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Such measures go hand in hand, although many shareholders of Datang Western Trading Co. are crying and scolding, saying that the government does not pay attention to credit or something, but there is no way to do it.

Anyway, Datang Western Trading Company still retains many industries, and also has the right to tax dividends in the colonies east of Malacca. The volume is still very large, even if it has shrunk by half, but there is no problem with maintaining a market value of hundreds of millions. of.

Of course, some people are happy and some are sad. The investors of Datang Western Trading Company are very upset, but the other more than 100 overseas trading companies and domestic industrial companies are ecstatic.

Because after the monopoly of Western trade is released, they can go directly to India and even West Asia, and even go to Europe for trade in the future. For this new route, even if they need to pay a lot of money to buy a Western trade license However, it will still bring countless benefits to their trading companies and many domestic factories.

For a time, many overseas trading companies and factories in China were grinding their fists, trying to get a share of the new route and make a lot of money.

This situation also made Chen Lifu in Guangdong overjoyed!

He has been waiting for the empire to abolish the trade monopoly of Datang Western Trading Company and open up markets in India, West Asia, Africa and Europe for a long time.

When Chen Lifu took office as the governor of Guangdong, he was counting on the Son of Heaven to open up the Indian trade route, and then he took advantage of the situation to vigorously develop the industrial export economy. However, earlier, Son of Heaven had not acted, and he could only be active in Guangdong. Prepare, develop railways, develop official roads, dredging rivers, and then encourage those trading companies to go deep into Nanyang and expand the Nanyang market.

Now the Datang Western Trading Company, which is shrouded in the head of many overseas trading companies, has finally been moved away by the Son of Heaven. Then it is time to engage in special overseas trade.

Although the previous Nanyang trade was good, the market was close to saturation after all. Although it is possible to make money by maintaining it, for an official who pursues economic growth, that is not acceptable.

Chen Lifu urgently needs a new direction of economic growth to demonstrate his ability to govern.

Now that the Western trade is opened, it is the best opportunity.

Guangdong was originally the largest import and export province in the empire, accounting for more than half of the annual export trade volume.

Now that the Indian route has been opened, Guangdong, the coastal province of the empire closest to India, will naturally benefit the most.

Even if many overseas trading companies have their headquarters in Shanghai, it does not matter. There are also many overseas trading companies in Guangzhou.

And most importantly, Chen Lifu doesn't just value the tax revenue and employment brought by these trading companies, but he also values ​​the take-off of Guangdong's manufacturing industry brought about by a large number of exports.

Guangdong is close to India, which has an advantage in transportation cost, and this advantage is not very obvious. Those trading companies want to run the Indian route, the most economical way is to buy and ship the goods in Guangzhou, and then go to India. The goods are sold, and the specialties of India are acquired, such as cotton, which is desperately needed in the country.

Then it is shipped back to China, and if it is shipped back to China, it is still shipped to Guangzhou.

These exchanges have made Guangzhou the most important area of ​​the empire's trade with India, West Asia and Europe. It is not only import and export trade, but more importantly, this model can make the Pearl River Delta region more important. The industry brings enough raw materials and markets.

There are abundant raw materials, a broad market, and Guangdong itself is relatively developed in industry and commerce. If this cannot be raised to a new level, then he, Chen Lifu, does not need to be the governor of Guangdong.

In order to seize the opportunity in the upcoming wave of Indian trade, Chen Lifu specially instructed the yamen in the Guangzhou Trade Zone to hold an import and export expo, so that those overseas traders can show the strong manufacturing power of Guangdong.

Among them are traditional export commodities, such as porcelain or something.

But more important are all kinds of industrial products, such as glass, matches, cotton, woolen, all kinds of cold weapons, and even matchlock guns, shotguns, ships, and so on.

Of course, some things that are explicitly prohibited from exporting are impossible. For example, all kinds of mechanical equipment, large-caliber long-barreled artillery, steam engines, and even springs are strictly prohibited from exporting.

Basically, the commodities that Datang can produce and are allowed to export can basically be found in the trade area of ​​Guangzhou.

After all, the Guangzhou Trade Zone is the first large-scale trade zone in China. Although it was later surpassed by the Shanghai Trade Zone, it is still the second largest in China.

