Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 651 The Key Technology Must Not Be Leaked

Under the instruction of Zhu Youjian, Sihai Commercial Bank deliberately obtained a monopoly position in certain industries, and the sugar industry is one of them.

Xinghua County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province has now become the sugar base of Daming. Li Xing, who borrowed money from Sihai Bank, has now become the general manager of the Xinghua County Sugar Mill of Sihai Commercial Bank, managing Xinghua County The two large-scale sugar factories in the territory employ more than [-] workers and produce more than [-] stones of cane sugar each year, accounting for about [-]% of the total sugar production in Xinghua County.

Now the third large-scale workshop of Sihai Sugar is under construction, and it is expected to be completed and put into production before the sugarcane matures.

After accumulating enough experience in the first two workshops, the construction area of ​​the third workshop will be larger. It is expected to recruit more than [-] workers, which is almost as large as the sum of the first two workshops.

After the third workshop is put into operation, it is estimated that about [-] stones of sugar can be produced each year. The addition of the three workshops will make the total annual output of Sihai Sugar Industry account for about [-]% of the entire Xinghua County, becoming the largest sugar producer in the Ming Dynasty. A veritable behemoth of the sugar industry.

If this trend continues, within two years, all individual sugar houses in Xinghua County will be swallowed up by Sihai Sugar Industry, and Xinghua County will only have one large sugar house.

What followed was that the farmers in Xinghua County, who had tasted the sweetness, were desperately opening up wasteland to maximize the planting area and supply of sugarcane. Sugarcane will be planted all over Hua County, and the reputation of Daming Sugar City will spread all over the place.

The annexation of the Sihai Commercial Bank did not arouse opposition from the local sugar house owners. On the contrary, both the many sugar house owners and the local farmers showed great support and welcome for the emerging Sihai Sugar Industry.

Now Sihai Commercial Bank has already passed the initial stage of primitive capital accumulation. Under the request of Zhu Youjian, the expansion of Sihai Commercial Bank in each industry has no longer used the surplus value of labor force as one of the means of profit, but Through small profits but quick turnover, the attitude of treating its employees favorably has joined the tide of commodity competition.

Take the family of Li Xing, the general manager of Sihai Sugar Industry, as an example. With the support of Sihai Bank, Li Xingjia’s Tangliao expanded its production, the Tangliao workshop expanded, and the number of workers hired reached 25. Fifteen heads produce nearly a thousand shi of various types of sucrose a year. After excluding various expenses, the annual profit can reach more than [-] taels, thus becoming one of the largest sugar producers in Xinghua County.

Four Seas Trading Co., Ltd. took a fancy to Li Xing's sugar-making skills and management ability, so it decided to acquire Li Xing's sugar house as the first step into the sugar-making industry.

The commercial bank offered Li Xing a monthly salary of 20 taels, the price of the workshop manager. His brother Li Chong received a monthly salary of 15 taels and was responsible for the procurement of raw materials. Their father received a monthly salary of [-] taels and was responsible for logistics support. .

This kind of condition is already very generous. The monthly salaries of the three members of the Li family added up have already exceeded the profit of the family's hard work for a year.

Don't forget that although they hired a lot of workers, most of the time they have to participate in the labor personally, and the profits they get are real hard-earned money, which can't compare to the ease of pure management.

The shopkeeper of the Zhangzhou Branch of Sihai Commercial Bank also told Li Xing’s family that the current monthly salary is just the beginning. After the workshop expands its production capacity in the future, their salaries will also rise with the increase of profits and reduction of costs.

After careful consideration, Li Xing finally agreed to the acquisition plan of the Four Seas Trading Company, and his family changed from the owner of Tangliao in Xinghua County to a member of the Royal Trading Company.

And this identity is also what Li Xing's family values ​​most, and it is also the main reason that prompted them to make up their minds.

As a low-level peasant household, Li Xing's family has seen too much exploitation and oppression of the common people by the government and squires. Even if they can expand their production capacity again in the future and earn more money, disaster may come from the sky one day .

In this era of distinct classes, being rich without status is probably an original sin.

And the information specially revealed by the shopkeeper of the Four Seas Commercial Bank allowed them to see the figure of the ancient giant river that appeared and disappeared from time to time.

As long as they rely on the past, they will no longer have to worry about waking up one day and facing a desperate situation with no money.

The fate of Li Xingjia is the epitome of other sugar house owners in Xinghua County, and it is also the reason for the rapid growth of Sihai Sugar Industry.

After changing its name to Sihai Sugar Industry, Sihai Commercial Bank stepped up its efforts to acquire other small and medium-sized sugar houses in Xinghua County.

Since the conditions offered by the Four Seas Commercial Bank are very generous, the owners of the various sugar houses and the workers under their names only need to do some calculations to conclude that as long as they are merged into the Four Seas Sugar Industry, their annual income will be higher than their own current business and part-time jobs. much higher conclusions.

The most realistic thing is that Li Xing's family came forward to say that, so the merger and acquisition of Sihai Sugar Industry is going very smoothly, and it has reached its current scale in just over a year, and the momentum of such mergers and acquisitions is continuing to extend.

During the process of Sihai Sugar's acquisition and production, the local sugarcane farmers also benefited a lot, because Sihai Sugar charged a penny higher price per catty for the sugarcane grown by the farmers. The income of the majority of farmers has increased tremendously.

Every time when the sugarcane is ripe, a large number of farmers drive their cars to carry the load, scrambling to sell sugarcane at the purchase office of the two workshops of Sihai Sugar Industry. The financial office not far away withdrew the money, and then the villagers greeted them warmly and returned home with a heartfelt smile.

These silver coins will become the food in the mouths of the children at home, the copper hairpins on the heads of the yellow-faced women at home, the brand-new clothes and shoes on the old mothers at home, and the punches with familiar friends. Taking a sip of rice wine quietly will become a life-saving medicine for relatives when they suddenly get sick.

In the eyes of farmers who are used to being poor, it is an eye-opener to have such a good life.

Giving benefits to the people is Zhu Youjian's purpose, and it is also his basic requirement for Universal Commercial Bank.

Take the sugar industry as an example, the profits brought by this huge profiteering industry are too great, and all the profits are not worth mentioning in terms of the final profits. Zhu Youjian will make a request at the right time to further increase the purchase price of sugarcane , so that farmers can get more and greater benefits.

In addition, Zhu Youjian specifically asked Gong Fanwu to keep the production technology secret while increasing sugar production, and strictly prevent this core technology from leaking out, especially to never let Xiyi get this technology.

The establishment of Sihai Sugar is based on this reason.

After the monopoly, the confidentiality work will become relatively simple.

Because Europe at this time did not obtain the technology of the yellow mud water icing sugar method from China, the white sugar that is as white as snow is the existence of gold in Europe.

(End of this chapter)