"Ladies and gentlemen, when you go back, as long as you want to get involved in the problems here, whether it is the state or the trading company, you need to appoint the governor's jurisdiction. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWho is this governor? It's hard to say right now, but it's definitely one of them, because at least you've seen everything here with your own eyes and know something about it. ”

A little tempting to make some people with lively minds happy, Chen Jian asked again: "Then from your point of view, if it is in the form of a trading company, what is the most important problem?" ”

He thought that everyone's answer was a long stream of water, long-term stability, etc., but he didn't want everyone's opinions to be surprisingly unanimous and not what he thought.

"Mr. Chen, in fact, the most important issue is the employees and internal management. It's a high level of science, such as companies spending a lot of money, hiring escorts, building warships, and controlling trade routes. Employees or members of the company take the opportunity to sell goods that they bring privately...... If a company wants to make a profit, it must guarantee a high price, and the goods carried by individuals will certainly be sold at a lower price than the company. ”

"No matter what form of trade will be in the future, internal management must be strict. Otherwise, the individual gains and the collective reasons of the shareholders are undermined. This must be strictly regulated. As for how the rest is traded, how it is carried out, etc., it can be discussed later. ”

"Evil is always within, not without. If this aspect is relaxed, it will not be long before the company will be in debt or even unable to operate. Actually, everyone is the same, and if I were a crew member, of course I would think that in addition to my own salary, I would also have to carry some goods to make money. And when an individual makes money, the company will inevitably lose money, there is no doubt about it. ”

This is a consensus, and several people have talked about it, which proves that they are really aware of this possibility.

Jian Chen laughed a few times and nodded, "Yes, this is really a problem." But it's also an opportunity, and any of you who can come up with such a solution, at least in the company, can climb to the top in one step. But that's not what I'm trying to talk about. ”

Everyone looked at Jian Chen, and Jian Chen felt a little empty in his heart.

I have to say that the Ming Dynasty at this time is not very attractive to these people in the fleet.

The Ming Dynasty does not produce gold and silver, and the Republic is not full of demand for all kinds of goods in the Ming Dynasty, unlike the Netherlands and Portugal, the domestic market of the Republic is sufficient, and the domestic handicraft industry is also complete, in this case, even Japan is more attractive than the Ming Dynasty.

What they want is precious metals, silver and gold, and under the special self-sufficient economy, even if the normal historical line reaches the era of the Opium War, the market still cannot be opened by relying on non-drug trade.

This land is a special existence for capital. Business capital is reluctant to get involved, and the profits are not high.

When capital is willing to get involved, it will inevitably be a surplus of domestic capital, and the export of capital rather than commodities will be needed, but by then it will be too late, and monopoly imperialism will soon appear.

From the perspective of today's ethnic group, the fanatical, learn-and-use young man with the potential to be a colonial leader is right.

If you want to make a profit here, you can only monopolize coastal trade, control merchant ships, and force trade, otherwise you are making wedding clothes for others. When the merchants of the Ming Dynasty realized the crisis, they would burst out with great power and wanted to take the lead in trade into their own hands.

If you can't manipulate the trade here to form the effect of monopolizing shipping by force, there won't be much profit to speak of. Under the dominance of capital, every pore is dirty, and this ethnic group will not care about massacres and barbaric conquest of civilization, on the contrary, if they have the opportunity, they will not give up an opportunity to tear China apart.

At this moment, Jian Chen is a natural "traitor", and it is difficult to convince people here of many things, because people are not stupid, and they know very well how to get the most benefits in their heads.

But fortunately, the way of thinking that profits are decided still gives Chen Jian an opportunity to take advantage of.

Jian Chen nodded on the table and said, "In Europe, you have also noticed that the Dutch and Spaniards can no longer fight. Before we set out, the southern ladies and husbands had already made peace talks, so there might be peace between the Netherlands and Spain. ”

"Here, the focus of the Dutch is on the spice trade, and for the time being, as long as we don't stretch our hands over, they don't care about us at this time. However, it should be noted that once the Dutch and Spain made peace, they would have enough strength to start setting foot here. ”

"If we want to get a foothold here, we have to think about the situation here. We are dealing with the princes and nobles of some of the countries here, the Dutch companies, the British companies, the Portuguese and Spanish governors, and the merchants of the Ming kingdom. ”

Speaking of this, Jian Chen glanced at the young man who had raised a lot of dissatisfaction with him before, pointed at him and said, "What you just said is right, labor is the foundation of wealth. So how does no one work? If we want to make a profit, in addition to the transshipment trade, of course, we can also start from the land rent, the deprivation of the fruits of labor, etc. ”

"What exactly? If you want me to say, it's actually simple. For some small countries, after gaining a foothold here, get rid of their princes, emancipate the serfs, let the serfs become peasants, and put the land rent directly into our hands. As long as we receive less than the princes and original landowners, and pass on some of the ideas we believe in and build schools, there will be less resistance. ”

