The profit of the pressed soybean oil industry is very high, basically more than 50% of the profit. However, because of the lack of food, Tengjiajun must ensure the cultivation of staple food. Soybeans cannot be planted in large quantities in Tengjiajun. In recent years, the planting has become less and less. Zhen An
It was a pity that they watched a large amount of money pass by but could not withdraw it.
But now if Xu Wei relaxes the restrictions on planting soybean oil in Liaodong, they can make a lot of money even if they buy these soybeans for 300 yuan and extract the oil. In this way, even if the interest is only 10%, they will not suffer a loss!
After all, the profits from soybean oil are too high!
And Xu Wei's use of goods to pay interest reminded Zhen An that these days, you can't make money by using money, but you can make a lot of money by making money with goods!
So he immediately asked: "In power, there are towering giant trees everywhere in Liaodong. Now there are shipyards everywhere in Youzhou. There is a shortage of wood everywhere. The price of a 10-foot-long giant tree has risen to 5,000 yuan, even if it is three-foot-long."
It also costs thousands of dollars! And trees that are three to ten feet long are not everywhere in Liaodong. In addition to soybeans, can Liaodong development bonds also be offset by wood?"
Xu Wei asked calmly: "You also opened a shipyard?"
Zhen An said helplessly: "In recent years, there have been more and more textile factories, and they have become less and less profitable. Naturally, I will open new factories. This is just like what the government said is to diversify investment, even if the old textile factory is losing money."
, but as long as the shipyard makes money, Lao Chen’s family business can still be saved! In fact, Lao Chen would rather buy some fields, which is more secure!”
The Tengjia Army implements a system of land for those who till it, and no land for those who don’t till it!
No matter how much money big businessmen like Zhen An make, they can't buy a cent of land. It's not like he hasn't thought about acquiring some land, because the Tengjia Army implements a policy of giving each household thirty acres of land. As long as he applies,
Each family can be allocated 30 acres of land, but because they did not farm it themselves, Zhen An’s land was confiscated by the Tengjia Army and fined him 300,000 yuan!
After this incident, Zhen An gave up on being a big landowner, and the Tengjia Army businessmen also gave up on using the money they earned to buy fields!
Big businessmen like Zhen An can only continue to invest in industry and commerce when they make money. This is why industry and commerce in the three states of Hebei are so prosperous, because the increased wealth is not lost to the land, but is all invested in industry and commerce. This
Let the new industries grow rapidly.
This can be regarded as Xu Wei's mistake. In history, there were two sprouts of capitalism in China, but it could not be kicked off at the last moment. It only sprouted but did not bear fruit.
History books blame the Hu people, but in fact it is the same without the Hu people. These businessmen made money from industry and commerce, but did not invest in industry and commerce. Instead, they used their money to annex land. In this way, the sprouts would not get enough
They used funds to cultivate it, but they turned the landless farmers into refugees. Instead, the market was wiped out by these businessmen themselves. Without funds, the market began to decline again. How could this sprout bear fruit?
In Xu Wei's view, no matter how it sprouted, the final result was doomed. Merchants annexed land, causing chaos in the world, and refugees were everywhere. The establishment of the new dynasty put the blame on the merchants, and restricted business activities more strongly, making the world again
Enter the reincarnation of the feudal era!
And everyone knows the consequences of this. China has reached its productivity, but it has wasted thousands of years by refusing to enter the country. Westerners seized the opportunity to enter the industrial era, and then they were beaten to a bloody head and then struggled to catch up.
, even if Xu Wei had not caught up with him by the time he traveled through time.
Zhen An and the other first-generation capitalists have not yet changed their thinking. Even if industry and commerce make money again, they still feel that farming is not stable! There is no land in the family, and they always feel that they have no roots.
Xu Wei's restrictive policies forced them to invest funds in industry and commerce, so that a positive cycle industry could sprout and bear fruit.
Zhen An and the others have obviously earned hundreds of millions through industry and commerce, but they still have a soft spot for land!
Xu Wei could only take the opportunity to hammer out: "If a big businessman like you wants to use his family property to buy land, he can only buy hundreds of thousands of acres. But in this case, tens of thousands of families will lose their land, and the entire
If all the big businessmen of the Tengjia Army are like you, then hundreds of thousands or even millions of families will lose their land, and the common people will not be able to survive. You will know what the consequences will be if you look at the fate of Jizhou!
The Zhen family of the Han Dynasty was once the richest man in Jizhou, but now they can only flee to Jingzhou in despair. You must know that the chaos in the world is not only a disaster for the people, but also an incomparable disaster for you rich and powerful people.
The huge disaster, starting from the Yellow Turban Uprising, at least half of the Han Dynasty’s clans were wiped out, and not even a tenth of the merchants were left alive!”
Zhen An nodded with emotion and said: "Troubled times are indeed not good for anyone!"
Especially for businessmen like them, their lives are even more difficult to protect. Dong Zhuo almost wiped out all the merchants in the Central Plains with a warning order, and the court openly robbed them. No matter how rich they are, they are just lambs to be slaughtered.
