Chapter 775 Lobbying senior executives

Of course, in addition to inferring Haihan's new trends through account information, the main purpose of auditing is to understand the recent operating conditions. Since the branches in Sanya have been regularly audited by Li Nai, the situation is relatively familiar.

If you just look around, you can find out whether there are any abnormalities. And these shopkeepers and managers all know that their third young master has a very close relationship with the Haihan people. If they find something wrong with the accounts, they can ask the Haihan people to reconcile the accounts at any time, so they don't dare to play with the account books.

What kind of trick is it to deceive the superiors and conceal the truth from the inferiors?

When looking through the cargo entry and exit records at his own terminal, Li Nai noticed that the data seemed to be somewhat inconsistent with his past impressions, so he asked: "Why have so many spices been imported from Nanyang recently?"

The steward in charge of the warehousing affairs at the dock is called Li Bing. He is also a member of the Li clan and can be regarded as Li Nai's peer in terms of seniority. However, he did not dare to put on any airs in front of Li Nai. Hearing this, he hurriedly bowed and responded: "Third Young Master, this is too much.

The Nanyang spices are not from Spain, but from Haihan."

"Why are Haihan's goods recorded under the Nanyang entry?" Li Nai asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Third Young Master, the records of these spices always only record the place of origin. As for the owner of the goods, they are separately recorded in the accounts of the merchant store. Therefore, the records of the dock warehouse only say that they are from Nanyang." Li Bing reminded carefully.

Li Nai patted his head lightly and said: "I have been looking at the account book for so long that my mind has become confused. I actually forgot about this."

Li Bing responded: "The third young master has many affairs, so it is reasonable that he does not remember these trivial things."

"However, the spices sold by the Haihan people used to be grown at home. Why are they still importing them from Nanyang now?" Li Naiqi asked: "Is it possible that they have already received too many orders for spices and they cannot supply them?"

"No, no, they didn't buy this spice in Nanyang and resell it to us." Li Bing waved his hand and said, "This is the product produced in Jinlan Port."

"Oh? The spices from Camlan Port have already started to be shipped?" This news surprised Li Nai a little.

"This is the first year the local plantation has produced. The volume is not large. It is said that next year will be at least twice as much as this year." Li Bing answered Li Nai's question in a positive tone.

Cam Ranh Port on the southern coastline of Annan was assigned to Haihan as a concession area after the Annan Civil War. Although Li Nai has not been there personally, he has heard that the local port conditions are very good, and even as far away as

Above Sanya, Haihan intends to build the area into a large comprehensive port. Of course, in the development of ancillary projects in surrounding areas, some of Haihan's flagship products are naturally indispensable, such as tropical cash crops with extremely high returns.

As an investor with a keen sense of smell, "Furuifeng" will naturally not easily let go of investment projects endorsed by the Haihan Executive Committee. Therefore, there are also "Furuifeng" and other investments in the local plantation park in Cam Ranh Port.

The merchant's shares are included in it. The return method chosen when signing the agreement is to obtain a certain physical share from the local output in the future. These Nanyang spices recently arrived at Sanya Port and were sent to the "Furuifeng" warehouse.

It is the share of "Furuifeng" in the local output of Cam Ranh Port.

"Haihan people... move really fast!" Li Nai had nothing to say about this except sighing.

Haihan's speed in developing overseas colonies is indeed astonishingly fast. It has only been more than two years since the Annan Civil War ended, but colonial areas like Cam Ranh Port that have not been developed for too long have already begun to produce output. Li Nai believes

This is enough to put Haihan's competitors in the South China Sea to shame.

Before Li Nai went south this time, he had heard that the Dutch suffered a huge defeat in Batavia, and almost even his hometown was ruined. This battle will definitely affect the Dutch's influence in the South China Sea.

Haihan's main rival in the South China Sea, the Dutch, will probably have a hard time climbing out of the hole. After all, the Haihan people are not merciful masters. If they catch this opportunity, they will definitely make trouble for the Dutch.

However, Li Nai's judgment is that Haihan will probably not go south immediately. After all, Ambona Island has only been in the hands for less than half a year, and the scale of local development is not estimated to be able to support the supplies needed by the Hainan Fleet to go south in a large scale. Therefore, Li Nai

Nye's judgment was that Heihan would cause trouble for the Dutch elsewhere - such as the big officials across the sea from Fujian. The local Dutch were alone overseas and weak, and Batavia was also in trouble.

