Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2084, Cheap Food from Ming Dynasty
At Lida's flour mill in Dafeng Town, Heitu Province, many workers are busy producing, sending bags of good wheat into the machine.

Accompanied by the roar of the machine, at the exit, the white and soft blush came out, and the bags were quickly packed and packed, and then carried to the car, which would send the flour to the train station, through The trains were then transported further west to the Border Town area, where they were eventually sold to Europe.

"Everyone, work hard. When the work is over, I will send you mutton."

Li Da inspected his factory with a smile on his face. Originally, it was just because there was too much food in the house and could not be sold. Later, he changed to raise cattle, sheep and pigs.

In order to facilitate breeding, this flour mill was set up, which is convenient for grinding wheat into powder to feed pigs, cattle and sheep.

As a result, the farm was severely cold in the winter of the previous year, and a large number of livestock froze to death, causing heavy losses. However, the flour mill's business has always been good.

The price of grain here in Black Soil Province is very cheap, especially the price of wheat. This family has a large amount of grain hoarded in the warehouse and cannot sell it. If someone buys it, the price is negotiable.

The price is cheap, but the quality of the wheat in Heitu Province is very good, not bad at all compared to the wheat in Liaodong, and it is one of the best quality wheat in Daming.

Because Black Earth Province is close to Europe, there have been many famines in Europe in the past two years, and grain exports have always been very prosperous. This has also made Li Da's flour mill business very good, and a steady stream of money flows into his pockets when the machines are started.

Recently, Li Da even received a super big order. Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. has covered half a year's production of Li Da Flour Mill. For the next six months, no matter how much Li Da's flour mill produces, Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. It's all taken here.

For Li Da, this is undoubtedly great news. The production is running at full capacity, day and night, in two shifts, and the continuous wheat is turned into flour, and then shipped to Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. by train. place to go.

It is said that Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. has placed similar orders with many flour mills and rice mills in Heitu Province. The amount of grain requested is very large, and it seems that all the grain is sold to Europe.

Of course, these are not things Li Da needs to care about now. All he needs to do now is to continuously produce more flour. The more he produces, the more money he makes.

The price given by Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is very low, and the profit is very small, but it cannot support the large quantity. As long as the quantity is large, the profit is still considerable.

"Li Da, do you still want wheat here?"

At this time, a group of people came over and asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes~"

When Li Day heard this, he nodded quickly and said, looking at them again, they are all residents of the small town of Dafeng Town, and they are all acquaintances, and they all know each other.

"Great, I'm still worried that you don't want wheat, I'll go back and pull it over."

"Uncle Wang, let me tell you first, the money may not be paid to you until the beginning of next month, because the money for the flour is also paid to me at the beginning of next month."

"Okay, we are all acquaintances, and we still can't trust you."

"That's right, Brother Li still can't believe it?"

"Next month will be settled next month."

When the others heard it, they nodded their heads to express that there was no problem.

This year's grain harvest in Heitu Province has ushered in a bumper harvest, and because of last year's drought, everyone is worried that the food will not be enough. about times.

Every household has a large amount of grain piled up like a mountain, and they can't sell it. Now everyone has heard that Li Da's factory is harvesting grain on a large scale, so they come to ask.

Grain will rot if it is piled in the warehouse for a long time, and the price of old grain will only be cheaper. Naturally, if it can be sold, it will be more practical to sell it for silver.

"That's okay, everyone bring the food over and weigh it, I will write a note to everyone, and I will notify you when the payment is made next month."

Li Da saw that everyone was easy to talk, so he also said quickly.

There is no need to worry about the reputation of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company. It has a very good reputation. This is why Li Da is willing to do business. Can.

It is impossible to say that the settlement will be made next month. When the flour mill of my own is started, the food consumed in one month is very huge, not a small number.

Carloads of grain were loaded into cars, covered with tarpaulins, and pulled directly to the railway station in Dafeng Town. At the train station, there is now a special train for transporting grain, which will pass through Dafeng Town regularly.

Through this special grain train, truckloads of flour and rice were also transported to the area bordering Europe in Daming Heitu Province.

Houzhao City on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

At this time, Houzhao City has entered the cold winter, the wind is cold, the snow is fluttering, and the land is vast.

However, in the south of Houzhao City, on the concrete road leading to the nearest Principality of Lithuania, cars are driving south at high speed, and the cars are full of grain.

