Good news continues, the military service system is well underway, and the people at Spanish Tobacco have also received good news.

I still remember that Alfonso ordered them to cooperate with the Barcelona Institute to improve the cigarette machine more than half a year ago, and the person in charge at that time promised to produce 80,000 cigarettes per day within one year.

It's not 80,000 today, but it's pretty much the same.

In the latest trial, a cigarette machine can produce 60,000 cigarettes per day, and the production cost has been reduced to 10% of the current hand-rolled cigarettes!

Alfonso understood that the person in charge was in such a hurry to report to him, in addition to asking for credit, he was also vaguely reminding that the cigarette machine could be put into production.

In fact, the gap between 60,000 or 80,000 per day is not very large, the output continues to rise, and the main factor affecting the production cost has changed from labor to various types of raw materials.

Considering that it would take time to set up a production line, Alfonso did not hesitate to order the tobacco company to start construction.

The follow-up research of the cigarette machine cannot be put down, but the current model is enough to cope with the market.

The cigarette machine was named the "Slit-Shaped Cigarette Machine", and the tobacco company planned to build 17 production lines in the first batch, enough to meet the demand throughout Spain.

In the future, the scale will continue to expand with the cultivation of smokers.

The patent for the cigarette machine has also been submitted to the Spanish Patent Office for review.

Although the tobacco companies have not yet applied in other countries, they plan to wait until the official launch to do so.

But if you think about it, the cigarette machine is a standard invention, and unlike the original horse racing lottery, no matter which country it is, it will not encounter a little obstacle.

At the same time, Alfonso's men had already brought François, who was far away in Paris, to Madrid.

At that time, he was preparing to reorganize the supermarket business in Paris, and he also voted for the Bonaparte dynasty, but when he learned the king's intentions, he immediately asked Zane to resign, giving up the hard-won opportunity to be independent.

François, who had matured a lot, was not as casual as he had been two years ago, sitting upright, not daring to look directly into the king's face.

"Don't be so nervous, you should know what I called you for, right?" Alfonso laughed.

François nodded lightly: "Go to Brazil to build a company, regardless of profits, the scale should be large." ”

"Good, have you figured out what to do?"

"Open a coffee factory." As he spoke, François pulled out a thick stack of plans:

"Brazilian coffee is a global seller, the market is large enough to meet demand, and the plantations have been harassed by abolitionists in the last two years, and prices have fallen.

As long as there is enough capital, it is even possible to build a complete production chain on its own. ”

Alfonso took the proposal and glanced at it casually, François was clearly interested in the job, and although Alfonso said that he didn't care too much about profits, he still took all aspects into account as much as possible.

No matter how you look at it, this is a qualified plan, the kind that can be put into use directly.

"Looks like you've learned a lot in the past two years." Alfonso laughed: "It is feasible to open a coffee factory, but your plan is too conservative."

Look at this, first with Allegel Estate and Bleco Estate, I don't know what these two estates are, but I know that the coffee bean factory is not worth a lot of money, and the majority is still on the plantation.

In 3 years, you have developed so slowly, and no matter how high the valuation is, it will not be much higher. ”

When he said this, Alfonso was very emotional, if Brazil's financial industry was as developed as later generations, there would be no need to bother to engage in these industries.

And the Brazilian government is not too efficient today, and it has a good understanding of the inflation situation in the country.

In his capacity, it was difficult to borrow a large amount of Mires with overseas assets as collateral, so he had to take this more troublesome method.

“…… But I don't have enough money. François said dryly.

"Don't worry, I'll give you 120,000 pounds first, how can you be extravagant after you go to Brazil, buy one estate today, buy two estates tomorrow, and borrow from the bank when you run out of money.

In short, try to make as many assets as possible under your name. ”

Alfonso explained in a few words the general idea of going to Brazil to do things.

In fact, he is also going to set up a financial company to trade futures, but that will be later, at least until François's company has a certain scale.

At that time, not only finance, but also railways and other industries will be able to enter the market, which is the main part of raising valuations.

It's a pity that it was too expensive to build a railway in the first place, otherwise what kind of coffee would be sold.

François spoke with Alfonso again, and finally understood what the king wanted him to do.

I have to say that he was quite frightened when he heard it.

Brazilian coffee is a relatively mature industry, profitable but not profiteering, according to this game, any wind and wave may cause the rupture of the capital chain.

Even if it doesn't crack, it's hard to keep up with the rising interest and operating costs.

When you can't borrow money one day, everything will be stopped.

François thought to himself: "It doesn't seem too difficult to build this bubble...... But what's the benefit? Just to pit the banks in Brazil?

Forget it, Your Majesty will not leave me alone, and one day when the bubble bursts, I will run to Madrid and hide. ”

Alfonso saw his thoughts, smiled, and said meaningfully: "It's not as dangerous as you think, maybe you will not only not be held accountable by Brazil, but will become a successful entrepreneur in Brazil?" It's just that the reputation may not be good. ”

In any case, François finally understood his mission, and then he pulled a few of his trusted business assistants and Alfonso's co-ordinators, and set out on a journey to Rio de Janeiro.

On the other side,

Robert and his party have successfully landed in St. Isabel.

The government arranged large ships, and the colonists set off in seven groups, with an average of 2 or 300 people on a ship, and even with the sailors, the space on the ships was still relatively empty.

A month's voyage was a bit of a sin, but fortunately no one in the group died.

In fact, only 6 people died on Robert's 4th ship, and 5 of them died due to a lack of vitamins and poor physical fitness, and contracted an unknown disease.

The other is because others occupy the toilet, and I feel uncomfortable, so I fell into the sea when I defecated at the edge of the deck.

"I finally got through it!" Ricardo cheered.

The others laughed, even Robert, who was glad that he had survived the first hurdle of colonization.

In this era, every ocean voyage has a bit of a life factor in it, and if there is an outbreak of any infectious disease, the whole ship may be close to annihilation.

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