The members of the Chamber of Commerce looked at Hua Kefang and their eyes lit up.

Hua Kefang said: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the past, we could only operate in Fanjiazhuang, and that was because only Fanjiazhuang had a fair trading environment. We hire workers here, and we don't have to be harassed by the gentry to sell our goods. And when doing business elsewhere, you have to extort money from officials everywhere, and you will be harassed by the officials. ”

"The court in Fanjiazhuang can be said to be the umbrella of our legitimate businessmen."

"But today is different, today's Daming is different from the past. Today, the Son of Heaven is determined to forge ahead and open courts everywhere. Especially in Beizhili, where the Son of Heaven controls it most closely, the atmosphere is very different from the past. To put it mildly, in Gyeonggi, the court of the Son of Heaven is no worse than the court of the prince. ”

"To tell you the truth, I have a cement factory in Tongzhou, which produces 60,000 bales of cement every month. It's been in business for two years, and it's quite profitable. Everything in this cement factory is running normally, and it has not been extorted by the gentry. ”

"The only time I got into trouble with a few tricky masons went to the court, fought a lawsuit, and won the lawsuit!"

"Let me tell you how low the wages of workers in Gyeonggi are!"

"My cement factory employs more than 600 workers in Tongzhou, and one worker only needs one or three yuan a month. In a month, I only need to pay the workers more than 800 taels. This doesn't yet require a meal. And the idlers of Gyeonggi still think it's a good errand for stability! When I want to enter my factory, I pick the strongest workers to enter the factory. ”

"If it is in Fanjiazhuang, these more than 600 workers will be paid more than 3,000 taels of wages, and they will have to pay a lunch. In Gyeonggi, a month alone saves nearly 3,000 taels of wages and meals, and a year is 30,000 taels of silver! ”

Hearing Hua Kefang's introduction, the members of the Chamber of Commerce's eyes lit up and chattered. Hua Kefang's scenario is too tempting, if you can save so much money in a year, the profit margin of the factory will more than double.

Hua Kefang waved his hand and said, "There are many people on the road, let's go to our hall to talk!" ”

Everyone followed Hua Kefang back to the hall of the Fanjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce. It has been a month since its establishment, and the Fanjiazhuang Chamber of Commerce has rented a large villa by the street as a guild hall. Everyone sat down in the conference room in the hall, and the staff of the hall served tea to the members.

Hou Dingping took a sip of tea and said: "The president is right, now that the Son of Heaven is vigorously developing the construction of the rule of law in Beizhili, there is no need for us to be limited to the development of Fanjiazhuang." The entire Ming Dynasty is determined to innovate, and we can leave one town and nine provinces to show our strengths. There are just a few things to figure out. ”

"First, if we leave Fanjiazhuang and transfer the factory to the feet of the great tomorrow, will we still be allowed to use the prince's patent? If the prince takes back the patent right, our factory will be completely out of gas. ”

Hua Kefang laughed and said, "You don't need to worry about this, because the prince pays attention to governing the country according to law." I have studied this patent licensing system clearly, and when the prince signed the patent license contract with us, there was no restriction on our factory address. ”

"The prince is the prince of Daming, as long as we set up a factory in Daming, the prince has no reason to illegally suspend our patent production license."

"According to the style of the prince, it is impossible for him to destroy his rule of law environment with his own hands. My cement factory has been running in Gyeonggi for two years, and the prince has not bothered me. “

When everyone heard Hua Kefang's explanation, they began to talk again.

Hou Dingping nodded, and said: "There is another problem, that is, the steam engine belongs to precision instruments, and the prince's "Confidentiality Law" stipulates that precision instruments cannot leave one town and nine provinces, what should I do?" ”

Hua Kefang nodded and said, "Director Hou is thoughtful and thinks very clearly. We really can't take away the steam engine. ”

"However, I calculated that even if the cost of using cattle and horses is higher, the total cost of opening a factory in Gyeonggi is lower than that of Fanjiazhuang. Because Gyeonggi's labor is too cheap. The cost of hiring one person in Fanjiazhuang, we can hire four people in Gyeonggi. We produce agricultural machinery, waterwheels, dyes and cement, not tanks, and there are not many places where we use steam engines. It can withstand all the use of animal power. ”

"Considering the overall cost, it's still cost-effective to go to Gyeonggi!"

When the people heard this, they began to talk again.

Hou Dingping finally said: "My last question is about funds. We set up a business in Fanjiazhuang by relying on bank loans. If we go to Gyeonggi and don't have a bank, what will happen to our working capital? ”

"Our factories do business, and the profit is only about one cent a year. The reason why we have a good profit is because we have obtained a low-interest loan with a 4% interest rate from the bank and made the business bigger. When we went to Gyeonggi, we couldn't get a loan, so could we really live on a profit of one cent a year? ”

Hua Kefang said: "There is no need to worry about this piece. In Gyeonggi, there were large gentry who had lost their income from land rent, and these gentry had no income and had a lot of silver in their hands. I know quite a few of these gentry, and when we go to Gyeonggi, we can borrow money from these gentry with factories and equipment as collateral. Interest rates are slightly higher than those of banks, but not too high. ”

"Compared to the huge savings in wages, the steam engine and the bank interest rate are not a big problem."

After Hou Dingping finished asking three questions, he stopped talking. After thinking for a long time, he smiled and said, "President Hua is really far-sighted, this is to point us out a clear way. ”

Yan Yishan said: "However, this industrial transfer involves a huge amount of money, and it cannot be achieved overnight. ”

Hua Kefang nodded and said: "Of course, it can't be done overnight, let's transfer little by little, and spend a few years slowly moving the factory to Gyeonggi." We moved slowly, and the prince also had plenty of time to recognize our contribution to Fanjiazhuang. When Fanjiazhuang is in a depression, there are idlers everywhere who can't find a job, and the prince may figure it out and give us official status! ”

When they heard this, they laughed.

Yan Yishan said loudly: "Okay, I, Yan Yishan, am the first to eat crabs, and this year I will go to Gyeonggi to set up a farm machinery factory and grasp the equipment of Fanjiazhuang Sancheng and transport it over." ”

"I'd like to see how much money Gyeonggi wages can help me save me."

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After listening to Han Jinxin's report, Li Zhi blushed.

Han Jinxin: Who is that? What Hua Kefang said in the Chamber of Commerce was collected by Han Jinxin word for word and reported to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was very unhappy.

If Hua Kefang and others' plan succeeds, half of the industrial capacity of Fanjiazhuang and Tianjin will be transferred to the Son of Heaven's Gyeonggi. At that time, the industrial capacity that Li Zhi is proud of will be shared by Li Zhi and the Son of Heaven.

Han Jinxin looked at Li Zhi's face and said, "Lord Wang, this Hua Kefang is too ambitious, it's a disaster, it's better to let the ministers get rid of him!" ”

Li Zhi looked at Han Jinxin and said, "Hua Kefang didn't break the law, it's too boring to get rid of him by violent means." ”

With a sneer, Li Zhi said: "Since he is careful everywhere, he always wants to make the widow uncomfortable according to the rules of the widow, and the widow let him understand that the rules of the widow are not something that he can understand as a small factory owner." The widow is in business, and he uses the means in the mall to crush him and make him understand his own naivety! ”