Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2421 Trade Adjustment Memorandum ([-])

Good boy, he seems to have a better brain than your uncle?But why can't you learn from his calmness? .Wang Kai froze for a moment, then frowned.

"Did I not think of this! Can I still lose money to you? Tell me, how many shipments of H800 are needed for the raw silk cane sugar traded with Japan?"

"Uh, ten ships. The cutting-edge ships you mentioned are five times the size of the H800? Then there are only two or three ships to divide?" Gu Baocheng realized that he had passed the test, and continued to pretend to be stupid.

"I'm talking about 5 times the efficiency, and the load is about 1.25 times that. The advantage is speed. We will follow the first plan. The first batch of 8 ships will make some money? After running once, give me You can still make money by transporting grain and minerals back and selling Australian goods. Didn’t you treat you badly?” Wang Kai calculated on the spot and found that there was nothing wrong, so he no longer became angry from embarrassment.

"This year, more than half of the ships will be paid back! I hope the elders will give me a chance!" Shopkeeper Gu seemed about to sign the contract on the spot.

"It's not settled yet, don't worry."

"Then, may I ask Mr. Wang Yuan, the issue of raw silk and sugar for Japan is basically settled, right? What about porcelain?"

"Buy and sell whatever you want, as well as Australian and Song industrial products such as ironware and glass. We will not impose too many restrictions. On the whole, we are still happy to see trade prosperity."

"Oh, I understand!" Shopkeeper Gu raised his head excitedly, but he hesitated to speak, probably because he remembered the inexplicable reprimand just now.

"What do you understand, tell me, I'm still in a daze." Elder Shi urged, and Fatty Wang waved his hand for permission.

"Wang Yuanlao's intention is probably that the products with strong competitiveness in Australia and Song Dynasty can be sold openly, and a lot of them will be placed on the market to eliminate competing products. For example, the new bone china produced by the Australian Kiln has a large output, and the estimated cost is also low. It will not be too high, and the color is much higher than the old products. Ironware and glass are the strengths of my Australian Song Dynasty. As for raw silk cane sugar, raw materials account for a large part of the cost, and the Senate also purchases from the private sector; technically There is a gap, but it’s not that big. This requires administrative means to ensure profits, especially in special regions like Japan.” After the shopkeeper Gu finished his words, he still glanced at Fatty Wang from time to time.

Fatty Wang applauded and expressed his approval: "Shopkeeper Gu has such a brain, it's unreasonable not to make money. You don't want to publicize it everywhere, after all, the matter is still undecided. However, if you have any friends who do this business, you can discuss it in a small area first."

Fatty Wang deliberately asked him to spread some rumors and see the feedback, otherwise, he would not have revealed such valuable news, and it would be considered filial piety for him to tell his uncle.

"There's nothing else, you can go first, I still have something to discuss with Elder Shi." Fatty Wang was about to see off the guests, but Shopkeeper Gu hurriedly thanked him and said goodbye.

"How about it, I'm trying to find an order for your shipyard, right? Are you satisfied?" Fatty Wang said proudly as soon as shopkeeper Gu left.

"Satisfied with the ball, who told you that I will give the cost price, have you discussed it with me?" Elder Shi Yuan laughed and challenged.

"When discussing a ball, can he know the real cost? Doesn't he even let me invite me to invite credit?"

"If you take credit, there must be something to follow!"

"It's something, but it's a good thing. Isn't there a newly launched ocean-going fishing boat of yours? Don't rush to outfit it, let me change it, I have a mission to visit Myanmar."

"You go with the whole fishing boat, don't you think it's shabby? It makes people laugh. If you don't think it's embarrassing, I don't."

"So I want a new one from you. On the one hand, it is easy to modify, and on the other hand, it has a less fishy smell. Besides, it is a trivial matter for us to be laughed at, and it may be a good thing. The most important thing is that your fishing boat can run this season. 15 knots, it’s easy for me to drive a Galen or H800, but it’s been more than a year since I came back. Our company has just been established, and it’s not a problem to be away for more than a year. I need to 'run fast'!"

After seeing off the guests, Fatty Wang looked around, and he was about to leave.

Seven years, the same time as the unsatisfactory first job before time travel, the boring and depressing feeling is similar.

After time travel, it seems that they are talking about big things, "There are great scholars in talking and laughing", but it's just a horizontal comparison of this plane.The embarrassing thing is that I didn't accomplish anything in the new time and space.Looking at the overall situation, the entire Ministry of Trade has not done anything major.

From the data point of view, the Ministry of Colonial Trade can be regarded as the most important department of the Senate.Although the proportion of trade profits in fiscal revenue has been declining with the introduction of tax reform, foreign trade income still accounts for half of fiscal revenue so far.If the material income of the Planning Institute is included, then the Ministry of Colonial Trade has no problem bragging that it has supported the Senate.