In the midst of trouble, they would definitely not be able to reach such a far place. If the Haihan people, who were close to Danyuan Port, had not taken this opportunity to suppress the Dutch, then Li Nai would have looked down on them. Li Nai had previously expressed disdain for the Strait

The speculations made about the changes in the situation are also partly due to considerations in this regard.

Of course, no matter what, Cam Ranh Port now has output, which is definitely a good thing worth celebrating for investors like the Li family. Li Nai re-read the statistics on the storage of spices and silently made an estimate.

Based on the current market price in Guangzhou, I already have a rough idea of ​​the return on this investment. Although it cannot be said to be an astronomical figure, it should be reasonable to earn several thousand taels of silver by transporting it back to Guangzhou and selling it.

Li Nai couldn't blame Li Bing for not being detailed enough because of his previous negligence. Although he had the authority to check the accounts here, the spice business was indeed not the scope of his responsibility, and Li Bing had no obligation to take the initiative to report this to him.

change.

After checking only half of the accounts, it was already noon, so Li Nai took advantage of the situation and kept all the shopkeepers and supervisors to have lunch together. It took him almost two hours in the afternoon to finally complete this task in a daze.

Work.

After sending away his subordinates, Li Nai washed his face, and then ordered his entourage to prepare a sedan to go to the station. He planned to go to Fort Victory again today, continue to brief Schneider, and casually ask about co-organizing a newspaper in Guangzhou.

Is it feasible?

But Li Nai's luck didn't seem to be very good today. When he arrived at Fort Victory, he learned that Schneider had made an impromptu trip today and went to Yinggehai to inspect the work - it was said that he was going to cut the ribbon for the fourth phase expansion project of the local salt field that had just been completed.

Already.

Originally, it should have been Tao Dong's turn to do this job. After all, he was the head of the construction department. But unfortunately, the new port reconstruction project outside Haikou City was also completed today. Tao Donglai had no other choice but to do it.

Schneider was asked to take care of a nearby location, while he himself went to Haikou City in the north one day in advance.

Neither of the two visiting targets was at Fort Victory, so Li Nai had no choice but to make the third option, to talk to Ning Qi. After all, he knew that in addition to education and civil affairs, Ning Qi was also supervising culture and promoting this.

You can also talk to him about matters related to the newspaper and filing of newspapers.

Ning Qi was in his office, but when Li Nai found him, there were still four or five visitors lined up outside. They were all dressed as naturalized civilian cadres, but he was the only one who stood out in his scholar's uniform.

However, Li Nai would not stupidly wait at the end of the line. After all, he often traveled to and from the offices of various high-level personnel in Haihan, and the staff around these big shots had become familiar to them.

Ning Qi's secretary was a scholar who was unjustly imprisoned from Yazhou two years ago. After being rescued by Haihan, he was determined to become a naturalized citizen and has been working under Ning Qi ever since. Li Nai used to come to visit Ning Qi often.

, and he knew the secretary. After taking the initiative to say hello, the secretary asked him to wait for a moment and went into the room to inform Ning Qi.

It has to be said that people are familiar and easy to handle. After a while, the secretary came out and asked Li Nai to go in first to meet with Ning Qi. Li Nai, who had to continue queuing, handed over to the others and went in by himself.

Ning Qi was leaning on the desk and writing furiously. When he saw him coming in, he just nodded slightly to indicate that Li Nai didn't rush him and sat down on the chair next to him. After Ning Qi spent a few minutes writing the instructions,

He handed the document to his waiting subordinate and signaled him to leave.

"Boss Li is so anxious to find me, what's the big deal?" Ning Qi and Li Nai are also very familiar with each other, so they don't need to make polite greetings and get to the point directly.

"Come to Port Victory for business, and take a look at all of you old friends!" Li Nai put the small jar in his hand on Ning Qi's table: "I know you like drinking tea. This is Fenghuang Dancong produced in Chaozhou. Come back later.

Try it and if you like it, I’ll get you more later.”

"Boss Li, you are so polite for nothing!" Ning Qi picked up the jar and weighed it in his hands. He looked at Li Nai and joked with a smile: "Tell me, what can you ask me for help with?"

