Chapter 233: Bringing Down Brazil's Sugar Industry
Ye Kai, who couldn't cry or laugh, hurriedly helped Chen Wentai up, the old gentleman was almost seventy years old, if he was scared, it would not be good.
Moreover, Ye Kai took out the white sugar and rock sugar, definitely not to cut off the livelihood of the Nanyang Tang people, if he did this, the popularity he had just accumulated would not be lost!
He took out white sugar and rock sugar, not only not to cut off the livelihood of the Chinese, but to teach this technology to the Chen family in Semarang and other families with a large number of sugar houses for free, and his purpose in doing so was to target the Brazilian sugar industry, which is now in full swing.
Speaking of which, in this era when sugar beets have not yet been cultivated and people do not know much that sugar beets can also be made from sugar, sugar cane is the only choice for people to synthesize sugar.
There are two places in the world where sugar is abundant, one is the South Seas and the other is South America, especially represented by Brazil.
An important trigger for the Red Creek Massacre in 1740 was the large quantities of Brazilian sugar that Dutch merchants brought from Europe.
Different from the small workshop production of the Nanyang Chinese, the Brazilian sugar industry is generally very large due to the large number of slave laborers that can be used, and the largest sugar factory even has more than 10,000 slave laborers, and slave labor is not paid.
As a result, the price of Brazilian cane sugar is much lower than that of the sugar produced in the Nanyang Chinese sugar house, and at the most terrifying time, the sugar boiled by the Nanyang Chinese not only could not be sold to Europeans, but was even subjected to the anti-dumping of Brazilian cane sugar.
Around 1740, the dumping of Brazilian sugar led to the bankruptcy of a large number of Chinese, who targeted their discontent at the Dutch merchants who brought Brazilian sugar to the South Seas.
In fact, the Dutch are indeed stupid, most of the profits from the sugar produced by the Chinese are earned by them, and they even help Brazilian sugar to destroy their own financial resources!
I really don't know if these idiots in Batavia are the real Dutch, how did they get to Nanyang and their IQ fell in an uproar?
Although in 1787, due to the extreme lack of slave labor, Brazil's sugar industry had begun to decline, their cheapness was still a great threat to the Chinese!
Therefore, Ye Kai is ready to simply spread the technology of white sugar and rock sugar to the Chinese, so that they can use high-quality sugar of higher quality and low price to deal a devastating blow to the Brazilian sugar industry and put the world's sugar industry in the hands of the Chinese.
In order to keep the sugar industry in the hands of the Chinese, Ye Kai not only prepared to spread the technology of white sugar and rock sugar, but also instructed He Yuer to carefully plan a murder when he left Europe.
In the suburbs of Berlin, several Seris students who were driving after drinking and driving accidentally hit and killed a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences named Margrave, and his student, the botanist Fran Brown. Ahad.
The student administrator of Seris, who was very remorseful after sobering up, He Yuer, who was about to give birth, paid a huge compensation of 1,000 pounds to the families of the two deceased!
He also bought all the farmland in the vicinity of the accident for five hundred pounds, and asked all the Seris students to take turns to come here to farm, to remind them not to drink and drive.
All the Europeans who knew this forgave them, and two thousand five hundred pounds was not a small amount, which was enough to prove the remorse of the Serisians!
Of course, no one will know that the two people who died were the agronomists who later bred sugar beets that could make sugar beets, and it was they who selected the seeds for generations and finally made sugar beets in the early nineteenth century.
But now it's okay, people can't die anymore, and the cultivated beets have all been destroyed, whether the beets will appear in the sugar industry again depends on the will of God, maybe you have to wait for tens of hundreds and eight years!
"Old Chen, don't worry, in fact, I came to you to teach you this technique, how could the Fuxing Company do something to take food from your mouth!"
Ye Kai smiled, looking like a great good man, but he knew that his heart had begun to darken, and the two Prussian scientists who died innocently were proof!
"Is this true?" Chen Wentai was stunned for a moment, in his consciousness, such a technique should be carefully kept, this is a unique skill that can allow future generations to eat, it is definitely to be passed on to future generations, and it is likely to be passed on to men and women.
"Wow! Mr. Zinedin, this represents a great fortune, and you really want to do it? ”
Even the Dutchman Bronhott on the side was shocked, he looked greedily at the rock candy in his hand, if this technology was invented by him, then he could set up the world's largest sugar factory, and earn him 500,000 a year, no, earn him 800,000 batavian kronor!
"Mr. Blomhott, if the price of my cane sugar is only 1.5 times the price of ordinary cane sugar, can I drive Brazilian cane sugar out of the European market?" Ye Kai looked at the big Dutch nose that was a little stunned and asked.
Blomhot, who came to his senses, twisted his cheeks fiercely, and pulled back to reality the brain hole that he had already imagined how he would spend it after earning 800,000 batavian kronor a year, and he pretended to calculate for dozens of seconds, and then nodded fiercely.
"Of course, Mr. Zinedin, if it is only sold by 1.5 times, I estimate that it will only take a year to drive all the Brazilian cane sugar out of the European market, but is there anything we need to do if you called me to this meeting?"
Ye Kai nodded, since I called you, it must be beneficial, this will pull the Dutch, strengthen their existence a little, and maintain a little involvement with the British, which is very cost-effective.
You can also get the greedy eyes of other European countries for South Sea cane sugar to the Dutch!
"Of course, Mr. Blomhott, I am going to spread the know-how of making this white and rock sugar to the families here, all of whom have a sizable sugar factory.
Of course, the sugar they produce will have to be purchased by the Renaissance Company, and more importantly, the work of reselling the sugar to Europa will be done exclusively by the United Company! ”
Whispers sounded in the conference room, and Chen Wentai arched his hand at Ye Kai.
"Chief Gao Yi, I Chen Wentai has served, and in the future, I will only obey the commander-in-chief's orders, and there will be no two hearts!"
The head of the Surabaya Han family also stood up, "I, Han, don't believe that there is really a character like Song Gongming in time, but I saw it today, Mr. Ye, from today onwards, as long as you open your mouth, the Surabaya Han family will sacrifice their lives!" ”
Several other Chinese also stood up, arched their hands at the same time, and said in unison: "We are also willing to sacrifice our lives!" ”
Ye Kai was also happy, he seemed to see a small number of 1,000,000 prestige popping up on everyone's head.
"Fellow citizens, the purpose of my revival company is that we Nanyang Tang people can earn money together, drink wine together, fight difficulties together, and enjoy happiness together!"
"Hardship and adversity, blessing and misfortune!" Everyone arched their hands again and said loudly.
This is similar to those agricultural companies in later generations, the company provides technology and means of production, start-up capital, etc., and after the farmers breed it, the company buys it at the agreed price.
The big-nosed Blomhott also stood up, his eyes dripping and earning a few laps, which was a good thing for the current United Company!
What's the best thing to make money? Of course, it is a unique business, as long as you can drive Brazilian sugar out of the European market, you can know how profitable it is by thinking about it on your toes.
He also learned the posture of a Chinese and arched his hand at Ye Kai, "If that's the case, Dear Mr. Zinedin, I suggest that your white sugar and rock sugar be sold at the same price as Brazilian cane sugar!"
In this way, it may only take half a year or even less for Brazilian sugar to be driven back to our hometown, and when we occupy the European market, .......! ”
"Bronhot, you are a treacherous businessman!" Ye Kai showed a clear expression.
"Nope! I am a businessman with a strong business talent! Bronhott shook his head, his face full of treachery!