Cheng Qian stood in the captain's room in the stern of the Mayflower, and said to Li Chao, who was sitting on the captain's throne, "On Hu Tuzhou, our ship has already loaded the goods, and it is about to sail south on this trade wind. ” Speaking of these, Li Chengqian was a little excited.
Since the establishment of Sihai Company, it has become a giant beast in just one year.
With a large number of shareholders, strong capital, and a deeper official background, the prince Chengqian and the prime minister Li Chao did not shy away from this matter.
With the routes and experience of a group of maritime merchants such as the bearded passengers, coupled with the guarantee of revolutionary navigation technology such as the three-masted galleon and the nautical compass provided by Li Chao, the company's maritime trade has become popular in a short period of time.
Tang Dynasty silk, tea, paper, etc. were exported overseas, and cane sugar and porcelain were used as ballast on ships, and these Tang Dynasty commodities were exported to Southeast Asia, India, Persia and other places.
When they returned, they were loaded with gold, silver, spices, and slaves, and in Southeast Asia, the slaves were put down and put into various plantations, and then loaded with grain as ballast and returned to the southeast coast of the Central Plains.
The profits of maritime trade are quite enormous.
In the past, the period of going to sea was long, and the risk of capsizing at sea was high, but now there are new sailing ships, compasses, ballistas provided by the imperial court, etc., so that the navigation is safer, carries more goods, and the profits are naturally higher.
There are many ships and sufficient goods, and they go south in winter and north in summer, and gold and silver come in like flowing water.
Silk, tea, porcelain, sugar, paper, these have become the bulk of Datang's exports, and they are quite popular overseas, and they belong to Datang's exclusive commodities, and the price can be sold at unimaginably high prices.
Especially when the company trades, it uses gold and silver as the settlement unit.
In Southeast Asia, India and Persia and other places, the price of gold is much lower than that of Datang, with the Central Plains silk tea and other sets of gold, and then shipped back to the Central Plains, its profits are so high that the Chengqian, who has been actively involved in the company's decision-making and operation, are often amazed.
"Teacher, the company's performance this year is so good, many shareholders want to pay dividends.
Nowadays, our company's shares are quite sought-after, and many people want to buy them, but unfortunately they are hard to find. ” Sihai Company is a monster in Datang, a one-eyed family.
Specializing in maritime trade, but its scale and high profits are shocking to everyone.
Every quarter, Li Chao will ask the finance and accounting department of Sihai Company to make a financial report and disclose the quarterly operation to shareholders.
The numbers announced really shocked countless people.
As a result, the confidence of shareholders has increased greatly, and this year, the company has issued additional shares three times and raised a large amount of funds, which are used for shipbuilding, construction of ports and commercial stations.
The company's expansion speed is amazing, and the millions of dollars raised have been thrown in, but the more money the company has, the more people are interested in the company.
Many people want to take a ride on the four seas.
But now the company is no longer easy to issue new shares, and the company is not short of money.
Those who want to take a stake don't have a chance.
The company's shares are transferable, and as long as you hold the company's shares, you will naturally become a shareholder, and if you have many shares, you may even be a director.
As a result, many of those who were not able to get on the ship at the beginning now want to buy shares in the market.
It's a pity that no one wants to sell it at all.
The price is getting higher and higher, the stock price is climbing, but fewer people are selling.
Some people sell it, and then look at the skyrocketing stock prices and regret it.
Although the stock of Sihai Company is also a ticket, it is different from the stocks of later generations, and there are not so many rules at this time.
At this time, the stock is just a proof of equity.
Stocks can be bought and sold freely, and there is no dedicated stock market, let alone regulation.
However, there are still many places that lead the times in the shares of Sihai Company, for example, holding stocks is the company's shareholders, but stocks are divided into several rights, especially Sihai Company has already stated that the company does not promise to pay dividends on time.
Even if you hold stocks and Sihai Company makes money, it doesn't necessarily have to pay dividends.
At the beginning, this article was established in order to be able to leave more profits for the expansion and development of the company, rather than dividends after making money.
Now, seeing that the company's financial reports released this year are extremely brilliant, many shareholders are thinking about the year-end dividend.
"The company also has to build more merchant ships, and at the same time to build ports and commercial stations overseas, and even hire mercenaries, open up more routes, etc., which are all costly, this year's income is indeed a lot, but our company's expansion also needs to increase the scale, therefore, this year's company's income will be invested again, and even I plan to issue another five million new shares.
Raise funds to accelerate the company's growth. ” Sihai Company was established by Li Chao, and he didn't just want to make money from this company.
While it is true that the company is very profitable, making money alone is not the goal.
During the Age of Discovery, Spain was one of the first overseas colonizers, and even divided the whole world off the world map directly with Portugal under the witness of the Pope.
In the New World of the Americas, Spain dug up countless silver and gold, making the Spanish kings and nobles rich, and the whole of Europe competed to sell to them.
