Chapter 573: The Age of Unfree Competition

"How many of you are there? There are only about 300 people who can kill a boat, even if it is all iron, how many nails can be hit? Cui Xin dropped a sentence, turned around and got into the carriage, and said to the coachman, "Go see the master." ”

In Ningyuan, Chen Xie was taking a walk with Ye Xianyun, who was satisfied, and after unremitting efforts, this woman was finally planted. It's like a hen laying eggs, with her chin held high and making people want to beat her. No, Zhou Xiuying wanted to bite her.

"Look at the things that you are proud of, the cotton line, can you let go?" Zhou Xiuying's eyes were full of jealousy, and her tone was not very good. Ye Xianyun snorted and said: "Everyone's well water does not interfere with river water, and your business is not small, such a large silk factory, there are hundreds of steam engines alone, you still care about my business?" Your Zhou family's mulberry garden has an extra thousand acres this year. ”

"The Zhou family is the Zhou family, and I am me. I have 40% of the shares in the silk factory, which is more than one silk factory. Your cotton factory can, Daming is just a cotton cloth factory that uses machine qì weaving, why do you still want to grasp the sales of Liaodong tweed? Master, you comment, this kind of tweed has always been in charge of her sales, and when I go to order the goods, she refuses to discount. ”

The two have always been like this, and they have never refused to let each other go for the sake of business benefits. Chen Xie doesn't think that these two people are fighting for interests, it is nothing more than a habit of life. "Don't look at me, I said at the beginning that the goods from Liaodong will be handled by yourself." Chen Xie hurriedly cleared himself, and Zhou Xiuying glared indignantly and said, "She is holding the channel of cotton cloth in her hand, how can I fight with her?" I don't care, she has occupied the market in Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and she must be given to me. ”

Chen Xie saw Han Shan at the gate of the courtyard and immediately walked away by himself. Leave the two women there to continue arguing. During his trip to Huating, Chen Xie had a lot of things, mainly to listen to the report from Nanyang, didn't he come a few days in advance and wait for the people over there to come back? When I saw Han Shan, I thought it was someone from Nanyang who had returned.

"Lin Ya or Su Haochen?" Chen Xie asked casually. Han Shan said in a low voice: "It's Cui Xin." Chen Xie was obviously stunned, Cui Xin is now the secretary general of the Jiangnan Provincial Consultative Bureau, and he is also the president of the Silk Guild. If it weren't for his age, he would have been elected Speaker of the Council.

"What is the matter with him?" Chen Xie asked very strangely, and Han Shan said: "It was said that there was a problem with the boat that went to Dongying to collect raw silk, but I didn't ask the specifics." Hearing this, Chen Xie was obviously stunned. As for Japan, Chen Xie has no plans to do it for the time being, and feels that he has to wait for the foundation of Nanyang to be solid. Then turn around and move on to Japan. I didn't expect such a thing to happen, Japan's raw silk is also an important resource in the Jiangnan silk industry. After the start of industrial production, the demand for raw silk increased dramatically, and Japan was originally an important source of raw silk for the Daming silk industry. Now it's even more important, where no one wants to let go.

"Let's go, what's going on?" Chen Xie walked out with his hands behind his back, and Han Shan hurriedly followed. When I walked to the door, I saw Cui Xin standing at the foot of the steps. did not rely on identity to enter the garden.

"What are you doing standing outside? Come on in. Chen Xie's very casual remark was actually very satisfied with Cui Xin's attitude. This kid has been trained, and he is very steady, no worse than Yan Xiaosheng, a steel tycoon and newspaper tycoon in Nanjing.

Cui Xin just came in, and he had an account in his heart. This is a place like the master's backyard, and it is not something he can enter casually. followed all the way to the study, and after sitting down, Chen Xie asked about the reason, and Cui Xin explained in detail. Inside the Daming Silk Guild, for the import of raw silk from Japan. There has been no agreement. The reason is that Daming has two important silk production areas, one is Hangzhou and the other is Susong. The reason why there is no agreement is because of interests. The merchants of Hangzhou formed a group to compete with Su Song's side, the purpose of which was to gain a share of European trade. What about this share? It is still necessary to return to the issue of foreign trade, the output of silk produced by the Ming Dynasty has risen sharply in the past two years, which directly leads to a decline in prices. In order to stabilize this momentum, Cui Xin proposed a plan to limit the amount of silk going to sea, limiting it to a level every year to ensure everyone's profits. In this way, this share has a saying. Japanese raw silk is cheaper than Daming's, which can reduce a lot of costs, and it is difficult for everyone to agree on this aspect. This also directly led to the price of Japanese raw silk rising by 30%, and even so, it was about 10% cheaper than the price of local raw silk in Daming.

On the Japanese side, it is predictable that some businessmen will take advantage of the opportunity to pay too high prices, but Cui Xin's side has a contract with a Japanese trading company, and breaking the contract is not a big deal in the eyes of the Japanese. Daming is so far away, can he still come and bite them? Japan's raw silk doesn't have to worry about not being sold, who cares about this?

