Chapter 500: Resolving Confusion

However, the court directly gave us official titles to merchants, which made many merchants feel doubtful. Someone immediately stood up and respectfully performed a courteous manner to Jianglang. Then he asked: "Sir, it's not that I don't believe in the court, but the court directly gave us official titles is a bit too unbelievable. You must know that others have to study hard for ten years?"

Jiang Lang also knew what these merchants were thinking about. The status of this merchant was not high. Now the court actually gave them official positions, which seemed a bit incredible in their eyes. However, when they thought about it, if they didn't explain it clearly, it would probably not be easy to deal with. He smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you still don't believe in us. Of course, it's not your fault, but I can guarantee that this is true. Once you set up a chamber of commerce and elect the first president, the court will grant the official title as agreed. As for the affairs of the chamber of commerce, you will take care of it yourself. The court is just supervising and will not interfere."

"Seeing that the adults are confident, they must have had a good plan for the establishment of this chamber of commerce, right?"

Someone asked immediately, but he did not stand up.

Tang Hao looked at the voice but did not notice anything strange to others, so he smiled and said, "You are right. I have a lot of ideas about the establishment of this chamber of commerce. After all, to put it bluntly, this is also related to the interests of the court."

"Can you tell us, so let us refer to it. After all, I think many of the people present here are very interested in this navigation trade."

Another voice continued.

Then, the merchants in the hall all looked at Jianglang and looked at him eagerly.

Feeling the eyes of the people below, Tang Hao nodded slightly. It is undoubtedly easier for these people to form a chamber of commerce according to their own ideas. It is also convenient to manage it like this. Although the court does not interfere, it is just a trivial matter. Once it involves matters related to the court, the court cannot not interfere. So he said: "Since everyone wants to know, then we will just say it. But as a reference, the composition of this chamber of commerce is all people who are willing to participate in foreign trade and their workshops. The most important thing is the president of the chamber of commerce, which is recommended and appointed by everyone. The term of office is three years. Let me give an example. This year is from the Li family.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce will give him the title of seventh rank. Then three years later, the Li family will no longer be the president, and they are not the seventh rank official, but the next president. The president of the Chamber of Commerce must be unified in managing the operation of the entire Chamber of Commerce. For example, when we go to sea, how much silk from the Chen family goes, how much tea from the Li family goes, etc. These must be decided based on the number of merchant ships that can go to sea in the court and the sales outside. To put it simply, the president of the meeting is the head of the family, and the merchants below are different goods produced by their own workshops. What they have to do is to find ways to buy all these goods at a good price!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Lang paused and continued: "Of course, there is another point that the court accounts for at least half of the share, so if we establish trade locations overseas and deal with its royal family, the court will come forward. After all, in a certain way, our purpose is the same."

It is undoubtedly the best thing for the court to come forward, especially when it comes to doing business with the courts of other countries. At this time, the court must be the court. After all, the Eastern Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively popular.

The businessman below began to whisper again. After Jiang Lang said this, wouldn’t the president of the Chamber of Commerce have great power? In this case, it would be considered a fat man.

Jiang Langke saw the reaction of these people, smiled slightly, clapped his hands, and everyone calmed down, then continued: "Maybe in your eyes, the president of the Chamber of Commerce has great rights, or you think that the president of the Chamber of Commerce can use his own rights to increase his share of his goods, or good and many goods, and at the same time reduce the share of other merchants to achieve this goal. For this, please rest assured that the purpose of this Chamber of Commerce was to hope that everyone's goods could be organized and arranged in a planned manner, and there would be no situation for all goods and others because the goods of a certain company were not fully arrived. For the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the first is to look at the market demand, and the second is to look at the quality of the Chamber of Commerce.

