Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 243 Endless Business Opportunities
What does it mean to fully open the sea?
That is endless business opportunities!
Everyone knows that foreign countries are easy to earn money, but they have no chance to earn it before.

You know, in the past, those who did business with foreign countries were all maritime merchants or pirates who put their heads on their belts. They were willing to risk their heads to make money from foreign countries, which shows how easy it is to make money from foreign countries. .

Now everyone doesn't have to risk being beheaded to be a sea merchant pirate, just rent a shop, what a great opportunity!
If you don't earn this money, then there is something wrong with your brain!
Throughout Daming, I don’t know how many merchants are desperately rushing to Taicang New Town.

The next day, the nearest Suzhou Fucheng rushed over hundreds of merchants, and they all waved their bank notes and squeezed desperately into the Shibosi Yamen!
1000 taels of silver seemed nothing to them, they were all here to rob big shops.

It's a pity that the big shops are not something they can snatch if they want to. As soon as a large group of people squeezed into the Shibosi Yamen, they were stopped by a team of Shenji Battalion soldiers with long guns.

What does this mean?

All the merchants were dumbfounded.

Didn't you mean fully open the sea?

Why are people holding spears against us again!
what on earth is this kind of happenings?
You will not see for yourself!

The leading general of the Shenji Battalion just pouted at Zhaobi and didn't say a word.

At this time, they discovered that there was a notice posted on the back of the screen wall at the gate.

What does the notice say?

It turns out that they can't rent large and small shops if they want to rent them. Every merchant in the state capital can only rent ten large shops and twenty small shops.

As for which merchants to rent the shops to, anyone who wants to rent can submit the yellow pages. The officials of the Municipal Shipbuilding Department will compare the assets recorded in the yellow pages, and whoever has more assets will rent them out.

Moreover, the time for renting a store is also regulated. Each state capital is limited to one day, and the Yellow Pages are handed in in the morning and the rent is paid in the afternoon.

This time, the faces of many profiteers became extremely ugly.

In order to avoid taxes, they try their best to count the assets on the yellow pages as small as possible, but now they have more assets than anyone else!

Some people are even ready to turn around and ask someone to change the yellow pages.

The problem is, even if they flatter the horse and go back, they won't be in time!
Because it takes time to change the Yellow Pages, it doesn’t mean that they can change it when they go back home, they have to find someone, they have to be filial to them, and they have to say all the good things, it’s troublesome.

At this time, someone had already stuffed their yellow pages into the hands of the leader of the Shenji Camp, and the general of the Shenji Camp would not refuse anyone who came, and soon, a large stack of yellow pages was stuffed into his hand, and he took them all. No more.

He directly stuffed the yellow pages in his hand into the arms of his subordinates behind him, and opened his hands again to put them away.

As soon as noon arrived, he raised his hand and said, "Okay, all go and wait outside the gate, and a notice will be posted in the future. Those with names on the notices, come in and pay to see the shop, and those without names on the notices, take them back outside." Your own Yellow Pages."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand directly and ordered his soldiers to "invite" all these merchants outside the yamen.

Well, it's only one hour from noon to late, so it doesn't matter if you wait a while, almost all the merchants in Suzhou Prefecture think so, so they all crowded at the gate of Shibosi and did not leave.

They didn't dare to shout nonsense, they just waited there obediently.

Because right now the city is full of soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are full of blood and iron, with the kind of eyes that can make people fear.

It looked like they had killed the enemy in battle, so they didn't dare to yell in front of these people.

At this time, Taichang was standing on the second floor of a large shop not far away, watching the situation of Shibosi with a telescope.

He scanned the seemingly honest merchants, and suddenly said: "Shi Gao, we seem to have overlooked one more thing."

Ah!
What did you overlook?
When Bi Maoliang heard this, he thought about it for a while but couldn't figure out what he had overlooked, so he could only helplessly cup his hands and said: "My minister is stupid, please ask the emperor to remind me."

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "These merchants have to eat, those who come to buy things, those who sell things, they also have to eat, and some even want to stay here for a few days. There are no restaurants and inns here. What do they eat? Well, where do you sleep?"

Uh, it turned out to be this!
This is indeed ignored.

Fortunately, this is not a fatal mistake.

Bi Maoliang thought for a while, then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, why don't we leave ten large shops and twenty small shops to rent to the restaurant and inn?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, you can figure it out, but it's best for the restaurant to attract that kind of special flavor. There are so many delicacies in my Ming Dynasty, so everyone in the foreign country should try it, right?"

The shops in Taicang New City are really limited, and the shops in all state capitals want to grab their heads.

