Chapter 1 Jinghai Firm

He Xi went to the post this time, and he still took the sea route. Take advantage of the last period of the southeast monsoon. It's also the fastest. At most, eleven or two days.

However, this time He Xi did not take a grain ship.

Because the big war is imminent, it is very heavy to transport grain. Zhang He will not wait for any night. He Xi learned from the household department that Zhang He's task this year was to transport one million stone of grain to Liaodong. That's an increase of more than 200,000 from before. Zhang He added some new ships. But there are still some struggles to reach this goal.

It's just that it would not be an exaggeration to say that He Xi was also on a grain ship.

Because, the lowest cabin of the ship He Xi sat on was filled with grain. The upper echelons placed He Xi and He Xi's guards.

This ship belongs to the Jinghai Merchants.

Jinghai business is an idle pen of He Xi. He didn't care much about it himself at all, and threw it to Princess Anqing to manage. It can be regarded as one more entry for the family. As for the rest, I didn't think much about it. It's just that I never thought that Princess Anqing was pregnant, and she didn't bother to care about things outside.

The world is big, and no children are important.

So, everything about Jinghai Business is on Yang Zhen.

Princess Anqing just sent someone to check the account.

It's just that I never thought that this seemed to have discovered Yang Zhen's talent.

In just over a year, the scale of the entire Jinghai firm has increased more than tenfold, even if there are many people who have crossed the river and participated in the sea trade, and even among the original shareholders of the Jinghai firm, there are also people who have formed new loves, yes, it is Lu Zhongheng. Lu someone.

He established his own business in Nanyang, and it can't be said that he won't play with the Jinghai business. It's just that he wants to eat Nanyang's solitary food.

Even in this case, Jinghai is still the first at sea. It is more than double the second place.

Of course, because of the rapid expansion, there are some minor problems with profitability and equity.

Princess Anqing didn't care, let Yang Zhen watch it. But there are many things, Yang Zhen didn't dare to look at them, even if he did them at the time. In the aftermath, it is also necessary to remedy the not. When He Xi was in Nanyang, Yang Zhen intended to go to Nanyang to report the situation to He Xi.

It's just that the Jinghai firm is not without business in Nanyang. However, the center of gravity of the Jinghai business is still on the coast of Daming. It is impossible for Yang Zhen to leave his lair and go to Nanyang.

When He Xi came back, Yang Zhen immediately returned to Nanjing.

But how busy He Xi is in Nanjing. Even Princess Anqing is less accompanied, let alone Yang Zhen.

However, from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the mouth of Arthur. A minimum of 10 days. So Yang Zhen accompanied He Xi on the boat. There are ten days of hard work, and I have reported it carefully.

He Xi didn't have any other time on the ship, so he could take a look at the information of the Jinghai business.

I really don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, He Xi opened the first page, was taken aback, and said; "The Jinghai merchant already has more than a hundred ships. Why so many? ”

Yang Zhen said: "This is about to be reported to the adults. The firm established a shipyard in Jingjiang. In the past year, more than 50 ships have been built. Enriched into the fleet. ”

He Xi said: "What about the wood? I know that there are big trees in Taiwan. However, if the wood is not dry, the ships that have been launched in the water will not exceed ten years, and it is estimated that they will break down. Where did you get all this wood? ”

Yang Zhen said: "We didn't use wood that was dried in the shade, but we found a way to dry the wood with fire. ”

When He Xi heard this, he immediately frowned.

Because he knows that it will not work.

This is because the wood is heated unevenly due to fire. Causes the wood texture to be affected. Even the outside was scorched, and the inside was still wet. He Xi has not tried. Historically, it was after the invention of the steam engine that the processing time of wood was shortened by using steam heating.

Not now.

