Chapter 606 Looking at the problem from a different standpoint
Fan Sheng said helplessly: "There is a reason why many bulk transactions now tend to be first-class in Didians. It is because they can take risks. If a merchant below third-class or lower car accident occurs on the sea, his family will be destroyed. Please ask the official to understand it."
First-class merchants do have stronger ability to resist risks. Ordinary merchants get involved in overseas bulk transactions, which can easily lead to their families being destroyed. Zhao Huan looked at the letter again.
In Zhao Huan's opinion, Fan Sheng is indeed too deeply involved with first-class merchants, but most of the content involved involves high-profit, high-return, and high-risk long-sea transactions.
For example, if you go back to Japan, you can make more than ten times the profit by traveling around, but you may also have a capsized boat and nothing will be left.
Zhao Huan asked Zhao Ying to get the customs declaration form, and the probability of accidents in and out of a large ship of thousands of materials was as high as 30%.
Zhao Huan studied it for a long time before he said with a little doubt: "In other words, the bigger the ship, the smaller the risk? I see a ship with a thousand materials that is most likely to get into trouble."
Fan Sheng nodded: "In the sea trade, the bigger the ship, the less likely it is to sink the ship. Even if it leaks, it can be closed. You can also travel to Japan or Champa, and repair it on the shore."
"So the government wants to build a large ship, and the people also need large ships, but now the only 5,000-material ship, Mulan Boat, needs to do various nautical experiments."
Zhao Huan then realized that Fan Sheng's seemingly unfair but protected the merchants who did not have very strong financial resources.
They really can't afford to pay.
Fan Sheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the official finally heard what he was saying.
"I have also made some restrictions on some ordinary trades of first-class merchants in Tianjin, such as bulk, package, purchase, etc., which restrict first-class merchants to third-class merchants and give benefits to small merchants. After all, big merchants have made enough profits at sea and cannot compete with small merchants."
"But the big part of the profit is in the sea trade after all, alas."
"I also designed a set of reporting methods to report first-class merchants and bulk floors, which has some effects. On the last page, there are some results for specific punishments for first-class merchants to be punished."
Zhao Huan brought Zhao Ying to the letter, and when he turned it to the end, there were indeed traces of punishing high-level merchants who violated the rules.
Fan Sheng said helplessly: "I have to be scolded after working. The huge profits of maritime trade make them envious, but they can't afford to pay, so I'm so worried."
"At the beginning, there were several cases of family going to the sea. The head of the family went to the sea to fight for his life, and the ship was overturned and the sea was sunk. The family had no livelihood and went directly to the sea. Only then did the whole family ban the small merchants from participating in the sea trade."
"This has become their eyes that I am more of a higher-level merchant."
Zhao Huan put the letter on several cases, looked at Zhao Ying, and asked Zhao Ying to continue investigating whether what Fan Sheng said was true.
He pointed to the merchants behind Fan Sheng and said, "Then look at the ones standing behind you are the first-class merchants? If you get involved with them every day, it would be strange if the people don't misunderstand you."
Fan Sheng was about to kneel down again, but after being stopped by Zhao Huan, he explained: "They were all merchants who held the exhibition of the 10,000 nations for the government. There were also merchants from Goryeo, Japan, Chameng, and even Sogdians from Huoxun. I rarely had private contact with them on weekdays."
"Then why do you tell these first-class merchants about my coming to Tianjin?" Zhao Huan raised his last question.
Fan Sheng's face changed from panic to surprise, and then said, "Isn't this what the official family means?"
"What I told you is to strictly prohibit disturbing the people." Zhao Huan looked at Fan Sheng and said sternly.
Fan Sheng said in a little embarrassedly: "Isn't this the routine?"
"What does it mean?" Zhao Huan always felt that the conversation between the two of them was completely different from the same line.
Donkey lips are not right.
After Zhao Ying left, Sun Li stood up. He obviously understood the meaning of the two people's awkward conversation, and his eyes were full of worry. But he didn't dare to say what it meant.
His eyes rolled and he ran to find Zhao Ying to come back.
Zhao Ying went to investigate what Fan Sheng did, so the place he went to was naturally the teahouse with the most chaotic abortion.
Zhao Ying, who was in regular clothes, looked a bit like a wealthy butler, and was careful to chat with many tea shoppers in the teahouse.
Understand what Fan Sheng did.
"I'm sorry, this brother, that is to say, if our family wants to buy and sell rouge and water powder in Jinkou, we only need to go to the government to report it, and have third-class or above merchant certificates with a residence certificate?" Zhao Ying casually found a tea shop chef in a teahouse and invited him a cup of tea. The people of Jinkou who are good at talking naturally have anything to say.
The other party nodded with consent: "What else? Can the prefect of Jinkou still stick to you and prevent you from doing business?"
Zhao Ying asked without changing his face: "Don't you need to give him some money to Fan Sheng? My head is a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, and there is some money. I asked Fan Sheng in Jiangnan Su's name, and he has a big appetite."
This tea chef was not dressed too gorgeously, but he was not a wealthy family. Hearing Zhao Ying say this, he burst into laughter.
After the tea chef finished laughing, he shook his head and said, "It's not the first time that this official has heard of it. It is rumored that Fan Sheng has a big appetite and can't live in Tianjin without giving him money. In fact, this is not the case. He is unfair in his work, and it is true that he has given money to the rich merchants. How many times have he been blamed? But there has never been any greed for money."
