How important is iron ore to an industry?

Actually, for most industries, it doesn't matter.

Most owners face this problem and most of them scoff at it and don't pay much attention to it.

However, for Gu Beichuan, this is indeed a thorny problem.

Without him, Fei Hong is different from other enterprises.

He is a company known for its innovative technology!

In the era of agriculture, the best innovation is undoubtedly industrial innovation.

There are many examples of this, the most typical of which are the bicycles ridden by the delivery workers of Fei Hong, and the looms and steam engines in the Shen Kee cloth shop.

In order to maintain the supply of these things, Fei Hong is undoubtedly a big iron eater!

However, according to the laws of the Great Qian, the private ownership of such important materials as salt and iron is prohibited.

Every time you buy or sell, you need to file a record with the official and even explain it, after all, the officials don't know what bicycles and steam engines are.

Therefore, the process can be described as very cumbersome.

In addition, even if the official license is obtained, finding the source of goods is a major problem.

Most of them use official channels to make an appointment with businessmen who happen to have ore veins to sell in their hands to meet and negotiate.

is just like the Fuyang businessman who made a big oolong.

But even so, obtaining iron ore is still a rare trouble for Feihong.

After all, there are businessmen who happen to have iron ore to sell in their hands, and they don't have them every day.

"What about the businessmen who introduced you last time? Running out of mines? Gu Beichuan asked with a frown.

"Big Boss, the veins in the hands of those businessmen are pitifully small, even if they are added together, it is not enough for us Feihong to use for a month."

"Being able to last so long is already the result of our forging department's savings."

Hearing this, all shareholders frowned.

Many of their departments have cooperated with the forging department, and many of the equipment on weekdays are also directly picked up by the forging department.

If the forging department fails, their business will inevitably be affected.

This is indeed a big problem, and some of their problems seem inconsequential in comparison.

"Otherwise, go to the county guard mansion and ask, there are still businessmen who are in a hurry to sell the ore veins recently." Zhou Huai tentatively proposed.

Gu Beichuan shook his head and said helplessly: "If I'm not mistaken, I've been there five times this month." The county guard is not our house, how can we go every day. ”

"Eh, the big boss's words are not good, it's only five times, and it's not much."

"It's only the fifth today..."The corners of Gu Beichuan's mouth twitched, and he said.

As soon as these words came out, the entire box fell silent instantly.

All shareholders are inevitably a little embarrassed, five times in five days, and they go every day when they co-author.

I really take the county guard's mansion as my home, no wonder the county guard is stunned when he hears the name of our Feihong, and the co-authorship is to make people scared.

"The iron ore issue is very important, so it's better to think of a more secure way." Gu Beichuan said.

The main reason is that he is about to go to Qiandu, and if this problem is not solved now, he will not be able to solve it in the future.

Relying on the two melons and jujubes found by the county guard will not help at all and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

What Gu Beichuan wants is a one-and-done method.

"Who still has vein access there? At such times, don't hide your secrets, and if you have something, you will say it. ”

Hearing this, all the shareholders changed their faces.

Someone smiled helplessly and said: "Big Boss, look at what you said, we hide the iron ore and what we do, and we can't make silver, if there is, we must take it out first and use it tightly with Feihong." ”

"On weekdays, I do know some businessmen who dump iron ore, but I have already recommended them to Minister Sun, and now I really don't have them."

"Just my family, within a radius of ten miles, can't get together half of the iron ore merchants."

Listening to these words, the atmosphere in the box fell into embarrassment for a while.

The main reason is that Feihong consumes ore too quickly, and ordinary ore veins really can't be supplied.

As for the big mines, it's really not like you can find them.

At this moment, someone proposed: "Our Daqian is located in the southeast, with many plains and fertile soil, but there are indeed fewer ore veins. ”

"But whether it is Beiyan or Xiliang, there are many mountains in the territory, and there must be a lot of mineral veins."

"Since we can't do it in China, we can do it abroad!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all shareholders lit up.

"Good! Good idea! ”

"Yes, we can go abroad to find a larger vein as a stable source of ore."

Clearly, there was a lot of support for the idea.

But Gu Beichuan's words made the scene embarrassing.

"Where to look? And who will look for it? ”

In recent years, there has been constant friction between Daqian and Beiyan, and recently they have even put on a posture and are about to go to war.

At this time, I went to Beiyan to look for ore veins, not to mention whether I could find them, even if I really found them, how could I get them back?

Can't rely on Lin Changgong?

He can still escort goods in the one-third of an acre of land in Daqian, but if he goes out of Daqian, especially on the border, no one will sell him the face of the fire dragon gun.

As for Xiliang, in recent years, there have been occasional frictions with Daqian, and with the war between Beiyan and Daqian imminent, he is also sharpening his knives and wanting to be a fisherman.

But it's safer than going to Beiyan.

Can... How to live the dangerous Canglan River?

You can't fly over it.

If you want to cross the river, you have to build a ship, and if you want to cross the Canglan River and be able to transport goods, you must be a big ship, a heavy ship!

And if you want to build such a heavy ship, not to mention the capital for the time being, Feihong has money.

The most important thing is the technology of shipbuilding!

This is a rare object, and I am afraid that it is not only in the hands of characters such as the Heavenly Machine Divine Craftsman.

In any case, both paths are not easy.

"The direction is right, but the path needs to be considered." Gu Beichuan made concluding remarks.

"Think about it, if you can find a group of people who can do this for us."

"It's better for this group of people not to be big cadres, it's better to be able to travel back and forth between countries without constraints, and have enough financial resources and capabilities."

As Gu Beichuan blurted out a sentence, the expressions of the shareholders couldn't help but be surprised.

Shen Gui even took the case, and suddenly said: "Isn't this Wanbao Club?" ”

"Wanbao Club? What is Wanbao Club? Gu Beichuan looked confused, obviously not very understanding of this organization.

"Don't you know the big boss, Wanbao Club is the No. 1 Chamber of Commerce today. Whether it is the Son of Heaven and Wei, or the five major vassal states, or even the Northern Yuan, they all have their industries. ”

"They have all the means, they have all the goods, and they have tough relations, don't they just meet all the characteristics you said?"

Hearing this, Gu Beichuan couldn't help but get excited, and said, "How can I get in touch with this Wanbao Society?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were surprised again.

Someone said: "You don't need to get in touch, they will come looking for us." ”