The big move of the owner of Luzhuang is simply not worth mentioning in the chaotic situation in Shandong. In troubled times, there are so many grass-headed kings. With the Denglai Rebellion, there are bandits everywhere who use poles to occupy the territory. They occupy villages and attack strongholds, everywhere. Harmful to the people, some were even bold enough to join forces to attack the county. However, it was difficult for them to maintain their territory under the squeeze of the rebels and Lu Wenyuan. Neither the rebels nor the Senate liked anyone competing with them for food. Zhu Mingxia continued He led the newly formed rural brave team to sweep away the bandits. Firstly, he allowed the rural braves to train, and secondly, he also captured more prisoners and seized some trophies to supplement himself.
For the court, they had no time to take into account the deeds of the owner of the deer farm on the island. Because shocking news came one after another. In the ensuing tug-of-war, the new governor of Shandong, Xu Congzhi, was killed by the rebels' Hongyi cannon just like in history. Concentrated deaths, Liu Yulie's disastrous defeat and Xu Congzhi's martyrdom became the perfect excuse for a new round of party struggle. Politicians from various factions came on stage one after another to attack each other. Wang Daochun, the Shandong patrol commander who broke out from Laizhou and went to Qingzhou to be responsible for the deployment of the armies, was attacked Fierce attacks from the imperial censors - Like Liu Yulie, he received fierce attacks from all sides because of the defeat of Shahe.
On the eighth day of May in the fifth year of Chongzhen, after a chaotic debate, a new commander-in-chief finally came: Zhu Dadian, the former Tianjin military commander, was ordered to patrol Shandong and dispatched in Qingzhou. Someone needs to take responsibility for this series of defeats. , Sun Yuanhua defended the city of Laizhou, and Xu Congzhi had already died in the battle. So Wang Daochun, who originally broke out from the city to Qingzhou to take charge of the coordination, lost his official position earlier than ever in history. He couldn't help but feel inexplicable grief and anger, and went back to his hometown full of complaints. Fortunately, There was also Liu Yulie accompanying him - he was also dismissed from office earlier than in history.
As soon as Zhu Dadian took office, he began to rout the entire army. He stocked up on grains, grass, firearms and deployed them for the suppression work. This time, Lu Zeyang, who had been at Nanguan of Laizhou, was not so calm. Zhu Dadian was known as a capable minister, and it was in his hands that the Dengzhou military rebellion ended. He knew that according to the course of history, the rebels would not be able to survive for a few months. In the next few months, their scope of activities would continue to be compressed, and Laizhou City would soon be relieved.
The telegram was concise and concise, but Zhao Yingong couldn't help but sigh knowing that there was so much bloodshed behind it. At the end of the telegram, there was Lu Zeyang's plan based on the veteran military proposal system: sending a special reconnaissance team to assassinate Zhu Dadian to prolong the entire process. Chaos in Dengzhou.
According to this system, once someone puts forward a complete proposal, the Standing Committee of the Senate will consult all the senators, including those sent abroad.
Zhao Yingong frowned. He felt that the assassination was somewhat unnecessary. However, he had heard that Zhu Dadian was known as a capable minister. And he knew from history books that he was a scholar-official with great national integrity. If he was in charge of counterinsurgency, After the incident was completed, he became the governor of Shandong. It was obviously very inconvenient for the owner of Luzhuang who wanted to form a local power separatist regime in Shandong. From this perspective, assassination was also an option.
Then came several letters and reports. After reading them one by one, he made written instructions. Then he began to write letters to the management staff of Wanyou's Shanghai headquarters.
As a full-time trading enterprise in Shanhai Road, "Wanyou", in addition to making profits through its own trade, is mainly responsible for the Senate's commodity sales and material procurement tasks.
Of course, Zhao Yingong usually did not show up at Wanyou, but issued instructions through written orders.
Wanyou is the "gold brand" in Shanlu, and Lin Quan'an personally operates the business at the Yangzhou head office. According to the operation model of Shanhailu, Wanyou's logistics services and financial services are outsourced to Qizhan and Delong Bank respectively, and he focuses on
In terms of business operations, it has taken advantage of its efficient logistics system and flexible and abundant capital mobilization. Coupled with Zhao Yingong's work to win over the Xu family and Fushe, the operation has been more effective with half the effort. Sales and profit margins are both
The amount of dividends is rising steadily. Last year's dividend amount made Lin Quan'an laugh from ear to ear for several days - although according to Wanyou's company articles of association, there will be no dividends for the first three years. Zhao Yingong saw the surveillance report saying that he "walked in the wind and spoke loudly."
"Ruo Hongzhong".
"Hmph, if we hadn't lacked start-up capital, how could we have made you so rich?" Zhao Yingong thought to himself. Sooner or later, he would have to mention it at the Senate meeting: dilute and adjust Wanyou's share capital, or simply start a new business -
This big piece of meat from the Ming Dynasty's trade cannot be given away for no reason.
Zhao Yingong was not prepared to let Wanyou directly participate in this trade with Japan - its only role in this trade was to mobilize goods according to his instructions. The specific required stocking funds were transferred to the foreign trade companies under the Ministry of Colonization and Trade.
, anyway, these days sea trade does not necessarily require a corporate entity.
