Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 386
Facing Gao Pragmatic's astonishment, Gao Mo explained helplessly: "According to what the young master told me before returning to his hometown, now Jingxi Coal Mine, Kaiping Coal Mine and Qianxi Iron Mine all select miners with a ratio of ten to one. As a mine guard team, there are almost 6000 people here, and the rest are expanded from the former family guards, which is the serious family guards."

Gao Wushi was surprised and said: "I know about the family guards, but the size of the three mine guards has reached 6000 people? Then there are almost 6 miners in the three major mining areas in the suburbs of Beijing? Gao Xiaozhuang has so much cash on hand to support Can you afford them?"

Gao Mo smiled and said, "Didn't the young master say that his profit performance is not needed now, so he can expand so unscrupulously? But the young master, when it comes to this small one, I have to mention that now our profits mainly come from three Aspects: Jinghua Soap, Jinghua Caravan, and Jingshi Honeycomb Coal, it is reasonable to say that the profits are indeed very high, but judging from the current situation, a small part of their profits are distributed as dividends, including the nobles and subordinates at all levels, and the other half is invested. Went to Kaiping two mines..."

He said, took a look at Gao Wushi, and said: "Now the young master has invested a lot in Henan, and it is estimated that Tianjin Port will cost more than [-] yuan. If this is the case, continue to invest in the [-] mine protection team. I'm afraid I'm not strong enough."

Gao Yushi pondered, and began to calculate in his mind: the scale of coal mines and iron mines in Henan is not particularly large, the amount of investment is limited, and the previous income from soap can top it, so it is not a big problem.

The real big investment is actually Wei Hui's refugee resettlement. Although he has played "hoarding mines and hoarding people" that is comparable to later generations of real estate developers hoarding land, he spent real money before he went into production, and he spent money like running water.Not only will the borrowed 30 taels not last long, but the follow-up investment will continue to be maintained. If there is real output, it will be at least next year. If it is to balance the balance of payments, it will be slower, and no matter how fast it will be the next year.

This is the same as investing in heavy industry in later generations. Although the "Qianjing" in the later stage is optimistic, the investment in the early stage is very scary, and it is impossible to play without strong strength.

The reason why Gao Wushi dared to borrow 30 taels of huge sums of money was because he felt that his strength was strong enough, but now it seems that his expansion is still too fast, and now his capital chain is actually a little tight.

Cut the project?
Gao Yushi subconsciously shook his head: It's best not to, after all, whether it's Xinzheng Coal and Iron, Weihui refugee resettlement, or Tianjin Commercial Port, they are all very important projects in the future, and the prospects are very good. No, with Gao Yude's greed, he would never miss it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Xinzheng Coal and Iron is his invitation to benefit his hometown; Weihui’s refugee resettlement is firstly an invitation, and secondly, it is a multi-functional industrial area. In addition to complete coal and iron resources, there are also considerable reserves of limestone—— This thing is a material for making cement, and it will be of great use in the future; not to mention the Tianjin Port, who would not want to open the sea when crossing in the late Ming Dynasty?Layout of ports in advance is a profitable and safe business. As long as the opening of the sea is a big success, any port is a cornucopia!Can this be missed, Gao Yude must slap himself to death?

If you can't cut projects, you have to increase revenue.After thinking about it pragmatically, it is not impossible to increase revenue, there are indeed ways to do it.

For example, now that Ida's tribute has been completed, he can further expand the business of the Jinghua Caravan. From Jizhen to Ganshan, he is facing right-wing Mongolia. Now that he can trade across the board, then the income from this area should be Substantial growth.

In terms of Jinghua soap, after nearly a year of "brand building and promotion period", the name has already been established. Because of the rich people in the north and south, Zhili is the main sales place. Henan and Liaodong are two distribution places, which are not bad. .But apart from these four places, even in Shanxi and Shandong, which are close at hand, Gao Pragmatism still restrains from spreading wantonly, and now it's time to expand.

Not only Shanxi and Shandong, but also the entire Yellow River Basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin have relatively convenient transportation, and can also start to spread sales.One is to create new profit points, and the other is to take the opportunity to win over more allies.

It should be noted that the "allies" that Gao Pragmatism thinks of here include but are not limited to nobles - the main gathering places of nobles are still in the northern and southern capitals, and when they go to local provinces, they must deal with local officials and powerful people, including Some big businessmen, Gao Yushi doesn't mind cooperating with them, whether it's distribution or dividends, Gao Yude is not stingy--Gao Yushi knows what money should be taken and what money should be divided.

Yuan Shikai had a very bold sentence, which Gao Yushi has always appreciated: If you spread the wealth of the world with the people of the world, the world will be in my hands.

Gao Yushi did not dare to want the world, but he needs more people in the world to support him so that he can have enough prestige to carry out the reform to the end, so this sentence is almost applicable.

The scope of "people in the world" is too large, and high pragmatism can't spread the "wealth of the world", so he only hopes to attract a group of powerful and wealthy people to help—at least not strongly object, and by the way, let the people favor him more than The bad feeling is almost enough.

The main sales force of Jinghua Soap is second only to Yugong, which is divided into two categories: men and women. After thinking about it pragmatically, it can be considered to spread down to another level to strive for a greater total sales.

However, in this way, considering the convenience of distribution, I am afraid that another factory will have to be built in Nanjing or near Nanjing. Otherwise, the cost of transportation will still be slightly higher, which will affect profits and is not very cost-effective.But who should go, I have to think about it again. If there is no suitable and reliable candidate, then I can only wait a little longer and rely on Sanshenyuan for support.

The sales of honeycomb briquettes are currently mainly in the capital. After all, this market is not small, and the source of raw materials is relatively close, so profits are relatively guaranteed.If you want to spread sales, in the surrounding cities, the profit is estimated to be relatively limited. It is better to consider supplying the army first-whether it is the Beijing army or the frontier army, there is a demand for this.

There is nothing to say about Xuan, Da, and Shanxi towns. They are the basic boards of Gao Gong in the army. Honeycomb coal is cheap and easy to use. If you sell it to them, you are not afraid that they will refuse; as for Ji Liao... since Qi Jiguang is there, Ji Town is better Li Chengliang has just taken over as the chief soldier in Liaodong, but Gao Gong is not familiar with him, and Gao Yushi is even less familiar with him, so it will be difficult to make up his mind for a while.

But having said that, there are fuel supply businesses in the four towns of Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, and Jizhou, and honeycomb briquettes can be regarded as a profit growth point.

The only problem now is coal and iron in Kaiping and Qianxi. These two "brothers" have the largest investment, but it is obviously the most difficult to generate income. The main reason for the difficulty is that it is difficult to promote private military industry.

Military private...

Gao Wushi frowned, lost in thought.

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