Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1508, the priceless rubber plantation

"Well, it's Chinese New Year, so we should eat something good."

Zhao Ming nodded in satisfaction. The housekeeper made him feel at ease in doing things. Why has he kept the plantation at home in good order for many years, and he didn't make himself noisy.

"Next year, we will expand the plantation of rubber plantations to reclaim all the land around us."

After thinking about it, Zhao Ming, who has tasted the sweetness, decided to expand the rubber plantation next year. A rubber plantation of [-] mu of land can bring him hundreds of thousands of taels of income a year. Not really posted.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming couldn't help feeling hot, wishing he could plant all his plantations with rubber trees.

"Good sir~"

Hussein recorded it carefully again.

He was a Persian businessman, and later went to Ceylon Island to do business and settled down there. As a result, when the Western Union Company attacked Ceylon Island, the Persians on the island became slaves at once, and then were trafficked to Ming Dynasty. Here in Nanyang, it was finally bought by Zhao Ming.

In this plantation, he worked as a slave for several years. Relying on his previous ability to do business, he gradually became Zhao Ming's housekeeper, and also gained freedom from slavery.

"Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming~"

While the two were chatting about plans for next year, someone shouted hastily.

"Old grandson~"

As soon as Zhao Ming saw the person, he immediately stopped the carriage and greeted him with a smile.

The person who came was Sun Hongli. Like Zhao Ming, he was also the first person to immigrate to Nanyang. He also had a large plantation next to Zhao Ming's house.

"Zhao Ming, how much money did your family sell rubber this year?"

Because Sun Hongli and Zhao Ming are neighbors, they often walk and communicate, and often go to Danhe City together, so they have a good relationship. Sun Hongli also directly asked about Zhao Ming's rubber.

"Not much, not much~"

Zhao Ming said with a smile.

"This matter can be hidden from my eyes. I will know the next day. Your [-]-acre rubber plantation has at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash."

Sun Hongli's eyes were slightly red. He didn't plant rubber with him, so why has he been planting sugar cane for many years.

The price of sugarcane has been falling year after year, and it is getting worse every year, so that the income of his family's plantation is getting lower and lower. When he learned that Zhao Ming's rubber plantation has invested a lot of money, his eyes are red up.

"How can there be so much? There are still tens of thousands of taels of silver. My rubber tree only started producing rubber this year. The output is pitifully small, and there is not much silver at all."

Zhao Ming replied half falsely.

"Tens of thousands of taels of silver is not bad. It's only a thousand acres of rubber plantation. If I knew it, I would have planted thousands of acres."

Sun Hongli said regretfully.

"I didn't know that the rubber would be so valuable. Last year, you said that my rubber was useless at all."

Zhao Ming looked at his reddened eyes with a smile all over his face.

"You didn't regret it then~"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Do the rubber trees in your rubber plantation produce seeds? If so, sell them to me. I plan to plant some rubber trees, but these rubber saplings are too expensive now. A sapling costs five dollars." Two denarii."

"They are simply grabbing money. There are no expensive saplings."

When Sun Hongli said this, he seemed very angry. The price of rubber rose sharply, and so did the rubber saplings. It was too expensive to sell five taels of silver per tree.

"I have some seeds in my rubber plantation, but not many. I plan to expand the rubber plantation next year. I don't have enough for myself. Where can I sell extra rubber seeds to you?"

Zhao Ming thought for a while and replied.

"Old Zhao, what's the relationship between our two families? Why don't you help me?"

Sun Hongli immediately said unhappy.

"Okay, okay, I'll just give you some seeds."

The other party talked about this, and Zhao Ming had no choice but to promise to give the other party some seeds.

"Old Zhao, our brothers and sisters will settle accounts clearly. I definitely can't ask for this kind of money for nothing. What do you think?"

When Sun Hongli heard this, he immediately laughed happily, and then asked the price.

"One tael of silver?"

"Okay, okay, all my brothers."

When Zhao Ming heard it, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

This rubber plantation can not only sell rubber, but now even the seeds are worth a tael of silver. The seeds in this rubber plantation can be picked casually, which is a considerable income.

"Haha, I knew you were a brother. I'll treat you later. I walked up from Yihong Courtyard of Danhe City. I heard that there are new products. They are all high-class white slaves from Eastern Europe. The big one in front is beyond imagine~"

"Haha, easy to say, easy to say~"

Speaking of this, both Zhao Ming and Sun Hongli couldn't help showing smiles that only men can understand.

After bidding farewell to Sun Hongli, he continued to walk towards his friend, but before he had gone far, several groups of people hurried over on horseback.

"But Master Zhao Ming~"

When the other party saw Zhao Ming, he quickly bowed his hands and saluted.

"This is right, I don't know who you are?"

Zhao Ming looked at the other party, and the other party was obviously divided into several groups, and each of them was well-dressed, looking like the shopkeeper of a large commercial firm or something.

