Chongwen said: "We Hairen only fight for ourselves, and never die for the king." We are fed up with the government and the court, do we still want to set up an official government for ourselves and let him oppress us, then how are we different from the tyrants on the mainland?

All shipping routes, Australian ports, fleets, water villages, armaments, warehousing, gold and silver, and gangs, each gang and each family are their own, and they can be levied at will without the king's order, and no one has the right to tax. If there is a good man who has opened up the sea route and conquered the island country, it is also his own, and no one has the right to take it. In our place, there is only the right and the right, and no one is superior.

However, Brother Mingmei is also very worried, which master has a financial route, but he can't catch it, what should he do? Or if there is a strong enemy who invades and kills, and wants us to work together to reject it, what should we do? Or if there is a dispute and dispute, which lasts for a long time, what should we do?

In my opinion, the rules of this Hirado merchant gang are good. Each merchant gang elects an elderly man to form a public office, with whether there is communication or not, watching and helping each other, and all matters are discussed by the public, so as to establish fairness and prevent fraud.

It's just that if we want to form a group, it's not a flat merchant gang, then we have to start a business group in the East China Sea, no matter how big or small, no matter how high or low, only everyone agrees, you can enter it.

In this way, it won't be a few of us, if there are hundreds or thousands of people, gossiping, then don't think about it. So I think that the merchant group should also elect a few group elders to form a group meeting, and the plan will be decided by the group meeting, what do you think?"

Jiudu Zhang Wei shouted: "Won't the group deceive me and wait?"

Chongwen sneered: "The group elders are all chosen by yourself, you choose those with bad character and bad intentions, so who is to blame?"

Zhang Weimo thought for a while, and then shouted, "If I regret it?"

Chongwen said: "The regimental elders are re-elected every three years, and they can only be re-elected for two consecutive terms at most. If you regret it, you can only wait for him to do it for 3 years, so you have to be cautious, one mistake is 3 years. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, such a measure is fair, what better way could there be? How did they know that Longwang Island had been an emperor when he went to sea, although he didn't do very well, how could this insight be compared to a pirate who couldn't read or write.

Wu Zhi suddenly said: "In addition to mediating disputes and arbitrating objections, the Hirado Office also has the responsibility of maintaining the cleanliness of the ground in Hirado. Every family in Macao must give people and silver, form a caravan to patrol the night to catch thieves, and worship Mazu. Since we want to set up a merchant group in the East China Sea, we must naturally have a fleet of regiments, so where do these people, ships, and silver come from?"

Chongwen said: "The regimental association cannot apportionment silver taels and forcibly levy various fleets, but the regimental association has its own methods. The regiment will be in charge of three halls, called the Arbitration Hall, the Cabinet Fang Hall, and the Boat Master Hall.

Naturally, the arbitration hall is used to mediate disputes, arbitrate objections, and enforce the rules of the association. The regiment will convene a meeting to rescue the families in distress, entangle the fleet to go to sea for trade, guard the various Australian commercial ports, and crusade against the barbarians who block the road.

The group households voluntarily paid the silver, and the Donghai merchant group cabinet was formed, and each family accounted for the corresponding deed shares according to the amount of silver, and dividends were distributed according to the shares. As long as it is a merchant group, or shortens the capital, or recruits sailors to go to sea, or resists foreign invaders, captures the enemy's Australian mouth, etc., the required silver can be approved by the regiment to take out a loan at the counter, with an annual interest rate of no more than 1 cent, and there is no need to mortgage the property. ”

Someone exclaimed, this interest rate is very low, Dakang also has a ticket number bank, there are also private loans, the minimum interest is 4 points, and the industry mortgage is also needed, and the merchant group cabinet is really for the sake of the group.

Chongwen smiled and continued: "The group fee will be taken out of the cabinet profits, and the rest will be used for dividends. As an aside, I, Longwang Island, have decided to pay 20,000 taels of gold and 300,000 taels of silver. As for you, as long as you join the group, you can pay the silver to become the cabinet Fang Qidong, and the group will not be too little, and the gold is not too much. ”

Xuanzhong suddenly exclaimed, how much money does this Longwang Island have, if the cabinet shop can't make a profit, how can it invest a huge amount of money, Longwang Island doesn't look like a fool when it goes to sea, it must be expected to be profitable.

Wu Zhi nodded and said, "The old man is willing to pay 200,000 taels of silver." ”

Chongwen waved his hand and said, "This matter can be discussed later, in short, it will never let the group suffer." Let's talk about this Zhoushitang, the regimental meeting is not in charge of the troops, and the Zhoushitang is not the military department of the merchant group, and the Zhoushitang is just a hall for coordination and announcement.

No matter which regimental household wants to use soldiers, they can report to the regimental meeting for evaluation, and if the regimental association thinks that there is nothing wrong, they will report it to the Zhoushitang. The Boat Master Hall is to roll the sea dragon king banner all the regiments and boatmen to form an army to go out. If you are short of silver taels, you can also borrow from the cabinet and repay the principal and interest when due.

