In August, the monthly production capacity of the automobile factory can reach more than 13,000 vehicles, and the income of the automobile factory has stabilized at about 5 million US dollars. It can reach at least 60 million US dollars in a year, which is equivalent to more than 100 million silver dollars, so that Yan Shao has to sigh that high-tech products are huge profits.

For example, in the first year after using the assembly line, that is, in 1914, Ford increased from $3 million in 1909 to $25 million, and in 1917 it reached $70 million, but at that time Ford's production capacity was already in the millions.

Yan Shao can make more money than Ford with more than 100,000 vehicles a year, mainly because of a time difference.

Based on the labor cost dozens of times lower than that of the United States, as well as the use of the assembly line, even if Yan Shao sells cars at a price of $750, it can still be $100 cheaper than the cheapest Model T in the United States, while the profit can reach $450 or more...

What's more, historically, the production of Ford Model T cars is large, but the price has been decreasing, first at $850, then at $780, then to $690, then to $360, and finally to $260...

The profit has also dropped from the initial $220 to $99, and even lower...

In other words, in fact, Ford adopts a strategy similar to 'profit but quick turnover', although it makes very little money from a single car, the more it can sell, the more it will earn.

In contrast, the current Yan Shao is 'profitable and more expensive'. Anyway, even if each car makes twice as much money as Ford, his 'raindrop' is currently the lowest-priced car, and there is no need to lower the price of the car.

But when other car factories also adopted assembly lines. I'm afraid he's going to have to go down the old path of the Model T.

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Pick up a dumpling with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chew it carefully and swallow it slowly, and then Yan Shao put the chopsticks on the bowl.

"I'm full..."

"Feeling full so quickly?" Eleno and Caterina who were eating looked at them a little strangely, even Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru were the same, after all, in their memories, Yan Shao's food was very large, and usually he could eat the weight of the three of them alone.

"Well, I'm full...", Yan Shao got up from the table and kissed Elano and Caterina on the cheeks on both sides. Then he patted the top of Fumiko's head, and after saying hello to Lu Ying and Kaoru Otsuki, Yan Shao walked out of the room.

He took a towel from the maid and wiped his hands and mouth. Yan Shao said to Yan Yongnian, who had been waiting for a long time. "Well, everyone is already here, right?"

"It's already here..."Bowing his head slightly, Yan Yong said in a young voice.

In the conference room, it was full of gentry, celebrities and businessmen from all over Anhui. Many of them are also members of the Reform Association. I saw Yan Shao walking in from outside. These people hurriedly got up.

"Boss Yan..."

"President..."

"Mr. Yan..."

Although the names are different, everyone does not dare to slack off.

After all, Yan Shao called them here this time, but it was about something very important.

There were probably dozens of people sitting in the entire conference room, but all of them were people with status and status, so although there were many people seated, they would not be in a mess.

After sitting on the main seat, Yan Shao glanced sideways at everyone present. "The purpose of my invitation this time, I believe everyone is clear..."

Since he will be called by Yan Shao, it is naturally very clear. So after hearing Yan Shao's words, everyone present nodded.

This time, I called them because it was actually about the car factory.

With the increasing capacity of automobile factories. Naturally, more and more parts are needed.

In other words, Yan Shao must have a stable channel of spare parts.

Although it is easy to import from the United States, it is necessary to give jobs and money to foreigners, which makes Yan Shao somewhat unhappy. That's why Yan Shao called these gentry and celebrities in Anhui, hoping to cooperate with them.

To put it simply, let them raise funds to set up some parts manufacturing factories to provide parts for automobile factories.

After all, Yan Shao can't do everything, there are always some things to be handed over to others to do. With his assets, it is true that he can monopolize all industries, but if he cannot form competition, it will be very detrimental to the development of the economy.

And if you let the private sector raise funds to do it, not only can you keep the job opportunities in the country, but also develop industry and commerce, which is definitely killing two birds with one stone—————— and when he succeeds in reaching the top, he can also let these guys pay taxes.

As for why he called these people here, Yan Shao was still building his own parts manufacturing plant —————— handing over everything to others to do, Yan Shao was a little uneasy after all, so he also got a few manufacturing factories by himself, so that even if these people in front of him messed up, Yan Shao alone could also meet the needs of some parts.

To be honest, considering the many failed cases in the Republic of China, Yan Shao is really a little worried about these people.

"But it's not going to be a mess, right? After all, there is a demand from car factories there, and as long as they don't make a mess, there is basically no possibility of losing money. Touching his chin, Yan Shao thought so.

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Not only him, but even the gentry present also thought of this.

They still have some understanding of the current situation of the automobile factory. In fact, these people also thought about cooperating with Yan Shao in the past, but most of them wanted to join Yushi Group and become a shareholder or something, so they refused.

And if they cooperate with other businesses, they are afraid of losing money...

However, they still know a little about this business now, after all, the cars of the automobile factory are now exported to Europe and the United States, and the monthly sales can even reach more than 20 million silver dollars—————— and the actual profit is a secret and is not announced to the public.

