[Brothers, do you have a ticket?] The big chapter of 6k, oh, snow drifting, thank you~~]

Wu Jingui stood in his newly built mansion, his mood was naturally 120,000 points comfortable, and now he was the obvious helmsman of the Wu family, and even the eldest brother who had been steadily pressing him now obeyed him.

Yobu...... Yofu...... This is a big gold mine, when Qin Kai invited him to join this circle, Wu Jingui couldn't imagine the huge market at all, when he released the news of this loom through the merchants he was familiar with, the door of the Wu family was almost squeezed through.

In the past few years, many people have made money by relying on foreign cloth, and some people have made money by looking at people, and naturally understand the profits, and to obtain Western looms, the price is absolutely unbearable, and now as long as you join the China Textile Association, you can get a fixed channel to buy textile machines, only forty percent of the price of Western textile machines.

And what is even more tempting is that under Qin Kai's construction, only seventy percent of the machine needs to be paid in the first year, and the rest is returned after it is put into production, which is a stimulus measure that also gives the textile association an almost strong cohesion.

"Wu Da shopkeeper," someone greeted Wu Jingui loudly, he now has enough qualifications to add the word "big" in front of the shopkeeper, and he is greeted by the old man of the Lu family, a big man in the foreign compradors in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Old man Lu, you are here, please ...... inside Inside please! Wu Jingui greeted the old-timers in the foreign compradors with a smile on his face, which in the past, their Wu family would not be in the eyes of these old compradors at all.

Qin Kai was holding a glass of brandy, he didn't wear an official robe today, that thing felt awkward to wear on weekdays unless it was necessary, and behind him, the standing posture of Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui today was very casual, which was also what he specially cared for, after all, this was a negotiation between businessmen.

Wu Jingui and He Yong were the protagonists in the huge living room at this time, Qin Kai raised his glass and asked with a low smile: "Zhang Kui, let you do this business, are you willing?" ”

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times! Zhang Kui held the goblet wine glass, but it was half a glass of French Bordeaux red wine, he looked sour, intoxicated and groaned, and then his expression was grim, "Instructor, it is your ideal to help the people in the world, and I can learn from you all about the theory of sea power and the cannon of giant ships!" ”

"Zhang Kui, it's rare to have the same opinion as mine", Zhou Ruidong, who was not smiling on the side, interjected, and then raised his glass, "Come, a toast to our common ideals!" ”

The two of them elegantly clinked their glasses, and then drank the whole glass of red wine in one gulp!

"This is authentic Bordeaux red wine, giving you two cows to drink, it's really a tyrannical treasure," Qin Kai pretended to sigh on the side, "You two, you should be sent to Shuibo Liangshan, drink old white wine in a big bowl, eat meat in large pieces, and then do the right thing for the sky!" ”

The three of them looked at each other, hehe smiled secretly, and began to observe the shopkeepers who came in casually, but Qin Kai saw an acquaintance among them, who was indeed Lu Yijin, the shopkeeper of Fuzhou Fukang Yinhao.

After a while, everyone has already arrived, Wu Jingui's mansion is indeed very large, these sixty or seventy people are still quite spacious, and the more than 20 people sitting in the front row are all large merchants who have invested in hundreds of machines, and the dozens in the back are relatively small merchants.

Although Qin Kai was standing aside, he was already very abrupt, he was dressed in Western-style casual clothes, and Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui, the two guys who stood out from the crowd, stood behind him, even a blind man could see that they were incompatible with the others in this scene.

However, he soon felt a touch of déjà vu in this piece of vision, and when he looked up, a pair of smart beautiful eyes not far away turned out to be a beautiful woman in a dress who met on the ship last time, the beauty was still the same, with a graceful demeanor, and there was a trace of surprise in his eyes, Qin Kai couldn't help but blush, nodded slightly, and the big beauty was much more generous, and winked at him.

He already remembered that it seemed that the beautiful woman had written a letter of thanks to him, and he was so busy that he forgot about it, and he still hasn't replied a word, and what's worse is that he doesn't know anything about what was written in the other party's letter.

Qin Kai secretly thought, this was really an embarrassing encounter...... But in the blink of an eye, it was not a wonderful chance encounter, we are not the kind of foolish melon without grace, Qin Kai pondered for a while, pulled Zhang Kui over, and muttered in his ear for a while, hearing that Zhang Kui, who was usually thick-skinned, also scratched his head and left in a hurry. ,

Hurriedly retracting his thoughts, he also glanced and observed that the big beauty was accompanied by a five-year-old man.