But there is a layer to say that in person, whether the group households come or not is completely voluntary, and the group association has no right to forcibly levy. If the regimental household thinks that the gains and losses are not cost-effective and is unwilling to send troops, the regimental association has no right to punish them. ”

Xu Weixue sighed: "It is far-sighted to go to sea, so it is impossible for the East China Sea business group not to dominate the East China Sea." ”

Lin Daoqian laughed and said: "If there is anyone who does not open his eyes and does not join the group, I am afraid that he will not be able to gain a foothold, and we will have more property and take his life." Going to sea, my Raoping brothers are preparing to start a war against the Five Banners Gang on the surface of the Guangdong Ocean, and they urgently need a silver money fleet, how will the regiment be?"

Chongwen shook his head and said, "Dao Qian said that I laughed, I agree with you." It's just that the leaders of the group have not yet approved, the group elders have not yet been selected, and the cabinet workshop and boat master are nowhere to be found.

Lin Daoqian said: "At such a point, is there any other fool who refuses to join the group and is crazy to lose his mind?

With a bang, there was another big mess in the Xuan, and there was an endless gossip.

Chongwen raised his voice and said, "How about you listen to me again?" He didn't shout, and Xuanzhong really gradually quieted down. Because of the unfathomable strength of Longwang Island, and because he initiated the East China Sea merchant group, these maritime pirates were greatly admired, and they invisibly had considerable prestige.

Chongwen nodded with satisfaction, it seems that these people are not really hopeless scumbags, at least they can listen to people, know what is good for themselves and what is unfavorable, so there is a possibility of **, his confidence can't help but increase a little.

He continued: "The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and there are no rules. There are not many rules for the East China Sea merchant group, only three. First, we can only buy and sell with each other, we must not cheat and rob, and we must not fight privately for any reason, and our swords are only aimed at outsiders. ”

Zhang Wei glanced at Hong Dizhen and said loudly: "What if someone colludes with the officials and soldiers and harms the group?"

Chongwen smiled and said: "This is the second point, the group must be sincere and affectionate, and must not collude with outsiders to frame and betray the same party." However, the relationship between you and Lao Hong was many years ago, and there was no East China Sea merchant group at that time, even if you had a grievance, there was no group that would call the shots for you. This rule is only after joining the group, if you violate the group rules because of past personal grudges, the song is yours. ”

Zhang Wei snorted fiercely and spat on the shiny ash floor of Dragon King Xuan.

Chongwen no longer looked at him and continued: "The last one, since the league meeting was chosen by you, you must respect the league and obey the league association's arbitration. If you don't look down on the group meeting in your heart, what do you choose him to do? You don't have to join the group. ”

Xu Dong, the owner of Nanao Island, said: "What you say is very true. ”

After talking for a long time, Chongwen was a little dry, took a sip of hot tea, and continued: "Xu Zhangjia is invited, since everyone is not opposed, then I will continue to say." The regimental association does not levy boatmen and does not levy taxes, but if it violates these three regimental rules, the regimental association will also be punished. It's not much, it's still three, it's said to be fined, it's fined, it's fined, it's called the group.

According to the assessment of the Arbitration Hall, the person who commits a slight negligence will be fined silver, which will be used for the membership fee, the repair of the Mazu temples in Macao, and the offering of sesame oil. General negligence, and sincere repentance of the penalty industry, the property belongs to the merchant group cabinet shop operation or resale, the profit will be included in the income, the end of the year Qidong integrated dividends.

Whoever commits a great transgression and does not repent shall be expelled from the merchant group. The consequences of this should be known to you, and if any of the regimental members fancy his property and borrow money from the regimental council to transfer troops, the regimental council has no reason to disagree. ”

There was silence for a while, and everyone felt a chill. If she really started the East China Sea Merchant Group, except for the Dakang Water Division, she was the most powerful force in the East China Sea, and after being removed from the group, there was only a dead end, and no one could afford it.

After a long time, Wu Zhi coughed dryly and said: "What Da Goes to Sea said is also understood, if you have no objections, those who are willing to join the group please raise your right fist." ”

Yan Shanlao suddenly said: "Wait, how should the new route of Longwang Island be distributed? Since everyone is a merchant group in the East China Sea, we can't swallow Longwang Island alone." ”

Chongwen smiled slightly, and said: "Who said that my Longwang Island family has been swallowed alone? The new route has not been opened now, because there are still barbarians on the route who are not convinced, called Amami Tu Chieftain, Ryukyu Three Mountains, and Dongfan Savages." If I have not caught the strength of Longwang Island, I have to borrow money from the regiment to transfer troops, and whoever participates in this route will naturally get the bonus of this route.

However, in order to maintain the prosperity of this route, it also sets rules for new routes in the future. We do not intend to divide each company into one city and one Macao, but to concentrate our operations and establish the Ryukyu Trade Bureau, which will share dividends according to Macao's exports.

This is a joint stock bureau, according to the amount of power fairly distributed, who contributed more, get more Australia, who contributed less, naturally get less Australia, of course, dividends are also less. ”

Yan Shanlao asked, "How do you plan to operate the big sea?"