Chapter 2571

After Li Fa said this, he saw Tao Hongfang's face change slightly, and immediately guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "This is not a taboo matter. In fact, you only need to ask your fathers and you will know.

This kind of practice is not uncommon in our country of Haihan. Supporting these well-established families is actually a common practice. It's just that you have few opportunities to contact the outside world and don't know much about it, so you will be surprised."

Since the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Haihan has taken measures to support pro-Haihan civil forces in surrounding countries, especially businessmen with low social status but relatively good economic conditions. In this way, Haihan can obtain

All kinds of business resources needed for development, and on the other hand, these businessmen groups are attracted by benefits and let them join Haihan's external expansion process.

During this period, many businessmen from the outside world did become Haihan's loyal partners, such as the Li family in Guangzhou where Li Fa lived, the Xu family in Fujian, etc. There were even many businessmen who simply moved their families to Hainan Island.

Accepted naturalization and became a Haihan citizen.

Most of these families who are interested in establishing long-term and in-depth cooperative relations with Haihan will follow Haihan's suggestions and send their young children to study abroad in Haihan. And many people who have completed these trainings have stayed in Haihan for development.

He even became an official of Haihan Kingdom by joining the army.

Tao Hongfang said: "I received some news earlier that there are many officers from Yangzhou in the local army. Now it seems that this may not only be the case in the army, but also in other yamen."

Li Fa responded: "It is true. The Yangzhou salt merchants have a century-old foundation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The family has great wealth. Naturally, they have to find ways to train their children to serve in the government. Whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or today, similar practices have been passed down.

You don’t have to feel inappropriate.”

Tao Hongfang said: "But things that are agreed upon by convention are not necessarily right."

Li Fa smiled and said: "You are right, but I also have something to remind you. The so-called right and wrong are often not absolute. The difference just lies in the angle and standpoint from which you look at the problem."

Tao Hongfang and Ning Zijing looked at each other and did not refute this. Even if they did not agree with the measure of introducing a large number of businessmen's children as officials, they had to admit that Li Fa's statement was right. The nature of many things could not

Simply divide them by right and wrong. When they were very young, they often heard their parents mention a sentence. Only children can distinguish right from wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons.

Now it seems that they are still in the stage of distinguishing right from wrong, and have not yet formed a comprehensive understanding of the pros and cons of these measures. But they have not yet found a way to adjust their perspective on the problem to synchronize with their parents.

Identify effective methods.

Li Fa didn't seem to care about their mental state at this time, and continued to talk about some of the results of his trip to Yangzhou to hold talks with local businessmen.

As their cooperation with Haihan deepened, Yangzhou salt merchants also realized that Haihan's supervision of the salt industry was much stricter than that of Ming Dynasty. Although they could still make considerable profits by using the distribution channels at their disposal, this

It is just a temporary measure forced by the current situation, and it is definitely not a long-term solution. Haihan's plan for the salt industry is very clear. Sooner or later, all the production and sales channels of this industry will be taken over by the government. By then, what will be left to them may really be nothing but handicap.

There is leftover soup.

Therefore, out of precautionary considerations, the salt merchants also believe that it is necessary to start planning in other fields as early as possible to continue the glory of the family. In addition to selecting outstanding descendants of the family to study in Sanya and helping them enter Haihan government agencies,

Various salt merchant families are also actively investing their funds in other fields, and will even choose some cross-regional business projects as long-term deployment targets.

In addition to plantations and farms in the traditional agricultural field, salt merchants also realize that their funds can actually go to more places. For example, large-scale commercial alliance organizations like Qiong Lianfa, salt merchants are very

interested.

The salt merchants have money, resources and connections, but they still lack the relevant operational means to set up a business organization like Qiong Lianfa. Basic business projects are easy to handle, and people can learn how to do it after working in Qiong Lianfa for a few years.

However, salt merchants still hope to learn some more sophisticated business methods through cooperation, such as how to use scientific management measures like Qiong Lianfa to make branches distributed in various places efficient.

Operation, unified deployment of resources in various locations, thereby gaining great advantages in operating costs.

In addition, Yangzhou salt merchants want to establish trade channels outside Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If they invest and set up by themselves, firstly, the cost will be high, and secondly, the results will be slow. There may also be many unpredictable problems in the process. But if they can do this with Qionglianfa

By cooperating with large-scale commercial organizations and leveraging Qionglian's existing business network, we may be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Ning Zijing couldn't help but praise when he heard this: "These people are quite clever, they follow our example, and they also want to use our channels to do business!"

Li Fa responded: "Indeed, this is equivalent to our country using their sales channels to sell salt to the inland areas of the Ming Dynasty. For them, this can be regarded as a shortcut to development. If cooperation can be reached, it can really help them save money."

It takes a lot of time and effort.”

Ning Zijing asked: "Most of the goods we sell to Daming are industrial products and deeply processed agricultural products, which have great advantages in cost, but what products can Yangzhou salt merchants offer for takeout?"

Li Fa said: "At present, the main products are various raw materials and agricultural products. But don't underestimate the Yangzhou salt merchants. There are some people with far-sighted vision among them, and they even want to expand the industry overseas. Their enthusiasm is also

It reminds me of the time when I met your parents more than twenty years ago..."

Seeing that Li Fa was going off topic again, Tao Hongfang quickly asked: "Overseas? What do they understand by overseas?"

Li Fa smiled and said: "Actually, it is not much different from our understanding. It mainly refers to places outside the Ming Dynasty. For example, Japan, North Korea, or the countries in the South China Sea, as well as distant places in the West. By the way, even the first few

Mr. Nian Wang took the lead in sending a fleet to the other side of the ocean, and there were also personnel from Yangzhou salt merchants accompanying him."

Tao Hongfang said in surprise: "They also joined the advance fleet?"

Li Fa nodded and said: "Yes, the advance fleet was able to make the trip. They donated money and materials and made a lot of contributions. According to them, wherever the Haihan Army can go, of course they can go.

Whatever benefit is found on the other side of the ocean, the money invested in it will be worth it!"
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