1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2166
Compared with other countries in this era, Haihan’s investment in administrative agencies at all levels is much higher, especially providing staged advanced training for officials at all levels, which is a means that other countries do not have.In addition, the institutionalization of management functions of administrative agencies at all levels is also far ahead of contemporary countries.

Although some disadvantages of the bureaucratic system are still unavoidable, compared with other countries, Haihan's administrative organization is already quite efficient, and the ruling concept of officials at all levels is not just to seek "peace in the world", but to It is to develop the economic level of the area under the administration as much as possible while in office.A governance style such as "protecting people's livelihood and promoting growth" can be said to be the basic requirement of the Executive Committee for every grassroots official.

Therefore, even in the island colonial area like Zhoushan, which has a weak industrial foundation and can only rely on entrepot trade to drive the economy most of the time, officials at all levels are still doing their best to discover and organize characteristic industries for each area in order to boost the local economy. The level of development.

Small villages such as Gaoxie Village, Fuqiang Village, and even Baiquan Town as a whole, compared to the economic scale of the Zhoushan colonial area, their output and foreign trade are only a very small amount, but if compared with the neighboring Daming, the situation is more than that. Well a level up.

Officials at the township level may not fully understand why their superiors require them to do so, let alone concepts such as "land ownership", "production relations", and "collective economy", but they know that the implementation of these systems is true. I can change the local economic situation and people's living standards at a visible speed, and know that I am doing the right thing.

As a rookie who has just joined the system, Xiu Nian obviously has difficulty understanding the purpose and significance of these systems in the short term, but by visiting local villages in Zhoushan, he can intuitively feel Haihan's system Advantage.Go back and read this code of practice, and some of the content will be easier to understand.

Of course, if all the villages could be operated like Gaoxie Village and Fuqiang Village, then the town hall would be much easier, maybe even Xiu Nian could get by as the mayor of the town.But the actual situation is not that simple. The two villages that Xiu Nian visited are above the horizontal line, and the management status of most of the villages is actually not as good as them.

After all, village chiefs with the qualities of Wang Dagui and Ren Song are at least a minority, and phenomena such as limited ability, conservative thinking, and family domination of the village are the norm in reality.The collective economy promoted by Haihan cannot be supported by everyone. There are still many people who think that such a system is gut-piercing poison, but they are powerless to resist under Haihan's strong rule.However, such people are often unwilling to cooperate honestly with the government, and even rely on their influence in the countryside to secretly confront the government, and the town hall has to face these resistances from the people.

The content written in the work code is not only how to develop the economy, but also how to deal with those who follow the old ways or even don't follow the instructions.Xiu Nian has had an excellent start in Baiquan Town, but this does not mean that his work here will be smooth sailing. Perhaps after he visits the ten villages in Baiquan Town, he will have a clearer understanding of this. know.

Yin Changxing, a Korean who arrived in Zhoushan on the same day as Xiu Nian, had a less smooth experience in the local area than Xiu Nian.

Because he was not familiar with the place in Zhoushan, Yin Changxing restrained himself and did not rush to start his own business. Instead, he continued to do errands for the Ming businessman Yu Chengli. He used this errand to gradually familiarize himself with the local conditions, and then slowly found a business that suits him.

There is nothing wrong with this idea, and Yu Chengli also agrees with his approach, and is willing to provide him with some help within his ability, such as retaining him temporarily, so that he does not need to have a large additional expenditure on food and accommodation.

But it is impossible for Yin Changxing to put his own affairs above work since he is working for others.Yu Chengli was so busy these days that his feet never touched the ground, so Yin Changxing naturally had no time to attend to his own affairs.

Yu Chengli's main business is textiles, but almost all the goods in his storehouse are purchased in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and then shipped to Hirado Port by sea. This time, Hirado Port suffered a catastrophe, although the Haihan Army allowed him to transfer the goods under his name The goods were shipped from Hirado, but after such a toss, the cost of these goods also rose accordingly, and there was no advantage in the Zhoushan market.