No matter how you look at it. There is no possibility of losing money by cooperating with Yan Shao in this matter, which is why they rushed over so actively.

In fact, because of the incident at the car factory, the Qing court was almost crying to death.

Because when he founded the automobile factory, Yan Shao once went to Zhu Jiabao. I asked for a '5-year tax exemption' like the iron factory, which means that the automobile factory can be exempted from tax for 5 years.

After learning a little about the foreign automobile industry, Zhu Jiabao felt that Yan Shao's automobile factory would not be very profitable at the beginning. In addition, he also planned to encourage the development of national industry, so just like last time, he gave a concession to the Qing court, hoping to give Yan Shao a tax-free monopoly like last time.

At that time, the Qing court did not think so much. Because the Xiangshan Iron Works, which originally claimed the tax exemption, has indeed been in a state of loss all these years. Although the losses are not as much as at the beginning, there are still hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and Yan Shao also has a lot of connections in Beijing. After a little bit of getting through, this tax exemption was granted.

And then...

The Qing court cried...

It is a secret that the annual profit is not open, but just looking at the current monthly sales of automobile factories can reach more than 20 million, or even close to 30 million (rounded). You can imagine how profitable the car factory is.

If there is such a tax. It may not be possible that the imperial court will no longer need to borrow money from foreign countries.

It's just that the tax exemption has just been promulgated for Yan Shao, and it is impossible for the good-looking Manchu bureaucrats to take it back immediately, so they decided to wait —————— next year.

Yes, face is important, but money is just as important, and if it weren't for that, the guys wouldn't have declared such a stupid way of state-owned railways.

It's just that they suddenly turned their faces, and they were somewhat unable to wipe off their face, and Yan Shao was not without anyone in Beijing. So after the end, these guys also discussed a compromise solution. That is, even if this year is given to Yan Shao in vain, the rest will be said next year.

That's it. If you have the silver, you can save some face, and you can keep it somewhat, which can be regarded as covering your ears and stealing the bell.

If, they have next year...

Yan Shao also knew this, so he didn't let the people in the court continue to fight for him, which also made those people in the court breathe a sigh of relief. After all, they are only a minority in the court, no matter how they fight, they can't compete with others, if they fight too hard, it is easy to form a grudge with others, but if they don't fight, they are sorry for the silver that Yan Shao gave them every year, and now Yan Shao took the initiative to back down and only asked for a year of tax exemption, which naturally relieved them.

And they also reciprocated by fighting for a year's tax exemption for Yan Shao in the court.

This year does not refer to 1914-1915, but to the month in which the automobile plant officially entered production.

For this matter, although Yan Shao felt that it was not necessary, he also expressed his gratitude to those people.

As for Zhu Jiabao...

Compared with Yan Shao, the people in Beijing were very angry with him.

After all, if it weren't for him, the imperial court would not have lost such a large amount of tax revenue because of this. If it weren't for the fact that Sichuan and Huguang were making a lot of trouble now, I am afraid that he would have been taken away from the position of governor of Anhui.

But even so, Beijing has decided to wait until next year to transfer him from the position of governor, although to find a vacant position for him as a punishment.

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Standing up from his seat, an old man who looked to be at least 60 looked at Yan Shaodao.

"Since it is to raise funds to set up a manufacturing factory, I wonder if Mr. Lu Daoyan has any suggestions?"

"That's right." Another middle-aged man in his 40s also got up from his seat. "But if we want to open the factory to Wuhu, if this is the case, after all, we are in a different place, will it be a little inconvenient to do so?"

Hearing the middle-aged man say this, everyone else also looked over.

This is actually their biggest concern, because judging from Yan Shao's past experience, he is very inclined to concentrate everything. For example, the cotton textile factory, the ash factory and now the automobile factory are almost all concentrated in Wuhu.

If it weren't for the fact that the iron mines were basically concentrated in Dangtu, I am afraid that Yan Shao would even open an iron factory in Wuhu.

Although everyone here wants to make money, the local complex is just as serious. It's just that because of Yan Shao's influence and the fact that he has done a lot of things in Anhui over the years. That's why the people here will choose to accept Yan Shao, but let them open the factory in Wuhu instead of their hometown, which is somewhat...

Just as doing good deeds must be done in your hometown. They also want to be able to bring some prosperity to their hometown through industry.

Seeing these people's concerns, Yan Shao laughed softly.

"It's okay to set up a factory in your hometown, well, many of you are from the same place, so you can raise money around the region, and you don't have to be limited to these people who are there, you can go back to your hometown. Invite some local merchants or gentry to join in, so that the scale of the factory can be larger..."

Yan Shao does have a strong desire to control and wants to control everything in his own hands. I even thought about whether to take a stake in the manufacturing plant that the gang invested in, let's say 51% or something.

But after thinking about it later, he gave up on the idea.

After all, if he participates in everything, it is easy for the economy to become deformed.

