The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 24 Deep Cultivation in Fuling County ([-])

"Hehehehe, brother Bo Yao came from a long way, but my younger brother never greeted him. Forgive me, forgive my sin. Brother and his party, the journey went smoothly, right?"

"It's okay, I'm ready to come by boat immediately after I received the letter from my virtuous brother, but it was a long time late because there was a batch of goods from CD that was not delivered. Brother Yu should be the one begging for mercy. However, this Wujiang waterway what."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Brother, this Fuling County used to produce very little. Brother Yu has never been here before. This is the first time I have walked the Wujiang River. This river is much narrower than the Yangtze River, but it is smaller than the Minjiang River and Jialing River. It’s about the same. But there are a little more hidden reefs in the water.”

"Oh, so that's the case. What's the matter? Did your brother run aground this time?"

"Yes, but fortunately, there is only one big boat of [-] shi. Brother Yu has ordered all the big ships over [-] shi to exit the waterway of Wujiang River and go to Zhi County Wharf to wait for refuge."

"Well, my brother didn't think carefully about this point. The hundred stone boat should be fine, right?"

"According to my old boatman's opinion, as long as it is close to the center of the waterway, the hundred-stone boat is completely fine. Forget it, let's not talk about these things. Didn't the virtuous brother say in the letter that there are good things to show Brother Yu? Hurry up and show it to Brother Yu Long eyes."

"It's all some local products made by our mountain people. Brother, please."

"Please."

The first thing Mi looked after was the fruits of the hunting team's labor over the past two months.Tiger skin, bear skin, wolf skin, deerskin and other fur goods.Tiger bone, bear bile, deer antler and other medicinal materials.There are also high-grade ingredients such as bear paws, and various animal whips.

"The quality of these things is good, and the price is also negotiable. But the quantity is too small, and it can be loaded in up to three ships."

Brother, are you kidding me, big brother, I have hundreds of thousands of dollars per minute, and you called me to such a remote place just to sell these things?I, a small department manager of Mi's Commercial Group, can handle it.

"How dare you waste brother's time with these things. These are just extras. Brother, please read this."

After Guan Yi showed Mi Zhao the various effects of tung oil in detail, Mi Zhao couldn't calm down: "How much does this product cost, and how much can it be shipped in a month?"

Guan Yi rolled her eyes: "Dare to ask brother, what is the price of a stone of high-quality paint in a big man?"

Both lacquer and tung trees were important economic crops in ancient China.The difference is that the ancients knew and applied lacquer earlier.The biggest reason for this difference is that the seeds of sumac are edible.It was an important edible vegetable oil before rapeseed was introduced into China.The seeds (fruits) of the tung tree are inedible.Modern research generally believes that the widespread use of tung oil did not start until the Song Dynasty at least.

However, extracting lacquer from lacquer trees is like tapping rubber from rubber trees, which requires a lot of manpower.Moreover, the growth of trees is slower than that of tung tree, and the amount of paint produced by a single tree is much less than that of a single tung tree.

Therefore, the price of paint is very expensive.It has always been something exclusive to nobles and cannot be popularized on a large scale.And furniture made of wood, pots and pans, etc., will not last long without a coat of paint.Therefore, at least in this era, Guan Yi saw very little wooden furniture in the homes of Shu Han people, and most of the cooking utensils were pottery.

"Well, dear brother, precious things like lacquer have never been measured in terms of 'stones'. There are a lot of lacquer trees planted in Dahan and Soochow, and the price is relatively cheap. The current market price of CDs is three A bucket of [-] yuan. There are relatively few places where lacquer trees can be planted in the Pseudo-Wei side, but the amount used is larger than that of my big man and Dongwu, so the price is expensive. Usually it is [-] yuan a bucket."

After listening to Mi Zhao's introduction, Guan Yi's whole body was shaking!In the Han system, combining 龠 is He, ten He is Sheng, ten liters is Dou, ten Dou is Dendrobium, and Dendrobium is Tongshi.In other words, if tung oil is also sold at this price, the monthly output of that crude oil workshop is now worth 30 to 50 yuan!This alone crushes Fuling County's annual tax revenue!After deducting a little labor cost, the profit...

Profits!Huge profits that can drive people crazy!

