Ding Quankun looked tired, he was summoned by Lin Ziran from the oil field area a few days ago.

Because after Lin Ziran sensed that Nanzhou Bank might collapse, he expected that there would be problems with Tsingshan Petroleum Company's kerosene sales channels.

For this reason, Ding Quankun was called over and asked him to contact other firms.

Since arriving in the town, Ding Quankun has been busy contacting various merchants in the town, especially the commercial houses that had been in contact with Tsingshan Petroleum Company before, in order to seek more sales channels.

For this reason, he almost ran all the commercial houses in the town, especially the branch managers of those large commercial banks in Sanyang Town who had the ability to organize foreign transportation, and they had all met one by one.

I only heard Ding Quankun say: "The situation is not very optimistic, I have seen people from various commercial houses, although they all want our share of kerosene, but they all lack the channels to organize large-scale kerosene exports, and with their strength, they can at most digest half of our production capacity." ”

When Lin Ziran heard this, his face was contemplative!

In fact, today's kerosene is very sought-after, and it sells very well in the market, as long as it can be purchased and has the ability to transport it to various places for sale, then it is almost lying down to make money.

But here's the thing!

Most of the commercial banks do not have the capacity to organize the export of kerosene on a large scale.

After all, it is now a feudal town, and there are five feudal towns in Luo'an County alone, four of which directly control a certain section of the Luo River.

The external transportation of kerosene is heavily dependent on the main artery of the Luo River.

It is very difficult for ordinary merchants to get through Luohe Commercial Bank.

Ding Quankun heard the sound of Lin Ziran's fingers tapping on the table again, and after half a ring, he saw Lin Ziran raise his head and say: "Didn't we seize a number of oil carriers, since some of our channel merchants cannot organize transportation, then in the future, we will transport part of this kerosene ourselves and directly deliver it to the channel merchants in other places." ”

Ding Quankun said with a puzzled face: "We directly organize transportation?" I'm afraid it's difficult to pass the various checkpoints along the Luo River, even if you can get through, but the tax is very high! ”

Ding Quankun said this, because not to mention other places, but also to say that in Luo'an County, although the war between the various feudal towns has stopped, it is still in a state of hostility, and the war may break out again at any time.

And everyone knows that this kerosene business is Lin Ziran's exclusive business, and those feudal towns see that it is an oil tanker, and it is not bad if they don't sink it directly with one shot.

Even if it is not sunk, it will charge high taxes and fees, which will directly push the cost of kerosene transportation, resulting in a significant decline in the market competitiveness of kerosene.

Otherwise, it would not have been difficult for other commercial banks to organize large-scale transportation except for Nanzhou Bank before, and they could only be sneaky.

Regarding this question, Lin Ziran said: "Send someone with my handwritten letter to contact Jian Minggang, Li Kun, Du Zhikuan, and Li Dingjun!" ”

"Let them give me a face!"

Ding Quankun is still a little worried, those feudal towns are not Lin Ziran's younger brothers, they will give face if they say they will give face!

Seeing Ding Quankun's worry, Lin Ziran said: "Don't worry, they will give this face!" ”

After that, I only heard him snort coldly: "If our kerosene can't be transported, then from Lingchang to the Luohe section of Nan'an County, this official guarantees that they can't pass through a single sampan!" ”

Today's navigable situation on the Luo River is very special.

It's not that it's completely cut off, it's just that ordinary trading houses can't be navigated.

And the ships of some powerful big trading houses are still running all over the world.

And these powerful commercial banks generally have the background of major feudal towns, well, except for the merchant fleet of the previous Nanzhou Bank.

For example, during the war, the county was running around, and the many steam passenger ships that still traveled to and from various places to transport passengers were actually a shipping company under the name of the county guard.

The reason why each family allowed the passenger ferry of this passenger ferry company to sail was actually a tacit understanding between the feudal towns.

On the one hand, because everyone has a commercial house under their hands, and they all need to use the Luo River to transport to the outside world, if you block other people's boats, people will stop your ships and not let them pass.

Therefore, for a long time, there was still a certain tacit understanding between the feudal towns.

They will exchange interests, my ship will pass by you, your ship will pass by me, and as for other ships, they will naturally be directly blocked.

The premise is that there is no outright hostility between the two parties, or a conflict of interest.

Last year, there was a great war in Luo'an County, and except for a few pure passenger ships, the navigation of the Luo River was basically completely suspended.

Except, of course, for the merchant fleet of the Southern State Bank.

They were escorted by ironclad ships, and the feudal towns were still counting on the Nanzhou Bank to provide them with armaments, so they would not be unable to get along with the Nanzhou Bank, and they didn't have the courage to do so at that time.

Otherwise, if someone comes directly to stop the supply of ordnance and ammunition, they will be finished!

As for those small number of passenger ships, everyone will not stop them then, after all, this thing will not pose any threat, and it is impossible for the feudal towns to really risk the world to completely block shipping, so these small number of passenger ships are often allowed to pass, and they will not bear the high tolls.

However, this was only limited to the duration of the war at that time, and as soon as the war ended, the navigation of the Luo River was basically restored.

