Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1831 Urbanization ([-])

On December 1680, 12, after pushing the course schedule, Liang Qiangdong finally stepped into the familiar Bingtuanbao classroom again on this day to give courses to young soldiers.

It is said that Bingtuanbao has developed to this day, and has trained quite a few students.These people entered school at a young age. In this semi-closed school, they struggled together and received common education and training. Not only did the academic system last for ten years, but the content they learned was also quite diverse. Depending on the class, it covered social , economic, scientific and military aspects.

After graduation, the students were unified into the Entrance Corps and stationed in the capital and surrounding areas. While doing a good job in defense and security, they accepted the final transitional study before entering the society.This study period was originally three years, but now it has been reduced to two years. After the two-year service period, the Human Resources Department of the Executive Committee of the Bingtuanbao's superior management structure will return to the various departments based on the learning content and performance of each person. Generally speaking, the government, the military, and state-owned enterprises all have them, starting from the grassroots and serving the country.

These people are undoubtedly extremely loyal to the country.After all, they start school at the age of 8-12, and then they study for ten years. During this period, apart from various skills and knowledge, there is no need to talk about how much brainwashing education they have been instilled.Even after these people entered the social dyeing vat, their original ideals faded a bit, but the foundation is still there. Their loyalty to the country and the Executive Committee is enough, and they can be used and promoted with confidence. big weapon.

Moreover, unlike the Ganisari Legion of the Ottoman Empire, these students are not lifelong professional soldiers, so it is naturally difficult to rebel or abolish the sultan.On the contrary, the existence of the Academy Corps in the capital and its suburbs is still the cornerstone of national stability!They have trained together for ten years. Even though they have never been on any battlefield, their combat effectiveness is just that, but it is not difficult to stand on the top at a critical moment. This prevents any possibility of mutiny initiated by the navy and army. Unless their power has completely infiltrated the Corps Fort—of course, this is unlikely, which can be seen from the fact that the Army does not like to accept too many graduates from the Corps Fort. people".

Of course the Army didn't like it, but the Executive Committee liked it.No, every year, the state budget will list a large amount of expenses and invest in the education and training system of Bingtuanbao. Not only the school dormitories, teaching aids, teaching materials, etc. are of the highest level, but the teachers are basically at the top level in the country (many Excellent students who graduated from Bingtuanbao).In addition, they also hired a large number of lecturers from outside the school to teach students professional knowledge in the school from time to time. For example, Liang Qiangdong would often be pulled to give lectures, and Fa Xiaoqiang, who mainly taught financial knowledge Same as Xiaoman.

The content of Liang Qiangdong’s lecture today is mainly about urbanization, aimed at students who will be assigned to government departments in the future. This course has already been completed about halfway, and it talks about the relationship between the transformation of business organizations and urban development.

"In recent decades, the wave of large-scale industrialization has not only promoted the rapid development of social production, but also made the market competition increasingly fierce. Coupled with the influence of some factors such as the objective needs of the development of modern large industries, the organizational form of Chinese enterprises is more recent. Partial adjustments began to appear in [-], that is, large enterprises began to develop towards the trend of vertical production integration and integration of production and sales. Taking Tieling Special Steel as an example, this enterprise that has been upgraded to a group will start from the mining of coal and ore, From the smelting of iron and steel, to the multiple processes of metal processing, and sometimes even extended to the manufacture of heavy industrial machinery, etc., they are all integrated into one enterprise. Even on this basis, the production activities of these enterprises may also be It will include the utilization of the by-products of these production processes. For example, recently the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is considering the Tieling Special Steel Plant, Tieling Mining Bureau, Tieling Machinery Processing Plant, Western Forging Plant, Tieling Boiler Plant, First Heavy Machinery Plant, etc. The merger of enterprises and the establishment of the Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium Group is based on this idea."

