There are three streets adjacent to the Jidu Political Assembly Hall, and there is a Youzhou Business Hall. This was established by the big merchants and caravans of Youzhou to raise funds, and was specially used as a place for them, merchants and horsemen from Youzhou, to exchange information!
After Xu Wei recognized Li Aimin's occupation of Luzon, the guild hall began to be filled with big businessmen who were rarely seen on weekdays.
Half a day later, all the famous big businessmen in Youzhou came here, and the hall became bustling with people.
Dozens of big families in Youzhou, including the Gongsun family in western Liaoning, the Liu family in Yuyang, the Xianyu family in Shanggu, and the Zhang family in Zhuojun, all sent representatives to come here, as if this was a giant conference room!
Yuyang Liu Yan couldn't wait to say: "Why are we gathering together this time? Everyone knows it. The government has spoken. Overseas islands can be developed by the heroes of Daqian. Our predecessor Lu Buwei said hundreds of years ago, Farming is only a few times the profit, selling jewelry is only dozens of times the profit, but investing in a country is hundreds of times the profit.
This is the best opportunity for our family to re-establish our business! As long as you invest in Luzon Island, I can guarantee it to you, even if you build a manor and a fort on Luzon Island!"
Overseas exploration costs a lot of money. Even if Li Aimin and others are the heroes of the Great Qian Dynasty and have meritorious bonuses, it is difficult to sustain hundreds of explorers exploring Luzon for a year!
The reason why Li Aimin and others had money to explore Luzon was because Liu Yan and his father-in-law funded it! And of course they want hundreds or thousands of times in return! This is the most basic foundation for rebuilding their family business overseas.
And Li Aimin and the others do not necessarily suffer a loss. The territory they are interested in is still a deserted island. Even if it does become their territory, they still need these father-in-laws to help them develop the island, otherwise they may really have to spend half their lives with the savages on the island! So! Developing Luzon with the help of businessmen's funds is a win-win deal.
After Xu Wei spoke, for people like Li Aimin, Luzon was already in their pocket. The only thing they lack now is the funds to develop the island. Without a start-up capital of more than one billion, they can only look at Luzon. The copper mines on Song Island were in tears, so Li Aimin and his father-in-law summoned so many businessmen, just to let them raise the start-up funds for the development of Luzon!
Xian Yuying said with a smile: "Overseas is not as good as our Daqian mainland, and not all islands have gold, silver and spices. These islands are all occupied by the Daqian court, and we don't dare to compete with the court! And the development of ordinary islands is not They say we won’t make money, but we can make money in Daqian, why should we take the risk and go to Luzon to make this money!”
Li Aimin is Liu Yan's son-in-law but not his son-in-law Xian Yuying. Why should he help Liu Yan's son-in-law build up his empire? Wouldn't it be nice to leave money to his own son-in-law?
This can be regarded as an alternative feature of Daqian. The original aristocrats of the Han Dynasty were torn into pieces by Xu Wei. They could not enter the political and military circles, and could only become big businessmen and barely make some 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, their family has a large population, so having a daughter for marriage is not a problem at all!
It is generally difficult for officials in Daqian to refuse ladies from powerful gentry families. After all, after hundreds of years of genetic optimization, even the ladies from these powerful gentry clans can be regarded as beauties, and their families also have huge property to support them. Take a step forward in your career.
After all, although it is easy to get promoted in Daqian, it also requires political achievements, and these wealthy father-in-laws invest in a few factories, and this political achievement will come soon. So even Xu Wei did not find out that his men had already cooperated with the powerful family. The relationship between the gentry and the clan is extremely close!
Others also agreed with Xian Yuying's statement. There are thousands of islands in the South China Sea, so even if you want help, you must help your own family!
But Liu Yan smiled and said: "I can keep it. Investing in Luzon is a good deal 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 unique spices, otherwise the development of the desert island would not be able to return to its roots in just a few years. It is not that Luzon and the others had not understood that everywhere They are all virgin forests, and it is extremely difficult to open up wasteland. There are still many savages on the island, so if you want to gain a foothold here, you need a strong enough military force. To open up wasteland in this kind of place, there is no economy with dozens of times the profit. Crops, let alone one year to get back the money, even 10 years, it is impossible to get back the money! And the level of danger is extremely high, if you are not careful, you may lose everything.