Unexpectedly, because of this incident, the contradictions that caused them actually intensified in the custom house, and they all drank high, and in order to compete for the right to stay overnight for a few custom girls, the two sides fought. Because there are few people and no guys, this side suffers. Probably like this, Chen Xie touched his chin and said in his heart, Is this the protagonist's aura? I haven't had the right time to trouble the Japanese, and I didn't want to force him to go up and find a way back. In the final analysis, this is because of trade, and Japan's trade with China was relatively advantageous in the Ming Dynasty. Lacquerware, raw silk, knives, silver, copper, sulfur, and nitrate are very marketable in Daming.

But after the appearance of Chen Xie, there is no big market for Japanese knives, lacquerware, and nitrate. Not to mention knives, there is no way to compare with modern steel, and lacquerware is even worse, who still uses this for all kinds of utensils, who still uses lacquerware when a woman marries, and all kinds of Dengzhou goods don't have to be easy to use? Even nitrate, because of the emergence of soil nitrate purification technology, the cost is very low, and the quality is high, which is not comparable to Japanese goods at all. As trade went from surplus to deficit, Japan placed more emphasis on the remaining major products. Capitalism is indeed evil, and it is indeed going to war for the sake of trade interests.

During the Shogunate period, Japan's only window to the outside world was the so-called Choshu Domain. Therefore, the Japanese businessmen over there really don't worry about the Ming people not going, except for him, other places will not accept businessmen from overseas. The whole of Japan and other parts of Japan were closed to trade, and even in the Choshu Domain, it was smuggling trade.

Since this is the case, then there is nothing to say, Chen Xie waited for Cui Xin to finish speaking, and said lightly: "After you go back, first settle the aftermath of your dead brother, and then convene the Silk Guild, no matter what way you use, reach an agreement with me, first integrate the internal, don't make your own people fight first for a little benefit." Second, you tell the members of the guild that trade with Japan will be fully open in the future, and you can do business wherever you want. This matter, the ministry has promised to come down, and they should also make some efforts, don't know to sit back and enjoy it. The trade to Tessie now sits at home to collect money, so much profit, how much tax do they pay? It is not enough for the maintenance cost of the Ming fleet, and it will definitely not work if it goes on like this. Silk is considered a luxury, and a luxury tax of 5 percent will be levied in the future. There is another thing, if you go to spread it, it will be said that all the shops in Huating New District will be officially sold to the outside world. Existing tenants have the right of first refusal. If they don't buy it, and when the lease expires, it depends on the landlord whether the shop can still be rented by him. ”

Cui Xin has been recording with a pen quickly, and when he heard this, he asked: "What if the merchant is short of funds?" Don't lead to a broken capital chain for the sake of paving, then it's not to help them, it's to harm them. Chen Xie's eyebrows were the same, and he glanced at this kid with satisfaction, this question was very to the point, nodded and said: "Are you a decoration when you are a Dafa Bank?" It used to be called a money bank, but now it has been changed to a bank, do you think it was changed to play casually? Sue them that as long as there is a mortgage, the purchase of the shop can be paid in installments. As a guarantee, once the bank does not pay it back, the shop will be auctioned by the bank, and the excess will be returned after the principal and interest are recovered. Specifically, go to the bank and ask. ”

Chen Xie's Dafa Money Bank was officially renamed Dafa Bank. Over the years, the partners in the provinces are no longer shareholders of any branches, and all the shares of the branches have been converted into silver, and they have either bought shares in the bank or withdrawn from the industry. Chen Xie is too strong, no matter which aspect, those past partners have no room to compete, they can only obey. After the integration, Dafa Bank has improved some business methods and is getting closer and closer to the prototype of a modern bank.

The current situation is that all the coastal provinces have branches of the Dafa Bank, and the inland provinces, Henan and Shanxi, also have branches of the Dafa Bank. The entire network is constantly spreading across the country, and Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan and other provinces along the Yangtze River are also planning to establish branches. A national bank has been inexorably born. Interestingly, the silver yuan that occurred at this bank is now the official default currency of the Ming Dynasty. This problem, Chen Xie will have to solve sooner or later, and it must be officially recognized by the official, otherwise the emperor will turn his face much faster than turning the book.

Currency issuance was originally a matter of the state, and Chen Xie, the bank, replaced the role of the Ministry of Households, and the silver coins issued were much stronger than the official bank of the Ministry of Households. The household department simply collected the cash dollars and charged them into the treasury.

Cui Xin said goodbye and left, first to settle the wounded, and then to deal with the aftermath of the deceased. At the same time, a bunch of posts were issued, asking the big silk farmers in Hangzhou and Susong to be sure to arrive before the end of the month, and if they do not wait for the deadline, they will bear the consequences. This is a very strict wording, representing Cui Xin's anger and the anger of the big man behind him. (To be continued......)