Chapter 910: Focus on Manhattan (5)
In this era, the American continent was full of primeval forests, and it was not destroyed at all.
In another time and place, the forests of the Americas were destroyed, and that was in the early eighteenth century.
At that time, those Europeans who came to the Americas had the luxury of cutting down trees to make firewood in the summer, which lasted for about 150 years, destroying a large number of forest resources.
And the consequences of this are also evident more than 100 years later.
That is, a lot of soil erosion is very serious.
And from that time on, the Americans, who had become independent, began to pay attention to this issue. And turned to land and environmental governance, and maintained this philosophy into the new century.
At the same time, the Americans do this, which brings them great benefits.
From the side, it also shows how rich the resources of Lingye are on the American continent in this era.
Zhao Hongyu, who established the Song Empire, of course, also knew this.
If he didn't make use of such abundant forestry resources, wouldn't he be the biggest fool.
Besides, if Manhattan has built a city, the expansion of the city will inevitably destroy some forests. Therefore, in addition to the residential materials needed to build the city, the remaining timber can also be sold to the virtual world.
The virtual world is very similar to the world before Zhao Hongyu came to this era, and the resources are very scarce, which has led to the shortage of raw materials and high prices.
Even if you pay a high price, you may not be able to buy some raw materials.
However, the appearance of Zhao Hongyu gave hope to the Celestial Empire in the virtual world.
Although the prices of these goods sold by Zhao Hongyu are not low, they will not be higher than the international prices.
Especially the iron ore on the side of Ontario City, which is very important to the Celestial Empire.
It's just that the supply of iron ore on the side of the Song Empire is not very large now.
But. This at least allowed the Celestial Empire buyers in the virtual world realm to see another way.
Even, when Song Hu was dealing with Chen Zhenbang, he revealed to this guy that the current amount of iron ore and precious metals is only because of the small amount of mining in the early stage.
Once the scale of mining is expanded in the later stage, the quantity will definitely increase greatly.
Therefore, Chen Zhenbang kept this sentence in his heart, and secretly told those buyers in the virtual world who needed iron ore and precious metals.
And Chen Zhenbang, this guy, was remembered by the top management because he was able to find another way, which made his career smoother.
This is something that even Chen Zhenbang himself did not expect.
The Celestial Empire of the Virtual World. is the same as the world world that Zhao Hongyu did not cross over, they are all squeezed by the world world iron ore company.
If the Celestial Empire could find another way to supply iron ore raw materials, they would definitely be very happy.
At the same time, the demand for timber is also very large, but because of the exchange of resources for economy in the early years, the resource consumption of the Celestial Empire in the virtual world is too large, and due to the pan-real estate development and soil erosion, the forestry resources here in the Celestial Empire are exhausted, so the Celestial Empire can only start to buy timber raw materials in the international timber market.
However, this presents a problem that can be encountered in the same way as iron ore. That is, the price cannot be controlled by itself, and it must be done according to other people's rules.
Therefore, the price of wood raw materials used in the Celestial Empire is very expensive.
Now Zhao Hongyu sells timber here. For the Celestial Empire, it was really like a long drought and nectar.
These 'unknown sources' of wood raw materials are of good quality, not to mention the price, which is also very appropriate, so this makes the merchants of the Celestial Empire in the virtual world flock to it.
So, Zhao Hongyu is in the timber trade on their side of the Americas. Trading in the virtual world has shown a hot trend.
In the Celestial Empire, which is also in the virtual world, it has also begun to carry out the strategy of precious metal reserves, which allows the Song Empire's gold to have a stable sales channel.
Although the price of gold is within the realm of the virtual world. There is a downward trend, but overall the profit is still very impressive.
It is precisely because of this that precious metals, as well as raw materials such as timber and copper, iron, and coal, have become the main part of the Song Empire's trade in the virtual world.
And Quebec's green and pollution-free agricultural products have also been sold well in China.
Because the virtual world realm is ten times larger than the normal world realm, the number of people with high spending power has also increased tenfold.
Zhao Hongyu doesn't have to worry about the problem of consumption power.
And in order to be able to eat safe meals, these people are also willing to pay a high price to enjoy these pollution-free green foods.
Even the grains and vegetables produced in Quebec, as well as fruits, have already made a name for themselves in China in the virtual world, which is something that Zhao Hongyu could not have imagined at all.