Good quality and quality will be treated with the focus. Third, the production capacity of the workshop. For example, the workshop can produce 100 silk pieces, but you want a share of 200 pieces, which is absolutely impossible. Because it is a merchant ship of the court, and the court has to consider making money, the court will directly supervise each share. After all, the court will purchase half of these goods. Therefore, even if the president of the Chamber of Commerce uses his powers to not increase the quantity of his own goods according to the actual situation, once the court verifies it, it will be severely punished. I believe everyone knows my other identity, the factory supervisor of the East Factory, and this is impossible to hide the matter in the world. To put it bluntly, everyone has one purpose, which is to make money! The court is the same."

After saying this, everyone present felt relieved. Everyone in the Chamber of Commerce was comparable to everyone, but after becoming the leader, everyone was wary of him being abused. However, the East Factory monitored him, which made some people feel relieved.

"I would like to ask, sir, if you buy goods outside, this is what you should calculate?"

Someone asked, after all, after selling out the goods, in order to make money, you should buy some local goods and return to your country.

"You can rest assured of this!"

Jiang Lang smiled slightly and said, "After the goods are sold, if you want to purchase local products, the court will not interfere. This also requires a share of each merchant. After all, the court also has things to buy, and you cannot use all the ships. For these goods, the court does not occupy a share, and only charges tariffs and transportation fees. However, one thing is that the same goods must be sold in the same place. If someone finds that they use the method of reducing the price to suppress them, their qualifications for foreign trade will be directly cancelled, and the goods will be confiscated. Even if the court and you purchase the same goods, they will be sold at the same price!"

This made many businessmen feel relieved, after all, this price problem has always been a lot of problems.

Speaking of this, Tang Hao felt that he had said almost the same thing, and said, "It's probably what I'm talking about today. As for the specific plan of the court for this foreign trade, I have asked someone to prepare it. You can take it back and take it carefully!"

After saying that, waved.

Immediately, a guard walked in with a few high mule books, and each person distributed a book. On this, there was not only the sailing routes for foreign trade, but also the responsibilities and obligations of the court and the merchants involved, which were somewhat similar to a contract.

After the distribution was completed, Jiang Lang said again: "Now the court does not want you to make a decision immediately. You can go back and think about it or discuss it with each other. The day after tomorrow, the court will register here. After confirming, it will start to form a chamber of commerce and prepare the first batch of goods to go to sea. Of course, I also want to make a point here. Because the chamber of commerce and the court have a cooperative relationship, in China, there are also relevant preferential policies for the various imperial courts of the chamber of commerce. At the same time, in order to ensure that the merchants who join the chamber of commerce have strength, there are only two quotas for merchants who are allowed to join the chamber of commerce every year, and there is no limit on the number of places to apply for joining. However, the financial resources, quality of goods, etc. that apply for joining will be strictly controlled."

Jiang Lang undoubtedly said this very clearly. Any businessman who received the invitation letter today can join the Chamber of Commerce, which is equivalent to the target of the court's policy preferential policies. If he does not join, then if he wants to join in the future, the court and the Chamber of Commerce will strictly review it. It is not certain whether he can join.

As soon as Tang Hao said this, these merchants immediately had no objection. Even if they did not trade with foreign countries, they could receive a lot of care. This was a good choice. So they all looked at the booklet carefully and read it carefully. Only then did they find that there were not only navigation routes, number of frigates, information, and information on transport ships, but also specific interest distribution plans, as well as suggestions for the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, the president's responsibilities, obligations, etc., as well as preferential policies provided by the Chamber of Commerce once they joined the Chamber of Commerce and the court. They were written in great detail, and almost all the questions could be answered on it!

Holding this booklet, these merchants suddenly felt like they had a treasure. They studied it carefully, and even if the Jianglang walked away, they didn't pay attention.

Jiang Lang couldn't help but stretched his waist. He was really tired after talking for so long. However, seeing these merchants seemed to be very interested in these things, it was undoubtedly the best comfort for him. However, in this heart, even if these merchants did not agree, the court's foreign trade plan would continue. At worst, it would be the first method, the court's full power to purchase and then sell it uniformly. The only problem is that the pressure on the court's funds is too high!

"Brother Wang, what are you thinking?"
Chapter completed!