The 800,000 mu of land was redeemed, and 40% of the dry shares, 4.2 million taels of silver on paper were also paid, of course, it was to pay next year's profits.

If something happens overseas at this time, Zhu Houzhao decides to build a big ship and a sailor to clean up the small countries in the South Seas, as well as the Portuguese who came from afar, I don't know what the reaction will be at the court?

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was somewhat curious in his heart, in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, there should have never been such a scene.

Would the Wenchen of the Manchu Dynasty still think that it was a reckless military force?

It's hard to tell.

Anyway, now things have been done, after all, the average price of the field is less than five taels, which is a bit of a pit, but Mei Kejia has no choice, the emperor is unwilling to reduce his dry shares to less than 50%, so the more he goes to the back, the less 'commodity' he has in his hand, so he has to reduce the price, even so, there are still people who are willing.

Especially if someone is caught, business will be much better that day.

In April of the second year of Zhengde, by the emperor's will, the Ming Nanyang Company set up its headquarters in Beijing, and the sign hung on the wall was three more words in the name, which was: joint-stock system.

It is clearly written that this is a new type of company with a multi-person shareholding system.

The location is next to Zhengyangmen, in Zhengyangmen, and the city that never sleeps is across Zhengyangmen.

After that, Mei Kejia seemed to have some magical powers, and constantly publicized some systems at the door.

First, all the persons who have shares in a joint-stock company, called shareholders of the company, who account for more than 1 percent of the shares, may submit proposals to the board of directors of the company, and the board of directors must give a written reply. The members of the board of directors were appointed by the emperor.

Second, as the prime minister of the joint-stock company, Mei Kejia is responsible for all day-to-day affairs and reports to the board of directors every year.

Just as officials from all over the country reported to the emperor, Mei Kejia now has to report on his work.

In the work report, it is necessary to clearly explain the achievements and problems of the past year, the hidden worries and countermeasures for the future.

Third, within three years, the shares between shareholders shall not be sold, traded with each other, and shall be allowed to be abandoned.

In this way, in fact, Zhu Houzhao unconsciously did an important thing, that is, he successfully introduced the joint-stock enterprise into the Ming Dynasty of this era, and while solving the old problems, he also opened up a new direction.

Later, smart businessmen will inevitably imitate this model and set up private companies. At that time, the government can keep up with and formulate some corresponding laws, focusing on encouragement and regulation.

Under this pattern, when the emperor set up the agenda and discussed how to further expand the sea trade, hey, the whole court became concerned.

For example, there are only three divisions in the city, should they be added?

In addition to silk and porcelain, do Western countries want anything else? Daming is rich in products, what good things are not?

Just like silk, can mulberry fields be multi-stored, and can raw silk be prolific?

Extending further, borrowing the example of the original merchants in the frontier, can we go to Nanyang to find a piece of land, buy mulberry fields, raise silkworms and reeling silk, and then save the freight and sell it directly to them?

So the question is, how did that piece of land come from? Is it renting, buying, or ......?

“…… Can the loom be modified? ”

Zhu Houzhao was on the top of the main hall and asked this question loudly.

"Loom improvements?"

"How?"

……

The sound of the discussion below has been non-stop.

"I'm just suggesting a direction, for example, the original loom weaves 500 horses a day, can it weave 600 horses after improvement? I don't know the exact number, but that's what I said. In addition to silk, others can also be followed by so on. ”

"Besides, can merchant ships be made bigger? Or is there a boatman who can improve the sails? Make it a little faster? In this way, the cost of transportation is reduced, which is also a way. ”

After all, the cost of floating at sea for a month and two months is completely different.

The emperor's formulation is very instructive,

Yes, there are many ways to do business.

For example, can silk be sold more expensive? Let's not talk about poor silk, high-quality silk is to raise the price.

In short, Mei Kejia is annoyed now, many people will have to look at him if they are chic next year, and it is estimated that someone will give him advice.

"Your Majesty, there is also such a way of reward and punishment within the company, the minister has issued an internal reward order, eight hundred materials, one thousand materials, as long as it can be built, the minister will not be stingy, I believe that Your Majesty will not be reluctant to give up some bonuses. As for the loom...... I ignored it before, but after I went down, I also reminded the craftsman that it was okay. ”

"Premier Mei, this can't be ignored, the third year of Zhengde is the year of repetition, without the silver of maritime trade, how can Your Majesty's national policy be implemented?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't cry or laugh,

Oh, at this time, I began to use this reason to urge Mei Kejia to work hard.

