From a purely commercial perspective, the current situation in Guangdong, if it follows the normal recovery method, is that the government encourages private agricultural production, while merchants are working on their own, investing in workshops and shops, and at the same time stimulating the cultivation of cash crops in a small amount.

, this is probably what it looks like. It is not uncommon to be conservative and bury money in the cellar to ensure the stability of funds.

At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, the country pursued rule by inaction. After several generations, the people became rich and the country became strong. This is often the case after wars in all dynasties. The difference is nothing more than a different approach and name, but the connotation is different.

There won't be much change.

Most of the habits of feudal bureaucrats are like this, such as Liancheng Bi in Zhaoqing Prefecture, Zhang Xiaoqi in Gaozhou Prefecture, most of them do this, and even Lu Ruoteng in Fuzhou Prefecture, whose methods are influenced by the Zheng Group, but

The actual inner quality is still the same.

Chen Kai never thought that he was a normal civil servant, let alone that he should be a normal civil servant. Since he is abnormal, he should do abnormal things so that he can live up to his name.

"Take Shunde as an example. The merchants of the Guangdong Business Alliance raised funds to participate in shares and raised a large amount of funds. Of course, this also included our Chen family. With a large amount of funds invested in the sericulture and silk industry in Shunde County, we used the existing

In some mulberry forests, people are hired to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. With the raw materials for silk, they can also build large water-spun spinning wheels and use hydraulic machinery to replace labor to speed up production efficiency. With silk, you can not only sell it, but also consider printing, dyeing, and embroidery.

Product value increases in other aspects, and profits are absolutely guaranteed.”

"Here, the funds were raised by the Guangdong Business Alliance, and the mulberry trees and land are local to Shunde. In terms of manpower, there are Shunde locals and people who have fled from nearby counties. People who work need to eat, and Shunde

If we try our best to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, then food needs to be transported from other prefectures and counties, which can drive food production in other prefectures and counties. It is enough to grow some vegetables locally. In this way, with the sericulture and silk industry, the entire Shunde County can be revitalized

and the economy of the surrounding area.”

In front of Zheng Xiyuan, Chen Kai explained the layout of the Guangdong Business Alliance in Shunde County without reservation. The former also suddenly realized after listening to it.

"Then the same is true for Foshan, right?"

"Yes." Nodding, Chen Kai confirmed Zheng Xiyuan's idea, and continued to explain: "Foshan's position has always been crude iron finishing. The local population is decreasing, and the food output is low. It can be transported from other places.

Come, and hydraulic machinery can replace a large amount of manpower, and the improvement in production efficiency is obvious. This is why I initially agreed that Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi took away a large number of Foshan blacksmiths."

"In terms of crude iron materials, through profit sharing, we can purchase large quantities from Luoding Prefecture and Shaozhou Prefecture. Not to mention Shaozhou Prefecture, Luoding Prefecture is also facing a two-way shortage of population and food. As long as we transport the food there, they will

There is no need for food production. Over time, they will become dependent on us and become our economic colony."

Chen Kai's ideas were a little out of time, and Zheng Xiyuan didn't understand them very well, especially the colonial vocabulary. It took more time to think about it before he could roughly understand its meaning.

"What do you mean by your husband, we want to use commercial means to control the financial lifeline of Chen Qice, Li Changrong, Wei Yingdeng, Ye Biao and Wang Han?"

"It can be understood that way. But it is not entirely true. To be precise, this matter has never been that simple."

For pure exploitation, Chen Kai has no intention of using it on his allies. Economically, whether he joins the Guangdong Business Alliance or signs a contract, he must distribute profits to his allies to provide sufficient benefits. These profits are not for nothing by Chen Kai.

If given to these people, their investment will create more profits in the production and sales process.

"Then, where is Brother Yomori..."

After all, the Guangdong Business Alliance is a business organization, and there will inevitably be exchanges, overlaps, and even conflicts with the Zheng Group. How to determine the relationship between the two parties will affect Chen Kai's status in the Zheng Group.

, and the future development of both parties. In this regard, lying sideways in Chen Kai's arms, a pair of big eyes flickered, full of questions and worries.

