Chapter 1550
Grain Industry
Chapter 1550 Grain Industry
Sending money to Ming officials is not a problem for Haihan at all. As long as Haihan's request can be met, the benefits of money are nothing more than a large or small number in the eyes of Haihan's executive committee.When encountering a high-ranking official who has real power in his hands and can provide assistance for Haihan's various plans in Daming, Haihan will even try to send money to the door, just like what Shi Diwen is doing now.
However, Wang Ji's situation seems to be a little different from those Ming officials that Shi Diwen met in the past, although Shi Diwen hinted from the beginning that the other party can directly negotiate terms, and also put out optional business items for the other party However, Wang Ji rejected the proposal, and then performed a big show in circles, and finally proposed to make a fuss in the grain industry.Shi Diwen really doesn't understand why Wang Ji has to choose the food industry as a bargaining chip instead of leaving the ready-made paved road. Could it be that Wang Ji's influence in Zhejiang's folks is mainly concentrated in the grain industry?
Of course, the Ministry of Security had a thorough understanding of Wang Ji before this, but the information they had was basically public or semi-public, such as personal background, family status, private hobbies, etc., which could directly or indirectly affect him. There is not much reliable news about the industries that are controlled.On the one hand, this is because there is no reliable and stable news channel between Haihan and Wang Ji, and the understanding of him can only come from public information; on the other hand, Wang Ji's official position is too high, and his words are enough to influence the area For any industry in the industry, it is impossible for the outside world to guess which industries are the ones he can really manipulate.
Of course, now that Wang Ji has pointed out the grain industry, he will definitely not be joking about it. Shi Diwen simply made a condition that as long as the grain business is Wang Ji’s family business, Haihan will directly purchase it. That's it.
Wang Jidao: "General Shi is really a happy person, so I just said it straight. In the prefectures mentioned earlier, I can organize a huge amount of food supply. Based on your country's purchases in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, This officer can do it all on his own.”
When Shi Diwen heard his tone, he actually planned to monopolize Haihan's share of local grain purchases and not leave food for other grain merchants.The autumn harvest is the peak season for Haihan to purchase grain every year. The other party proposed this condition before the autumn harvest. Obviously, they saw the timing and planned to make a lot of money from it.
Haihan's current grain purchases are purchased separately from seven or eight grain merchants mainly in Ningbo, and each purchase share is different.In fact, the food prices of each company are almost the same. The reference standard for Haihan to determine the purchase share is mainly the background of each company. The stronger the background, the more shares you can get.Of course, in Ningbo Prefecture, the biggest official backer is the prefect Qu Yutong, and the grain merchant controlled by him is indeed Haihan's main supplier of grain purchases in Zhejiang.
But today Wang Ji made it clear that this situation may change in the future.If he wants to reach out for the purchase of grain, Haihan will definitely take it as a priority. After all, the governor of this province is much larger than the officials below the magistrate. In terms of the value of the purchase, Haihan will definitely choose it. On the official side.
Of course, just relying on Wang Ji's few words, it is not enough for Shi Diwen to make a decision immediately. Although he said something beautifully in the previous scene, when it comes time to make a decision, he still has to make a clear decision.At that moment, Shi Diwen asked Wang Ji about the price of grain supply in these state capitals, the time required to organize the supply of goods, and the delivery method, etc.Although Shi Diwen is not a member of the Ministry of Commerce, but some time ago, in order to negotiate with grain merchants, he also supplemented his knowledge of grain trading, but he did not expect that it would come in handy again after a few days.
Wang Ji saw that Shi Diwen's questions were also very targeted, so he answered them truthfully.He knew that Shi Diwen didn't ask these questions to embarrass himself, but to measure whether the food supply he provided could really meet Haihan's needs.But Wang Ji has already made a lot of preparations for this. With the authority he has in his hands, he even knows the grain production situation in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions better than ordinary grain merchants, and he must use his power to make certain arrangements for the whereabouts of the grain. It's even easier.