"For another example, the Ping'an Iron and Steel Plant in the north has not only actively developed its steel smelting industry in the past few years, but also actively launched a coal chemical project to develop related industries and carry out a product diversification strategy. In addition, out of competition with Tieling Need, Pingan Iron and Steel Works decided to strengthen the control of the market, and began to build its own distribution network. The establishment of a commercial company is a concrete manifestation of this idea. This is the development trend of vertical production integration and integration of production and sales of enterprises that I mentioned just now. The performance of the two major groups, Tieling and Ping An, perfectly illustrates this point. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that Ping An Coal Mine is likely to merge with Ping An Iron and Steel Works in the future to form a Ping An Coal and Iron Consortium, which will cooperate with the so-called Tieling Heavy Industry Consortia compete."

"This kind of conglomerate development idea will inevitably lead to more obvious agglomeration effects of enterprises, and the proportion of workers and their families in the urban population is getting higher and higher. Just like Tieling County, the population engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in this city is much lower. Compared with the national average, the population of the entire city has increased rapidly in recent years, the urban area has continued to expand, and the number of buildings has continued to increase, mainly due to the increase in industrial population, there is no doubt about it.”

Liang Qiangdong first took the development of two major industrial cities, Tieling and Pingan, as examples, and pointed out that the transformation of enterprise organization forms has greatly promoted the urbanization process.It's not that the students here have never been to these two cities. They have been there several times during their internships before, and they are deeply impressed by the industrial cities.This time, Liang Qiangdong will talk about it again, and everyone immediately has a rough idea of ​​the impact of this enterprise development model on the future of the city.

At the same time, they are increasingly amazed at the power of large-scale industrial production.In the case of some decent steel production enterprises in England and North Germany in the Old Continent, the total steel production capacity of the people on the east coast has been several times that of others, and they have also developed a variety of metals and various alloys. The gap between them is really not something that can be measured in terms of Tao.

And after they enter politics in the future, they will inevitably bring in more or less the current understanding and emotions, and become firm supporters of large-scale industrial production one after another.I believe that after they all gradually become the backbone of the government in a few decades, this kind of production model similar to the later German cartel will definitely become popular on the east coast, because it is indeed in line with the trend and trend of industrial production development.

"Compared with cities like Tieling and Pingan, which are dominated by heavy industries, the development of Qingdao, which is called the economic center, has embarked on a different path. Here, there are no heavy industries such as coal, chemical industry, steel, machinery, and military industry—even if There was little—in its place there was a large number of scattered small businesses or individual craftsmen, involved in all aspects of life, and of course a large number of commercial and financial enterprises."

"But interestingly, in an international port city like Qingdao, abundant commercial capital and fierce market competition have led many commercial enterprises engaged in trade to extend their tentacles further upstream. That is, in the field of trade and commerce, there are also The integration process that happened in the field of heavy industry, in short, is the extension of commercial capital to the production field!"

"For example, those commercial enterprises engaged in small hardware, custom-made cloth, clothing, shoes, furniture, publishing and printing, etc., have begun to establish stable cooperative relations with small enterprises and even self-employed individuals in the same field. This integration of commercial trade and manufacturing In fact, it is achieved by the direct or indirect influence and control of the commercial and trade field on the production field. To describe it more accurately, it belongs to a certain degree of outsourcing system."

In fact, in today’s Qingdao Port, Liang Qiangdong’s company has established solid ties with many companies that produce daily necessities. The method is to sign long-term supply contracts with advance payment, and even take a small share of some companies he is more optimistic about. Small workshops to help them overcome some difficulties in production and management and achieve more rapid development.

This stable cooperative relationship is very helpful for his Qiangdong Trading Company to start trade with the North American Free State.Most of the time, he directly takes other people's demand lists, negotiates prices with these business owners, produces according to the order, and finally packs, transports, and ships them to Xinjing Port in the Free State. It is a relatively advanced method. the way.

In the Old Continent at this time, merchants were basically purchasing all kinds of goods all over the world. It was not that no one had established stable cooperative relationships with upstream manufacturers, but not many.Merchants engaged in wholesale trade always go to large wholesale markets to purchase goods, especially in the Amsterdam market. The company of the Tripp family picked products from England, Portugal, Germany, Milan, and Venice in the Amsterdam market. Cannons from other places are then exported to the United Provinces military for profit. The cooperative manufacturers change almost every year, and there are still some differences from the East Coast.