In July, after the empire's reform of Datang Western Trading Company was settled, the first batch of overseas trading companies that spent a lot of money and applied for Western trading licenses can't wait to buy all kinds of goods in Guangzhou. , and then shipped to India.

The reformed Datang Western Trading Company is also listed again, but its market value has shrunk by 40%. The remaining market value of more than 100 million is mainly due to its huge industry, colonial tax dividend rights and It is maintained by the huge merchant fleet of Datang Western Trade itself.

Before the re-listing, Datang Western Trading Co., Ltd. had been suspended for three months. During these three months, the investment institution specially established by the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises will use government bonds to repurchase all the company's shares, including the Royal Assets Division. Stocks owned, stocks owned by enterprises under the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, stocks owned by private investment institutions and individuals.

All stocks will be converted into equivalent treasury bonds. Of course, the interest of this special treasury bond is very low, basically only ensuring that their principal will not lose, and the interest will be very small.

Because before the suspension of trading, the company's stock price plummeted by more than ten percentage points due to various rumors, and the market value is only more than 180 million.

For the entire repurchase program, the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises used special government bonds worth 180 million yuan.

As a result, Datang Western Trading Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises.

After the completion of nationalization, Datang Western Trading Company was listed again, but when it was listed again, its market value was only 100 million.

To put it bluntly, the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises suffered a direct loss of 80 million yuan in name, but the 60 million yuan will obviously not be paid by the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, but will be extracted from future trade license revenue and Western trade taxes.

After the re-listing, there are still many investment institutions buying stocks, and soon the market value has risen from more than 100 million points of the re-listing to 120 million.

However, the suspension, share repurchase and re-listing of Datang Western Trading Co., Ltd. have nothing to do with Chen Lifu, and he does not care about the life and death of the company's investors.

He personally took the lead, met with the heads of many overseas trading companies, and even found relationships by himself, and asked the navy to help **** these merchant fleets.

The navy paid more attention to this first large-scale private trade to India for the merchant fleet, and agreed to send warships to **** them all the way from Malacca to Gehe.

As a result, in the history of the Datang Empire, the first Indian trading fleet that was not from the Datang Western Trading Company officially set sail from Guangzhou Port.

The fleet of the first batch was not large, with only a dozen or so merchant ships. A total of five overseas trading companies participated. For the sake of safety, these merchant ships were all armed merchant ships, and they were all equipped with steam engines.

Although it is impossible for the steam engines of these civilian merchant ships to be like the naval warships, they use relatively low prices, mature and stable parallel-bar steam engines for performance regardless of price, and the power is not very good. At most, they are only used as auxiliary power. These ships equipped with steam engines are still hoisting other traditional sailboats in terms of maneuverability.

These more than ten merchant ships left Guangzhou fully loaded with goods, then went south along the coastline of the Nanyang Peninsula, and then arrived in Malacca. After resting and replenishing, they will cross the Strait of Malacca and then enter the Indian Ocean, all the way to various major cities in Myanmar and India. Colonial port under Don control.

Their final destination is Gehe Prefecture, which is Datang's largest colonial city in India, and also Datang's largest commercial port on the eastern coast of India. Basically, Datang sells various industrial products to India. , more than 80% pass through this port, and then enter the hinterland of India through inland rivers and land transportation.

Because of the use of steam engines as power, the speed of these merchant ships is very fast, mainly because there is no need to specially adapt to the monsoon and ocean currents, and under certain circumstances, they can directly cross the windless sea area, shortening the overall route.

But even if the speed is fast, it is estimated that it will take a few months for them to return.

And the domestic businessmen obviously cannot wait for them to return before organizing the second batch of fleets.

In fact, there is no need for the government to promote the organization. The overseas trading companies of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com are already like sharks smelling blood, and they have rushed to India one after another. Most of them are going to Myanmar and India On the eastern coast, some are bold, and even plan to trade directly on the western coast of India and even West Asia.

By September, at least 80 of the more than 100 overseas trading companies in China had applied for Western trade licenses and participated in Indian trade.

This situation makes Chen Lifu, who is in charge of Guangdong, quite excited.

Because when these trading companies run the Indian route, they almost always use Guangzhou as the departure port, and purchase a large amount of export goods in the Guangzhou trade zone.

In the three months since the launch of the Indian route, the export volume of Guangdong has increased by at least 300% compared with the same period last year.

This is a three-fold increase. Chen Lifu was stunned when he saw it.

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