Chen Zhenbang's side, I don't know how many merchants in Lu Dao are calling him every day to make friends, hoping to meet Zhao Hongyu and them, or to maintain a stable trade channel.
As for these people wanting to see Zhao Hongyu and them, it is impossible to think about it.
And to stabilize the trade channels, just see if they can give Chen Zhenbang enough benefits.
But as long as the merchants can give benefits, then their supply will definitely not be a problem.
These are the bulk commodity transactions of the Song Empire's trade in the virtual world, and there are also a lot of small trades.
For example, beef and mutton that do not eat feed, and some game, also occupy a certain share. Although it is not big, it brings a lot of profits.
In the 17th century, wildlife was abundant, and trade was not a problem as long as the hunting was controlled.
No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, and Zhao Hongyu is short of money here.
It's just that the establishment of the Song Empire is too short, and some infrastructure has just begun to be planned, so there is no way to start producing many minerals now.
Otherwise, Zhao Hongyu would definitely become the largest supplier of raw materials in the virtual world.
All kinds of ores, metals, oil, and these strategic materials that are in short supply in the virtual world can not only satisfy the countries in the virtual world, but also bring Zhao Hongyu considerable profits.
All this will have to be done over time, until the Song Empire slowly develops to a certain extent.
With the current water products of the Song Empire, there is still no way to do it.
Think about it, if you want to expand the mining volume, then some supporting alms must be established in advance.
At the same time, maintenance and maintenance and workers, these have to be trained slowly.
It's not that you can just let one person go up and do it.
When Song Hu was developing in Ontario City, he gritted his teeth and built a hydropower station after buying coal deep excavation equipment and conveyor belts that were about to be scrapped.
Without a small hydroelectric power station and the thermal power plants that were built inland over the next two years, Ontario's rapid development would not have been possible.
The foundation of modern industry is electricity.
However, if you want to build and improve power facilities, it will definitely not be possible overnight.
According to the prediction of Zhang Tie and others, if the Song Empire can initially have modern industrial strength, at least the Song Empire will have to develop for ten years to achieve it.
At the same time, because the equipment that Chen Zhenbang sold them was some old obsolete goods. As a result, the cost of maintenance and repair has increased greatly, and these machines are too old to be scrapped for a few years.
Therefore, the time they estimate will be postponed by ten years if they can't figure it out.
Moreover, after the construction of a large number of factories, some workers who know how to know and skills will also have a large demand.
Just relying on the hundreds of thousands of Chinese genetic people within the Song Empire, this is obviously not possible.
Moreover, with the expansion of the Song Empire, the Chinese people in the empire will inevitably be invested in government departments and some key units, or they will become big businessmen and stand at the top of the empire's economy.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for people of Chinese descent to do such a thing as entering a factory as a worker.
Here in the Song Empire in the Americas, although there is no racial discrimination on the surface and citizens are treated equally, these are just superficial things.
To put it bluntly, it's used to fool people.
In Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan, as well as Zhang Tie and Song Hu, including Professor Liu, who joined later, in their plans, it was the Chinese who dominated the Song Empire.
It is absolutely impossible for someone else to occupy the top.
At the same time, the armed power of the empire must also be controlled in the hands of the Chinese.
The Europeans or the Indians, and the rest of the ethnic population, should have become the cornerstone of the empire.
These are all things that have been decided in private, and it is impossible for the common people to know about them.
Therefore, on the surface, the Song Empire, because of its strong economy and free and relaxed environment, became a paradise in the eyes of all foreigners who have seen this country, and it is also the best place to live.
It is no wonder that the European people, who were still semi-feudal, cried and begged to come to the Song Empire, even if it was to do the lowest jobs.
Of course, those who did not come to the Americas through formal channels were first and foremost regarded by the Song Empire as illegal stowaways. Throwing them into what Manhattan natives call 'ghettos' for Europeans and letting them live with their own people for a while will never disturb the lives of the 'citizens'.
And the work that these people can do, in addition to the wharf coolies, is sweeping the streets, serving dishes in restaurants, digging out dung, and rubbing their backs and pedicures in bathhouses...... And so on and so forth.
As for some Europeans who want to take risks and mix up the underworld...... Hehe, could it be that the dock gangsters planted by the Imperial Intelligence Department, as well as the Imperial Patrol Officers, are vegetarians.
You must know that with the strong backers, the Asan have burst out with 1000% combat effectiveness. (To be continued......)