The news of the Spanish surrender was an unexpected surprise for Zhao Ming, indicating that Donghai Town will usher in a period of golden development.

After the Battle of Fujian, the Qing Dynasty was damaged and would not start another war in a short period of time. After Donghai Town defeated the Spaniards, it showed its strength and could achieve peace at sea.

In the next period of time, Donghai Town will be a good opportunity for development.

Of course, this was also a good time for the Qing Dynasty to restore strength and develop production.

The Qing Dynasty had a vast territory and a large population. Most of the rich places in the world fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

Both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties were recuperating. With similar productivity, the Ming Dynasty was definitely not as good as the Qing dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Mingcai decided to develop industry, carry out social reforms, and improve production efficiency, so that resting can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and even made the Ming army gradually surpass the Qing Dynasty during resting.

At this time, although Zhao Ming learned that the Spaniards surrendered, he did not intend to return to Taiwan immediately, but was preparing to implement the company's affairs.

In Fuzhou, Zhao Ming and Cheng Bi discussed in the inn where Zhao Ming stayed.

Now Zhao Ming’s business talent is Cheng Bi, and there is also He Bin who Zhao Ming doesn’t know very well.

In the room, Zhao Ming sat in the middle hall, and Cheng Bi was sitting on a chair, listening to Zhao Ming's instructions.

"Mr. Cheng, the name of the company is Huaxing. The ownership belongs to the sensible board, and the company's operations are left to the manager for management." Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "That is, you pay money when you are sensible. You are responsible for the operation. If you make money, the company will give the manager a reward, or even give a certain share. If you lose money, the manager will leave directly."

"Duke, Beizhi understands the meaning of Duke. This manager is similar to the shopkeeper, but he has more power than the shopkeeper." Cheng Bi is a businessman, and it is easy to understand Zhao Ming's words, but he was a little worried: "But, Beizhi still has a little doubt in his heart..."

Zhao Ming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng has followed me for many years. What do you mean, but it doesn't matter. After all, in terms of business, you are an expert. As long as it makes sense, I will follow the good side."

"Half of the maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty was controlled by the Zheng family. Now the Zheng family's strength is greatly damaged. It is a good thing that the Duke of Guo set up a company imitating the benefits of Western Yi, and just took the opportunity to occupy a share. However, the confiscated people in Fujian must be known to all parties. It is said that every man is innocent and is guilty of possessing a treasure. Such a generous profit will inevitably attract people's covetous future. Most people dare not provoke Duke, but what if the court wants to collect the company?" Cheng Bi whispered.

After hearing this, Zhao Ming stood up and smiled and said, "This is a reasonable thing for Mr. Cheng to worry about, but I have prepared for this. This time we got more than 3 million taels. It is enough to start a company. I invited Li Yuanbo, Wu Zhaosheng and others to invest in the company just to prevent it."

When Zhao Ming started a company, he would not take over the interests of maritime trade like Zheng Zhilong. The taxes that should be paid to the court will not be less than a tael of silver in Huaxing Company.

However, since ancient times, China has emphasized that all the kings and ministers under the world are all kings and ministers. Everything in the world is owned by the emperor, and personal interests are difficult to be protected.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the protection of personal private property was not as good as that of the West.

The West relies on law to restrict the emperor, while China relies on morality to restrict the emperor, which is another system.

It is said that the first merchant Chen Wansan was rich enough to rival a country, and was so rich that even the Ming Taizu held a grudge. However, in a few seconds, if the big family business was destroyed, Zhao Ming naturally had to be guarded against this.

"Duke Guo, the prospecting strategy is indeed feasible, but Beizhi feels that in the future, we must ensure that Huaxing Company is not disturbed, the scope of the offering must be expanded and to issue shares to the private and officials and gentry. After the company is established, it will inevitably have intersections with local governments and local gentry in the future. Recruiting some officials and gentry and local tyrants will benefit the company's operations and will also prevent outsiders from daring to take action." Cheng Bi said.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "This idea is good. It can expand the scale of fundraising, but I must have more than 50% of the capital so that Huaxing can be under my control so as not to make wedding dresses for others."

Expand the scope of fundraising and bring more people in, so big that the court dares not move. Although this requires sharing benefits with others, the larger the scale of fundraising, the larger the company will be. In the future, it can also issue new shares and reduce the time for capital accumulation. It can be said that there are many benefits.

For Zhao Ming, he has feelings. Running a company is not just for making money. Therefore, it is nothing to distinguish between people’s interests. For him, whether money or not is not important, what is important is to change the world.

Seeing Zhao Ming agreeing, Cheng Bi immediately smiled and said, "I will spread the news of the stock hiring later."

Zhao Ming nodded and asked immediately: "Does Mr. Cheng have any questions about recruiting managers?"

Cheng Bi smiled and said, "Duke, I have been doing business for many years and know many merchants. The Qing Dynasty has banned the sea, and many Zhejiang and East China sea merchants went bankrupt as a result. I have already sent a letter and will soon be able to recruit a group of talents for the company."

Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction: "After the funds and talents are in place, Mr. Cheng must build a workshop, purchase machines, recruit employees, and start production as soon as possible."

Cheng Bi bowed and said: "Duke, there are a large number of abandoned looms in Jiangnan and unemployed workers. It is not difficult to set up a workshop, but the key is that it is difficult to obtain raw materials."

The Ming and Qing War destroyed the economy of Jiangnan. Most areas where mulberry seedlings and cotton were originally planted, and it was indeed difficult to obtain raw materials.

Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, and then said, "Sir, don't worry about this. I will find a way to solve the supply of raw materials."

Cheng Bi didn't know what Zhao Ming had. In his opinion, this problem was almost impossible to solve. He thought Zhao Ming was to comfort him, so he didn't dare to ask more questions to avoid embarrassment from the Duke.

Zhao Ming then ordered: "I have something else, I need a sir to do it!"

Cheng Bi said: "If you have anything to do, just give me a low position."

Zhao Ming said, "In addition to running a textile workshop, the company also needs to operate other industries. I am planning to run a commercial printing library to translate books and publish a newspaper to introduce books and comment on current affairs. I also asked my husband to help me recruit a group of Western Japanese who understand Chinese studies and translate Western secretaries. At the same time, I also translated my Ming Dynasty books into Western languages ​​for dissemination."

Cheng Bi didn't understand why Zhao Ming did this, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could do it, so he clasped his fists and said, "I'm not going to take the order!"

Seeing this, Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction, walked to Cheng Bi, patted his shoulder, and smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll leave these things to you, and I can go back to Taiwan first."
Chapter completed!