Chapter 10 Transactions
Since the three of them became tens of millions of yuan overnight, they began to have some disagreements, Sun Wenbin insisted that the trade should continue until an industrialized country was established there, but Du Yande and Yang Minghuan disagreed, they thought that some ordinary industrial equipment could be shipped there in batches to be assembled.
Sun Wenbin is a top student at Agricultural University and has a good understanding of modern agriculture. "Modern agriculture is not as mature as ordinary people understand, such as plowing the ground and sowing seeds, but a series of industrial systems supporting the development of the entire agriculture.
"Isn't it? Modern AgricultureWasn't ancient agriculture all about growing things in the ground? Du Yande couldn't help but scoff.
"It's completely different," Sun Wenbin shook his head, "to give a simple example, you always know about Africa, right?" Agriculture in Africa is very fragile. ”
"Is there agriculture in Africa?" Yang Minghuan was surprised, "Isn't Africa a big desert?" That's Sahara's. ”
"you, it's true that there is a Sahara Desert in Africa, but there are still a lot of good land that can be planted, and Africa has a huge area of rainforest." Sun Wenbin smiled and continued, "The Africa you can usually see is the Africa that those news people want you to see, those who hunt for strange tribes, famine, cannibals, in fact, Africa is not an uncivilized continent, but those developed countries are no different from the United States." ”
Du Yande smiled, he knew a little, "What does this modern agriculture have to do with it?" ”
"Quite simply, why is there a famine in Africa? That is, overpopulation and very underdeveloped agriculture. The problem of overpopulation is because of the medical assistance of developed countries to Africa, due to a large amount of medical assistance, so the mortality rate of newborns has been reduced by 80%, you must know that those buddies and sisters in Africa have no entertainment every day except to make villains to play, and the growth of children is only the laissez-faire of children and grandchildren, and now the mortality rate of newborns has been reduced, and there is no family planning in Africa, and the natural population has begun to explode. ”
"So what does this agriculture have to do with it?" Yang Minghuan laughed, this can't be beaten at all.
"It's very simple," Sun Wenbin said, "Africans' agriculture is no different from the slash-and-burn farming of our ancients, and they have so much to eat in the jungle that they don't care about farming and storing food." I remember that one of our engineers went to Africa to provide construction aid, and when they came back, they said that when they went there, they planted a few cucumbers next to the station, and the cucumbers grew like crazy, even more so than the land that had been fertilized here. In addition, near the equator, there is no winter, and cucumbers continue to be produced until the time I return. ”
"So rich?" Du Yande was amazed, such a place is simply the legendary black land!
"Yes, Africa is such a rich land, but the problem is that the agriculture of the whole of Africa is so primitive. It is because Africa's industry is not developing. ”
"What does this have to do with industry?"
"It's a big deal, Africa is big, but even the hoes that plough the ground, the cement to build irrigation canals, and the pesticides to eliminate pests have to be imported from abroad. Without industry, there would be no modern agriculture. ”
"But is this any different from transporting ordinary industrial equipment over there for development?" Du Yande couldn't help but ask.
"Yes! The difference is huge! Sun Wenbin said categorically, "Deliver ordinary industrial equipment to that side for development." First, you don't have enough skilled workers, even those who know how to read, and you have to train them through long hours of training. Second, it's not like here, you can go to the power department to report and you can use electricity, whether it's electricity, diesel and gasoline, there are no things needed for the operation of these industrial equipment, do you plan to let the donkey pull the mill to get the running power? If we are to build an industrial nation, we need a large number of workers with modern education, and the strength of just three of us is not enough. ”
"So what are we going to do?" Yang Minghuan spread his hands, "Have you trouble finding the police?" ”
"Haha," Du Yande laughed, "Don't trouble the country with this kind of thing, let's figure it out ourselves." ”
Soon, the post that Zhang Yuan saw was posted to the public map area of SC. In line with the purpose of the three stinkers racing Zhuge Liang, many netizens who were originally idle in the public picture soon participated in this discussion, and various suggestions soon piled up thousands of replies to this post.
What began as a discussion about what kind of equipment and workers industry needs in business has gradually begun to turn into what needs to be developed under the existing industrial system.
