At the end of the day, more than 100 maritime merchants from all over the southeast entered the main courtyard of the Yinghai Envoy's Mansion together.

The spacious Mingyuan Hall can't accommodate it, and some people can only stand outside the door and listen, but fortunately, the side door of the Mingyuan Hall is fully open today, and they are not afraid that they can't hear the sound.

There is only Zhu Yuan in the main seat, and he sits on the right seat at the wide conference table, after all, he can't block the ancestral saber.

Hua Gao and Wu Zhen have left.

The two understood that today was Zhu Yuan's home field, and they came over in advance to understand his thoughts, so they took the initiative to leave.

After all, there is so much to do.

When everyone was standing or sitting, actively or passively finding their seats, Zhu Yuan habitually clapped his hands, glanced around, and said, "Then, let's start now." ”

The merchants of the sea suddenly gave up or should be, and some people who were lucky enough to sit down by virtue of their age or fame also subconsciously got up.

Zhu Yuan had to press his hand, and waited for everyone to be quiet before he said: "I bother everyone to run all the way, and I have been waiting in Dinghai for these days, I will stop talking nonsense, and go straight to the topic, first of all, what everyone is most concerned about, the rules of maritime trade in the future." ”

Saying this, Zhu Yuan picked out a copy from the stack of materials at hand, pushed it towards the center of the long table, and said: "Let's talk about what everyone is most concerned about first, this is the new Daming City Ship Law formulated by the Yinghai Division in accordance with the relevant laws of the previous dynasties, however, it is a temporary regulation, that is, it will be implemented temporarily, and it is planned that after a year, according to the specific implementation, some of the regulations that may be inappropriate will be modified, such as tax rates, such as restrictions on the entry and exit of goods, etc., and then the final law will be located." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan paused slightly before continuing: "The three chapters of the Han Gaozu covenant, the Han family is greatly prosperous, which shows the importance of rules and the key to the law. Once the city ordinance is confirmed, it will not be changed for the next ten years. Therefore, you can rest assured that you can continue your business in the future. When the time comes, as long as you do business within the limits of the law, you will not need to have any other worries. ”

What are the concerns?

The order of the dynasty is changed, the morning is three and the evening is four, the morning is Qin and the twilight, and the white emperor is in the clouds......

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, inside and outside the hall, more than a hundred pairs of eyes stared at the booklet, which was not too thick.

Since he is a merchant, even if he does not have the corresponding insight of Zhu Yuan, a later person, all the maritime merchants also understand the meaning of a law that everyone can refer to.

"This draft, you will take it yourself later, circulate it to each other, if you have any comments, you can also put it forward to the Yinghai Division, but it is only three days, and after three days, I will send it to Jinling for the ancestors to review, and when the ancestors give permission, this decree will begin to be trialed. At the same time, the Yinghai Division will also open a city ship division in Mingzhou and Quanzhou, and wait for Guangdong to be pacified, and there will be a Guangzhou city ship division. ”

A little time for everyone to digest, Zhu Yuan continued: "Then, let's move on to the next topic. ”

Flipping through another document, Zhu Yuan raised his head and glanced at everyone, and then said: "Since everyone is summoned to Mingzhou, it is natural that a new market decree will not be simply announced, everyone should also know that the imperial army is currently on the Northern Expedition, and the Northern Expedition needs food. The decay of the Yuan Dynasty has caused the inland canal to fall into disrepair, and we can only consider transporting grain by sea. ”

As soon as these words fell, someone had already rushed to say: "Expelling Hulu and restoring China is the wish of my Han family for a hundred years." My lord, the imperial court has been sent, and the Shen family in Changzhou is willing to pour all their wealth for the army, and there is no other word. ”

Zhu Yuan looked over, it was the third child of the Shen family who had met once at the dock before.

The question is, why are you so excited?

Other people inside and outside Mingyuan Hall understood the predicament that the Shen family had encountered recently, and they could also understand Shen Mao's statement.

The Shen family is willing to pour out all their wealth, you say it privately!

It's so public, doesn't it make everyone embarrassed?

Zhu Yuan listened to the buzz around him to express his loyalty, and had to press his hand again, pushing forward another document in front of him: "It is not necessary to pour out all the family wealth, but it does require everyone's contribution, but it will not let you contribute in vain. ”

Facing another group of dumbfounded, Zhu Yuan continued: "Let me first explain that the so-called 'company' can be understood as a business entity that cooperates with each other to engage in a certain production or trading activity. Change the name, such as 'trade name', and you may understand. However, 'company' is also different. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan looked for his memo next to him, flipped through it, and then continued: "To put it simply, Yinghai Division plans to publicly release 10 company licenses, and I won't make many detours, and the price of each license is 200,000 taels of silver. Moreover, I also want to explain that this money is not to be put in my personal pocket, nor into the pocket of the imperial court, or to open up the sea, the Yinghai Division plans to build a navigation lighthouse in the near future, which is better than the beacon on Zhaobao Mountain, covering the open sea islands, and you can go home along the lantern all the way if you want to enter the Daming Sea Frontier in the future. Think about that scene. In addition, there are various wharves construction, the opening of maritime schools, the research and development of better sea vessels, and so on. ”

"With 10 licenses, you can continue to do business in the future. If you don't have a license, it's a pity that you can only change careers, if you continue forcibly, it will be regarded as smuggling, I hope you don't make a mistake and lead to the disaster of raiding your family and exterminating your family. ”

Airplanes......

