It turned out that during this period of time, the mixed yuan sect developed rapidly, moved from Yaluo Bay to the more prospective East China Sea Island, the number of escorts exceeded 500 people, and the whaling industry was vigorously developed, and a large amount of whale oil was purchased. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For this situation, the biggest responsibility is not someone else, it is Li Xian himself.

Since mastering the art of whaling with whaling cannons, the whaling ability of fishermen in the area of Yarrow Bay has improved by leaps and bounds, which is very different from the previous whaling with cold weapons.

Normally, the average weight of an adult whale is between fifteen tons and twenty tons, and after boiling whale oil, an average whale provides about ten tons of whale oil, which is 20,000 catties.

Li Xian provided boats and whaling cannons for whaling fishermen, and in this way he became a shareholder and controlled the whaling industry, and the official purchase price of whale oil was at the level of 100 catties and 3 oceans, but considering that after the sale of whale oil, a large part of it would be returned to the accounts of the Mixed Yuan Sect in the form of dividends, etc., the actual purchase price of the Mixed Yuan Sect was only two pieces of ocean and 100 catties.

In the grain and oil business of this era, the retail price of 100 catties of lard was between 9 and 12 yuan, and the wholesale price was between 6 and 7 yuan.

That is to say, as long as the market is smooth, the Mixed Yuan Sect can earn at least four to five yuan of net income per 100 catties of whale oil, which means that a whale oil can earn 800 to 1,000 yuan.

And that's just the whale oil business, and if you add the whale meat and whale skin (equivalent to high-quality cowhide) business, the profit will be much higher.

As for the efficiency of whale oil production, after providing whaling fishermen with the right clippers and whaling guns, it is like a game to hunt five to ten whales a month offshore, and with the right incentives, this amount can be doubled.

The soap project of the Mixed Yuan Sect is very profitable, but the net profit per month is between 1,500 yuan and 2,000 yuan, which is already a rare windfall profit in this era, but compared with the whaling industry, it is much different.

Whale oil is also used in soap, but in terms of current sales capacity, 20,000 pieces of soap are sold every month, 240,000 pieces a year, and only about 20 tons of whale oil are needed.

In Li Xian's original budget, this whale oil should not be sold, lard and soybean oil have always been very popular commodities, the edible value of whale oil is much higher than these, more importantly, whale oil has a strong burning ability, can be used as a common fire oil for defending the city and naval battles, and on the occasion of the Sino-British War, it is also excellent to sell it to the officials of the Guangzhou Prefecture.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Li Xian vigorously encouraged fishermen to hunt whales, and also proposed a strategy of unified purchase and sale of whale oil, as long as fishermen catch whales and squeeze out oil, they will buy all of them.

This practice greatly increased the fishermen's enthusiasm for whaling, and at once Li Xian obtained hundreds of tons of whale oil, and then found himself Sparta.

In fact, only a small part of this whale oil is used to produce soap, and everything else has not been able to be sold, so it can only be stored in warehouses on Donghai Island.

Whale oil should be one of the most sought-after and best-selling commodities in this era, but the thing is so ridiculous, the mixed yuan sect is guarding a large amount of whale oil, and it can't be sold, but it leads to a large amount of money being occupied, and there is a possibility of bankruptcy if you are not careful.

Originally, these whale oils were sold to merchants in Guangdong, which could be used to make military fire oil, edible oil, etc., and could also be used to make candles, perfumes, soaps, lamp oils, etc., all of which could make a lot of money, but unfortunately they couldn't do it.

For the sake of Shen Baozhen's capture, the Guangzhou government did not rudely prohibit the sale of soap, but also used various means to warn the Fuwei Dart Bureau and supervise the soap business, so that the scale of soap sales could not be increased.

If there is no such covert suppression from the government, it is possible to double the sales of soap with the popularity of soap.

Since the soap business has been suppressed, whale oil will naturally be boycotted by the Guangdong government.

It is precisely because of this that no businessman in the entire Guangzhou government dares to intervene in the whale oil business, and Li Xian cannot sell whale oil in Guangzhou, after all, the whole of Guangdong knows that only the one who sells whale oil is Mingyuanguan.

As for selling whale oil to the three counties of Leizhou, first, the plates in these three counties are too small to afford much sales, and what is more troublesome is that traditional grain merchants are worried that the sale of whale oil will affect the sales of lard and soybean oil, so they boycott it intentionally or unintentionally through guilds and other organizations, and do not let any shops operate whale oil.

Li Xian also underestimated the strength of the feudal guild, the quality of whale oil was much higher than that of lard, and the wholesale price was set lower than that of lard, but no shop dared to sell whale oil under the pressure of the guild, and this market could not be opened.

The mixed yuan view said that it sounded like the leader of Leizhou Bay, but the rise time was too short, and the strength on the shore was very weak, and it really couldn't compete with these feudal grain and oil guilds for influence.