"And what about some barren places, where the land exists, but the population is not enough? If you want me to say, that's easy. Just remember that labor creates wealth, and there is no labor without people. So, we can attract immigrants. ”

"Where do you attract from? People in China can go to the Great Wilderness City, they can go to the ends of the earth, and they can also go to the tropical islands in the south, so they won't like to come here. ”

"The population of the Ming Kingdom is sufficient, it is said that they have a population of 40 million who pay taxes, and this does not include women and children. With such a large population, there are only earthquakes and disasters...... I'm afraid that just a few people from the nearby counties will be enough to reclaim these barren lands. ”

"We need people, labor, money, soldiers, for us to gain a foothold here...... These can be done by the people of the Ming Kingdom. One is that our cultures are very similar and our looks are similar; Second, as long as there is a large and stable kingdom, their bottom must be industrious and good at enduring. This is the best working population. ”

"The methods of the Dutch and the Spaniards were crude, and their artificial distinction inevitably created the germ of mass revolt. There are many ways to make money, but this kind of oppression after artificially separating the difference is the stupidest one. The cost is too high. ”

"The islands here are suitable for growing sugar cane, spices, rice, and a lot of teak, gold, silver, copper, and tin mines for shipbuilding...... I know you want to say that you're not here to help others, you're here to make money. ”

"But to make money, do you have to use the same means as the Dutch and the Spaniards? Moreover, it is true that the Nanyang Trading Company is not my private property or our party property, but there are still a group of workshop owners and factory owners in the Nanyang Trading Company. ”

"So...... Even if sugar cane and rice are grown here, cotton cloth, steel, weapons, ploughshares, and so on are needed. As long as we make sure that we can't develop our own large-scale handicraft industry, we will still make money, and we will make more money and at a lower cost. ”

"The rent of the land is an income, and the profit of the goods which they cannot develop the handicraft industry is another income, and if we cooperate with them and stabilize them, and provoke them to contradict the natives of the islands, and with the Dutch and the Spaniards, we can take sides with them because of similar problems of appearance, customs, and writing, so that we can gain benefits here for a long time, and stabilize them for a long time."

"As long as we don't take too hard of it, as long as we don't do it so explicitly, as long as we allow them to study science and math so that they have the opportunity to become management or even officials, there will be almost no resistance. After a long time, if they intermarry with each other, can they still separate each other? ”

"Remember one thing, unitary economy, don't be self-sufficient. Then they can only choose to be close to us, and we can always get benefits. In the future, the islands in the south will be filled with Ming people who are very similar to us, with similar cultures and similar ways of thinking...... But the economy is single, only cane sugar, rice, teak, spices...... Doesn't it still require a lot of trade? ”

"Isn't this way much better than the Dutch method of fishing? At least, for us mill owners and factory owners, we prefer it this way, and we have to buy what we produce. You accuse me of being weird, but have you considered the interests of us factory owners in the trading company? ”

The man bowed his head and said silently, and said for a long time: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, you are right to think so." After all, there are benefits to trade, but trade has to sell things. If you exploit it too hard and you can't sell it, it's a bad thing in the long run. It's just that...... I've always felt that something was wrong with you since you crossed the ends of the earth. ”

Jian Chen laughed, didn't answer the conversation, and continued: "I say this because you may have to become the governor here in the future, because you are the most promising group of people. So, the tone has to be set. You know, what I am doing in China, those things in Nan'an and Minjun will be replicated here. You stand too high to know how terrible it is to resist. Trade and trade, there is goods to be easy. ”

"Now that some of you have realized that labor is the source of wealth, the idea of colonization and profit needs to change. Labor is the only way to have wealth and goods, and what we need to do is to let people continue to work and get the income of their labor. ”

"The more secretive you do, the less resistance you have. I rob with guns, and fools know how to resist. But I control the prices, prevent the development of handicrafts here, let them produce a single product and the more the better, but I quietly control the prices of those handicrafts, and even if necessary, to relieve famines, exempt the poll tax, and reduce the land tax...... A lot of people don't realize it. ”

"Theoretically, a pound of silver mined by the Spaniards in Potosí is calculated as the cost of hiring labor, and the risk of shipping is calculated...... If this pound of silver is transported to the Netherlands, then this pound of silver can be purchased in the high-end woolen workshop in the Netherlands, which means that the labor and cost risks contained in these woolen wool are equivalent to that after the pound of silver is transported, it is equivalent. This high-grade woolen wool includes sheep raising, shearing, grooming, degreasing, woollen spinning, tweed and final processing. ”

"Then the question is simple. Growing sugar and mining minerals here only requires more labor here that our goods can be exchanged, and then we will earn it. Obviously, it's easy, and it's not easy to detect, and there will be less resistance. ”

"So, in the future, whoever becomes governor here, you must find out this. Of course, our party will also 'help' you run here. ”

Jian Chen smiled and stared at the young man who had refuted him before, and said in his heart that I am a member of the board of directors and have the right to speak, and I will definitely arrange a good errand for you. Throw you to the European or African trade zones to be governors, don't come here, you're too dangerous.