There are no blind people in the world, as long as the first person earns money, there will naturally be people who will follow suit. Although it has only been open for two months, the huge profits obtained by Hongfu Cloth Factory have not been able to hide from others. At least he didn't hide it from Ni Mingde.

The Ni family is not a native of the capital, but a military household, and has been doing all kinds of business for many years, and when the Hongfu cloth factory started, he saw the huge profits. It's just that he couldn't figure out the doorway at that time, but he soon figured out the doorway.

"The bidder went to Jiangnan to buy a standard cloth for two dollars of silver, and transported it to Zhangjiawan for three dollars and two cents to the cloth merchants, and in the hands of the people, it was four dollars, you want to set up a factory in Lugou, how much profit does this piece of cloth have!"

Double the profits!

Squinting his eyes, Ni Mingde asked again.

"Erzhu, have you arrived at the iron factory?"

Ni Mingde went to the iron factory not only to negotiate the purchase of looms, but also to help him build a new cloth factory.

He had seen that the factories and houses were different from ordinary houses, and he might not be able to play without them.

"The output is twice as large as Hongfu?"

Xu Siyuan looked at the outsider in front of him in surprise.

"Are you sure? Hongfu has 1,000 looms. ”

There are not many looms, but they are all water-powered looms, which are twice as fast as the looms in Jiangnan.

"That's right!"

Ni Mingde nodded, and then said.

"Since you want to set up a factory, it is naturally better to be larger, for the factory, Ni is a layman, this weaving industry, has not been in contact with it in the past, but this is okay, as long as the scale is large, the production of more cloth, the business will naturally be easy to do, but, speaking of which, you still have to trouble Mr. Xu, after all, from the loom to the factory, you have to bother the iron factory to help, and, that is, the yarn in the future, you also need to be able to supply, silver, easy to say......"

As he spoke, Ni Mingde took out a silver ticket from his bosom - the silver ticket of Yulon Bank.

"This is the silver ticket of Yulon Bank, a total of 100,000 taels."

Before he came, he had already inquired clearly, the owner of Yulon Bank is also the owner of the Lugou Iron Factory, and it is also the owner of the yarn factory, so he changed such a huge silver ticket.

That's a generous shot!

Even if you are used to seeing silver, it is 100,000 taels!

This is indeed the biggest business since the establishment of the iron factory, and even Qi Jiguang's 20,000 flintlock ...... "Thunder Guns" cannot be compared with it.

"Childe, shall we help him?"

Xu Siyuan asked cautiously.

"Why don't you help? We are doing business with an open door, and if we have business at the door, we naturally can't refuse. ”

"But the Liu family ...... there"

"The Liu family?"

His brows jumped slightly, and after a moment of silence, Shi Yiwen said.

"I will tell him in person that the iron factory is open to do business, and the business will not be refused, and the cotton market in the north is very large, even 100 Hongfu can not be satisfied, he will definitely understand."

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Baitao was the first to come to the door, Shi Yiwen wouldn't have explained anything at all, after all, what he needed was a huge industrial group, not a few households. Only when more and more people enter this industry can they help him destroy the Jiangnan gentry group. Win this "financial war".

"Also, you can put a few advertisements in the Morning Post to sell looms, and report more about the situation in the Hongfu Cloth Factory, so that more people will come in. Our yarn mill should also be further expanded to increase production capacity. ”

After expressing his thoughts one by one, looking at the thoughtful Xu Siyuan, Shi Yiwen asked with a smile.

"Why, isn't there anything else you can't figure out?"

"Childe, I've always been curious, obviously weaving cloth has quite a lot of profits, why, we don't do it ourselves, but let outsiders do it?"

"Outsiders?"

Shi Yiwen was stunned, and then explained.

"Siyuan, why do you say that Nanbu is obviously expensive, but the bidders still purchase Nanbu instead of Hongfubu?"

From Liu Yiming, Shi Yiwen already knew the problem faced by Hongfu - the bidders did not buy Hongfu cloth, and those bidders were all wealthy businessmen specializing in the transportation and marketing of cotton cloth, specializing in buying Jiangnan cloth to sell to the military town.

"Well, Childe, after you instructed me that day, when you sent the "Thunder Gun" to Jizhen, I made a special inquiry, the so-called "bidders" are ostensibly "merchants", but in fact they are the domestic slaves of the generals of Jizhen, they are operating business for the generals of Jizhen, and those generals are friendly with officials in Beijing, as for those cloth merchants, ......"

Suddenly, Xu Siyuan stopped talking, he looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Childe, I see."

"Jiangnan grain cloth is not only relying on the market, but also politics and other non-economic factors in it, the cloth merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and the eunuchs in the south of the Yangtze River, themselves are one, they are united through all kinds of intricate relationships, if the bidders give up the south cloth to take the north cloth, it will definitely cause the dissatisfaction of some officials in the capital, so it is impossible for them to buy the north cloth, even if the north cloth is cheaper!"

Pursing his lips, Shi Yiwen glanced out the window.

"I can indeed spin and weave cloth by myself, I can get all the profits, and I can swallow everything alone, but believe it or not, when I expand the weaving factory to 10,000 looms and produce 10 million pieces of cloth a year, I don't wait for the Jiangnan eunuchs to attack me, it is estimated that the local eunuchs in Beizhili will attack me, and it is difficult to get fat alone...... It's not just hard to get fat, maybe it's going to die! ”

"So, what does Gongzi mean is to divide the weaving mill to the local eunuchs, and we will control the yarn, and then use the cloth machine and the yarn to form a whole with them, and use their hands to fight against the cloth merchants in the south?"

"Threat!"

Pursing his lips, Shi Yiwen said seriously.

"Now, we are not a threat to Jiangnan, after all, there are more than 10,000 pieces of cloth needed in the north every year, even if we weave tens of millions of horses, it doesn't have much impact, so we have to take advantage of this time to expand the power of the group as much as possible, only the group can fight against the group, one person ...... The strength is weak, and it is difficult to sing alone. ”

If you were alone, you probably wouldn't even know how to die in the end!

The experience of traveling to the doctor in the rivers and lakes has taught Shi Yiwen a lot of things, from making friends with local people to not being able to eat alone, and so on, which is now used in business, and the same is true.

"Oh, by the way, tell Ni Mingde, a thousand looms, we can only give him so much, after all, there will be more people coming in to set up factories next, but ......"

After a pause, Edwin realized another problem.

"You say, so many people set up factories, what should we do with our yarn factory? I mean the raw materials! If cotton is not available, then the problem will be big! ”