It's early summer now, when Zheng Zhilong's fleet is riding the southeast monsoon from Fujian to Japan. Shen Tingyang's sand ship cannot leave the port from Shanghai during this season - the sand ship leaves Shanghai in November. Now
They still have plenty of time to prepare the goods.
At that time, Japan, like other East and Southeast Asian countries, was very short of daily necessities, so no matter what was shipped to Japan for sale, it was easy to get rid of it: from high-end textiles and raw silk to the most common iron pots, coarse porcelain bowls, and sewing needles.
Wait, there is almost nothing that is not easy to sell.
The most important export material is of course raw silk. Raw silk in this time and space only begins to appear one after another in the seventh and eighth months of the lunar calendar every year. Zheng Zhilong's fleet has to set off in the summer, so naturally he can't wait, so it is inevitable for him to sell it in Japan.
It's the Chen silk I hoarded last year.
In contrast, his sand fleet set out in winter and could easily purchase raw silk of better quality that year. The quality was already superior to Zheng Zhilong's raw silk.
Zhao Yingong's ambitions don't stop there. Zhejiang produces the best silkworm cocoons in China. If the more advanced silk reeling technology is used to make raw silk, the quality will become unique high-quality silk in this time and space. Especially this year in Zhejiang
If there is still a severe drought and the cocoon production is bound to be greatly reduced, the market price will inevitably be high. It is impossible for a new purchaser like Wanyou to compete with other silk purchasers on the purchase network, so the price obtained from the purchase will be high.
Producing high-quality raw silk can greatly increase the added value and make it sufficiently competitive.
His instructions to Wanyou: Be open to purchasing raw silk and silkworm cocoons, especially silkworm cocoons. He has written a letter to the Planning Institute to explore the possibility of setting up a mechanized or semi-mechanized silk reeling factory in Hangzhou.
The idea of a silk reeling factory has been around for a long time - it is unthinkable not to consider this issue in a major cocoon production base in the country like Zhejiang. He has communicated with the Planning Institute, the Industrial Energy Commission and the Ministry of Light Industry on this issue. Reeling
The factory's technology is relatively simple, and it does not require large-scale power equipment. According to the plan given by the Industrial Energy Commission, it is basically constructed based on the model of Chen Qiyuan's Jichang Long Silk Factory. Strictly speaking, the Jichang Long Silk Factory is not a real factory.
The mechanized silk reeling factory can only be regarded as semi-mechanized production. However, the investment is small, the construction is fast, and the new equipment can significantly improve the quality of silk. It is very consistent with Zhao Yingong's current material foundation and surrounding environment.
The project for the silk reeling factory has generally been approved, and is only waiting for the final approval of the executive committee. Zhao Yingong estimates that the project has a high probability of approval - after all, raw silk is currently a major export product, and it only relies on partners to collect it on the mainland.
Not only is the cost high, but the production scale of earthen silk is too small according to the level of modern industrialization. Just satisfying the huge appetite of Europeans is worth launching this project.
In the 17th century, in addition to China, Japan, Italy, North Africa and Central Asia had silk production, but no one's production scale could compare with China. Once Zhao Yingong's improved varieties and new methods of raw silk were produced, relying on the excellent location, huge output and
The powerful transportation capacity can directly defeat the entire raw silk industry in these places and form huge monopoly benefits.
In addition to raw silk and silkworm cocoons, he also wanted Wanyou to purchase various daily groceries, especially all kinds of daily porcelain from Jiangxi - Jiangxi is a big province of porcelain, and both the quantity and quality of its production are higher than those of Fujian, which specializes in exporting
The fired Clark porcelain is much higher. It is very difficult to transport Jiangxi porcelain to Fujian, but it is not difficult to transport it to Shanghai: Jiangxi has a developed inland river system.
In addition, he also applied to the Planning Institute to purchase a batch of small hardware products from Lingao for export to Japan. After writing all these letters, Zhao Yingong breathed a sigh of relief and handed all the letters to the people waiting outside.
Confidential personnel.
The next step is to wait for news from Japan. The Ministry of Colonization and Trade's channels for dealing with Japan should have been opened. When the wind blows in November, the four large sand ships sailing to Nagasaki or Hirado will definitely cause a sensation. Don't worry.
Not to mention, Zheng Zhilong or any other Chinese businessman's ship could not transport the new silk from that year alone. Zhao Yingong sneered a few times. When the time comes, the Jiangnan Jin gentry who begged Shen Tingyang to go to Japan with him to make a fortune will probably want to
Old Shen's family is limited to clothing. Maybe they will have to get dozens of large sand ships to go to Japan for dumping. They will directly fill the warehouses of Japanese merchants and collect all the money. Once the Zheng family's route to Japan is destroyed, he
It won't be able to survive for a few days - without the economic foundation, everything is empty talk.
No matter how capable Zheng Zhilong is, and no matter how much Xiong Tingbi trusts him, he probably won't have the guts to provoke the Jiangnan Jin gentry, the most powerful ruling and opposition force in the late Ming Dynasty. When the time comes, he will either jump over the wall and come out for a decisive battle - this is what the Senate wants;
He died silently and weakly due to blood loss.
Zhao Yingong thought: This is called defeating the enemy without fighting. Let you see that we can win thousands of miles away without relying on strong ships and cannons. (To be continued.)
ps: I read the wrong information in some previous chapters. The route from Shanghai to Japan is in November. If it was mentioned earlier that it is in summer, please correct me! I apologize!