Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 159

[Chapter 159 Great Future]

“Your Highness, please express it!”

Seeing Zhao Xu’s serious face, Yang He cheered up.

“You must know about the shipbuilding in Yunhai County.” Zhao Xu asked.

Yang He nodded, “Your Highness wants to open up a trade route at sea.”

Staring at Yang He, Zhao Xu said, “Not only for the trade route, but also for the caravan that will be established soon.”

There is no doubt that , In addition to the great song, the age of great exploration may have already begun.

The only thing that is uncertain is whether this era is in its infancy or its end.

The Age of Discovery is characterized by colonization, and the essence of colonization is the competition for overseas markets.

So many trading companies with national backgrounds were born during this period.

Such as the notorious East India Company.

This company authorized by Emperor Elizabeth I has a 21-year trade monopoly in the East India region.

It is both a company and a tentacles of British colonization. The country sends generals, troops and warships to act as claws for this company, seizing all areas they think are profitable.

And the huge profits brought by this national company to Britain have allowed Britain to dominate for three hundred years.

For Zhao Xu, his current territory is small.

But his ambitions are not small.

His goods are very profitable in Da Song, and he has made a profit.

But what they earn is the money of Dasong people, which is the same as the killing of contemporary Internet companies in China, which belongs to introversion.

Accumulation in the early stage is feasible, but if it continues to be like this in the future, it will only be detrimental to Dasong’s overall national strength.

Therefore, in this era of great voyages and the will of the country to plunder wealth and support the country, he cannot be absent.

Since Dasong rulers and ministers don’t understand, he understands, then he will do it.

And, he has the ability to do it.

The most important thing is that the huge profits brought about by doing so will nourish his construction on the soil like nutrients.

“Caravan?” Yang He’s eyes lit up.

At present, the goods of the Wangfu are mainly sold to merchants in Laiyan County, and let them transport them out for sale.

But these merchants are not controlled by the palace, so the efficiency is hard to say.

In his heart, he had this hazy thought for a long time.

King Yan proposed now, and he was overjoyed.

“Well, the caravan established in the name of the firm will have its own fleet and its own caravan guards. The main duty is to sell the goods to countries other than Da Song and occupy the market there. , the secondary duty is to protect the business of the palace in Da Song and fight against bandits on the commercial road.” Zhao Xu said slowly.

He can’t directly say that the caravan will have its own army, which is a bit taboo, and it is easy to be brought to the court to talk about things.

It is said that the guards are more secure.

Of course, these guards will not be handed over to the direct command of the firm.

Otherwise, a chamber of commerce with money and an army would be like a wild horse running wild and uncontrollable.

These guards will be trained in the army and serve the royal palace.

Only for caravans.

There was a slight shortness of breath in the room.

This is from Yang He.

King Yan’s short words made his heart surge.

Just build your own caravan belonging to the chamber of commerce.

In the future, caravans will also have their own fleet and guards.

How domineering.

Swallowing, he said, “Your Highness, can the caravan really do this?”

Zhao Xu gave him an affirmative look.

“But to build such a huge caravan, I’m afraid it will require a lot of people.” Yang He was excited at first, then frowned.

His family used to have a caravan, and at least a hundred people were needed to run a caravan.

If there are many goods to be pulled, additional manpower is needed.

Now, a business as big as the Palace needs more people.

What’s more, the caravan is going to a place other than Dasong.

In this way, the people recruited had better know how to do business.

“This king has thought about it for you. This caravan is naturally under the banner of the palace, but you can sell some sharing rights and use overseas profits to attract other merchants to join the caravan. For the problem, there is still a sum of money to be earned, which can be used for the training of ships and guards.” Zhao Xu said.

The number of employees of the East India Company once exceeded 50,000.

Zhao Xu believes that his caravan will reach and exceed this number in the future.

It is a waste to draw such a huge staff gap from ordinary people in the fief.

After all, industry, construction, and agriculture all need them.

It is better to directly recruit businessmen, since they are not engaged in production anyway and have business experience.

“Could it be that what His Highness said is like making ice at that time?” Yang He asked.

Zhao Xu nodded.

At that time, he used part of the profits from ice making to attract wealthy families to buy it with silver, and let them contribute.

In fact, this is equivalent to contemporary shares.

Now this caravan is going to take the same approach.

Let the merchants who join the caravan contribute money and effort, and he only needs to share some of their profits.

At the same time, he has another purpose in doing so.

People are profit driven.

Contemporary business experience proves that if employees are given shares, they will work harder and be more willing to take risks.

In a similar way, going to sea with a caravan is a very dangerous thing.

They might have died at the hands of pirates, they might have died in a storm, they might have died of exotic diseases.

