Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1803 Fertilizer Business
"Sir Henry, who is this man?"

Several English merchants came over, holding a bundle of banknotes in their hands. This kind of banknotes that still smell of ink has become quite common, and they can be exchanged for gold and silver directly with the London branch of Kyushu Bank. More conveniently, they can be carried to The East is used for trade and travel with locals.

"This is the founder of Imperial Chemicals and Li's Chemicals, Mr. Li Jinde." Sir Henry introduced Li Jinde to everyone.

"Imperial Chemicals?!"

"It turns out that Imperial Chemicals and Li's Chemicals are the same founders. It's a great honor to meet you!"

"My name is John Churchill. It is an honor to meet you."

The English businessman looked at Li Jinde with respect and envy in his heart!
Imperial Chemicals and Li's Chemicals are the second of a group of well-known Chinese companies in England, and they are simply miraculous existences in the eyes of the English.

Imperial Chemicals and Li’s Chemicals have dumped more than [-] umbrellas, [-] raincoats and rain boots to England in the past few years. Many of the chemical dyes used in the rubber tires of internal combustion engine vehicles on the street, silk textiles and cotton textiles on the body are made of these chemicals. Two companies offer!
It is said that Li Jinde's direct or indirect profits from England alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of pounds!

The appearance of the mysterious founder of Imperial Chemicals and Lee's Chemicals in the City of London caused quite a commotion among the English merchants in the branch.

Seeing so many "fans", Li Jinde felt a little helpless for a while.

However, the products produced by his factory still need to be dumped here, and it is still necessary to establish a good relationship with the nobles and businessmen here.

He stood and talked with the Englishmen who came over, and complimented each other, and these English businessmen gradually returned to their original seats.

"The trademarks of Imperial Chemicals and Lee's Chemicals are very famous in our area." Sir Henry said, "Rain gear produced by you is inseparable from rainy days, and it often rains here, so people here often see' Trademarks of Imperial Chemicals' and 'Lee's Chemicals'."

"I guess in their eyes, my factory only produces rain gear." Li Jinde did not expect that the rain gear produced by his factory became the best "advertisement".

Because the umbrellas, raincoats, rain boots and other products that Li Jinde dumped to Europe were all printed with the words "Imperial Chemicals" or "Li's Chemicals". Commoners who know Chinese characters will be deeply impressed by it.

In fact, the production of rain gear is really not Li Jinde's biggest earning business. His rubber tires, dyes, soaps, and perfumes are the big ones.

"Mr. Li, even for rain gear, as long as enough people buy it, and each person pays 10 shillings, 100 million people buy it for 50 pounds, and 1 million people buy it for 5000 million pounds. This is a huge market." Sir Henry said.

He is also a little jealous of Li Jinde because he has the ability to produce these products.

Especially rubber raincoats, rubber tires, and synthetic dyes, even though he can't figure out how to produce them, he can only get a share as Li Jinde's distributor, while the other party has mastered the core technology and can get a big share of the profit distribution.

"Don't talk about the rain gear, I brought good things this time. There are samples of chemical fertilizers on our merchant ship, which are similar to natural fertilizers such as bird droppings. They can supplement the nutrition of the land and improve soil fertility. And then increase the yield per unit area of ​​crops. We used this kind of thing in Huaxia to effectively solve the famine and feed so many people. In the past, only factories set up by the government could produce chemical fertilizers, but my factory can also produce chemical fertilizers It is." Li Jinde said proudly.

In addition to the rubber industry, Imperial Chemicals under his name has also set foot in the fertilizer industry.

No way, Imperial Chemicals is too profitable. Apart from government-run factories, there are hardly many decent competitors. In other words, many businessmen are too cautious about the chemical industry that requires professional knowledge, and not many businessmen are willing to invest in chemical plants.

Li Jinde's Imperial Chemicals made great strides in an environment where the private sector had no rivals, and earned the first pot of gold, and soon had the second pot of gold, and the third pot of gold...

If you have a lot of money, you have to think about how to spend it. Buying land is strictly restricted by Chu Yun, so Li Jinde invested the money he earned in research, and set up a special fertilizer research room, which really became an official operation. There are only a handful of factories that can produce fertilizers other than fertilizer factories.

The local market is almost monopolized by government-run fertilizer factories. To break the monopoly of the government, Li Jinde knows that he still needs to improve the production technology of fertilizers and reduce costs.

Before improving the technology, Li Jinde thought that two-thirds of the world's population had no fertilizer to sell outside the sea.

Although it is temporarily inferior to the technology of the government factory, but outside, the fertilizer he produces is unique!
"You mean that fertilizer like bird droppings can be artificially produced? Is there really such a product?"

Sir Henry was a little surprised, he was not disgusted by the natural fertilizer, but saw the market behind it.

Almost everyone who has been in contact with farm work knows the importance of fertilizers, and the value of fertilizers is immeasurable.

If fertilizers can be artificially produced in factories, how big is the market for artificial fertilizers?How much money can they make?
And this is not black-hearted money, it can also transform the world so that the land can produce more food.

"I don't need to lie to you. I brought dozens of barrels of fertilizers. The types of fertilizers include superphosphate, ammonium sulfate, and potassium nitrate..." Li Jinde successively talked about the three most important fertilizers: phosphate, nitrogen, and potash.

"Wait a moment." Sir Henry interrupted Li Jinde. He heard something absurd to him, "Potassium nitrate? You mean saltpeter, right? Is that the raw material used to make black powder? Can it really be used?" Increase the fertility of the land?"

"Of course, our researchers have done controlled experiments, which can increase the yield of crops. There is no doubt about it. Although saltpeter can be used to make black powder to harm people, it can also be used to produce fertilizer to save people. This is like A double-edged sword depends on how the person holding the sword uses it." Li Jinde said.

In the chemical industry, various products are produced through chemical reactions, and many seemingly unrelated things actually use the same raw material.For example, sodium chloride can be used as a raw material for making seasonings, and it can also be used to produce saline, caustic soda, and bleaching powder.

No wonder Sir Henry, who had no idea about chemical reactions, equated gunpowder and fertilizer, and thought it was an incredible thing.

(End of this chapter)