Chu Xiangqian took Fei Fei, Ai Yuan and Hong Kong students to see the decoration of the Causeway Bay store.

The decoration is really good, so much so that Chu Xiangqian directly handed over the decoration of the mountaintop villa to Ye Xiaoli to do.

The better tomorrow to look at the house and come up with a design plan.

Chu Xiangqian and the others then went to the horse farm to take the three of them to learn to ride horses, and by the way, carefully inspected the buildings of the horse farm.

Before I knew it, another three days had passed.

On this day, Chu sat forward with Zhang Tianzhi's Rolls-Royce and came to the open-air warehouse at Kwai Chung Wharf.

During this time, 800 pieces of wood can be refreshed every day in the novice village, and the wood stored in the warehouse of the novice village can be brought to reality several times over a month.

In the open-air warehouse of the wharf, there are already nearly 30,000 pieces of timber neatly arranged in rows and rows of timbers three meters high.

The inner circle of the warehouse is a mountain of iron ore blocked by a pile of wood.

After renting this open-air warehouse last month, Chu Xiangqian took out all the 390,000 tons of iron ore that had been stored in the warehouse in the novice village.

More than a month passed, and 600,000 tons of iron ore were piled up in the iron ore area.

After waiting for the rice fish and the big landlord and grain merchant Lin Jingshui of Luzon Island to take people to the open-air warehouse, he was instantly shocked by the pile of wood.

The surnamed Lin immediately felt that Chu Xiangqian's strength should be similar to what Bai Fanyu said.

Seeing the iron ore piled up into a hill, the surnamed Lin and the white rice fish swallowed their saliva at the same time.

After Bai Fanyu came back to his senses, he forced his shock and asked Chu Qianqian, who walked in front of him, "Ah Chu, how many tons of iron ore are here?" ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, "600,000 tons, according to the international iron ore price of 11.24 US dollars per dry ton, this batch of iron ore with 7 layers of iron content is worth 6.744 million US dollars." ”

Lin Jingshui swallowed his saliva again and asked curiously, "Chu Sheng, why would you transport so much iron ore to Hong Kong Island?" ”

Chu Xiangqian sighed like this, "If there was no problem with the previous customer's funds, this batch of iron ore would have been shipped to the customer with the ship, where is the need for me to let people store here."

Fortunately, the other party gave a deposit, otherwise I would have lost a lot. ”

Bai Fanyu and Lin Jingshui thought about the shortage of food in the Celestial Empire at the same time, and then they took it for granted that these iron ores were all purchased from the mainland.

It's a pity that because of the drought, there was no money to pay for the rest of the procurement fees, so Chu Xiangqian had to transport it to Hong Kong Island for storage.

There was no problem with determining the source of goods, and the subsequent transaction was negotiated quickly, and Lin Jingshui probably thought that his ancestral home was also in the Celestial Empire, so he didn't dwell on the price.

According to what was said before, 50,000 tons of corn kernels were exchanged for 182,000 tons of iron ore.

And because iron ore has risen by $0.24 per ton in the past month, it is up to him to ship it away.

After Chu Xiangqian was relieved, he said with a smile, "I will sell the remaining 418,000 tons of iron ore to you at a price of 11 US dollars per ton, how about it?" ”

Lin Jingshui wanted to eat it, but for $4.598 million, he couldn't take out so much cash.

"Can you exchange it for food?"

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Forget about rice, in the second half of the Celestial Empire, in the next four months, there will inevitably be a large reduction in grain exports." It is difficult for the entire Southeast Asian rice not to increase in price.

I just need corn, sweet potatoes, and other grains. ”

Lin Jingshui shook his head, "I calculated, 600,000 tons of iron ore were all replaced with corn kernels, which is 165,000 tons, which is too much."

Once I buy in the market, the price will definitely go up. ”

Chu Xiangqian didn't eat this set, "In the past two years, rice and Canada have had bumper wheat harvests, and the storage volume has broken through the historical record.

I still sold 418,000 tons of iron ore to customers in South Korea, and took dollars to buy wheat in rice and Canada.

And the price of wheat has dropped over there, and ranchers must be more willing to buy wheat grains to fatten beef cattle before they are slaughtered.

As a result, the price of corn and oats will also be reduced.

I'm buying from there, and the price may be lower. ”

Lin Jingshui suddenly had nothing to say, and at the same time, he secretly said that Chu Qianqian could say this, and at first glance, he had seriously investigated the international food supply demand.

If Southeast Asia and East Asia really go to rice countries and Canada to buy wheat to make up for the shortage of rice, then the rice that is in the hands of themselves and other grain merchants may have to rot in their hands

Seeing this, Chu Xiangqian said, "I have a purchase agreement of 70,000 tons of rice with Indian grain merchants, and two batches of 5,250 tons and 10,000 tons of rice have arrived at their destinations.

The price is HK$0.22 for 500 grams.

If necessary, it is possible to increase the purchase volume. There is really no need to buy 0.4 Hong Kong dollars a pound of rice from you. ”

Lin Jingshui was stunned for a moment, and then scolded the Indians.

