The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1634

[1634. Chapter 1554 The Great Hero]

The eunuch has taken Fang Jifan’s accounts.

forwarded to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was already very familiar with things like accounts.

Just open it and take a look, but all the accounts involving Xishan are very clear. Just take a look and you will understand it in your heart.

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked and couldn’t help but glance at the prince and said: “Prince…”

“My son is here.” Zhu Houzhao was actually reluctant for Fang Jifan to hand over the accounts to his father.

Although his father promised not to interfere with his business, but as the saying goes, hunger and cold lead to greed. Who knows if his father is so poor…

You can’t blame him for thinking too much. In fact, he is also one of the people who are afraid of poverty.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi said with a look of surprise on his face: “The merchants received the money yesterday. Why?”

Emperor Hongzhi really didn’t understand why these merchants with the most profound plans kept sending money.

He is clear about the business of buying and selling. He pays the money and delivers the goods.

But if it were more complicated, it would be impossible to understand.

After all, he was the emperor, not a merchant. At this moment, he knew that this was not what he was good at.

Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment, and then said bravely: “The Duke of Qi and his minister… made good friends with the merchants. The minister first went to various workshops, negotiated cooperation with them, and asked them to sell him at a low price. Supply…”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi’s face was slightly startled.

The ministers also looked puzzled, and they were puzzled again!

Among them, some of them thought very quickly and thought of a word… rob by force.

Could it be that the prince went to threaten various workshops?

Liu Kaizhi was the one who thought of this. Liu Kaizhi could no longer hold back and said hurriedly: “Your Highness, how can these workshop owners agree? If the price is low, they will be unprofitable.”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at him with contempt, This person really has no future.

Zhu Houzhao said seriously: “For a workshop to produce goods, there are various costs involved. It is not just simple production. For example, they need to prepare a warehouse, store the produced goods, and then hire people. , looking for buyers everywhere, but ordinary buyers need more or less goods, which means that their production may not be sustainable. For workshops, what they fear most is the goods they produce. If there is a backlog and cannot be sold for a while, it will bear huge warehousing costs and even cause huge risks. “

This is easy to understand, at least Emperor Hongzhi understood it.

Yes…

Zhu Houzhao continued: “Therefore, Erchen proposed large-scale and sustained and stable orders. For each workshop, Erchen is their food and clothing parent. Some workshops even do not need to hire sales personnel, reducing the number of intermediate links. They can only focus on production for most of their expenses. Therefore, although the goods they provide to their children are cheap, they are profitable enough because of their stability and large order quantity. They can also give them no worries. They only need to rely on them. For Erchen’s huge order, just adjust production. “

I see…

Emperor Hongzhi thought that he was almost bankrupted by Chen Tong in the workshop. The biggest reason was also the backlog of goods. This was a terrible thing. , the risk is simply too great.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but become more curious and said with great interest: “Prince, continue talking.”

Then Zhu Houzhao immediately said: “After taking these cheap sources of goods, I will find other merchants and ask them to distribute them. The goods in my hands will The price is low, not only that, but all the goods are available. Merchants who want goods do not have to bother to negotiate with the workshops, they only need to find Erchen. Erchen guarantees the quality of the goods and can guarantee delivery at any time. Tongsou It’s not a lie. For those merchants, it saves worry and effort. Even if they negotiate directly with the workshop, they may not be able to get this price.”

“But the problem is that merchants also have to make money. How do they make money after taking the goods. Money is a problem. Since Erchen is determined to get involved in this business, he must first think about what the merchants want. Therefore, this department store came into being. Once this department store can bloom everywhere, then… …The merchants are still worried that the goods they ordered from Erchen will not be sold.”

“So yesterday Erchen’s department store was built, and he decided to invest money in building large and small department stores in every state in the world. There are countless merchants. The merchants come from all states in the world. They have their own connections and resources in various places. Therefore, it is not difficult for them to establish a local shopping mall. The only thing that is rare is the supply of goods. If It is a big deal to not be able to supply continuously, or to adjust the purchase in time according to different sales volume. A shopping mall involves hundreds or thousands of goods. Do they have to negotiate with the workshops one by one? So in the end The most convenient way is to find Xingguo Company and have Xingguo Company provide stable supplies. “

“Most of this money is a deposit. It was just yesterday. Now that the merchants have sensed the business opportunities, they have already started to take action. I am afraid that in the future. In the future, more orders and deposits will come to Xingguo Company, and this is the profit Xingguo Company will get from it. “

This is a very simple principle.