Li Nai said seriously: "Mr. Ning's words are obvious. You and I are gentlemen, how can I seduce you with small profits?"

"I didn't expect you to have such a strong sense of justice. I misjudged you." Ning Qi could not believe his words and continued to joke: "Then if you have nothing urgent, I will have to see you off first. You see

Here we are, there are still a bunch of people waiting to see me for help."

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Ning Qi was really planning to serve tea to see the guests off, Li Nai quickly gave up his plan to continue bickering and revealed the reason for his visit: "I do have something to ask you, please answer my question first, and then finish speaking

Just withdraw, I won’t delay you too long.”

"You tell me first and listen." Ning Qi nodded and responded.

"Yesterday, when I was reading the newspapers at home, I suddenly thought why this practice should be limited to the areas under your jurisdiction. For example, Guangzhou Prefecture can also follow the same instructions and open one or two newspaper offices. What do you think, Mr. Ning?" Li

Nai asked tentatively.

Ning Qi glanced at Li Nai: "Are you going to pay for the newspaper?"

Li Nai said sternly: "If Haihan thinks it is possible, I am indeed willing to invest and give it a try."

"Newspaper offices don't make money as quickly as sea trade," Ning Qi reminded.

"I understand this." Li Nai nodded and responded: "I am not bringing this up to you just to make money. Even if this business is not profitable, I am still interested in trying the water."

"It seems that you have considered the causes and consequences very clearly." Ning Qi said with a smile: "Then do you think your Lao Li family's influence in Guangzhou is not strong enough?"

"Isn't the influence of Lao Li's family equal to the influence of Haihan?" Li Nai responded: "After all, this matter of running the newspaper cannot be done without your help."

Li Nai had already thought about this matter clearly last night. When running a newspaper in Guangzhou, the Li family's connections and financial resources are not a big problem. The key is to have knowledgeable people to take charge of this matter. Otherwise, you can only rely on your own half-knowledge.

A layman would be damned if he could run the newspaper well. If this is done, indeed as Ning Qi mentioned, the influence and voice of the Li family in Guangzhou will definitely increase, but

The corresponding benefits will definitely not be exclusive to the Li family, Haihan will definitely also get a lot of benefits from it. Things that Li Nai can think of with his toes, Ning Qi must have already thought of.

Li Nai doesn't intend to go back and forth with Ning Qi on this matter, because this matter is not very urgent for both parties, but if it is done, both parties will benefit. He knows

Ning Qi will definitely not reject his suggestion. The only uncertainty is what kind of request Ning Qi will make for this kind of cooperation.

"I personally don't object to your proposal." Sure enough, Ning Qi's answer was just as Li Nai expected: "If you can handle the government's emotions on your behalf, I think this is indeed a feasible project."

If you say that Haihan has never thought about publishing newspapers in Guangzhou, it is definitely a lie. But this kind of thing is indeed very sensitive. As long as the local officials are not stupid enough to explode, they will naturally be aware of the harm that this kind of propaganda method has to the authority of the Ming Dynasty.

How big is that? If the Liaison Office in Guangdong takes the lead in this matter, 99% of the time it will be banned by the government. Even if they don't dare to offend Haihan too much, they will definitely try their best to prevent the distribution of this kind of publication in Guangzhou.

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But if the main body in charge of this matter had a different role, maybe the effect would be somewhat different. Even though everyone in Guangzhou knew that the Li family was closely related to Haihan, no one in charge of the Li family openly defected to Haihan.

They are still citizens of the Ming Dynasty. And the Li family's local connections are enough to make the government turn a blind eye, as long as they don't go too far with their remarks.

"As for the government, I can go out to lobby, so there is no need to worry." Li Nai said with confidence: "The prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture, notifications, general judges, officials, commanders of the city guards, colleagues, and officials, all

It’s not a problem, we can bear all the costs of opening the joints.”

"So generous? Boss Li really impresses me!" Ning Qi praised.

Li Nai waved his hand and said: "Whether or not you do this, you have to burn incense for your yamen every year. Anyway, you have to burn incense, so you don't have to ask them to do one more thing. The money spent will be spent later."

Just make it back through revenue from advertising and the like.”

"It's very thoughtful!" Ning Qi gave a thumbs up this time. He could see that Li Nai had already considered the future profit methods and was indeed not joking.
Chapter completed!