Chapter 1238: Where the benefits lie
Chapter 1238 Where the benefits lie
The judge sent by the imperial court has the right to participate in the inspection of the goods and be responsible for the extraction together. The judge has the right to decide whether the portion belonging to the imperial court, that is, one-third of the tariff, is to be drawn in kind or in money according to whether the goods are needed by the court or the court.
Even have the right to decide whether to buy the goods again according to the needs. Bobuy is the priority purchase.
For example, frankincense is a spice with high medicinal value, and it is very expensive for the court. It is of course very cost-effective to purchase it directly at the port first. For this kind of goods, the judge can first request that the one-third of the customs duty belonging to the court be withdrawn in kind.
The import tariff of frankincense is three-tenths, so he can take one-tenth of it directly. As for the remaining two-tenths of the tariff, it is the Qin family's power to decide whether the Qin family wants to pay in kind or in cash.
The remaining seven-tenths of the goods, according to the regulations, the judge can buy another 20% of the goods, and directly purchase 20%, which is equivalent to a monopoly market behavior.
Don't let the middleman make them another fortune.
Qin Lang certainly has no objection to this, after all, it has always been like this.
On the Luzon side, what Qin Lang had previously adopted was to set up a commercial firm as an intermediary of an official dental firm, to assess the price of goods and introduce sellers based on the firm’s understanding of market conditions and trading techniques, and at the same time be responsible for maintaining market order and ensuring transactions fair and just.
In essence, this is also using power to monopolize transactions. Therefore, when Hu merchant ships arrive at the port, their goods can only be traded through Qin Lang's dental firm after they are extracted. The dental firm acts as an intermediary platform, responsible for valuation, transactions, etc. Some after-sale guarantee.
For example, the evaluation guarantee of the quality of goods, and even the guarantee of payment transactions.
It cannot be said that the goods were not received after paying the money, or that the goods received were faulty, or that the goods were not received after the money was paid. Guanya, as an intermediary, must play a guarantee role.
Of course, it is still a kind of monopoly behavior in essence, relying on the power in hand to make a fortune first.
Now the imperial court sends a judge to have the priority to purchase the right after the withdrawal. In fact, it is to share the profit from the monopoly of the Qin family.
Qin Lang has no objection to this, after all, the imperial court is powerful, so it is normal to want a share of the pie.
20% of the buyout right, Qin Lang can also accept.
The dental firm of the Qin family not only does the same for imported goods, but also for exported goods. All exported goods must first go through the dental merchant and declare customs in the name of the firm. Therefore, the firm also charges a commission in addition to paying customs duties.
The existence of this kind of official ya, in fact, has already existed in the cities of the past dynasties, that is, the guilds and official ya of various industries. The imperial court does not directly manage those merchants, but allows various industries to form guilds, and then only manages the guilds of these guilds. The heads of the line manage various industries, and the trade is also restricted by the tooth merchants.
Frankincense, which is needed by the court, is bought by the imperial court, and things that can be used to make weapons, such as cowhide, tendon and horn iron, etc., are also bought by the imperial court.
Qin Lang agrees, after all, this Bobuy has to go through the valuation of the Shipbuilding Department, but there are no middlemen to make the difference, but the shipowners and cargo owners are not losing money, after all, whether their goods are sold to merchants or commercial firms, the price is similar , it is impossible to retail by yourself, the port price and retail price must be different.
Of course, it is impossible for the imperial court to implement the policy of buying and selling for its own use. The so-called whether it is necessary or not is actually just to see if it is profitable. For example, for things that are easy to sell, the judge may have to step in and buy them, and then sell them back after buying them, and you can make a fortune.
Qin Lang also understands this behavior of plucking the wild goose's hair.
You know, in the last year alone, in Guangzhou City alone, there were 1.1 million yuan earned through Bobuy and then cashed out. Export duty revenue.
As the court officials said, the benefit of the southeast is the first in the city.
Ship Department is in charge of import and export trade. It not only collects tariffs, but also engages in online shopping, making money at both ends.
This judge is not here to grab the right to manage Luzon's trade, but to make money for the emperor and the court. The other supervisor, as you can tell from his name, is in charge of supervision, which is equivalent to the supervisor sent in the army Similarly, the accounts, warehouse money, etc. of the Municipal Shipping Department are supervised.
This is also what it should be.
After the Luzon Maritime Department was established, foreign trade will be officially legal in the future. Luzon Port can issue ship registrations by itself.
At the same time, after the establishment of the Shipbuilding Department, the imperial court can justifiably share one-third of the trade tariffs, buy and sell, and strengthen supervision.
The same is basically true for the Jianqian Supervisor.
Luzon now has a relatively large output of gold, silver and copper. At the same time, through trade with Japan and other countries, a large amount of precious metals in its hands have already begun to mint money. Under the maintenance, Qin Lang will be issued a license directly, that is, the Luzon money supervisor will be set up, and the furnace will be minted.
The Qin family is also in charge of the money supervisor in Lu Song Dynasty, and the imperial court only sent one supervisor to supervise it.
The main task of Yin Anguo is to supervise the casting of money supervisors. It is necessary to ensure that the money cast by Luzon Qianjian is standardized and uniform, and there must be no problems in quality, from fineness to size, etc., must be guaranteed.
