Chapter 61: The Chamber of Commerce sets sail
After Zhu Yuanzhang's revision, the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce has now become governed by the president, vice president and supervisor, all of whom are designated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In addition, the following job titles have also been adjusted, changed to the more familiar account room, big shopkeeper, and less shopkeeper in the Ming Dynasty, Li Wei thought about it and felt that this was more appropriate, after all, his titles were from later generations, and people now don't understand, and they have to talk to the people below again when the time comes, it's troublesome.
At present, the best craftsmen in the country are still in the hands of the royal family and the imperial court, and these people have a very great role for Li Wei, and it is estimated that the research and development of various new products will have to be carried out in these two places: the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau.
Li Wei discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally decided to hand over the price of three percent of the profit to the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce at the cost markup, and the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce set the price according to the market situation.
This matter is very important, and Li Wei agrees.
After that, Li Wei wrote all these special books in the book, and handed them to Zhu Yuanzhang together, asking him to give the royal pen a red approval, and then he would have evidence if he relied on the debt.
After getting all this, Li Wei can finally make money and start a career with confidence!
After leaving the palace, he immediately found Shen Jing, told him about the chamber of commerce system he had agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang, and then began to formulate a business plan.
He planned to put relatively simple civilian products, such as soap, in the workshops under the Chamber of Commerce to produce them himself, and as for the more difficult ones that required a lot of energy to be developed, especially the technologies that could be used in the military, they had to be placed in the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau.
In fact, in addition to soap, there are many relatively simple and profitable things that can be made, such as honeycomb coal and perfume.
Honeycomb coal is mixed with coal and loess and water, squeezed and beaten into one with a briquette machine, the perfume is also simple, all kinds of petals and spices are mashed, mixed with alcohol and boiled together, and then filtered out the slag, it is the simplest perfume.
These things are simple and profitable, and you can get a workshop to make them yourself.
Others, such as glass, are more troublesome, and they need to be calcined at high temperatures, and when they go to the Ordnance Bureau to build various blast furnaces, they can be done together with steelmaking.
Since crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, Li Wei has been really busy for the first time, this is busy for himself, and he is busy for making money, unlike before, when he was forced by Lao Zhu with a knife, the efficiency of his work is not the same.
Shen Jing was very generous, and when he knew that Li Wei wanted a place to be the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, he voluntarily contributed to a mansion, and Li Wei took a look, and this mansion was a few thousand taels bigger than anything (always wait for one or two).
Li Wei found someone to hang the plaque of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, cleaned it up, allocated the office space of each department, and the headquarters was completed.
In the main room of the house, Li Wei and Shen Jing, as well as Wu Qi, who had been in charge of the imperial store before, sat together and officially started the first meeting.
When Wu Qi saw Li Wei, he suddenly realized, who did he say, it turned out to be this celebrity in front of the emperor.
Li Wei's current identity is very different in the eyes of different people, for example, in the eyes of eunuchs and pro-soldiers, who are closer to the emperor, he is a real royal celebrity, after all, he can enter and exit the Qianqing Palace every day, and he has also done many rude actions to find death in the eyes of others, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't do anything to him, at most he was beaten up.
In the eyes of the ministers, of course he is a traitor who is favored by the emperor, but there are exceptions, like Xue Xiang thinks he is really capable, and Wu Bozong, through such a long time of getting along, Wu Bozong also knows that although this Lord Li is not in tune with things, he is still a good person, and he is also a genius, but he is relatively lazy and often does not see people.
There is also Xungui, in the eyes of Xungui, civil officials are garbage, and Li Wei is a clown in garbage.
Wu Qi was defeated by Li Wei in the soap competition, and he didn't dare to mess around at that time, but now he knows that he, the royal celebrity, dare not offend him, so the first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was more harmonious.
When Shen Jing saw Wu Qi, the eunuch, he was even more convinced that what Li Wei said was true, and the future of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce was bright, and he was even more glad that he had made a decisive move.
"Boss Shen, I want to expand the soap workshop, there are a few new things, I need to build a few more workshops, one is to make a kind of coal block and some coal-burning stoves, and the other is to make perfume, which is a kind of thing that can have a long-lasting fragrance when sprayed on the body, you can help me find out if there is a suitable place."
Li Wei commanded.
Shen Jing lowered his posture very low and said respectfully: "Lord Li, Shen happens to have several similar workshops in the capital, which can be slightly transformed, and he should be able to make these things that Lord Li said." ”
Li Wei was surprised and asked, "Do you still have a workshop?" How many? ”
"Well, maybe a dozen."
Li Wei: "......"
He is a little numb, and I am afraid that the net worth of this Boss Shen is more than one billion.
"Okay, I'll show you how to do it later."
After speaking, Li Wei turned to Wu Qi and said: "Father-in-law Wu, the soap you have over there, if you have inventory, you can also put the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce to sell it, as for the price, I have already discussed it with Your Majesty, the cost price plus three percent of the profit, and in the future, we will all be one, and the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce will also take the lion's share of the money made by your imperial store." ”
Wu Qi said with a smile: "It's easy to say, don't worry, Lord Li, the miscellaneous family will find someone to do it when they go back." ”
Sixty percent of Zhu Yuanzhang's shares are held by the emperor, and when the time comes, he will make money.
After Li Wei arranged these, he found Fufu and those merchants again, and arranged a place for them at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, especially Laifu, Li Wei arranged for him to be the head of the outer cabinet, in charge of all external sales and marketing.
Laifu kowtowed gratefully, he didn't expect that he was a slave who couldn't eat enough every day to have today, and now he can be regarded as a veritable slave, not only has a considerable income, but also has a bunch of people under his command.
However, Li Wei also emphasized to him that he must abide by the rules and must not bully others, otherwise he will be severely punished!
Of course, Laifu didn't dare not listen, and hurriedly swore a guarantee.
In the next few days, Shen Jing quickly transformed the workshop, which was actually simple, nothing more than some pots and stoves.
Li Wei still grasped the key alcohol and alkali solutions in his own hands, and the rest was sent to Shen Jing's workshop to make them, and as for the briquette coal stove, Li Wei handed them all over to Shen Jing's workshop.
Although Li Wei emphasized to him that he had to keep it secret and made a contract, Li Wei himself understood that these things were really not high-tech, and even if they were kept secret, they would not last long, and they would eventually be studied by others.
However, as long as the early stage is smooth, and when the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce wins the market in the later stage, I am not afraid that others can also make this thing, and if it is really not possible, the profit can be reduced, and the sales volume will definitely be guaranteed.
He mainly focuses on product research and development and key technologies, so that Shen Jingguan can produce, Laifu Guan sells goods, Wu Qi looks at the excitement, arranges everything properly, Li Wei's business territory expands rapidly, and the Chamber of Commerce officially sets sail!