Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1507, Crazy Rubber

In a luxurious garden somewhere in the capital, many bigwigs gathered together. Among them were Zhang Mao, the British Duke, Xu Guangzuo, the grandson of Ding Guogong, and Li Chunyang from the Four Seas Trading Company. party.

"If there is no rubber, there is no way to make tires. Our bicycle factory can't work at all. What should we do?"

"In order to build this bicycle factory, I spent more than three million taels of silver. Seeing that everything is ready, who would have thought that the rubber would be given to the owner."

Li Chunyang from Four Seas Commercial said anxiously.

Li Chunyang's Four Seas Trading Company is connected to all over the world, and his business is huge, involving all aspects, no matter in Daming, or in various regions of the world, he has business, he can be said to be the God of Wealth worthy of the name of Daming.

But now, he also has troubles. Since the appearance of bicycles, he has seen that bicycles have extremely promising prospects, and quickly raised funds to build a large bicycle factory here in Tianjin.

All the work has been done, and now the only thing missing is the previously inconspicuous rubber.

"My family's bicycle factory is still not the same. There is no rubber, so I can only do it anywhere."

Zhang Mao also said helplessly.

He, Zhang, has always liked to do business with Liu Jin. Originally, when Liu Jin opened the Mercedes-Benz bicycle factory, he wanted to get a stake in it, but Liu Jin said at the time that the business had no great future.

In addition, he also felt that this bicycle was not as comfortable as a horse-drawn carriage, nor could it carry as many goods as a horse-drawn carriage, so he didn't look at this bicycle, so he didn't put his face into it.

Who knew that bicycles are so popular now, they have swept the entire Ming Dynasty in a very short period of time, and even now they have begun to spread abroad.

Owning a bicycle Yanran has become a fashion symbol, especially loved by those who work in factories in Beijing and Tianjin.

The sales are very hot. The bicycles have been pre-sold before they are produced. They have calculated carefully that the cost of a bicycle is less than ten taels of silver, but it is sold for more than twenty taels. Silver, the profit in which is very large.

He, Zhang, has been to the workshop where Mercedes-Benz bicycles are produced. With the rotation of the steam engine, bicycles on the assembly line are continuously produced, and the value is faster than printing money.

So it also spent a huge amount of money, spending millions of taels to build a bicycle factory here in the capital.

"This rubber is all in the hands of that brat Liu Jin, and he has a big factory to use it himself, so I'm too embarrassed to ask him for it."

Zhang Mao seemed very helpless. Now the production capacity of rubber is limited, which cannot meet the demand of the market at all, and all of them are in the hands of Liu Jin.

Liu Jin himself has a very large demand for rubber, and it is not enough now. Naturally, there is no reason to sell it to outsiders. His old Zhang has also approached Liu Jin several times, but Liu Jin has no way to take care of this kind of matter related to his own industry. open.

"Back then, Liu Jin asked me to grow rubber together in Nanyang. At that time, I felt that this thing was useless, and it would take seven or eight years to start producing rubber. It would be better to grow sugar cane to get money quickly, so I just used each type."

"I really regret it. At that time, rubber saplings were very cheap. If tens of thousands of acres were planted, there would be no need to worry about rubber now."

Xu Guangzuo also said regretfully, Liu Jin is his brother-in-law, he helped him a lot and gave him advice, but sometimes, he also has his own ideas, now it seems that it is better to listen to Liu Jin more.

"When it comes to this matter, I also regret it."

"Liu Jin also told me about the rubber back then. At that time, I thought it was useless, and I was more optimistic about planting sugarcane."

"Who knew that the price of sugar cane has been falling all the way now, and the income of the plantation is not getting better every year, and even the slaves can't support them."

"I wish I had listened to Liu Jin's suggestion and planted some rubber."

Zhang Mao also regretted and said: "Now a barrel of rubber sells for hundreds of taels of silver, and this acre of rubber plantation will produce a few barrels casually, which is a few hundred taels of silver. If you plant [-] mu, a It can bring in several million taels of income every year."

"I knew Liu Jin couldn't do a loss-making business. At that time, growing sugarcane was so profitable that he could not do it. Instead, he planted rubber. It would take seven or eight years to produce it. I knew that He must have already planned all of this."

Where Zhang Mao complained about Liu Jin, the people around him only dared to listen and didn't dare to say anything.

Now Zhang Mao is the only one who dares to say that Liu Jin is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Mr. Zhang, I have invited you here this time. In fact, I still hope that you can go out and talk to Mr. Liu, and ask him if he can spare some rubber for us. Our factory can't just stop like this, right? Give us some rubber, if the price is more expensive, it will be more expensive, at least let our factory turn around."

