Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 359

Convincing Gao Mengnan's plan was simpler than expected, and Gao Mengnan quickly accepted Gao Pragmatic's invitation.

Thinking back, Gao Yushi guessed that Gao Mengnan also stayed in Xinzheng a little bit quietly and thought about moving. In addition, there may be another reason, that is, his relationship with Gao Wuzi is not very harmonious.

This is not unexpected, after all, Gao Mengnan is not a dandy like Gao Wuzi, and since Gao Wuzi is the son of the eldest son, even if he sits and eats the mountain, at least the "mountain" is not too small, and it seems to be enough for a while.

But he, Gao Mengnan, was different. Although he was adopted by Gao Jie as an adopted son, an adopted son could never be compared with a legitimate son.Gao Jie was better when he was alive. After Gao Jie passed away, his life began to celebrate the New Year with Wang Xiaoer, and it was not as good as every year.If things go on like this, one day I will drink the northwest wind!
Although Xinzheng's hometown doesn't know Gao Wu's performance in the capital well, he still has a general understanding. At least his Jinghua soap is enough for him to get rich suddenly.How can a high-level pragmatist who can make such a big deal be a person with a vain reputation?
Following Gao Wushi is at least ten times better than following Gao Wuzi.This is the basic judgment in Gao Mengnan's heart.

Of course, the matter of investing in Tianjin Port is not very urgent, nor can it be anxious. Gao Yushi does not intend to let Gao Mengnan go to Tianjin to handle it immediately.

I'm not in a hurry, because opening a port is different from opening a mine.After mining, whether it is selling finished products after deep processing or selling raw ore directly, it can quickly enter a normal operating state and start to pay back costs and make profits.Among them, as long as one condition is met, it is the sales network.

With the official name of the Gao family here, the Zhang family in Puzhou as a hidden business backing, and the golden rooster of Jinghua soap that Gao Shishi put on the bright side, few people would suspect Gao Pragmatically, the industry under his command will open today and close tomorrow, so the establishment of his sales network has been relatively smooth.

But the operation of the port is completely different from mining and even ironmaking.

First of all, the port itself must have relatively good natural conditions, such as the shape of the port, the size of the water area in the port, the depth of the water in the port, whether it is sheltered from the wind, etc., all have innate requirements.The Tianjin Port of the later generations is an international port. It is reasonable to say that the innate conditions should be fine, but you must know that the Tianjin Port of the later generations was formed after many large-scale artificial transformations, and the current high pragmatism does not have that kind of transformation ability.

Of course, Gao Pragmatism did not dare to expect to build a port of the same scale as Tianjin Port in later generations, but it still needs to send people to investigate in detail and comprehensively consider various factors before making a final decision, lest it become a second month port.

Although Yuegang in Fujian is the first port opened to the sea in Longqing and the only port currently open to the sea, the natural conditions of Yuegang are actually quite ordinary.That place was originally a port that sprang up spontaneously because of the prevalence of smuggling. Speaking of it, the real advantage is actually quite ridiculous: it is located in a remote place, so it is not easy to be discovered by the government, and it is even less easy to be seized by the government.

It is precisely because of the advantage of Yuegang that "minor problems" such as the narrow water area and hidden reefs under the channel entering and leaving the port are ignored.

However, Gao Yushi treats Tianjin Port as his own industry, and it is not an ordinary industry. He also plans to undertake such a big business as the imperial court’s “South-to-North Grain Transfer” in the future. So I ran to buy a piece of land and started construction.

Building a port is not like building a wharf. It is not a matter of building a few trestles.In addition to finding the most suitable natural safe haven, planning and construction work must be carried out in the port area.

Planning is relatively easy. Gao Wushi visited the port when he followed the leader to inspect the coast, and he has a general understanding of the layout and planning of the port. This level is barely enough in this era.

At least, he also knows that according to the difference of blow current, tidal current, and wave current, there must be corresponding measures to deal with the channel of the port, the axis of the breakwater, and the orientation of the entrance.As for the functional layout of the land area of ​​the port, anyone who has been to the port of the later generations can say something about it, and he can do it... er, barely.

But the third point is very powerful, and it is even the most fundamental factor that Gao Wuzhen is not in a hurry: just having a port is useless, because the port itself cannot generate any value, and the value of the port comes from the ships entering and leaving the port.

In other words, the port itself needs to have a geographical advantage, and then attract ships to call and realize its value through the port's throughput.

If there are no ships to dock, load and unload, no matter how good the port is, it will be useless, and it will be pure junk assets.

Therefore, before building the port, Gao Wushi must first contact a group of willing ship owners and merchants, so that they will be interested in using Tianjin Port as a place of unloading or shipping in the future.Otherwise, no matter how much the port is invested, it will have to lose as much as it is highly pragmatic, and it will continue to lose money-in order to ensure the operation of the port, someone must manage and maintain it, and it all costs money!
In addition to these rigid conditions, Gao Pragmatic has to figure out whether such a thing as a private commercial port can be done, and if so, what procedures need to be completed.

According to Gao Yushi's current understanding of the Ming court and the local government, merchants build any commercial facilities by themselves, as long as they do not overstep in terms of form and structure, the government will not intervene at all.This is also the reason why every time Gao Wushi opened a coal mine to make honeycomb coal, or an iron mine to make steel and iron, the local government only checked whether he had the title deeds of those plots of land in his hand, and then directly let him go.

If this point can only be said that the government of Ming Dynasty is very tolerant, then the next point is even more amazing.

For example, a businessman builds a large warehouse by himself in a certain transportation area. Since the local area is the thoroughfare of several provinces or prefectures, after the warehouse is completed, the business is booming, making money every day!

What will the government do now?
Congratulations to this businessman, because the government of Ming Dynasty will still treat it as if they didn't see it, and will never think of going to this businessman to collect taxes!
You read that right, as long as the businessman owns the land where he built the warehouse, the officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty will think that any legitimate business you do on this land is a reasonable and legal existence, and—— Emphasize once - will not ask you to collect taxes.

At least, there is no regular tax. At most, when the government faces some big troubles, it will send someone to you to apportion a fee.In fact, there are not many such big troubles. For example, when bandits attack the city, the government wants to recruit brave people, but the yamen is relatively poor, so they have to find local gentry and rich merchants to "copay". Only then will the government think of asking you A big businessman donated a sum.

The reason why Gao Yushi still needs to confirm it is mainly because of the particularity of the port—after all, although Emperor Longqing opened the sea, he has only approved Yuegang as an export port (Note: Imports are also allowed, but imports and exports are not allowed. There are restrictions.), although the Tianjin Port that Gao Yushi intends to build has no plans to engage in overseas trade at present, but is just to test the waters of North-South shipping, but he and Sanbo Gao Gong are both on the cusp of the storm, so it is not a big mistake to be careful.

　I drove a small long-distance trip back to my hometown today, and was dragged out to have a meal after I came back. It took a long time and I was too tired. Let me be lazy, let’s add another chapter today^_^
　　
　
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