But Liu Yan promised: "I can sign an agreement with you. If you can't repay your capital in Luzon within one year, I will repay the industry you built in Luzon at double the price. You can earn it in one year." 1 times the profit, this kind of business is very rare even in Daqian!"
"If you think this is not safe, I can also mortgage my textile factory and shipyard in Youzhou for 200 million yuan, with an interest of 50%. If I can't get the money out after one year, this textile factory and shipyard will be your of!"
Liu Yan's gambling on his wealth finally made these people a little bit moved. If Lu Song hadn't really been able to make profits for more than ten years, Liu Yan wouldn't have dared to gamble on his wealth like this. After all, this was his son-in-law's property, not his. The Liu family's industry!
Xian Yuying asked: "Have you discovered new spices in Luzon?"
Liu Yan smiled and said nothing. The discovery of copper mines in Luzon must not be spread outside. After all, Luzon Island does not belong to their son-in-law yet. If this news is spread and the court regrets it, they will take advantage of it. The effort was in vain. After all, although Daqian lacked the manpower to develop the islands in the South China Sea, if there were really huge copper mines, the imperial court would not have given up on Luzon!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Yan's attitude made them even more certain. They must have discovered some highly profitable specialty products in Luzon, which is why they were so sure that they could get their money back. .
Of course, there are people who are willing to do the profitable business. Xian Yuying and the others changed their attitude and paid for it one after another. However, for insurance, they still asked Liu Yan to use his property in Youzhou as collateral. If Liu Yanqian deceived them, his property would be worth hundreds of millions. Money, investors like them will never lose everything.
And if there is an industry in Luzon that can pay back its capital within one 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 1 billion to develop Luzon.
Then they used the money to buy grain, transport ships, and various craftsmen in Jidu, and recruited thousands of craftsmen at high prices. They also asked their comrades in the army to recruit 200 retired veterans as a military force.
After completing preparations together, Li Aimin and the others headed for Luzon with a fleet of 10 ships on a crisp autumn day!
Although the events in Luzon aroused a lot of enthusiasm in Jidu, every autumn, Jidu held constant meetings. Members from all over the country gathered in Jidu, and they led various news and proposals, each of which was very interesting. Sensational effect, Luzon was soon submerged under these new hot spots!
Even Xu Wei didn't pay much attention to it. He was more concerned about the herdsmen councilors from the desert and the hundreds of thousands of herdsmen who followed them to spend the winter in Jidu!
Herdsmen and parliamentarians mainly live in the community north of Jidu, which is also the main market for transactions between the mainland and the grassland. Cattle, sheep, and war horses from the grassland, logs, mountain goods, and leather goods from the Liaodong interior are all traded through the Jidu North Market. of.
The woolen cloth, silk satin, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea, and glassware produced in the mainland of Daqian are also sold here to herdsmen from the grasslands, because this is the only shopping festival in the year, and people who have just sold their livestock The herdsmen also have the most money, and the herdsmen are not in the habit of storing money. They are more accustomed to storing enough supplies.
Therefore, for merchants in Daqian, winter herders are the most wealthy customers, and their turnover during this time of year can even account for half. The residents of Jidu are also influenced by these herdsmen and join in the shopping carnival. The quarter can be said to be the busiest time of the year.
For Xu Wei, these herders are also extremely important. Although their population is small, they maintain more than half of Daqian's land. Moreover, this land is still increasing at a rate of tens of thousands of square kilometers every year. It is impossible to slow down until the Arctic. The rate of growth! So from this point of view alone, these herdsmen are heroes!
So when they came to Jidu, Xu Wei came to where they lived and expressed his sincere condolences to them!
The arrival of Xu Wei also aroused the enthusiastic onlookers of the herdsmen. To them, Xu Wei is no different from Changshengtian. Xu Wei is not the only one who can unify the grassland, but he can make them live a life of food, clothing and warmth. , there is only Xu Wei as the leader, so Xu Wei's prestige in the desert is even higher than in the mainland of Daqian, and the herders regard Xu Wei as a god!
