Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, please make it clear!"

Seeing Zhao Xu's serious expression, Yang He cheered up.

"You must know about shipbuilding in Yunhai County, right?" Zhao Xu asked.

Yang He nodded, "His Highness wants to open up a trade route on the sea."

Staring at Yang He, Zhao Xu said: "Not only for the trade route, but also for the caravan that will be established soon."

There is no doubt that, outside of Dasong, the Age of Discovery has probably already begun.

The only uncertainty is whether this era is at the beginning or at the end.

The Age of Discovery was characterized by colonization, and the essence of colonization was the competition for overseas markets.

Therefore, many trading companies with national backgrounds were born during this period.

Such as the infamous East India Company.

This company, authorized by Queen Elizabeth I, held a 21-year trade monopoly in the East Indies.

It is both a company and a tentacle of British colonialism. The country sends generals, troops and warships to act as claws for this company, seizing all areas they deem profitable.

The huge profits this national company brought to Britain allowed Britain to dominate for three hundred years.

For Zhao Xu, his current territory is small.

But his ambition is not small.

His goods were very profitable in Dasong, so he made a profit.

But what is being made is the money of Da Song people. This is just like the killings of contemporary Internet companies in the country. It is an involution.

Accumulation in the early stage is feasible, but continuing to do so in the future will only be detrimental to Dasong's overall national strength.

Therefore, in this great era of great voyages and the will of the country to plunder wealth and support the country, he cannot be absent.

Since the emperor and his ministers don’t understand, he understands, so he will do it.

Moreover, he has the ability to do it.

The most important thing is that the huge profits brought by this will nourish the construction of his land like nutrients.

"Caravan?" Yang He's eyes lit up.

Currently, the palace's goods are mainly sold to merchants in Laiyan County and let them transport them for sale.

However, these merchants are not controlled by the palace, so it is difficult to say how efficient they are.

In his mind, he had already had this vague idea.

King Yan proposed now, and he was immediately delighted.

"Well, a caravan established in the name of a trading company will have its own fleet and its own caravan escorts. Its main responsibility is to sell goods to countries other than Dasong and occupy the market there. ", the secondary duty is to protect the palace's business in Dasong and combat bandits on the trade road," Zhao Xu said slowly.

He couldn't directly say that the caravan would have its own army. This was a bit taboo and could easily be brought to court.

It would be safer to say it was a guard.

Of course, these guards will not be handed over to the direct command of the trading house.

Otherwise, a chamber of commerce with money and an army would be like an uncontrollable wild horse.

These guards will receive training in the army and be loyal to the palace.

Just for caravans.

There was a slightly rapid breathing sound in the room.

This was sent by Yang He.

King Yan's short words made his heart surge.

Just build your own caravan belonging to the Chamber of Commerce.

In the future, the caravan will also have its own fleet and escorts.

How domineering this is.

After swallowing, he said: "Your Highness, can a caravan really do this?"

Zhao Xu gave him an affirmative look.

"But to build such a large caravan, I'm afraid it will require a lot of manpower." Yang He was excited at first, then frowned.

His family used to have a caravan, and at least a hundred people were needed for a business trip.

If there is a lot of goods to be hauled, more manpower will be needed.

Now, a business as big as the palace requires even more people.

What's more, the caravan is going to a place other than Dasong.

In this way, it is best for the people recruited to know how to do business.

"I have thought about this for you. This caravan is naturally owned by the palace, but we can use some share rights to sell it and use overseas profits to attract other merchants to join the caravan. In this way, it will not only solve the problem of personnel Regarding the problem, there is still a sum of money to be earned for the cost of ship and guard training," Zhao Xu said.

The number of employees of the East India Company once exceeded 50,000.

Zhao Xu believes that his caravan will reach and exceed this number in the future.

It would be a waste to draw this huge personnel gap from the ordinary people in the fiefdom.

After all, industry, construction, and agriculture all need them.

It would be better to directly absorb business people. Anyway, they are not engaged in production and have business experience.

"Is His Highness talking about the way ice was made at that time?" Yang He asked.

Zhao Xu nodded.

At that time, he used part of the profit from making ice to attract wealthy people to buy it with money, and let them contribute.

In fact, this is equivalent to contemporary shares.

Now he plans to adopt the same method for this caravan.

Let the merchants who join the caravan contribute money and effort, and he only needs to share some of their profits.

At the same time, he had another purpose in doing so.

People are driven by profit.

Contemporary business experience proves that giving employees shares will make them work harder and be more willing to take risks.

In a similar way, it is very dangerous for a caravan to go to sea.