"There's no point in you discussing this now! If you don't decide what form of government you choose, you can easily go through the past and build a state. ”
"So what do you say? Establish a coating system like a Tartar? Let the people be attached to our coat? As soon as we passed, let a large number of slaves kneel at our feet and call themselves masters and call themselves slaves? ”
"Don't take out the Tartar set! It's annoying to see it. Why don't we make everyone equal? ”
"If you want to be beautiful, everyone is equal, are you the same as the natives? Can it be the same? If the natives kill you with the same sentence as you kill the natives, what's the point of this crossing? ”
"And what do you want? Is it worth three sheep to kill a native? ”
"Actually, it's not like that, everyone is equal, as long as some people are more equal." A netizen named Tan Ran spoke in it, "This can actually consider adopting the senate system of ancient Rome, people who have traveled through the past are all senators, and the identity of the senator can be hereditary, only the senator has the right to vote, and any resolution must be more than 80% before it can be passed." ”
"What if the natives ask to participate in politics in the future? Is it still the past to divide the seat of the patriarch? ”
"If you want to be beautiful, you will suppress it if you ask to participate in politics."
"You can't kill people, and the idea of participating in politics cannot be denied," Tan Ran continued to explain, "Just like the Senate, we can have a lower house so that they can put forward a resolution in the lower house and then discuss it with us, and this can be discussed later." The ancients were not modern people, they did not receive a systematic education like ours, even if they were immediately asked to run a country, they would not be able to do it, for example, Li Zicheng and these grass cowards, even if they captured Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, they were defeated by the Manchus in just a few months. So we have to run the new country ourselves. ”
"So what do we rely on to attract people?"
"Attracting the population? Unlike modern times, there was no concept of equality in that era, and as long as you respected the power of ordinary people, they would die for you. Of course, this power includes the right to subsistence, the right to education, and the right to property. As long as you can do this well, you can become a beacon in ancient times, so that the people in the vicinity will come to you, as long as the strength is enough, you can even make the nearby states and counties and even the country to follow. No matter how powerful the feudal monarchy is, it is still the common people who have the final say. ”
As the posts got fatter, the speed of opening the posts became slower, and for their own reasons, many people gradually withdrew from the discussion, but more people participated. Du Yande eventually locked the post and wrote a new group number at the end of the post.
In this new group of people, Zhang Yuan and Xiao Jing finally contacted Du Yande and others, as the owners of the hardware factory, the familiarity of the two in the industry naturally attracted the attention of the three people, because everyone suggested that it was best to set up a company, and it was also a headache to sell such a large amount of gold and silver in the name of an individual, so Du Yande did need to establish a new trading company to deal with this aspect of the problem. So Zhang Yuan and Xiao Jing became the best candidates. In addition, the knowledge and professional skills involved in establishing an industrial system, whether upstream or downstream, are so dizzying that even three people can't do it, so after discussion, they finally decided to expand the team.
The two who received the call did not say a word, packed up their salutes, and took the nearest bus to this small inland town. When the sleepy-eyed two walked out of the exit of the station, Du Yande and the others had been waiting for a long time.
When Zhang Yuan saw a rather sturdy guy in the distance holding a sign and looking at this side, he had a feeling of being shocked in his heart, and he leaned over to take a closer look, and the sign said "Zhang Yuan". He couldn't help laughing, patted Xiao Jing on the shoulder, and walked towards Du Yande and the three.
"Hello, I'm Zhang Yuan." Zhang Yuan said to this flat-headed buddy. "Down with Eight Feet!"
"Give me back the picture." Du Yande stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, and then shook hands with Xiao Jing who followed behind. "Welcome!"
At this time, Yang Minghuan took his local tyrant gold and turned on the camera and suggested, "Come on, this is a historic moment, let's take a photo!" ”
I didn't think that this group photo of the five of us would end up in the Old World Museum for exhibition, nor did I think that we would be able to form a new country, but I just thought it was an opportunity, so I didn't hesitate. Now that I think about it, if I had known what I would have achieved in the future, maybe I would have said something more domineering. However, recalling the hardships of the entrepreneurial era and the happy and peaceful life of ordinary people today, it was the right choice in my life to abandon an old world and build a new world with a new order. -- Zhang Yuan, "Memoirs of American Industrial Development", Chapter 1
"How many people have signed up now?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.
Du Yande took their luggage with one hand and led them to the parking place, "There are only two of you who have registered, and there are more than 1,000 people who have signed up, Yang Minghuan has now written a program and hung it on the Internet, as long as someone signs up, it will be automatically recorded." ”
"Why don't they all come over quickly? Let's start industrial training. Xiao Jing was a little anxious, he was an impatient and wanted to start the preparations before the crossing immediately.