At this time, Wu Jingui had already taken the lead in speaking, "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the first time that our China Textile Association has convened everyone to discuss a matter. ”

Wu Jingui took out the information about the foreign cloth business collected by their Wu family, and explained one by one that nearly 10 million pieces of foreign cloth were transported from the treaty port every year, which really made the merchants in the house excited, as the first batch of merchants in the Qing Dynasty to enter the foreign cloth industry, which meant an opportunity for the family industry to explode.

At present, most of the merchants affiliated to the China Textile Association have entered the official production period, and the output is rising with the improvement of workers' proficiency. Wu Jingui first analyzed the varieties of foreign cloth on the current market, the foreign cloth directly from Taixi, the quality belongs to the first level, and the most important thing is that the Thai Western cloth has a variety of dyeing schemes, and some of them also have the printing and dyeing of patterns and patterns, and the loom provided by the Textile Association cannot reach this level.

Wu Jingui mentioned the focus of this meeting, the current occupation of the treaty port 5 into half of the amount of foreign cloth, is from Japan and India foreign cloth, according to the Wu family's preliminary judgment of the two kinds of foreign cloth, the quality and domestic foreign cloth is about the same, but this price, is more than twice the cost of domestic foreign cloth.

The treasurers here have some understanding of the collected information, but with such a systematic analysis, these treasurers neither have the ability to collect them on a large scale, nor have they thought of it.

At this time, Wu Jingui analyzed, so that there was a burst of discussion below, the price of this foreign cloth used to be more expensive in the mainland, but now if this machine can be produced in inland provinces, this cost is cheaper, even according to the current market price, it is also a huge profit in the windfall profit!

"Wu Da shopkeeper, I think our textile association also sets a price, as long as it is half a mile cheaper than the foreign cloth and Indian ocean cloth in this country, in this way, everyone has money to make, isn't it very good?" The man who spoke was a fat man with a square face in the front seat, who was the shopkeeper of Jianchang Mansion in Jiangxi, and this was also an old relationship of the Wu family.

Hearing the opinion of the shopkeeper Wang, there were many shopkeepers who immediately echoed it, after all, China's 5,000-year-old business experience is about harmony and wealth.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I think what you said is too conservative," an old man on the side said in a calm tone, but it was Lu Yijin, the shopkeeper of Fukang Yinhao.

"Shopkeeper Lu, I won't tell you, that's what I think about the fat man, what's wrong with Shoucheng? As long as he can make money, it doesn't matter if he is a Japanese person, an Indian Ah San, or a Thai and Western businessman! "Wang Fatzi listens to the truth, Qin Kai is funny when he hears it, it's no wonder that Fatty, Chinese businessmen in this era have not yet understood the big market of the world.

"What the shopkeeper said is naturally reasonable, but you don't know the business of foreign merchants and Japanese merchants in our port, the price of raw silk and cotton in China has been getting lower and lower over the years, and the land south of the Yangtze River is the hometown of silk, and the price of raw silk has been declining all the way over the years, so we can't sell silk in China!" Lu Yijin smiled and took a sip of water.

"My Hu Da shopkeeper has long been concerned about this matter, the situation is just the opposite, our Chinese silk is the best in Taixi, especially the folk handmade embroidery! This year, raw silk has risen by 10% in the past three months because of the vigorous purchase of all of us here, but as you know, in the past three years, the price of raw silk has fallen by more than 6%. ”

Qin Kai sat on one side and listened with interest, this era is indeed a time of stormy and stormy, except for those Manchus who are high above, clinging to their arrogant and ignorant ancestor ideas of loving Xinjueluo, and in this folk, decades of Westernization Movement, after all, have still enlightened the people's wisdom and created a group of fighters who hope for self-improvement.

These are all old businessmen who have been in business for many years, so they naturally understand the truth that this goods are cheap and hurt the people, and the result of this is that they will directly lead those farmers who raise silkworms and grow cotton to change careers in large numbers, and those who can't change careers will face the end of starvation.

"Lu Da shopkeeper, isn't there a textile association now, the price of raw silk and cotton has risen a little this year, and the output will come up next year!" Shopkeeper Wang smiled, he naturally understood what Shopkeeper Lu meant, the pricing power of this raw material is controlled by this large number of foreign merchants and Japanese merchants who have fattened up foreign cloth. ,

"Indeed, as the Wang treasurer said, the output of this raw material will rise next year, but don't forget that 90% of the market is foreign goods, they sell foreign cloth to get a large profit, and then use the money paid by us Chinese to roll away our Chinese raw materials, and we, empty a large number of machines, but slowly lose this raw material market and pricing power." When Old Man Lu said this, he was also impassioned.

"This time, the China Textile Association wants to fight the market with the Japanese businessmen, and we are the first to agree with the Fukang Silk Factory, which is also the meaning of our Hu Da shopkeeper, originally next year, the first wave of raw silk will be listed on the market, and our Hu shopkeeper will make a move in Shanghai!"

