1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 169

For a large firm like "Furuifeng", establishing various production, supply and marketing channels and relying on the price difference in the commodity circulation link is the main way to make profits, but it is not the only way. In addition to the business name under the name of "Fu Ruifeng", there are also hotels, restaurants, restaurants and even land scattered in the countryside near Guangzhou. The principle of diversifying investment to avoid business risks has long been understood.

As long as it is a profitable business, the first consideration of "Fu Ruifeng" is whether its profitability is worth getting involved in, rather than whether it has been done in this business before.Just like the one thousand catties of illegal salt shipped back to Guangzhou by the Yazhou branch last time, although "Furuifeng" has not trafficked illegal salt before, this does not prevent them from now getting involved in this extremely lucrative industry .The same goes for the arms business. For "Furuifeng", it was completely a business that Li Nai talked about on the spur of the moment, but this business adheres to the consistent operating principles of "Furuifeng". Business is never overlooked.

And when Li Nai set foot on the land of Shengli Port, he had already paid attention to the planning of this port.Li Nai's knowledge is much wider than that of Wei Ping, a small inspector who has been nesting in Yazhou. From Guangzhou Bay to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he has set foot in almost all the big ports, so he can tell the scale of the construction of Shengli Port. It is definitely not at the level of an ordinary fishing village wharf or a private port for merchants, and this also reflects from the side that the Haihan people have larger and longer-term plans for the place of Shengli Port.

Before coming to Shengli Port, Li Nai once believed that the refined salt and glass products sold by the Haihan people were bought from the Westerners in the South China Sea, but after coming here, he quickly overturned this idea—since the Haihan people can make their own Guns, then it is not surprising that there is the ability to produce refined salt and glass products.And Li Nai believed that the Haihan people would be able to turn Shengli Port into the most prosperous port at the southern tip of Qiongzhou Island within a few years.

The most important thing is that the Haihan people have guns and cannons and militia organizations that are infinitely similar to the army, which gives them enough self-protection capabilities-whether it is the South China Sea pirates or the Yazhou government, don't even think about easily intervening here affairs.The situation of the inspection department that Li Nai saw afterwards also confirmed this point.

Without the intervention of the local government, the local people are very stable. With the Shanghai Han Executive Committee, a very powerful but very disciplined local manager, where can we find a port like Shengli Port that is suitable for smuggling trade?Li Nai thinks this is a godsend opportunity. If his business doesn't seize the time to settle here early, it will be difficult for the Haihan people to develop and grow in a year or two.

Of course, before making relevant requests to the Haihan people, out of prudent consideration, it is still necessary to learn more about the situation here.Li Nai initially hoped to get some news from ordinary people, but when he saw that the children who were no more than three feet tall had already learned to say "serve the executive committee", he resolutely dismissed the original plan. idea.If you really want to ask those people for news, maybe you will be arrested directly by the Haihan people as spies, and there is no government here that can slowly file a lawsuit. All matters are decided by the Haihan Executive Committee. Li Naike didn't want to take too much risk for this kind of thing.

So apart from ordinary people, the only person Li Nai could choose to question was the inspection department.Li Nai concluded from his observations that although the people in the inspection department seemed to have "submitted" to the management of the Haihan people, there seemed to be a gap between them and the Haihan people, and the two parties should not yet be colluding with each other.So in the morning, when he got the chance, Li Nai took the initiative to talk to Wei Ping, hoping to make a breakthrough here.But he never expected that Wei Ping had similar thoughts to him, hoping to use "Fu Ruifeng" to help him complete his own plan.

Wei Ping waited for a while, saw that Li Nai and He Qiang were lost in thought for a long time, and just happened to have breakfast brought by his subordinates, so he coughed dryly and said: "You two, breakfast has been brought, let's eat while we eat. Speak."

Li He and the two came back to their senses, thanked them repeatedly and took the breakfast.Wei Ping waved his hand, and his subordinates retreated knowingly.

The content of breakfast was only very ordinary porridge, steamed buns and pickles, but the three of them didn't seem to put their minds on it.In the end, Wei Ping couldn't hold back, and said, "Based on what I've seen since I came here, the Haihan people have great plans. In the future, this place will definitely become prosperous gradually, and there will definitely be many opportunities to make a fortune."

"Inspector Wei has a great idea!" Li Nai echoed, "This place is a good natural port, and the Haihan people are well-managed. In time, more merchants will come here to trade, and it will become a big port just around the corner. I intend to set up a warehouse here and do some business along the way, but..."

"Just how?" Wei Ping immediately responded when he heard the game.

