New Shun 1730

"You know, I have a position of government now, and I have many things to take care of in the court. I really can't take care of things here."

"Besides, I am a wealthy man, so I asked everyone to pool their capital and learn from the Western way. There is strength in numbers, and we can make a fortune together. In the past few years, all the profits have been distributed as dividends. I am in charge of too much, and the more I make a decision, the more I worry about damaging everyone's interests."

"For example, in trade with Japan, the Japanese issued fixed trade letters. One ship, one letter, but if that's the case, why don't we build bigger ships? Why can't we load 10,000 stones instead of thousands of stones of goods?"

"You have all dealt with the Dutch. Westerners used to collect tariffs, and they also collected them according to the size of the ship, The Dutch built ships that could carry more goods. In fact, the same principle applies. The Japanese gave each ship a trade letter, but did not specify the size of the ship. So why don't we just build bigger ships? "

"It's just that building a ship costs a lot of money, especially building a big ship. In the long run, there will be a lot of benefits; in the short run, this will affect this year's dividends. Since we have already paid the capital, it's not good to have no decision-making power. But if everyone has a say, it will be a mess and it will be difficult to get results. "

"Thanks to your trust, I have been in charge of things here. But what if one day I can't manage it? Everything should be done according to the rules. "

In recent years, there have been a lot of dividends and profits, and the idea of ​​building a bigger ship has not been thought of by no one.

Now that Liu Yu took the initiative to talk about this matter and said that he wanted to set rules, everyone was actually happy.

Rules are of course good. Now it seems that Liu Yu is a good person, but who knows what will happen in the future? If there are rules, there will be fewer troubles in the future.

Moreover, if the business is to be expanded in the future, whether to issue new shares or not, even if Liu Yu can decide alone, everyone may not be willing.

Now it depends on personal prestige and reputation, but personal prestige and reputation are bound to be unstable.

Maybe it is efficient, but there is always a sword hanging over the head, which is unstable.

For these businessmen, the more money they pay, the more power they have to speak, which is definitely a pleasure. The ideal system that all businessmen in the world like most is the property-weighted voting system. According to the amount of money, one tael of silver can say one tael of silver, and ten thousand taels of silver can say ten thousand taels of silver.

In the eyes of businessmen, it is natural.

"I think so. We can learn from the British. The British East India Company elected some people to make decisions. How to choose? They have 500 pounds, which is about 1,500 taels of silver for one vote."

"So this time, call all those who have invested more than 1,000 taels and discuss it. We have 1,000 taels of silver for one vote, and 2,000 taels of silver for two votes. I won't participate this time, let's try to let you do it yourself."

"But before that, let me talk about some rules I think of. Everyone, listen and listen. If you all agree, let's do it this way. If you don't agree, say what you think, and brainstorm."

After everyone in the hall quieted down, Liu Yu talked about some of his ideas and plagiarism.

It is to be formalized. The first point is that the debt liability of the trading company to the third party and other issues need to be made clear that the company is responsible.

According to the share of 1,000 taels of silver, one vote, an eleven-member committee will be elected for a term of seven years.

Shareholders have the right to convene an extraordinary general meeting, as long as they gather one-third of the share capital to agree, and they can remove committee members under special circumstances.

This is a path left for him. For the time being, Liu Yu does not want to fully control the trade with Japan. He wants to let this trading company grow spontaneously and gradually improve the rules.

But if the road goes astray in the future, he can also control it.

After the eleven-member committee is elected, the committee has full power, including formulating trade plans, publishing accounts every year, formulating long-term plans, etc.

The rest of the people are not allowed to interfere, but they need to be announced to shareholders.

If you want to interfere, follow the previous article.

Employees of the trading company must have a fixed salary, and the wages of the heads, accountants, and purchases at all levels must be clear.

A special supervision department is established to be responsible for checking accounts, auditing, etc. This department is outside the eleven-member committee.

These are the general rules, either copied from the previous life, or imitated from the Netherlands or the United Kingdom.

These rules are not too novel, and they are easy to understand.

Everyone also raised some other opinions, and after a while of discussion, the general rules were determined. Liu Yu reminded two things.

"One is that we can take bigger steps and be bolder in the future. We still have to try to seize the trade in Nanyang. In addition to Nanyang, we can also go to India. It just so happens that I can send two ships, load some goods, and send some good sailors to try to find a way and see if we can gain a foothold, and also prepare for expanding business in the future."

"Another..."

Speaking of another thing, it is to use the idea of ​​building a big ship as an introduction. What I really want to say is that the sea merchants of this trading company should plan for the long term.

For example, set up a practical school to let the children enroll, and let the illegitimate sons or non-prime ministers in the family learn more about navigation.

