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"Father, it's okay if you don't mention it. If you mention it, you will be disappointed. Except for the Zheng family's business, all other businesses add up to less than a quarter of Yangzhou's salt profit. But the Zheng family's money is not all from sea trade. They just transferred the goods from Wa to the Portuguese..."

Jiu'er said in detail that Zhu Youjian understood that the Ming Dynasty banned the sea for a long time, and in fact the domestic export volume was not that large at all.Most of the business is monopolized by the Zheng family, and the Zheng family is the only two trading parties in Japan. While monopolizing exports, they are also doing Japanese entrepot trade.

The Zheng family is the largest maritime merchant in East Asia. The Dutch are greedy, so they have to deal with the Zheng family.

"No one secretly smuggled?" Zhu Youjian didn't believe it.

"Yes, but they are all small boats. If you make some money, it is easy to be robbed by pirates. The Portuguese made a lot of money. But the trade between the Portuguese and Ming Dynasty is allowed by the court."

"The annual rent is 2 taels, I know." Zhu Youjian said.

"But now Macau has become the only legal sea trade in Ming Dynasty besides Zheng's family. The Portuguese earn more than one million a year from Guangzhou." Jiu'er was indignant.

"Father is asking you now, if you come to do this, what should you do?"

Zhu Youjian looked at Jiu'er, but in fact he couldn't think of a solution.Nautical trade in this era is promoted in the form of countries. Small companies and individuals want to make money at sea? It is best to give up the idea.Those who run the sea trade are themselves pirates, and the big pirates like Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are all fighting each other.

Zhu Youjian also wants to organize a fleet to escort foreign countries to carry out trade, but now he can't even find a breakthrough.It is expected that the Zheng family is too limited, and the Zheng family's foreign trade is actually only with Japan.What Zhu Youjian wants is to cross the ocean.

"I think that the court should not want the 2 taels of rent." Jiu'er looked at Zhu Youjian cautiously and said.

"Huh?" Zhu Youjian was taken aback.

"Take back Macau, set up a place in Panyu that treats all foreigners equally, and then charge rent fairly." Jiu'er said.

After Jiu'er said this, Zhu Youjian's head suddenly opened up, but Jiu'er's thinking was still too conservative.She just wanted to break the Portuguese monopoly on domestic exports and expand exports.

"If I open up trade, do you think the Dutch will give up trade with Japan?" Zhu Youjian was calculating how much the Dutch could earn from Japan in a year.

"Unless my Daming can have more and more favorable goods to attract the Dutch." Jiu'er blurted out without thinking.

"That's right, my Jiu'er hasn't learned in vain in the past three years, and he already knows the essence of business." Zhu Youjian was very happy that Jiu'er actually started to think about problems with trade profits.

"Father entrusted you with a task. You go to Guangzhou again and send people to contact businessmen from Western countries and listen to their opinions. In addition, let Shi Lang step up the recruitment of pirates in the South China Sea, and first clear out a safe coastline for me. come out."

After Jiu'er left, Zhu Youjian began to sort out his foreign trade ideas.In the early days, Europeans must not be allowed to enter the country directly to carry out trade. They must be blocked from the country, but they cannot be closed.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian plans to set up an import and export company to purchase from the country uniformly, and then export at a uniform price.Don't talk about market economy in this era, Ming Dynasty has no forbidden sea, so it would be nice to be able to sell you things.

On the other hand, if the Dutch were willing to give up trade with Japan, then Ming would have monopolized the trade with Japan, and the legendary Japanese silver mountain would belong to Ming.

Just as Zhu Youjian was thinking, Fang Yizhi ran in and complained, "This job can't be done anymore. There are more and more projects, and I can't manage them at all. Look, even a nail The project should also be sent to me for approval.”

Zhu Youjian was taken aback for a moment. This time, he found that it is really tiring to rely on the government to implement everything. Some new inventions can be handed over to the people, but at present, the commercial activities of the people are in the cultivation period.

"How many patents have you sold after the fair?" Zhu Youjian is sure to sell some patents, and it is impossible to rely entirely on the official production.

"Not much. Those businessmen are only looking for profit. They only want to use things that don't cost money. How can they pay for patents?" Fang Yizhi said angrily. .On the contrary, if a person takes money for an invention, he will be said to be stingy.

"Didn't I say it before, as long as it's not a key project, you Jiangjunshan people can also build their own factories. If the imperial court needs products, they can give priority to purchasing." Zhu Youjian felt that for the time being, he could not count on traditional merchants. He has to think of a new way.

"But setting up a factory requires money!" Fang Yizhi said.

"Get a loan from the bank. The inventor of the project owns part of the intellectual property rights, and your institute of technology and the project leader share it in proportion. You can take part of the debt in the form of equity participation and provide support for the new factory."

"Then don't we owe a whole lot of debt?" Fang Yizhi's eyes widened.

