I want to be emperor

Chapter 904
In the summer and May of the 38th year of Chengshun, Jinshan Mansion in North America.

Its capital, Jinshan City, is currently the largest and most prosperous city in North America. It is not only a commercial center, but also a transportation center.

This is also the western beginning of the East-West Railway in North America. The East-West Railway extends eastward from Jinshan Port. At present, it can reach the hinterland of central North America. Although it has not yet reached the Mississippi River, according to the current construction progress, it is estimated that there will be another two The year is about the same.

Compared with an important city of railway transportation on land, Jinshan City is more important as the largest sea and even river port on the west coast of America.

Ships coming across the Pacific Ocean from the mainland will basically use this as their destination.

Therefore, Jinshan Port is currently the largest port in the Americas, and it is also an important port for many luxury ocean liners to board and unload passengers.

At this time, the latest generation of luxury flagship passenger ship Su Song of the Pacific Shipping Company was moored at the pier, and thousands of staff members on board were busy making final preparations for passengers to board the ship.

Su Song, this is a new generation of luxury ocean liner built by Pacific Shipping Company at a huge expense in order to challenge the high-end passenger transport business of Jiangnan Shipping Company and also to enhance the company's image.

Since Jiangnan Shipping Company successively built four Jiangnan-class [-]-ton luxury passenger ships and put them into operation, the competition in the maritime passenger transport market has become more and more fierce. Major shipping companies have invested in the construction of [-]-ton luxury passenger ships.

Among the latecomers in this series, Pacific Shipping is a relatively successful challenger and the biggest threat to the industry leader of Jiangnan Shipping Company.

In order to compete for the high-end passenger transport market, the two sides compete in all aspects.

Jiangnan Shipping Company watched other companies enter [-]-ton luxury passenger ships, and directly designed and built the Empire with a full-load displacement of [-] tons and its sister ship, the King. The maiden voyage caused a huge stir.

However, its main competitor is the Pacific Shipping Company. After learning that Jiangnan Shipping Company invested in the construction of the Empire three years ago, it also invested in the construction of the larger Su Song half a year later.

And the tonnage is larger, the speed is faster, and the decoration is more luxurious. It strives to overwhelm the Empire in all aspects, in order to seek the leading position in the high-end shipping market.

The full load displacement of this ship can reach an astonishing [-] tons, and it is the veritable number one ship in the contemporary Great Chu Empire. Even the battleships of the navy are inferior to it in terms of tonnage.

The ship is not only big, but also runs very fast. It is loaded with a large-scale and the most advanced triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, and it also uses the latest small water tube boiler. Such a powerful power unit also allows the ship to run Eighteen knots maximum speed.

At this time, it also exceeded the speed of most warships!
Because of the new generation of naval battleships, the general cruising speed is no more than twelve knots, and the maximum speed is only about fourteen knots.

As for cruisers, the maximum speed of the previous generation of cruisers could reach [-] knots, but the navy disliked it being too expensive, so the latest generation of cruisers has reduced the maximum speed to [-] knots in order to save costs...

Of course, the reason why the Su Song can run so fast with such a huge tonnage is not that the power units of this class of ships are more advanced than those carried by naval warships... In fact, naval warships, especially new-type battleships The power unit has always been the most advanced in technology, because the naval battleships use the combined steam engine, which is actually a combination of all the advanced technologies of the three major steam manufacturers.

However, private ships cannot use the combined steam engine. The combined steam engine is the three major steam engine manufacturers. Only the products of one of the three major manufacturers can be used, and it is impossible to use a combined steam engine that combines the respective advantages of the three major steam engine manufacturers.

Therefore, in terms of technical performance, the steam units carried on civilian ships are actually not as good as naval warships!

So why do civilian ships run faster than warships?

That's because the aspect ratio of warships is relatively small for the sake of protection, and the warships appear to be thicker and shorter. The smaller the aspect ratio, the faster the speed will naturally come down.

At the same time, the protective armor, the artillery and ammunition used to attack the enemy, the coal to ensure the endurance, etc., all need to occupy a large amount of ship tonnage and space, which leaves less space for the power unit.

However, private luxury passenger ships like the Su Song do not need to consider any protection and firepower, so there is no armor, no ammunition and main guns. At the same time, the aspect ratio of the ship can also be higher, and the navigation resistance is smaller.

In combination, more power units can be plugged in, which is more suitable for high-speed hulls, thereby obtaining faster speeds.

This is also the reason why private luxury passenger ships in the same period generally run faster than battleships.

On the luxury ocean liner Su Song, the designer frantically piled up more than 80 coal furnaces; 200 boilers; two main forces and one auxiliary, a total of three sets of steam units... The daily voyage alone consumes more than [-] coal. Ton.

Only in this way can this luxury ocean liner with a displacement of more than 6000 tons be able to run at eighteen knots.

