Yujun, Wanpingkou.

In addition to hundreds of sailors and slender men loading and unloading goods, there are also some well-equipped soldiers today.

As for why there are so many soldiers today, it is because Xiao Jiuzheng came to inspect the progress of maritime trade with his family, and by the way, he took Li Luoyao, who had not been out for a long time, to relax.

As the soul of a modern person, Xiao Jiu does not attach so much importance to inheritance, and more love is still on his wife.

Leaving the child to the care of the two mothers-in-law in Yangcheng County, Li Luoyao can also take time out to see the scenery outside.

Xiao Jiu and Li Luoyao walked and stopped along the coastline surrounded by the crowd, especially when they saw the giant ship Xiao Zi docked at sea, the shock in their hearts was self-evident.

"What did the slender men unload?"

At this time, it was already winter, Li Luoyao wrapped in a fur coat and pointed to the crowd on the beach and asked Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu looked in the direction of her finger, and she didn't know what the boxes of things were carried by those porters, so she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Jin Zi and Li Fu standing on the side.

Jin Zi was still expressionless with his hands on his chest, and Li Fu next to him stepped forward and talked about some details of the sea trade.

Originally, in the process of trade between the Lingshui caravan in Wanpingkou and the southern border, in addition to dumping some cloth and ironware, they would also purchase some salt, cane sugar, special spices and other commodities from the local area.

Especially in the south, because of its geographical location, it is rich in salt, and although Xiao Jiu occupies the coastal land of Yujun, due to the high cost of salt production due to the many reefs and dangerous shoals here, it is better to import it from the south.

In addition, from Li Fu's mouth, Xiao Jiu also learned that the Lingshui caravan was not only doing business with the local government, but also those families in the south had many partners.

Unlike the north, the top local families in the south have a firm grip on the local military and political power, representing the interests of the government.

Some of the smaller families are mostly engaged in business, such as silk cloth.

Perhaps in the long course of history, the vast land in the south has not been effectively developed, so there are still many deep mountains and dense forests.

Without enough arable land, there is certainly no potential for prosperity in this era when people are dependent on food.

But as the Lingshui caravan sent by Xiao Jiu repeatedly traveled back and forth to trade at sea, and even cooperated with the local government to draw a concession, these merchant families saw the opportunity.

Due to geographical factors and government suppression, they have never developed a chamber of commerce or alliance of sufficient scale.

Now that an outside force has forcibly intervened, they can also take the fast ship of the Lingshui caravan to further afield to conduct commercial activities.

For these people's ideas, the Lingshui caravan cooperated in the form of a share commission, which avoided the risk and was supported by the local merchants, and the goods of the south were also able to flow everywhere.

However, at this time, except for Yangzhou, most of the southern border was still vast and sparsely populated, and it was impossible for the local government to organize large-scale factories to produce goods like Yangcheng County.

Therefore, as time goes by, Xiao Jiu and other southern county governments will form a trade deficit, and it is not impossible to control the economy of a region even in the later stage.

Moreover, the southern border was not unified at this time, and was still in a state of fragmentation, even if the local government did not accept to cooperate with the Lingshui caravan, the Lingshui caravan would go to other places, and this would have to give up the huge profits of cooperation.

If there was a unified regime in the south, the Lingshui caravan would be the weaker party in the cooperation and could only compromise, but now they are the gods of wealth, and the coastal magistrates are eager to invite them home to offer them.

In this way, the Lingshui caravan gradually built a maritime business empire under the leadership of Li Fu and other chamber of commerce elders.

Among them, there are some big businessmen in the south who have joined in, and they have continuously injected fresh blood into the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce.

Listening to Li Fu's eloquent words, Xiao Jiu was also a little surprised by the other party's business acumen, and couldn't help but glance at it.

Xiao Jiu's ability to become the leading figure in the north comes from many advanced ideas in his mind.

Compared with Xiao Jiu, the ancients also lacked wisdom, but they did not have the correct guidance and innovative use.

Now the development of the Lingshui caravan has already exceeded Xiao Jiu's initial expectations, and it won't take too long, as long as it takes a year or two, maybe he can become the richest force in the entire northern territory.

In this era when he can't even eat enough, Xiao Jiu's ability to achieve so many achievements is inseparable from the conscientiousness of his subordinates, and Xiao Jiu will naturally not be stingy.

On the night of Xiao Jiu's arrival in Wanpingkou, he met with a group of business elites of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce Hall at the harbor wharf and announced the latest business policy.

This time, Xiao Jiu came to Wanpingkou, in addition to playing, he also wanted to adjust the commercial policy on maritime trade.

After the construction of the harbor in Wanpingkou, the commercial activities of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce are no longer petty, and the money and grain that have passed through are even more massive.

Therefore, Xiao Jiu decided to politically intervene in the chamber of commerce, appointing a group of chamber of commerce officials to supervise business activities and prevent the direction of development from going wrong.

