Wang Xinyu thought for a while and said, "The official has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible." ”

Pan Liu asked, "What way?" ”

"We joined forces to set up Nanyang United Trading Company! This official has a stake in seven merchant ships! This is a shareholding company, in addition to us, Mr. Pan, you will develop Nanyang businessmen into shares, but you must be the largest shareholder, the more other small shareholders, the better. In addition to the maritime trade in Manila, this company will also develop various industries such as plantations, mines, ironworks, shipyards, arsenals, wineries, etc. As long as it is an industry that can make money, open it! However, because the situation in Nanyang is very complicated, in order to protect the interests of the company, we have set up an armed escort team of the company, and the captain of the escort team is personally served by the officer. Wang Xinyu knew that if such a super large company was established, it could bring together the financial resources of the Nanyang Chinese. Although the Nanyang Chinese in this era were very diligent and worked hard to make money, until hundreds of years later, the Chinese were unable to establish their own powerful regime in Nanyang, why is this? Because the Chinese are scattered, they only care about making their own money, and they don't know how to unite, let alone use force to protect themselves!

"Then who will be the big boss of this company?"

"It's not called the big boss, let's call the chairman! Every shareholder is a director, we have a board of directors, and big decisions are voted on by the shares held, that is, the more shares you share, the more votes you can vote. And Mr. Pan, you have the most shares, and this chairman is you! ”

Although I don't know what the board of directors is, and I don't know what the chairman means, but when Wang Xinyu said this, Pan Liu also understood that the chairman is the boss of the company, and basically the chairman has the final say in the general small decisions. However, Pan Liu thought of another question: "What if we encounter some big decisions and we all pass them, but they unanimously vote to not pass?" Wouldn't our decisions be unenforceable? ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "Generally, that kind of situation will not occur, so many small shareholders, it is definitely impossible to maintain a consensus." As long as we are a holding. And among those small shareholders, there must be many people who are oriented towards us. ”

Pan Liu asked again: "How are the shares distributed?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "For example, we divide the shares into 100 shares, and Mr. Pan, you account for the largest shares, accounting for 20 shares; The official's eight large merchant ships are shared, and you can always account for ten shares, right? The rest of the shares are divided among the other minority shareholders. ”

"And what is the form of the corporate escort?"

"The Company Guard, funded by the Company to train our armed men, has temporarily placed the Company Guard base in East Borneo, mainly to deal with those barbarians. Also, when sailing at sea, the company's escort can deal with pirates. ”

"I see! It's similar to our old Chao Gang, with fleets and samurai. Pan Liu nodded and said.

Wang Xinyu said: "It is still a little different from the previous Chao Gang, the former Brotherly Alliance, or the former Lu Gang, which was an illegal organization of half-maritime merchants and half-pirates, and now we are a legal trading company." In the past, it was still relied on robbery, but now it is a legal business. Of course, we don't mind mixing with some local ruffians and opening lucrative shops such as casinos and flower streets, but those are not the main business. ”

"In this way, the old man has found some powerful Chinese businessmen in Manila in the past two days to discuss together. When the person is contacted, let someone inform Mr. Wang, and we will have a meeting together. ”

"Good! That's it! ”

Pan Liu suddenly asked one thing again: "By the way, Lord Wang is young, I don't know if there is a marriage match?" ”

"This official is already engaged to the niece of King Yanping, and he will get married when he returns to Xiamen this time."

A look of regret flashed on Pan Liu's face, but he quickly regained his composure: "Lord Wang is going to get married, and the old man needs to give some light gifts, so let's do it, the old man will prepare two thousand taels of silver, as well as fine ivory and jewelry, and give them to you before Lord Wang goes back." ”

"Old Man Pan is so polite!" Wang Xinyu thanked him.

When Wang Xinyu left, a small girl, with better skin than snow, big watery eyes, and a small nose and mouth, flashed out from behind the screen, this girl looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a goose yellow dress, and gave Pan Liuying a blessing: "Grandpa!" ”

"Ying'er, what do you think of this Lord Wang?" Pan Liu asked his granddaughter.

Pan Ying replied: "Grandpa, although this Lord Wang is young, he has a kind of majesty that is not angry and arrogant, and Ying'er can see that there is a cohesion in him, which can bring together a plate of loose sand!" ”

"What does that mean?"

"This Lord Wang proposed, the establishment of a joint-stock company, Ying'er feels that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages! Although there are many people in Nanyang, there has been no cohesion, and everyone is taking care of each other. If we can't gather together financially, we won't be able to fight the East India Company of the Xiyi people; People's hearts have no cohesion, and even Shengfan comes to bully us! If this proposal of Lord Wang can be implemented, then with the financial resources of all our Ming merchants, we will definitely be able to control the entire Nanyang! The formation of the convoy, like the Dutch East India Company armies, can defeat Shengban, and even we can defeat the Dutch and Spaniards, and make this place truly our territory. Although this girl is young, she is very insightful, so she is deeply favored by Pan Liu.

Compared with several sons and grandsons, Pan Liu loves this granddaughter the most.

"It's a pity, this Lord Wang already has a marriage match, otherwise Ying'er promised to marry him, then our Pan family will also have someone in the court in the future!" Pan Liu said with a sigh. He really wanted to marry his granddaughter to Wang Xinyu, because in this way, he could use Wang Xinyu's military strength to expand in Nanyang. Pan Liu can be regarded as a man with brains, otherwise he would not have purchased weapons, formed a family, and survived the massacre of the Chinese by the Spaniards by the aborigines.

Pan Ying's face turned red all of a sudden: "Grandpa, Ying'er doesn't marry, Ying'er wants to accompany her grandfather for the rest of her life!" ”

"Silly boy! Grandpa can't be with you for a lifetime, grandpa will get old. Pan Liu said lovingly.