Mei Kejia was not embarrassed, and said in court: "The minister asks the court to allocate silver to add ships and prepare for the construction of sailors!" Chen Yijie was born as a merchant, and he traveled on land, and occasionally encountered mountain bandits to rob goods. Maritime...... There are also bandits, these people are fierce and evil, since we want to build a bigger ship in the future, then we can't afford to lose, a ship of millions of taels of goods, if it is robbed, it will be difficult for the ministers to die to atone for their sins. ”

Zhu Houzhao looked relaxed, "What do you think Aiqing?" ”

There are a lot of people who are hesitant, mainly because they have opposed it before. You can't just say it the other way around, right? People always have a face, too.

But there's no rush either.

After waiting for a while, some officials began to come out and say: "The Ming Dynasty is the superior kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, how can the prestige of the kingdom be violated by others?" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, if those goods are robbed, the court can still bear it, but thousands of people, the silk that has worked hard and can't see the money back, so what should I do?"

"Yes, whether it is a mountain bandit or a sea bandit, they must be afraid of the imperial court and the heavenly army!"

……

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but let himself laugh, under this pattern, once the silver was really distributed to them, the Ming Dynasty would probably become a world ghost in the sixteenth century.

"In that case, the cabinet will discuss a way with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and see how much money is allocated this year. I just remind you to take a long-term view when doing things, for example, this year is this goal, what is next year? And the year after? That's right......"

Zhu Houzhao thought of one point, "The sailor was built for the Nanyang Company, and it protects not only the interests of the imperial court, but also the interests of other shareholders. ”

Mei Kejia didn't have a problem with this, "Weichen commands." ”

The court was bustling.

As for the Duke of Baoguo, who had made the emperor angry before, where did anyone still care about him. The ministers were not interested in the nobles and nobles.

People would rather study why the emperor called the company to pay for the sailors.

But this is also the opinion of each person.

Xing Guan, a new science and technology scholar in the first year of Zhengde, was originally awarded the official Guan Zheng Criminal Department, and later asked Gu Zuo to say hello to go to Shaofu to watch the government, but now when he encounters this matter in Beijing, he can no longer raise so many idlers, let alone them to be idle to watch the government.

The Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites ordered together.

Xing Guan set off for Wanping County.

In April, the roadside wildflowers have bloomed, and since the rest of the month, the countryside is like a New Year, full of joy, and the people who want to eat are visibly reduced, although one by one is still very miserable, and in the future, the grain will be planted in the field, and it is even more impossible to want to be full of white rice every day, and there is no shortage of meat and eggs.

But with three acres of land per person, as long as they are well served, at least people will not starve to death, and they can barely survive by drinking some porridge, catching some fish and shrimp in the river, and catching some game in the forest.

If this is the case, it will also be a peaceful and prosperous era that has not been encountered in a century.

"Fu Zun just thinks that His Majesty asked other shareholders to pay because it was fair?"

Xing Guan was assigned to Gu Renyi's subordinates, and this time he went to Wanping with him, and the two walked on the road, resting and drinking water, Xing Guan asked.

Gu Renyi was so busy that she really didn't have time to think about anything else, "Otherwise?" The construction of the sailor consumes a lot of silver, so it is natural to ask the company to pay some. ”

"The construction of the sailor is a big expense, and the maintenance is a big expense, if only the treasury pays for it, it must not be a few years, and everyone will stop His Majesty from spending money."

"No, since the cost is very large, asking the company to pay for it won't make those people even more unwilling?"

"What can I do if I don't want to? Who will protect the cargo of a shipload by ship? ”

……

……

Zhu Houzhao is also explaining this truth to Mei Kejia.

“…… Therefore, they will demand that the expenses spent on maintaining the sailors also form income and returns. ”

Mei Kejia's face turned pale, "With so much silver, no matter how capable the minister is, he is afraid that he will not make enough money one day." ”

That's true, Zhu Houzhao knows.

But why do you insist on this, this is probably beyond the understanding of a businessman like Mei Kejia.

But it is not difficult to imagine that the cost of maintaining a force is enormous, and generally the simple way is to disarm. But the practical interests will make them dare not disarm, after all, this force is protecting their interests, then at this time it will go in another direction: since there is a strong force, then rely on war and plunder.

This path is very immoral and very bad. But then the West dominates the world for 500 years, and if you don't plunder him, he will plunder you. And how good are these bastards in the past five hundred years? The most important thing is that people don't listen to what we say about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and trust, no matter how much etiquette you talk about, people will just say: How many warships and how many soldiers do you have?

Then Zhu Houzhao can't help it, even if it is immoral to bully other countries, but he can also plant this seed with peace of mind, which is called sin in the present and merit in the future.

(End of chapter)