Your Majesty, what's the difference between the situation in the Southern Continent and the joint-stock United States you created in the New World? Didn’t the United States of the New World also let big guys contribute money to take stock? Is the Southern Continent going to form a United States? "
The person asking the question now is Shi Kefa, the Minister of Rites. Mr. Shi is a clean-sleeved man and is recognized as an upright official in the Ming Dynasty. He only has a family property worth two to three hundred thousand taels of silver - of course it is all legal income! Including Shi Kefa's land and title granted by the Duke of the Kingdom, a commercial street in Tianjin (which Zhu Cixiang asked him to invest in), and a deposit of tens of thousands of taels of silver... Well, now the number one in the Ming Dynasty's feudal dynasty This is what an upright official is, so you can still be an upright official with confidence and boldness!
"It's different, completely different!" Zhu Cixi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Shige, do you know the franchisees?"
"Shang... merchant?" Shi Kefa looked confused, adding a merchant? Selling doors? Are there any city gate merchants?
Zheng Sen on the side smiled and explained: "Mr. Shi Ge, this franchisee is also called a subcontractor. It is usually a semi-independent small business name hanging under a large commercial bank or a large store. It bears the brand of a large commercial bank and acts as an agent for the large commercial bank. goods, and then distribute some of the money earned to the big trading houses.”
Shi Kefa still didn't quite understand, "Why should a small business have the brand of a big business? Isn't it good to use your own brand?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and interjected: "Mr. Shi Ge, a brand is credibility and prestige. When doing business, you must also pay attention to the prestige of the fox and the tiger. I think of those pirates in the Southeast Sea in those days, as long as they put up the sign of an official party, they are not afraid of the officers and soldiers!"
Shi Kefa understood now, "Isn't this just a gang of robbers being recruited?"
Zheng Sen was so embarrassed that he looked at Emperor Zhu with a somewhat complaining look - Can you not mention the fact that my family is a pirate? If my old sister hadn't gained favor recently, people would have thought that you, the emperor, would continue to suppress the Zheng family!
Emperor Zhu smiled and said again: "The joint-stock system of the United States of Xinzhou is still based on the benevolence and power of the superior, but this superior is not the local tyrant king, but the government of the United States."
Zhu Cixiang still valued the asset of the United States very much, so he did not "open up the alliance", but adopted the method of "centralizing government power". The powers of the local governments and legislative councils of the United States are all derived from the power granted by the legislative government of the United States. Correspondingly, most of the local states and counties in the United States were invested, constructed and developed by the central government of the United States.
30% of the seats (shares) in the United States Parliamentary Government originally belonged to Zhu Cihong, but now they were given to the local tycoon Zhu Hehao.
But this model obviously cannot be used in the Southern Continent.
Because the Southern Continent is far less prosperous than the New World - the Southern Continent is basically the territory of the Kangaroo Kingdom. It is a huge place with coal, iron, kangaroos, lobsters, abalones, etc. Oh, there seems to be a New Gold Mountain. (Melbourne) is considered a good location.
But it still can’t be compared with the west coast of the New World!
The first is that the reserves of precious metals are not as large as the latter. There is a large amount of gold, silver, and brass on the west coast of the New World. It was simply the world's "money printing factory" in the 17th century! And you can also get precious furs worth as much as gold.
Therefore, the joint-stock United States of New Zealand, which was founded only ten years ago, has already achieved overall profitability! Moreover, most of the immigrants sent to the United States of New Zealand can now "pay their own freight" - signing a body-insurance contract also counts as paying their own freight.
The profit prospects for Southern Continent are not that good!
Secondly, the conditions for agriculture and animal husbandry are a bit poor. The main difficulty is drought and water shortage. The southern continent has drought and little rain, and evaporation is high. There are not many big rivers in the territory. Most of the land is arid and unsuitable for agriculture and animal husbandry. Only the ring belt on the eastern coast is okay, but the land is still a little barren. In the era without chemical fertilizers, it could not be compared with the fertile soil in America.
Even the mountainous west coast of the American continent is much better than the southern continent!