Although Lei Gong was rebellious, he was much kinder to businessmen like them than the big men. He was originally the steward of the Zhen family. Because of Lei Gong's relationship, he not only broke away from the Zhen family, but also built a career equal to that of the Zhen family in a few years.
Now the Zhen family of the Han Dynasty wants to please him and maintain the caravan within the territory of Tengjia Army!
And without the help of Lei Gong, it is absolutely impossible for him to achieve such a huge family business just by relying on him as a steward. In this way, Lei Gong is his benefactor.
Xu Wei didn't know Zhen An's inner thoughts and continued: "In fact, farming is not as profitable as running a factory, and it is also easily affected by the climate. The Han Dynasty has experienced natural disasters in recent years. There will be disasters in five out of ten years, and the factory will
It is difficult to be affected by natural disasters. It is safer to open a factory than to farm. You businessmen should also change your thinking and regard the factory as the foundation of your family's business!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhen An can sense that Xu Wei is firm on the agricultural policy of the Tengjia Army and will not change the policy of land to the tiller! He can only make a secret decision
Determined to never do anything on farmland again.
The money he has accumulated over the years is basically invested in whichever industry Tengjiajun makes money in. And now Tengjiajun's most profitable industry is the shipbuilding industry!
So Zhen An immediately thought of the endless woods in Liaodong, and wanted to use these giant woods to pay off the bonds. The wood alone was enough for them to earn several percent in interest. He doubled the profit by building the wood into sea ships.
Xu Wei originally wanted them to invest in Liaodong. As a Chinese man, of course he knew how to attract investment, so he said: "The goods produced in Liaodong can be used to offset the Liaodong Development Bonds in your hands, but I suggest that you take the shipbuilding
It is best for craftsmen to go to Liaodong to open a shipyard, because it is the closest to the wood, and the price can be several times cheaper without having to go through sea transportation. You can even organize workers to cut down the trees yourself. You can even save money on buying wood!"
Zhen An's eyes lit up, this was a good idea. The price of wood was too high, which had begun to lower the profits of their shipyard. If they went to Liaodong, the wood would not be cut down casually, and the profits would not rise in a straight line!
In this case, Liaodong County is the most ideal place to build a shipyard.
After Zhen An came out, a large group of businessmen surrounded him and asked: "What do you think of the old man who is in power? What are the regulations of the Liaodong Development Bond?"
Zhen An said calmly: "This is not the place to talk!"
Then this group of people rented a large inn! Zhen An looked at the anxious businessmen and said: "In order to develop Liaodong County, the government issued 3 billion Liaodong development bonds with an annual interest of one cent!"
"This is too low and not cost-effective!" Many people were frustrated when they heard this. They are used to hearing that loan sharks can double or triple the profit. To them, one penny of profit is almost equivalent to making no money.
But Zhen An said calmly: "This bond can be used to offset the debt with products from Liaodong. The government has said that the newly developed land in Liaodong does not limit the production of soybeans, so this bond can be used to purchase soybeans produced in Liaodong.
There is also wood from Liaodong. I think everyone has caravans going to Liaodong. The century-old materials that are extremely precious here are everywhere in Liaodong. The price of these wood can be doubled several times as long as it is transported to Guangyang County! In the future, these materials from Liaodong will be
The goods can only be purchased with Liaodong bonds, and we can double the profit even if we change hands."
"I see, although the interest rate on the Liaodong development bonds is low, if we use Liaodong's products to pay off the bonds, we can earn at least 30% more!"
Xian Yuying said: "If there is really wood, I can buy it for 10 million yuan. My shipyard has already made several deals because of the lack of wood."
"Liaodong is rich in products. You don't have to worry about these bonds being wasted. With such a large investment in governance, the Liaodong development bonds have great potential. I will buy them for 30 million!"
After discussing for a while, these businessmen all felt that the Liaodong Development Bonds were a profitable business. So when Xu Wei shipped out these bonds and put them on sale at the money shop, each of these businessmen gave you 10 million yuan and I paid 20 million yuan.
Bought Liaodong Development Bonds.
This even aroused the enthusiasm of the people in Jixian County. These big businessmen actually used horse-drawn carriages to carry money to buy Liaodong bonds. The money-carrying horse-drawn carriages even blocked the city gate. Although they did not understand the twists and turns, they saw so many businessmen rushing to buy
, is obviously a good thing. I heard that there is one cent of interest per year, which is much more cost-effective than depositing money in a money shop, so hundreds of thousands of people in Ji County also purchased more than 200 million yuan of Liaodong Development Bonds!
With the money, Xu Wei began to place orders, customizing tools such as curved shaft plows, eight-niu plows, sickles, hoes, etc. at the Mayi Iron and Steel Factory, ordering 100,000 pieces of woolen cloth at the textile factory, and also ordered orders for tribes on the grassland.
After getting off, 10,000 horses and 30,000 cattle were transported by Hu Shang from the grassland to Liaodong, and finally settled in Jixian County.