Previously, Bai Fanyu asked him to purchase 240 tons of rice, and the transaction price was 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, and he thought that there would be a follow-up transaction.

Unexpectedly, after many months, there was no movement at all. Unexpectedly, the reason lies in the Indian grain merchants.

If the Celestial Empire survives this year's food shortage crisis, the price of rice will inevitably plummet next year.

And after next year, the new rice I harvested this year will become old grain.

The price has to go down a little bit.

If this is backlogged for two or three years, many people will have to go bankrupt.

Grain merchants who can't bear the pressure will definitely sell a large number of them before they go bankrupt, and the price will have to fall.

Therefore, if you want to hoard Juqi, the most fearful thing is to find a new source of food.

Lin Jingshui took out a cigarette, lit it by himself, and smoked 3 sticks until he gritted his teeth and said, "0.3 Hong Kong dollars a catty, I will give you 30,000 tons of new rice and 50,000 tons of corn."

Or 35,000 tons of last year's old rice, plus 50,000 tons of corn, in exchange for your 600,000 tons of iron ore. ”

Chu Xiangqian just thought about it a little, and agreed in his heart.

Now that the shortage of food is so severe, the sooner we can transport food back, more people will be saved.

It's acceptable to be a little more expensive.

Even if the country does not recognize 0.3 Hong Kong dollars a pound of new rice, you can stay in the warehouse of the novice village.

When the war expands, it will inevitably affect the grain production of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

At that time, the drought in the Celestial Empire eased, and there was a lot of grain grown to help Yue Nan.

There will be less food exported to other countries.

Rice is bound to rise across Southeast Asia.

Even if the 30,000 tons of rice in his hands are not sold to other countries in Southeast Asia, but only sold locally on Hong Kong Island, it will definitely be higher than 0.3 Hong Kong dollars a catty.

Maybe 0.5 Hong Kong dollars a pound is possible.

However, Chu Xiangqian has always been careful in his calculations, and after thinking about it, he said, "Even if it is 35,000 tons of aged rice, the price is 0.257 Hong Kong dollars a catty."

It's too expensive, I'd rather spend a little more time sourcing from India. ”

Bai Fanyu took the opportunity to persuade Lin Jingshui and said, "Lin Sheng, there are a lot of good things in Ah Chu's hands. I didn't make much money on grain and iron ore, and I could make up for the lack of money in other businesses. ”

After Chu Xiangqian listened, he gave a thumbs up to Bai Fanyu in his heart.

Lin Jingshui's face really improved a lot.

Looking at the surrounding pile of wood, Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Lin Sheng, these 30,000 pieces of wood are all high-grade wood with a length of 4 meters and a diameter of about 40 centimeters.

You want me to sell it to you at half price. ”

Chu Xiangqian is not so generous, it is really the price of logs, far less than he imagined.

Moreover, Luzon itself is not short of timber, and it is even a major export item.

But camphor wood, birch, Luzon does not have one.

Camphor wood is a good wood for shipbuilding and boxes, and birch is also a good wood for furniture.

Of course, there is no shortage of wood for shipbuilding and furniture in Luzon, so Lin Jingshui is only interested in camphor wood.

Looking back and forth at dozens of camphor logs stacked together, Lin Jingshui couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Indeed, they are all high-quality logs with a length of 4 meters and a diameter of about 40 centimeters.

Silently calculated, he asked Chu Xiangqian, "I remember the camphor wood on Hong Kong Island the year before last, it seems to be 1 cubic meter and 20 Hong Kong dollars?" ”

Chu shrugged forward, otherwise he wouldn't have sold it at half price.

An inch of camphor in the mainland is a dollar, and a cubic meter of board is equal to 10 inches.

It is equivalent to the camphor wood shipped from the mainland, and the export price is 16.2 Hong Kong dollars per cubic meter.

Plus shipping costs, at most 17 or 18 Hong Kong dollars.

Although it has been more expensive in the past two years, it is only 21 Hong Kong dollars a cubic meter.

And a log with a length of 4 meters and a diameter of 40 centimeters is equal to 0.597 cubic meters.

15,000 camphor trees were sold at half price, only 89,550 Hong Kong dollars.

When Chu Xiangqian learned about the price of camphor wood on Hong Kong Island before, he was directly dumbfounded.

Birch wood is even cheaper, only 14 Hong Kong dollars per cubic meter.

No wonder selling logs doesn't make money, Chu Xiangqian sighed silently, and secretly said that Lao Tzu would be a fool if he sold logs again in the future.

"Forget it, the 15,000 camphor trees are 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the remaining 15,000 birch trees are all given to you."

Lin Jingshui, who felt that he had taken a small advantage, couldn't help but smile on his face.

A week passed in an instant, and 50,000 tons of corn kernels and 35,000 tons of new rice entered the warehouse at Kwai Chung Pier.

