Chapter 39 Ports to the Sea
Naturally, these words could not be said directly to the Weilun Patriarch, because the reason why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce hired these farmers was originally because of the agreement signed with the Weilun Patriarch, which could be regarded as assisting the Weilun Patriarch to solve the living problems of the five thousand people in his territory.
Moreover, according to the results of Xu Yi's investigation and the facts that Cantona learned privately, although these 5,000 people work here and receive the salary offered by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they are actually still counted as the children of the Weilun Patriarch's territory, and even more than half of the salary they get has to be handed over to the Weilun Patriarch.
So the patriarch of Weilun could teach this lazy worker a lesson unscrupulously, but Cantona still had to defend him, no matter how dissatisfied he was with this lazy guy.
After all, for the Weilun patriarch, killing one has no impact at all, and it is a big deal to change someone.
As for Cantona, although this person is lazy, he has been familiar with the operation of the magic machinery in the field for more than half a month, and he can be regarded as a journeyman.
No matter how dissatisfied he was with the work attitude of these local peasants, he could at least play a role, and if he was replaced, he would have to start from scratch.
Looking at the fat face of the Patriarch of Weilun, Cantona felt a trace of emotion in his heart.
Such an hateful-looking, cruel and lustful garbage aristocrat, but because he controls this land in his hands, he can now get a lot of income from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce every year.
In addition to the rent of 300,000 gold coins every Chinese New Year's Eve and the 30 percent grain harvest, each of these 5,000 workers has a monthly salary of 50,000 gold coins, and he has to collect at least 20,000 gold coins from a total of 25,000 gold coins a month, which is more than 200,000 gold coins a year.
Calculate the rough general ledger. Just rely on leasing these 100,000 hectares of land. The annual income of the Weilun patriarch is around 600,000 gold coins.
Think of this huge number. Cantona couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
If this money is not given to the Patriarch of Weilun, but is used somewhere else, how much can it be done......
But Cantona is also very clear that this can also be regarded as the entrance fee for the new flying chamber of commerce to knock on the door of the Duchy of Stantin.
But probably only a big man with great courage like Xu Yi would really dare to make this decision, right?
At the very least, Cantona himself wouldn't dare.
"President Cantona, I have one more question. Patriarch Wiron's voice pulled Cantona back from her fugue.
"Hmm, Patriarch Weilun, what questions do you have? Cantona reacted and quickly smiled.
Patriarch Wei Lun pointed to the various farmland magic machines that were busy in the field and asked, "These farmland magic machines should all be produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce......, right?" Will President Xu sell me some of these things?"
Cantona laughed, "Of course. Patriarch of Weilun. Do you think that President Xu asked us to bring so many farmland magic machines just for the purpose of cultivating this land? Tell you the truth, President Xu told me in private that if you want to seize the opportunity to promote the benefits of these farmland magic machines, it is best to let them be used in every noble territory in the Duchy of Stantin. Do you think he's willing to sell it?"
Patriarch Weilun suddenly laughed: "It's good to be willing to sell." Very good, President Cantona, you can help me inform President Xu, and say that I want to buy 1,000 units of various farmland magic machines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and I hope he can do his best to help me solve this problem. ”
Cantona smiled and shook his head: "I don't need to tell you, President Xu will be here in a few days." Wouldn't it be better for you to tell him personally?"
"Oh, is President Xu really coming?" Patriarch Wei Lun suddenly looked surprised. "Great! When President Xu comes, I must treat him well!"
Seeing the fleshy face of the Patriarch Weilun that was huddled together with a smile. Cantona couldn't help but shake his head slightly, thinking to himself that it was no wonder that the Weilun Patriarch was so happy when he heard that Xu Yi was coming.
In other words, whoever heard that the person who could bring him 600,000 gold coins a year was coming, he would definitely be as excited as Patriarch Weilun.
After discussing the problems of this land with Cantona for a while, the Patriarch of Weilun left with his men and the maid Shi Shiran, and Cantona thought about it and walked in the direction of the seaside.
The coast next to this land has gradually changed its appearance, in addition to building a breakwater about a kilometer from the coastline, a road has been built to connect directly from this large area of land all the way to a port under construction by the sea.
This coast is a small bay that just shelters from the monsoon winds and huge intrusions, forming a natural harbor on the coast.
When Xu Yi asked Cantona to take people here to reclaim the leased land, he also asked the Amritri Chamber of Commerce to send a construction team to build a port here.
Now, more than half a month later, this port has begun to take shape, and a pier leading to the deep sea has been erected with a steel frame.
According to the director of the Amritri Chamber of Commerce, who is in charge of the project, the next step is to pour the cement concrete, and the port can take shape.
