The most important job in February is to work on the performance, there is really nothing else. [Read the novel with the correct chapter, search on google]
The empire is on the right track, and officials are performing their duties, adhering to Shao Shude's will, and handling various affairs. They are all "skilled workers". As long as they receive clear instructions, no matter whether they do well or badly, they will always
Efforts in this direction.
Shao Shude's main focus was on foreign affairs and military affairs.
The former mainly includes handling the affairs of various internal and external vassals, while the latter mainly involves rectifying the imperial army, curbing unhealthy tendencies, cleaning up old men, and improving combat effectiveness.
Relatively speaking, the first type of affairs is easier.
Yunnan Trading Company was officially established in February of the 9th year of Tongguang. It followed the old rules and mobilized manpower from Bohai Trading Company and Annan Trading Company to organize it.
Once upon a time, Bohai Trading Company had a large number of manpower, providing sufficient management and operating talents for the establishment of Annan Trading Company.
By this time, Annan Trading Company had also allocated a large number of manpower, giving them ample opportunities for training. After five or six years, they had made great progress. Therefore, as soon as Yunnan Trading Company was established, most of the personnel were in place, and a small part was missing.
The old relatives, such as the Zhuge family, the Tuoba family, the Kang family, and the Zhao family, select outstanding children to join and form a community of interests. The middle and senior management of the four major trading companies of Bohai, Annan, Xiyu, and Yunnan may enter the tax supervision department.
Yes, it sounds like it is a curved path to becoming an official, so we have to pay attention to it.
As for the Western Region Trading Co., due to the relationship between business and profitability, they are not yet qualified to allocate a large number of manpower, so they did not allocate their people to participate this time.
By the end of Tongguang's eighth year, Bohai Trading Company's profit for the year was close to 50,000 yuan, and it has been growing steadily.
Compared with the "steady" growth of Bohai Trading Company, the business of Annan Trading Company can be described as "rapid" growth. Last year, it exceeded 400,000 yuan, which surprised many people. Even so, it still paid for a large number of epidemics and shipwrecks.
The figures after personnel pensions show that this business is really great.
Xiyu Trading Co., Ltd. is far behind. Tongguang only made a profit for the first time in four years, and now it only makes more than 50,000 yuan.
Of course, this is related to its business model.
This trading company itself is like a big contractor with a bunch of smaller contractors underneath it. After the business started, it produced a lot of food, a lot of money came in and out, and the turnover was quite good, but it actually didn't make much money.
Most of the profits are earned by "contractors" at all levels and the employees who grow grain in merchant villages. The merchants themselves also have to bear the expenses of building simple roads, irrigation canals, storage warehouses, etc. If it were not for the capture of many slaves for farming subsidies,
, most of them are still at a loss.
And this is actually an important reason why Shao Shude asked them to reform. I thought you were a trading company, but it turned out to be an agricultural company? From now on, the Western Region Commercial Society will slowly increase its trade business and reduce the proportion of commercial villages.
After the Yunnan Trading Company was established, strictly speaking, it had many similarities with the Bohai Trading Company.
Each of the four trading companies has its own characteristics.
In fact, more than 90% of Annan Trading Company's profits come from one type of commodity: spices.
Xiyu Trading Co., Ltd. doesn’t look like a trading company.
The product categories operated by Bohai Trading Company are very complex, including dried meat, salted fish, grain, leather, pearls, horses, wool, medicinal materials, metals, sea animals, whale products, etc., etc., etc., under such a situation, you really
It is difficult to say which product is the mainstream. Whale products may have the highest value, but they cannot gain much advantage, and the overall situation is relatively scattered.
This trading company also has the largest number of employees among all the companies, more than five times that of Annan Trading Company, but its profits are far behind others.
Yunnan Trading Company is destined to be a smaller Bohai Trading Company.
Tonghua cloth, dried fruits, honey, medicinal materials, livestock, soap and even heavy wood - not to mention that the emperor needed to go to the south to choose wood to build a palace, the nobles and wealthy households also had this need.
In addition, the saint has been trying to promote a thing called "emerald" for many years. Even the queen came out to cooperate and often gave jade jewelry to married women. She also wore an jade ring. Over the years, he slowly cultivated
For certain markets, the Shaofu even specially trained more than a dozen craftsmen for processing jade.
The nine counties of Baozhou can also profit from this artificially generated market, because several jadeite rough mines and gemstone mines of various sizes have been discovered there.
As long as there are enough benefits, many people don't mind risking their lives. Although Baozhou is considered a scary place, can you make money without risking your life? Isn't it dangerous to go to sea? What about catching slaves? It's all the same.
of.
Shao Shude also hoped that Yunnan Trading Company could focus on this business, and then drive countless people to Baozhou voluntarily through the power of money.
When more people go there, the environment will improve. When the environment is better, fewer people will die. The simplest point is that mosquitoes that spread malaria need a living environment. Generally speaking, they can only fly a few dozen meters.
, Changing the environment and reducing the environment suitable for mosquito breeding can effectively reduce the incidence of malaria.
Even the matter of transforming the environment itself does require a lot of human lives.
Therefore, they can only be driven by economic means. They went voluntarily and could not be persuaded to come back. The court did not force immigrants...
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"Unlike other trading companies, Yunnan Trading Company has two thousand shares." Shao Shude said.
To be honest, it's a bit embarrassing.
When he summoned Yansun last month, he was excited and promised to reward him with 200 shares of Yunnan Trading Co., Ltd. Later, he thought about it, the reward was too heavy, how could Yansun hold 20% of the shares? But the so-called Jun has no joke.
