Sakai City is currently under Oda Nobunaga's clutches, so he naturally dares not change the door, otherwise he will all die.

But with the knowledge of Mr. Zhao's era, there is naturally a way to tie Sakai City to his own chariot without angering Nobunaga. That is, joint stock management.

He planned a three-step route for Sakai City. The first step was to establish a "Saisha Company Co., Ltd." to control Sakai City's main assets and plan business and trade in a unified manner. This was incredible for other cities, but for Sakai City, an autonomous city with a group of merchants, it was perfectly suitable.

The thirty-six members of the Association hold more than 80% of the wealth in Sakai City. They can directly reorganize them into shareholders' meetings, then clarify the equity allocation, formulate the company's articles of association, elect the board of directors and supervisory board, and this "Sai Shang Co., Ltd." will work together.

The second step is that Sakai Company issued 100% of its shares to Gangnam Group. After the additional issuance, Gangnam Group and Sakai Company each account for half of its shares.

In the third step, Sakai Company is under the group and is under the guidance of the group to operate, enjoying exclusive agency rights for the Danra Chamber of Commerce to be sold in Honshu, Shikoku Nishima, and Hot Springs.

In addition, the agreement between the two parties also stipulates that the head of Sakai Company is the merchant of Sakai City, and the auditor-general shall be appointed by the group. The group has a veto power for all matters of Sakai Company, including the veto of the appointment of the president.

Chirikyu was very satisfied with this agreement. In his opinion, the two things that Sakai City needs most, security and trade agency rights, were all guaranteed. Although the company owns half of the shares of Gangnan Group, in Chirikyu's opinion, it just means that Sakai City will hand over half of the profits to the group as the cost of security and trade rights.

He did not think that the Jiangnan Group, far away in the Ming Dynasty, would seize control of the entire city like the Miyo Family or the Oda Family. This is very important to the congregation. Sakai City is their foundation and no one can snatch it.

Although the profit to pay half of the profit is a bit high, only in this way can the interests of both parties be highly consistent and the group can truly help Sakai City earn more wealth.

Moreover, people gain a sense of happiness through comparison. The Danlu Chamber of Commerce, which had to pay 90% of the profits, was comparing there, and Chirikyu clearly felt the love from his father.

After thinking for a while, he signed the agreement on behalf of the Sakai Association. Zhao Hao invited the two to have lunch together, and solemnly reminded them of three things during the meal.

First, we must strictly prevent and control artillery, artillery technology and artillery craftsmen from flowing into Japan.

He told the two that only Japan does not have artillery, the coast guard fleet can maintain control of the Sea of ​​Japan at a lower cost, thereby protecting the safety of Sakai City. Once the artillery technology spreads, the Gangnan Group will have to stay away from the Seto Inland Sea and control the key points of portals such as Tsushima. It will use a safer way to protect its own routes, but in that way, it will be impossible to take into account the safety of Sakai City.

"Hi." Chiriyuk was busy focusing his head. In fact, he was planning to buy a few cannons with Mr. Zhao, and put them on the walls of Sakai City to shock the princes. He heard this and quickly refused to mention the matter.

"Don't worry, young master, Japanese craftsmen do not master the casting technology, and they can't even cast copper coins, let alone cast cannons." The clan of the Shimai clan said hurriedly: "And the island country is all mountain, and the cannons are too heavy. Moving is a nightmare and can only be used to defend the city. Ambitious daimyos may not be interested."

"Don't be lucky." Mr. Zhao shook his head and said, "It's a chaotic world now, everything can happen. Only by tying all possibilities from the source can we maintain our advantages for a longer time."

"Hi!" After hearing Mr. Zhao say 'we', the two Japanese businessmen couldn't help but feel excited and quickly responded loudly.

"How long can a humble businessman get respect depends on you." Mr. Zhao looked at the two of them with anticipation.

"Don't worry, Sakai's commercial network is spread all over the country, and the movements of various daimyos cannot escape our ears." Chirikyu said confidently: "Whoever has this intention will be hit by our full efforts."

"Without our help, those arrogant daimyos would almost never be able to obtain artillery." After saying that, the clan of Shimai reminded Zhao Hao: "Unless those Folang Jimen..."

"I will deal with them." Zhao Hao waved his hand, obviously he had a plan.

~~

In another history, Otomo Sorin obtained the "Stone Musket" from the Portuguese seven years later... that is, the Folang Ji. Lao Wang adhered to the invincible naming ability of the Japanese and called it the "National Collapse".

It is said that Lao Wang had lost his country when the Shimazu family invaded Usuki Castle. This was the first time that Japanese Daimai used artillery in actual combat. After that, the Japanese princes still had no record of using artillery, and even in the Ionchen Japanese riots that invaded Korea, the Japanese naval army was not equipped with such a "heavy stupid guy".