Such a high-risk matter naturally needs to have interests that make them excited.

“Your Highness is wise.” Yang He’s heart moved for a while, “Our Yang family is willing to be the first to give out money and people.”

As the head of the Chamber of Commerce, he knows very well that the goods of the Chamber of Commerce will not be lost.

As far as he knows, overseas is much bigger than Dasong.

If you can sell the products of the palace in the future to these places, you can definitely make a lot of money.

What’s more, King Yan said that all overseas business belongs to the caravan.

This is even more impressive.

The most important thing is that the particularity of the caravan makes all merchants who join the caravan basically semi-private and semi-official.

This is also a temptation for merchants who have always been lowly.

“Okay.” Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction.

Then he discussed the details with Yang He.

“The name of the caravan is Xingsong.” Zhao Xu said in a deep voice.

“This king divides the caravan’s sharing rights into 10,000 shares, and sells 1,000 of them,” Zhao Xu said.

This is equivalent to 10,000 original shares in the caravan, and he sold 1,000 of them to the merchants, accounting for 10% of the proportion.

After the annual profit of the caravan is calculated, it will be distributed to these merchants who purchase share rights in proportion.

In the contemporary sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the assets of the British East India Company even reached twice the fiscal revenue of the British mainland.

It can be seen that even if he takes out one-tenth of it, he will definitely let these merchants who buy the sharing rights earn in the future.

“Each sharing right sells for 10,000 taels of silver.” Zhao Xu continued.

Yang He’s hand holding the pen trembled. According to King Yan’s calculations, wouldn’t it be that the caravan’s sharing rights are worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver? This is simply terrifying.

“Your Highness, isn’t this a bit expensive?” Yang He said cautiously.

“It’s not expensive at all, and you have to have a long-term vision when doing business,” Zhao Xu said.

Even if it sells for 10,000 taels, he still feels pain in his flesh.

He came from the present age, and he knew how terrifying the profits of trade in the Age of Discovery were.

If the Xinghua Caravan can extend its trading tentacles to the whole world in the future, the annual income will definitely be a terrifying figure.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Yang He wiped the sweat from his brow. ”

Yan Wang played a bit big this time.

“In addition, merchants who purchase share rights can choose to join the caravan, or not, or choose their own people to join the caravan, but those who join the caravan are members of the caravan, and they are subject to the jurisdiction of the company.” Zhao Xu stood up, Walked a few steps and said.

Yang Cheng nodded and wrote it down.

“That’s what I’m thinking of right now. Specifically, we’re going to sell the sharing rights and call the merchants to discuss together. Also, the sharing rights are first sold to merchants in the fief.” Zhao Xu said.

He spoke out all his ideas in one go, and Zhao Xu’s mouth was dry.

After drinking a cup of tea, he returned to the palace.

After Zhao Xu left, Yang Cheng hesitated for a while, and called someone to Yang’s house to bring his father.

He absolutely believed in King Yan.

At first, King Yan asked them to exchange land for silver.

In the beginning, they had no choice but to do so.

But now it turns out that they did the right thing.

Not only did the palace make up for their losses every year, but they also gave them various small jobs, which made them earn a lot of money.

The family is now richer than before.

Now King Yan has come up with this new type of caravan, although it seems that the future is unknown.

But in business you have to take risks.

He is willing to gamble.

Not long after, Yang Cheng came over, and Yang He told about the caravan.

“King Yan has always been far-sighted in what he does. This matter will definitely not go wrong, but ten thousand taels of silver is too expensive.” Yang Cheng shook his head.

“Father, don’t blame the boy for not reminding you. His Highness said that the merchants in the fief should be given priority. After this village, there will be no more shops. I will release this news right away. Don’t regret it later.” Yang He warned.

Yang Cheng glanced at his son, saw that his son was wearing an official uniform, and looked extraordinarily suave, so he laughed twice.

“Forget it, forget it, money is nothing, Your Highness treats our Yang family well, so dad will take out the family property and buy twenty copies.” Yang Cheng shouted.

“Okay.” Yang He was overjoyed, and continued, “I’ll trouble you to run again and call Uncle Dong, Uncle Lu, and other families. Your Highness will give you a chance. If they don’t use it, it will be a waste.”

“Well, Okay, dad will go now.” Yang Cheng said.

Yang He thought of something, and said again: “There are still children in the clan, choose some outstanding ones to enter the caravan, and those with monthly money, this is also half an official position.”

Yang Cheng’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

Since they lost their land property, the children of many clans have been unemployed at home.

The best become officials, and the inferior ones are idle.

Being able to enter the caravan may also be a good way out.

(end of this chapter)