So now he is mainly engaged in heavy industry. For example, the iron factory and so on. These are industries that cannot be profitable in the short term and that ordinary businessmen cannot participate in.

For light industry, such as textiles, etc., it is no longer so concerned.

Just like the cotton mills, only two factories are added every year, that is, 160,000 spindles are added every year. This number sounds like a lot, but the problem is that with Yan Shao's net worth, he can directly invest a large amount of money. Directly let the total number of spindles in the cotton textile mill reach the extent of millions.

The reason why this was not done is because the profitability of the cotton textile industry is already somewhat insufficient. On the other hand, they also don't want to get too involved in light industry.

After listening to Yan Shao's words, the doubts of the people present were all gone, and they even discussed the matter of cooperation.

After thinking about it, these people felt that it was better to focus on Yan Shao's method, that is, to divide the region, and then let the people in the region cooperate. For example, the merchants and gentry in Anqing can cooperate together, and the merchants and gentry in Dangtu can also cooperate together.

Of course, there are so many counties in Anhui, and it is impossible for several people to come from each county, and there are also some counties with only one or two people coming. But it doesn't matter, as Yan Shao said, they can invite other local gentry to join in.

With Yan Shao's sign there, these people won't have any worries.

Seeing a group of people discussing with great interest whether they should open a factory there, who should be invited to raise funds, and which direction they should choose, Yan Shao's face also showed a smile.

Although Yan Shao has already begun the construction of industrialization, these talents in front of him are the starting point of China's industrialization.

After late at night, Yan Shao invited the gentry who had come to Wuhu to have dinner, and then sent someone to send them to live in the reception office set up by the group in the new city.

Just now, they have roughly finished the discussion.

In the end, it was decided to set up 17 parts manufacturing plants by region. The initial investment of each manufacturing plant can reach more than one million yuan, and the small one can reach more than 100,000 yuan.

The next day, after they returned to their hometowns, they quickly gathered some gentry from their respective hometowns to discuss the matter of raising funds to set up a manufacturing factory.

Because there is Yan Shao's sign there, most of the gentry have no worries, and they are also very enthusiastic about fundraising. By September, the fund-raising scale of all manufacturing plants had reached more than 20 million yuan, and almost half of Anhui was involved, and there were many businessmen from other provinces on their way.

More than 20 million yuan, I am afraid there is no bigger than this in China.

However, Yan Shao's goal is to start a car factory with an annual output of more than one million vehicles, so this figure may not be enough. Fortunately, at this time, the group's own parts manufacturing plant has begun to start, and if the two are combined, they should barely be able to meet Yan Shao's needs.

And when other parts factories that raise funds to establish are profitable, follow-up investment will increase, so Yan Shaozhi does not have to worry about the supply of parts.

On the contrary, Yan Shao's biggest concern now is probably the production capacity of the iron factory.

"With an annual output of 500,000 tons, if the output can really reach more than one million vehicles, even these production capacities may not be enough..."

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Yan Shao has been busy with the car factory and other things lately, but he has never relaxed his attention to the situation in Sichuan.

On the Sichuan side, although Zhao Erfeng also felt that the protest of the Sichuan people was a matter of course, but due to the orders of the Qing court, coupled with the fate of Wang Wenwen, Zhao Erfeng could only obey orders.

After entering September, as the Baolu Movement became more and more intense, Zhao Erfeng first falsely claimed that there was good news from Beijing, and deceived Pu Dianjun, Luo Lun, Deng Xiaoke, Zhang Lan, Yan Kai, Hu Rong, Jiang Sancheng, Ye Bingcheng, Wang Mingxin, and other leaders of the Sichuan Baolu Comrades Association, the Sichuan Provincial Consultative Bureau, and the Sichuan-Han Railway Company into reading telegrams at the Supervision Office, and immediately arrested them, in an attempt to create a situation in which the dragons were leaderless.

Upon learning of the arrest of Pu Dianjun and others, the people in Chengdu City quickly gathered in front of the Governor's Mansion, hoping that Zhao Erfeng could release Pu Dianjun and them.

However, at this time, Zhao Erfeng had already issued an order to crowd the courtyard and shoot to kill, as a result, the guards opened fire on the people, killing 32 people on the spot, and countless people were injured. After the next day, dozens of people were killed again, which was the famous 'Chengdu Bloody Case' in history, and it was also the tipping point of the outpost battle of the Xinhai Revolution...

On the second day of the Chengdu Massacre, Qin Zaigeng, Long Mingjian, and other members of the Brotherhood and the League formed the Baolu Comrade Army and attacked the provincial capital from all sides, and the situation in Sichuan became a pot of porridge.

On the one hand, Zhao Erfeng sent troops to suppress it, and on the other hand, he asked for help from the Qing court, and the Qing court urgently dispatched troops from 6 provinces to Sichuan to suppress it, and urged the end side to quickly set off to the west to 'investigate', and among the reinforcements in these 6 provinces, there was the Hubei New Army... (To be continued......)