I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 710, Industry Transformation

The Jidu Political Assembly Hall is close to Santiao Street, and there is a Youzhou Merchant Hall, which was established with funds raised by the big merchants and caravans of Youzhou, and it is specially used for them to exchange information with these Youzhou merchants and caravans!

After Xu Wei recognized Li Aimin's occupation of Luzon, the guild hall began to gather here with rare big businessmen.

Half a day later, all the well-known businessmen in Youzhou came here, and the guild hall became full of people.

The Gongsun family in western Liaoning, the Liu family in Yuyang, the Xianyu family in Shanggu, the Zhang family in Zhuojun and other dozens of major families in Youzhou have sent representatives to come here, as if this is a giant conference room!
Yuyang Liu Yan couldn't wait to say: "Why did we gather together this time? I think everyone knows it. The ruling party has already opened up. Overseas islands can be opened up by heroes. Our predecessor Lu Buwei said hundreds of years ago, Farming is only a few times the profit, selling jewelry is only a few dozen times the profit, but investing in a country is hundreds of times the profit.

This is the best opportunity for my family to re-establish the foundation!As long as everyone invests in Luzon Island, I can keep it for you, even if you build manors and docks on Luzon Island! "

Overseas exploration costs a lot. Even if Li Aimin and the others are the heroes of Daqian and have hero bonuses, it is difficult to maintain hundreds of explorers in Luzon for a year!
The reason Li Aimin and the others have the money to go on an expedition to Luzon is because Liu Yan and his father-in-law funded it!And of course they want hundreds of thousands of times in return!This is the most basic thing to re-establish your own family business overseas.

And Li Aimin and the others don't necessarily suffer for themselves. The territory they fancy is still a deserted island. Even if it really becomes their territory, they still need these father-in-laws to help them develop the island, or they may really spend half their lives with the savages on the island!Therefore, it is a win-win deal to develop Luzon Island with the help of businessmen's funds.

After Xu Wei opened his mouth, for people like Li Aimin, Luzon is already in their pocket. The only thing they lack now is the funds to develop the island. There is no start-up capital of more than one billion yuan. They can only look at Luzon. The copper mine on Song Island was in tears, that's why Li Aimin and his father-in-law called so many businessmen, just wanting them to raise start-up funds for the development of Luzon!

Xian Yuying smiled and said: "Overseas is not comparable to our Dagan inland, and there are no islands that have gold, silver and spices. These islands are all occupied by the Dagan court, and we dare not compete with the court! The development of ordinary islands is not They say they don’t make money, but we can make money by working hard, why take the risk to go to Luzon to make this money!”

Li Aimin is Liu Yan's son-in-law but not his Xian Yuying's son-in-law. Why would he want to build a country for Liu Yan's son-in-law and leave the money to his own son-in-law?

This can be regarded as an alternative feature of Daqian. The original clan of the big man was torn apart by Xu Wei. He could not enter the political and military circles, but could only become a big businessman with a little money.

But in order to ensure the safety of their family and their wealth, they usually find a high-ranking official as their son-in-law.Anyway, there is a large population in their family, so it is not a problem at all to have a daughter to marry!
As for high-ranking officials, it is generally difficult to reject the ladies of the noble family. After hundreds of years of genetic optimization, even the ladies of these noble families can be regarded as beauties, and their families have huge wealth, which can support them Go one step further in your career.

After all, although it is easy to get promoted in a big job, it also requires political achievements, and their rich father-in-laws invest in a few factories, and this political achievement will come soon.So even Xu Wei didn't realize that his subordinates had an extremely close relationship with the powerful clan of the big Han back then!
Others also agree with Xian Yuying's statement that there are tens of thousands of islands in the South China Sea, even if they want to help, they must help their own family!

But Liu Yan said with a smile: "I can keep it. Investing in Luzon is a good business with huge profits. It only takes one year to pay back!"

Although Liu Yan said this, most of the people present did not believe it. Unless Luzon discovered a unique spice, otherwise the development of the deserted island would not be able to pay back in a few years.It's not like they didn't know about Luzon. There are virgin forests everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to open up wasteland. There are still many savages on the island, so they need to have a strong enough military force to gain a foothold here.In this kind of land reclamation, there are no economic crops with dozens of times the profit, not to mention the return of the cost in one year, it is impossible to return the cost in 10 years!Moreover, the degree of danger is extremely high, and if you are not careful, you may end up losing everything.

