open sea

Chapter 927 Company
Chen Mu believes that these three people are rare technical talents, especially in the special period when the Japanese military government is targeting Europa, the role they can play in the future is probably beyond the imagination of anyone in the world today.

Even if his estimate was wrong, it was nothing more than punishing two people less, and he didn't make any mistakes in his concubine.

And Yang Tingxiang's mission is to use up what he has learned in his life during the several months when Chen Jiujing's fleet was dispatched by the military government to sail to the Caribbean Sea, to provide intensive training for the three of them, and to find some aborigines for them as followers, and initially build this Only stay in the special department in Chen Mu's consciousness.

In fact, Chen Mu didn't tell Chen Jiujing all his ideas. Chen Jiujing is a general, so he should be a general step by step. Maybe he can get a higher official position than Chen Lin in the future. The department Chen Mu wants to form is at least Daming is not visible in official circles, and he doesn't want his adopted son to touch these things.

So he sent another soldier to hold the letter, and did not meet Yang Tingxiang until Chen Jiujing left Mexico City for Qilin Guard.

Only then did the governor of New Spain know that the training of those three people was just one of Chen Mu's huge plans for Europe.

"The Department of Europa Affairs of the Commerce Bureau of the Oriental Military Mansion of the Ming Empire is responsible for handling company affairs for merchants going to Europa and shouldering military responsibilities."

In the quiet night, even the taverns next to Plaza de Armas in Mexico City were closed. Sitting in front of the case, Yang Tingxiang frowned, writing the word "company" on the paper with a pen in his hand, thinking about the meaning behind it.

He knows the chamber of commerce, but the chamber of commerce has always been based on the township party and is jointly run by merchants. For example, Minguanghe, which is run by Chen Mu, is prosperous. However, in Chen Mu's introduction, the company seems to be different from the chamber of commerce. Write down the merchants, and then write down the chamber of commerce on the company, and the thinking gradually becomes clear.

"One or more businessmen jointly invest, negotiate to occupy shares according to the share or contribution of the joint venture, based on funds, backed by force, and for the purpose of making profits. The profits are distributed according to the shares and earn the wealth of Europa. It is regulated by the Bureau of Commerce of the Eastern Military Government Jurisdiction of the Department of European Affairs."

In Yang Tingxiang's understanding, the form of Chen Mu's so-called 'company' is somewhat similar to the Fujian-Guangzhou pirates.

It's not that the Fujian-Guangzhou Pirates really look like a company, but Yang Tingxiang thinks they do.

Mainly, Chen Mu’s introduction was too tempting, and they jointly invested on the basis of funds. This is how Lin Afeng bought ships and hired people along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong; with the backing of force, Lin Afeng’s little pirate brothers are Lin Afeng The backing of the phoenixes; for the purpose of profit, let alone, if not for money, what are the pirates doing with their heads hanging on their waistbands?

Chen Mu's company introduction successfully equated the concept of "company" with "pirate armed group" in the mind of New Spain Governor Yang Tingxiang.

"If companies need escort during their operation from the east coast of Asia to the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Western Military Government, they can pay for the hiring of an official military fleet or report to the military government to set up a company's armed fleet. Disputes between various divisions will be accepted by the Eastern Military Government in a unified manner. Fight each other; the strength of the fleet is divided into grades by the amount of corporate tax."

"If you need to purchase a warship, you can apply to the Commerce Bureau of the Oriental Military Government. After review, the military government will purchase it at the official price."

Well, Yang Tingxiang overturned the previous concept in his mind, and added two words in front of this concept: the government of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty government-run pirate armed group.

"The governor of New Spain needs to set up an oriental mercenary company in the co-government area to accommodate retired flag troops; the armed personnel of each company's escort fleet can be paid by the company and sent to the mercenary company for unified training."

There is a word in the martial arts hall to describe this kind of thing, what is it called?

Yang Tingxiang tapped his forehead with his knuckles, stared at the erratic kerosene lamp with his eyes, suddenly raised his hand and tapped the air in front of him, and said to himself: "By the way, the industrial chain."

The duration of the military contract of the Eastern Military Government is actually less than four years, excluding the training. That is to say, after two years, the New World will inevitably produce a large number of retired flag soldiers, and the officers who grew up in the war may not necessarily leave the army, which will cause the army to become bloated , There are more and more officers, but the banner army is fixed at [-].

In addition to the military establishment, if there is no large-scale fiasco, there will be more and more banner troops that are difficult to integrate into peace. All problems can be solved by simply pulling the trigger on the battlefield, but peaceful life is not the case.

At least the person who led them down this path will give them a chance to get back to their old ways, before they go nowhere.

Mercenary companies are the way to go.

Contacting the recent affairs of the Dongyang Military Mansion, Yang Tingxiang can easily see that the so-called company is prepared for the coming Anhui merchants and some Fujian-Guangzhou merchants. Obviously, when they come, the so-called Dongyang Mercenary Company will start to make profits.

If Chen Mu asked Yang Tingxiang to prepare for the company approval of merchants, establish a mercenary company, build a commercial port on the east coast, and develop the shipbuilding industry means Chen Mu's vision for Europe, then Yang Tingxiang will let Yang Tingxiang follow up on the standard details of the armed fleet. See Chen Mu's ambition for Europa.

The company system is not commercial under Chen Mu's plan. Although their owners are a group of merchants, they are obviously both commercial and military.

In terms of commerce, the commercial tax of the Eastern Military Government is [-]% of the goods tariff and [-]% of the transportation tax. After the goods are unloaded from the port of Changsheng, they are transported to the east coast by the people of the villages and towns along the way. The armed fleets of various companies are not allowed to sail to the west coast.

Under this condition, the military government gave each company the right to lease land in New Spain, but the land can only be used to grow a small amount of food and a large amount of cash crops or to open factories, and is not allowed to be used for other purposes, such as building a big house or a big yard All prohibited, the leaser of the land is a company, not an individual.

In terms of military affairs, each company must deploy the Banner Army of the Oriental Army. At the beginning, the Banner Army was only sent as a guide and to protect safety. Join the company with the purchase of ships.

The Dongyang military government does not participate in business operations, but collects taxes and controls force.

The minimum annual tax is 1000 taels, and you are allowed to buy five small shark boats, ten two-pound guns, and hire one hundred armed sailors; the annual tax is 2 taels, and you are allowed to buy ten small shark boats, two four-hundred-dollar shark boats, and hire four hundred armed sailors.

By the end of the year, one million taels of tax will be paid to buy ten Liujia-class warships, two Nantang-class warships and hire corresponding armed sailors. The force of a company is equal to two guards.

Even if the Dongyang Military Government collects 100% tax, the current Yang Tingxiang does not think that there will be any company that can get the financial resources to buy Nantang-class warships. He thinks that Chen Mu made this rule just for people to see... But if any company can give it a year Even if the court handed over [-] million taels, Yang Tingxiang felt that no one in the Manchu Dynasty would care about selling two Nantang warships.

Lord Wanli may have sold the warship in a hurry.

"Fix it, fix it."

Yang Tingxiang tore off his hair scarf, raised his arms and scratched his head, frowned and said to himself: "New Spain has to build its own small shark ship. The Nantang ship probably won't be sold in this lifetime, but the small shark ship, I'm afraid it will be sold." Sell ​​a lot!"

(End of this chapter)