Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1728, Auto Oil Fever
Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of smart people in Ming Dynasty. Li Chunyang of Four Seas Trading Company can clearly see the future development prospects of automobiles and oil, and prepares to invest heavily in them. Others can also see the prospects of automobiles and oil, and prepare to enter the automobile industry and oil industry.

In a garden in the capital, a group of emerging capitalists gathered together.

Although these people are not noble and wealthy, but because they followed the trend of the times, they established factories, overseas colonization, overseas trade and colonial trade, and they also quickly made a fortune and became the emerging capitalists of Ming Dynasty.

Although they are still far behind the top big capitalists such as Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, and Li Chunyang in strength, they are the middle force in the development of capitalism in Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, each of them is actually worth quite a lot of money, often worth several million taels, or even tens of millions of taels of silver. In the past, they were all comparable to Huizhou merchants and salt merchants. up.

Of course, Daming imports too much silver now. Although he is worth several million taels of silver, he is a very rich man, but he is still not considered a wealthy family.

"This car, I bought one on purpose and disassembled it. As a result, it is composed of an internal combustion engine and a few wheels. It is such a simple thing that it still costs more than 6000 taels of silver. The profit in it is very large, and I estimate that its cost may be about one or two hundred taels of silver."

Chen Shou looked extremely angry and said: "It's really maddening. They can earn thousands of taels for selling one car, tens of thousands of taels for selling 10 cars, and hundreds of thousands of taels for selling 100 cars. .”

"Car sales are booming now. In the capital city alone, it is said that their orders have already been placed for a few months. The Mercedes-Benz car factory can now produce more than a dozen cars a day, which is worth tens of thousands of taels a day. It can be tens of millions of taels a year."

"Is there a more profitable business than this in the world?"

When he said this, Chen Shou's eyes turned red.

It’s not that I don’t know, but I’m shocked. It seems that the output of this small car is not high. It only produces a dozen cars a day, but who knows that it can make a profit in a year. Thousands of taels of silver.

This is faster than robbing a bank to get money.

"Isn't it? Otherwise, the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory would not have opened several factories in various places in Daming, and invested tens of millions of taels of silver in it."

"It is said that the crown prince and Mr. Liu have invested 10 million taels of silver in a joint venture to build three super-large factories, which can produce more than [-] cars a year. It’s like rolling water.”

Dong Mingli also nodded solemnly, and then said with a sigh: "Compared with Mr. Liu's industry, these factories we run earn hard money."

"The prices of textile fabrics, cotton and wool have always been high, the machines are expensive, and the labor costs are high. Now the fabrics are not easy to sell, the competition is fierce, and the profits are really low."

"Mr. Liu is still very good. The business he does is a big business that makes a lot of money. This casually made a car is another big money business."

"What's the use of being envious of others? We can also build this car. Didn't Lao Chen just say that this car is very simple, just an internal combustion engine with four wheels."

"We can also learn to make internal combustion engines. It's not a difficult thing. As for wheels, we all have bicycle factories and we are making tires ourselves. Other things are simpler and not difficult."

"How about we big guys partner up and run a car factory?"

Shen Kang thought for a while and suggested.

"I want it, I want it~"

"I called everyone here today, in fact, to discuss with you about investing in the construction of a car factory and making cars."

When Chen Shou heard this, he immediately shook his head.

"This car is not difficult, in fact it is very simple, just a few parts."

"But it is definitely the trend of future development. Whether it is used to carry people or transport goods, it has many advantages. Compared with horse-drawn carriages, its biggest advantage is its strength and speed."

"The carriage can only walk on flat roads. When encountering uphill and downhill, the carriage is very troublesome. You can't pull it when you get on the carriage. When you get off the carriage, you have to worry about going too far and things you can't control."

"But the car doesn't have to worry about this problem at all. It has very strong power, it is very powerful when going uphill, and it has a braking system when going downhill, so it is very stable."

"I'm sure, this car will develop rapidly in the future."

"Now not only Liugong's Mercedes-Benz car factory is vigorously expanding, Sangong Commercial Bank has also raised tens of millions of taels of silver to invest in the construction of a large-scale automobile factory, and there is also news that Sihai Commercial Bank is also preparing to invest in car manufacturing gone."