The only thing Li Xian could do was to disguise whale oil as lard and so on, and sell some of it through some bold grain and oil merchants, which was also a joke.

Li Xian originally had the intention to get involved in many industries such as sugar, fish floss, salted fish processing and whale leather goods, but under the situation of government suppression and feudal guilds closed operations, he could only sigh.

The development of capitalism requires raw materials, technology and markets, and Li Xian now only accounts for two raw materials and technologies, but he is unable to break through the blockade of the government and guilds to enter the market, so that many ways to make money are stillborn.

In many time-traveling novels, the protagonist can develop good products with extraordinary vision and make a lot of money just by having an idea, but after really living in this world, Li Xian understands that it is almost impossible.

In today's business environment in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how profitable and best-selling the goods you hold in your hands, you can't sell them without enough connections, and you may even lead to death.

If it weren't for Li Xian's guards in his hands and his powerful force, the merchants of Leizhou would have been killed long ago and used various ways to steal the business of Chaoyuanguan.

At the beginning, the soap business of Mixed Yuan Guan was able to be done, first, Chen Qian himself had enough connections and power to calm the scene, and second, the soap commodity was relatively novel and did not belong to the jurisdiction of any guild, so it was only temporarily given the opportunity to develop.

When the soap product became bigger, there were actually many merchants who intended to plunder the soap business, but they were unsuccessful.

Let's just say that Feng Nanhai was also bought by a certain sugar merchant in Xuwen County for money, so he ran to Sanyuan Guan to catch Li Xian and Chen Qian, and then forced them to hand over the soap recipe and business, but because they were too arrogant, they were cleaned up by Sanyuanguan.

After that, Li Xian returned to the Mixed Yuan Temple to vigorously develop the escort team, and the sugar merchant realized that he had lost his eyes and regarded the tiger as Hello Kitty, and he couldn't help but be afraid, and he also sent someone to bring money to admit his mistake and compensate, but he tossed himself enough.

In short, the current situation of Mixed Yuan Zong and Li Xian is that the only commodity that can really enter the market and sell well is soap, and the other commodities are very promising, but it takes a huge cost and time to slowly develop the market before they can develop.

Compared to this situation, the expenses of the Mixed Yuan Sect have become very large.

At the beginning, he had to get forty or fifty thousand taels of money to eliminate the pirates, but because of the special situation at the beginning, Li Xian offered too high a reward, so that most of them gave bounties to fishermen and guards, and all they really got were dozens of hard sailing ships and less than 20,000 taels in cash.

Later, the escort team expanded to more than 500 people, and the expenses for monthly salaries, food, and clothing alone exceeded more than 3,000 yuan, plus the cost of maintaining the purchase of whale oil, which far exceeded the income.

In addition, moving from Yaro Bay to Tohae Island, hiring people to build fortifications such as earthen walls and trenches, and building houses are all expensive projects.

Moreover, if Li Xian still wants to make a difference, that is to say, vigorously develop industry, point to science and technology trees, develop military industry, etc., then a huge amount of money must be invested in the early stage, that is to say, at least 300,000 yuan or more will be invested in the recent year to ensure that the Mixed Yuan Sect and the escort force have enough development in terms of capital, technology, and military strength.

According to Zhao Hujiang's idea of old people, at this time, we should converge, reduce expenditure, stop expanding, slowly open up the market, use the previous savings to survive this time, and wait for three or five years later, the situation will be much better than now.

However, Li Xian understood that when the Opium War really started, the business environment would only deteriorate, and it would be much worse than it was now, and he had to make a surprise move to reverse it now.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Xian felt that his choice was very limited, either he would lead the escort to plunder the merchant ships from Leizhou to Guangzhou, or even go ashore to rob the wealthy and large households, or he would do it and earn enough money at once to complete the accumulation of the original capital.

According to the first choice, it will greatly corrupt the cohesion of the escort force, corrupt the centripetal force that has been established with great difficulty, and destroy the potential for development.

In this way, Li Xian has not many choices.

Even if there is no current financial difficulty, if Li Xian wants to make a difference, that is, to greatly expand the escort team, climb the science and technology book, and be self-sufficient in weapons such as guns and cannons in advance, he also needs to invest a lot of money in the early stage, which is commonly known as the primitive accumulation of capital.

According to Li Xian's estimates, it is necessary to invest at least 300,000 taels to 500,000 taels of huge funds in a year, and such a huge amount of money is almost impossible to achieve by doing business alone, even if the soap and whale oil business is not suppressed by the government.

Even if he earns 350,000 taels of funds a year, it will take more than ten years of accumulation to have the ability to get involved in the military industry such as guns and artillery, and Li Xian can't wait for that time at all.

Considering the above situation, after repeated measurements, Li Xian understood that he had to visit Yilu to solve the financial problems he encountered.