Chapter 491 State-owned Enterprises and Imperial Merchants

Ying Zheng said with satisfaction, "You can find this. I'm very happy, which means that you are becoming more and more experienced in business.

I know that not only you have this question, but other people also have it, and you think that imperial businessmen and state-owned enterprises are the same, but in fact, you are very wrong.

Let's talk about state-owned enterprises first, what is a state-owned enterprise, which is a state-run or controlled workshop business, and its business scope usually includes energy, transportation, communications, finance, military industry and other fields."

"Your Majesty." Ganro said, "Can you elaborate on that? Weichen and others don't know much about this.

What is energy? What is communication? Please make it clear to Your Majesty."

"Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear." The officials said at the same time.

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "It's normal that you don't understand, this is what the emperor meant.

According to the meaning of the emperor, the energy field: the exploration, production, processing, and sales of oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy and other energy fields.

You may not know about oil, but I know that it is what the emperor needs, and then the imperial court will be responsible for it, and you will remember it."

"No." Will Lu Lang answer.

"As for the gas." Ying Zheng frowned slightly, "This is not what we can know now, I only know that there are many, many behind the Western Regions, and all this natural gas is hidden underground.

The magic of natural gas is combustion, a little natural gas can be used for a long time, it can not only be used for lighting, but also as diesel.

This natural gas is a very sought-after commodity in the future. Let's talk about this matter when the emperor comes out of the mountain.

In terms of energy, you are currently only responsible for oil and coal, and in between the two is mainly coal.

After the advent of the steam engine, the daily consumption will be ten times more than the current one, and I want to tell you that the emperor has developed a steam plough truck.

It won't be long before I can bring out the steam plough cart and let the people know that the days ahead are going to be better and better."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Great Qin River will last forever." The officials patted their horses and said.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and said, "Moving on to the field of communication, we only have two kinds of telephones and telegrams at present.

Whether or not these two communication devices can be realized in the future depends on you."

Jiang Lu immediately said, "Please rest assured that my son will work hard to complete it."

"It's not an effort, it's a certainty." Yingzheng was much stricter.

"Erchen understands, Erchen will definitely complete it." Jiang Lu said.

Then Ying Zheng said, "As for the field of transportation. Needless to say, so far, cement roads, docks, and ports are all within the scope of transportation.

Whether it is land, water, or even heaven, it belongs to the realm of transportation."

"Father." Jiang Lu said, "Erchen heard from the emperor that after the cement road is built, it will be called a highway.

Some roads are free, and some roads are tolled, which the ministers don't know very well, and I hope to ask the emperor."

"Yes." Ying Zheng said, "You will have this question, which means that you have a desire to learn. I'm very pleased."

"Thank you for your father's compliment." Jiang Lu said excitedly.

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Then there is the financial field, Mr. once said that there was a kind of money bank in Huaxia, and now it is a bank, and I heard that there is insurance and the like, I didn't ask much about these, you can ask yourself."

"No." Will Lu answer the road.

"As for the military industry, it is simply to build army weapons, and sell obsolete weapons, so that not only can the imperial court have an income, but also dispose of a batch of obsolete weapons, the best of both worlds.

But the military industry is not only about selling weapons, the most important thing is to research new weapons, now, Daqin's weapons look very powerful, but it won't be long before they will be eliminated and new weapons will appear."

"Erchen understands, Erchen will go and ask the emperor." Jiang Lu said.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and continued, "In addition, state-owned enterprises also have infrastructure construction, such as water conservancy projects and urban rail transit

The construction and operation of the field of communication, you also have to ask the emperor about this.

I don't have the emperor to say clearly."

"No." Will Lu answer the road.

He already knew that his father only knew everything about state-owned enterprises, and if he wanted to understand clearly, he had to ask Qin An.

"Next, I will talk about the Imperial Merchants, who are mainly engaged in salt, tea and silk, medicinal herbs, etc., as well as grain business.

I can tell you clearly what kind of business the imperial merchants can do, but they can't compete with the people for profit.

The imperial merchants paid attention to the high-end route, for example, the price of silk was divided into three prices: one hundred taels, fifty taels and ten taels.

The imperial merchant wants to do a silk business of one hundred taels, and he will never touch ten taels of silk of fifty taels."

"Erchen understands. Thank you, Father, for your doubts." Jiang Lu said.

Since he started business, he has learned what the high-end route is, and it is not something that ordinary people can consume, even if it is a family with thin assets, it may not be consumed.

He already knew that Ying Zheng's purpose in setting up the Imperial Merchants was to do business with everything used in the palace.

In this way, the cost of the palace can be reduced, and at the same time, it can be sold to those rich people who want to save face, which can make a lot of money.

It's like having two restaurants on your own.

There are many restaurants and hotels in Xianyang City, and the hotel takes the high-end route, which is basically a group of nobles.

The restaurant takes the mid-range route, which is suitable for some slightly wealthy people to eat.

As for the lot route, Jiang Lu didn't go there, and he had to give ordinary people a way to make money.

"Please rest assured that my son has already managed the imperial merchants and state-owned enterprises well." Jiang Lu said.

"Okay." Ying Zheng said excitedly, "There are still ten days, you can prepare, and then go to the emperor with me."

"No." Jiang Lu responded with the same excitement.

Li Si came out and said again: "Your Majesty, Langya Shipyard has built more than a hundred ships, and now the news has spread, and there are more and more people who want to buy ships, and I ask Your Majesty to decide."

"Your Majesty, it's better to leave this matter to Weichen to deal with." Gan Luo stepped forward and said, "As the prime minister of Zuo, Weichen has not made any political achievements for the imperial court, and this is the best opportunity."

As soon as Gan Luo's words fell, all the officials showed disdain, are you doing this to make political achievements? You're trying to keep all the ships to yourself.

Just when everyone knew it, Jiang Lu stepped forward and said, "This matter of my father should be handed over to Erchen, and now Erchen is the head of the imperial merchant and state-owned enterprises, and Erchen feels that the new shipyard should be under the responsibility of state-owned enterprises.

In the future, if anyone wants to set up a shipyard, they will need to get the consent of the imperial court and be included in the scope of state-owned enterprises."

"No." Gan Luo said, "Your Majesty has already said that you can't compete with the people for profit, and if the people want to set up a shipyard, how can the court not agree?"