Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 537
Fifteen young officials sat neatly in the lobby, some of them came from Jinshi, and some graduated from Imperial College. Most of them were transferred to overseas economic strategy in recent years, and they all sat on the bench for at least two years.

The Overseas Economic and Strategic Office is like a wastebasket. The Ministry of Officials stuffed these young alternate officials who had no background and background and came from poor backgrounds. Dozens of them came here in just two years. In the past two years, most of the officials With nothing to do, and just when they were desperate, Fanning took office.

Among the 15 people, there are five eighth-rank officials and ten ninth-rank officials, all aged 23-[-], full of vigor and drive.

"Everyone, you must have heard about the expansion of the Ryukyu Prefecture. The aborigines who threatened the safety of the Ryukyu Prefecture have been completely wiped out. There is no obstacle to the expansion of the county. According to the latest decision of the imperial court, the imperial court will start from Shaanxi Road and Hebei West Road. If 15 households are relocated to Ryukyu for resettlement, in addition to the current Penghu County and Ryukyu County, we need to build five more counties, including four on Ryukyu Island and one on Liuli Island, the main island of Little Ryukyu Island. One county magistrate, one county magistrate and one county lieutenant are needed, which happens to be [-] of you."

When Fan Ning said this, everyone began to fidget a little, with deep anticipation and surprise in their eyes. They all had one thought in their hearts, and they finally made it through.

Although it is an overseas county magistrate, it is much better than sitting in the Economic and Strategic Mansion doing nothing and wasting time.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Being an overseas county magistrate is very hard work and requires a lot of effort. It will take at least one term before you have the chance to become a Beijing official. I hope everyone will be mentally prepared. If you don't want to serve overseas, you can bring it up now. I will return to the Ministry of Officials and find another job."

None of the fifteen people spoke, just kidding!If you return to the Ministry of Officials, your life will be over, and now you have to go even if you don't want to, not to mention that everyone is willing to go overseas to take up real positions.

Seeing that there was no objection, Fan Ning said with a smile: "I will read the list next, and then I will go to Gongsun Xuance and Zhang Bo. They will give you advice on how to prepare for the establishment of a new county. They will help everyone. They are the second batch of officials in Kunzhou. The prefect Su participated in the establishment of Han County and served as the magistrate of Han County. Li Tiju prepared for the establishment of Jin County and served as the first magistrate of Jin County. They have rich experience. I will come and talk to you all.”

After finishing speaking, Fan Ning took the roster and read aloud: "Xia Yu, magistrate of Liuzhong County, Zhang Wenhua, magistrate of Liunan County."

In the following time, Fan Ning was extremely busy, properly handling all kinds of accumulated government affairs one by one.

Another month has passed, and the preparations are ready, and the day to go to the south of Hainan is finally coming.

This morning, Fan Ning came to the port with a few entourages. The piers in Quanzhou Port are mainly distributed on both sides of the Jinjiang estuary. There are ten piers in total, among which the No. [-] and No. [-] piers belong to Fan's Commercial Bank. private dock.

This is the first time that Fan Ning has come to inspect the pier of Fan's Trading Company. Mingren complained a little: "Father fiddles with those broken stones all day long and refuses to help. There are still [-]% of the members, don't worry about anything, let our brothers be as tired as cattle and horses all day long."

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Didn't I bring Mingxuan here? To help you reduce the burden, the textile workshop will give him [-]% of the share, so that he will be as tired as a cow."

"You don't need to remind me of this. We know that Mingxuan is our brother. We will give him a share in the textile workshop, but we still need people!"

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "Isn't Mr. Zhu also a [-]% member? Let him also contribute a little bit and send someone to manage it."

Ming Li sighed, "He is also very helpful. Besides, he also opened a business in Quanzhou, which is managed by his grandson Zhu Lin. He doesn't have the energy to help us anymore."

"What does Zhu's firm do?" Fanning asked.

"For porcelain and tea cakes, Persia has a great demand for tea, and their tea is mainly sold there."

"Does the Zhu family have a fleet?" Fan Ning continued to ask.

"Not yet!"

"That's simple. Merge the Zhu's firm and the Fan's firm. The Zhu family is responsible for the internal procurement of materials in the Song Dynasty, and the Fan family is responsible for export sales. You will be responsible for overseas, and you don't have to worry about purchasing materials."

Mingren and Mingli shook their heads at the same time, "We have considered this plan, but it is not appropriate. This is the property of the Fan family. The three of us brothers each have three shares. This is the most ideal state. In fact, there is still one share. We want to give The third and fourth uncles were taken away by the Zhu family. To be honest, we regret this matter very much. If the Zhu family is involved again, we will not be able to make decisions on many things."

Fan Ning also knew that the two brothers had strong opinions, and it was not easy for him to impose his opinions on them. He thought for a while and said: "Then you invite the fourth uncle to sit in the firm, and I, a member of the Zhu family, Tell the old man that he will refund it, and that element is meaningless to him."