However, there is still a limited recovery, and the towns will still set up checkpoints, and then collect tolls, and it is to watch people serve food, and the taxes and fees levied on different commercial houses are different.

Kerosene, now everyone knows that this is Lin Ziran's exclusive business, and other feudal towns must want to make a profit when they see oil tankers passing through their territory.

However, when more taxes and fees are levied, the cost of transporting kerosene will increase significantly.

In the past, there was the Nanzhou Bank, and Lin Ziran didn't have to worry about these things, but now, he had to personally organize the transportation of some kerosene.

Otherwise, at least more than half of the kerosene will not be shipped.

That's all money!

When Lin Ziran sent people to contact the feudal towns, Li Kun saw Lin Ziran's letter and said to the messenger who came to deliver the letter: "What your lord said, I have no opinion on my side, I can guarantee that your oil tanker will not have problems on my land, but you should also pay attention to the coal ship on my side!" ”

The envoy sent by Lin Ziran naturally said: "My lord said that you and I will benefit both sides, as long as our oil carriers do not have problems, the coal ships in your county will definitely not have problems!" ”

After receiving the letter, Jian Minggang in the south did not agree directly, but found a few subordinates to inquire, and when he learned that there were also many merchant ships on the side of the county guard that needed to pass through the Luo River section north of Lingchang, he also readily agreed directly.

However, there was a requirement that the sale of kerosene in the three counties and one district could only be sold by a commercial bank under the control of the county guard.

Li Dingjun, who was further south, replied that there was no problem with navigation, but the taxes and fees still had to be paid, but they could be discounted.

Reason?

Naturally, it was because Li Dingjun didn't have any ships on his side that needed to go north, and there was no need to exchange interests with Lin Ziran.

Coincidentally, this Li Dingjun also hopes to obtain the exclusive agency rights of kerosene in the two southern counties!

Subsequently, it is estimated that Li Kun was also affected by the rumors, and he also heard the news, saying that it was the sale of kerosene in some areas of Pingdan County and Nan'an County, and it needed to be handed over to a commercial bank under him.

The reason why they all put forward the demand for exclusive agency rights is naturally because kerosene makes money.

They originally had a land, and there was no problem at all with the sale of kerosene on their own land, and the profit was extremely high.

In this regard, Lin Ziran thought about it for a while and directly agreed.

Although Lin Ziran wants to directly establish sales channels and monopolize all the profits.

But now that everyone is still at war, it would be nice to be able to cooperate with each other to make money.

Soon after, Du Zhikuan also sent someone to reply, saying that Guang'an welcomes merchants to invest and do business, which is very loud, as long as the merchants pay taxes and fees normally, the Guang'an County Shoufu will not embarrass any business.

Accompanied by the envoys, an unknown trading house came to discuss the matter of the agency of kerosene in Guang'an County.

I knew with my toes that this firm must be a firm under the control of Du Zhikuan.

After a period of negotiations, in April, Lin Ziran finally reached an agreement on the transportation and sales of kerosene with various feudal towns in exchange for agency rights and navigation rights, and initially solved the kerosene transportation and sales crisis.

But this made Lin Ziran see a bigger crisis.

Because although the parties seem to have reached an agreement today, it is based on maintaining a state of peace with each other, and this peace cannot be maintained for long.

Once the war resumes, his kerosene will not be shipped out!

Lin Ziran already had a mind that he must completely solve the problem of transporting kerosene, even if it is to start a war for this.

Today's kerosene business makes millions of profits a year, which is enough for Lin Ziran to wage war for it.

And in August, a piece of news strengthened Lin Ziran's determination to start a war.

On 13 August, great news came from the oilfield area, and the No. 12 oil well, which is being drilled, has successfully produced oil, and the daily production has reached an astonishing more than 1,800 barrels.

This production is higher than all the existing crude oil production in the oil field!

What's more, there are more oil wells being drilled, and several core engineers of the oil company swore to Ding Quankun that there are more than 20 oil wells currently drilling, and at least one oil well will be able to produce oil, and once the oil is produced, then the production will not be lower than the current No. 12 well.

1,800 barrels, plus the current production capacity, then the daily production of crude oil can reach 3,000 barrels, and after refining into kerosene, it will be thousands of barrels.

Over the course of a year, the kerosene production capacity is 360,000 barrels!

According to the current FOB wholesale price of kerosene at 60 constant yuan per barrel, Tsingshan Petroleum Company will be able to sell at least 1.8 million yuan of kerosene every month!

Sales will exceed 20 million in a year!

The sudden surge in crude oil production capacity will not only bring more kerosene and transportation problems, but more importantly, it will attract the prying eyes of neighbors!

20 million, whoever sees it has to be tempted to take a bite!

And Lin Ziran has never been a person who sits and waits for the crisis to come, so he will choose to take the initiative to resolve the crisis in advance.

Therefore, after hearing the news of the oil coming out of the No. 12 oil well, Lin Ziran pondered for a whole day in his study against the huge map of Nanhai Prefecture.

Especially stared at Luo Haicheng, the outlet to the sea, for a long, long time.

In the end, he turned his attention back to Roan County!

It's time for Luo'an County to be reunited, and it can only be unified by him Lin Ziran!

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