After the administrative training class was over, Luo Jian's energy was put back on Guazhou.

Although the weather is very hot, Luo Jian has to go to Guazhou almost every day these days.

The Guazhou shipyard successively built two more warships, much smaller than the "Weiqing", both of which were driven by two steam engines, and the number of artillery guns was reduced to sixteen.

The construction of these small warships, Luo Jian is also out of helplessness, although the combat effectiveness of large warships is strong, but its cost is too high, and now the source of large wood in Yangzhou is also a little insufficient.

Four merchant ships that were previously equipped with artillery were eliminated, and after these merchant ships were installed with artillery, the instability increased significantly, and their adaptability to the wind and waves at sea was greatly weakened.

The eliminated gunboats were bought by the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the maritime trade organized by the Yangzhou government could not meet the needs of the merchants, and the purpose of buying these gunboats was to organize their own caravans to go to sea.

Shi Kefa was a little worried, but Luo Jian didn't care too much, although these armed merchant ships used new artillery, but if these merchants wanted to use it, they had to buy gunpowder shells from the government, which was also a source of revenue for Yangzhou.

After the two warships were launched again, Luo Jian quickly began to organize the third merchant ship to go to sea, this time to Southeast Asia.

The route of merchant ships to Southeast Asia is much more complicated than that to Japan, except for some pirate ships, Zheng Zhilong's Fujian sailors, the Dutch, and the Francophone people all have a presence on these routes, whether Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong can deal with it, Luo Jian is a little worried, and even has the idea of personally leading the team to go.

"Xinghua, how could you have such an idea? No matter how complicated the situation is, it's a big deal, don't you still have confidence in our 'Wei Qing'? Shi Kefa did not agree with Luo Jian to go to Nanyang in person at all.

"Yes, Xinghua, although the situation in Yangzhou is good now, without you in Yangzhou, anything can happen." Ren Minyu persuaded Luo Jian beside him.

In fact, Luo Jian also had this idea occasionally, and he also knew that now was not the time for him to leave.

"Xinghua, let's bring Lu Wei and Zheng Sen to talk about them." Shi Kefa said.

In the Governor's Palace, everyone gathered together again.

"Da Mu, have you traveled this route in the South Seas before?" Luo Jian asked.

"Dadu Governor, I haven't gone through this route, but Dadu Governor don't worry, I have already dug some people from my Fujian Sailors, and they have all walked through this route, with them all the way, it shouldn't be a big problem." Zheng Chenggong said that Luo Jian told him about poaching talents, and now he has learned it.

"Oh, you went to your father's to dig people? Is there one named Shi Lang? Luo Jian asked with a smile.

"Huh? How do you know? Shi Lang had a good relationship with me before, and he came this time. Zheng Chenggong asked in surprise.

Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu both laughed and didn't say anything, they both knew why Luo Jian knew, and Lu Wei vaguely knew something, although they were a little surprised, but they weren't too surprised.

"Brother Weisheng, how about I give you a new position?" Luo Jian said to Lu Wei with a smile.

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian in some surprise, if you want to arrange personnel, Luo Jian usually has to discuss with him, what's wrong today?

"Brother Xian, Brother Shi Ze, I have long had an idea, overseas trade is always organized by the government, not a long-term solution, let's also learn from the Netherlands, how about setting up an ocean trading company?" Luo Jian saw that Shi Kefa and Ren Minyu both showed surprised looks.

"Accumulating disadvantages and being high, merging small and big, merging and being the way of the public is called 'company', I have heard Xinghua say the company before, and the company you want to talk about today is what it means?"

Shi Kefa's words come from Zhuangzi, and the word "company" first appeared in Confucius's "Liezi Biography", "the public, the wealth of several people, the secretary, the meaning of operation." ”

"In this way, we have a lot of various companies in Yangzhou, right? Isn't the Elephant Glass Factory also a kind of company? Ren Minyu said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the company I want to set up now is still different from the partnership factory like the glass factory, we call it a limited liability company, and when there are conditions in the future, we will develop it into a joint stock limited company." Luo Jian said.

"Xinghua, you say it slowly, the more you talk about it, the more confused I become, isn't it just a group of people doing business in partnership? And so many more? Shi Kefa said.

"We divide companies into several types, one is fully responsible. For example, our current five-person partnership to set up a company, of course, it is easy to say that we make money, we will divide according to the amount of investment, but what if we lose money and the company has debts? This kind of fully responsible company is when everyone is there, and these debts are still distributed according to the amount of investment. ”

"I see, if one of them is gone, the rest of the debt will be divided equally among the remaining four, right?" Shi Kefa reacted quickly.

"Yes, it means that every shareholder is fully responsible for the company's debts, and we call it a fully responsible company." Luo Jian continued.

"What Xinghua said about the limited liability company means that it is only responsible for the debts in its own shares, and does not care about the rest no matter what happens?" Ren Minyu asked next to him.

"Yes, a company that is only responsible for the debt liability within its own shares is called a limited liability company." Luo Jian said.