On the contrary, in countries and regions where commerce is relatively less developed, such as the Kingdom of England, many businessmen engaged in overseas trade have established relatively stable cooperative relations with some manufacturers because of their narrow selection.However, in Germany, Italy and the Kingdom of France, because of the frequent holding of regular trade fairs and commodity fairs, businessmen tend to make temporary purchases in the market instead of adopting the outsourcing model of fixed partners.

“Of course Qingdao is special and unique! In addition to this business outsourcing model, there is also a special relationship between banks and industrial enterprises here. Except for some that can use their own operating profits to finance their business expansion In addition to high-quality enterprises, Northwest Reclamation Bank, Union Industrial Credit Bank, Popular Savings Bank (formerly the business of La Plata Bank), and Commercial Clearing Bank have a huge impact on enterprises."

"Needless to say, my Qiangdong Trading Company was strongly influenced by the Union Industrial Credit Bank, and their representatives even exerted some influence in corporate decision-making. Moreover, this is a well-run enterprise, and in some It is not unheard of for you to hear that the bank representatives put a lot of pressure on the business owners in a business that is not doing well for this reason. Of course, it is the same sentence, if your business is stable, profitable and growing well , Then you can even go the other way and give instructions to those banks that are asking for your financial business, so that they can serve you better.”

"The reason for this situation is actually related to our national policies. The State Administration of Precious Metals has been adhering to a positive policy for the past ten years, requiring banks to take the initiative and play a greater role in social production. role, and for this reason the bank's contingent of employees has become increasingly large and has become an important part of the growth of the urban population."

"On the whole, in the past ten years or so, the influence of various banks on industrial enterprises has been increasing day by day. And they have gradually begun to support the combination and merger of industrial enterprises, and they have not hesitated to provide financial support for this. This support has no It is beneficial to ask questions, because it leads to more and more large enterprises, and the overall strength of large enterprises continues to increase. For example, the United Industrial Credit Bank intends to provide low-interest loans to help Ping An Iron and Steel Works complete the merger and acquisition of Ping An Coal Mine. The newly established Ping An Needless to say, the future power of the coal-iron coalition will go without saying.”

"What will happen after a period of development after this large-scale industrial enterprise's mergers and acquisitions become stronger? I boldly predict that it will make its appetite for capital demand more and more large, and then exceed the capacity of a single bank. The scope of ability to provide funds, in turn, prompts banks to cooperate with each other and form a larger banking group. A while ago, the former La Plata Bank and the Brazilian Rural Financial Cooperative merged to form a new popular savings bank. It has already shown that in today's East Coast society, the smaller banks will only become more and more disadvantaged in competition, and it is very clear that they must carry out joint restructuring in order to survive."

Liang Qiang was a little tired after talking so much, so he sat behind the podium, picked up a teacup and drank tea. By the way, he asked the students below to form a group to discuss the content of the class.And some class cadres stood up and informed the groups one by one, asking them not to spread the content of the discussion at will, otherwise once it is published in newspapers or books, it will be out of control, and foreigners will definitely buy it, and then take it back for research .

However, Liang Qiangdong seems to be somewhat disapproving of this, because in his opinion, although these lectures are relatively elite research conclusions, they have a strong guiding role in the East Coast Republic at this time and in the near future, but in the countries of the Old Continent But most of them are just dragon slaying skills.There is no other reason, the social system, economic environment, etc. are completely different!

Compared with these, what he likes more is the serious attitude of these students in discussing issues.These are the seeds of the country's future!Management of the government, development of industry and commerce, study of science and technology, and overseas colonization are all inseparable from these people. The Bingtuanbao system is really a great good governance. Even if it severely squeezes the cost of basic education in the country, it has to be said that everything is worth it!

(End of this chapter)