And this is an advantage that ordinary grain merchants and the official backers behind them can't compare to in any case. Although there will be no discount for Haihan in terms of procurement costs, and it may even lead to an increase in freight costs due to the further dispersion of sources of goods, But this is a good opportunity to deal with Zhejiang Chengxuan's political envoy, and the cost is controllable. Shi Diwen will never let go of such an opportunity.
When the two talked about specific matters, they both started to get serious. Wang Ji simply took Shi Diwen to the study, then took a pen and paper and began to write and scratch, calculating the few problems Shi Diwen mentioned .He originally thought that even if a general like Shi Diwen knew a thing or two about business, he would definitely show his shortcomings when it comes to arithmetic, but after talking a few words, he found that Shi Diwen's mental arithmetic ability was comparable to his Much better, even faster and more accurate than his masters who claim to be unparalleled in spells.
For this meeting, Wang Ji had already done a lot of preparatory work in advance, including various data in the grain trade. He had already ordered people to calculate the results. At this time, he only needed to report them to Shi Diwen one by one.Otherwise, based on the questions Shi Diwen just asked, Wang Ji really couldn't immediately answer the exact number.
Of course, Shi Diwen is not a mathematical genius, and his calculation ability was only at the normal level of a higher education in the era before time travel. It will be associated with mathematics.Shi Diwen showed his mental arithmetic ability a little bit, and Wang Ji was quite surprised.
"Unexpectedly, General Shi is good at calculation. Could this be the talent of your country's people who are good at business?" Wang Ji couldn't help sighing.
Shi Diwen shifted his attention away from the messy numbers, looked up at Wang Ji with a smile and said, "Master Wang is too much for the prize. This is not a talent, it's just a trivial skill."
Wang Ji thought in his heart that the masters I asked to settle the accounts were not as fast as you, and they had to pay each person a monthly salary of 20 taels of silver to count.The price tag of this little skill is a bit high.
Since Shi Diwen is proficient in arithmetic calculations, Wang Jike dare not play sloppy with him on numerical issues such as cost accounting, and can only bargain with Shi Diwen bit by bit according to the established plan.But what Shi Diwen cares about is not the price issue, whether the supply is timely and sufficient, whether the quality of the goods can meet Haihan's requirements, and the method of delivery of money and goods, these are the key points of his real concern.
For example, in terms of the delivery method of money and goods, generally speaking, the two parties order the goods and collect the money face to face, but if both parties have a relatively reliable reputation, it is normal for the delivery or payment to occur first.And Haihan has always been good at promoting its own financial system through trade means, allowing Haihan banknotes to gradually enter the market in the coastal areas of Daming, and to be used as currency in the import and export trade between the two countries, and even reduce it to a certain extent. The circulation of cash is reduced.
Haihan Bank has a good commercial credit, and the banknotes issued by it are easy to carry, quick to settle, and not easy to be counterfeited. Therefore, in the past two years, it has gradually begun to circulate on a large scale in the coastal business circles.During the period, although there were some ignorant people who tried to counterfeit Haihan banknotes, the results of those involved were all violent deaths at home, and even the whole house was burned down by an unknown fire.After a few more times, the folks naturally understood that it was Hai Han who made a move, and since then no one dared to risk their lives to challenge Hai Han's bottom line.
After the reliability of Haihan banknotes was guaranteed to a certain extent, the trade settlement between the two countries increasingly used this new currency to replace the heavy silver and copper coins.And if this currency can be promoted to be used by all the chief ministers of a province, then the economic control over the coastal areas of Daming will be further strengthened, and there will be a call to continue to promote Haihan banknotes in Zhejiang in the future A powerful role model.
The two talked until noon, and Wang Ji, as a landlord, ordered someone to prepare a banquet in advance.However, both parties intend to continue discussing cooperation matters during the meeting, so they did not arrange their subordinates to sit with them.