"Then who will borrow money from this limited liability company? Limited liability means that the money lent to such a company may not be fully recovered, Schmidt, doesn't that mean? Shi Kefa asked.

"There is interest in borrowing money, and the interest rate of this kind of commercial loan is generally relatively high, and high returns of course also mean that there are risks, and only such companies are willing to invest."

Luo Jian said simply.

"Xiao Liu is more expert in these, his family used to run a company, and one day let him come back to teach you a lesson, I also don't know much about it, so I can only explain so much to you. Of course, this fully responsible company and limited liability company also need to be protected by legislation, otherwise it will only be in name only. Luo Jian continued.

"Xinghua, you mean we can lend money to people to set up a company?" Shi Kefa heard something else from Luo Jian's words.

"Brother Xian, what you said, let me think about it..."Luo Jian pondered.

Now there are more and more factories in Yangzhou, there are many people whose own funds are definitely insufficient, it is estimated that a lot of silver is borrowed, now the factory is just emerging, the profits are not small, if the future development is more and more, there must be factories bankrupt, then economic disputes will definitely continue to occur.

How to legally prevent these things from bringing some adverse consequences as soon as possible, Luo Jian is really not very expert, and Xiao Liu is now entangled in the ammonia production line in Guazhou and can't get out, so it seems that he has to check some more information from the computer and learn more by himself.

Luo Jian has long wanted to start a banking business, but at present, Yangzhou's finances have just become rich, and there are not many gold and silver reserves, even if a bank is opened, I am afraid that credit cannot be guaranteed at all, so Luo Jian did not bring it up.

Thinking of this, Luo Jian had a headache, he used to go to a military academy, and he learned about economics from various channels, but now he knows that he has learned too little when he uses it.

"When the book is used, I hate it less! I still lack this knowledge, and when I have time to find Xiao Liu back and give classes to all of us, I also have to recharge myself. Luo Jian said helplessly.

"Haha, I really thought Xinghua was omnipotent, it turns out that you really have a headache!" Shi Kefa said with a smile.

"However, our ocean-going trading company must be established, I think we are like this, the government will take the lead, we must at least account for 51% of the shares, and at the same time absorb private capital to enter, and strive to make our ocean-going company bigger and stronger, which is much better than we often organize merchant ships to go to sea, what I just told Weisheng is to let him take the lead in doing this." Only then did Luo Jian say what he meant.

"Xinghua, you mean that a company has been established, and we will leave it alone?" Shi Kefa asked.

"We don't care about the company's operation in normal times, when to do business, all decisions are made by the company itself, and what we have to do is to supervise and support." Luo Jian said dryly.

"Governor, with this ocean company, what should I do?" Zheng Chenggong asked anxiously beside him.

"Haha, with this company, you are even more busy, your task is to escort, in the name of our navy." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, this company must have a name, right? The Dutch company was also called the 'East India Company'. Shi Kefa asked.

"Just call it 'Yangzhou Ocean Trading Company', so that you will know that it is our Yangzhou company, what do you think?" Luo Jian said.

"Okay, I think it's fine." Shi Kefa nodded and said.

"Weisheng, our "Yangzhou Weekly" will soon release the news of the establishment of "Yangzhou Ocean Trading Company", you get ready as soon as possible, you will choose a place in Yangzhou as the company's headquarters, put up the shelf as soon as possible, and I will find you some information later. In the future, the company will carry out ocean trade, that is, organize merchant ships to go to sea, and the company will apply to the Metropolitan Governor's Office for naval escort, what do you think? ”

"What Xinghua means is that our navy can also escort a fleet like the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce?" Shi Kefa asked.

"In the future, we will have more warships and more strength in the navy, which is not impossible, anyway, our navy is not in vain, it will be charged." Luo Jian said.

"Yangzhou Semi-Monthly" was renamed "Yangzhou Weekly" as early as a month ago, and the circulation has also increased from a semi-monthly issue to a weekly issue, and the concept of seven days for a week has been basically formed in Yangzhou, which has nothing to do with worship, and is purely caused by Luo Jian's personal habits.

"I said Xinghua, you haven't said what position you will arrange for Weisheng?" Ren Minyu saw that Luo Jian was about to end, and hurriedly asked.

"What position? The general manager of Sino-Ocean Company is responsible for the overall responsibility of Sino-Ocean Company and the shareholders of the investment, and is responsible for the operation of the entire company. Luo Jian explained.

The news of the establishment of Yangzhou Ocean Trading Company has also caused a lot of sensation in Yangzhou, and there are really a lot of businessmen who are interested in it, and the company headquarters that has just been listed has come to consult people in an endless stream these days, and even Luo Jian has stayed in the company headquarters for two days, and Lu Wei is explaining to everyone together.

Because of the establishment of the company, the third merchant ship went to sea was delayed, and the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce couldn't wait, and used the four gunboats it purchased to escort it, and organized more than a dozen ships of goods to Japan.