Chapter 2571
After Li Fa said this, he saw Tao Hongfang's expression change slightly, and he immediately guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "This is not a taboo matter. In fact, you only need to ask your parents and you will know. This kind of practice is not uncommon in our country of Haihan. It is actually a common practice to support these well-established families. It’s just that you have few opportunities to contact the outside world and don’t know much about it, so you will be surprised. "< br>
Since the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Haihan has taken measures to support pro-Haihan civil forces in neighboring countries, especially businessmen with low social status but relatively good economic conditions. In this way, on the one hand, Haihan can obtain various commercial resources needed for development, and on the other hand, it can attract these businessmen groups with benefits and let them join Haihan's external expansion process.
During this period, many businessmen from the outside world did become Haihan's loyal partners, such as the Li family in Guangzhou where Li Fa lived, the Xu family in Fujian, etc. There were even many businessmen who simply moved their families to Hainan Island. Accepted naturalization and became a Haihan citizen.
Most of these families who are interested in establishing a long-term and in-depth cooperative relationship with Haihan will follow Haihan's suggestions and send their young children to study abroad in Haihan. Many of those who completed these trainings stayed in Haihan to develop, and even became officials of Haihan Kingdom by joining the army.
Tao Hongfang said: "I received some news earlier that there are many officers from Yangzhou in the local army. Now it seems that this may not only be the case in the army, but also other yamen should have similar situations."
Li Fa responded: "It is true. The Yangzhou salt merchants have a century-old foundation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The family has great wealth. Naturally, they have to find ways to train their children to serve in the government. Whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or today, similar practices have been passed down. You don’t have to feel inappropriate.”
Tao Hongfang said: "But things that are agreed by convention are not necessarily right."
Li Fa smiled and said: "You are right, but I also have something to remind you. The so-called right and wrong are often not absolute. The difference just lies in the angle and standpoint from which you look at the problem."
Tao Hongfang and Ning Zijing looked at each other and made no further objections. Even if they don't agree with the measure of introducing a large number of businessmen's children as officials, they have to admit that Li Fa's statement is right. The nature of many things cannot simply be divided into right and wrong. When they were very young, they often heard their parents mention a sentence. Only children can distinguish right from wrong, while adults only look at the pros and cons.
Now it seems that they are still in the stage of distinguishing right from wrong, and have not formed a comprehensive understanding of the pros and cons of these measures. But they have not yet found a clear and effective way to adjust their perspective on problems to synchronize with their parents.
Li Fa didn't seem to care about their mental state at this time, and continued to talk about some of the results of his trip to Yangzhou to talk with local businessmen.
As their cooperation with Haihan deepened, Yangzhou salt merchants also realized that Haihan's supervision of the salt industry was much stricter than that of Ming Dynasty. Although they could still make considerable profits by using the distribution channels at their disposal, this Just a temporary measure forced by the current situation is definitely not a long-term solution. Haihan has a very clear plan for the salt industry. Sooner or later, all the production and sales channels of this industry will be taken over by the government. By then, what will be left to them may really be just leftovers.
Therefore, out of precautionary considerations, salt merchants also believe that it is necessary to start planning in other fields as early as possible in order to continue the glory of the family. In addition to sending outstanding descendants of the family to study in Sanya and helping them enter Haihan government agencies, various salt merchant families are also actively investing their funds in other fields, and even choosing some cross-regional business projects. As a long-term deployment object.
In addition to plantations and farms in the traditional agricultural field, salt merchants also realize that their funds can actually go to more places. For example, salt merchants are very interested in large-scale organizations like Qiong Lianfa, which are business alliances. The salt merchants have money, resources and connections, but they still lack the relevant operational means to establish a commercial organization like Qiong Lianfa. Basic business projects are easy to handle and can be learned by sending people to Qionglianfa for a few years. However, the salt merchants still hope to learn some more sophisticated business methods through cooperation, such as how to be like Like Qiong Lianfa, through scientific management measures, branches located in various places can operate efficiently and allocate resources in various places in a unified manner, thus gaining great advantages in terms of operating costs.
In addition, Yangzhou salt merchants want to establish trade channels outside Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If they invest and set up by themselves, firstly, the cost will be high, and secondly, the results will be slow. There may also be many unpredictable problems in the process. But if they can do this with Qionglianfa By cooperating with large-scale commercial organizations and leveraging Qionglian's existing business network, we may be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
Ning Zijing couldn't help but praise when he heard this: "These people are quite smart, they follow our example, and they also want to use our channels to do business!"
Li Fa responded: "That's true. This is equivalent to our country using their sales channels to sell salt to the inland areas of the Ming Dynasty. For them, this can be regarded as a shortcut to development. If cooperation can be reached, it can really help them save money." Spend a lot of time and energy.”
Ning Zijing asked: "Most of the goods we sell to Daming are industrial products and deeply processed agricultural products, which have great advantages in cost, but what products can Yangzhou salt merchants offer for takeout?"
Li Fa said: "At present, the main products are various raw materials and agricultural products. But don't underestimate the Yangzhou salt merchants. There are many far-sighted people among them who even want to expand the industry overseas. Their enthusiasm is also It reminds me of the time when I met your parents more than 20 years ago..."
Seeing that Li Fa was going off topic again, Tao Hongfang quickly asked: "Overseas? What do they mean by overseas?"
Li Fa smiled and said: "Actually, it is not much different from our understanding. It mainly refers to places outside the Ming Dynasty. For example, Japan, North Korea, or the countries in the South China Sea, as well as distant places in the West. By the way, even the first few Mr. Nian Wang took the lead in sending a fleet to the other side of the ocean, and there were also personnel from Yangzhou salt merchants accompanying him. ”
Tao Hongfang said in surprise: "They also joined the advance fleet?"
Li Fa nodded and said: "Yes, the advance fleet was able to make the trip. They donated money and materials and made a lot of contributions. According to them, wherever the Haihan Army can go, of course they can go. Whatever benefits are found on the other side of the ocean, the money invested is worth it!”
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