After the luncheon, the two returned to the study to continue their discussions. After spending another two hours, the two parties had roughly finalized the content of the cooperation, leaving only some contact details that needed to be handed over to the specific handlers below for connection.At this stage of the discussion, Shi Diwen has basically understood why Wang Ji chose the grain industry as a cover for making money.
As Wang Ji himself said, he controls a group of well-connected grain merchants in various coastal state capitals, and some of them are indeed related to him. grain market.Even if the Haihan people did not come to Zhejiang, Wang Ji still has his own goal to achieve, and his goal is actually very similar to what Haihan is currently implementing in the coastal state capital, that is to try to integrate the grain industry and control the pricing of this industry power and voice.
So far, Wang Ji has made much greater progress in the grain industry than Haihan. At least four state capitals' grain markets are under his control. The granary in Zhejiang trembled three times.Although the grain merchants in Ningbo are still out of his control for the time being, Wang Ji believes that as long as he can snatch Haihan's grain supply business from Ningbo, then Ningbo grain merchants will be hit hard. Mergers and integrations will be much less difficult than they are now.
Although Wang Ji didn't tell Shi Diwen all these ideas, Haihan originally planned to integrate the local grain industry, but he didn't have such unique conditions as Wang Ji. We can roughly infer his thoughts.
Shi Diwen never thought that a high-ranking official in a province could seek personal gain in such a way, so it seems that Wang Ji can be regarded as a doer, at least he did not lie in his official position and wait for others to send money, but He chose to take the initiative to gain profits by controlling the grain market.Although this method is more troublesome, the proceeds are easier to legalize, and it is definitely safer for a high-ranking official like him.
Moreover, Shi Diwen has to admit that Wang Ji has made far more progress than Haihan in the matter of integrating the grain market. He has at least grasped several major grain producing areas in Zhejiang. , but Haihan failed to handle even one Ningbo mansion.If the terms of the transaction between the two parties are reached this time, then Haihan is actually adding fuel to the flames and helping Wang Ji to integrate Zhejiang's local grain market faster.
Whether this is good or bad, from Shi Diwen's point of view, it is actually difficult to make a judgment immediately. After all, his field of expertise is military rather than trade, and he does not have Schneider's keen business sense.During this period of time, he has been running non-stop across Zhejiang for business negotiations, which is actually a last resort for being driven away.
And Wang Ji is very clear that if he can reach a deal with Haihan, then the integration of the province's grain market will be just around the corner, and that's why he resolutely rejected the seemingly tempting conditions put forward by Shi Diwen earlier. .For Wang Ji, as long as the grain market is integrated, a lot of wealth can be obtained at his fingertips, so why bother to operate those risky projects.Of course, the premise is to be able to convince the Haihan people to accept the transaction terms they proposed.
The discussion between the two came to an end in the afternoon, and Shi Diwen offered to take a break to review the information he received today.Wang Ji didn't rush to urge him to make a decision immediately, but asked someone to arrange a quiet yard for Shi Diwen.
The rest that Shi Diwen mentioned was actually a cover. As soon as Wang Ji's men left, he ordered his entourage to immediately take out the radio station in a wooden box and send a telegram to Zhoushan Island.Since the power of the field radio station he brought was relatively small, it had to be transferred through Zhoushan before sending it back to Sanya Shengli Fort.
The content of the telegram sent by Shi Diwen was to inform Sanya of the progress of the current negotiations and the intentions of the Chief Minister Wang Ji, and then seek the opinion of the executive committee on whether to cooperate with Wang Ji to help him integrate the grain market in Zhejiang. .
After Shi Diwen finished sending the telegram, he felt a little more relaxed.As far as the Ming officials he has come into contact with so far, Wang Ji can be regarded as a very pragmatic faction, even better than those low-level officials at the grassroots level who understand how to use their power to make money.If Wang Ji hadn't held such an official position, Shi Diwen thought that he would most likely become a very powerful businessman, even if he didn't manage food, he would still be successful in other industries.
