Daming Military Empire

Chapter 369
As soon as Sun Zhihang finished his work, Zhu Cijiong signaled Zheng Chenggong to follow. It was almost noon, and he didn't want to drag everyone into a meeting hungry.

Zheng Chenggong is so depressed. Since he was a child, his main energy has been spent on learning the art of war. If he discusses the art of war with him, he can talk for a day with his eyes closed, but he is basically in the dark about business matters. Here, he is more confused than Zhu Youjian who is making soy sauce.

Seeing the encouraging eyes from the emperor, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to bite the bullet, turned to the last page of the ledger, and read aloud: "Since its establishment, the Royal Western Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty has received 9 government-run porcelain factories and 12 weaving factories from all over the country. There are 6 tea factories, a new silk factory and an embroidery factory, 21 new branch offices in various parts of Daming, Dongying, North Korea and other countries, and new branches in Nanyang Luzon, Xingcheng Port, Goa, Ceylon and other places in South Asia. No. 4, and a new branch in Spain in Europe, there are now a total of 26 branches, with a total of more than [-] employees, and a total profit of about [-] million taels of silver last year."

This performance seems to have remained unchanged for several years. It is not that Zheng Zhilong is incompetent, but the luxury consumer market is so big. If new varieties are not developed, it will be difficult to improve this performance.

Logically speaking, as the emperor of the Ming Empire, he should be very familiar with this luxury, but Zhu Cijiong has too many things to do. For the things in life, he basically stretches out his clothes for his clothes, opens his mouth for his meals, and does whatever he wants. He never cared about how the two empress dowagers and Qin Mingyue arranged.

He thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but think of Princess Anna's expression on all kinds of luxury goods when he was in Spain, so he simply dumped the blame and said: "Well, yes, luxury goods nowadays are nothing more than food and clothing. If you want to have a good performance To break through, you must develop new varieties, which your sister Anna is most familiar with, so you can ask her when you have time."

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong sighed, he was afraid that the emperor would ask him how he would develop in the future, and asking him to ask Princess Anna for advice would be a trivial matter.

This is the end of the business affairs of Daming Royal Western Trade, Zhu Cijiong immediately said to his brother-in-law Qin Weiming: "Weiming, it's your turn, let me introduce the company of Shiweila, don't read about your own, turn around Just show me the results of the review.”

Qin Weiming had four or five ledgers in front of him. If he had to finish reading one by one, he would not have to eat lunch, and the review is usually to find fault with others. After all, it is not good to expose people's faults in person. Just save face and let them know that someone will review them. There is no need to read out the results of the review in public to make everyone look bad.

Qin Weiming had a big head, although what he did was to offend others, as the younger brother of the current empress, he was not afraid of offending anyone. When reviewing the properties under the royal family, he only let Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan deal with them secretly. There are hundreds of managers at all levels, but it really takes some courage to let him expose people's faults in front of these big bosses. Fortunately, the emperor didn't let him do it in the end.

He cast a grateful look at Zhu Cijiong, then took out a ledger, and read aloud: "According to verification, the Daming Portuguese Trading Company established by Shivela has 25 branch offices in Macau, Annan, Goa, Europe and other places. There are more than 5000 employees, with a total share capital of [-] million taels of silver, of which Shivela accounts for [-]%, Daming Western Commerce and Trade accounts for [-]%, Kong Dede accounts for [-]%, and Roland accounts for [-]%.

After reading this, it seemed to be over, and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking casually: "How much profit did they make last year?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Weiming replied in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this, the Daming Portuguese Trading Company was only established at the end of last year, and the profit review has not yet begun."

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback when he heard the words. Well, it seems that he asked a very boring question. He took a sip of tea, concealed his embarrassment, and then concluded: "Everyone is doing very well, and the total profit for one year has already It exceeds the annual income of most countries, but there is still a lot of potential to be tapped. For example, the European powers have collected countless gold and silver treasures all over the world. The money will always have to be spent. We must find a way to earn it back slowly. "

When everyone heard the words, they all showed excited expressions. Yes, the annual profit of hundreds of millions of taels is far from reaching the limit. The annual income of the European powers alone is as huge as hundreds of millions of taels of silver. There is still a lot of wealth waiting for them in this world. Go earn!
Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and said earnestly: "You must pay attention to one thing, the royal family's property not only belongs to me, not only to you, but to the entire Ming Dynasty. Only when Daming is strong can the royal family's property follow suit. Development and growth. What does Ming Dynasty rely on for its strength? In this world where the jungle preys on the weak, it can only rely on the army! I have mentioned more than once that we must take care of the families of the fallen soldiers and make them have no worries about food and clothing, so that all soldiers can put aside their worries. Fight for the country. I hope you will keep this in mind, and when you expand, provide jobs for the families of the fallen soldiers as much as possible."

When everyone heard the words, they all looked solemn and nodded solemnly, expressing their understanding.

Originally, the meeting ended here, but Zhu Cijiong still had one important thing to explain, so instead of announcing the end of the meeting immediately, he said mysteriously: "Aren't you very interested in monopoly and hype? Is it? I have an idea for you now, do you want to try it! "

Just kidding, who doesn't want to try, although the emperor said that it is just a trivial way, but earning a few million taels at a time is not a small sum for them, so they are naturally quite interested in such things.

Zhu Cijiong saw the eager expressions of the crowd, and did not immediately tell the solution. Instead, he asked Zheng Chenggong: "Shenggong, didn't you ask why I didn't attack the Mughal Empire immediately last time?"

As soon as Zheng Chenggong heard about the war, he immediately became excited, and he asked excitedly: "Your Majesty, are you going to start fighting the Mughal Empire?"

Zhu Cijiong smiled and nodded: "Yes, fight, the fight will start immediately, you go first!"

When everyone heard this, their eyeballs were almost bursting, let them go! Although everyone present here is a little kung fu, except for Zheng Chenggong, no one else has ever been on the battlefield. Let them go first, isn't it telling them to deliver food? !
Although Zhu Cijiong has been the emperor for more than ten years, he still couldn't change his habit of playing pranks in his previous life. Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, he felt a little satisfied, and then explained with a smile: "I didn't ask you to take the lead. The army went to fight with others, but let you go to the Mughal Empire to make a fortune. You have to remember that sometimes shopping malls are like battlefields. We must be merciless in the face of the enemy! This time is a very good one. If you have the opportunity, you can practice your business warfare skills.”

These words seem to be a bit deep, but the people present are still confused, not knowing what to say.

(End of this chapter)