The second workshop he visited in Xing'an really startled him.

This can no longer be said to be a workshop, but rather a square market, covering an area of several hundred acres, surrounded by newly built houses, some small grocery stores, etc., there are thousands of people active here, not to mention that there are thousands of people active.

"The five largest firms of the Fuzhou Merchant Gang invested one million taels of silver, and borrowed one million taels from Guangdong. There are 300 new spinning machines and 1,500 spinning wheels. The open space and the pond are used to process hemp leaves, and more than 8,000 workers need to work here. ”

When it comes to this huge fine linen workshop, Lu Han is very proud.

This should have been the credit of the chief secretary, but the two chief secretaries were not very strong and had no vision. The last land used is the Wei Institute, and the workshop is also written on the list of fine linen workshops under the Ming Fujian Prefecture Fuzhou Beiwei.

There are five major firms invested here, and the health firm has contributed to the local and local efforts, and also accounts for 10% of the shares.

"A daily output of 240,000 feet of fine white hemp." Liu Bingzhang added.

Xing'an walked around and asked, "When will the construction start?" ”

"It will take another month for the yarn and loom to be ready, and if it is fast, it will take another half a month to start the hemp. It's just that the craftsmen don't know what the quality of the hemp is this time, so the machine qì is adjusted according to the best hemp, if you see the hemp, you can adjust it again, maybe it can be more refined. ”

Most people who have never seen the real thing will think about it, but here it is said as best as possible.

Xing'an was very interested: "So, hemp is good hemp." ”

"Bai Minghe said that it was good hemp, but it could only be super high-quality hemp. Bai Minghe always leaves three points when he speaks, and the grass fruit that he said was better last time only knew when he really saw it, let alone on the market. None of the old people who have been in business for many years have ever seen such good quality. In fact, there are even better ones in the White Crane Curry. ”

"Tomorrow to Little Luzon!" Xing'an said again.

He was a little anxious to see Bai Minghe, and if he went to Guangdong, he didn't know when Bai Minghe would come back.

This workshop is very powerful, with a daily output of 240,000 feet of fine linen, which is too frightening. Come to think of it. Xing'an asked again: "It seems that the fine linen on the market will be cheaper." Blessed are the people! ”

"It is estimated that the price will not be reduced within a year." Liu Bingzhang replied, and without waiting for Xing'an to ask, he continued: "What the white crane wants, this workshop can't get out of the work day and night. It is said that it is 240,000 feet a day, but it is less than 100 tons. There are only 30,000 quintals a year, and the white crane opens its mouth to purchase 200,000 quintals a year. It is precisely because of such a huge amount of purchases that these businessmen dare to invest their family foundations. ”

One hundred feet a horse, twenty-six horses a load, two hundred and forty thousand feet. It's not a particularly huge number.

Xing'an knows that this one workshop alone is afraid that it will top most of the linen production of the four provinces south of the Ming River last year.

With countless questions in his heart, Xing'an didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night, and he was still a little confused until he got on the ship the next day.

As for the white crane, he is still enjoying his uncle's life in little Luzon.

I boarded the boat from the east side of Luzon and went around most of the circle. Didn't go back to Manila and went to Baguio. Nominally, it looks like a beautiful view, but it turns out that even a gold mine has been circled. He is responsible for digging, and the silver that needs to be invested, as well as the money spent by hired workers, including the purification of gold, are all in charge of Bai Minghe.

White-named cranes account for seven.

Shirana Crane gave a signing fee for one hundred quintals of silk. It's just that the contract is signed. This hundred quintals of silk is a benefit to these chiefs out of thin air, and it can be regarded as a dividend in advance.

"Give another hundred quintals of silk, and reduce the profit by half." There was a sheikh who offered to make a request.

The white crane doesn't know whether to sympathize or laugh, but it can be in the morality of long-term cooperation. Bai Minghe still said: "Don't regret it in the future, you are half a percent, maybe you will be able to carry dozens of loads of silk." ”

"Well, I won't change it." The chief was direct, and he wasn't embarrassed at all.

Bai Ming Crane said in his heart, this is a normal idea, and the long-term benefits are better than the short-term benefits.

But another chief made a strange request: "If you don't make a profit, we won't send anyone to supervise it." The contract you said was to dig for 50 years, and if you give us 500 quintals of silk per year, you will be deemed to have given us a share of the profits. ”

It must be said that this chief is not wrong in his thoughts.

How much the white crane dug up, it is difficult for them to know, it is not interesting to dig more and dig less to rip the skin, it is better to have a net worth.

Bai Minghe didn't answer immediately, he bit his cigar and leaned back in his soft chair in thought.

How much silver is 500 quintals of silk, at most it is 150,000 taels of silver on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and in a few years, the price of silk will definitely be reduced. This is a gold mine, can't you dig 15,000 taels of gold a year?

You must know that in the modern era of Baguio here, the annual output of gold is calculated in tons.

Seeing that Bai Minghe hesitated, several big chiefs ran to the side to discuss, they thought that the benefits they actually saw were more real than the invisible dividends, they had also dug gold, it was really not easy to dig gold in the mountains, thousands of people couldn't get a few hundred taels of gold a month, and they were afraid that these slaves would steal gold grains.