"It's just that the affairs of this place are all decided by the Haihan Executive Committee, so I'm still somewhat uneasy." Li Nai pretended to hesitate.At this time, if he hasn't seen that Wei Ping has other intentions, then all these years of family influence will be in vain.

Sure enough, Wei Ping comforted him: "If Young Master Li is worried about this, I have a solution."

Li Nai replied: "If there is any good way for inspector Wei, you might as well talk about it."

"How about I cooperate with your firm to do business, how about it?" Wei Ping asked straight to the point: "Whether it's a warehouse, a hotel, or a restaurant, I can usually let the inspector take care of it a little bit." , so Mr. Li must be able to rest assured."

Li Nai thought in his heart that you took the initiative to come forward, which saved me a lot of trouble.Li Nai didn't care about distributing some profits from the business to the inspection department. In fact, even if Wei Ping didn't mention it, he already had this plan.Although the Haihan people have developed very well here, who knows what will happen in the future?Will the government take back this place and expel the Haihan people?At that time, "Fu Ruifeng" will have the shield of the local inspection department, and it will be able to protect the local interests of "Fu Ruifeng".

Speaking of this, the intentions of both parties are already very clear, and what follows is nothing more than some detailed discussions on cooperation.The only point of contention is the distribution of benefits in the future. Although Wei Ping wants to stick to the [-]-[-] principle, since he doesn't have much cash to invest in, most of the investment amount still depends on "Furui" In the end, he had no choice but to agree to Li Nai's proposal of [-]-[-] splits. "Furuifeng" will get [-]% of the local operating income, while Wei Ping and the inspection department will get the remaining [-]%.

In addition, the two parties still need to discuss many details slowly, such as operating projects, personnel arrangements, division of responsibilities, time and method of settlement, etc., which is also quite time-consuming.

Tao Donglai and Schneider stood on the wall of the No. [-] base, paying attention to the small movements of these people.

Tao Donglai said: "This Li Nai is really a bit dishonest. You didn't let him get in touch with Wei Pingduo yesterday, but you took the opportunity to get in touch with him today."

Schneider smiled and said: "This is also normal. Although he came to do smuggling business, he still has more trust in the government in his inherent concept. If he is not allowed to deal with the inspection department, he may not let him go." Make up your mind to continue to cooperate with us.”

"You're easy to plan." Tao Donglai shook his head helplessly and said, "I just hope they don't come up with any tricks. If Li Nai turns out to help Wei Ping escape from here, then we really won't be able to deal with it."

"That Young Master Li is not stupid, he will not do such a thing that is not beneficial to himself." Schneider was very confident in his calculation: "In my opinion, he should have some other ideas about our place. "

"Oh?" Tao Donglai said with a smile: "It seems that our investment promotion plan will be launched."

"I think there is a great chance." Schneider said: "If we go to Guangzhou to do business, we will also first find a foothold in the local area, just like what we did in Yazhou. A mature firm like 'Furuifeng', I will definitely consider this issue - if Li Nai doesn't think about it in this direction, I will doubt his sincerity of cooperation."

"Then let them talk slowly first, and after they finish talking, go to the Saltworks Commune according to today's schedule." Tao Donglai patted Schneider on the shoulder and said, "You just stare, I'll go and see those few Is the equipment needed by the Saltworks Commune ready?"

The renovation project of the Salt Farm Commune has been ongoing. Up to now, the land has been leveled and more than [-] mu of cement-bottom sun-dried salt ponds have been rebuilt, which has greatly improved production efficiency and actual output.The previous all-manual seawater lifting and irrigation device is also beginning to be gradually transformed into a new device that uses wind and animal power as energy sources.Today, when I take merchants to visit the Saltworks Commune, I will transport two sets of the latest wind-driven irrigation equipment for installation.As for the steam-powered irrigation equipment that coach Anxi has been waiting for, due to the insufficient production capacity of relevant departments, it cannot be manufactured for the time being, and it will not be assembled until the first half of next year at the earliest.

After half an hour, the three of them finally finished their discussion, and Wei Ping went back to the small courtyard of the Inspection Department with a satisfied expression on his face.Schneider came out to greet Li Nai and He Qiang, and asked them to follow him to the pier for a boat trip.

Schneider pointed to a pile of utensils that the workers were carrying onto the ship and said, "These things are all production equipment that will be transported to the saltworks for installation, and they need to be loaded on the ship first, so let's wait for a while."

Li Naiqi said: "Isn't this salt field in Victory Harbor?"

Schneider smiled and said, "Although it's not here, it's not far away. You'll know when you go there."

(End of this chapter)