1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1740 Commercial Advantage
For the merchants who are qualified to participate in the investment promotion activities, this is actually a carve-up conference where they can collectively enjoy the dividends of the war.Every time after Haihan launched a foreign war, he would hold activities like this, gradually binding the interests of businessmen from various countries with Haihan's national interests, and making full use of the commercial resources of the people and other countries to implement the development of the new colony.

Of course, businessmen don't care too much about the political significance of these theories, what they value is the practical benefits they can get from it.Haihan officials and its low price sold them the land management rights of the colony for the next few decades, and also prepared a series of business projects for them to choose from, with Haihan's solid business reputation and convenient financial settlement system as the basis Assure.Such excellent investment conditions are indeed the only one without a semicolon, and it must be an excellent investment direction for businessmen.

Even the Dutch, who had done business all over the world and were known as the coachman of the sea in this era, were envious of the investment conditions offered by Haihan.It's a pity that Haihan has always been on guard against the East India Company, and never gave it a chance to participate in the colonial investment promotion stage, and Su Keyi could only watch the excitement from the sidelines.

Of course, the East India Company also tried to let the Chinese merchants who took root in Batavia come forward to fight for this kind of opportunity, but the effect was not satisfactory.With Cheng Dapeng providing detailed information behind the scenes, these businessmen have a hard time even passing the qualification declaration.In order to dispel the suspicion of the Dutch, Cheng Dapeng himself also signed up for Haihan's investment promotion activities, but needless to say, he was rejected because of the reason of "too close with the Dutch".

Strictly speaking, Fei Cexian and Su Keyi are actually not in the same boat, because the Ming businessmen present are all qualified to participate in the development of Manila.It's just that this kind of participation all comes from the self-assessment of the businessmen, and no one has considered whether to report to the government for approval. Everyone pretends not to know that he, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, is in Sanya. This is what makes Fei Cexian most depressed thing.

The main reason for this situation, Fei Cexian thinks, is that the Haihan people were in the way. If they hadn't been deliberately suppressing the official authority of Ming Dynasty, how could these businessmen from Ming Dynasty dare to be so bold.It's a pity that he was full of dissatisfaction, but he couldn't change the status quo. He could only stare at Su Keyi next to him, and he had to suppress his voice when he complained a few words, so as not to make a small report after being heard by others.

Schneider can't care about the feelings of these onlookers. He has a lot of things to do today. In addition to investment projects in Manila, he also collects orders for various products that Haihan will export in the second half of the year.These include salt, sugar, oil, wine, glass products, daily necessities, printed matter, shipbuilding, etc., which have generated the most profits for Haihan over the years.

After the gradual realization of primary industrial production, the manufacturing cost of Haihan's bulk commodities has also been reduced year by year. Relying on its cost advantage, its market share in Daming and other countries has also continued to increase.And as distributors, businessmen from various countries also played a role in fueling the flames in this process. In just a few years, Haihan's products were sold well in the countries of the Far East.

During this period, how many handicraftsmen and small businessmen in various countries were defeated by the market competition brought by Haihan and even went bankrupt. Probably no one can count the exact number, but as the winner, Haihan has been constantly Introduce skilled craftsmen from other countries as a technical supplement for the development of manufacturing in the country.

These craftsmen with a certain professional knowledge and skills foundation only need to receive short-term technical training after coming to Haihan, and then they can take up new positions and become Haihan-style industrial workers.

For example, a considerable proportion of the staff working in the Changhua Iron and Steel Plant are immigrants from blacksmiths near Foshan, Guangdong. Working experience, and his practical level is much higher than that of the theoretical experts in Haihan's technical department, and he quickly entered the role after settling in Changhua.

After Haihan tasted the sweetness in the process of introducing skilled immigrants, he included this measure in the civil affairs development outline as one of the contents of the annual trade activities.

