As mentioned before, in the process of smuggling, there is a strict boundary between smugglers and suppliers and buyers, mainly because in the early stage of smuggling, suppliers and buyers are worried about being implicated by smugglers, so it is a practice that has slowly formed.

When Sanniang introduced the smuggling process to Zhou Chong, Zhou Chong noticed the unreasonableness of this practice, after all, the times are developing, the situation is constantly changing, the risks taken by smugglers in the Zhengde period have been greatly reduced, and the original suppliers and buyers are also eager to participate in smuggling, so this practice has long lost the maximum value of its existence.

For example, if a smuggler wants to smuggle a batch of goods, then he has to prepare a considerable amount of money and then pay the supplier to buy the goods. However, if the smuggler is unable to turn over his funds for a while, and the other party refuses to give credit, then the smuggling business will never be able to continue.

Moreover, in this traditional smuggling model, the smuggler bears most of the risk and also obtains the vast majority of the smuggling dividends, which seems fair, but in fact, it is easy to cause the smuggler to go bankrupt due to a mistake.

In addition, smuggling businessmen have obtained the greatest profits in the smuggling process, resulting in the profits generated by the smuggling industry in the hands of a small number of people, which is obviously not conducive to the development of the smuggling industry, only everyone can get rich returns from smuggling, in order to further stimulate the development of the smuggling industry, only when the industry becomes bigger and stronger, the chamber of commerce in the industry will obtain greater returns.

Of course, Zhou Zhong couldn't have considered it as deeply as above, but at this time, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was short of money, and he was influenced by the ideas of later generations, so he quickly came up with a new smuggling model.

This smuggling model is not complicated, for example, taking the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce as an example, in the process of smuggling, the Chamber of Commerce will not buy the goods in advance, but sign an agreement with the owner of the goods, the Chamber of Commerce is responsible for smuggling the goods out of the country, and the profits obtained after the most are shared by the Chamber of Commerce and the owner of the goods in a certain proportion, of course, if there is an accident in the goods, then the loss is borne by the Chamber of Commerce and the owner of the goods.

The advantages of this are very obvious, the risks encountered in the smuggling process will no longer be borne by the smuggler chamber alone, and there is no need to prepare a large amount of money in advance for the cost of smuggling, which is a very good thing for many smugglers. Of course, there are disadvantages, that is, the profits generated in the smuggling process should be distributed to the cargo owners, after all, the cargo owners also bear considerable risks, naturally to increase a part of the income, and this income is far more lucrative than they directly sell the goods to the smuggling merchants, and only in this way will those cargo owners be willing to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce.

Zhou Chong's idea is not particularly novel, and even in some business fields of Daming, such precedents can be seen, but in the smuggling industry, he is the first person to put it forward and is ready to put it into practice.

When Zhou Zhong told this new smuggling model, he saw Xu Xuan, Hu Lei and others were stunned for a long time, and the last thing was to see the obese He Xian's old father and son speak: "Zhou Xian's nephew, your idea is really good, not only reduces the risk of smuggling by half, but also there must be many suppliers who are willing to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce, but have you thought about it, in the past, the Chamber of Commerce smuggling could get all the profits, but now it has to give a part of it to the owner, so that we will not make less money?" ”

As soon as He Xian's words fell, before Zhou Zhong could answer, he saw Chen Wufa smile and said: "Brother He's words are wrong, if you follow Zhou Xian's nephew's method, the Chamber of Commerce will not only not make less money, but will also increase its income significantly!" ”

Hearing Chen Wufa's words, He Xian and the others all showed surprised expressions, but Zhou Zhong and the young Xu Xuan both nodded in agreement.

I saw Chen Wufa then said: "On the surface, Zhou Xian's nephew's smuggling method is indeed to distribute the money to the suppliers, but if you think about it carefully, if the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce launches this smuggling method, not only will our old suppliers flock to it, and even some businessmen in China who have not participated in smuggling will also be excited, and they are likely to come with goods to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce, so that the business of the Chamber of Commerce will definitely be very popular, although the money earned by each business is less. However, the turnover of the business is several times that of the original, and the income of the Chamber of Commerce will only increase, and it will definitely not decrease! ”

Chen Wufa deserves to be the richest man among the five, and quickly figured out the joints, and analyzed Zhou Chong's new smuggling model very thoroughly, not only did He Xian and they nodded again and again, but even Zhou Chong secretly admired, no wonder Chen Wufa could become one of the largest cotton cloth merchants in the Jiangnan region, and this kind of extraordinary mind alone is not comparable to ordinary people.

