On the fifth day of the first lunar month, at the Guangzhou Dudu Mansion, Li Ke met the main leaders of the wealthy families from Guangzhou. Chang Le, Li Yan and Wu Jue were also there, but they sat beside them and did not speak.
After saluting each other, Li Ke smiled and said, "You must have had a good year this year?"
As soon as Li Ke spoke, everyone laughed, "Thanks to His Highness Hongfu, everyone is doing well."
"Well, actually this is not bad. I have something to announce to everyone." Li Ke said with a faint smile, "I set out for the Western Regions this time not to expand the trade of the Tang Dynasty. I brought a relatively large The caravan, and the main trade of the caravan this time is currently profitable, let’s take a guess.”
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Everyone knew about the establishment of Datang Shipping Company, but it had little to do with them. However, as the local wealthy nobles of Lingnan Road, they knew something about the interests of shipping. Li Ke asked. . Someone immediately asked, "I wonder how much it will cost Your Highness to set off?"
"About 2.3 million yuan." Li Ke gave a rough figure.
This figure makes many wealthy families a bit stunned. Although it is known that when Datang Shipping Company set out, the total shares sold were close to 10 million guan, but the cost of a single shipment exceeded 2.3 million guan, which is still an astronomical figure.
Many aristocratic families may only transport a hundred thousand guan at a time, which is enough to support the sky.
"Can I venture to guess that His Highness has a profit of approximately 10 million yuan?" A person asked tentatively.
A profit of 10 million yuan is already very crazy. This is equivalent to five times the profit and five times the assets in one year. Many businessmen cannot do it. In fact, although the profit from their silk trade is not low, the cost is also very high due to problems with ships and other problems, so the final profit is not high, that is, it is only doubled.
Li Ke smiled, then waved his hand and said: "The total profit is about 26 million yuan. After returning this time, these profits will be distributed to the major shareholders."
With a "wow" sound, all the businessmen present were in an uproar.
Twenty-six million strings! The annual treasury of the Tang Dynasty was only a little over 10 million! 2.6 treasury! This means that just this time, all the shareholders who invested in Datang Shipping Company have made their money back!
This is too crazy! The rest is profit!
"The reason why I tell you is because you each have your own caravan. In fact, you can also have the profits of Datang Shipping Company. However, you have to look for profit points from various places, such as ships! Currently, in Hudu, oh, the name is very unpleasant, so I changed it to Shanghai. At present, at two shipyards and port terminals in Shanghai Town and near the Bohai Sea, we can design, produce and sell cargo ships ranging from 800 tons to 1,200 tons."
"These ships use brand-new technology. If they go at full speed from Guangzhou to Persia, they can successfully arrive in about one and a half months! I believe you all know how much profit can be shortened by the time cost of one and a half months."
"However, everyone in business should know that there are situations such as bidding against each other, so in order to maintain our high profits for the time being, I decided to establish Datang Shipping Department. The main task of this shipping department is to help everyone earn The highest profit, that is to say, our trading price in countries such as Dashi must be the same."
"This will prevent us all from going out to sell goods in the future and reducing each other's profits." Li Ke said.
"Currently, profit dividends like this will not last too long. In the future, profits will definitely decline, but I hope to reduce the room for profit decline as much as possible."
"I believe you all agree with this, right?" Li Ke looked at them and asked.
"Your Highness, what I want to ask is, does your Highness set the price for this shipping department?" a person asked.
"Of course." Li Ke nodded.
"Nachen joins." The man said without hesitation.
Others immediately expressed their intention to join.
"Yes, in addition to this, there will be other new things for sale in the future, such as the development rights of islands. Some islands may be sold to individuals for development, and the medicinal materials and precious wood on them , the possible gold mines, silver mines, etc. will all be personal after purchase."
"And excellent assets like Lizi Island and Lizi Port will be high-quality properties for hundreds or thousands of years. I believe that you will not suffer any loss."
"But the prerequisite is to be consistent with the government of the Tang Dynasty, understand?" Li Ke looked at them and said.
"I will definitely abide by the decrees of the Tang Dynasty." Everyone immediately bowed and saluted to express their agreement.
Li Ke nodded, and then turned to Feng Ang and others: "As for the operation of the medicinal material factory, as well as the recruitment and training of mountain people and fishermen, the urban management guards and the navy, you and Dang Renhong should pay more attention to this aspect and cannot fall behind. I will Let people do spot checks.”
"Yes, please rest assured, Your Highness." Feng Ang immediately stood up and bowed to salute. Now that he has taken the position of Governor of Luzon Island, he knows very well that he must stand with His Highness King Qin. The representative of Luzon Island The meaning is completely different.
"You should also send people to investigate on Ryukyu Island and do a good job in port construction and other related work." Li Ke warned.
"yes!"
The Ryukyu Island in the Tang Dynasty was not the Ryukyu Islands in later generations, but Taiwan Island.
After making arrangements and having a meal with these people, Li Ke returned to Chang'an on the King of Qin. However, this time he did not go directly from the Yangtze River, and then returned through the canal. He still had to go to the Bohai Sea.
As a result of this meeting with the powerful families of Lingnan Road, all the reform measures proposed by Li Ke were not questioned, and all of them stated that they would be implemented in accordance with what His Highness King Qin said.
It can be seen that interests are the eternal foundation.
About ten days later, the day after the Lantern Festival, Li Ke arrived at the Bohai Shipyard. Looking at the vitality of the dock port, Li Ke felt a little emotional. It was less than a year since the last time, but the scale of the entire port had expanded. Doubling the size of the shipyard alone has at least more than doubled, and a regular number of residential buildings have formed a town not far from the port.
Yu Wenlin is not here. Yu Wenlin has gone to Shanghai to build ships, build and expand the Huainan Shipyard, and build a new port.
Li Ke met him when he was passing by. According to Li Ke's request, the ex-factory price of all ships in the shipyard was first doubled.
Shipyards, etc., will soon be responsible for their own profits and losses, so Li Ke will naturally increase their ex-factory prices to ensure the profits of the shipyards. What can be expected in the next many years is that whether it is orders from the Tang Dynasty court or Private orders will completely feed these two shipyards.
Li Ke came to Bohai mainly to meet the person in charge of Yuelai Trading Company here, and to pay attention to the war situation here. Datang's next strategy must be Goguryeo.