"You can't vote for every project. First, launch some projects that are not highly confidential and are urgently needed. For up to three months, you don't need to take care of many things. You just need to ask them, and they will do it themselves." invented."

"If the emperor is like this, I have to run to the bank every day, which makes me even more tired."

"I will send you a few people to separate the relevant matters."

Zhu Youjian did some calculations. I am afraid that the Ministry of Household Affairs needs another department of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the assets of Jiangjunshan will be liquidated.Those should be given to the court, personal or his Zhu Youjian.

Chapter 439: Learning to manage the world

If the domestic business atmosphere is not up, most people in the imperial court have no concept of trade at all.In this case, there will still be resistance to large-scale sea trade. This is also Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​​​only wanting to establish a designated trade zone.

Openness also comes step by step.All of a sudden, those European pirates flooded in, and Zhu Youjian worried that within 50 years, Daming would be forced to consider the issue of establishing a state religion.

The best way is not to let those European missionaries run around. Daming now does not need any red-clothed cannon casting technology, nor does it need the advanced mathematics of Westerners.

Daming now only needs to sell high-quality goods to Westerners, and then buy some things that Daming needs.

"Your Majesty, what things from Westerners do we need?" Fang Yizhi really couldn't think of anything that Daming would need from Westerners.

This sentence really caught Zhu Youjian's question, and now Daming really can't find anything that needs to be imported in large quantities.Except for silver, of course.

Making money is a good thing, but a long-term trade surplus is not a good thing.If all the money is piled up in Daming, the money in the country will be worthless.

The money you earn must be spent, and it must be worthwhile.

But in the final analysis, it is still necessary to raise the domestic business atmosphere first. If the benefits are not seen, the elites of the Ming Dynasty will always focus on official positions and land.

The reason why Westerners don't like to be an official is because the benefits they get are far less than those obtained from trade and robbery.

It's a pity that what Zhu Youjian lacks the most is economic talents, and he can't find them all over the world.Since there is no market economy environment at all in this era, let's first cultivate a group of political and economic people.Anyway, the first political and economic article of this era has only come out not long ago.

"You should be satisfied this time. The small projects have been spun off, and the intermediate projects have been handed over to various colleges. Jiangjunshan currently only manages the high-level project teams related to the needs of the army. You can finally relax." Zhu Youjian Joking with Fang Yizhi.

"I also want to teach and educate people, but I am afraid that the emperor will not agree." Fang Yizhi can now be said to be the person with the most extensive knowledge in Daming besides Zhu Youjian. If he can devote himself to education, he will definitely be better than Zhu Youjian. powerful.

"Why don't you learn business again." Zhu Youjian said with a hippie smile.

"Forget it, I'm not interested in making money. However, there are many talents in Jiangnan. If the emperor wants to recruit talents, he should pay attention to the famous families in Jiangnan." Fang Yizhi said half of what he said, but Zhu Youjian had basically heard the meaning of his words .

In the south of the Yangtze River, the Qian family is the most prominent family in Wuyue.Even in later generations, there are more than 100 celebrities who are academicians of the Academy of Sciences all over the world.The four Qian Sule brothers and Qian Qianyi are both. The reason why Fang Yizhi didn't finish his sentence must have something to do with Qian Qianyi.

Why is it so difficult for the imperial court to recruit talents in Jiangnan? It is because there are many private schools in Jiangnan, and they are cultivating talents for themselves, so they will not easily work for Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian deeply felt that for a person who traveled to ancient times, military affairs and economics were not too difficult.What is really too difficult is the cultivation of talents and talents. Taken together, education is the most difficult thing.

If Zhu Youjian has a thousand postgraduate doctoral students in his hands—no, maybe only a thousand undergraduate students are needed, and everything else is not a problem.

But this is impossible, Zhu Youjian only has Daming's own talent resources.

Qian Qianyi, who returned to Suzhou, had a miserable life. Most of the old disciples did not come to the door. Qian Qianyi, who is more than 60 years old, can't even sell a pair of characters. He can only pawn his previous collections to survive.

In addition, after he and Liu Rushi left the Qian Mansion to live alone, life became even more difficult.You must know that raising willows is not something ordinary people can afford. After all, she is also a young and beautiful woman. In later generations, just "fairy water" will cost a lot of money.

"Mu Zhai, I don't need these things." Liu Rushi pushed away a pile of rouge, gouache and other things and said.

"If you want to see people often, how can you have less." Qian Qianyi rubbed his eyes and said, he has already suffered from eye diseases, and he can't see things clearly.

The rouge gouache was bought by Qian Qianyi with a single copy in exchange for money. He didn't want Liu Rushi to lose face too much.Although there are not many opportunities to show your face now, you must always have it.

Liu Rushi glanced at Qian Qianyi, she was not a powerful woman, on the contrary she knew tenderness very well.