(End of this chapter)
Sending money to Ming officials is not a problem for Haihan at all. As long as Haihan's request can be met, the benefits of money are nothing more than a large or small number in the eyes of Haihan's executive committee.When encountering a high-ranking official who has real power in his hands and can provide assistance for Haihan's various plans in Daming, Haihan will even try to send money to the door, just like what Shi Diwen is doing now.
However, Wang Ji's situation seems to be a little different from those Ming officials that Shi Diwen met in the past, although Shi Diwen hinted from the beginning that the other party can directly negotiate terms, and also put out optional business items for the other party However, Wang Ji rejected the proposal, and then performed a big show in circles, and finally proposed to make a fuss in the grain industry.Shi Diwen really doesn't understand why Wang Ji has to choose the food industry as a bargaining chip instead of leaving the ready-made paved road. Could it be that Wang Ji's influence in Zhejiang's folks is mainly concentrated in the grain industry?
Of course, the Ministry of Security had a thorough understanding of Wang Ji before this, but the information they had was basically public or semi-public, such as personal background, family status, private hobbies, etc., which could directly or indirectly affect him. There is not much reliable news about the industries that are controlled.On the one hand, this is because there is no reliable and stable news channel between Haihan and Wang Ji, and the understanding of him can only come from public information; on the other hand, Wang Ji's official position is too high, and his words are enough to influence the area For any industry in the industry, it is impossible for the outside world to guess which industries are the ones he can really manipulate.
Of course, now that Wang Ji has pointed out the grain industry, he will definitely not be joking about it. Shi Diwen simply made a condition that as long as the grain business is Wang Ji’s family business, Haihan will directly purchase it. That's it.
Wang Jidao: "General Shi is really a happy person, so I just said it straight. In the prefectures mentioned earlier, I can organize a huge amount of food supply. Based on your country's purchases in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, This officer can do it all on his own.”
When Shi Diwen heard his tone, he actually planned to monopolize Haihan's share of local grain purchases and not leave food for other grain merchants.The autumn harvest is the peak season for Haihan to purchase grain every year. The other party proposed this condition before the autumn harvest. Obviously, they saw the timing and planned to make a lot of money from it.
Haihan's current grain purchases are purchased separately from seven or eight grain merchants mainly in Ningbo, and each purchase share is different.In fact, the food prices of each company are almost the same. The reference standard for Haihan to determine the purchase share is mainly the background of each company. The stronger the background, the more shares you can get.Of course, in Ningbo Prefecture, the biggest official backer is the prefect Qu Yutong, and the grain merchant controlled by him is indeed Haihan's main supplier of grain purchases in Zhejiang.
But today Wang Ji made it clear that this situation may change in the future.If he wants to reach out for the purchase of grain, Haihan will definitely take it as a priority. After all, the governor of this province is much larger than the officials below the magistrate. In terms of the value of the purchase, Haihan will definitely choose it. On the official side.
Of course, just relying on Wang Ji's few words, it is not enough for Shi Diwen to make a decision immediately. Although he said something beautifully in the previous scene, when it comes time to make a decision, he still has to make a clear decision.At that moment, Shi Diwen asked Wang Ji about the price of grain supply in these state capitals, the time required to organize the supply of goods, and the delivery method, etc.Although Shi Diwen is not a member of the Ministry of Commerce, but some time ago, in order to negotiate with grain merchants, he also supplemented his knowledge of grain trading, but he did not expect that it would come in handy again after a few days.
Wang Ji saw that Shi Diwen's questions were also very targeted, so he answered them truthfully.He knew that Shi Diwen didn't ask these questions to embarrass himself, but to measure whether the food supply he provided could really meet Haihan's needs.But Wang Ji has already made a lot of preparations for this. With the authority he has in his hands, he even knows the grain production situation in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions better than ordinary grain merchants, and he must use his power to make certain arrangements for the whereabouts of the grain. It's even easier.