But now that their god has come to comfort them, one can imagine the excitement of the herdsmen!
"How have you been on the grassland this year?" Xu Wei grabbed a herdsman's hand and asked with a smile!
The herdsman smiled excitedly and said: "Well, I raised 3,000 cattle and sheep this year and brought them to Jidu to sell them. Now I have made more than 100,000 yuan. When all the cattle and sheep are sold out, I can make millions." Money, I have already planned to buy a house in Jidu, so that I can often pay homage to you in the future!"
This is indeed a visionary. An apartment in the imperial capital will probably make more money than raising sheep for 10 years.
When Xu Wei heard this, he laughed and said: "It is good to buy a house in Jidu, and you will have a place to stay during the winter! In the future, you can raise less war horses and more cattle and sheep. There are hot pot restaurants everywhere in Jidu now, and there are so many cattle and sheep." It’s digestible.”
The herdsman laughed and said: "I listen to your advice. From now on, I will raise a few horses for my own riding, and the rest will raise cattle and sheep!"
After Xu Wei met with a large number of herdsmen who came, he arrived at the guild hall established by the Desert Horse Team. At this time, the Desert Councilor inside had already come to greet Xu Wei at the door.
Xu Wei entered the guild hall, sat down at the front seat unceremoniously, and then said to them: "We are all old friends. I won't say more to be polite. The main reason I came here this time is to give you a warning. The demand for farm cattle and horses may gradually decrease, so you must also be mentally prepared to change the direction of breeding and raise more beef cattle, mutton sheep, and sheep!"
Liu Yaxiong was surprised and said: "Is there something wrong with Dagan? How come there is less need for cattle and horses?"
Nowadays, herdsmen can live a prosperous life, in addition to having a large amount of resources per capita, because Daqian has opened up the trade routes between the mainland and the desert. Every year, millions of cattle, sheep, war horses and other livestock are sold to the people of Daqian and Merchants, as well as the gold-hungry merchants on the track, purchase hundreds of thousands of horses every year as a source of power for transportation.
These animals add up to tens of billions of capital flows, and the population of the entire desert is only about 3 million. This means that each herdsman can have an average turnover of hundreds of thousands. If this is considered pure profit, there are tens of thousands. Money, at this stage, the income of herdsmen is really higher than that of farmers in the mainland, and even higher than that of most workers.
Therefore, the herdsmen councilors also know that in their current life, the market in Daqian is extremely important. Without this market, they can only hold the beef legs and gnaw. It is difficult to eat hot steamed buns and noodles!
Xu Wei said: "You must all know that trains are a new thing. They are used to replace track carriages. Although it may take decades to complete the replacement, the length of the rails will gradually increase, and the wooden rails will gradually dry out. The land disappears, and the demand for horses pulling track carriages will also decrease year by year. There are also tractors used for plowing. One can be worth 10 cattle. The tractor does not need to eat feed, but only burns coal when used. Can!"
"During this period, you can take a stroll in the countryside of Daqian, take a train, and see tractors. Then you will know why Daqian has begun to reduce the number of cattle and horses!"
"Trains and tractors?" They had also heard of these things. At that time, they were still looking at these new things happily. They even went to the train amusement park in Jidu. When they took the train, they didn't expect this at all. Small things can actually bring disaster to them.
"You can't ignore us when you are in power. We people are stupid, don't know anything new, and can't do other things well. If we can't herd sheep and cattle in the future, how will the millions of tribesmen on the grassland live?" Huh?" a herdsman councilor said in a panic.
"You can't stop the construction of trains and tractors when you are in power. Herding is the livelihood of millions of herdsmen on the grasslands!"
Xu Weiwei said loudly: "Don't worry, your livelihood will not disappear. Now the cadres are getting richer and richer. Even if you raise beef cattle, you can still make a living. I just want you to make preparations in advance, like raising beef cattle." We need to reduce the number of horses and increase the number of cattle and sheep. Moreover, the imperial court plans to buy a glass of milk for every child under 12 years old. You can raise more cows and produce more cheese and milk powder. As long as you are well prepared, you can Not only will your quality of life not decline, but it will continue to improve, and you will earn more and more money."