The benefits of setting up the [Huaxia Shipping Group] were obvious, but it was not without resistance. It was inevitable that the interests of the three royal merchants would suffer in the short term.
Of course, this was just a minor problem. Once the shipping group was set up, even if the three royal merchants wanted to continue the shipping business, they would not be able to compete with the group.
The two sides were incomparable in terms of resources, brands, and strength.
The biggest problem was the lack of talent.
Today, with the improvement of the dynasty's education system and talent selection system, there was no shortage of low-level officials in the dynasty. What they lacked was modern business management talents.
To operate the huge [Huaxia Shipping Group], they needed thousands of professionals. It was impossible to support such a huge shipping group by relying on NPCs.
If they wanted to do a good job, they needed elite management talents, or even the best professional managers.
In this regard, Di Chen and the others had a unique advantage. They could directly mobilize the talents of their families. Ouyang Shuo could not do it, so he could only hire them with high salaries.
Fortunately, the Great Xia Dynasty was no longer a nobody, and its influence among the players could not be underestimated.
With a large number of professional modern talents such as Meng Zhida, Chen Bingguang, Liu Mo, and Gong Jian being put in important positions in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Xia Dynasty's attractiveness to high-end talents was rapidly increasing.
At the same time, the Great Xia Dynasty had conducted several large-scale player recruitment operations, which basically eliminated the previous impression of the territory as "closed off", and was already extremely friendly to players.
Therefore, it was not very difficult for the dynasty to recruit a group of professional management talents. They just needed time and patience. In addition, top business management talents were still hard to come by.
This was the congenital deficiency of the Great Xia Dynasty, and it could only be slowly made up for.
In addition to public recruitment, Ouyang Shuo was also preparing to mobilize other channels to recruit talents, such as the Song Family.
As one of the four major families in Lingnan, although the Song Family's influence was not comparable to that of Di Chen and the others, they could still exert a lot of power and introduce talents to the dynasty.
This was something that Song Tianxiong was happy to see.
In addition, there was the Feng Family led by Feng Qiuhuang. The Feng Family was the top family in China, and they naturally had a lot of power.
The current Fallen Phoenix City could not absorb so many talents, especially talents in the port and shipping industry. Therefore, it was reasonable to introduce a group of people to the Great Xia Dynasty.
Then, there were the "friends" of the Great Xia Dynasty, including [Snow Rose Mercenary Group], [Baleful Blood Mercenary Group], [Blood Shadow Alliance], [Rivers and Mountains Alliance], and [A Thread].
The members of the guild were not professionals, but they had big families behind them. China's network was intricate to begin with, and by following the vines to the melons, they would always be able to attract a group of talents.
Even for some adventurer players, if [Huaxia Shipping Group] gave them good treatment, they could be transferred to civilian jobs.
Xie Siyun, Crimson Romance, and the others had already promised Ouyang Shuo that as long as these people wanted to leave, the guild wouldn't stop them. This could already be considered a great show of support.
The same logic applied to the millions of players who had migrated to the Great Xia Dynasty.
The relationship between the Great Xia Dynasty and the players in the China region was becoming closer and closer. Tying the interests of the ordinary players with the interests of the dynasty was Ouyang Shuo's long-term strategy.
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After listening to Cui Yingyou's plan, Bai Xue and the others were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.
As the head manager of a top merchant group, Bai Xue thought that their usual business activities were already big enough, but they paled in comparison to the dynasty's operations.
[Huaxia Shipping Group]'s valuation was equivalent to their entire merchant group.
Seeing this, Song Tianxiong looked at Ouyang Shuo meaningfully.
Without a doubt, even though Cui Yingyou had announced this plan, the person behind it was definitely the young Emperor. Cui Yingyou might have grasped many modern business methods, but she didn't have this kind of courage.
Only this young man dared to do what others didn't dare to do, and think what others didn't dare to think about.
"He dares to be the first in the world!" Song Tianxiong suddenly thought of this adjective.
Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo smiled, "After the reorganization, the Imperial Court won't take advantage of you. According to the value of the combined fleet and personnel, you'll be considered as the shares of [Huaxia Shipping Group]."
Since the Commerce Department still controlled the fleet, the three royal merchants would hold around two to three percent of the shares, with the highest being no more than three percent.
In addition, the Bank of the Four Seas would invest 1.5 million gold coins as the starting capital and recruitment funds for the shipping group, taking up five percent of the shares.
According to this estimate, once the shipping group was established, it would be valued at thirty million gold coins. Such a valuation was naturally high. The Bank of the Four Seas' investment was calculated based on the group's future profits.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
Song Tianxiong and the other two were smart people. Holding shares not only meant dividends, but it also meant that the merchant group would have an advantage in the shipping group business compared to other merchant groups. They would have more influence and say.