Yang Zhen said; "We have found experts to deduce that the ships that are handled in this way can only last for more than a decade. Even if there is a problem with the workmanship, it may not be able to hold up for ten years. But I also estimated that the maritime trade is now profitable. A ship can be made in a year, and there are two reasons why this is so. The first reason is that the imperial court has just opened the sea, and there is a shortage of ships at sea, and the second reason is that the South Seas were opened by the imperial court, and the Ming merchant ships ran from here to the Western Ocean, almost unimpeded. So there is more demand for ships. But this situation will not last forever. In particular, Liaodong Wood Yard, Jingjiang Wood Yard, and wood yards all over Nanyang. After three years of timber drying, about five or six years later, there will be more ships at sea. Shipping prices will fall. It's one-half, one-third, or even one-tenth of what it is now. That's why I decided to take the lead, even if it can be used for more than ten years. In the first year, the ship money is earned, and the rest is net profit. And when the shipping cost drops. Our new ship can also be replaced. ”

He Xi listened and sighed in his heart. The talent of the ancients in business was no worse than that of foreigners.

He Xi listened to Yang Zhen's statement, and only then did he think of some battles in the shipping industry in later generations. The shipping industry is a highly cyclical industry. Many successful businessmen rely on the trough period and desperately squeeze their opponents. Stick to the peak of profits and monopolize to make money.

Today, Yang Zhen's approach almost coincides with that of later generations of businessmen.

With this hand alone, He Xi is not worried about Yang Zhen losing money.

He Xi said; "Not bad." Then he looked at the information in his hand. After a slight pause, he said: "Wei Guogong, how many other horses have joined the shares?" How can there be a share of Zhu Xiongying? ”

Yang Zhen said; "It's all in the palace."

Originally, the He family was in charge of fifty percent of the shares in the palace, but after the introduction of so many powerful people, only three percent of the shares held by the He family were in charge. Of course, He Xi also knew that Princess Anqing borrowed his father's name, but he didn't give his father a copper plate.

He didn't even let Ouchi look at the ledger.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about this.

After all, she is one of the only two concubines. It's still the youngest daughter. It's almost the pearl of the palm.

As long as there are no violations of law and discipline, and the law of the court is bad, there is almost no problem with other things.

Three achievements are three percent, even if there are only three percent now, it is more than 300,000 taels. And He Xi can see it. It's still expanding. As Yang Zhen said, the maritime trade is not yet saturated, and it is estimated that it will take several years when the saturation period is reached. At that time, the Jinghai merchant will have more than 10 million taels of total plates, and it is not surprising that He Xi will not be surprised.

After all, when Zheng Zhilong was in his heyday, he had assets of thirty or forty million. Now the Ming Dynasty has officially opened the ban, and Nanyang has also been merged into the Ming market. The whole plate is only bigger than Zheng Zhilong's period. It's just that there are quite a few strong dragons in this plate. Although the Jinghai firm is awesome, it is impossible to occupy it all, so only one or two percent of the market share, more than 10 million taels is a lot.

Of course, there won't be that much dividends every year. But hundreds of thousands of taels, or even a little more, are still available.

It is estimated that at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang will remember this money.

He Xi didn't care about this either, he didn't care much about money. Or rather, he cares about the money he can mobilize. It's not how much money he personally has, after all, for He Xi, no matter how much money he has, it's just a few zeros.

It won't affect his own life in the slightest.

Adhering to this kind of thought, He Xi took a hasty look, put it aside and said, "Tell me, what is Jinghai Business now?" ”

"Yes." Yang Zhen said: "Jinghai business is divided into three parts, the first part is trade, operating the Ming Dynasty to Xinzhou, the Ming Dynasty to the Nanyang countries, the Ming Dynasty to the Western Ocean, the Ming Dynasty to Goryeo and other waterways, of which the West Ocean only took a boat, is still in the exploration stage, in the loss of money, other places, are making money. This is also the most profitable part of the business. ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "There are still people who run Goryeo?" Isn't Goryeo hostile to our dynasty? ”

In fact. Historically, Goryeo has always ridden the wall left and right, perhaps because Zhu Yuanzhang was attracted to Goryeo. Therefore, this year's Goryeo Gongma was directly rejected. He also ordered a reprimand. Relations between Goryeo and Daming quickly cooled.

Yang Zhen said: "The Koreans can refuse the Ming Dynasty. The Goryeo magnates could not refuse the goods of the Ming Dynasty. And the Goryeo sailors could not refuse the guns on our ships. ”

The goods of the Ming Dynasty are the top luxury goods of this era, and the entire world's upper nobles cannot refuse. And the Goryeo Sailor naturally cannot confront the Ming Quasi-Sailor.