And this is an advantage that ordinary grain merchants and the official backers behind them can't compare to in any case. Although there will be no discount for Haihan in terms of procurement costs, and it may even lead to an increase in freight costs due to the further dispersion of sources of goods, But this is a good opportunity to deal with Zhejiang Chengxuan's political envoy, and the cost is controllable. Shi Diwen will never let go of such an opportunity.
When the two talked about specific matters, they both started to get serious. Wang Ji simply took Shi Diwen to the study, then took a pen and paper and began to write and scratch, calculating the few problems Shi Diwen mentioned .He originally thought that even if a general like Shi Diwen knew a thing or two about business, he would definitely show his shortcomings when it comes to arithmetic, but after talking a few words, he found that Shi Diwen's mental arithmetic ability was comparable to his Much better, even faster and more accurate than his masters who claim to be unparalleled in spells.
For this meeting, Wang Ji had already done a lot of preparatory work in advance, including various data in the grain trade. He had already ordered people to calculate the results. At this time, he only needed to report them to Shi Diwen one by one.Otherwise, based on the questions Shi Diwen just asked, Wang Ji really couldn't immediately answer the exact number.
Of course, Shi Diwen is not a mathematical genius, and his calculation ability was only at the normal level of a higher education in the era before time travel. It will be associated with mathematics.Shi Diwen showed his mental arithmetic ability a little bit, and Wang Ji was quite surprised.
"Unexpectedly, General Shi is good at calculation. Could this be the talent of your country's people who are good at business?" Wang Ji couldn't help sighing.
Shi Diwen shifted his attention away from the messy numbers, looked up at Wang Ji with a smile and said, "Master Wang is too much for the prize. This is not a talent, it's just a trivial skill."
Wang Ji thought in his heart that the masters I asked to settle the accounts were not as fast as you, and they had to pay each person a monthly salary of 20 taels of silver to count.The price tag of this little skill is a bit high.
Since Shi Diwen is proficient in arithmetic calculations, Wang Jike dare not play sloppy with him on numerical issues such as cost accounting, and can only bargain with Shi Diwen bit by bit according to the established plan.But what Shi Diwen cares about is not the price issue, whether the supply is timely and sufficient, whether the quality of the goods can meet Haihan's requirements, and the method of delivery of money and goods, these are the key points of his real concern.
For example, in terms of the delivery method of money and goods, generally speaking, the two parties order the goods and collect the money face to face, but if both parties have a relatively reliable reputation, it is normal for the delivery or payment to occur first.And Haihan has always been good at promoting its own financial system through trade means, allowing Haihan banknotes to gradually enter the market in the coastal areas of Daming, and to be used as currency in the import and export trade between the two countries, and even reduce it to a certain extent. The circulation of cash is reduced.
Haihan Bank has a good commercial credit, and the banknotes issued by it are easy to carry, quick to settle, and not easy to be counterfeited. Therefore, in the past two years, it has gradually begun to circulate on a large scale in the coastal business circles.During the period, although there were some ignorant people who tried to counterfeit Haihan banknotes, the results of those involved were all violent deaths at home, and even the whole house was burned down by an unknown fire.After a few more times, the folks naturally understood that it was Hai Han who made a move, and since then no one dared to risk their lives to challenge Hai Han's bottom line.
After the reliability of Haihan banknotes was guaranteed to a certain extent, the trade settlement between the two countries increasingly used this new currency to replace the heavy silver and copper coins.And if this currency can be promoted to be used by all the chief ministers of a province, then the economic control over the coastal areas of Daming will be further strengthened, and there will be a call to continue to promote Haihan banknotes in Zhejiang in the future A powerful role model.
The two talked until noon, and Wang Ji, as a landlord, ordered someone to prepare a banquet in advance.However, both parties intend to continue discussing cooperation matters during the meeting, so they did not arrange their subordinates to sit with them.