The reason why the introduction of skilled immigrants is included in the trade category is because the intermediary agencies of various countries are also one of the official trading partners of Haihan, and Haihan will entrust the intermediary agencies of the country to recruit designated local The immigration of industries and skills is a big deal that must be fought for every year for intermediaries like dental firms.There are even some intermediaries with a relatively large scale of operation and a relatively long period of cooperation with Haihan, which have begun to take shape as headhunting companies, and will take the initiative to recruit some high-level talents Haihan needs.

Soon Schneider announced the list of skilled immigrants that Haihan plans to introduce this year. The focus is still on blacksmiths, carpenters, shipwrights, masons, doctors, well-known literati, retired officials, senior sailors, etc., and everything else. Artisans with special skills.And there is no upper limit on the number of these people. As long as the professional skills meet Haihan's requirements, they can skip the immigration inspection period and go through naturalization procedures immediately.And the intermediary agencies that recruit these immigrants for Haihan will also calculate the remuneration according to the standards of different types of work. The lowest agency fee is eight to ten times that of ordinary immigrants, and the highest is even more than a hundred times. For these agencies, it is true It's a good opportunity to make money.

Haihan's reward for this is not just money. When the number of skilled immigrants recruited for Haihan reaches a certain number, these intermediary organizations can be upgraded to Haihan's regional distributors, and thus have the opportunity to expand their business scope and obtain more Great earnings.And merchants who are already distributors can continue to be promoted and obtain more resources. For some merchants, this may be a more attractive condition than simple intermediary remuneration.

As Schneider continued to announce the types of jobs he would recruit this year on stage, Fei Cexian's face became more and more gloomy.Everyone knows that most of the population structure of Haihan State is Han people who originally belonged to Ming Dynasty, and the recruitment of these technical jobs is even more obvious that they are poaching the corner of Daming. After all, apart from Daming, no country can provide such Complete recruitment target.

However, he turned his head and saw that Su Keyi's expression was almost gnashing his teeth, so he couldn't help asking, "Why does Mr. Su care about this so much?"

Su Keyi responded: "Master Fei doesn't think they only intend to poach Daming's corner, does he?"

"Could it be that your country also..."

"That's right, they won't let go of any opportunity to poach the wall, it doesn't matter which country." Su Keyi nodded to confirm the other party's guess.

Since the signing of the peace agreement between the two countries, the trade between Haihan and the East India Company has gradually been normalized. While this has brought huge benefits to the Dutch, it has also brought them many headaches.For example, Haihan once publicly recruited skilled immigrants in the Batavia market with generous rewards, and actually attracted some craftsmen from Europe to cross the sea to settle in Hainan Island.

Later, although Haihan restrained himself under the repeated protests of the East India Company, and did not openly poach the wall, he still spared no effort in private to release such advanced technology to Batavia through merchant ships between the two countries. Talent recruitment information.This method has been going on for many years. Although the method is very old-fashioned, it cannot withstand the effect of Haihan's money. Every year, some people leave Batavia to settle under Haihan's rule.Among the Europeans who have obtained Haihan nationality today, quite a few are from Batavia under the rule of the East India Company.

"The same is true for Portugal?" Fei Cexian asked.Having been in Haihan for such a long time, he has long known that the status of these two countries in Haihan's mind is different. The relationship between Portugal and Haihan is much closer, and most of the time the Dutch will be treated by Haihan. Discrimination.What is the source of this difference in treatment? Fei Cexian is not very clear, but he knows that the Dutch are definitely not willing to accept this, so once he has the opportunity, he will simply tease a few words without any trace.

Sure enough, when it came to competitors from Europe, it was difficult for Su Keyi to maintain his composure: "The Portuguese guys are conscious, they don't need the Haihan people to do anything, they sent the craftsmen Haihan needs from China!"