It was the end of the Warring States Period, in the Battle of Osaka Summer, when the old Tokugawa turtle used cannons to knock down Tensou in Osaka Castle, proclaiming the complete victory of the Edo regime, the Japanese army finally had artillery troops. It also means that they finally learned to make cannons.

But that was 46 years later. And we know that Japan had already contacted missionaries more than 20 years ago and carried out the Southern Barbarian trade with the Portuguese for a long time. Obviously, there were opportunities to come into contact with advanced firearms. For example, they began to imitate the mesh guns at the first time. In just over a decade, the "iron cannon" became the standard equipment of the Daming army. If anyone does not have an independent iron cannon team, they will be embarrassed to say hello to others when they go out.

But for more than half a century, they ignored the powerful weapon of artillery. They had to suffer a great loss on the Korean battlefield before they realized the importance of this thing, which shows how poor the Japanese have with artillery.

Mr. Zhao didn't want the Japanese to use artillery in advance because of his own reasons, which would bring a lot of uncertainty to the future. So he proposed a "proton plan" aimed at locking down Japan's manufacturing industry. The most core link is to postpone the time when Japanese Daming mastered artillery as much as possible.

He also had no high requirements, as long as it was not earlier than the original historical node, the generational difference should have been formed at that time, and even if they had artillery, it would be useless.

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After talking about artillery, Zhao Hao turned the topic back to the trade that the two were most interested in.

He asked the two to taste the sour bamboo shoots and fish soup cooked by Qiaoqiao, and then asked with a smile: "You two have considered how to maximize the profits of Sakaishang Co., Ltd. in the future?"

"This..." The two thought Mr. Zhao was taking the exam for their business talents, so they quickly answered carefully.

"Selling the most scarce or most demanding goods." Shimai replied.

"Exclusive monopoly on trade rights and master pricing rights." Chilixiu's answer was obviously higher.

But they would have misunderstood. What kind of businessman who could support the sky in the Warring States Period? What is the best thing for Mr. Zhao to take the exam for them? Who can compare to who can do business?

"Both of you are right, Qian Lisang has revealed the essence of buying and selling." What Zhao Hao needs to do is brainwash them and brainwash them into compradors. He smiled and said, "But there are two ways to make the goods we sell unique in the market. What is more passive is to sell goods that are not yet on the market. What is more proactive is to make the competitors in the market disappear."

Mr. Zhao picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the "Beautiful Boy" sake that Qianlixiu respected. Well, what do you think of it? But the name of this wine is too appropriate. The beautiful boy drinks the beautiful boy's wine, and the wine is also beautiful. "If you carefully taste it, which of the two is higher or lower?"

"This..." The two of them felt like they were opened up in a new world, and they were busy thinking with devout expressions.

"It's obviously the latter." Senrikyu's level is a little higher, otherwise he is the chief, not Shimai.

"When selling goods that are not available on the market, you need to get the needs of the buyer first. Whether the buyer recognizes it or not, it is very uncertain how long it can cultivate the demand. Therefore, the risks are high and the results are slow."

"Indeed, it is safer to make all competitors in the existing market disappear." Shimai also said in a daze: "And the sales are there, and sales can be increased immediately."

"Well said, the two are indeed business geniuses." Mr. Zhao smiled and said, "So how to manage it next? Do you know what to do in your mind?"

"I understand. We will study the market carefully and see if we start with local products and find ways to squeeze them out of the market." Two Japanese merchants started their comprador path.

Mr. Zhao learned through the Tang people that Japan's handicraft industry is still very developed, and the most pillar industries are silk weaving, cotton spinning, porcelain making and tea.

It happened that this was also the main handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty. My son followed his father, so there was nothing he could do about it.

It is obvious that this will not only affect the profits of the Ming Dynasty's products to Japan, but will also form competition in the trade between the Southeast and the West. In the Age of Discovery, the most important thing to avoid was free competition, so Mr. Zhao decided to train compradors in Japan and strangle Japan's competitive handicraft industry with their hands.

There are three good things about compradors, soft body and clear sound are easy to overturn... Oh no, it should be a "black heart and aware of the way".

When the interests of both parties are highly bound, they will take the initiative to provide advice for foreign investors to make the dumped goods more suitable for the needs of the local market. These compradors are not only familiar with the local market conditions, but also have the ability to establish a sales network from Tongdu Dayi to remote areas, allowing foreign goods to fully compete for the market with local goods, thus a situation of "foreign goods sold daily, local goods lost every day" and killing the local handicraft industry.

In order to allow the Ming Dynasty to obtain enough product dumping land and create conditions to start the commercial revolution and industrial revolution, Mr. Zhao needed the contribution of the compradors.

"It's great, I think we'll start with porcelain and cotton." He smiled and raised his wine glass, touched the two of them, "In three years, I hope that there will be only our porcelain on the market. Within five years, all Japanese people will wear our cotton."
Chapter completed!