"Duke Wei, this is the money given to my mother by the imperial court! Mr. Chu personally wrote the money text."
Qin Lang took the mother's money and found that it was a little different from the previous money. It was also Kaiyuan Tongbao, but there was a word Lu added to the back of the money.
"This is the new version of money from the 20th year of Zhenguan. The money minted by the money supervisors in various places has the name of the place where the money supervisor is located, such as Beijing, Luo, Yang, etc., on the back of the money. .”
There is also a protruding dot on the money cast by Changan Qianjian, while the money cast by Luoyang Qianjian has a curved convex line on the back, and the Qianjian in Yangzhou has a floating cloud mark, and the money of other Qianjian also has different patterns on the back. There are small marks with different shapes such as long and short bends.
These are collectively called the Xingyue pattern, which is the same as the name of the Qianjian on the back of the money, and it is the exclusive mark of each Qianjian.
Coupled with some small differences in the four characters of Kaiyuan Tongbao, such as yuan characters can be divided into left pick, right pick and double pick, etc. Each of the four characters has several different types, and the four characters add up to several Ten kinds of changes, coupled with the star and moon pattern, become the unique character mark of each Qianjian.
In the past, the money of each money supervisor was cast by the same mother money, and there is no difference. Now, different money supervisors have different characteristics, and it is obvious that the supervision of money casting in various places has been strengthened.
For example, in the circulation market of coins minted by the Luzon Qianjian, if there is a quality problem, you can recognize it by looking at the marks on the money, and you can be held accountable.
Of course, Yin Anguo came here not only to supervise the quality of the coins, but also to distribute the money.
Minting is profitable.
At the beginning of Wude, when Kaiyuan Tongbao was first cast, the imperial court was short of copper materials, which were expensive and inconvenient to transport, so they cast 1,000 yuan, and the material cost was only 750 yuan, plus labor and transportation. As a result, some money supervisors have to lose tens or even two or three hundred dollars.
But money is a necessity, without money, it can be circulated, and business is not prosperous. The imperial court had no choice but to bite the bullet and mint money. Later, during the Zhenguan period, the world was unified and the country was gradually restored. The imperial court finally expanded the scope of copper by banning copper wares, banning money destruction, strengthening copper mining, importing copper materials, and improving coinage technology. The source of materials, and the reduction of the cost of coinage, the coinage is finally profitable.
Coin minting is profitable, which will inevitably lead to private minting.
Just like destroying money and making utensils can make huge profits, some people must take risks. If the imperial court wants to maintain coin casting, it must invest a lot of force to crack down on private casting, destroying money and making utensils, as well as producing copper wares and sending copper coins to sea. There is a cost.
The Qin family obtained coins, and originally enjoyed the benefits brought by the series of policies of the imperial court. Now that the imperial court requires the Qin family to mint coins to share the profits, Qin Lang thinks it is not unreasonable.
After all, if there is no series of policies from the imperial court, then everyone will destroy money and make utensils, produce copper utensils in large quantities, and even hoard copper coins, etc., which will lead to a series of problems such as rising copper materials. The final result is not only bad money driving out good money, It will also lead to a substantial increase in the cost of coinage, and finally flour is more expensive than bread.
As long as the imperial court doesn't have too much appetite, it can agree.
"The imperial court intends that all the money minted by the Luzon Qianjian will be sold to the imperial court at a 5% discount, regardless of gold, silver or copper."
Is there a five percent seigniorage tax?
Qin Lang frowned, feeling a little high.
The Qin family is minting coins now. The profit of gold coins is 5%, silver coins 8%, and copper coins about 10%. The profits are indeed considerable, but if the imperial court wants to take 5% away, then take it away More than half.
"The profit of minting coins is not high. I believe that the profits of other money inspectors in the imperial court should be around this five percent. If the imperial court wants to take away five percent profit from the Luzon money inspector, then the Luzon money inspector will probably close its doors soon. It is." Qin Lang laughed.
Yin Anguo said very politely to Qin Lang, "Before I came down as an official, His Highness the Crown Prince and all the elders of the Political Affairs Hall also had confessions. They once mentioned that the Lusong Mint has strong craftsmen and high coinage efficiency. They said that gold coins The minting profit is more than five per cent, the silver coin minting is more than eight per cent, and the copper coin minting is even more profitable."
Qin Lang saw that he had figured out the details of the Luzon Mint's profits so much, so he had nothing to say.
"How can it be so high? Besides, there are these, but if the court wants to charge five per cent, there will be almost nothing left."
"What the imperial court meant was that the right to mint coins can only be owned by the public, but because Luzon is a feudal land and produces gold, silver and copper, it authorized the establishment of a money supervisor to mint coins. The imperial court also needs supervision and so on. "
Qin Lang didn't speak, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"Of course, the imperial court also considered that it is also hard work for Lu Song to mint coins, so it is impossible to say that Lu Song will not leave a little bit of profit. This time in the court, the ministers, ministers of the household department, transfer envoys, ministers of the Taifu, and supervisors of the Shaofu held a meeting. The special salt and iron meeting formulated a brand-new coinage standard."
Before Kaiyuan Tongbao coins contained six cents and eight cents of copper, mixed with lead and tin, and cast into bronze coins.
The money is of excellent quality and is very popular among the common people.
(end of this chapter)