In the Republic of China at this time, the Manchu and Qing dynasties had only been overthrown for a few years and were under the rule of the Beiyang warlord government.
There are many large and small warlords in the country, conflicts between factions are serious, and the situation of armed separatism is relatively prominent.
Above the rivers and lakes and green forests, there was even more turmoil, and the struggle was extremely fierce.
At that time, as long as the gangsters had guns, they could dominate one side by force and cede territory and become kings.
Many rural towns far away from the city are often harassed by bandits, and the phenomenon of homes and houses being robbed occurs frequently in various places.
The government system of the Republic of China was filled with a large number of old officials from the former Qing Dynasty. The bureaucracy was obvious and the system was generally overstaffed.
In such a chaotic situation, people cannot rely on the government. If they want to protect themselves from being bullied, protect their families from being ravaged, and take good care of their property, they mostly have to find ways on their own.
If there are relatively influential gentry who take the lead in organizing, militia armed groups with the purpose of "protecting the people and the land" will be formed in some towns.
These civilian armed forces gather among fellow villagers and friends, and patrol the places where their ancestors have lived for generations. They share the same hatred and hatred. Although their qualities are uneven, their will to protect their homeland is very firm.
The emergence of these militia organizations has greatly ensured the security of township offices and has become the main force allowed by the government to resist banditry.
In this context, three situations coexisted in the way of transporting goods on commercial roads.
The first situation is that the merchant does not have his own freight fleet or horse team, but he can purchase his own firearms and set up training personnel to protect the transportation of goods sold by his business.
This situation is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which invisibly increases the cost of transportation and leads to a decrease in trade profits.
In view of this, merchants generally use this method when transporting goods with a higher unit price and larger value.
The second situation is that the merchant entrusts a bodyguard agency or a relatively large caravan that specializes in commercial road transportation to provide necessary protection for the transportation of goods and to transport the goods.
Because the escort agencies and caravans have been engaged in cargo transportation on specialized routes for a long time, they are very familiar with the "hills" and "gullies" scattered along the route.
Let them protect and transport the goods, and there will basically be no problems.
Although they charge based on the number of transportation trips, it would be more appropriate to calculate it evenly over a long period of time.
However, escort agencies and caravans tend to have long-term cooperation with merchants and do not accept LTL goods.
This is a method of transporting goods that merchants often choose when conducting trade. For businesses with large trade volume, this method of transporting goods is the most cost-effective.
The third situation is that the merchant has its own freight fleet and its own escort force.
This method of transporting goods tests the merchant's own strength, but it is also the most consistent with the business operation model.
The benefits of having your own freight fleet are obvious, that is, if you have sufficient transportation capacity, in addition to meeting the transportation needs of your own operations, you can also undertake the freight business of other merchants.
When there is no entrusted transportation business, your own freight fleet has to carry out point-to-point transportation. Within the range that the transportation capacity can bear, with the supplement of external cargo transportation, you can greatly offset the cost of your own cargo transportation, as well as the subsequent
The consumption of vehicle escorts will be reduced to ensure that trade profits will not decline.
Therefore, compared to escort agencies and caravans, merchants with their own freight fleets can accept LTL cargo transportation business.
The cargo transportation model of "Yongran Pavilion" falls into this third situation. After three years of rapid development, it has become a long-term business of "Yongran Pavilion".
Because, with the support of its own trade operations and the foundation of cargo transportation volume, the full load rate of the "Yongran Pavilion" transportation fleet can be guaranteed.
It is no exaggeration to say that the no-load rate of the "Yongran Pavilion" transport fleet has been at zero in the past three years.
This situation means that in the fifteen provinces, the transportation vehicles traveling to and from the "Yongran Pavilion" between various places are not running freely. This is a very good fleet management and operation situation.
The operating indicators of the transportation fleet are an indicator condition that Yong Ming attaches great importance to to measure whether the operation of "Yong Ran Pavilion" is normal.
From this aspect, the operation of "Yong Ran Pavilion" is in a good state.
With the natural advantage of logistics and transportation costs, the transportation costs quoted by "Yongran Pavilion" are low compared to escort agencies and caravans.
These merchants who need to transport goods are all shrewd calculation people, and their ability to settle accounts is very strong.
After seeing the freight quotation of "Yongran Hall" and deducting the basic transportation cost, they knew that "Yongran Hall" did not earn their freight in this business.
Therefore, "Yongran Pavilion" is very busy in undertaking the entrusted transportation business of goods from external merchants. It has reached the point where it is necessary to make an appointment in advance and pay the full fee before waiting in line for loading and transportation.
This is the measure of "benefiting businesses and benefiting the people" advocated and implemented by Yong Ming. In actual business activities, it is a true response that is sought after by many businesses.
Yong Ming's move is to do his best to avoid increasing the cost of goods in the logistics and transportation process as much as possible.
Because, among the various comprehensive costs of a commodity, logistics and transportation costs account for a large proportion.
After subtracting the bulk of logistics and transportation costs, even taking into account the cost of raw material procurement, storage, transportation, processing and packaging in the production and manufacturing process, and the costs of rent, labor, warehousing, taxes and middlemen in the sales process,
As well as issues such as capital liquidity, commodity turnover rate and operating time, the final selling price of a commodity will not be very high.
Although he lived in this period of social turmoil during the Republic of China, Yong Ming did not lose hope for future development.
Through his own efforts, he tried his best to stabilize social prices.
Among the fifteen provinces, there are some areas with banditry and poor public security.
Since goods face higher security risks during transportation in these areas, the freight is naturally not low.
Therefore, in these areas, the profits of the logistics and transportation business carried out by "Yongran Pavilion" are very considerable.
This is because Yongming has implemented freight pricing principles that are different from those in normal areas in response to the special circumstances of these areas.
Generally speaking, depending on the total unit price of the goods and the specific distance transported, the overall freight rate will be 30% higher than in areas with better security.