, how can he change things he said at will? Shao Shude was a little annoyed, wondering if he was subconsciously compensating him for borrowing Yansun's wife Cai Bangshi to give birth to a child.
Now that I have come to my senses, I have decided to increase the total share capital of Yunnan Trading Co., Ltd. from one thousand shares to two thousand shares. The specific allocation is still based on the previous principle: the tax supervisor (originally the Ministry of Household Affairs), Yunnan Province will each have a share, and the local tyrants will have a share.
, part of the public offering.
What we want is an equal share of interests, what we want is to form a community of interests so that everyone can make a fortune together and no one can live alone.
At the same time, it seems that the restructuring of the other three trading companies should also be put on the agenda.
To put it simply, it is also to increase the share capital and tie more people to the chariot.
Take Bohai Trading Co., Ltd. as an example. It has been in its fifteenth year since its founding ten years ago. After fifteen years of development, this trading company has branches all over Liaodong, with a network of relationships extending in all directions, including staff, non-staff and
With as many as 20,000 collaborators, it is already a giant.
Over the past fifteen years, there have been many managers, leaders of indigenous clans, and officials from local prominent families who have made great contributions to the development of the trading company.
Fifteen years later, some of the initially identified partners for cooperation have not been of much use. Some neglected chiefs have brought surprises to the trading company.
At this time, if the distribution of benefits is not adjusted, many people will become discouraged, and the upper limit of the development of trading companies will be fixed.
As a result, he decided to expand the total share capital of Bohai Trading Company to 2,000 shares, absorbing some of the local snakes in Liaodong, wealthy families and even pirate leaders to become shareholders - of course, their identities are definitely not like this on the surface. These pirate leaders usually move in places where they often move.
He has a reputation of being charitable, has done many good deeds, and has a high reputation.
After the share expansion, the interests of the old shareholders of Bohai Trading Company have been diluted, but the management rights are still in the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is written in the articles of establishment of Bohai Trading Company and will not change.
"How much are two hundred shares worth?" In the palace of Prince Yalong, Cai Bang served the prepared meals to the table one by one, while Meru poured wine aside, and the three children were playing in the back room. It was really a warm family.
——Twisted and heartwarming.
"I don't know either. I have to open the business to find out." Shao Shude said.
"Yalong is actually better than Zhangxiong. Zahid will be blessed in the future." Meru sighed and said.
The altitude of Yalong is not that high, about 3,000 meters above sea level. Some river valleys are even below 3,000 meters. The agricultural production is just okay. This time Yan Sun came to Beijing and even paid tribute to hundreds of Tibetan pigs and yaks, and the livestock industry
Not bad.
Only when the conditions for agriculture and animal husbandry are good can there be enough population to develop commerce.
In comparison, the altitude of Shangshung is too high and the land is too barren. Although the territory is very vast, the population is not much larger than that of Biallon, and most of them are still in the hands of the princes. The overall situation is extremely poor, and there is no business.
Development is greatly restricted.
"Can this be compared?" Shao Shude smiled helplessly and said: "The Western Region Trading Company will also increase its capital and expand its shares. I will leave some family property to our children."
Only then did Mulu smile.
Shao Shude pinched her hard, and Merulu, who was not wearing a baleen cover, screamed in surprise.
"When I build these trading companies, making money is the second priority. You women really don't know anything." Shao Shude said.
Based on the huge Central Plains consumer market, through various trading companies, large quantities of goods from border areas are sold into the Central Plains to obtain commercial benefits.
In this process, the people of the Central Plains obtained commodities from Liaodong, Yunnan, Annan, and the Western Regions, which improved their living standards.
Liaodong, Yunnan, Annan, and the Western Regions also made money. At the same time, high-quality and low-priced goods from the Central Plains were imported, and their living standards also improved.
Sometimes, the demand is there, but due to various factors, it is never possible to establish a stable trade. From a certain perspective, this is a misallocation of resources. Institutions such as Bohai Trading Co., Ltd. are here to break down barriers and re-optimize
Resource allocation.
These trading companies themselves distribute profits through shares, attracting the strongest, most influential, and most likely to rebel people in each region to share the profits.
Of course, interest is not always a factor in everything in this world, but it is a point that cannot be circumvented. Once the distribution of interests is solved, I don’t know how much trouble can be eliminated.
Stabilizing local snakes in Yunnan through Yunnan Trading Co., Ltd. and allowing them to share business interests is beneficial to maintaining stability. This has been confirmed by Annan Trading Co., Ltd. - the local tycoons who participated in Annan Trading Co., Ltd. now identify with Daxia very much.
The business scope of Yunnan trading companies is not limited to Yunnan Province, but also covers Tubo.
In Shao Shude's plan, he formed a community of interests with the Tibetan nobles in the Yalong Valley through commercial trade, and then sent a small number of officials to organize local government affairs and train pro-Xia officials. The last step was to garrison the army.
At the beginning, there can be fewer people, one hundred or two hundred people. The reason is to escort the liaison ministers sent there. Later, the number can be gradually increased, and the scope of influence can be expanded step by step.
This kind of peaceful evolution has a prerequisite, that is, King Yalong must be politically reliable, especially in the early stage when the effects have not yet appeared, he must support the various policies of the Daxia court as Zanpu.
Shao Shude knew this very well. He basically didn't touch his concubines now. After recuperating his energy, he would secretly stay in Prince Shang Hung's Palace or Prince Yalong's Palace and devote himself to the great cause of the empire.
Life is quite comfortable.
And this leisurely and comfortable life lasted until the end of March, when the southern suburbs began to worship the gods.