The intangible value of this part was immeasurable.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo's proposal could be said to be a favor. This could also be considered as a repayment for the selfless help of the three royal merchants during the battle of Morocco.
Between the two, it was mutually beneficial.
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After clearing up the relationship between the three royal merchants, the preparations for [Huaxia Shipping Group] officially began. Because the shipping group would be under the jurisdiction of the Industry and Development Department of the Finance Department, Cui Yingyou was fully in charge.
The recruitment notice had already been posted on the prominent pages of the major media in the China region, and it caused a stir.
In the Nine King Cities, there would always be some unaccomplished players who couldn't display their expertise in the game. When they saw the recruitment notice from the Great Xia Dynasty, they smiled in relief.
They had finally waited for the opportunity they had been dreaming of. A new door had been opened.
At the same time, the news that the imperial court would take the lead in setting up a shipping group spread rapidly among the merchant groups. A large number of small and medium-sized merchant groups began to rub their hands and get ready to join the wave of ocean trade.
For the other territories in the China region, they could only look up to it.
The Great Xia Dynasty's actions had already left them far behind. They could barely even see their backs. Even if Di Chen and the others wanted to set up a similar shipping group, it would be useless if they couldn't go out into the ocean.
Thinking that in the future, the merchant groups under their command would also have to rely on the [Huaxia Shipping Group] to carry out ocean trade, Di Chen and the others were even more depressed.
What worried them even more was that the top talents attached to their families saw the recruitment notice from the Great Xia Dynasty and were ready to make a move.
On one side, they were idle and had nothing to do. On the other side, they were placed in important positions and could display their expertise.
This temptation was indeed hard to resist. It was only a matter of time before they lost their talents. After all, these top talents were only working for their families, not servants.
A small recruitment notice stirred up the entire China region.
Only the Great Xia Dynasty could have such power.
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Ouyang Shuo had no time to care about the waves in the outside world. He had more important things to do.
The establishment of the [Huaxia Shipping Group] was just the prelude to the group operation strategy that Ouyang Shuo had planned for the dynasty. There would be a large number of similar groups to be set up to improve efficiency.
In the textile industry, with the advent of the loom and the promotion of silkworm rearing as an opportunity, they would cooperate with the textile industry association to set up the [Huaxia Textile Group] to further integrate the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.
In this way, they could adjust the layout of the textile industry in the counties and eliminate the rising crocodiles.
The promotion of the loom could transform the entire textile industry, increase efficiency, and expand production; but it could also easily cause the local government to swarm over, resulting in redundant resources and excess production capacity.
To a large extent, this risk could be avoided by the unified deployment of the textile group controlled by the imperial court.
Another thing was to prevent some local gentry from wantonly expanding and forming so-called silkworm rearing and weaving families, which would then become local tyrants and impede the governance of the local government.
To a certain extent, the establishment of the textile group would cut off the soil for the survival of these tyrants.
Now that the dynasty was newly established and the tyrants had not yet formed, it was the best time to act. When the tyrants gradually formed, it would be very difficult to cure them, and Ouyang Shuo would not be able to control it.
In the construction industry, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to separate the construction functions of all levels of the construction department and set up the [Huaxia Construction Group] to undertake a series of work such as the design, construction, and construction of the dynasty project.
Reducing the burden on the local government was Ouyang Shuo's goal for the next period of time.
The construction department was not only the supervisor of the construction market, but also the participant of the construction project. It was equivalent to being a referee and an athlete, so it was very easy to breed construction corruption.
Zhang Tingyu had already reported to Ouyang Shuo that the construction departments at all levels were the hardest hit areas of corruption.
Setting up the [Huaxia Construction Group] to separate the functions of construction and supervision could, to a certain extent, put an end to such corruption. Of course, it was impossible to completely cure it.
Taking this opportunity, he could also encourage the people to participate in the construction of the dynasty. In the future, the construction industry of the dynasty would become more open and more competitive.
There were many similar group operation plans. Some were ready to be implemented, some were still in the evaluation stage, and some were still hovering in Ouyang Shuo's mind.
Although it was a good thing to set up a group, there were also many entanglements of interests. If the action was too big, it could easily cause unrest in the dynasty and cause instability in the hearts of the people.
Therefore, it was necessary to make a timetable, one by one, starting from the easiest and the most urgent. Ordinary groups could be deployed by the cabinet, and there was no need for Ouyang Shuo to do it personally.
The benefits of group operation were obvious. The dynasty would push non-structural functions to the market and give birth to the initial capital market, which was one of the seeds of industrialization.
In the process, there would be crimes, collisions of wealth, entanglements of interests, and even blood. But for the dynasty, this would be a milestone change.
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