Li Chunyang smiled, and then said to Zhang Mao.

Li Chunyang's host today is naturally for a purpose. He is very clear in his heart. Zhang Mao and Xu Guangzuo are hard-core allies on Liu Jin's side. If they are in trouble, it is impossible for Liu Jin not to help. Yes, some rubber will be given to the two of them.

But Li Chunyang and the others are different. It is not so easy for them to obtain rubber. Now that the rubber is basically in Liu Jin's hands, they can only find a way to get some rubber from Liu Jin's hands and maintain the factory first. Moreover.

"Liu Jin doesn't have enough for himself. The current output is a drop in the bucket."

Zhang Mao smiled and shook his head, who doesn't know your plan yet.

Millions of taels of silver were poured into the construction of a bicycle factory. Without rubber, I could only stare here, watching helplessly where my money could not be moved, and doing anxiously.

But Liu Jin gave you the rubber, and his own bicycle factory is not enough, and he has to cultivate competitors. Liu Jin would not be so stupid.

"I also know that Mr. Liu is not enough by himself, but I still ask Mr. Zhang to ask for help."

Li Chunyang said helplessly that he was actually too embarrassed to speak up. After all, Liu Jin himself was not enough, and he had to cultivate competitors.

Li Chunyang's bicycle factory will be put into production, and the bicycle factory produced will compete with Liu Jin's Mercedes-Benz bicycles.

No matter from that point of view, he couldn't go directly to Liu Jin for rubber.

But millions of taels of silver have been thrown in, so we can't just sit there and watch.

"Okay, okay~"

"I will ask for you, who told me to eat people with short mouths and short hands."

Zhang Mao looked at Li Chunyang and nodded helplessly.

"Thank you Mr. Zhang, thank you Mr. Zhang~"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunyang quickly expressed his thanks.

"I don't know if it will be successful or not. It's useless to thank me. The key is to find a way to get rubber."

"This rubber is no different from ordinary things. It needs to be planted seven or eight years before it can be tapped. We can only plant rubber now, but it will take seven or eight years to tap."

"That's right, this rubber is valuable, and the rubber saplings are also very expensive, and they are all in the hands of Mr. Liu. A rubber sapling used to sell for ten saplings for one tael of silver, but now one costs five taels of silver. Really. Expensive!"

"There's nothing you can do about it being expensive. If you don't plant it now, it will be even more expensive in the future."

"Yes, yes, it's a bit expensive, but rubber is expensive, and it's a good deal. This rubber can be used not only for tires, but also for many other purposes. I'm sure its price will continue to rise. "

"This year there will be more than one hundred taels of silver per barrel, and next year it may cost more than two hundred taels of silver per barrel."

"Is it still going to go up to the sky?"

"It's hard to say~"

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In Nanyang Danhe City, Zhao Ming and his housekeeper Hussein drove a four-wheeled carriage to thank his friend Xia Shuwen. The carriage was full of all kinds of good things, including wine from Europe , ginseng from Liaodong, fur from Winter City, etc.

Just this cart of gifts cost Zhao Ming hundreds of taels of silver, the cart was so full that even the horses pulling the cart seemed to be struggling.

But Zhao Ming didn't feel distressed at all, and even the tigress in the family agreed with this. He should definitely thank his friend Xia Shuwen.

If Xia Shuwen strongly suggested Zhao Ming to plant some rubber back then, Zhao Ming would not have the chance to make a fortune this year.

The price of rubber has risen sharply this year, and Zhao Ming’s rubber plantation just started to produce rubber this year. Although it is the first time to tap rubber and the output is limited, the rubber plantation of more than [-] mu in the family still produced thousands of barrels of rubber, which were sold. The sky-high price of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be said to be an overnight fortune.

So much so that now Zhao Ming walks a little bit adrift. Who would have thought that he just followed his friend's advice and planted more than a thousand acres of rubber at the beginning, and now it can bring such a huge profit.

"Hussein, the Chinese New Year is about to come. Order me to kill a few fat pigs, a few fat sheep, chickens, ducks and geese during the Chinese New Year, so that the slaves at home can have a good New Year."

Zhao Ming, who was in a good mood, thought of the huge sum of money in the bank, and thought of the New Year coming soon. It was a very rare and generous time, and told the butler beside him.

"Okay, master~ I will definitely arrange it properly."

Hussein, a Persian on the side, quickly nodded and remembered that he was originally a slave of Zhao Ming's family, and later he helped Zhao Ming do things, and he has been doing well. Finally, Zhao Ming gave him freedom and let him be a housekeeper, responsible for helping Zhao Ming Manage a huge plantation.

(End of this chapter)