The War of Resistance: From Overseas Chinese Mechanics to King of Nanyang

Making money by reselling goods on the black market is too slow, especially as the number of people increases and the daily consumption of supplies grows. Therefore, he has to find ways to increase his income, which makes him less interested in the money he makes on the black market.

After careful consideration, he decided to make money by selling goods.

Now he is in southwestern Yunnan. What is the most common thing here?

Those are trees.

In later generations, trees could not be cut down at will, but the demand for timber increased year by year. This led many timber merchants to set their sights on foreign countries, but the price of imports was quite high.

So Huang Zurong decided to sell trees on the platform to make money.

Since aid had been cut off, the Nanyang Overseas Chinese mechanics no longer needed to transport supplies, so they were all idle. Huang Zurong decided to make use of them and have them help transport timber.

As for the cost, he had calculated it. Take the most basic pine wood as an example. This is the main tree produced in the Yunnan-Burma region, and the quantity is enormous. The price is about thirty or forty yuan per cubic meter.

However, if sold on the platform, it would fetch a thousand yuan. Even after deducting some handling fees, the profit from one plot of wood would be at least eight hundred yuan.

Take a 15-meter-tall tree as an example, which is about 0.8 cubic meters. That means if he can sell one tree, he will make a profit of 700. Ten trees would be 7,000, and 100 trees would be 70,000. Isn't that faster than dealing in the black market?

Moreover, once they arrived in Myanmar, the cost was practically zero, allowing the soldiers to mine directly and generate even greater profits.

But that's all for the future. Right now, he still needs to pay some costs, but he doesn't care about them at all, since fiat currency isn't anything valuable anyway.

Of course, besides trees, he also thought about selling other things, such as fungi, especially things like Boletus luridus, but it's not the right season now, so he'll have to wait a few more months. However, he already had this plan in mind, as the market for these things is very strong, and he might be able to sell billions a month.

He had considered jade and gemstones, but he couldn't produce certificates and would probably be mistaken for a fake. However, he could give it a try, just to increase the variety of items he could buy.

Soon after the pine wood was put on the shelves, and after he spent money to promote it, someone finally placed an order. Naturally, the goods were shipped to the other party, and just like when they arrived, they disappeared in a flash with just a touch.

As time went on, orders increased, especially a bunch of positive reviews, which made Huang Zurong very happy.

Comments like "Great quality at a low price, this is my second time ordering" poured in, with some even placing orders for a hundred trees at once. This made Huang Zurong overjoyed, finally solving his funding problem.

In just ten days, he has successfully sold tens of thousands of pine trees. At the same time, new varieties have also begun to be put on the market, such as nanmu and rare varieties such as mahogany, which are naturally very expensive.

Huang Zurong originally didn't expect anyone to buy it, after all, it costs tens of thousands per square meter, who would buy this?

But some rich people are just bored, or perhaps they're just curious and want to see if they can still buy real rosewood and huanghuali wood.

When the actual product arrived, the other party was completely stunned – it was genuine! This caused a huge uproar, and more and more people placed orders.

After all, everyone knows that this thing is very rare, and it is used to make furniture that is very high-end and classy, ​​so it is especially loved by the rich.

"Damn, it sells so well?" Huang Zurong couldn't help but click his tongue as he watched the balance in the back office successfully exceed seven figures. Was he a bit stupid to have worked so hard on the black market before?

The money you make from trading goods on the black market is nowhere near as quick as selling timber, especially high-end timber, where the profits are staggering.

In fact, not only did Huang Zurong make a fortune, but the drivers of the Nanyang Overseas Chinese mechanics who helped transport timber also made a lot of money.

After all, Huang Zurong paid people based on their physical condition, with a transportation fee of twenty yuan per trip, plus the cost of gasoline.

In other words, if you work hard, you can earn at least five or six hundred yuan a month, which is a very high salary.

With money, people naturally spend it, which has boosted Tengchong's economy considerably, since so many people have to spend money on food, drink, and basic necessities.

Money has increased, but supplies have decreased, especially chickens, ducks, geese, fish, cattle, sheep, and pigs, which have suffered greatly and their numbers have continued to decline.

Fortunately, Huang Zurong provided a batch of supplies in time, which stabilized prices in Tengchong.

However, despite the many drawbacks, more benefits have emerged. Due to word of mouth among the drivers of these Nanyang Overseas Chinese mechanics, more and more people have come to Tengchong to make a living, resulting in a significant increase in the population during this period.

Some were recruited into the military, while others were dispersed to various industries in Tengchong.

"It's not sustainable for me to keep providing supplies." Huang Zurong was also worried as he saw the increasing demand for supplies from the people. He had to solve this problem as soon as possible.

The best solution is to set up a factory.

First, various farms use modern feed to raise chickens, ducks, and geese. With more poultry, prices will naturally come down.

But soon another problem arose: setting up a factory requires talent, and with so many illiterate people around, how many people know about animal husbandry?

Recruiting people from rural areas isn't impossible, but while they can understand small-scale farming, how many people can understand large-scale farming?

So Huang Zurong abandoned the idea. He had another consideration: if the scale of the place grew too large, it would definitely attract attention. Rather than letting others benefit from it, he decided to wait until they arrived in Myanmar to consider these things.

The inability to run a breeding farm did not mean that Huang Zurong had no other options. So he came up with another solution: since there was no modern incubation technology in this era, poultry reproduction could only rely on the animals' own maternal instincts, and the number of birds could not be too large.

So why did he deliver seedlings to all the rural residents at low prices?

Although most people in this era were starving, and the poultry they raised had to find their own food, the number of poultry was small, while the natural food supply was relatively abundant. As long as the quantity provided was not excessive, there was no problem.

If all else fails, he can provide some feed himself; whether it gets eaten by humans or poultry is beyond his control.

They decided to act immediately. After all, many of the culled chicks on the platform were very cheap, sometimes only a few cents each. Buying tens of thousands of them wouldn't cost much, and it would actually win over the public.