"Don't be in such a hurry, there are too many things we need to do, and you have to know that the last thing we modern people lack is people who talk rhetorically, and once we want to do things, we have to catch blind. Don't look at the Internet one by one, once you start working, you have to be strained. Yang Minghuan said with a smile on the side.
"Yes," Du Yande nodded in agreement, "Involving these people too early can easily allow them to obtain qualifications that do not match their abilities, and when the capable people come, they will not be able to lose their minds." ”
"So are we mainly dealing with the formation of the company now?" Xiao Jing asked.
"That's true." "We are relatively new to the company, but we have to go through the company to handle a lot of things like purchasing and sales. Dressed in the coat of the company, it will not look so dazzling. ”
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"We can't just exchange it for gold and silver, there are a lot of things that are extinct in that era, as long as one or two are poured over, they can be sold directly for tens of millions, isn't it better to sell gold with fear?" The debate continues on the forum.
"We don't know what that time and space is like, although it is still the Zhu family's world, but is it still the earth? Besides, what can be poured out of a different time and space? You say it and hear it? ”
"There are a lot of things that can be poured up, since it is Zhu Yuanzhang, then there is always a Ming treasure banknote, right? Xuande furnace is still fine, right? ”
"Come on, didn't the landlord say it, it's called the Wu Dynasty over there, even if you find the Daming treasure banknote, it's also a big martial treasure banknote, and it can be sold for a fart money." Even if it's a Xuande furnace, turn it over and take a look-hey! Dawu Xuande year, how to sell for money? ”
"Also, this kind of thing is pure hype, and if you really supply it in bulk, the price will plummet."
"Can't you get something that doesn't have a year number? For example, ivory rhinoceros horn or something? Tiger skins are also very valuable! ”
"You just pull it down, pour those things upside down, each of them will be sentenced, and when the time comes, all departments will be encircled and suppressed, and you will be caught up, you can't even explain the source, who will believe in the existence of wormholes?"
"Don't you believe in wormholes?"
"There's a lot of stuff to be thrown around, such as passenger pigeons, dodos, and other extinct creatures."
"I'll go, do you still want to get a dinosaur? What's the use of those extinct creatures turning upside down? Who would dare to buy it? ”
"Then according to what you say, we have a lot of things in this plane that can be transported over, but there is nothing that can be transported over there, and in the long run, there will be more and more gold and silver on our side, and the old plane will be deflationary."
"At this time, I really can't find much to trade except gold and silver."
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Unlike these people who are waiting for the call of the crossing, Master Huang is full of joy at this time, these few times the three American maritime merchants have sent a lot of good and rare goods, at this time he only sold one-third of the inventory, and the value of the goods has already been reached, and the rest of the goods are pure profits. He saw that the smiles on the faces of the three maritime merchants were not pretended, and he must have been very satisfied with the price he gave.
Since the American maritime merchant said that the counterfeit silver was an important industrial raw material and could be used as the value of silver, he couldn't help but start calculating it in his heart. I don't know when the Medenor and Yanin people have secretly mixed some counterfeit silver in their silver ocean, and the trend in recent years shows that there are more and more counterfeit silver ingredients. The local merchants hated this but there was nothing they could do about these maritime merchants who could provide strange goods, these counterfeit silver were useless in the Great Wu Dynasty, and no one recognized its value, so the merchants who obtained the counterfeit silver could only keep it at home unless they could find a family that was more stupid than themselves. Moreover, many civilized merchants who profess to be righteous often organize these people who have no way to take the counterfeit silver to go to the sea and sink the counterfeit silver directly into the sea, so that it will not flow out and harm people again.
Huang Shi immediately thought about it, and he announced that he would officially buy counterfeit silver in Mingzhou City at the price of five taels of counterfeit silver in exchange for one tael of silver. This news suddenly made the entire Mingzhou City in an uproar, counterfeit silver has been around for a long time, it has been piled up in the cellars of large households, and it is worthless to spend it, at this time it is simply the best news to be able to dispose of these blockages, so in just a few days, Huang Lao's mansion received 50,000 taels of counterfeit silver.
The fame of Huangjiazhai spread throughout Mingzhou City in an instant, you must know that at this time, the price of fishermen who can dive and salvage has directly increased several times, and I don't know how many gentry have paid them to re-salvage the counterfeit silver in the place where they once sank the fake silver into the sea. Those who couldn't invite the fishermen could only beat their chests and feet, blaming themselves for having a paste in their heads at that time, and believing in those civilized merchants who were sanctimonious. Some dignitaries also came to visit, in addition to exchanging their counterfeit silver at a higher price, but also on behalf of Mingzhou officials and businessmen to express their gratitude to Master Huang for his benevolence.