The technicians provided by Portugal to Haihan are mainly shipbuilders, gunsmiths, etc., but the reason for providing these technicians is not what Su Keyi thought.The reason why Portugal did this is that the two countries have signed a corresponding technical cooperation agreement. After serving Haihan for a certain number of years, these technicians can choose whether to return to China. This means that they have the opportunity to apply what they have learned during their stay in Haihan. Bringing the technology back to Portugal is a bit different from skilled immigrants from other countries who are directly naturalized in Haihan.

Of course, these Portuguese craftsmen also have the freedom to choose to be naturalized in Haihan. To put it bluntly, it depends on which side is more attractive.It's just that even if they choose to return to China after their working years have expired, it is difficult to fully replicate the technology they can take away in Portugal.For example, even if the craftsmen who made muskets learned the structure and manufacturing process of advanced rifles during Haihan, Portugal did not have the ability to smelt the special steel used in Haihan to make rifles, and did not have the corresponding precision processing equipment to make gun parts, nor did they The level of chemical engineering is high enough to replicate the ammunition produced by Haihan, and there is no perfect production line to achieve low-cost mass production. The weapons that can be manufactured will definitely not be able to compete with Haihan.

Haihan has set a high threshold for advanced technologies in key fields, and it is no longer possible to copy them elsewhere. Without corresponding supporting industries, it is difficult for other countries to copy even if they know the principles.

This is why Haihan has gradually released restrictions on the export of small-tonnage combat ships in recent years. Even if other countries buy them back and take them apart to understand the hull structure, they can only imitate the shape at most, and the shipbuilding cycle and cost It is much better than buying a boat, and when the research is exhausted, you can start to build it, and Haihan will launch a new model with partially upgraded performance.When these countries find that "building is worse than buying", it will be difficult to make up their minds to invest huge costs in developing new warships.

Of course, the cooperation agreement between Haihan and Portugal is confidential to the outside world, so in Su Keyi's view, Portugal's act of offering craftsmen on its own initiative is tantamount to licking a dog. This may be the way the Portuguese adopted in order to obtain special care from Haihan. means.

When the two of them cursed Hai Han secretly, Li Xi from North Korea was quite excited about this part. He never thought that he could use this method to recruit talents from other countries. If his country Can operate like Haihan...

Li Xi just thought about it for a while and then quickly extinguished this unrealistic idea. First of all, North Korea has no conditions to make such a generous move like Haihan. Secondly, among the countries closest to North Korea, Japan and Houjin are their endless opponents. , There is almost no room for manipulation, and Daming has been the suzerain of North Korea for more than 200 years, presumably the king probably did not have the courage to dig this wall.

Envy, jealousy, hatred, the officials from various countries watching this session have their own emotions that are difficult to be humane to outsiders. They are very clear that Haihan's recruitment of immigrants is to suck the blood of all countries, but it is not effective at all. This method can prevent Hai Han from attacking.

Fortunately, this link does not take long, because there is no upper limit on the number of skilled immigrants, so Schneider does not need the merchants to immediately respond to whether they want to undertake the recruitment business of certain areas or types of work, as long as the content is announced and the job is over.Merchants who are interested in this aspect can ask the Ministry of Commerce for a detailed information after the meeting, and then proceed slowly.

Then the following content is some relatively trivial items, covering various commodities exported by Haihan at this stage.Due to the limited production capacity of these export products, the sales share allocated to each country and region also has a corresponding proportion. Distributors in each country must fight for the source of goods.And the means of competition they can use is naturally to determine the superiority through bidding.

However, this kind of bidding must be carried out by region and country. There are many types of subdivided commodities, and it will take a long time. Therefore, in order to save the time of the participants, the specific bidding will not be launched immediately.Schneider just roughly announced on this occasion the areas that will be opened for bidding and the main products that need to be bid for, even if the process has been completed.

But for the businessmen from all over the world sitting in the audience, this time has already begun to gear up.The main purpose of them coming to Sanya to participate in this activity is to compete for these limited sources of goods.How much profit you can make from cross-border trade in the next half a year depends largely on how much you can get here.

(End of this chapter)