However, the number of places is limited, and the officials of the Municipal Shipbuilding Department did not meet with them at all at first. Those who received the yellow pages were all soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, and there would be results within an hour after they were accepted. They had nothing to do, what? All means are useless.

Due to the intimidation of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, the renting of the shops went smoothly. In 190 days, one day was not too much, and one day was not less. 380 large shops and [-] small shops were rented out.

At this time, Taichang had almost negotiated with Bi Maoliang and others about the duties of the Shibo Department.

To put it bluntly, the Department of Shipping is in charge of foreign trade.

This foreign trade is not the same as doing business within the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the price of the goods, or the category of the goods, including taxes, etc., they are all different.

In short, doing business in Taicang New City is different from other places. If you want to do business here, you have to abide by the rules here and accept the jurisdiction of the Shibo Department.

All the shops had just been rented out, and the Ministry of Commerce of the Ming Dynasty posted the rules for doing business in Taicang New Town everywhere in the city.

There are more rules.

For example, the price of goods must be at least double that of other places, and all goods must be reported and counted when they enter the city, and a certificate must be issued when they are sold, and they must be reported and counted when they leave the city.

At this point, all those who rented shops were almost laughing.

Doubling the price of the goods will more than double the profit, and they can't make too much money.

Also, not everything can be sold in Taicang City, merchants are not allowed to sell privately such as the imperial court’s exclusive salt and iron tea, and official kiln porcelain, silk and satin, etc., are also not allowed to be sold privately.

This is to prevent merchants from ruining the prices of these items. After all, the prices of these items sold to European countries are ten times and ten times higher.

If the merchants here are allowed to fight the price, it is estimated that the price will be about two or three times the market price soon.

After all, even if it is only two or three times more expensive than the market price, it is still a huge profit!

Moreover, Taichang has already signed a contract with the Spaniards. If these things can be bought in Taicang City, and they are cheaper than what he sells, then it will be a big shame.

Also, the tax in Taicang City is different from other places. In other places, the tax is one for twenty, but here it is one for ten.

This is nothing, because the price of the goods here is at least doubled.

That is to say, if a thing is sold for 20 taels elsewhere and the profit is 40 taels, if you buy it here and sell it for at least 30 taels, the profit will become [-] taels. This is at least three times the profit, and you will receive [-]% Taxes are impossible to lose.

In short, there are many rules for doing business here. If you want to earn more, you must abide by the rules. If you don't obey the rules, Shibo will immediately take back the shop and tell you to get out!

The shops in Taicang City have just been rented out, and some merchants have not even shipped their goods, but merchant ships from Ryukyu, Dongying and even North Korea have come to buy goods!

There is no way, these three countries are close to Ming Dynasty, and the nearest Ryukyu Kingdom is next to Treasure Island Dongfan, so they are naturally the first to receive the news.

Moreover, these three countries are all about two thousand miles away from Taicang Port. If the wind is smooth, the sailboat can even sail here in three or four days, so they came quite quickly.

Hearing that Daming is fully open to the sea, the merchants in these places are very happy.

Because the Ming Dynasty used to practice Kanhe trade, and each country only had one Kanko, and each Kanko could only buy goods once a year, and even the quantity of goods was regulated.

As for Long Qing opening the sea before, that was just a fool.

After the opening of the sea in Longqing, the Ming court still carried out Kanhe trade, but increased the volume of trade. Moreover, these trades were still firmly controlled by the court, and had nothing to do with the common people.

In this way, the price of Ming's goods in these countries is many times higher, the profits are also quite high, and the relevant officials have also made a lot of money. The problem is that trade cannot meet people's needs!

Even during the Jiajing Dynasty, there was a big fight between the two big names of Dongying in Daming for the sake of matching. Moreover, the maritime merchants and pirates along the coast of Daming were banned and suppressed repeatedly.

These people even sacrificed their lives to sell Ming's goods. It can be seen that Ming's goods are very popular in foreign countries.

Originally, it was really difficult to get the goods of Daming, no matter how high the profit was, it would be fake if they were out of stock!

Well now, Daming actually opened the sea in full swing, there is no need to be matched, and there is no limit to the number of times, you can buy whatever you want, then they will still run around!
Cloth, porcelain, medicinal materials, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, books, calligraphy and paintings, candies, preserved fruits, dry goods, etc., are all crazy purchases, and you can buy as much as you have.

Merchant ships from Ryukyu, Dongying, and North Korea arrived first, followed by merchant ships from Annan, Champa, and Siam. The business in Taicang New City soon became prosperous, and Taicang Port was full of merchant ships from various countries.

At this time, news also came from Poseidon Port that the Spaniard's ocean-going fleet is coming!
(End of this chapter)