"Brother Zhou is really a genius from heaven, a few days ago, the reform of the Beigang Teahouse has made Brother Wei admired, I didn't expect you to reform the smuggling of the Chamber of Commerce, although this method has not yet been implemented, but in the eyes of Brother Chen, he will definitely not be mistaken, and now Xu is more optimistic about the future of the Chamber of Commerce!" At this time, Xu Xuan also opened his mouth to praise, in fact, he also thought of what Chen Wufa said, but he was the youngest among these people and had the least qualifications, so he was worried about offending people, so he didn't say it.

"I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have given up half of the shares to Brother Chen just now, this time I really lost a lot!" He Xian smiled again and said, at this time, he was also convinced of Zhou Chong's talent, and he really regretted that he should have been cheeky to take a hundred percent of the shares before, and Li Mo beside him also regretted it.

Next, Zhou Zhong discussed with He Xian and them about the preferential treatment for their shareholders, according to the new smuggling model, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce shares the profits from the supplier's consignment of goods, and He Xian is a shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce, so the Chamber of Commerce will naturally charge less for the goods they consign. As for the specific discount, this is due to the different share of each type of cargo consignment, so it needs to be discussed in the future.

After the business was discussed, Zhou Chong's goal was achieved, and He Xian was also full of confidence in the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Zhou Chong, so for a while, the guests and hosts were happy, and the six of them were all drunk and drunk.

After signing the shareholding documents, He Xian did not stay in Shuangyu Port for a long time, and soon returned to the land by boat, first, it is now about to celebrate the New Year, and secondly, they have to raise silver two shares, with their net worth, although it is not difficult to take out 10,000 taels of silver, but if you want to take out so much cash at once, it also takes time to prepare.

However, as the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world, although Zhou Chong has asked Sanniang and them to do a good job of confidentiality, and He Xian and they have also guaranteed that they will never leak the content of the discussion that day before the matter is ready, after all, what they discussed that day is already a trade secret, and it is also related to the interests of everyone, which also makes Zhou Chong believe that no one will be stupid enough to tell others such an important trade secret.

But when He Xian and the others left Shuangyu Port, in the residence of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, Xie Lingyun was sitting in his bedroom in plain clothes, and an ordinary-looking woman was reporting something to her, if Zhou Zhong was here, he would definitely recognize this woman as the woman who had been standing behind Xie Lingyun when they came, and her name seemed to be Aunt Shui.

"Miss, according to our eyeliner report, Zhou Zhong convened the old customers of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce this time, and mainly discussed two things, the first thing is to give up part of the shares of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, so as to raise 80,000 taels of silver from those old customers." I saw Aunt Shui report with her head down.

"Sell shares!" Xie Lingyun was shocked when she heard the news, and after a long while, she muttered to herself: "Zhou Chong, you are really courageous, it seems that I still underestimated you before!" ”

Smuggling is a profiteering industry, all smuggling chambers of commerce are directly controlled by a certain person or a certain family, almost no one will be willing to share the smuggling profits in their hands with others, but Zhou Zhong is so bold to sell the shares of the chamber of commerce to some, which can not only raise the funds he needs most, but also tie those people to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce This profit body, you must know that Lu Dao He Xian Those people not only have huge wealth, but also have a complex background in Daming, with the support of these people, Their Nanyang Chamber of Commerce certainly has broader development prospects.

However, even if Xie Lingyun knows the benefits of letting others become shareholders, she can't let others join their Xie family's Chamber of Commerce, first, she doesn't have the courage to take care of it, and second, the situation of the Xie Family's Chamber of Commerce is very complicated, although she is the only heir of the Chamber of Commerce, she can't decide the direction of the Chamber of Commerce without authorization.

Thinking of this, Xie Lingyun couldn't help but sigh, and then asked Aunt Shui in front of her, "Then what is the second thing they discussed?" ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun ask the second thing, Aunt Shui paused slightly, and then told Zhou Zhong and He Xian about the reform of the smuggling model, and she even knew the conversation between Zhou Chong and He Xian and each of them at that time, as if she had heard it with her own ears at the scene. If Zhou Zhong heard these words, I am afraid that he would really shout that there were ghosts, there were only six of them in the entire hall at that time, and it was impossible for a seventh person to know what they were talking about at that time!

I saw that after Aunt Shui reported this matter, her face changed, and she said in a somewhat cold tone: "Miss, if Zhou Chong's idea is realized, it will definitely make Nanyang Chamber of Commerce become the first chamber of commerce in Shuangyu Port, plus he is decisive and ruthless, for such an opponent, Miss should make a decision as soon as possible!" ”