Li Ke smiled, "Whether it's true or not, it actually doesn't have much impact on us, right? Unless Goguryeo dares to take the initiative to attack our Tang Dynasty, would he dare? No, so as long as he is willing to send information, we People can give him some support, so that members of the trading houses in Goguryeo can provide some help to Liu Zhao while protecting themselves, so that he can gain more trust from Yeon Gaesumun."
"Yes." Tian Meng agreed directly. He just gave his own analysis. No matter what His Highness decided, he would implement it.
Li Ke didn't say much. Did Yeon Gaesumun not only want to attack the ministers of Goguryeo who were hostile to him? If he is bolder, he wants to take action against King Yeongliu of Goguryeo and then become the regent himself! However, Goguryeo did not dare to take action against Tang Dynasty, so Li Ke was not worried.
They cannot affect the situation of Datang, and now Datang only needs to continue to build its own naval fleet.
After the two large shipyards in the north and south are completed, Datang may be able to build at least more than a hundred large ocean ships a year. Of course, they may not be warships, but they may also be cargo ships.
All the merchants who received the news from Li Ke quickly gathered in Youjian Mall. With the news about the Tang Dynasty's Evernight City after the Chinese New Year, the housing prices in several cities near the imperial city in Chang'an City have risen again. Mainly Many businessmen have purchased properties here.
The family heads of these merchants may not be here, but they have left enough direct descendants in Chang'an City, and they are still the kind of direct descendants who have a lot of power. When they left, they also gave these direct descendants a lot of authorization, that is, all the direct descendants with the King of Qin For matters related to His Highness, or things proposed by His Highness King Qin, you must be the first to participate, no matter how expensive it is!
This time at Datang Shipping Company, Li Ke mainly targeted members of Yuelai Company. Of course, non-members can also participate, but they must wait until members' participation is completed.
And some family heads who are not very far from Chang'an even live in Chang'an for a long time. Anyway, the impact on them is not great.
It's still the same place, still the same. Although there aren't as many people as last time, this time it's still the same.
"Everyone, after more than a month, we are gathered here again. Today, I mainly announce two things." Li Ke didn't bother to talk about it, but went straight to the topic.
After everyone gathered their attention, the familiar paper PPT rose up again behind Li Ke.
"First of all, let me announce something. Datang Shipping Company is officially established. Datang Shipping Company is a fleet established by Datang Royal Trust that focuses on maritime trade and expanding overseas living space. Datang Shipping Company, It is the first joint-stock commercial bank registered under the name of Datang Chamber of Commerce."
Following Li Ke's words, the first page of the PPT behind him also opened, revealing the meaning of joint-stock system.
Then the joint-stock company explained to everyone what a joint-stock system was. The joint-stock system was very similar to the joint-stock enterprises of later generations. The relevant regulations were modified by Li Ke based on modern commercial laws to better fit the actual situation of Datang.
For example, some punishments in later generations are nothing more than fines, but this was not possible in the Tang Dynasty. These punishments were too light in the Tang Dynasty, so in terms of punishment, such as corruption, etc., it started with three years in prison, and they were all reform-through-labor. The fines are even more severe.
As for some serious crimes, such as treason and the like, the starting penalty is the death penalty, and all serious crimes are committed by the nine tribes.
These punishments are more in line with the actual situation of Datang, because only heavy penalties can scare these businessmen. Is it just a fine? In ancient times, when information, case detection, and investigation were all very backward and troublesome, punishments such as fines were not enough of a deterrent and were enough to make many people take risks.
Never use benefits to test people's hearts. Only punishments such as having the whole family beheaded can shock people's hearts.
As if it was tacitly acknowledged, those who dared to murder the prince were often punished by the whole family, and the nine clans were entertained. If you want to be honest, if you kill the prince, you will only punish the person involved. Believe it or not, the emperor’s princes don’t know how many could die.
Although the term joint-stock system is newer, the model is not new. Some people also talked about it in ancient times, so as soon as Li Ke said it, everyone understood it.
It's just that Li Ke wrote these in more detail. The entire Datang Shipping Company's shares were divided into ten thousand shares! Datang Royal Trust currently invests 5 million yuan to purchase 50% of the shares, and the remaining 50% will be sold to external parties.
The Royal Trust does not yet have the ability to trust, and the time is not yet ripe. For the time being, it is just a name. It will be fully established after the relevant laws are fully formulated later.
For now, just treat it as an independent investment firm. Royal Trust currently only has 10% for Li Ke. In addition, Li Shimin’s 2 million yuan accounted for 60% of the income, and Li Chengqian’s 10%. Of Li Shimin’s 60%, The other princes and princesses were given 20%, and it is said that they were divided equally, both by direct relatives and concubines.
It seems that Lao Li also wants to settle the matter with a bowl of water, but Li Chengqian and Li Ke are special, and others will not have any unnecessary thoughts.
I didn’t realize that the Qingque and Zhinu that Lao Li liked were the same as them.
However, there are no three married daughters. For these three daughters, Li Ke prepared a portion of the shares from Datang Shipping Company to be given to them individually. After all, they are already married, and their values are about the same anyway.
For princesses who have shares in the Royal Trust, after they get married, these shares will be directly converted into money and given to the princesses as part of their dowry. The shares in the Royal Trust will be recovered in the future, and the same will be true for the princes.
The remaining 20% of the Royal Trust was purchased by many clans themselves. Li Ke didn't worry about the proportion of the shares. Li Shimin prepared it. Each clan paid for it themselves.
This is basically all. Datang Royal Trust will not have new shareholders in the future. Anyway, the existing shares will gradually change later.
The Royal Trust collected a total of five million. For example, some younger sisters and younger brothers who had no money were lent to them directly by Li Ke. Li Ke directly gave these sisters as their dowry, and those younger brothers were lent by Li Ke. Their.
Like Xiangcheng's three married sisters, Li Ke directly gave them shares in Royal Shipping.
"Datang Shipping Company, half of the shares will be used as monthly payment for Datang Shipping Company to hire senior managers, financial personnel, etc. They enjoy the rights to share this part of the shares, half of which is mine, and the rest Of the 40%, 10% will be purchased by the Chamber of Commerce, and the remaining 30% will be sold publicly today." Li Ke introduced everyone to the number of shares sold today.