If you want to build a large Western ship, Liu Yu can let some people retire from Weihai. Anyway, we have trained excess officers, and we don't need so many trainee captains for the time being. These people also hope to find a better job after they finish their studies.

This can be done in the past few years, but it will definitely not be done in the future.

So I hope that the members of the trading company's committee will consider building some charity schools in Songjiang, recruiting some poor children to learn navigation, accounting, arithmetic and other contents, so as to ensure that there are enough talents to expand further business in the future.

These businessmen are not very interested in Confucianism, and they are also happy to let their children and clansmen learn such knowledge.

The real heirs of the family are fine, and those illegitimate sons also have a way out and can have more connections in the company in the future.

Moreover, Liu Yu also prepared a way for these people to become officials other than the imperial examination, that is, they can take the Jinghai Palace exam and become artillery, navy, fortress engineers and other officers.

On the contrary, people who retired from the navy and sailors can also be given priority to enter the trading company.

Try to create a new class as much as possible. This class is not landowners, but mainly industrialists and businessmen.

This class does not take the orthodox imperial examination, and does not learn Confucianism, but can have a certain influence and power in the army.

Not only have money, but also have people.

This idea is also a marginal ball within the emperor's permission, and there is no problem now.

When it comes to the establishment of practical schools and charity schools, the merchants present also agreed.

They understand the principle that poetry and books are passed down from generation to generation, but in the past, poetry and books were not closely related to business and navigation.

It is too difficult to take the imperial examination. Only the top students in each province can make it, which is really not an easy way.

Now if we want to establish practical schools, the court will definitely not pay, but the merchants are still happy to pay this money.

It will definitely be useful for doing big business in the future.

After the East, there is South Asia, and in addition to South Asia, there is India, which can all be tried.

At worst, let the sea merchants in Fujian and Guangdong also participate in the shares, and use their power to develop South Asia and expand their influence.

Although there will definitely be people who disagree with these people sharing the profits, these will have to wait until the eleven-member committee is elected and decided by the committee.

If you disagree, either gather one-third of the shareholders to hold a meeting to remove them; or sell the shares to others.

To be a businessman, you must first learn to abide by the rules and accept defeat. There is no business in the world that only loses money but does not make money.

Liu Yu's actions are actually against the times.

The South China Sea Bubble just happened in the UK, which caused great doubts about the joint-stock system. For a long time, no new joint-stock companies appeared. The British were frightened by the tragic situation after the bubble burst.

But Songjiang, if it wants to monopolize the Japanese trade in the future, it must expand shareholders and funds.

Shipbuilding, shipbuilding, buying cannons and guns in the name of going out to sea to defend against pirates, and exploring the intelligence of Batavia, all require long-term investment and huge investment.

I have eaten enough sweet dates in the past few years, and it is time to bleed.

Liu Yu has the ability to convene an interim meeting to remove committee members at any time with his shares, but he does not want to use it at this time. Instead, he regards this trading company as a child.

Now this child is finally growing up, allowing trial and error, allowing mistakes, for a while... until the Japanese problem is resolved, he will not directly manage it.

This time, the smoothness of formalizing the trading company was within his expectations. There were no surprises, and there was no possibility of surprises.

The profits from trade with Japan were too great, and the actual monopoly caused by Japan's isolation also made a group of businessmen think that this was a stable transaction comparable to land.

Naturally, they hoped that this transaction would be more stable, and it would be better to have a formal system. There is strength in numbers, and part of the reason is that once the company is formalized, even if the court levies donations, it will not be levied on one person.

As an independent virtual person, the company is responsible to third parties. Among these virtual people, there are earls like Liu Yu, nobles in the capital, officials like Tian Ping, and shares of the emperor that they don't know about.

There is less exploitation by officials, and less money to bribe for trade licenses in Japan every year. In addition, the smuggling of rice mixed with contraband, the profits are increasing year by year, and I am afraid that someone will be jealous in the future.

Now that it is formalized, it at least sounds safer and more stable, especially for some people with small capital.

Although from what Liu Yu meant, the profit of dividends may be reduced in the next two years, since they want to build big ships and run a charity school. But in the long run, it is still profitable.

Generally speaking, there was no objection, and some rules were agreed upon. The eleven-member committee was quickly elected.

Even though Liu Yu did not want to interfere, five of the eleven-member committee were still elected by his own people.

Lin Yunwen naturally joined the committee, and she went from the tragic situation of losing her business a few years ago and having to become a "teacher" to now being the head of a large chamber of commerce with a total capital of several million taels. She could not help but sigh at the fate of her life.

After everyone had eaten this sweet date, Liu Yu struck while the iron was hot and finally talked about what he really wanted to do.