The chatter resumed.

Each license is 200,000 taels of silver, and many maritime merchants are not unacceptable, not to mention the promise of being used at sea. However, just inside and outside this hall, there are more than 100 people and 10 licenses, which ...... How to score enough!

Zhu Yuan pressed his hand again, and when he saw that it was useless, he had to clap his palm: "Everyone, listen to me." ”

Waiting for the hall to be quiet again, Zhu Yuan continued: "I just said that the premise of a company license is that the company is also a business entity that cooperates with each other, not that each license can only be given to one of you, but that each of you can join forces to get a license, establish a company, and operate together." ”

Call......

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This little grown-up...... It almost scared people to death.

Zhu Yuan waited for everyone to slow down, and continued: "I hope you don't interrupt again, wait for me to finish talking once." ”

"I have a general understanding of the risks of maritime trade, so I believe that the company system and everyone can share the risks with each other can be more long-lasting."

"I have to remind you here that you must be careful in choosing partners. If someone commits an illegal act, you will all be implicated, and in the worst case, the license will be withdrawn. ”

Zhu Yuan's words came out, and some people in the hall couldn't help but look at a certain maritime merchant surnamed Zhang.

Zhang Jaw was not qualified to sit down, but he was standing in the crowd on the right side, and when he heard Zhu Yuan say this, he suddenly felt that his face didn't matter, it was ...... The legs are a little weak.

Is there anyone around here who is willing to cooperate with him?

Zhu Yuan didn't notice this small detail, and continued: "The specific company model adopts the share system, and the share capital I preliminarily set for you is 10,000 shares. First of all, I will take 2,000 of them and hand them over to the imperial court for His Majesty to dispose of, or keep them as assets of the imperial court, or reward meritorious heroes in the future. ”

"Everyone contributed 200,000 taels and could only get the remaining 8,000 shares. Don't think I'm taking advantage of you, or open up and say, the benefits of sea trade are too great, if I don't take this part, you will be coveted in the future, it is better to put things on the table, if Your Majesty rewards the meritorious hero with the license, it is equivalent to directly finding a backer for you. In addition, of the 10 maritime trade company licenses issued to the public, 7 were given to everyone in the first batch, and the remaining 3 were reserved for the unpacified areas in the south. At the same time, in addition to these 10 licenses, I will reserve two more, which are also exclusive to the imperial court and used to participate in maritime trade. ”

"I hereby promise you that within 10 years, the Yinghai Division will only issue a total of 12 licenses, and there will be no more."

"Speaking of benefits, these 12 licenses will completely monopolize the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty in the next 10 years, even after 10 years, according to my personal assumptions, no more will be issued. So, to what extent is the monopoly? In the future, even if there are overseas merchants who ship goods to Daming, they can no longer trade on their own, and these 12 companies can only bid for their goods. When overseas businessmen leave, they also have to purchase goods through these 12 companies at a markup. ”

Seeing that everyone was going to talk about it again, Zhu Yuan had to restrain his expression, swept around, interrupted the whispering that was about to start, and continued: "This is the benefit of everyone." ”

"Then, after the benefits, there is the obligation."

"In addition to the previous 200,000 taels of silver, it is also said that this time the grain will be transported."

"Because this year is the beginning, the imperial court lacks shipping talents, and needs everyone's assistance. My requirement is that each company that bids for the license must have 500 people, and it must be your top 500 sailors. I will take a responsible approach, binding each company to which ships to be responsible for, and if you fool me and send people over, what will happen in the future, what will happen, you can imagine for yourself. ”

The merchants of the sea began to express their positions again.

Zhu Yuan waited for a while, and then continued: "In the end, it is a ship, and I don't ask for much for each license plate, to gather the share of the ship carrying 20,000 stone of grain. Of course, the grain is from the imperial court, and you only need to supply the ships. ”

"Finally, I promise that this matter will only be limited to this year, because the court is short of manpower. By the next year, the imperial court's own grain transportation team will develop, and whether it is ships or manpower, it will no longer bother you. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan exhaled.

Glancing around again.

After I say that, who is for and who is against?!

All right.

Forget about this stalk, and the rude ancients can't catch it.

So he just said, "Guys, is there a problem?" ”