Xiao Jiu understands the value of business and the power of these businessmen, in Xiao Jiu's previous life, he has seen too many multinational companies become business giants step by step in the process of economic globalization.

And businessmen are all chasing interests as the primary goal, although business has no borders, but businessmen have, if someone really sees money and makes a rebellion, Xiao Jiu will not be soft either.

It's not that Li Fu, the person in charge of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce, Li Li, father and son, are in a prosperous relationship, but the people below are different.

No matter how energetic Li Fu is, it is impossible for him to look at everyone under him, and he doesn't know what everyone thinks in their hearts, so there must be a set of rules to limit the power in the hands of these business elites.

Xiao Jiu's idea was very simple, that is, to set up a special guidance group among the various departments of the caravan, and appoint instructors one by one among these business elites.

The job of these instructors is to investigate and deal with corruption and to provide the right ideology for the members of the Chamber.

The instructors must all be students who have been personally appointed by Xiao Jiu and have studied in schools in Yangcheng County or Lingshui County.

Not only must they be proficient in mathematics and calculations in order to cope with future reconciliation and statistical work, but most importantly, they must be loyal to Xiao Jiu.

Listening to such a resolution, the expressions on the faces of the heads of the chambers of commerce were different, but they were all pulled up by Xiao Jiu and couldn't say anything.

As for Li Fu and other "old employees" who have followed Xiao Jiu from the beginning, they even raised their hands in favor.

The second point is to decide on the issue of the distribution of interests within the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, which has already been beaten down, and it is not possible to give them a little sweetness.

Therefore, Xiao Jiuyi changed the previous business model like a big pot of rice, advocated more work and more rewards, and paid the profits from commercial activities on a point basis.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present showed a look of ecstasy on their faces.

You must know that these people are now like employees of state-owned enterprises, no matter how much money they get, it is always the official family, and they take that fixed salary.

This has caused some people to live a nourishing life even if they are messing around all day in the chamber of commerce, and in the long run, those who are really conscientious will be somewhat flat.

Now that Xiao Jiu has reformed the rules of the Chamber of Commerce and conducted regular performance appraisals, he can effectively remove some bastards who are vegetarian in the corpse position.

And those who have real talent and real learning can also get extra income from the business activities of the Lingshui caravan, and those low-level employees are not mentioned for the time being, the steward in the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce who is in charge of the transaction of batches of goods alone will definitely become a pack of wolves.

No one in the world will worry that they will not be able to spend too much money, and Xiao Jiu has given them a chance to become rich.

After saying this, Xiao Jiu observed everyone's reactions, and clearly knew in his heart how much impact these resolutions would have in their hearts.

In the near future, with the continuous injection of fresh blood, a group of business talents will be born under the survival of the fittest.

Although there are still many obstacles to this policy policy of putting business first in this agricultural era, the most important thing now is to make money, and everything else can be adjusted when the situation stabilizes.

With Xiao Jiu's decentralization, Xiao Jiu, who is similar to the reins, has already made a plan for the selection of the ideological guidance group.

Those mountain bandits who originally followed him on Hare Mountain, although they lacked ability and had more or less stinky problems, they were absolutely loyal to Xiao Jiu.

And Xiao Jiu has always been a nostalgic person, and when he is developed, he naturally wants to pull them along.

These people had been able to master the basic final calculations after being sent to school by Xiao Jiu for a brief training, and it was only fitting to use them to monitor these merchants at this time.

Don't worry about their corruption, know that they will get a commission from the business income of the chamber of commerce.

In the end, Xiao Jiu also had a plan in mind about the use of the money obtained by these chambers of commerce.

Most of the money obtained from the trade operation of the Chamber of Commerce will be used to purchase strategic materials such as grain, iron ore and salt, and hoard them in the Yangcheng County Chamber of Commerce.

And the military of the fishing county where the gold is located will also use the form of shareholding to obtain a certain share of dividends from the Chamber of Commerce.

In this way, the military expenses of the Yujun garrison are linked to the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce, and they can be self-sufficient and strengthen their control over the Chamber of Commerce.

As a coastal land, Yujun did not have enough arable land suitable for farming, and Xiao Jiu had no intention of using this land as a granary.

When Xiao Jiu's third decision was announced, Jin Zi and the other officials of the fishing county also had wonderful expressions on their faces.

The Lingshui caravan traded back and forth under their noses, and they saw how much profit they had.

As local officials in the fishing county, they have no power to interfere with the operation of the chamber of commerce.

Now that they have the order announced by Xiao Jiu personally, they can also get a piece of the Chamber of Commerce, and their strength will inevitably rise to a higher level.

Moreover, with the intervention of the local government, whether it is a caravan or a guidance group sent by Xiao Jiu, internal corruption will inevitably be curbed to a certain extent.

Now that the market is unprecedentedly huge, it is wise to properly put down power, and Xiao Jiu's actions are just to adapt to the current situation.