The two brothers were overjoyed. It would be great if Zhu Yuanfeng was willing to return the share. The third and fourth uncles would each get half the share, and the family business would be supported.

But is it okay to let fourth uncle come over?The two brothers had a deep prejudice against their fourth uncle Fan Tongzhong, who was a lazy bastard back then, and the two looked at Fan Ning suspiciously.

Fan Ning shook his head and said: "Although I don't know much about him, but now his restaurant has changed from the first one to three, which shows that he is undefeated and is still working hard to start a business. He has never approached me. I have borrowed money, and I have not reached out to my second and third uncles, has he ever borrowed money from you?"

Both Ming Ren and Ming Li shook their heads, and Fan Ning said with a smile: "This was unimaginable when he was young, which shows that he has a good nature. He was just ignorant when he was young, but now he understands the truth. It is really not easy to save up money to open a restaurant. From one restaurant to three restaurants, one can imagine the hardships involved. Now he has two sons and two daughters to support, and the pressure is very high. We will help him once. Let him be the big shopkeeper in Quanzhou, responsible for internal affairs."

Mingren and Mingli discussed for a while, and finally nodded, "If he really understands the truth, then it would be best for him to be in charge of the firm, and then we bought two kilns and a tea plantation in Dehua, which can be traded Let Mingxuan take care of it, and the fourth uncle will be in charge of dispatching goods for the firm."

Seeing that both of them agreed that Fourth Uncle would come to Quanzhou, Fan Ning said, "I will write a letter to Fourth Uncle asking him to come to Quanzhou, and Mingli will go to Wu County and invite him personally."

"What about Fourth Uncle's restaurant?"

Mingren glared at Mingli, "Don't rely on Ah Ning for everything, can we handle this kind of trivial matter well?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "This is really not a trivial matter. If it is not handled well, Fourth Uncle may not be willing to come. How about this! The restaurant can be handed over to Mr. Gu of Mudu Restaurant, and Third Uncle will take care of it together."

The three brothers boarded the main ship of the fleet, which is also their largest sea ship. This is a large ship of [-] shi. A large mountain is moored at the pier.

"This is our largest ship, and currently the largest ocean-going merchant ship in Song Dynasty. It's called the Mulan Boat, and it can carry [-] shi."

Fanning patted the side of the boat and asked, "How many people can this boat carry?"

"This ship needs 500 crew members, 30 oarsmen, [-] other crew members, [-] archers to accompany the ship, and about [-] merchants. There must be at least one year's grain stored in it. There are pigs, wine, and a small market, and there are [-] prostitutes on the boat."

"How much does it cost to build a ship of this size?"

"This large merchant ship is very cumbersome. The shell is made of pine wood and soaked in tung oil for one year."

Fan Ning glared at Mingli, who was out of tune, and said, "I'm not asking how you build a boat, I'm asking how much it costs to buy it?"

Ming Li scratched his head and said: "There are two kinds, one is sixteen sails and the other is twelve sails. Ours is sixteen sails. At that time we spent [-] guan, and [-] sails cost [-] guan. enough."

"The price shouldn't be too expensive!"

Mingren grinned, "The wood is all red pine that we transported from Kunzhou, and it's also the boatyard of Mr. Mingli's father-in-law. We only charge labor wages, so of course it's not expensive. If it's the market price, this boat is at least [-] guan. The [-] guns of the second sail are only the price of the ship, and more importantly, it is affordable, not necessarily affordable."

"Then how many crew members do you need for your hundreds of thousands of stone ships?"

"Not every boat needs to be paddled. To go to the Persian Gulf, you must use a paddle boat. But you can take advantage of the monsoon when you go to Nanyang, so you don't need paddlers. But you can only go twice a year, just like going to Kunzhou. Eight Ten sailors are enough. We currently only have fifteen oar boats. Once we go to the Persian Gulf or even further away to Mulanpi, we need not only five hundred oarsmen, but also five hundred archers. Pirates are too rampant there. "

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "Are there any overseas merchants ordering such a big ship?"

Mingren shook his head, "Seaboats above Wanshi basically don't take out. It's not that the court forbids it. The main reason is that there are not many shipyards that can build Wanshi seaboats. The Song Dynasty is too busy. How can I care about overseas merchants in Shanghai? So far, I have not seen overseas merchants owning Wanshi cargo ships."

Fan Ning pondered for a long time and said, "I need fifty paddle boats for my trip to Luzon this time. Can Quanzhou raise them?"

Ming Li thought about it and said: "No, fifty ships are not, thirty ships should be ok, we have fifteen ships, my father-in-law has five ships, and the major trading houses will add ten more ships. When will you go to sea, we will help you find out."

"Going to sea in three days, there are really not thirty ships, twenty ships are fine."

"Then there is no problem, there must be twenty ships!"

(End of this chapter)