However, the Amrley Chamber of Commerce has no relevant construction experience at all, and the construction of the terminal is extremely difficult, so the director of Riley is not optimistic about the progress.
Fortunately, Xu Yi did not rush and gave a maximum construction period of five years.
This made Cantona and Director Riley very puzzled when they chatted privately.
Since Xu Yi is not in a hurry, why did he want to build this wharf so early?
More importantly, how will the construction of this pier here help the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not even have a boat......
What's more, even if there are boats, there are so many inland rivers on the Sainz continent, why run towards the endless sea that is boundless and full of dangers?
During the time when the two of them came to the Duchy of Stantin, although they had seen many local fishing boats go out to sea to fish, the farthest was only no more than ten kilometers from the coast, and even the most qualified fishermen did not dare to go there.
"Who knows...... President Xu's vision is far from comparable to the two of us, and perhaps he has other plans. Director Riley shrugged, his face indifferent. "Anyway, we just have to take his money and do things for him. As for what the hell he was thinking. We don't need to care. At least I've known President Xu for more than two years. I haven't seen him do a stupid thing that loses money, and this time will certainly not be an exception. ”
Cantona glanced at Director Riley in some surprise, thinking that although he also admired Chairman Xu very much, he could not compare to the almost blind admiration of Director Riley.
"Don't look at me like that, even our President Cruise admires President Xu so much right now, Cantona, don't doubt it. Director Riley heaved and said, "Look, if it weren't for President Xu's ability, your Cantona Chamber of Commerce would be such a small chamber of commerce." How can you now single-handedly own this whole 100,000 hectares of farmland? 100,000 hectares! How much farmland does we have in Bangta City combined? You now have much more farmland in your hands than all the nobles in Bangta City. ”
Cantona smiled bitterly: "There are enough fields, but what I'm worried about now is whether I can make money." ”
Director Riley glanced at Cantona: "What are you worried about? The rent of this field is not from your Cantona Chamber of Commerce, you just honestly organize people to cultivate and cultivate, and then hand over the grain that should be handed over to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the rest is not your own net income." ”
"I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried about the new flying chamber of commerce. Cantona shook her head. "Because I did the math and found that even if it was really possible to harvest three crops of rice a year, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would definitely lose money in the end. You said that you had never seen President Xu do anything to lose money, but this incident ...... At least for now, it seems that there is definitely going to be a loss of money. ”
"Don't worry. Director Riley patted Cantona on the shoulder, "As I said earlier, President Xu must be much better than us." Now from your point of view, he may be losing money. But that's not the same thing as losing money. Because capital represents a lot of things. President Xu may lose some money because of this, but he will definitely get more and more. It's just that neither of us can see it now. ”
Cantona glanced at Director Riley a little speechlessly, thinking that his confidence in Xu Yi was really blind enough.
But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem to be his business, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce is just a small chamber of commerce that is still very weak, rather than worrying about whether a big chamber of commerce like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will lose money, and whether a big man like President Xu will make a mistake in judgment, it is better to study how to develop himself.
Thinking of this, Cantona rolled his eyes, grabbed Director Riley's shoulder, raised his eyebrows at him, and asked with a ** smile: "Don't talk about this, after finishing work tonight, let's go have a drink?" I heard that the little girls here in the Duchy of Stantin are in good shape, do you want to experience it?"
Director Riley swallowed and foamed, but shook his head: "No, there is a batch of new materials arriving tonight, I have to arrange someone to take over, and I have to personally see that nothing happens." ”
Cantona was a little disappointed: "That's a shame, I said we should go have a drink together and deepen our relationship." In the future, we will not be able to work together in this place for a long time, and we will not be able to do it if we do not have a good relationship. ”
Director Riley laughed: "Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future." Now that things are out of order, we will only have to be more relaxed in the future, and we can play as much as we want. If we really take care of everything here, believe it or not, that Patriarch Weilun will ask us in the future? At that time, what kind of little girl do you want to experience is not all a matter of Patriarch Weilun's words?"
Cantona thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "Okay then, I'll talk about it later." But every time I see Patriarch Weilun, I think that he is so fat that he can't crush those little girls to death......"
Director Riley smiled and was about to answer, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure running wildly from a distance and immediately stopped.
Seeing Director Riley's appearance, Cantona turned around and realized that the man who was rushing over was one of the Cantona Chamber of Commerce's men.
This Cantona's subordinate rushed all the way to Cantona, and before he had time to rest, he gasped and said, "Hit ...... Beat...... It's fighting!"
Cantona frowned: "What's the fight?"
"I ...... Our...... of people, and ...... And that...... Those lazy people hit ...... Fights are up......"
Cantona was shocked. (To be continued......)