Chapter 13 Development of Industry
The royal family's industry is not just the Royal Rixing Bank. After discussing the issue of the Ming Dynasty Dragon Coin, the bank's affairs came to an end. At Zhu Cijiu's instructions, Xu Erjue began to report on the performance of the Royal Xinglong Business Company of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Erjue calmly opened the account book, turned to the last page, and then said loudly: "The Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business has received 1,562 semicolons from the original Ming Dynasty Xinglong Business in various places, Japan, Korea and other vassal states. In addition, 2 new semicolons were built in Luzon, South Asia, Xingchenggang, Goa, Ceylon and other places in South Asia, and 1,589 new semicolons in Spain in continental China. In addition, last year, 36 imperial merchants were received in northern Zhili and other places, 325 new imperial merchants were built in northwest, and 361 imperial merchants were built in total, with a total of more than 35,000 employees. Last year, the total profit of approximately 55 million taels of silver was obtained through various sub-colons and imperial merchants.
As soon as he finished his thoughts, Zhu Youjian, Zheng Chenggong and Sun Zhibing couldn't help but take a breath. They were not scared by the profits of the Ming Dynasty's Xinglong Business Company, but by the number of subordinates' semicolons and the number of imperial villages. This scale is really a bit scary.
Luo Yangxing had no surprise expression. These semicolons were almost all built under his hands. When the Daming Xinglong Business Branch was split, the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank mainly divided the inventory of gold, silver and silver bills, while the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business Branch mainly divided the local semicolons and goods, so it is not surprising that there are so many semicolons.
Zhu Cijiu was also very calm. He occasionally saw an introduction to the Dutch East India Company on the Internet in his previous life. During his heyday, the Dutch East India Company had thousands of semicolons around the world, with more than 100,000 employees, and a total asset valuation of about 7 trillion US dollars. The scale of the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business Company is still far from that!
After listening to the report, he smiled and encouraged, "Yeah, you did a good job. Do you have any ideas about the subsequent development?"
When Xu Erjue heard this, he closed the account book and thought: "Weichen feels that the business of this business depends mainly on quantity, that is, the more semicolons are built, the more profits will be. However, the semicolons of the Xinglong merchant in the Ming Dynasty are almost all over the prefectures and prefectures of the vassal states such as the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Korea. Even if the new provincial and prefectures of the vassal states such as Rinan, Jiaozhi, Siam, and Donghu will only be more than 2,000. If this profit is greatly increased, it will be difficult. Weichen wants to expand the semicolon to the villages below, but this will make the number of semicolons too terrifying and I am afraid that it will not be able to control it."
Speaking of this, Xu Erjue looked puzzled and didn't know how to continue.
This problem is indeed a difficult problem for Xu Erjue or others here, but it is a very simple thing for Zhu Cijiu. He nodded and praised: "Well, your idea is very good. The Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business Store sells things that ordinary people need every day. The profit is definitely not much higher. It is only by relying on quantity and expanding to the bottom. As for this management, since it cannot be managed, then leave it to others to take care of it."
When Xu Erjue heard this, his face changed and he reminded carefully: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your courage. It may be inappropriate to leave this to others to manage. People have selfish desires."
He didn't dare to say it too much, for fear that the emperor would be angry. If he said it in detail, he would mock the emperor for being incompetent and worldly affairs. Mocking the emperor would be a deception of the emperor!
Zhu Cijiu thought about this, and he patiently explained: "What I mean is that the branch of the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business is only built at the county level. As for the people in the villages, you can find local prestigious or thoughtful people to cooperate with. The Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business is only provided with goods and guidance. The shops are paid for themselves, and the personnel are employed by themselves. The payment must be settled in detail. In fact, it is to sell the things to them and then let them sell them themselves. But the price should be adjusted appropriately to make them profitable."
When Xu Erjue heard this, he suddenly realized that this was a mass sale. Although the profit was a little lower, it could not stand the amount. How many townships in a county are there? In this way, the sales of the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business can at least double!
Seeing that Xu Erjue had already understood what he meant, Zhu Cijing immediately signaled Sun Zhibing to report the performance of the Ming Dynasty Royal Machinery Group. It was getting late at this time. If you didn’t hurry up, you might not be able to finish it by noon.
Seeing the emperor's urging expression, Sun Zhiying immediately opened the account book and said loudly: "The Royal Machinery Group of the Ming Dynasty, since its establishment last year, has received two cast iron factories in the Ministry of Industry, one machinery factory and one cement factory. It has built 38 new semicolons in various places in the Ming Dynasty, Japan, North Korea and other countries, and a new semicolon in Luzon, Nanyang, Xingchenggang, and Goa, Ceylon in South Asia, and a new semicolon in Spain in continental China. There are now a total of 45 semicolons, with a total of more than 60,000 employees. The total profit of about 20 million taels of silver last year."
Zhu Cijing was not dissatisfied with this performance, because the Ming Dynasty Royal Machinery Group was established last year, and cement, steel, and machinery and equipment were all fresh things. There was no such thing in the past, so the business would naturally not develop so quickly.
In order to save time, he directed: "Well, yes, the things produced by the Royal Machinery Group of the Ming Dynasty are new things that many people have never heard of. It is already very good to have such performance. In the future, your focus should be on promotion, so that more people know what cement, steel and even various mechanical equipment are used for. Only when everyone understands the function of these things will they think about using them. When they use them, they will understand that these are actually good things, so sales will slowly increase."
When Sun Zhiying heard this, he nodded thoughtfully. According to his previous understanding, the Ming Dynasty Royal Machinery Group should also learn from the Ming Dynasty Royal Rixing Bank and the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business Company to build semicolons everywhere. Now he understands that this idea is wrong. People don’t know what these things are used for. No matter how many semicolons are built, what is the use of them? First, people must understand the purpose of these things so that this business can develop. As for building semicolons, it will be a matter for the future.
Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiu suddenly remembered the things he said about road construction in the morning court. He took this as an example and continued to guide: "I have issued an order in the morning court to let all places start building roads. This is a good promotion opportunity. You can send people to the various provincial government departments and governments to introduce the properties of cement and steel, and strive to let them use cement and steel when building bridges and roads. You can also take them to see. If the land-turning dragon is used in road construction in various places, the speed will be many times faster. However, the land-turning dragon should not be sold to them. Such a big thing will definitely not be low, and the operation, maintenance and maintenance require professionals. It is not cost-effective to buy this thing. You can rent it to them. Calculate it by day, and it will cost you a day to charge."
Chapter completed!