Seeing that several chieftains of Luzon retreated, Deng Hailong, Hua Wuji, and Lu Qiyuan immediately surrounded Bai Minghe.

Deng Hailong sat next to Bai Minghe: "Xiaobai, is it a little uneconomical?" ”

Bai Minghe lowered his voice: "It's not that it's not cost-effective, I'm afraid that they will regret it in the future." You know, this place I chose, we've been here for two days, with what I've learned. Dig well here, I can dig dozens of loads of gold a year. The gold mining area here is at least more than 10,000 quintals. ”

Deng Hailong nodded, this little Luzon person sees that there is a lot of gold here, and it is really a matter if he regrets it.

You can't use artillery to solve everything.

Hua Wuji pointed to the mountain and said, "The big trees that are growing here are better than being harvested together." Then they will know that the gold we are carrying is still wood. Arrange some reliable people to guard here, at the moment there is only an accurate number, how much is this gold mine worth, Lord Bai's vision has always been good, can you estimate the number this time? ”

The white crane of the Baguio gold mine has been heard in later generations, but the specific location is not detailed, and it is not known whether the white crane in the mine cave is seen or not.

The only thing we know is that it produces more than 10 tons of gold a year.

"This piece under our feet, there are at least 50,000 to 100,000 stones of gold in the two hundred miles of Fang Yuan. I have the ability to see that there is a gold mine here, but I don't have the ability to dig it. If this land is given to me, fifty stones a year can always be dug up, and the gold mine is a small profit. ”

What Bai Minghe said is not wrong, the gold mine is a small profit.

Fifty stone of gold was nothing more than that, and it was not a huge profit compared to his huge maritime trade.

Hua Wuji shook his head helplessly, fifty stones of gold, one stone is one thousand six hundred taels of gold, which is one hundred thousand taels of silver. Fifty stones is 800,000 taels, see if Hubu Shangshu dares to say that this is a small profit.

"Dig!" Deng Hailong's tone was very strict.

Isn't it just 500 quintals of silk, and if you dig it here, you will definitely be able to reach 100 stone of gold.

After the two parties discussed, Bai Minghe opened his mouth and said, "I also want the tree on this mountain." If I cut down one and plant two more saplings, I will not let this place be deserted, but in fifty years, the saplings I planted will grow and will be mine. ”

The chieftain had originally planned to give the white crane some wood, but when they heard the white crane talk about the tree, they also made a concession: "We will give you another twenty miles, and we are also sincere." ”

"Okay, then I'll give you ten quintals of silk every year. That's five hundred and ten quintals next year, and five hundred and twenty quintals the year after. Ten years later, if the price of silk is reduced, I will add 20 taels a year to you, which is called value preservation in our Daming. ”

"Cheng, add another thirty miles to Bai Gongzi." The chiefs were delighted.

The contract was quickly discussed, but the specific scope was determined after Bai Minghe sent someone from Daming to calculate, and the signing fee was 100 quintals of silk, which would be handed over within a month, starting from January next year, and the silk part of the year would be handed over at the beginning of the year.

Bai Minghe also proposed: "It is too far from here to Manila, I ask you to send a few guides to see the river here and there, I want to build a port at the mouth of the river, and I will pay for the construction of the port." It is convenient for me to transport ore, as well as wood. ”

"It's all trivial, and naturally there is no problem."

The general direction is set, and building a port is really a trivial matter.

But in Deng Hailong's eyes, it is not a trivial matter. If the white-named crane dares to build a port, he dares to send troops. This is equivalent to having a military port outside the Ming Dynasty, but it is a big problem who is in charge here. Guangdong Dusi doesn't dare to stick this hand, it is best to arrange a military attache directly under the capital from the capital, here is a small place, it is also a guard level.

To put it mildly, for the sake of the whole of Little Luzon, it is not too much to set up a separate capital.

Everyone had their own hearts, but on the whole everyone was happy, whether it was the chief of Luzon or the white crane. A gold mine with an annual net income of at least more than 500,000 taels of silver is definitely a good thing.

Before leaving, Lu Qiyuan asked someone to chop a piece of abaca and carry it over: "My lord, we can cut the tree, this thing is not included in the agreement." The students thought that if it was this price, the students saw that there were many of them, and this went back to weave ropes and made mats as high-quality linen materials, and there were more goods, and the amount of rope was also larger. ”

"You can just dig up some weeds."

The chieftain of Luzon said in his heart that this Ming man was really kind, and he really didn't touch anything outside the agreement. Even this abacia has to be paid.

"Honesty is the foundation." Lu Qiyuan's sentence is true, and it is definitely not in the form of a slogan like the white crane. Then he added: "I think the amount needed is huge, please give me an idea." ”

"How much?" Bai Minghe asked quietly, even if it was a pre-negotiated bridge, Bai Minghe would not be the slightest bit lax.

After Lu Qiyuan was silent for a while, he said: "How much, how much!" ”

Hua Wuji hugged his long sword and asked with a smile: "Is it worth the freight?" (To be continued......)