Caressing the hair of the person next to the pillow, Chen Kai then showed a rather weird smile: "Yuanyuan, do you know? Every time you call Brother Oki Zuosen, I always feel weird.

"

"Brother Sen is the elder brother who has watched me grow up, and my husband is my husband who will stay with me for life. This jealousy is unreasonable for my husband."

The soft catkins caressed Chen Kai's face, and a trace of pride wandered in the pool water. Immediately, the green onions gathered together, touched lightly with his fingertips, turned his palm into a fist, pinched it lightly with his thumb and index finger, and smiled mischievously. It's just that

Before Chen Kai could react, a soft female voice sounded slightly pleading: "Husband is going to do bad things again. But you can't bully Brother Sen, okay?"

There was a hint of pain in his expression, presumably because of the old incident of shooting Zheng Zhiwan to death. That was once a problem between the two of them, and they almost parted ways because of that incident. Looking back on that moment,

Chen Kai asked himself that there was nothing wrong. In such a situation, only by decisively executing the general who took the lead in escaping can the army's morale be shaken and the city of Zhongzuo be defended. But for Zheng Xiyuan, whether Zheng Zhiwan was the defender who had issued a military order

The leader of the army has nothing to do with her. To her, he is just an uncle and elder who has treated her well since she was a child. He is a true relative.

How about Zheng Zhiwan, Chen Kai has never been moved at all. Even if the two sides once had a good relationship, from the moment Zheng Zhiwan fled, they were enemies for the sake of the country. But the sentimentality shown by the person in front of him, it was obvious

In Chen Kai's eyes, he felt the same way, but he knew exactly who he was hurting for.

"If it weren't for Da Mu, I would have died in Chaozhou eight years ago. If it weren't for Da Mu, I wouldn't have been born as a child. How could I have the honor I have today? If it weren't for Da Mu, such a good couple would never have had this fate. I have never thought about Da Mu.

I want to hurt him." At this point, Chen Kai looked at the person next to him with a solemn expression: "I can swear."

As soon as the words came out, he was immediately blocked by the little hand. As far as he could see, Zheng Xiyuan shook his head anxiously, with a pleading look, just like when he asked Chen Kai not to hurt Zheng Chenggong, and even more so.

.

On Xiaobie's wedding night, the couple talked too much, and Zheng Xiyuan couldn't absorb a lot of things at once. Chen Kai didn't intend to cram in too many things that she couldn't understand at all. He was picky and picky.

A lot has been learned, and the rest needs to be understood by her.

The memory was awakened by a voice from the audience who boldly asked. In an instant, Chen Kai had calmed down and explained Guangdong to the members present very clearly just as he did when explaining to Zheng Xiyuan.

The problem of positioning the relationship between the business alliance and the Zheng Group.

"The trade there in Guoxing is mainly in charge of Marquis Jianping, and I have a tacit understanding with Guoxing for a long time. The Guangdong Commercial Alliance is mainly responsible for the trade and industrial expansion of Guangdong Province, and in terms of foreign trade, it resells the goods

With Jianpinghou, he will be responsible for selling overseas and to places such as Fujian, Zhejiang, and South Zhili. Jianpinghou will also be responsible for purchasing the goods needed by the province."

"Mr. Fujun, what if Marquis Jianping deliberately lowers the price or raises the price?"

With this positioning, the Guangdong Commercial Alliance is more like an industrial alliance of Guangdong Province, and the most profitable maritime trade is entrusted to the Zheng Group. This is also a concern for other members. In addition,

In addition, they have many things to worry about, but they just haven't had time to express them.

"In terms of price, I have negotiated with Marquis Jianping to ensure the interests of the members of this organization. In addition, not all trade with other provinces or overseas is left in the hands of Marquis Jianping. As for inland trade,

We can also do it ourselves in provinces such as Guangxi, Huguang, Jiangxi, etc. Moreover, as long as we increase the production, Jianpinghou’s ships simply cannot transport it. In the end, we can still do it.

Organize your own fleet for maritime trade."

The Zheng Group has many sea trade ships, but there are always many areas that need to be covered, and there are very few assigned to Guangdong. Therefore, there were Guangdong trading companies to supplement local trade.