While everyone is happy, Huangshi himself is also happy. In this era, the gold and silver ratio of the Wu Dynasty was 1:5 to 1:8, and the gold and silver ratio he gave to the American maritime merchants when he paid for the goods was calculated as 1:10, and he earned a lot of money on this alone. And when he handed over the counterfeit silver to the American maritime merchants, he delivered them according to the one-to-one price. Therefore, the situation at this time, whether it is the officials and businessmen who exchange counterfeit silver, or the old man Huang, who makes a lot of money in the comparison of gold and silver and counterfeit silver, and the three people who sell gold and platinum and silver every day, are all happy.
The smooth sailing of the Huang family during this period of time has made Master Huang so happy that he walks with the wind for a while, but there are more and more spies outside. During this period of time, due to the increase in spies outside, a small store has gradually formed, and every day not only these various spies who pretend to buy things, but also the peddlers and pawns who really come to do business have also increased significantly. At first, it was a tea stall, but gradually it became a tea shop, and those various spies also gave up their disguises and hid in the tea shop to drink tea and chat. Anyway, there are always people coming out of this village.
Master Huang also sees these things, he knows that these spies are very concerned about the affairs of American maritime business, you must know that the world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, and the sea businessmen are driven by interests to do everything. A few days ago, when the American maritime merchants left, he asked him to find a house for him, and he thought about it for a long time, but he also came up with a countermeasure, but he could not decide until a few maritime merchants returned.
But he didn't need to be in a hurry, because today was the time for the maritime merchants to come. Sure enough, after lunch, a family member came to spread the word that several maritime merchants had arrived.
Master Huang was about to go over to greet him, and the family who came to report the news hesitated for a moment, and said to Master Huang, "Master, there are five people here this time. ”
"Oh?" Huang Shi was also stunned, there have always been three American maritime merchants here, but today there are two more, "Is it their bodyguard?" ”
"The little ones don't think so."
Huang Shi thought about it and brought the two nursing homes with him.
When he walked into the study, the three people in the room were already seated, and only Xiao Jing and Zhang Yuan were still looking around in the study. "Good boy! This is rosewood! Put it to us, this is the sky-high price, okay? And this desk, rosewood, is also sky-high, you sit on the mahogany furniture and ask people for gold, what a nouveau riche! ”
"Is mahogany furniture valuable?" Du Yande's face was full of suspicion, and Xiao Jing's eyes in front of him were about to fall to these tables made of yellow rosewood.
"Worth the money? I'll go! That's a sky-high price for us! Xiao Jing helped the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "This chair you are sitting on under your buttocks, if you throw it to us, it will start at two thousand." ”
Du Yande hurriedly looked down at the chair, "This chair is really uncomfortable to sit on...... Don't say it, it's still small. ”
"Hmph...... You don't understand this," Xiao Jing touched the coffee table on the side, "Look! The texture on it, this is a legendary grimace, and I've only seen it a few times. The last time I talked about business, the big boss had one at home, and I heard that it was from the Qing Dynasty, and it cost one million or hundreds of thousands of yuan just when it was photographed, that is, six stools and a few coffee tables. ”
Du Yande couldn't help but look down at the chair he was sitting on again. "Then let's open a small factory here to specialize in the production of mahogany furniture and sell it over there, right?"
"It's a niche thing, and there aren't many people who like it, but almost all of them are rich, and we can produce the products they need. But I just don't know if they know the goods. Xiao Jing rubbed his chin, "Why don't we take a few back and try the water first?" ”
Seeing Master Huang coming in, they first introduced each other, and then handed over the goods according to the manifest. These goods are still directly towed by manual hydraulic trailers, although there are still a lot of them, but Master Huang is no longer surprised.
When the time came for the gold and silver to be delivered, the five men happily checked the fineness in the middle of a large pile of gold and silver. Only then did Huang Shi put his heart back, and the maritime merchants did not admit the counterfeit silver at all, and their counterfeit silver exchange plan was completely successful.
"A few distinguished guests, the things that I entrusted with the previous few times are not easy to do."
Du Yande couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, what he commissioned last time was just to buy a house, isn't five hundred taels of silver enough to buy a house? The developer of this Dawu is too dark-hearted, right?