They might die at the hands of pirates, in storms, or from exotic diseases.

Such a high-risk matter naturally requires interests that make them excited.

"Your Highness is wise." Yang He felt excited, "Our Yang family is willing to be the first to provide money and people."

As the head of the Chamber of Commerce, he knows very well that the Chamber of Commerce's goods will surely make a profit.

As far as he knows, there are many more places overseas than Dasong.

If you can sell Wangfu's products to these places in the future, you will definitely make a lot of money.

What's more, King Yan said that all overseas business belongs to the caravans.

This is even more impressive.

The most important thing is that the special nature of the caravan means that all merchants who join the caravan are basically semi-private and semi-official.

This is also a temptation for merchants who have always been in a low status.

"Okay." Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

Then he discussed the details with Yang He.

"The name of the caravan is Xingsong." Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

"I will divide the caravan's share rights into ten thousand shares, and sell one thousand of them," Zhao Xu said.

This is equivalent to the original shares of the caravan being 10,000 shares. He took out 1,000 of them and sold them to the merchants, accounting for 10% of the proportion.

After the caravan's profits are calculated each year, they will be distributed proportionally to the merchants who purchased the share rights.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the assets of the British East India Company even reached twice the financial revenue of the British mainland.

It can be seen that even if he gives a tenth of it, these merchants who buy the share rights will definitely make money in the future.

"Each share right is sold for ten thousand taels of silver." Zhao Xu continued.

Yang He's hand holding the pen shook. According to King Yan's calculation, wouldn't the caravan's share rights be worth 100 million taels of silver? This is simply terrifying.

"Your Highness, isn't this a bit expensive?" Yang He said cautiously.

"It's not expensive at all. You need to have a long-term vision when doing business." Zhao Xu said.

Even if he sells it for ten thousand taels, he still feels pain.

He comes from contemporary times and is well aware of how terrifying the profits of trade in the Age of Discovery were.

If the Xinghua Caravan can extend its trade tentacles to the whole world in the future, its annual income will definitely be a terrifying figure.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang He wiped the sweat from his head. ‘

King Yan played a little big this time.

"In addition, merchants who purchase share rights can choose to join the caravan, or not to join, or nominate their own people to join the caravan, but those who join the caravan are the people of the caravan, and they are subject to the jurisdiction of the caravan." Zhao Xu stood up, He took a few steps and said.

Yang Cheng nodded and wrote it down.

"That's what I'm thinking of right now. Specifically, we'll wait until the sharing rights are sold and the merchants will be gathered to discuss it together. Also, the sharing rights will be sold to merchants on the fiefdom first," Zhao Xu said.

Zhao Xu's mouth went dry as he spoke out all his ideas at once.

After drinking a cup of tea, he returned to the palace.

After Zhao Xu left, Yang Cheng hesitated for a while, then called someone to go to Yang's house and call his father.

He absolutely believed in King Yan.

At first, King Yan asked them to exchange land for money.

At first, they had no choice but to do this.

But now it turns out they were right.

Not only did the palace make up for their losses every year, it also gave them various small jobs, allowing them to earn a lot of money.

The family is now richer than before.

Now King Yan has developed this new type of caravan, although it seems that the future is unknown.

But those who do business must dare to take risks.

He was willing to take a gamble.

Not long after, Yang Cheng came over, and Yang He told them about the caravan.

"King Yan has always been far-sighted in what he does, and this will definitely be correct. However, ten thousand taels of silver per share is too expensive." Yang Cheng shook his head.

"Dad, don't blame me for not reminding you. His Highness said that priority will be given to the merchants on the fiefdom. There will be no more shops after passing this village. I will let the news out soon. Don't regret it when it happens." Yang He warned.

Yang Cheng glanced at his son and laughed twice when he saw that his son was dressed in official uniform and looked extraordinarily elegant.

"Forget it, forget it, money is nothing. His Highness treats our Yang family well, so dad will use his family wealth to buy twenty copies." Yang Cheng shouted.

"Okay." Yang He rejoiced and continued: "Please, dad, please make another trip and call Uncle Dong, Uncle Lu, and others from other families. Your Highness will give them a chance. It would be a waste if they don't use it."

"Well, okay, dad will go right away." Yang Cheng said.

Yang He thought of something and added: "There are also children from the clan. Choose some outstanding ones to join the caravan. Those who have monthly money are half of an official position."

When Yang Cheng heard this, his eyes lit up.

Since the land was gone, many members of the clan have been idle at home.

The best became officials, and the inferior ones were free.

Being able to enter a caravan might also be a good way out.