In this era, communication between workshops and merchants is not smooth. It is not easy to establish trust between each other. For merchants, any business opportunity that arises is waiting for you to look for it slowly. When you get to the supplier and have established trust and a relatively solid relationship with the other party, you may find a business opportunity, but you will be completely unprepared.

Xingguo Company became a platform.

To put it bluntly, a business is a middleman who makes a profit on the price difference. In the previous life, although many business models tried their best to get rid of the middlemen who made a profit on the price difference, in this era, middlemen are not a backward product. On the contrary, they Instead, it has become the lubricant between industry and commerce.

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly understood.

It turns out… you can still make money like this.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Fang Jifan who was standing aside, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, “Is this the successor’s idea?”

Zhu Houzhao did not take any credit, but said honestly: “It was Qi Guogong’s idea. I think this idea was That’s right. In the future, Xingguo Company will formulate a standard to strictly control the quality of each cooperative workshop, while allowing more workshops to enter the system of Xingguo Company, and continue to expand the channels of merchants. Erchen is prepared to bring the vast majority of the world’s All workshops and merchants are included in this system, and the profits generated from it will be countless.”

Emperor Hongzhi felt excited as he listened.

He suddenly regretted it.

In his opinion, the prince is the middleman. If he had known this, he would not have agreed to the prince. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if he cooperated with Fang Jifan.

But… if this is really the case… if the prince and Fang Jifan achieve their goals, this will be such a huge profit, and it will also be of great benefit to merchants and workshops.

Emperor Hongzhi felt very sad.

But at this moment, Chen Tong calmed down and seemed to have calmed down.

In fact, he had finished busy with the shopping mall yesterday. After many days of sleepless arrangements, he was exhausted. He did not participate in the subsequent contacts with the merchants and hurriedly went to sleep for the night. Therefore, even he did not expect, These merchants are so crazy.

He was already smart, so when he saw the opportunity, he immediately said: “Your Majesty, in fact… the so-called business between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qi is not for profit.”

Originally, the Emperor and the Crown Prince were talking about business, especially It was in front of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, which was a bit indecent.

The civil and military officials were shocked that Fang Jifan, a bitch, was able to advance to the golden age like this, and they were inevitably sour. They admired them in their hearts, but they also felt that people’s hearts were not as old as they used to be, and even the emperor had changed. From the looks of this temple, it was also… To become a big shopping mall.

At this time, I heard Chen Tong say: “Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, industry and commerce are also the foundation of the country. This industry and commerce has brought many benefits to our Ming Dynasty. This is obvious. I was previously in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Since the New Deal, the annual income of the national treasury and The main source of finance has gradually changed from agricultural tax to commercial tax. This is the general trend. In the future, I dare to assert that with the prosperity of industry and commerce, commercial tax will become the most important financial source of the national treasury, and agricultural tax can even “There is no need.”

“Therefore, the rise and fall of industry and commerce has reached the point where it is related to the country and the country. With the introduction of new grains and improved farming methods, I dare not say that there will be no hunger in the Ming Dynasty. The people are dying, but at least for now, the agriculture is stable. Therefore, the most important thing for the court to pay attention to right now is the development of industry and commerce. “

In recent years, the rapid development of industry and commerce has caused workshops and merchants to spring up like mushrooms after a rain. However, these merchants and workshops, both good and bad, have brought stable financial resources to the treasury and provided proper resettlement for many refugees, but they have also caused many problems. “

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Qi… know very well about industry and commerce. Today, industry and commerce must promote its development, but it must also regulate it. His Royal Highness and the Duke of Qi are… worried about it.”

Zhu Houzhao: “…”

Well, it seems that this makes sense .

, Zhu Houzhao immediately put on a bitter face, looking worried about the country and the people.

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, people who have read books can speak well. They can explain everything and the truth is very pleasant.

Nothing wrong.

Well, I, Fang Jifan…that is indeed what I think.

Emperor Hongzhi’s face changed. He looked around and immediately realized that he had been too shocked by the profits and business model of Xingguo Company, but he seemed to have lost his temper in front of the public.

Fortunately… when the officials heard what Chen Tong said, they all calmed down and no longer had the weird look on their faces just now.

(End of chapter)