After the luncheon, the two returned to the study to continue their discussions. After spending another two hours, the two parties had roughly finalized the content of the cooperation, leaving only some contact details that needed to be handed over to the specific handlers below for connection.At this stage of the discussion, Shi Diwen has basically understood why Wang Ji chose the grain industry as a cover for making money.
As Wang Ji himself said, he controls a group of well-connected grain merchants in various coastal state capitals, and some of them are indeed related to him. grain market.Even if the Haihan people did not come to Zhejiang, Wang Ji still has his own goal to achieve, and his goal is actually very similar to what Haihan is currently implementing in the coastal state capital, that is to try to integrate the grain industry and control the pricing of this industry power and voice.
So far, Wang Ji has made much greater progress in the grain industry than Haihan. At least four state capitals' grain markets are under his control. The granary in Zhejiang trembled three times.Although the grain merchants in Ningbo are still out of his control for the time being, Wang Ji believes that as long as he can snatch Haihan's grain supply business from Ningbo, then Ningbo grain merchants will be hit hard. Mergers and integrations will be much less difficult than they are now.
Although Wang Ji didn't tell Shi Diwen all these ideas, Haihan originally planned to integrate the local grain industry, but he didn't have such unique conditions as Wang Ji. We can roughly infer his thoughts.
Shi Diwen never thought that a high-ranking official in a province could seek personal gain in such a way, so it seems that Wang Ji can be regarded as a doer, at least he did not lie in his official position and wait for others to send money, but He chose to take the initiative to gain profits by controlling the grain market.Although this method is more troublesome, the proceeds are easier to legalize, and it is definitely safer for a high-ranking official like him.
Moreover, Shi Diwen has to admit that Wang Ji has made far more progress than Haihan in the matter of integrating the grain market. He has at least grasped several major grain producing areas in Zhejiang. , but Haihan failed to handle even one Ningbo mansion.If the terms of the transaction between the two parties are reached this time, then Haihan is actually adding fuel to the flames and helping Wang Ji to integrate Zhejiang's local grain market faster.
Whether this is good or bad, from Shi Diwen's point of view, it is actually difficult to make a judgment immediately. After all, his field of expertise is military rather than trade, and he does not have Schneider's keen business sense.During this period of time, he has been running non-stop across Zhejiang for business negotiations, which is actually a last resort for being driven away.
And Wang Ji is very clear that if he can reach a deal with Haihan, then the integration of the province's grain market will be just around the corner, and that's why he resolutely rejected the seemingly tempting conditions put forward by Shi Diwen earlier. .For Wang Ji, as long as the grain market is integrated, a lot of wealth can be obtained at his fingertips, so why bother to operate those risky projects.Of course, the premise is to be able to convince the Haihan people to accept the transaction terms they proposed.
The discussion between the two came to an end in the afternoon, and Shi Diwen offered to take a break to review the information he received today.Wang Ji didn't rush to urge him to make a decision immediately, but asked someone to arrange a quiet yard for Shi Diwen.
The rest that Shi Diwen mentioned was actually a cover. As soon as Wang Ji's men left, he ordered his entourage to immediately take out the radio station in a wooden box and send a telegram to Zhoushan Island.Since the power of the field radio station he brought was relatively small, it had to be transferred through Zhoushan before sending it back to Sanya Shengli Fort.
The content of the telegram sent by Shi Diwen was to inform Sanya of the progress of the current negotiations and the intentions of the Chief Minister Wang Ji, and then seek the opinion of the executive committee on whether to cooperate with Wang Ji to help him integrate the grain market in Zhejiang. .
After Shi Diwen finished sending the telegram, he felt a little more relaxed.As far as the Ming officials he has come into contact with so far, Wang Ji can be regarded as a very pragmatic faction, even better than those low-level officials at the grassroots level who understand how to use their power to make money.If Wang Ji hadn't held such an official position, Shi Diwen thought that he would most likely become a very powerful businessman, even if he didn't manage food, he would still be successful in other industries.
(End of this chapter)