"You don't even look at how far from Jinkou to Yanjing. The official family is in Yanjing. He is greedy for money today and will be taken away by the official tomorrow as a typical example. Those lieutenants composed of retired military soldiers are not good at eating. They are amazing."
"It's wrong for Fan Sheng to eat Xiong Xin's courage. He didn't dare to give him a hundred courages."
Zhao Ying had to ask again, but Sun Li grabbed him and told Zhao Ying about the conversation at Shangshenlou.
When the tea chef saw Sun Li running from the direction of Shangshen Building, he knew that this might be a Jiangnan luxury businessman.
"This great official, don't worry about doing business in Tianjin! Then Fan Sheng dares to openly ask for your money. As long as you stand in this teahouse and shout, "Only, our Emperor of Song Dynasty will take Fan Sheng!" Tea Kezhi proudly said a lot of conveniences from all over the world from Tianjin, aiming to persuade Zhao Ying to settle down.
Zhao Ying listened to his own praises, nodded, left the teahouse, and walked towards Shangshen Building.
Sun Li followed Zhao Ying and listened to Zhao Ying's tips on how to do things for the officials.
Zhao Ying walked back to Shangshen Tower quickly and said, "This tea chef is from Zhejiang and the sound of the official language is not accurate."
"But he has a deep understanding of Jinkou. It is the benefit of Jinkou when he opens his mouth and keeps his mouth shut, for fear that we will not do business in their Jinkou. This sense of identity is not easy."
"The official asked us to investigate whether Fan Sheng did well. If you look at these businessmen and wanderers, it will best reflect the problem. So if you pay more attention to what you do, think more about it, and always think about it."
Zhao Ying hurried back to Shangshen Tower, whispered to Zhao Huan, and told him about his understanding of the matters about Jinkou.
"Officials, as for what Fan Sheng said, I think what he said makes sense." Zhao Ying carefully expressed his opinion.
Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Ying in confusion and said, "That is, I asked him to disturb the people a lot, and I asked him to spread the news? It's outrageous! I will not disturb the people with strict orders!"
Zhao Ying whispered in a little embarrassedly: "When Emperor Nan Xing used to like to say this. The more severe the orders the local officials had to prepare and the higher the reception specifications."
"This has become a rule in the officialdom."
Zhao Huan's eyes were so wide that he had such an operation?!
Zhao Ying nodded helplessly and said, "In the second year of Xuanhe, the Supreme Emperor visited Jinan Prefecture and the prefect of Jinan Prefecture. He did not know such rules. According to the orders of the Supreme Emperor, he prepared a simple welcome and reception. Before the Supreme Emperor could leave Jinan Prefecture, the prefect was demoted to Lingnan."
"It's still Li Bangyan's smartness. In the three years of Grand View, the Emperor inspected Liangzhe and arrived in Yuhang. Li Bangyan prepared thirty-eight dishes and seventy-two dancers who were entertaining the Emperor, and they made the Emperor happy and were promoted to the capital."
Zhao Huan looked around and everyone lowered their heads and pretended not to hear this.
Zhao Huan looked at Chen Zimei and realized that he would give him a top-notch thin horse for the first time he saw Chen Chong.
The magistrates did nothing and ran to Heyin County to meet him.
Does love still have historical origins?
The pit that Zhao Guangyi dug has not been filled yet, and the pit that Zhao Ji has dug can't be filled in, right?
Zhao Huan made those first-class merchants get up, and he is more disgusted with collusion between officials and businessmen, and he actually looks a little bit...looking down on the civil service system.
They did it all just a disgusting thing, so he subconsciously thought that Fan Sheng was the same thing.
"Fan Sheng, I know that you are facing difficulties now. The small merchants cannot afford to pay for the sea trade. Every time the sea trade is a gamble, and the whole family's life is a life, but they are eager to participate in this matter." Zhao Huan thought for a while and said with a smile.
If you misunderstand someone, then helping him solve his urgent needs is a clear understanding.
"No, wealth is touching. This is also the reason why I have become the infamous name of Fan Qingtian at the beginning." Fan Sheng, with helplessness and a hint of pain, became an official until he was now like this. He was a little unable to deal with it when he left the capital for the first time.
"You are like this and have banned small cargo ships from the sea. There are dozens of cargo ships with a capacity of 3,000 materials. After two years of running, one will sink. A large ship resists wind and waves. It is definitely imperative to eliminate small boats from the sea. If you don't eliminate today, you will have to be eliminated tomorrow." Zhao Huan said with a smile.
Fan Sheng said with a sad face: "I have thought about this too, so why don't they scold me to death? The little merchants don't have much goods at all, how could they be able to hold three thousand materials?"
"You'll finish listening to me, and then build a chamber of commerce to unite small merchants and make a boat, so that the big ships can't be moved, and the small boats are still too busy to be in danger." Zhao Huan said to Fan Sheng.
This idea was a powerful tool for England to gallop across the ocean in later generations. It was possible to establish a joint chamber of commerce and go to sea on a large scale.
With just a few nobles, the sun cannot be established.
Fan Sheng's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he clapped his hands hard: "In this way, those big ships in the airport can also be used. Wonderful!"
"There is another trick, come over and I will tell you." Zhao Huan said with a smile.
Any other tricks?
Chapter completed!