Wang Rende then said: "Three brothers, we have also read the regulations of this city's shipping company. In my opinion, it is impossible for us to wrap up the goods of the maritime merchants. We can only use the merchants in Daming to go abroad."
I have some ideas for the goods I sell.”
"The raw silk of our Ming Dynasty is very easy to sell. As long as we can occupy a large part of it, we will enjoy it endlessly in the future."
The charter of the Shishi Shipping Company formulated by Yunxi, Qi Tai and others is not complicated. It mainly contains the following articles:
First, even between local merchants and foreign merchants in Shanghu County, goods cannot be sold casually. They can only be sold in designated areas, that is, the trading areas specially set up by the Municipal Shipping Department. Violators will have all the goods confiscated. This is mainly for
Facilitate taxation;
Second, domestic merchants sell goods to foreign merchants, and foreign merchants sell goods to domestic merchants. These are two separate places, and they cannot be mixed. There cannot be both goods exported by domestic merchants to foreign merchants and foreign merchants in one place.
Goods sold to domestic merchants are also for the convenience of taxation;
Third, the tax rate is set at one-tenth. Buyers and sellers need to fill in a delivery voucher when making a sale. The total price needs to be written on the voucher, and only after paying the tax according to the price can the buyer take the goods out of the trading area; and if it is
If there is a delivery certificate, and the buyer finds that the goods are fake, he can take the goods and the certificate to the shipping department to file a lawsuit, and he will be compensated ten percent for any fake goods.
However, this article is mainly useful for unfamiliar and distrustful shops and customers, so that the tax can be collected in full; when the customer and the shop have a tacit understanding, they can write the price lower and make up the price secretly; after all, money is the key
It's easy to give, but the goods are not easy to move. But Yunxi couldn't think of a better way. The later method of asking tax authorities to audit the accounts can only create a group of big corruption criminals in this era.
Fourth, only those who sell goods are allowed to set up shops, and those who buy goods are not allowed to set up purchase stalls. This is also to facilitate tax collection.
There are several other articles, but they basically prevent businessmen from evading taxes.
The last article stipulates that the store locations in the trading area are not for sale and will always belong to the state. They are rented every five years and the rent can also be changed. This article is also for the country to collect more money.
Therefore, their idea of taking a large share of raw silk is of course to take advantage of the geographical convenience to occupy more shops. There are restrictions on the shops of each type of goods in the trading area. Now, apart from the Wang family, there are not many officials in Songjiang Prefecture.
The forces at sea include Xiao, Lu, and Duan, but they are not afraid of anyone.
However, Xiao Zhuo listened to Wang Rende's words, read the regulations of the Shipping Department again, and said: "Although we have strong dragons and local snakes, we don't buy raw silk."
"Although raw silk is grown by people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now the court is suppressing silk merchants who dominate the world, there are still these silk merchants."
"Brother Wang's idea is good, but we just need to think more about it."
"In my opinion, if you want to capture a large share of the raw silk market, there are two things you can't bypass."
"The Zhao family in Huzhou Prefecture, and the Shen family in Suzhou Prefecture. Huzhou and Suzhou are both big places that produce silk. The Zhao family and the Shen family have been doing business in raw silk for generations. When Emperor Taizu was in power, they were
I have attacked them several times, but the poisonous insects are still alive."
"If you want to take advantage of this raw silk business, you have to discuss it with them and give up some members. This time, people from the Zhao family and Shen family should also be here. Let's discuss it with them."
Wang Rende thought for a moment and said: "It seems that I thought simply. Brother Xiao is right. But I have never had any friendship with these two families. Brother Xiao, Brother Lu and Brother Duan, you are fighting with these two families."
Have you ever had any dealings with each other?"
Duan He said: "I have dealt with the Zhao family in Huzhou and bought raw silk from them; I have never dealt with the Li family in Suzhou."
Xiao Zhuo said: "That's enough. The Zhao family and the Li family must have had a relationship. If we find the Zhao family, we will also find the Li family."
Then he said to Duan He: "It's already late today. Tomorrow you go to the place where the merchants are housed by the Shipping Department and look for people from the Zhao family. Let's discuss it together. Then ask someone to see if we can find the Li family.
people."
Duan He said: "Okay, Brother Xiao."
Xiao Zhuo said to Wang Rende: "Brother Wang, go ahead and make arrangements to occupy the shops. All the shops should be rented out tomorrow or the day after."
Then he laughed and said: "The imperial court doesn't know who came up with this idea. They don't sell it but rent it. From now on, they can collect the money every five years. It's such a good plan."
Wang Rende also agreed. But after agreeing, Wang Rende suddenly realized that he originally wanted to take the lead, but why did he feel that Xiao Zhuo was now taking the lead?
Wang Rende, who realized this, couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, it would be a bit unreasonable to stand up now, so he had to leave it at that.
Xiao Zhuo probably hasn't noticed this yet. He is used to giving orders on his own one-third of an acre of land. At this time, he said to Lu Yu, the second among the three: "Second brother, the two of us will meet separately tomorrow.
Meet businessmen from overseas."
"However, they are said to be from overseas. In fact, most of them are people who came out of the Ming Dynasty. They found a few locals from Fuso, Ryukyu, and Luzon, and then pretended to be businessmen from the foreign countries."
"Although we don't go to sea, we know how to deal with those at sea. We check with them to see if we can order the goods in advance. We have to accept goods from overseas. We still have to take care of both sides.
good."
"But it's probably difficult. It's not like they don't understand Chinese characters, and the articles of association of the Shipping Company are not hidden. This is obviously an article that benefits the sellers. They won't be able to see it. Let's see how many points they can get.
What's the score?"
After the instructions were given, there was nothing to discuss today. Xiao Zhuo and the other three said, "Brother Wang, let's go back now. We will talk about other things tomorrow."
Wang Rende immediately said: "Brothers are leaving at this time. Isn't that a disgrace to me? Although our Songjiang Prefecture is a small place, it is not as good as yours in Jiaxing. There are many ways to have fun at night. Let the three brothers have fun tonight."
"
Wang Rende immediately stood up and said loudly: "Wang Fu!"
The butler waiting outside was named Wang Fu. When he heard Wang Rende's shout, he hurriedly walked in and said, "What do you want me to do?"
Wang Rende ordered: "Go to Zuixianju in the city and ask them to send two jugs of good wine; then send someone to Jinlou and ask them to send a table of food to us."
"As well as the friends brought by the three brothers outside, you should also treat them well. If you let me know who is dissatisfied, I will only ask you!"
Wang Fu bowed and said, "Yes, sir." Then he stepped back and gave instructions.
Xiao Zhuo and the other three knew that since Wang Rende had already given the order, it would be too shameless to insist on leaving. Xiao Zhuo smiled and said, "Then we will bother Brother Wang tonight."