After Yu Chengli visited several local cloth shops, he realized this unfavorable situation.Because the sources of goods of local textile merchants are almost all in the nearby Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, the transportation cost alone has a great advantage, and some merchants themselves are producers, and their operating costs can be lowered.Compared with these merchants, Yu Chengli found it difficult to compete for the price of the goods he brought back from Hirado even if he sold them at a loss.

But putting these goods in the warehouse means that Yu Chengli's large sum of money will be backlogged, which is definitely not good news for a businessman.

When Yu Chengli withdrew to Zhoushan with the East China Sea Fleet, he still had the intention to open a store for long-term operation here. However, if he invested a large amount of money to build a store, and the funds in his hands could not be circulated to generate benefits during this period, there would still be problems. greater economic pressure.

For Yu Chengli, the most sensible way is to convert his goods into cash as soon as possible, even if he loses a little bit, but it is more beneficial to exchange it into cash and hold it in his hands. Second, it can save the cost of renting warehouses for a long time, and third, it can flexibly use this part of funds to make new investments, and has the opportunity to earn back the loss of selling goods at discounted prices in a short period of time.

But to whom to sell these goods and how to sell them is not a simple matter in practice.Yu Chengli is not familiar with the market conditions in Zhoushan, so he can only understand the market conditions through continuous visits, and judge how to proceed in his own best interest.

As one of Yu Chengli's attendants, Yin Changxing could only follow around.Yu Chengli can sit in the soft sedan chair and roam around leisurely, but he can only keep up with his two legs.

After a few days, Yin Changxing was exhausted, but he still had some gains. At least he had an understanding of the textile market in Zhoushan, and he also learned to identify dozens of fabrics produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Yin Changxing recalled that when he was a fisherman in Seogwipo, he was willing to make a new set of coarse clothes after wearing them out for three to five years until they were too worn out to mend. Fabric, listening to the bosses talking about big deals worth tens of thousands of taels of silver around him made him feel like a dream.

But Yin Changxing is also very self-aware. With the little capital he has saved in Haihan Bank, he must not be able to do high-end textile business in Zhoushan.The price of this piece of high-quality fabric ranged from a few taels to tens of taels, or hundreds of taels. He couldn't enter this circle with his little capital, and a slight price fluctuation in the market could make him vomit blood.

So although I have learned a lot about the textile business, for Yin Changxing, who has neither sufficient capital nor operating experience, it is more like a dragon-slaying skill that is of no use. Given his current situation, he is not suitable for entering the industry. .

Yin Changxing feared that he was not knowledgeable enough, so he took another opportunity to ask Yu Chengli for advice, but Yu Chengli's answer also disappointed him. He thought that his situation was not suitable for dealing in bulk goods such as textiles. Even if he wanted to enter the industry, he had better After Yu Chengli opened a commercial firm in Zhoushan, he had to work in the store for a year or so, and after he was really familiar with the operation of this business, he would consider setting up his own business.

The opinions given by Yu Chengli can be regarded as very benevolent. Knowing that Yin Changxing's purpose in coming to Zhoushan is to become self-reliant one day, he is still willing to give him a hand.

"This kind of large-scale business has a very high threshold, and it needs contacts and channels. You will not be in a hurry for a while. Otherwise, you should change your business, start with a small business, and do what you can." Yu Chengli kindly reminded him not to be too aggressive.

Yin Changxing thanked Yu Chengli, but he still had no idea where to start the "small business".

What he saw in the urban area near Dinghai Port in the past few days, most of the businesses in the market are big businesses that open doors and set up shops. I'm afraid it will cost more to do this business.

This is actually Zhoushan's special trading environment. More than [-]% of the businessmen who come here to do business are engaged in cross-border trade, and the business scale will naturally not be too small.Having said that, mainly relying on retail sales, it is also difficult to maintain it for a long time in a place like Dinghai Port where every inch of land is expensive.

Although Zhoushan Dinghai Port is more prosperous than Yin Changxing imagined, it is not easy to find a business that can enter the industry, and it is even more difficult than he expected.