Fortunately, after all, it was in an era of information explosion before time travel, and I have seen all kinds of exaggerated things.This bit of excitement is still bearable.So Guan Yi quickly calmed down.He is also very clear that after all, the tung oil business still has various expenses such as subsequent merchant transshipment, landing transaction tax, processing, and sales.Moreover, if this new paint wants to replace paint, it will have to fight a price war or something—tung oil will not be able to enter the homes of ordinary people if it is sold too expensive, and the quantity will not be able to go up, and no matter how much it is produced, it will be useless.So the actual profit cannot be that big.

"My dear brother, I haven't told Brother Yu yet, what is the cost of this tung oil, and what is the output?"

"Brother, before talking about this matter, I would like to ask you to read something first."

"You guys... Anyway, something, quickly bring it to me to see. Uh~~~ Fuxing Co., Ltd.'s articles of association..."

As the most outstanding businessman of this era, when Mi Zhao looked at the regulations, he was undoubtedly shocked by the things that the traversers made that contained a lot of concepts related to modern joint stock companies.And this was made by a farmer who had never had a chance to control a big company.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Mi Zhao immediately put aside the thought of asking about the cost of tung oil just now for nine days: "Where is the great sage who made this charter for my virtuous brother? Brother Yu wants to invite him to be the big shopkeeper of my Mi's shop." ! No, you can still give dry shares!"

Looking at Guan Yi who smiled and said nothing, Mi Zhao was stunned: "My dear brother, it can't be you?"

"It's the foolish brother's clumsy work to make my brother laugh at me."

"……you you……"

"Well, brother also understands. This Fuxing Society still has [-]% of the shares. To be honest, it is reserved for brother."

"Good! Brother Yu recognized this share. Tell me, how much money does Brother Yu want you to pay for the stock?"

"No money, but I want my brother to exchange [-]% of the shares of Mi's firm."

"This...my brother opened his mouth a little too wide."

"Is it big? Not too big."

It has been more than half a year since traveling to this era, and Guan Yi already knows the details of the Mi family very well.

The largest official merchant in the Shuhan, although its hotels, Qinlou Chu Pavilion, and grocery stores, it has dabbled in all aspects.But its main business is very simple, which is to sell Shu brocade to Wei and Wu.Then buy back a large amount of grain from Wei and Wu.

It's that simple.

Although simple, the existence of the Mi family is extremely important to the Shu Han regime.A matter of life and death for the country.

Shu brocade is just woven by silkworms.But because of its exquisite style, the world loves it.So the price is extremely high.When Zhuge Liang was alive, he said: "The capital to defeat the enemy is to raise brocade." That is to say, the military expenses are all earned by Shu brocade!

The population under the official control of the Shu Han is relatively small. Except for the CD plain, most of the country's territory is mountainous, so the grain production has not been high.In order to maintain a very high proportion of the standing army and a huge bureaucratic system (the number of officials in Shu Han is more than that of Cao Wei and Dong Wu), it is necessary to purchase a large amount of grain from Wei and Wu.And food is an out-and-out strategic material in this era.Therefore, to purchase a large amount of food, one must come up with something that the rich and powerful of the other party cannot refuse.As for the Shu Han, the only thing that can be sold is the Shu Brocade.

As the officials and merchants of the Shu Han, the Mi family has always undertaken the important task of selling Shu brocades and earning money to support the country and the army.Therefore, despite the fact that the Mi family's firm's individual turnover of Sichuan Brocade is over 2000 million each year, it is actually only [-] million in the hands of the Mi family themselves: if they earn too much, the country will get less.To offend the country, cancel your Mi family's Shu brocade monopoly, and change to another official business.

Moreover, as the aristocratic families within the Shu Han began to grow and exert their strength in recent years, the country can control fewer and fewer self-cultivating farmers.As a result, the Shu Han government's oppression of the Mi family became tighter and tighter, and the profits of the Mi family became thinner and thinner.According to Guan Yi's estimate, the current Mi family's annual net profit is about 1000 million.With 300% of the shares, the annual dividend is only [-] million yuan.He didn't care about such a small amount of money at all.

What he fell in love with was the logistics channel that the Mi family had operated for many years.In a commercial society, logistics is king!There is also the semicolon set up everywhere by Mi's business: this is the largest intelligence network of Dahan.In the end, he wants to completely bind his interests with the Mi family through an equity swap.

"Hehehe, brother, don't think that the younger brother is too greedy. The younger brother is here to tell you about the cost of this tung oil..."

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