"I, Li Yuan, is the chief treasurer of Danhe City of Sihai Commercial Bank~"

Li Yuan, the leader of one of the group, introduced himself with a smile on his face.

"My next Zhang Wei is the general manager of Danhe City of Sangong Commercial Bank. This time I came to see Mr. Zhao to discuss something important~"

Zhang Wei, headed by another group next to him, also hurriedly said.

"I don't know why the two gentlemen are looking for me?"

Zhao Ming looked at the two and asked.

"Master Zhao, I heard that your family has more than [-] acres of rubber plantation and has started to produce rubber. I came here this time to buy the rubber plantation in your hands."

Li Yuan said quickly.

"If the rubber plantation is not for sale, if it is not for sale, we will not discuss this matter~"

When he heard that he wanted to buy his own rubber tree, Zhao Ming immediately shook his head, what a joke, how could he sell the hen that lays golden eggs.

"Master Zhao can set a price at will. Our Four Seas Trading Company has nothing else, but we still have money."

Li Yuan said very confidently that he had received an order from his superiors to purchase rubber vigorously. It would be best if he could buy ready-made rubber plantations. After many inquiries, he found out that there are two families in Danhe City who planted thousands of acres. Rubber trees, and now they have started to produce rubber.

When the higher-ups heard the news, they were immediately overjoyed and asked him to buy this rubber plantation at all costs. The Four Seas Trading Company needed this rubber circle so much.

Not only the rubber from the rubber plantation, but also the rubber seeds produced in the rubber plantation, which is related to the next planting and expansion of the rubber plantation.

"Don't sell it, don't sell it, I said I won't sell it~"

Zhao Ming immediately put on a straight face, looking extremely displeased.

"Master Zhao, our Sangong Commercial Firm is looking for you to negotiate the purchase of rubber and rubber seeds."

"Our Sangong Commercial Bank is willing to buy out the rubber and seeds produced by your rubber plantation at a high price. The current market price is 110 taels per barrel of rubber. Our Sangong Commercial Bank is willing to buy out the rubber produced by your rubber plantation at a price of 130 taels per barrel. In addition, we are also willing to buy out the seeds produced by the rubber plantation at a price of 2 taels of silver each."

Compared with Sihai Commercial Bank's proposal to buy the rubber plantation directly, Zhang Wei chose to directly buy out the rubber and seeds produced by the rubber plantation. In fact, it was equivalent to buying out the rubber and seeds in disguise.

"130 a barrel?"

"2 taels of silver for a seed?"

When Zhao Ming heard this, he was immediately attracted by this condition, which was much higher than the market price.

"We can sign a five-year agreement first, and if the market rubber price rises, we can also follow the market price to rise."

Seeing that Zhao Ming seemed to be very moved, Zhang Wei hurriedly spoke up.

"Master Zhao, our Four Seas Trading Company is also willing to buy out the output of your rubber plantation at the same price."

Li Yuan was in a hurry. If Zhang Wei bought it out, his trip would be in vain. Maybe the higher-ups would blame him. He was very aware of the urgent demand for rubber from the higher-ups.

"Master Zhao, Master Zhao~"

Before Zhao Ming could answer, another person came over in a hurry on horseback. Looking carefully, the clothes these people were wearing had the words 'Jiangnan United Firm' on them, and they were another big business with businesses all over the world. firm.

"Master Zhao, this is Chen Tianci, the general manager of Danhe City, Jiangnan United Commercial Bank. This time, I took the liberty to disturb you, mainly to discuss the purchase of the rubber plantation in your hands."

Chen Tianci looked at Zhang Wei and Li Yuan, and immediately recognized them. They were both the persons in charge of the Danhe City Commercial Firm. They had known each other for a long time, and they immediately guessed the purpose of each other's visit.

"Our Jiangnan United Commercial Bank is willing to bid three million taels of silver to buy the rubber plantation in your hands!"

Chen Tianci stretched out three fingers, and said directly and very proudly.

"Three million taels!"

"Sigh~"

When Zhao Ming heard this, he couldn't help taking a deep breath. Three million taels of silver was such a huge wealth. For a farmer like him, he couldn't even think about it.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he refused without hesitation: "The rubber plantation is not for sale, not for sale, no matter how much money you give!"

"Then we are willing to pay 150 taels of silver per barrel to buy out the rubber from your rubber plantation, Mr. Zhao. What do you think?"

When Chen Tianci heard this, he felt helpless immediately. He visited several planters who planted rubber, but none of them were willing to sell their rubber plantations.

"With the price of 150 taels of silver per bucket, are you Jiangnan United Commercial Bank crazy?"

When Li Yuan and Zhang Wei heard it, they couldn't help shouting out.

If the market allows you to play like this, the price of rubber will rise again, and it will be us who will suffer at that time, and competition is not played like this.

Didn't see that Zhao Ming was already happy, the price of this rubber has risen again, the price of this buyout has already risen to 150 taels of silver per barrel, God knows what price it will rise to next year.

(End of this chapter)