Become a feudal king from today

"Hahaha, whether you accept it or not, I am also the first, Dong An, there are so many people here, don't be shameless, you can't afford it."

Yang He fell into ecstasy when he learned that he was the first.

In the past ten days, he couldn't eat well or sleep well. Many merchants in Yan County were looking for merchants who sold ore, eating and drinking with them, and making lowly pleas.

Let him, a Yang eldest son who once ran rampant, be embarrassed.

Now, his efforts have finally paid off.

Zhao Xu saw Dong An's face turned pale, and it was obvious that this incident had hit him hard.

He shook his head and said, "You can ask your father about this when you go back."

Dong An was startled, and a trace of doubt suddenly flashed in his heart, that is, a merchant once came to his door and gave him a large amount of ore.

Now that King Yan said this, he roughly understood.

"Dad, you are not loving your son, you are ruining your son." Dong An stomped his feet angrily, and then said dejectedly: "I am willing to admit defeat."

Zhao Xu nodded, "You are not guilty of this matter. In terms of quantity, you are second. For the officials of this trading company, Yang He is the chief, you are the deputy chief, and the rest of the personnel should be the officials of the trading company in order."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Everyone bowed and saluted, and the chosen wealthy family members all smiled happily.

Zhao Xu continued: "This time, since you are officials of the palace, you should act for the sake of the palace from now on. You can no longer put the private interests of your respective families first. You should abandon the interests of the small family and work for everyone. Only in this way can Yan County If you are prosperous, I will not spare anyone who uses your power for personal gain."

"Yes, Your Highness." Everyone's hearts trembled.

In this competition, although they were happy to win the official position, at the same time, something broke in their hearts.

In the past ten days, their every move has been under the surveillance of King Yan. It can be seen that the prince's palace has placed many informants in the city.

Therefore, King Yan is definitely not a joke.

If they dare to use commercial banks to seek personal gain for themselves, they may really be dead.

Let the other disciples go back first, leaving Dong An and Yang He alone.

After pondering for a while, he said: "During this period, the trading houses have generally been developing wildly. Now that Yan County is under the jurisdiction of the palace, as a trading house that is extremely important to the palace's finances, it is natural that it must be formalized and at the same time, it must earn the maximum benefit for the palace. , Now, the king has asked you to take charge of the trading company, what are you going to do to maximize the interests of the trading company? "

Yang He put away his frivolous smile at this time and said seriously: "Your Highness, I think it should be forbidden to sell the royal wine to other merchants in bulk. You can buy it if you want. Let them pay a sum of money to the commercial bank and become a lower-level merchant of the commercial bank. , and at the same time require them to sign a contract with the trading company and strictly require the scope and price of their sales.”

After a pause, he continued, "At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce wants to take the richest capital and several cities in the south of the Yangtze River into its hands and sell them directly. In this way, it can reap the maximum benefits."

Zhao Xu nodded while listening, and looked at Yang He with a slightly different look.

Although this kid has a frivolous career, he still has some skills.

He said exactly what he was thinking.

In the past, he didn't have enough manpower, so he could only sell them in bulk to local wealthy families and merchants, letting them act as retailers.

But now that he has taken control of Yan County and can use his hands to develop trading companies, the problem is different.

If you control your own supply of goods, you will naturally want to maximize your profits and have the final power over sales pricing.

Especially in a place like the capital, the business should be in its own hands and run as a monopoly, just like a contemporary specialty store.

As for other places with low profits, like Yang He said, they can be sold to other merchants and let them sell exclusively.

And the trading houses can control them through supply, so that they have to be disobedient.

After Yang He finished speaking, Dong An added: "Your Highness, Yang He is right, but the sales scope of the palace's goods should be sold as goods, so that the palace can avoid disputes between merchants. Take Yan County as an example , the palace can make a monopoly document, and only those who purchase the document can sell the royal wine exclusively. As for whether the merchant sells the monopoly document to others after buying it, the merchant bank only recognizes the monopoly document. "

Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

Although Dong An lost this time, he still has the talent for business.

His ideas coincided with his own.

Just like contemporary agents, the company only defines the scope, and others can buy the agency rights exclusively.

Now for the same reason, the palace only recognizes the monopoly documents issued by the palace. Those with the documents can get the goods, and others will not be recognized.

This would avoid confusion and avoid getting involved in disputes among lower-level merchants.

After all, the first merchant to obtain a monopoly document may not be able to make a living in the local area.

At that time, it was inevitable to specialize in selling documents.

"Well, what you two said has won my heart. After you return, you will write documents and gather the merchants who come to Yan County to the trading house. From now on, only merchants who come with special documents can get goods from the prince's palace."

"Yes, Your Highness." They both responded at the same time.

Zhao Xu nodded, and the business model's operation model was officially born.

In the future, other commodities will follow this path, because this is a model of maximizing benefits through contemporary social practice.

And the most important thing is that it worked in ancient times.

Rich people in ancient times used cities as their settlements.

When selling wine, you only need to list these cities one by one.

If they dare to sell beyond this range, the firm will send people to investigate, and once verified, their monopoly will be cancelled.

This point will be added to their exclusive documents to enhance the prestige of the exclusive documents.

"By the way, since you agreed to keep the capital and several wealthy cities in the south of the Yangtze River in the hands of trading houses, who will sit in the capital and take charge of this matter?" Zhao Xu remembered this matter.

Although Yan County is the headquarters of the trading company, the capital also needs a trading company headquarters to facilitate coordination between the north and the south.

Moreover, we might have to sell things from Jiangnan in the future, which would require more people from the capital.

"The official is willing to go." Before Yang He could say anything, Dong An said, "This time my father cheated, and His Highness Ren can trust the official, which makes the official feel very ashamed. The official is willing to run the capital in order to repay His Highness's kindness."

Yang He reminded: "Dong An, the capital is not as good as Yan County. I'm afraid there will be many difficulties and even loss of life."

Dong An smiled sarcastically, "I just don't want to work under you. It's too shameful. I always have to do something big to prove that I'm better than you."

Yang He rolled his eyes.

Zhao Xu didn't say anything. In fact, he could see that Dong An was very strong.

He was not willing to lose this time. After all, if he had known in advance that his father was cheating, he would definitely have found a way to buy more to make up for the ores his father provided.

He is going to the south this time, and he is probably partly angry with his father, blaming him for the dirty things he did in private.