The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 260 Beiping City That Never Sleeps

The general business meeting is over.

But it's more than that.

Due to historical reasons, the socio-economic model and total social productivity in the south surpassed that in the north in all aspects in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Even after the ethnic policy of the Yuan Dynasty for hundreds of years, it did not completely destroy this model.

On the contrary, due to the all-round retrogression of population, economy, culture, etc. in the north, even in the early Ming Dynasty, the background of the south was no longer what the north could surpass.

This is the biggest change in the millennium, a watershed of the times, and in layman's terms, the era when the Central Plains took the lead is over.

Beiping's industrial development has achieved great success, but the resources and business model in the south, even if the situation is backward compared with the industrial model in Beiping, but the background over the years, if the two are integrated and support each other, then let's not mention the south. The development of industrialization will reach a new height.

Juniper, a representative of salt merchants, Ding Yingyong, a representative of Huizhou merchants, and Luo Zhongheng, a representative of southern merchants, etc.

I participated in the Peking General Business Conference and am very satisfied with the business environment in Peking.

Many businessmen did not leave Peiping after the meeting, but stayed in Peiping. These big businessmen and business groups took advantage of this rare opportunity to communicate with each other in Peiping.

Juniper was one of the first businessmen to invest in and do business in Peiping, so he received many invitations.

This undoubtedly enhanced his prestige, Juniper was very happy to attend these banquets, and became the best object of advice for latecomers.

"When we do business, we all know that the environment is the most important. Only a good business environment can allow us to do business smoothly."

Juniper sits in the second position to the left of the main seat.

This seat, according to traditional etiquette, is where the most important guests sit.

The inviter, that is, the host, naturally sits at the main seat, the most important on the left of the host, and the second most important on the right, and continue in this order.

But in order to ensure the enjoyment and thoughtfulness of the guests, there will be companions between the host and the guests.Therefore, the first position on the left hand side of the host has the responsibility of entertaining the guests well.

The host of this banquet is also a big merchant from the Jianghuai River, who is also engaged in salt merchants, and his family is also involved in the timber and medicinal herb industry. His name is Feng Shengzhi.

"What Mr. Du said is an old saying." Feng Shengzhi, who was around 40 years old, said with a face full of approval.

Feng Shengzhi, that is, the Feng family, can be said to be one of the largest salt merchants, and people respect them very much.

In Feng's family, they adopted many apprentices, trained them by themselves, and learned to read various business books, such as "Family and Treasure Industry".

In addition, the Feng family is huge and has a profound background, which can be said to be the representative type of Jianghuai merchant style.

"When doing business, we must pay attention to the right time, place and people. Only with these three places can we guarantee the success of our business. Otherwise, no matter how much profit we make, we should not try it lightly. We must not be blinded by the interests, otherwise it will be easy. cause disaster."

Feng Shengzhi took Juniper's words and said, and the people present echoed.

These principles have been true since ancient times.

Even in later generations, the economic development of some places is due to the factors of favorable time, place and people.

Otherwise, no matter how good the resources are, there is no matching environment, because you are attracted by the interests inside, and if you invest rashly, you will succeed in business, but you will fail in other aspects.

Doing business in these places, business failure is minor, and family ruin is serious.

So it is obviously a treasure land, full of opportunities, but no businessman is willing to invest, because this treasure land does not have a business environment.

"But China Heavy Industry in Beiping is not easy to deal with." During the banquet, someone raised concerns.

"Why worry about China Heavy Industry?" Juniper asked curiously.

The man was puzzled by Juniper's question, was there even a need to ask?
Seeing the man's expression, Jun Jun smiled and explained: "China Heavy Industry is not a traditional chamber of commerce. You have dealt with many people, and you will naturally understand what's going on."

Juniper and China Heavy Industries cooperated very closely. Except for the shops and channels in the south, most of his net worth was invested in Beiping.

The manager of China Heavy Industry also asked him to come forward to help promote Beiping, even if it was to maintain the friendship with China Heavy Industry, Juniper would not refuse.

And he is willing to do it because it will bring him benefits.

"The construction business group supported by China Heavy Industry and the planned three-province railway use 7000 million catties of iron. One catty of iron needs at least five taels of coking coal, and coking coal needs more coal."

"Then this production plan alone requires at least 6000 million catties of coal, plus 7000 million catties of pig iron, with a total value of tens of millions of taels of silver."

"And this is only the first phase, and it's just a project. Now the large-scale construction project led by China Heavy Industry is like a cornucopia, which is endless."

Juniper tried to seduce.

Of course, people have known about these projects, but they are not as clear as what Juniper said. Under the words of the Juniper organization, they seem to see the light.