Inside the office building of the Black Earth Branch of Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. in Houzhao City.

Theodore, the Minister of Finance of the Holy Roman Empire, is negotiating with Xiong Shuwu, the head of the business here, about the purchase of grain.

The emperor of the Ming Empire expressed sympathy and support for the request made by Charles V to the Ming Empire, and agreed to export grain to the Spanish Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and Austria on a large scale.

This is undoubtedly great news for the hungry Holy Roman Empire, so after receiving the reply, he immediately came to Houzhao City to talk to Tianjin Ocean Trading Company about purchasing grain.

Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is one of the few commercial firms established by the Ming Dynasty to export grain to Europe, and it is also the most powerful commercial firm.

Grain trading is just the most common business of this huge business, and it accounts for a very small proportion.

"what?"

"It only costs 3 Wen a catty, and it's already ground flour and rice?"

Theodore couldn't believe it, and even wondered if he heard it wrong, or that the other party underreported a zero.

This Xiong Shuwu actually said that a catty of grain only sells for 3 Wen. This price is too low, too low, so low that it is unbelievable.

You must know that here in the Holy Roman Empire, even the price of wheat is more than 3 cents a catty, let alone the flour that has been hulled and ground into powder.

Now the people of Daming are willing to sell their grain at such a price, and they want as much as they want, which is really unbelievable.

"Yes, Mr. Theodore, three cents a catty, you heard me right, but we only accept cash settlement."

"This is what our emperor of the Ming Empire specifically asked and exhorted. Looking at the friendship between our emperor of the Ming Empire and Emperor Charles V, we sympathize with the famine you are experiencing now, and are willing to sell grain to you at the lowest price."

Xiong Shuwu smiled and nodded.

"Is there any problem with this food?"

Theodore thought for a while and said, I really can't believe that there is such a cheap grain, such a land price, Theodore believes that the people of Ming Dynasty must not have earned a penny.

Although Diodo had long heard that Ming's agriculture was extremely developed, a large number of mechanized farming techniques and models were used, the scale of cultivated land was huge, and the output was very large.

But no matter how large the output is, such a low price is unbelievable.

"Mr. Theodore, you are doubting the reputation and friendship of our Daming people. If there is a problem with food, you can come to me at any time!"

When Xiong Shuwu heard this, he immediately said angrily.

To be honest, this is the first time Xiong Shuwu has received this kind of unprofitable business, and he doesn't understand why the higher-ups do it this way. At the price of 3 Wen, his firm really doesn't make money, and even Possibly pay back.

But the above order is like this, even if you feel that you may lose money, you still have to sell it.

However, the other party suspected that there was something wrong with the food, which made Xiong Shuwu very angry. The golden signboard of Daming Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. was made of real money, and its reputation is well-known all over the world. It has never said such a thing happened.

"I'm very sorry, I just expressed shock at such a low price, and I didn't doubt the friendship from the Ming Empire, nor did I doubt the meaning of your firm."

Seeing that the other party was angry, Theodore hurriedly said.

But in his heart, he was thinking that he must check and inspect these grains from Daming when he turned around.

The business talks were very pleasant, and Theodore left Houzhao City soon with a load of grain.

The people of Ming Dynasty are very considerate in doing business here. The people of Ming Dynasty are willing to transport grain to the border. The Holy Roman Empire only needs to organize its own manpower to transport food to the border.

"There is no problem. These flours are all high-quality flour, very finely ground, and of very good quality."

"There's nothing wrong with the rice either, it's all good rice."

Back in the Holy Roman Empire, out of doubts about the quality of the grain, Theodore also inspected the grain shipped from Ming Dynasty on a large scale.

As a result, Theodore was even more different, because the grain sold by the people of Ming Dynasty had no problems. The flour was ground very finely for you, and it was all high-quality white flour, without any impurities in it.

The rice is also the best rice, every grain is complete without any impurities.

"The food of Daming people is too cheap!"

"Are they really so kind to help us?"

Theodore was a little dumbfounded. Even if he didn't believe it anymore, he had to admit the fact that he really bought high-quality grain at a very low price.

However, he always felt that the people of Ming Dynasty would not be so foolish as to miss the opportunity to make a fortune. There is a famine in Europe now, food is so expensive, and this can make a lot of money casually.

(End of this chapter)