But Liu Yan promised: "I can sign an agreement with you. If you can't pay back your capital in Luzon in one year, the industry you build in Luzon will be recovered at double the price. You can earn money in one year." 1 times the profit, this kind of business is very rare even in big business!"

"If everyone thinks this is not safe, I can also mortgage 2 million yuan with [-]% interest on my textile factory and shipyard in Youzhou. If I can't pay the money after a year, this textile factory and shipyard will be yours. of!"

Liu Yan's gamble on his wealth finally made these people a little moved. If it weren't for Luzon's real profit that could earn more than ten years, Liu Yan would not dare to gamble his wealth like this. After all, this is his son-in-law's property, not his. The property of the Liu family!
Xian Yuying asked, "Have you discovered any new spices in Luzon?"

Liu Yan smiled and said nothing. The discovery of the copper mine in Luzon must not be spread. After all, Luzon Island does not belong to their son-in-law. After all, although Dagan lacks the manpower to develop the islands in the South China Sea, if there is a huge copper mine, it is impossible for the court to give up on Luzon!
However, Liu Yan's attitude made them more sure. They must have discovered some high-profit specialties in Luzon, so they were so sure that they could get back their money.

Of course some people are willing to do profitable business. Xian Yuying and the others changed their attitude and offered money one after another. However, for the sake of insurance, they still asked Liu Yan to use his property in Youzhou as collateral. If Liu Yangan fooled them, his property would also be worth hundreds of millions Money, these investors will never lose their money.

And if Luzon really has an industry that can pay back its capital in a year, then they will really make a lot of money. With such a high return on investment, it is worth taking a little risk.

In this way, with the support of Li Aimin and his father-in-law, Li Aimin quickly raised 10 billion yuan to develop Luzon.

Then they used the money to buy food, transport ships, and various craftsmen in Jidu, and recruited thousands of public craftsmen at high prices, and asked their comrades in the army to recruit 200 retired veterans as military forces.

After the preparations were completed, Li Aimin and the others headed towards Luzon with a fleet of 10 ships on a breezy autumn day!

Although the incident in Luzon caused a burst of enthusiasm in Jidu, every autumn, Jidu's own meetings continue, and members of parliament from all corners of the country gather in Jidu. They lead various news and proposals, each of which is extremely important. The sensational effect, soon Luzon will be submerged under these new hotspots!

Even Xu Wei didn't pay much attention to it. What he paid more attention to at this time was the herdsman councilors from the desert, and the 10,000+ herdsmen who followed them to Jidu for the winter!

Herdsmen and parliamentarians mainly live in the community in the north of Jidu, which is also the main market for inland and grassland transactions. Cattle, sheep, and war horses from the grassland, logs, mountain products, and leather goods from the inland of Liaodong are all traded through the north market of Jidu. of.

The woolen cloth, silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea, and glassware produced in Dagan inland are also sold to the herdsmen from the grassland, because there is only one shopping festival in a year, and the cattle that have just been sold The time when the herdsmen have the most money, and the herdsmen do not have the habit of saving money, they are more accustomed to storing enough supplies.

Therefore, for big-time businessmen, winter herdsmen are the most wealthy customers, and they can even account for half of the turnover at this time of year.Influenced by these herdsmen, the residents of Jidu also joined in the shopping spree. This season can be said to be the busiest time of the year.

For Xu Wei, these herdsmen are also extremely important. Although their population is small, they maintain more than half of the land in Daqian, and this land is still increasing at a rate of tens of thousands of square kilometers every year. The speed of growth!So from this point of view, these herdsmen are heroes of Daqian!
So when they came to Jidu, Xu Wei came to the place where they lived and expressed his condolences to them!
The arrival of Xu Wei also aroused the enthusiasm of the herdsmen. To them, Xu Wei is no different from Changshengtian. Xu Wei is not the only one who can dominate the grassland, but he can let them live a full life. , only Xu Wei is the leader, so Xu Wei's prestige in the desert is even higher than in the interior of Daqian, and the herdsmen all regard Xu Wei as a god!