Railway construction is only one aspect. With the rapid development of industries in Beiping and the demand for energy and resources, each industry is full of massive prospects.

The benefits contained in this are definitely not something that can be taken by one person, but at least some people can take it all alone, so Juniper hopes that he can become the leading role.

I don't expect to become a giant like China Heavy Industry, but I hope to form a similar chamber of commerce like the Coal Industry Association.

It is also an inevitable situation. Through these years of changes in Beiping, Juniper has realized something in his heart, so on this train, Juniper naturally hopes to sit in the first class.

The mature and prudent person is still full of worries: "But is China Heavy Industry willing to divide the meat? I think China Heavy Industry has a lot of appetite."

Juniper explained: "Although China Heavy Industry is powerful and will never give up leading industrial development, it cannot monopolize the resources of the entire society. Forcing to monopolize all resources will be detrimental to industrial development."

"China Heavy Industry is leading, so we are supplementing. This is my view on the recent Beiping model."

In other words, China Heavy Industry eats the core interests, and they eat the rest.

It seems that a large number of big businessmen is not worthwhile, but that is a traditional model, and the plate is too big in the current industrial development of Beiping.

It is so big that even if it is leftovers, it is an immeasurable benefit, not to mention that what they participate in is not leftovers.

Both the coal industry and the iron industry are full of huge benefits.

"To be honest, I'm not afraid of your jokes, but I still don't understand the meaning behind it. How does China Heavy Industry support such a large plate?"

A big businessman said distressedly.

The benefits are too tempting, and he is unwilling to give up, but if he doesn't understand what China Heavy Industries uses to support this model, he will definitely not end.

Just like he did business in Jianghuai, with the help of Jianghuai's capital, he traveled north and south and saw business opportunities in many places.

But he will never go to those places to do business because of these business opportunities.

He is very sure.

There are many people like him who see business opportunities in those places, but none of them go into business, at most they pay some money to open up business channels.

Juniper was stumped by the question, which required a multifaceted answer to explain it.

He himself only half understood.

"One is the food stamp system, the other is the resource allocation system of China Heavy Industry, and the other is the support of the railway's expected income..."

Juniper said something of everything, but seemed to say nothing.

The investment of tens of millions of taels of silver, even if the railways in the three provinces are completed, will definitely not be able to pay back in the short term.

Unless the construction business group led by China Heavy Industry Corporation gives up control of the railway to the businessmen, such as a promise of 50 years.

But the construction business group did not.

So how to support returns?
In another restaurant.

"What do you want to do so much?" Ding Yingyong said, "Railway construction is the capital of the construction business group. Our investment direction is the coal industry and the iron ore industry. As long as the construction business group settles as scheduled, it will not be a problem."

"The direction of my investment is to stay in Beiping." Ding Yingyong said.

"Why? There is less competition between Shaanxi and Shanxi, so the cost is lower and the profit is greater." Someone sincerely asked for advice.

"Investing in Beiping, although the profits are not as good as those in Shaanxi and Shanxi, but I am at ease. Although investing in Shaanxi and Shanxi is more profitable, I am not at ease."

"But the three places are dominated by the construction business group, is there any difference?"

"China Heavy Industry has too many plans and departments. Even though I have been in Beiping for several years, I can't figure out the way of China Heavy Industry."

"But I only focus on one point, which is China Heavy Industry. I believe in the place where China Heavy Industry is located, and there are only construction business groups in those two places, but there is no China Heavy Industry, so I will not go no matter how profitable it is."

"Aren't the steam engine factories, coke refineries, and iron factories in Shaanxi and Shanxi all founded by China Heavy Industries?"

Ding Yingyong couldn't answer one question after another.

Indeed, these factories are all under the name of China Heavy Industry, but they are different. He doesn't know how to explain it.

A large number of merchants and large transactions, as well as the improvement of the economic level of the people, along with the development of commerce.

In the presence of the Changshifu, the United Chief Secretary issued a new decree.

Peking no longer has a curfew.

Zhonghua Heavy Industry invested in the construction of kerosene street lamps on the main road of Beiping, and the construction of the city gates was the first to start.

As for the maintenance work of kerosene street lamps, as well as the purchase funds, the Chief Secretary will allocate funds from the gate tax.

That is to say, China Heavy Industry paid the construction cost, the government paid maintenance funds, and these funds flowed into China Heavy Industry.

The bazaar in Beiping has driven commerce and allowed the government to receive more taxes, but these tax officials cannot easily use them.

These extra taxes are not reconciled to handing over to the court like this, so naturally they have to spend what should be spent.

The bazaar represented by the Beiping Trade Center has gradually developed into a city that never sleeps.

The market level of the Song Dynasty soon appeared in Beiping City.

(End of this chapter)