"If we big guys keep up now, we can still eat meat and drink soup in the future, but if we don't keep up, I'm afraid we will only be able to watch others eat meat and drink soup in the future."

"I am also very optimistic about the development prospects of this car. The price of the car is still too high now. It costs several thousand taels of silver, and the sales volume is not very large. Only the really rich can afford it."

"However, if the price of a car can be reduced to a few hundred taels of silver, there will be a lot of people who can afford it, and it can even be said that even ordinary people can afford it."

"At that time, our Daming's car sales will be very large. It is no problem at all to sell millions of cars a year. Millions of cars, what a huge market this is, they are If we can’t finish eating, we will definitely be able to get meat to eat.”

"And we specialize in making cheap cars. They sell a car for a few thousand taels, and we sell a car for a few hundred taels. We earn 100 taels of silver for a car, and we can produce 10 cars a year. Ten million taels of silver."

"If millions of cars can be produced a year, it will be a huge profit of hundreds of millions of taels of silver."

Dong Mingli followed Zheng and nodded.

Hearing Dong Mingli's words, everyone immediately became slightly excited. Money is hard to earn, and good deals are hard to come by. If this is the case, this car deal is really possible.

"I voted five hundred thousand taels of silver~"

"I also voted five hundred thousand taels of silver~"

"Sounds good, I'll invest five hundred thousand taels of silver too."

As some people stood up and expressed their willingness to invest, others also expressed their opinions one after another. One person raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and all the people present together raised tens of millions of taels of silver.

Here in the private room on the top floor of Wanghai Building in Tianjin, a group of people gathered together, but what they discussed was not cars, but oil.

"I've already found out the situation. The kerosene and gasoline are distilled from petroleum. This petroleum is Menghuoyou."

"Oil itself can burn, and it burns very fiercely, but if it is burned directly, the black smoke is too large, too thick, and it is also poisonous, and it also has a very unpleasant pungent smell."

"After distillation and dry distillation, oils such as kerosene and gasoline will be separated from the petroleum, and the use of these oils for combustion is completely different."

"Not only is there no smoke, but it is also non-toxic, and the pungent smell is much smaller. Now it has become the first choice for lighting in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Compared with whale oil, it is very cheap."

Xiang Yan explained the oil situation in detail to everyone present.

"In that case, is this oil business really possible?"

Ge Qing thought for a while and asked.

"Of course it can be done. I have already inquired about the situation of the Daming Petroleum Company. This is the property of the emperor and Mr. Liu. Who is Mr. Liu? He will never do business at a loss. The key is what he does. That’s really big business in every industry.”

Xiang Yan nodded and said, "Besides, the cost of mining this oil is very low. When you drill a well, the oil will spray out by itself, and then connect it with a pipe, just like filling water."

"After dry distillation and distillation, it becomes kerosene and gasoline that can be sold for money, and this gasoline can also be used for burning cars."

"It seems that there are not many cars now, but I estimate that soon, cars will appear in every corner of my Ming Dynasty, and when they burn up, the demand for gasoline will increase greatly."

"I heard that Sangong Commercial Bank and Sihai Commercial Bank have sent people to search for oil in various parts of Daming. Now that they have found an oil field, they can sit and collect money in the future."

"Is it really that easy to make money?"

Someone thought for a while and said.

"We'll know if we can make money or not. Anyway, it's just hiring some people to dig oil wells and find oil. How much money can we spend?"

"If you find an oil field and refine it yourself, or sell it to Daming Petroleum Company, it's a profitable business."

Xiang Yan said.

"Yes, yes, Boss Xiang is right. No matter what, we have to give it a try."

Ge Qing followed suit and nodded.

"The big guys work together?"

"We also opened an oil firm, specializing in the business of finding oil or refining oil. I believe it will definitely make money in the future."

"I personally offer one hundred thousand taels of silver~"

Xiang Yan suggested that he was also the first to contribute money.

"I also offer one hundred thousand taels of silver~"

Ge Qing continued.

"I'll pay one hundred thousand taels too~"

"I'll pay [-] taels~"

Others looked at it, thought about it, and paid money one after another. The business that Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and the others are doing is definitely not wrong. It must be a business that will make a lot of money. Now it must be with Go up, otherwise you will only be able to watch others eat meat and drink soup in the future.

(End of this chapter)