"Ahh Moving again? Can it be approved by the board of directors? Old man Rong's answer surprised Hong Tao too, this heart is too wide, and he is more game-friendly than himself. If you can't get by, you will run, this is your ultimate plan, and you are not the only one who thinks like this. But how many people think this way in Golden River Bay? Hong Tao doesn't know that Jinhewan is not a word, if the board of directors can't get through, it's still useless.

The board of directors really passed, and Old Man Rong was afraid that Hong Tao would not be sure in his heart, so he personally initiated a proposal, and it was the first proposal he initiated after coming to Jinhewan. Hong Tao naturally couldn't dismiss it, so he convened a board of directors to discuss the future development of Jinhewan and the relationship with the Great Song Dynasty. The process of the meeting is very simple, what Hong Tao said, everyone raised their hands, and Hong Tao didn't dare to speak at the back of the meeting, this Nima was a standard meeting that violated the rules of the board of directors, and someone colluded with most of the directors in private!

Who colluded? Hong Tao knew very well in his heart that the culprit was Old Man Rong, and others really didn't have his ability and prestige. But this time, Hong Tao could only pretend not to know, because Old Man Rong's purpose in doing this was very simple, that is, to reduce his burden. Although the method is a bit illegal, it has not caused serious consequences, and it has passed with one eye and one eye closed. In fact, the biggest beneficiary of this matter is himself, as long as this bill is passed, the development of Jinhewan in the next few years will be controllable, and there is no need to worry about his proposal being rejected by the board of directors. Unless they can overturn the bill, it is unlikely that they will have the person in charge of the proposal.

With the approval of the board of directors, Hong Tao's heart was open again, and it was not that he didn't want to help the Southern Song Dynasty. If you don't want to help you all these years, what are you doing? He just felt that it was not the time. On the question of how to help the Southern Song court resist the Mongol army attack. Hong Tao has never been too worried. What really worried him was how to get along with the Southern Song court. If this problem is not solved well, maybe you will be busy for a long time, and in the end you will still be a sinner, belonging to the role of a mouse drilling bellows and a pleasing person at both ends.

"Lao Luo, your son is too much of a thing, he is not even ten years old, he knows that he will stare at my salamander, in case he provokes me one day. I'll send him to a black country, not to mention I didn't greet you beforehand! Before he figured out this problem, Hong Tao didn't plan to rush to the north, he first ran to Ximaozhou and specially called Luo Youde over.

"When it comes to black countries, Brother Hong, you have a very bad head!" Luo Youde didn't take Hong Tao's words seriously, but blamed Hong Tao.

"What do you mean?" Hong Tao didn't quite understand what Africa had to do with him.

"Now there are people in the city of Guangzhou who buy black slaves from Cabalan Port and come back to sell, especially those maritime merchants in the company, who are embarrassed to go out without a few black slaves at home. We have always discouraged the use of people as livestock. It's not that the elderly and children are criticized for riding in a sedan chair, you do this. The movement was a bit big, and the adults who connected to the judgment had asked me about it privately. "Luo Youde is no longer the original small maritime merchant from the Luo family in Qiongzhou at this time, since Zheng Qingzhi became the prime minister, his Luo family is also rising, plus because of the incident of the horse farm was rewarded by the emperor, not only in Qiongzhou is one of the best families, even if you go to Guangzhou, you can also go to the house to interact with local officials on an equal footing.

"This has something to do with me, and I didn't buy it for them, and I didn't sell it to them! Lao Luo, don't this useless heart, is Wen Nan here with you? Didn't you two plot anything? I'll tell you, don't mess around with him, it's useless. Don't talk about the two of you, even if I come forward, I guess I won't be able to borrow a sea ship to work for the imperial court! Why? Hong Tao pursed his lips, Luo Youde's big hat can't be buttoned on his head, and the matter of the black slave has nothing to do with him, so he doesn't have to worry about it at all. He is not the father of those maritime merchants, they can't control what they like to buy, as long as they don't violate the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, they can't care about what they like to buy, this is not an idle worry. Instead of bothering on this matter, let's talk about serious things.

“…… Alas, it is true that as Brother Hong said, Brother Wen and I have been running around for more than ten years, but we have found nothing so far, and people's hearts are not ancient! "Luo Youde is not as persistent as Wen Nan, he also loves Da Song, but he thinks about more things than Wen Nan.

"This has nothing to do with whether people's hearts are ancient or not, it is natural to give money for work, who said that the state can instruct people in vain? If that's the case, what's the use of the law, maybe one day the court will snatch your family's sea ship away, and let you work for nothing without paying, are you happy? Hong Tao doesn't like to listen to this kind of argument, there are many things that hurt people under the banner of patriotism, and when he talks about others, he is right, and when it is his turn, few people can really abandon their homes and careers. And this is not reasonable, it is best for no one to go, and it is troublesome for someone to go.