Thirdly, there is no stable ocean current and wind belt between the east coast of the Southern Continent and the Eastern Shenzhou Continent for sailing. Although the distance from Shanghai to the east coast of the Southern Continent is not closer than to the west coast of the North American Continent, it actually takes longer to sail.
And since no large-scale exploration of the east coast of the Southern Continent has been organized before, no one knows how to take the route to the east coast of the Southern Continent?
Therefore, the exploration, development, and construction of the Southern Continent have the disadvantages of high investment, high risks, low output, and difficulty in making profits.
If you want to build a joint-stock United States, I'm afraid you have to prepare for long-term losses, or maybe it will become an ST United States...
Zhu Cixiang didn't want to create a United States of ST, so he could only open up franchises and recruit a group of franchisees full of dreams and adventurous spirits.
Of course, it is impossible to fully join. The headquarters and "flagship store" are still required. However, the investment is controllable and the loss can be tolerated.
It needs to be emphasized that Zhu Cixiang, the emperor, made a distinction between public and private affairs! He would not misuse the money from the Ming treasury to invest in the construction of a vassal state for his son.
The money to build the vassal state came either from the Royal Chamber of Commerce or other investors.
This is also the reason why Zhu Cihong's overseas expansion has always been heartily supported by the imperial court - overseas colonies can absorb the landless and unemployed people in the country and ease class conflicts without having to pay for it from the imperial court. Why not?
This distinction between public and private also forced Zhu Cixiang to consider the issue of profit and loss.
If we really want to vote for a ST Kangaroo Kingdom, the Royal Chamber of Commerce might also be brought down!
Emperor Zhu continued: "The Southern Continent's eyes are dark. Apart from knowing that there is a piece of land, they don't know anything else... It's impossible to ask the Royal Chamber of Commerce to throw money into it! Not only do they not have that much spare money to spend, , and it is also difficult to manage well, so we have to delegate power, greatly delegate power, and use the model of joining a company and being recruited! Senior brother, your family is most familiar with how to be recruited. How about you recommend a Zheng family member to be the leader of the Southern Continent? Manager?"
How come I know how to join a gang and be recruited? Zheng Senxin said: I was still in Japan when my father was recruited!
"Your Majesty," Zheng Sen, of course, refused to take over, and said quickly, "It was more than thirty or almost forty years ago that my father was favored. None of the Zheng family members of my generation understands what it means to join a gang and be recruited. It’s over.”
You do not understand?
Zhu Cixiang was a little embarrassed and looked around. Which of you has ever been a robber?
After a quick look, I actually found one!
Feng San, who had just been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Cavalry Department of the Generalissimo's Mansion, seemed to have been a bandit, and was also responsible for recruiting bandits from the Dabie Mountains.
Moreover, he is a northerner and has a very close relationship with Wu Sanfu, so he can assist Zhu Hexi.
"Fengming Mountain!" Zhu Cixiang called out Feng San's big name - "Mingshan", the title given to him by Li Yan, which was quite impressive.
"I'm here!" Feng San responded, but thought in his heart: Li Yan was also a bandit! Your Majesty, why do you think of me?
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "I plan to establish a governor-general of the Southern Continent first. You should be the first governor!"
"Your Majesty, I..." Feng San looked embarrassed, "I'm seasick. I can't go overseas or go to the Southern Continent."
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand: "You don't have to go abroad, just be the governor in Yingtian Mansion!" He paused, "I will ask Lin Yihu to help you with the matter of going abroad."
Lin Yihu?
Feng San was stunned, who is this person? Why haven't you heard of it?
Zhu Cixiang glanced at Zhu Chunjie, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, who immediately said: "Lin Yihu is Jabs! He has always been a member of our Jinyiwei."
It turns out that Jabs has returned to China!
However, he did not return to Jinyiwei to serve as an official. He only received the title of Duke of Kenangle City and continued to be the boss of his Jiale City Hall.
And his Jiale Market Bank has now become a "listed commercial bank", with one-third of the equity transferred to Jinyiwei (Jiale Market Bank's capital was provided by Jinyiwei), and one-third of the equity has been returned to Jinyiwei. In the hands of Jabs (Lin Yihu), Jin Dongzhu also took part of the shares (Zhu Cihong paid the equity transfer fee), and the rest was in the hands of small shareholders.