In the next two days, Pan Liu contacted Chinese businessmen in Manila everywhere, and even sent people to Java and East Borneo to find Chinese businessmen there and ask for cooperation and the establishment of a joint-stock company.

It's a pity that most of the Chinese businessmen disagree.

However, the people sent by Pan Liu persuaded them bitterly, and it was easy for those Chinese businessmen to agree and be willing to come to Manila for the meeting. They thought that although they were not willing to cooperate, they would just take a trip to Manila and maybe ship some goods back here.

Pan Liu asked Wang Xinyu to reply to him, saying that he had sent people to Java, Sumatra, Annam, the Sultanate of Aceh, Forou and other places to contact Chinese businessmen to discuss important matters, but the distance was far away, and they would not come to Manila for a meeting until after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wang Xinyu asked the person sent by Pan Liu to reply: "In this case, the official will go to East Borneo first, and then come back to Manila after the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

In the past two days, Manila Governor Manlik sent people to unload all the goods brought by Wang Xinyu from the ship, loaded them onto the Spanish cargo ship, and paid the silver after deducting the goods purchased by Wang Xinyu.

The goods brought were sold, and in addition to the payment for the purchase of the goods and the deposit paid in advance, Wang Xinyu also got more than 400,000 Spanish dollars, equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver.

"This sea trade, how many times the profit is!" Wang Xinyu couldn't hold back his excitement. These goods, equivalent to 150,000 taels of silver, were purchased from Zhang Huangyan and transported to Luzon Island, some of which were sold to the local natives in Dingguo Bay, and the others were sold in Manila, and he also bought a large number of goods, and there were still 300,000 taels of silver left! And these silver, to be handed over to the king of Yanping, only need to pay 200,000 taels is enough, and then the guns dismantled from the old Spanish ship and the machine tools bought are handed over to the king of Yanping, and the payment is paid. As for the gold that the Sulu people had obtained, and the remaining hundred thousand taels of silver, as well as the telescopes, pocket watches, and armor they bought, they were all their own.

No wonder Zheng Zhilong was so rich back then, he used to do sea trade, and the money was so easy to make!

As for the establishment of the Nanyang Trading Company, Wang Xinyu does not need to invest cash, as long as he takes all eight Spanish ships into shares, he will have a place in this company, and he is the second person in the company after Pan Liu. You must know that these eight Spanish galleons, if they are built as new ships, are worth at least four or five hundred thousand taels of silver!

If you want to go to East Borneo, Wang Xinyu thought about it, let's bring the Spanish mercenaries with you, and if you go there, you may have to fight with the local Sulu Shengfan.

Wang Xinyu thought to himself: Listening to Na Pan Liu, the Chinese in East Borneo have a very bad life, and in Pontianak, many Chinese do not dare to go out to pan for gold in the city, because the local students are very fierce. Some Chinese found gold mines in the local area, but they were brutally killed by the local Sulu students; There are also Chinese who develop land and farm in the local area, but Shengfan often comes to harass them. Those Chinese who lived outside the city and did not have the protection of the city were often killed by Shengfan, and their belongings and women were robbed by Shengfan.

It is precisely because of the fierce trouble that most of the Chinese in East Borneo have a hard time. Those who were lucky enough to find gold returned home.

In history, the later Chinese established a Lanfang Republic in East Borneo and had their own army, which made Shengfan send people to negotiate, and the Chinese had a better life there. However, there is no Lanfang Republic yet, and to deal with those damn Indonesians, Wang Xinyu has to bring the army over.

To slaughter those Sulu Shengfan who later became Indonesians, Wang Xinyu definitely had no pressure at all. The Malaysians are slightly better, but the Indonesians definitely deserve to be killed!

"Oh! Dear Wang Qin, you are in such a hurry to select a hundred mercenaries? As soon as he saw Wang Xinyu coming to visit, Manrik walked downstairs very cordially to greet the God of Wealth.

Although Wang Xinyu didn't like the strange smell of Manlik mixed with the smell of perfume, as well as the endless priest, he could only endure it first. While the three of them went upstairs, Wang Xinyu said: "I need to select a group of people now, and I will go to East Borneo first in the next two days." Maybe you'll run into a student there, and you're likely to have to fight. ”

"Haha! I don't know why Mr. Wang is interested in those barbarians? Manrik laughed.

"I'm not interested in those barbarians, it's that there are a lot of Ming people in Pontianak, and I just want to go and see it, because our Mid-Autumn Festival is coming."

"Understood! Your Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival! They really should be visited. Manrik said with a smile.

After Manrik invited Wang Xinyu to lunch, he let his soldiers line up on the training ground in the city and let Wang Xinyu choose.

As for the shortage of a hundred soldiers, Manrique had a solution: there were still many young Spanish men in Manila's Spanish city who had come to Luzon voluntarily, and it would be nice to choose some more from among those people to serve as soldiers. Originally, the Spaniards had a lot of mercenaries, and as long as they were given money, they would not hesitate to hit anyone, even their own country.

Wang Xinyu carefully selected, found a hundred tall Spanish soldiers who looked very capable, and then found an officer who knew Hokkien to serve as a mercenary officer and serve as his own translator, so as to pull up a team of one hundred and one Spanish mercenaries.

The people were selected, and the Spanish officer stood in front of the team and saluted Wang Xinyu: "Dear boss! Daniel and all the mercenaries salute you! ”

Wang Xinyu looked around, looked at the team of Spanish mercenaries holding halberds and wearing plate armor very neatly, and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" You're going to be my people from now on! I definitely won't give you any lower treatment! As long as you can help me bring out good soldiers and make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, I have another reward! ”