"But what Brother Wen said is also reasonable, if you can't hold the Yangtze River and are beaten by the Mongols, who can still do business with peace of mind, and the losses will probably be even greater! Alas, it's a pity that I'm a little soft-spoken, and no one wants to listen to what I say...... If Brother Hong can ...... "Luo Youde also has his own ideas, and he said it very well, it is indeed a truth.

"Stop! Lao Wen said that I can't do it, if you change to Lao Luo, you still have no fun! But I'm here to help you both solve your problems. The boat is there, but it can't be borrowed for nothing, and it has to be borrowed in a more reasonable way, so that they can lend the boat willingly. Not only do you have to borrow a boat, but you also have to compare to see who pulls and runs more, and takes the initiative to help the court share its worries! Hong Tao didn't wait for Luo Youde to finish speaking, he stretched out his hand to stop his words. Luo Youde just showed a disappointed expression on his face, and was immediately gagged by a sweet date thrown out by Hong Tao.

"Ahh Do you want to rush to pull grain for the imperial court? Brother Hong, don't be too detached in this matter, this is the sorrow of the country! Luo Youde was skeptical of the sweet jujube thrown by Hong Tao, thinking that this jujube must not be sweet, maybe it was rotten and bitter inside! Hong Tao has a big face, he controls the route to Dashi, and he can force the maritime merchants in the company to lend the ship, which Luo Youde has no doubt at all. But to say that it is a bit unbelievable to make people willing to help the court pull food compared to the competition, there is no reason for this.

"If others can't make it, I can! Don't stare, I say success is success! The method is kept secret for the time being. Brother Luo will go back to Guangzhou first, inform all the shareholders of the Straits Company, come here to hold a shareholders' meeting, and then you will know how I will make them willingly go to share the worries of the imperial court. In addition, go and call Wen Nan back, his post should be a school classroom, not running around, so he is not afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will arrest him? Is it appropriate for an official who has been missing for many years to suddenly show his head in the city of Guangzhou? How to tell where he has been all these years? Don't think about his family? Regarding Luo Youde's question, Hong Tao answered very simply, this time it was not bragging, it was for real. Luo Youde didn't dare not believe it, this Uncle Hong is really not a casual braggart master, I don't know what tricks he can play this time, anyway, he believes it in his heart, so he stopped talking nonsense, and without delaying for a minute, Malier's ran back to Guangzhou to convene shareholders.

The Straits Company is going to hold a general meeting of shareholders! This is a new thing, at this time there is not a single merchant in the city of Guangzhou who has anything to do with the sea who does not know the name of the Strait Company, and even the city shipping company has heard of it, but he has never really seen the fleet of the chairman of the Strait Company enter the port of Guangzhou, and they all sailed back at the mouth of the Pearl River. As for the reason for the sudden convening of the shareholders' meeting this time, no one knows, but no shareholder dares not to come, not only to come, but also to come quickly, for fear of delaying the mistake. Everyone thinks that Chairman Hong must be in a very anxious matter, so he will hold a shareholders' meeting in Ximaozhou, otherwise he will wait for a few more months and catch up with the time to go south, and it will be more convenient to say that it is not more convenient to be on the ship.

In addition to the shareholders of the Straits Company, some maritime businessmen outside the company also asked people to intercede with Luo Youde and asked if they could also attend the meeting as observers, and they all wanted to join the Straits Company. Unfortunately, according to Hong Tao's regulations, the company's shares cannot be expanded indefinitely, so shareholders cannot be increased indefinitely. Businessman, if you join in more, you will get a share of the profits, and if you are not a close friend or relative, who is willing to add more? So this year, the number of shareholders of the Straits Company has grown very slowly.

This was deliberate by Hong Tao, he didn't plan to make the strait company too big, that would attract too much attention from the imperial court, and maybe he would have to interfere. He just wanted to use the Straits Company as a model and use it to create a group of examples for other Southern Song Dynasty businessmen. As long as the deeds of the role model are brilliant enough, there will inevitably be people who will follow suit, this is 100% certain. Ten people follow the trend and learn, and three of them can succeed, even if their efforts are not in vain. If there were 10 Strait Companies and 100 Strait Companies in the Southern Song Dynasty, imagine what the situation would be like then? Making money is only one aspect, but the most important thing is that one's own ideas are spread through this model, silently infiltrating into the minds of every businessman, and others can't erase them if they want to. When the time comes, what you say is the truth, and what you do is success, dare not follow along? Speaking of which, it is also a kind of faith.

For the requirements of these maritime merchants, Hong Tao also happily agreed, and specially told Luo Youde that not only maritime merchants, as long as they want to do business with seafood companies, they can come, of course, in terms of qualifications, Luo Youde needs to grasp and grasp, try to pick those who have strength, small businessmen Strait Company can't take care of it, can only come from the big one. (To be continued.) )