received them personally.Without waiting for the other party to fully explain the situation, they will come up with three or four sets of cooperation plans for them to choose from.

If you want to set up a factory alone, no problem!Xuehua Sugar Mill can provide free technical guidance, paid assistance in purchasing equipment, and train employees on behalf of others.In return, all you need to do is sign a contract and sell all the soft white sugar produced in the future to Snowflake Sugar Factory at a certain price.

If you don’t want to be in public but have plenty of money, that’s no problem!Snow Sugar Factory can adopt a joint venture to accept various shares and use the money to find suitable places in Guangdong and Guangxi to build branch factories.

As a shareholder, you do not participate in production, operation and sales, let alone work in a factory. You can just sit at home and receive annual dividends based on your shares.If you are worried, you can also send someone to check the accounts at any time.

If you can't afford to build a new factory or meet the threshold for a joint venture, but you want to take advantage of it and make a little money, that's still no problem.It doesn't matter if the cost is small, you can open a small shop in the city, specializing in selling various snacks made with soft white sugar.

As long as you sign a contract with Snowflake Sugar Mill, technology, equipment, and training will all be provided free of charge. It counts as a shareholding. You can and must also hang up the Snowflake Sugar Mill signboard, and the daily turnover will be divided according to proportion.

If you have money but don't want to bother with industrial development, Suzaku still welcomes you.Businessmen, since ancient times, have been buying in at low prices and selling out at high prices to make a profit. Why not build factories, workshops or shops? Money comes in too slowly!
So, tell me how many kilograms of soft white sugar can be imported from Xuehua Sugar Factory every year. The larger the quantity, the lower the price. More work, more reward.Suzaku also named this method of cooperation called underwriting, and the businessmen who specialize in this kind of business are called regional agents.

What does it mean?That is to say, after the underwriting reaches a certain amount, he is the only one in the area where this businessman is located who can take goods from the Snowflake Sugar Factory, and he will not sell them no matter how much others give him.Generally speaking, the minimum area underwritten by an agent must start with a county.

Since the beginning of spring, there have been countless negotiations to build a separate factory, a joint venture factory, or open a store to sell snacks, but no one has come to inquire about underwriting, which makes Suzaku a little restless.Although the previous cooperation methods are not bad, they face a big problem, and that is sales.

There are more and more farmers growing sugar cane, and there are more and more factories. Naturally, the output of soft white sugar is also increasing.It is obvious that local purchasing power alone cannot absorb everything, and there must be a long-term and reliable bulk outlet.

However, the situation in Guangdong is different from that in Fujian. It can be summed up in two words: connections.The Royal Sugar Mill was cared for by Li Zhi's relatives, and there were also eunuchs from the palace who were in charge. It was impossible to say that he was walking sideways in the local area, but he was also a presence with hands and eyes that could reach the sky.

There is no need to take the initiative to find smuggling ships. Businessmen who specialize in selling goods overseas will come to negotiate business. As long as the product is really good and the price is right, and you can sell as many as you want, you will never have to worry about sales.

Guangdong has the Guangzhou Port, which is currently the only port that allows overseas vassals to pay tribute, and has the Admiral Shipping Department controlled by eunuchs.But there is also the Shibo Tijuan Division under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. These two departments are said to have a cooperative relationship, but in fact they mostly supervise and guard against each other, and no one can completely make the decision.It has only been a year since Li Zhi took office. No matter how tough his background is, he is still a newbie who has just arrived, and he can't do everything right and left.Moreover, there are also positions such as the Third Division, Patrol Inspector, and General Soldier here, which have a greater role in restraining each other. Trying to cover up the smuggling of the Snow Sugar Factory is tantamount to asking for death.

But it is not completely impossible. There is an organization in Guangzhou that is responsible for trading with overseas merchant ships. If you want to do business with overseas merchants, you must go through it to be reasonable and legal, otherwise it will be regarded as smuggling.

This organization is called 36 Industries. It is a hodgepodge of many handicraft groups and businessmen. It covers more than 36 industry categories. It is recognized by the local government and can be regarded as a semi-official and semi-private organization.

Speaking of which, 36 lines are also a by-product of the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban. From its emergence to its growth, we can see the contradictory mentality of the Ming Dynasty rulers who both wanted and wanted, were extremely confident and extremely unconfident, and had no concern for new external things. , the stubborn and stupid thinking mode that I will always be the best in the world.

As the winner, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had to formulate national policies with himself as the center.But with his background and knowledge, he didn't know how to govern such a large country, so he could only finish the homework after scribbling and correcting it based on the Yuan Dynasty system.

But the Yuan Dynasty was a loser, and the reasons for its failure must be found and corrected to avoid repeating the same mistakes.So in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, what was the most fundamental flaw of the Yuan Dynasty?

"The Yuan Dynasty lost the world because of its generosity, but I saved it by being fierce. Small people like to be lenient. I think the Yuan Dynasty lost the world because of its generosity."

Zhu Yuanzhang said that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were too lax. They only wanted to raise taxes and ignored local affairs.The punishment is still very light and the lack of emphasis on restraining the people allows a grass-headed king like him to take advantage of it.

How can we avoid making the same mistakes again? If you can't be lenient, then be strict.If you go east, I will face west. If you say black, I will say white. If you go left, I will face right. If you support me, I will oppose it!

As a result, the Yuan Dynasty paid more attention to commerce, and the Ming Dynasty changed to emphasize agriculture and restrain business; the Yuan Dynasty was more open, and the Ming Dynasty directly closed the country; the social governance of the Yuan Dynasty was relatively weak, and the Ming Dynasty simply used registration to restrict population movement, euphemistically called each country Peace of mind.

Well... the result of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business is that the court cannot collect commercial taxes, but bureaucratic capital is smuggling aggressively and putting all the profits into private pockets.Agriculture did not develop, and commerce was still sluggish. In the end, the Ming Dynasty died of poverty, but all the officials were extremely fat.

With the isolation of the country, Southeast Asian countries that were originally part of the trade territory of the Song and Yuan dynasties were gradually occupied by European colonists and turned into outposts for economic plunder from the Ming Dynasty.Indirectly, it also led to a rapid decline in the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding and ocean-going capabilities, which was equivalent to giving away the sea to others.

The social management is strict, and you have to carry a letter of introduction when you go out, which further inhibits the prosperity of business, restricts ideological and cultural exchanges, and gradually turns the good citizens into livestock in captivity. They only know how to work and pay taxes, and do not care about the outside world. Don't care about anything, don't understand anything.

(End of this chapter)