As soon as Lu Yijin's words came out, the merchants present were all excited, but Qin Kai was shocked when he heard it. This Fukang Silver is already the largest silver village in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, and the thoughts of this crowd are naturally that since the big silver number is involved, the odds of winning are naturally a few points more, and for a while, several waves of people in this hall have formed a situation of arguing with each other.

This public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and there may be any result of the argument.

Wu Jingui was originally going to start talking about the foreign cloth trade war, but now that Lu Yijin is the striker, it is naturally a great thing, seeing that everyone has been talking about it for a while, he said loudly: "Everyone...... Ladies and gentlemen, the little brother still has something to say, after everyone listens, let's discuss it again! ”

Everyone stopped talking and stared at Wu Jingui to listen to what the association said.

"This time the market competition for foreign cloth, the three directors of the association discussed, it is necessary to fight, the ancestors also told us, the first to start, how many raw materials we have received this year, everyone has a number in their hearts, if this batch of cloth can not open the market, even if we have more machines in the future, we can not withstand the impact of foreign goods from all directions, if the goods are stagnant in the warehouse for a month, everyone also understands how much silver to lose!"

"Indeed, if this foreign cloth is not shipped in time, the loss will be great", the merchant below discussed for a while.

"Now the Japanese cloth, the Indian cloth accounted for nearly sixty percent of the market, we have calculated, but also sent people from the foreign merchants to get some news, this piece of cloth counts the freight and cost, the price of Western cloth is now the port to take the price of 28 taels per horse, the Japanese cloth is a lot cheaper, around 17 taels, and the cost of the Japanese cloth, we are not good to estimate, but their raw materials are mostly purchased by our country, it must be more expensive than us."

Wu Jingui talked about the business, first put the ugly words in front, "when you joined the China Textile Association, you have signed a statement, without the approval of the board of directors for special reasons, you need to thoroughly implement the actions advocated by the association, I reiterate this point here, of course, if you are not willing to participate, you can completely withdraw from it, our association will recycle the machine, but we have to charge depreciation and freight." ”

"I have drawn up a charter here, it is about the three-month campaign to compete for the market with the Japanese cloth and the Indian Ocean cloth, the merchants must make every effort to produce, the bottom line of the price of each foreign cloth we set is 10 taels of silver, of course, the strength of the big shopkeeper, but also to keep it down, the association is also strongly supported, at this price, we have calculated, each household still has thirty percent of the profits, but the Japanese cloth is basically on the edge of loss, and the Indian Ocean cloth has no competitive advantage compared to our foreign cloth!"

This plan was naturally not formulated by Wu Jingui, but was estimated by Qin Kai according to the dumping theory of a genius entrepreneur in later generations, and the economic navigation speed of shipping in this era was not much slower than that of later generations, mainly because of the huge disparity in the tonnage of ships, so from this point of view, within a week of launching the foreign cloth trade war, Japanese foreign cloth and Indian ocean cloth will be unsalable.

Within a month, the unsalable Japanese and Indian cloth will have to be shipped at the dumping price set by the association, but under the current circumstances, they will not be able to organize a large number of cotton and raw silk raw materials, which will directly lead to a cold snap in the fledgling Japanese textile industry.

And three months of cold snap, is enough to make a large number of small enterprises bankrupt, even the small Japan to the sky Emperor Muhito wants to save this large number of textile industry, it is estimated that there is no power, after all, there is no competitive industry, it is not worth saving. However, Qin Kai thought of the petrochemical heroes of later generations, who did not compete, engaged in monopoly, and exploited the common people, but claimed to be the most profitable company in the world's top 500, which is also a way out...... Speechless. ,

"What about three months from now?" The shopkeeper of Jianchang Mansion asked.

"After three months, everyone will set their own prices and sell, if they think the quality of their own products is good, they can completely increase the price!" Wu Jingui smiled.

The sweat on the top of the heads of all the merchants is the same raw materials, how much worse can this quality be! For a while, there was a discussion about it. Now that the big merchants that have been put into production have begun to make money, they are obviously a little reluctant to reduce their profits so much at once.

In fact, the profits of 30% of this business are already very amazing compared to other industries, but for the current market price, it is obviously difficult for these businessmen to give up nearly double the profits. However, Wu Jingui's words have been clear enough, either join or withdraw,

"Shopkeeper Ma, what do you think, I have just put it into production, and I have stockpiled enough foreign cloth, and I must not lose a lot of silver in this one!" A bald old man muttered.