Chu Xiangqian also handed over the open-air warehouse on the other side of the dock directly to Lin Jingshui.

Unexpectedly, this guy didn't take it all away, but sold it locally on Hong Kong Island.

The 30,000 pieces of timber were sold at a 9% discount and were soon bought by merchants in the island nation.

Moreover, there are steel mills on Hong Kong Island at this time, and the international price of 7% of the best iron ore with iron content is 11.24 US dollars a ton.

With the addition of the freight rate, $11.5 is no problem at all.

Only 100,000 tonnes were eaten by the local steel mills, and the rest was again bought by businessmen from South Korea and the island nation.

It is equivalent to making Lin Jingshui earn 300,000 US dollars, plus more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars from selling timber.

After Chu Xiangqian learned about this, he couldn't help but give Lin Jingshui a thumbs up in his heart.

Fortunately, the majority of the profits were eaten by themselves.

After the grain arrived at the port of Hong Kong Island with three 30,000-ton cargo ships, Chu Xiangqian did not rush to declare customs, and once again used the method of temporary docking to rent these three ships.

As for the rent, compared to the total price of $6.6 million, it is not worth mentioning.

After getting 3 cargo ships, I turned around and went to the pharmacy in Causeway Bay.

When Qian Guotai heard that Chu Qianqian had gotten 50,000 tons of corn kernels and 35,000 tons of new rice, his face turned red with excitement.

However, after hearing the total price of this batch of grain of 6.6 million US dollars, his expression changed instantly.

But if you don't give money, then don't think about Chu Xiangqian getting more food for the Celestial Empire in the future.

Not to mention that it will lose its trust with countless overseas pro-Celestial Empire friends.

"I'll have to report back to the top, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll be given foreign exchange. Or is it settled in gold? ”

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently, he had 4.848 tons of gold in Standard Chartered.

In order to buy this batch of gold, it cost 2 million pounds, or 8 million US dollars.

Another 2.5 tonnes were deposited in Hang Seng, which was bought from the Ao Wan Ho family for £1 million.

Coupled with the 4 tons of gold that need to be given in China this time, I have 11.348 tons of gold in my hands.

Chu Xiangqian used to think that the country was reluctant, or there was not enough gold.

But in fact, it only took 7 days to send 4 tons to Hong Kong Island.

When the money was in place, the grain was naturally shipped to Jinmen, and the three 30,000-ton cargo ships arrived in Jinmen in four days.

85,000 tons is equal to 170 million catties, even if it supplies more than 7 million people in the capital, it is actually only enough for one month's ration.

Otherwise, the Celestial Empire would not have said that it would buy 1.5 million tons of grain at the end of the year.

And these 1.5 million tons of grain are only enough for 123 million people to eat for a month.

However, having this extra month's ration can indeed greatly alleviate the food shortage.

In the past two months, Chu Xiangqian has successively transported 5,250 tons and 10,000 tons of rice to the Celestial Empire, which means that he has fulfilled his previous promise to purchase 100,000 tons of grain for the Celestial Empire.

If you add in the next four months, there will be 5,250 tons of rice from India every month, and the total will exceed 120,000 tons.

After the old man Xue went home, he was drunk happily.

also held Xue Jinglan's hand, and even said that Chu Xiangqian was good.

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After taking care of the food, Chu Xiangqian seemed to have put down a heavy burden, and went to Dapeng Bay again this day, when he put this month's breadfruit, dried fish and 300,000 catties of rice on the island of Dapeng Bay.

Before they reached the island, the chickadee found a dozen boxes in the open space of the grove where they usually put their grain.

The chickadee flew down to take a closer look, and Chu Xiangqian immediately found that these boxes were all ammunition boxes.

With a little thought, you can guess that as you become more and more important to the Celestial Empire.

Even if last time, he was just casually talking to his daughter-in-law's grandfather, Old Man Xue, mentioned that he wanted arms, and he already remembered it.

Although Old Man Xue didn't agree at that time, he was still worried that he would be short of weapons when he ran into trouble outside.

In addition, the matter of killing Jin Yabing at the end of June, the boss should have known about it for a long time, so he thought about sending a batch of arms to himself.

Chu Qianqian commanded the to look around the island and around it several times, and even checked it inch by inch on the island, after making sure that there was no problem.

Only then did he drive the yacht and slowly approach the island.

Jumping off the sea again and swimming onto the island, using a hunting knife to pry open a box, Chu Xiangqian's eyes couldn't help but light up.

I thought it would be five or six semi-automatic, or five or six fully automatic rifles.

I didn't expect it to be a box of brand new AKs.

It seems that it should be the red polar bear a few years ago, the weapon that came to the aid of the Celestial Empire.

In 15 boxes, 2 boxes of 20 AKs are equipped with 1 box of 60 spare magazines, firing pins and other parts.

The remaining 12 boxes and 10 boxes of bullets, and all of them are bullets from the original polar bear.

There were also two boxes of American grenades.

Load all the guns and accessories into the warehouse of the novice village.

(End of chapter)