After all, the Guangdong Business Alliance is just a new business organization, and Chen Kai's positioning of it is more based on industry, rather than pure trade like the Zheng Group. This is not just due to

What is more important to prevent excessive competition between the two parties is that Chen Kai came from hundreds of years later, and his knowledge reserve told him that this is the right thing to do.

"The Sea Coachman will eventually give way to England and France. In history, the Zheng Group was also strangled to death in Taiwan by the Manchus who moved the border and banned the sea. I am in Guangdong, so I will start it here. Come to think of it, Zheng Chenggong

I will certainly be able to understand the truth behind this, but there has never been that opportunity in history.”

Thinking about it this way, everyone was recalling the positioning issue he just explained, and they felt that this was probably an enhanced version of the Guangdong Trading Company in which they participated. The difference was that the Guangdong Trading Company was essentially the Zheng Group in Guangdong Province.

To supplement the region, the Guangdong Business Alliance is based on the industrial construction, upgrading and expansion of the province.

As Chen Kai said at the beginning, after years of war, the province of Guangdong is in dire straits waiting to be revitalized. When Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong teamed up to regain Chaozhou, Chaozhou's people's livelihood, which had been increasingly damaged due to the loss of control at the grassroots level, was restored.

Due to the rapid recovery, I am afraid that even Guangzhou cannot compare with it now.

This is the result of ebb and flow, but according to the current momentum, Shunde County, for example, takes the sericulture and silk industry as the leader, the people's livelihood of the entire county is seeing a large influx of funds, and the silk industry will reap huge dividends in the future.

It was quickly restored under the beautiful vision of Shunde. When it came to peace, it was only a matter of time for the officials, gentry, merchants and people in Shunde.

There is no doubt that the Shunde model is worth advocating and emulating. In the same way, Foshan's steel base will also be developed in a similar way. Chen Kai's manufacturing bureau in Chaozhou has already completed the early technology accumulation. So far

, it’s nothing more than getting raw materials, building a hydraulic workshop, and then you can directly harvest steel products.

Like Guangzhou, Chen Kai also plans to let members from Chaozhou and Qiongzhou come to learn advanced models and at the same time drive the industrial upgrading of those two places.

"Gentlemen, I still say what I said. Our purpose here is to make money. However, all of us here are good businessmen, not profiteers who accumulate wealth by exploiting people, evading taxes, and enriching themselves. We are normal

Pay taxes, support regional development, benefit people's livelihood, and gain wealth, all in accordance with the teachings of the sage Guanzi."

"Mr. Fujun is right!"

"That's it. Mr. Fujun really touched our hearts!"

The venue was once again filled with applause and praise. The merchants present had spent the first half of their lives, including their parents' and ancestors' lives, in discrimination. Now, Chen Kai gave them a reasonable and legal way to make a fortune quickly.

The road to wealth also provided their efforts with the theory of Guan Zhong, the most respected theory of Confucius. In the words of later generations, they were far superior at that time.

The members happily cheered the birth of the theoretical basis, and at the same time they were even more happy about their bright prospects in the future. Only Chen Kai, in addition to joy, secretly laughed, whether there would be another organization that worships Guan Zhong in the future.

You won’t be ridiculed by those guys who say grapes are sour when you can’t eat them. You can kowtow together with prostitutes and brothels.

"Guan Zhong, those who can do more work. The police and the underworld both want to pay homage to Mr. Guan, don't they say anything?"

At the new conference, the trading companies established by Chen Qice and Li Changrong respectively became fellow members of the Guangdong Business Alliance. This is absolutely beneficial to the current situation, because it can not only expand the influence of the Guangdong Business Alliance, but also enable the bundling of interests.

, it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

However, Chen Kai also has to consider the feelings of his generals - if he can recruit allies, he must take care of his own people, otherwise he will lose the support of his people.

Chen Kai was still working on the specific matters. But before he could finalize the matter, the Guangdong Inspector Cao Conglong whom Zheng Chenggong mentioned before took the lead in taking a boat to Guangzhou to take up his post. The Inspector General Si Yamen was in charge of the province's affairs.
Chapter completed!