In addition, foreigners like Yin Changxing will inevitably have some discomfort in the local living conditions.The society here is full of weird rules, many of which Yin Changxing can’t understand, such as why carriages, sedan chairs and rickshaws always keep to the right by default on the road, and why banknotes issued by Haihan Bank are used for large transactions Come to settle the question, why do you have to set up thresholds for joining Haihan nationality and so on.

He can find answers to some questions by himself, but there are more questions that bother him, and he has no relatives in the local area, and it is difficult to find people who can answer these questions for him.

Yin Changxing couldn't help but think of the monk Xiu Nian he met in Seogwipo. He didn't have time to say goodbye to Xiu Nian when he disembarked at Dinghai Port, so he didn't know his specific whereabouts.But he knew that all the Japanese refugees brought to Zhoushan were sent to immigration camps, and they would definitely be naturalized as Haihan in the future. If he had the opportunity to meet Xiu Nian, he might get answers to some questions from him.

Although Yin Changxing only thought of Xiu Nian as a friend when he was free, the chance to see Xiu Nian again came sooner than Yin Changxing imagined.

After Yu Chengli wandered around the city for a few days, he basically gave up his plan to sell the inventory by himself, and put some samples on consignment in several stores, and if they sold, he would give the store a commission.In this way, the shopkeeper does not need to spend a lot of money to buy Yu Chengli's goods, but if he sells them for him, he will still get a profit, which can be regarded as a win-win operation.

Of course, the shopkeeper is only responsible for negotiating a deal for Yu Chengli, but Yu Chengli still completes the delivery and settlement by himself.One day, a cloth shop notified Yu Chengli that he had sold twelve bolts of silk and asked him to deliver the goods and collect the money.

Although it is not a big deal, considering Yu Chengli's current situation, it is already very good to be able to recover blood as soon as possible.And the shopkeeper told him that the buyer was a town office on the island, which was equivalent to doing business with the government, and the business was very secure.

But Yu Chengli didn't dare to be careless because of this. Based on his experience in doing business in Hirado, how could the government's money be so easy to collect, and it might become a tribute to an official.However, the silk this buyer ordered was not considered a high-end product, and he could not afford the money. Yu Chengli had nothing to do, so he decided to make a trip by himself to get to know the buyer while delivering the goods and paying the bill.

Yu Chengli asked someone to hire a large cart, picked up the goods from the warehouse, and took Yin Changxing with him when he left.

The destination was only a few miles away from the city, and there was an official road connecting them, so they arrived at the delivery location very quickly.

Yin Changxing jumped out of the carriage, saw a familiar figure at a glance, couldn't help but greeted him, "Master Xiu Nian?"

Xiu Nian didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance at the gate of the town office, so she hurried over to meet Yin Changxing and Yu Chengli.

"Why is Master Xiu Nian here?" Yin Changxing asked in surprise.

"I will work here." Xiu Nian pointed to the gate of the town hall, and then asked, "Why do you two come here?"

"You're working here? That's great." Hearing Xiu Nian's words, Yu Chengli immediately felt a lot more relaxed, and pointed to the carriageway: "Baiquan has calmed down a batch of silk, and I'll bring them here. "

"So that's what happened!" Xiu Nian nodded to show that she knew it: "Then put the goods in the car temporarily, and the two of you will go in with me to go through the formalities."

This batch of silk cloth was indeed ordered by the town government, but it was not for private use, but part of the town government's labor plan.There are twelve households in Baiquan Town whose children have served in the East China Sea Fleet and participated in this expedition. After discussing with everyone, Jiang Zian decided to give some rewards in kind to the twelve households.The batch of silk ordered from the city is also part of the in-kind rewards.

During the discussion at the meeting, Xiu Nian was on the sidelines, so she also knew about the arrangement of the town office, but she didn't expect that the people who took over the business were old acquaintances, and they could meet them at the town office.

"Shibie took three days to look at him with admiration. Unexpectedly, Master Xiu Nian was already working in the government after a few days of absence!" Yu Chengli sighed repeatedly, thinking that Xiu Nian had really encountered an excellent opportunity.

(End of this chapter)