"Cattle shopkeeper, don't talk about it, I've been in production for more than a month, and there are tens of thousands of horses in stock in this warehouse, but there are rules in this industry, do you want to go it alone, can you pass the association? This machine qì、This maintenance can only be provided by the association.,Old horse, you want to think about Luo! Another fat shopkeeper next to him looked like he couldn't move, this was the shopkeeper of the Chen family in Funing Mansion, he was the brother-in-law of Wu Jingui's family, and he had already asked Wu Jingui about the gains and losses.

Wu Jingui first expressed his position, the textile factory of 100 textile machines under their Wu family industry began to ship at this price from next week, and the Lu shopkeeper of Fukang Silk Factory then also expressed his position, they are more than 300 textile machine large merchants, and several other large merchants also heard the news.

The benefits and disadvantages of this, these are the old people naturally understand, this side of a large number of shipments, their own is to want to ship at a high price, it is impossible to sell, can only take advantage of the trend, this shopping mall is like a battlefield, against the limelight, the chance of breaking the head is much greater.

Soon, a charter signed by the shopkeepers of each merchant was promulgated, and from a week later, all merchants were put into full production, and the goods were immediately distributed to the ports, firing this shot.

Wu Jingui also announced an incentive measure, the textile association is in the Tongguò factory to carry out the research and development of related technology, fully invested in the fancy foreign cloth and printing and dyeing foreign cloth industry, in the next few years, will improve the quality of the cotton cloth produced in the Qing Dynasty to the quality of Thai Western cloth.

This news immediately made the shopkeepers present almost screamed excitedly, now the price of Western cloth is still high, once the market of Japanese cloth and Indian cloth is occupied, all merchants will undoubtedly enter the competition in the internal market, and the color dyeing and weaving technology undoubtedly provides a key for them to open the high-end market.

Of course, due to the complexity of the weaving and printing and dyeing technology, the output of the machine will not be too high, and the China Textile Association will use the output of each company in the cotton cloth and cotton yarn market competition as a reference for the launch of the new machine.

This is naturally Qin Kai's carrot and stick policy, this is an era of rapid technological change, if the existing productive forces cannot continue to improve the quality, there is only one result - completely abandoned by the market, even if there are guys with unclear brains present, he doesn't even need to be sanctioned by the Guò Textile Association, and the market will eliminate them.

All the merchants went to Wu Jingui to declare the amount of cloth in stock, of course, during this week, the merchants were allowed to carry out the final crazy selling, after all, the current price of cloth is still amazingly profitable.

However, more large merchants have chosen to stock up, which is to take into account that they must get the first time to get the textile chamber of commerce printing and dyeing and textile technical support, so that their own brand will undoubtedly win more market share, the concept of the brand has been formed in this era, but most of the brands are replaced by the name of the store.

Qin Kai calmly watched a big wave he was pushing on the side, but Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui on the side found that the instructor's expression seemed to be very solemn.

Next year, 1880, the sixth year of Guangxu, Qin Kai thought a little depressed, Lu Yijin of Fukang Silver brought the news to him very surprised, originally in history, in China's century-old industrial history, the first Sino-foreign business war initiated by Hu Xueyan actually happened in advance, obviously, this is the butterfly effect brought about by him after the large number of civilian textile machines were distributed.

In the original historical trajectory, it was not until four years later that the domestic textile industry entered the stage of civil enlightenment, and the only few modern textile industries before were established by the government background, such as Li Zhongtang's Shanghai Weaving Bureau, Zuo Dashuai's Lanzhou Weaving Bureau, and Zhang Zhidong's Hubei Weaving Bureau.

The cheap and high-quality, perfect after-sales domestic textile machinery, obviously let this qiē fast running into a new stage, the huge profit of the foreign cloth business, so that Fukang Yinhao immediately invested a large amount of money to purchase the machine, thus early triggered the battle for the raw material market.

In that Sino-foreign business war, the high-spirited Hu Xueyan smashed tens of millions of taels of silver in Shanghai to sit on the purchase of Zhuang Shengxi, and victory was in sight, but the world was unpredictable, even if the smart Hu Da shopkeeper did not expect that this era was no longer an independent Chinese market, and the sudden change in the huge overseas market would still cause a price war.

A bumper harvest of raw silk in Europe and the sudden outbreak of a war triggered a chain reaction that suddenly reversed the outcome of the business war. Qin Kai thought depressedly that he still had hundreds of thousands of taels of tickets in the Fukang Silver Account, so he quickly asked He Xing to take care of it.

The changes in this world have been beyond the times he understands, Qin Kai held a wine glass, stood at the window and stared at the blue sea and blue sky in the distance, and suddenly remembered an ancient national song sung in the army in later generations - I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, and let China ...... Come and congratulate!

It's time to act......

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