The huge hull, high speed, and luxurious decoration everywhere made the Su Song sail for the first time in April this year. The maiden voyage from Songjiang to Jinshan Port has become the biggest news in this year's sailing industry, and has become the source of many dignitaries. Topics they like to discuss.

This makes the Jiangnan Shipping Company next door very upset...

Because a one-way first-class view ferry ticket from Jinshan Port to Songjiang Port on the Susong is priced at [-] Chu Yuan without any discount... Just looking at the price of the top-level first-class suite, you can tell that you are going directly to the Empire Yes, because the price of the top suite on the Empire is also [-] Chu Yuan.

But relatively speaking, the Su Song ship is bigger, faster, and more luxuriously decorated. Its first-class top view suite has a larger area and more luxuriously decorated.

What the Pacific Shipping Company wants is to take advantage of its latecomer advantage to suppress Jiangnan Shipping Company's new generation flagship Empire in all aspects.

But it doesn't matter, the competition between the two sides will not be over for a while, and the Jiangnan Shipping Company is not idle. Its new generation of luxury passenger ships is already under construction and is expected to be put into operation next year!

The full load displacement of that thing exceeds [-] tons, and the maximum speed reaches [-] knots. This ship is almost challenging the limit of the current shipbuilding technology of the Great Chu Empire.

As for the luxurious decoration, let alone... Compared to the high cost of the ship itself built with extremely advanced technology, the cost of the so-called luxurious decoration is only a small amount...

Besides, the cost of getting some gold-plated and silver-plated stair railings, door handles, faucets, precious wood furniture, carpets, lamps, etc., is nothing compared to the expensive cost of the entire ship.

However, the new-generation flagship will not be put into operation until next winter at the earliest. Before that, Jiangnan Shipping Company can only watch as the old rival Pacific Shipping Company seizes the title of the first luxury passenger liner.

As the newly-rising clothing boss in Jinshan City, Er Niu of the Song Dynasty who has become rich and rich, this is the first time he returns to China to visit his relatives, so naturally he can't wrong himself...or if he has money, he wants to show off.

I directly bought the top-class first-class suite on the return flight of the Su Song, and also bought second-class tickets for more than a dozen entourages.

What stands out is the ease of spending money!

He, Song Erniu... was no longer the penniless poor guy who could only sail across the ocean in a third-class cabin.

Instead, with a net worth of millions, the Song's clothing company under his name is booming, and the canvas tooling produced is sold well throughout the Americas and even sold back to China.

He, Song Erniu, is still a decent person now!
After the crew of the Susong was ready, they began to welcome the passengers on board, and Song Erniu, who was a first-class passenger, was naturally the first to board the ship, and he walked through the exclusive VIP passage, and was specially guided by someone.

He led the entourage all the way straight to the first class cabin, and when he came to the room under his roof, to be honest, Rao had become rich for several years, and Song Erniu did not spend less money to enjoy the world, whether it was for the sake of seeing the world or for the sake of self-esteem. I have experienced all kinds of high-end enjoyment, but I was still a little shocked by the luxury of this top suite.

At any rate, he is also a member of the upper class in Jinshan City... Although many upper class people regard him as a rich man with little quality and culture, or even taken advantage of him.

But Song Erniu didn't care...he knew very well that he was an uneducated upstart, and he didn't really go to the upper class to make friends...he was purely to expand his network.

Doing business requires personal connections and contacts. If you don’t get involved with the top local circles, you don’t know many businesses, let alone get involved.

As long as it's good for business, it's nothing to be taken advantage of to invite those so-called upper class people who have nothing but respectability pockets to be chic, and occasionally be said behind the back.

If his skin wasn't thick enough, his clothing business couldn't have grown so big in just a few years!
Besides, although some people in the upper class think that Song Erniu is uneducated and suddenly rich, he is still being taken advantage of.

But Song Erniu also thinks that many people have no family background, but they don't have any dry embroidered pillows in their minds. They just spend a little money to find an oiran for him to enjoy, and if he flatters him, he can put his father to sleep on that bed tonight. Talk about everything in the outside room...not to mention some trends in the family business.

So the so-called upper-class socializing in Jinshan City, for Song Erniu, everyone gets what they need... He has money, and they have a background in connections. Making money...is pretty good.

As for some core people in the upper class who are really capable, even if they dislike Song Erniu as an uneducated upstart, they will not dislike Song Erniu's money, let alone reject Song Erniu in business. .

Make money, it's not shabby!
And the first-class cabin on the Su Song is obviously the epitome of a small upper class.

Passengers who can afford to sit in the first class are not short of money... Either they are rich and powerful in the true sense, or they are wealthy businessmen.

After boarding the ship, taking advantage of the fact that there are still a large number of second-class and third-class passengers boarding, and the luggage of a large number of passengers is also being loaded, Song Erniu asked two personal maids to stay in the suite to pack, while he himself The secretary, who had graduated from a local junior college and was invited at a high price, left the room and went to the exclusive tea room for the first-class cabin.