Now that their gods came to comfort them, one can imagine the excitement of the herdsmen!
"How is life on the grassland this year?" Xu Wei asked with a smile while grabbing a herdsman's hand!

So the herdsman smiled excitedly: "Well, I raised 3000 cattle and sheep this year, and sold them in Jidu, and now I have earned 10,000+ money. When all the cattle and sheep are sold out, I can earn millions of dollars. , I have already planned to buy a house in Jidu, and I can often worship you in power in the future!"

This is a discerning person. A house in the imperial capital is probably more profitable than raising sheep for 10 years in the future.

Hearing this, Xu Wei laughed and said: "It's good to buy a house in Jidu, and there is also a foothold for the winter! In the future, you can raise less war horses and more cattle and sheep. Now there are hot pot restaurants everywhere in Jidu. No matter how many cattle and sheep I can digest it."

The herdsman laughed and said, "I listen to you in power. From now on, I will raise a few horses that I ride, and the rest will raise cattle and sheep!"

After Xu Wei met with a large number of herdsmen, he came to the hall established by the desert cavalry team. At this time, the councilors from the desert had already come to the door to welcome Xu Wei.

Xu Wei entered the guild hall, sat in the first seat unceremoniously, and then said to them: "We are all old friends, so I won't say much if you are polite. I am here this time mainly to remind you. The demand for dry cattle and horses may gradually decrease, so you should also be mentally prepared to change the direction of farming and raise more beef cattle, meat sheep, and sheep!"

Liu Yaxiong was surprised and said, "Is there something wrong with Dagan? How can the demand for cattle and horses be reduced?"

Now herdsmen can live well off, in addition to the large amount of resources per capita, it is because Dagan has opened up the trade route between the inland and the desert, and millions of cattle, sheep, war horses and other livestock are sold to the people and the people of Dagan every year. Merchants, plus the gold-swallowing households of the track, which swallows up the horses, have to buy 10,000+ horses every year as a source of power for transportation.

These livestock add up to tens of billions of capital flows, and the population of the entire desert is only about 300 million, which means that on average, each herdsman can have a turnover of hundreds of thousands. If it is pure profit, it is tens of thousands Money, at this stage, the income of herdsmen is really higher than that of farmers in Dagan inland, and even higher than that of most workers.

Therefore, the herdsman councilors also know that for their current life, a big market is extremely important. If they lose this market, they can only gnaw on the beef legs, and it is difficult to eat hot buns and noodles!

Xu Wei said: "I think you all know the new thing of the train. It is used to replace the rail carriage. Although it may take decades to complete the replacement, the length of the rail will gradually increase, and the wooden rail will gradually dry up." The land disappears, and the demand for horses to pull rail carriages will decrease year by year. There are also tractors for farming, one can be worth 10 cattle, and tractors do not need to eat feed, but burn coal when they are used. Can!"

"During this time, you can take a stroll in the countryside of Dagan, take the train, and look at the tractors, and you will know why Dagan began to reduce the number of cattle and horses!"

"Trains and tractors?" They had heard of these things before, and they were still happy to see these new things at the time. They even went to the train playground in Jidu. When they took the train, they didn't think of it at all. Small things can actually bring them disaster.

"If you are in power, you can't ignore us. We are stupid, we don't know anything new, and we can't do other things well. If we can't do sheep and cattle in the future, how will the millions of people on the grassland live? Huh?" A pastoral councilor said in a panic.

"If you are in power, you can't stop the construction of trains and tractors. Herding is the livelihood of millions of herdsmen in the grassland!"

Xu Weiwei said: "Don't worry, your livelihood will not disappear. Now that the life of the big cadres is getting richer and richer, even if you raise beef cattle, it is enough to make a living. I just let you prepare early, like Horses need to be reduced, and cattle and sheep can be increased, and the court plans to buy a glass of milk for every child under the age of 12. You can raise more cows, make more cheese and milk powder, as long as you prepare enough, Not only will your quality of life not decline, but it will continue to improve, and you will earn more and more money."

Xu Wei ensured that the herdsmen felt at ease.

(End of this chapter)