However, Spain was glorious for a few years, and it was wide for a long time, but in the end the country did not increase much, but was finally overthrown by the Europeans.
Why Because after the Spaniards dug up the gold and silver and shipped it back, it only belonged to the king and nobles, and the people did not benefit.
The kings and nobles had money, and they did not do much to develop Spain, but only indulged in luxury.
As a result, Spain has not become stronger, but only the price of goods has risen alarmingly, and the people have become poorer.
On the contrary, the Spanish kings and nobles continued to buy and buy from Europe, and those European countries provided Spain with various goods at the same time, developed their own industrial manufacturing system, and finally made the country strong, and the British later beat the Spanish who could only enjoy the Spanish to the teeth, and the Spanish Armada was destroyed If Li Chao used the support of the emperor and the imperial court to pull the crown prince and a group of nobles to establish this Sihai company, he would only resell silk, tea, gold, ivory, make a fortune, and then it would be gone, then what was the difference between him and the king of Spain.
Trade is a means, not an end.
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Li Chao engaged in maritime trade, and he really needed profits, high profits, and a lot of wealth.
Then, he can have the money to push the maritime trade further, and even build a powerful naval fleet to colonize and develop in Southeast Asia.
As long as money is used well, it has a great effect.
If the imperial court makes good use of maritime trade, it can obtain great benefits, and with money, the imperial court can do more and increase the burden on the people.
To put it bluntly, money is a good thing, and the key is to see if it will be used.
"If we issue an additional 5 million, then our company will not have assets of 10 million" Cheng Qian exclaimed, 10 million yuan of the company. "10 million is far more than that, our company has issued 10 million shares, and the share capital raised is 10 million.
But the company is worth more than 10 million.
You also know that in the market today, even the most ordinary Ding shares have already increased their par value tenfold.
What does this mean is that the market capitalization of our company is at least ten times the issued share capital.
Moreover, the number of D-level shares alone has increased tenfold, and the C-shares, B-shares, and A-shares, which have higher authority, are even more valuable. ” Although Li Chao also knows that the company's stock price is on fire now, there is no doubt that the company is indeed very popular and valuable.
The powerful and rich people of Datang are now staring at this company that has created miracles.
However, the other side of the company's fire is the huge investment behind the company's rapid expansion.
The company makes a lot of money, but invests more, and in real terms, the company is actually losing money now.
Of course, this loss is only the appearance, after careful calculation, the money invested is also the company's assets, and the company is still extremely promising.
As the behind-the-scenes helmsman of such a giant company, Li Chao is very proud.
If he sells the shares of the company in his hand now, he will definitely become the richest man in Datang.
But who would do that?
"Is there really no dividend this year?"
Li Chengqian was a little disappointed.
"You wait for the money," Li Chao asked strangely.
Cheng Qian now lives in the East Palace, although there is a small court in the East Palace, but the people in this small court are basically Li Shimin's people, and the expenses are also responsible for the court and Li Shimin.
Cheng Qian also has some of his own industries, and there is a lot of money in the small treasury, Li Chao knows Cheng Qian's family background very well, and the prince is really rich.
"It's that I originally wanted to wait for the dividends and make up a million yuan for my father and mother."
Cheng Qian wants to show off to Li Shimin and his wife that he will make money, or he is really filial, but even if the company dividends, Cheng Qian will not be able to share one million.
"I want to sell some shares."
Cheng Qian didn't hide it from Li Chao, "I don't think I'm suitable for staying in the company, and I plan to withdraw slowly in the next few years." ” Li Chao was impressed by Cheng Qian.
The crown prince has really grown up.
"If you really want to sell, I can help you sell, contact the five surnames and seven sects, the old lords of Guanlong and some military upstarts, they have money in their hands, I will sell the shares separately, you have half of the company's shares in your hands, and it will never be a problem to sell two or three million yuan."
A large number of shares are sold, and it is impossible to sell as high as a fractional share.
But it is several times higher than before, for sure.
Many wealthy families have taken a fancy to the prosperity of the four seas trade and want to intervene, but unfortunately Li Chao did not give him a chance, and now Li Chao has taken out so many shares at once, and he still has the majority of decision-making power in the second class shares, I believe that he will go crazy.
Li Chao didn't plan to eat it himself, nor did he plan to let the board members eat it directly.
The company's prosperity is more popular than expected, and it is beneficial for the company to absorb a group of famous families at this time.
Moreover, the stocks are more dispersed, which is also conducive to Li Chao to continue to control the company.
"Teacher, if the Turks really go south, will you lead the army to battle?"
"There are many generals in the imperial court who can recruit and fight well."
Li Chao said.
But the situation continues to deteriorate so much that it could be ugly.
Li Chao was not interested in commanding the army, mainly because he didn't want to fight for this credit.
His status is high enough, there is no need, and he should not fight for the position of commander.
He believed that as long as he did not go to the helm, Li Shimin still trusted him very much.
Seeing Li Chao shaking his head, Cheng Qian was a little disappointed, "Who can be handsome?"
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