The 800 yuan boat ticket was all spent, so naturally the fare had to be recovered. Song Erniu's first-class flight was not all for enjoyment, but also for finding an occasion to make more connections, otherwise this trip would not be worth it. I will bring my secretary's head.

This secretary is not the kind of secretary who is obstinately said by later generations to be a secretary when he has something to do and a secretary when he is not.

The word secretary is still very serious in the Great Chu Empire, with a strong official or commercial nature.

Because the word secretary comes from the imperial secretary of the Imperial Academy Secretariat. For many years in the early and middle period of the empire, the word secretary refers exclusively to the imperial secretary, which is an important position in the Imperial Academy among the imperial civil servants.

Later, this word did not gain much popularity in the officialdom, after all, most officials would avoid suspicion and dare not follow Luo Zhixue's use... or use the traditional vocabulary of staff.

But in the shopping malls, especially in private enterprises, the job title of secretary appeared one after another... At first, only a few stupid people did it, but after others found that the official did not respond, more and more people followed suit so called.

Song Erniu was not immune either. In order to take charge of his Song's clothing company, he set up a secretary's office, and specially invited a college student to be the head of the secretary's office and the chief secretary at a high price.

After arriving at the door of the tea room, Song Erniu looked inside, and saw that there were already about twenty people inside, both men and women, but they were all first-class passengers for sure.

Among them, Song Erniu knew a few people, but there were still some Song Erniu who didn't recognize him. At this time, Chief Secretary Mo, who was behind him, began to whisper in his ear: "The fourth person on the right is Zhao Qianli, the third largest shareholder of Luohe United Mining, did not expect that he would also return to China on this ship."

When Song Erniu heard about Luohe United Mining, his eyes immediately lit up. This Liaison United Mining is a mining company in Luohe Prefecture in North America. It has a large scale and is involved in gold mines, silver mines and copper mines. They even do iron ore...basically they dig all kinds of minerals...the business is not limited to Luohe Prefecture, there are mines in several provinces in America, for example, there is a gold mine in Jinshan Prefecture.

At the same time, there is also news on the market that the company is seeking a large amount of minerals in Mexico that Spain used to control.

Its shareholding structure is relatively complicated, the official and peers, investment funds and private major shareholders, the largest shareholder is the Finance Department of Luohe Prefecture, the second largest shareholder is the North American Mining Investment Fund, and the third largest shareholder is Zhao Qianli. In addition, there are several other important shareholders.

According to public information from the outside world, Zhao Qianli's shareholding in Luohe United Mining Company is about [-]%, don't think it is small, this is already the largest individual shareholder in Luohe Mining Company.

Moreover, Zhao Qianli, as the first batch of self-funded immigrants to immigrate, had a small amount of money when he first arrived in North America. After more than ten years of mixing, his assets are very rich. He has dabbled in real estate, inland waterway shipping, wharves, and minerals. His personal worth is conservatively estimated You have to go up.

Adding ten Song Erniu together, it is estimated that this person can be compared to assets.

More importantly, Luohe United Mining Company has always been a big customer that Song Erniu strives for... After all, such a large mining company employs a lot of miners, and miners need wear-resistant work clothes.

Song Erniu’s Song’s Clothing Company’s flagship product was the wear-resistant canvas overalls worn by miners. It used to be mainly aimed at the retail market, and later it was aimed at corporate customers... However, the competition for canvas clothes in the past two years is not small. .

After all, it is not only Song Erniu who can make wear-resistant clothes with canvas. Although Song Erniu has applied for a patent for the appearance design of his own canvas clothes and even started a denim clothing brand, others use other designs it is also fine.

After all you can't stop someone from making clothes out of canvas isn't it...

As long as the appearance design, mainly the detail design, is not exactly the same, it does not constitute infringement.

Therefore, the competition for canvas clothing is also very high now. Although Song Erniu's denim clothing is the earliest and the most famous one, it is impossible to swallow all the markets.

At least Luohe United Mining's order has not been able to win, because they have another supplier of work clothes...

Now that there is an opportunity to catch up with their company's third largest shareholder and the largest private shareholder, Song Erniu will naturally not let go of the opportunity.

"Come on, let's go up and say hello, let's get familiar first!"

"I heard that this person likes romance, poems and articles, and he will have to work hard later, Mr. Mo, you should take care of it!"

Mo Wenchang smiled and nodded: "This is my job, please be polite!"

Song Erniu then took Mr. Mo and walked over to say hello to Zhao Qianli.

A few minutes later, Song Erniu turned around with a smile on his face and left, but he already had a famous badge of Zhao Qianli in his hand. Although it was clear at first glance that it was a business badge issued casually, and the gold content was not as high as that of a private badge, but it was still good enough. If you have a relationship, look for an opportunity to strengthen the relationship later, maybe you will be able to pry open the door of Luohe United Mining. .
(End of this chapter)