However, in Wang Kai's view: Lingao's trade is in a "passive comfort" without any aggressiveness.Many early expedient measures have gradually become "rules".After all, it is more convenient to organize trade than to wait for merchants to come to buy goods.

There are a lot of people who have experience in foreign trade work in the old time and space gathered in the Ministry, but everyone used to be a tiny part of a huge gear. If they are really asked to formulate major policies, everyone is willing to discuss, and they stop at the discussion. I don’t know what to do. I also have to meet the eyes of my colleagues and the insinuations that have intensified, and make use of it, so no one does this thankless thing.

Now he is leaving.But before leaving, he had a lot to say.This can be regarded as his last responsibility to this unit.After all, he has been paying attention to every trade route and export market of the Ministry of Colonial Trade over the years, and he came to the conclusion after collecting relevant information.

This conclusion is not friendly enough for the company, or for the Senate.Take it out and talk about it in vain to be bored.But after much deliberation, he still brought up these issues. After all, the Senate still needs to improve.

It is comfortable to lie flat, but as a veteran, you still have to pursue a little bit.Wang Kai decided to summarize his observations and research over the years into a memo and distribute it.

The scope of dissemination is limited to the two departments within the Ministry of Colonial Trade and directly related to the Ministry of Colonial Trade: the Planning Institute and the Ministry of Finance, and copied to the cabinet members.

This masterpiece was written by Wang Kai in his spare time with the enthusiasm he had for writing papers back then.The content is the study of trade gains and losses with Japan, but the main purpose is to arouse the reform of the existing foreign trade system by the Ministry of Colonial Trade.

In his works, the most critical evidence are two tables, both of which are statistics of Japanese silver outflows in the seventeenth century.One is the historical data of old time and space, the statistics of Westerners; the other is the manual statistics of the various ports of the customs, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and foreign business stations in this plane.

Compared with the old time and space, the Senate replaced the Zheng Zhilong Group and established "peace on the seas of East Asia". This peace is so effective that the entire business environment has been greatly improved compared with the old time and space.At the same time, the existence of the Senate has also established a relatively stable product supply, so the outflow of silver from Japan has also become stable, unlike the old time and space that fluctuates significantly from year to year. Since 1632, about 400 million taels per year have been cast into Australian silver. In other words, about 590 million yuan.

The amount of 590 million is very large, because the fiscal revenue of the Senate in 1635 was only 2000 million Australian dollars.That's almost a quarter of it.

This is also the most indignant thing for Wang Kai, because in 1635, for the plan of conquest of Guangdong and Guangxi, not only did 2000 million yuan be spent, but it actually produced a deficit of more than 400 million yuan—part of these deficits came from Guangdong and Guangxi. The spoils are made up, and the rest is made up by printing money.

Printing money is convenient, but the sequelae take a long time to digest.What's more, 1635 is just the beginning, and then various constructions to expand industrial production capacity, administrative governance in Guangdong and Guangxi... Calculated from these investments, there are probably no more than 3000 million yuan that is difficult to pass.

"If only this money could be in our hands!" Wang Kai couldn't help but stutter when he calculated the result, at least the deficit wasn't so big.And there are a lot of proposals that get funded as well.

Although money cannot feed the hungry or clothe the cold, as long as there is money, the whole world is a supplier.The inventory of various industrial raw materials that the Planning Institute often feels is lacking, in the end, it is because of lack of money.

Many of the current difficulties and disputes in the Senate are, in the final analysis, because the stalls are too big, but the money is too little.There is a vicious cycle of "lack of money - no way to expand production capacity - more money shortage" in all fields.And the endless investment in administrative management and public security wars quickly sucked away the money

Although this part of the income lost by Japan’s silver cannot solve all the problems, it can at least make up part of the gap and make many difficult-to-sustain projects work—especially the several mining projects that Nanyang Company is currently planning to launch.
In order to meet the needs of the industrial population, the mine development plan is formulated, and the development-return period is long, so it is impossible to count on the long-term investment of private funds.Therefore, these items are still included in the budget table of the long-term financial appropriation.

If the fiscal revenue is insufficient, the budget can be imagined to be reduced.After all, it is now "Military First".And military expenditure is consumption with only input but no return.It is conceivable that the security war between Guangdong and Guangxi in 1636 would consume a lot of military expenditure.

The problem of Japan's trade routes has been gradually corrected under his repeated strong demands. What he is more concerned about now is actually the long-standing problems of the entire trading system.

One is that under the current "free trade system", two unexpected counter-effects have been produced: silver has flowed to potential opponents and hostile forces of the Senate; and the status of Australia and Song Dynasty in the trade system has been lowered.

According to the conclusion of the "Investigation on the Whereabouts of Japan's Trade Profits" written by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau that he commissioned, China Merchants under the control of the Senate only received half of the trade profits generated on this route.The other half was obtained by VOC, naturalized sea merchants, and smugglers from the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)