"Well, it's Chinese New Year, so it's time to eat something good."
Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction. He felt reassured by the housekeeper's work. He had managed the plantation at home in an orderly manner for many years without causing any trouble.
"We will also expand the rubber plantation next year and reclaim all the land around us."
After thinking about it, Zhao Ming decided to expand the rubber plantation next year. A rubber plantation of one thousand acres can bring him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. If he plants ten thousand acres, what will happen?
It's not really posted.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ming couldn't help but get excited and wished he could plant all his plantations with rubber trees.
"Okay, sir~"
Hussein carefully recorded it again.
He was a Persian businessman, and later he went to do business on the Island of Ceylon and settled there. As a result, when the Western United Trading Company attacked the Island of Ceylon, the Persians on the island suddenly became slaves and were sold to the Ming Dynasty.
This place in Nanyang was finally bought by Zhao Ming.
In this plantation, he worked as a slave for several years. With his previous business ability, he gradually became Zhao Ming's housekeeper, and he also gained freedom and escaped from slavery.
"Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming~"
While the two were chatting about their plans for next year, someone shouted hurriedly.
"Old Sun~"
As soon as Zhao Ming saw the person, he immediately stopped the carriage and greeted him with a smile.
The visitor was Sun Hongli. Like Zhao Ming, he was also the first person to immigrate to Nanyang. He also had a large plantation next to Zhao Ming's family.
"Zhao Ming, how much money did your family sell for rubber this year?"
Because Sun Hongli and Zhao Ming were neighbors, they often moved around and visited Danhe City together, so they had a very good relationship. Sun Hongli also directly asked Zhao Ming about the rubber.
"Not much, not much~"
Zhao Ming smiled and said.
"If you can hide this from me, I will find out the next day. Your more than 1,000 acres of rubber plantation must have brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars at least."
Sun Hongli's eyes turned slightly red. He didn't plant rubber with him at first, so why had he been planting sugar cane for so many years?
The price of sugar cane has been falling year after year, and the income from his family's plantation has been getting lower and lower. When he learned that Zhao Ming's family's rubber plantation received a large sum of money, his eyes turned red.
Already.
"How can there be so much? I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver. My rubber tree only started producing rubber this year, and the output is pitifully small. It doesn't sell for much money at all."
Zhao Ming replied half-falsely and half-truthfully.
"Ten thousand taels of silver is pretty good. It's just over a thousand acres of rubber plantation. If I had known, I would have planted several thousand acres of it."
Sun Hongli said regretfully.
"I didn't know that this rubber would be so valuable at the beginning. Last year, you said that my rubber was of no use at all."
Zhao Ming looked at his red eyes with a smile on his face.
"Didn't you regret it yourself at that time~"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Do the rubber trees in your rubber garden produce seeds? If so, sell some to me. I am also going to plant some rubber trees, but the rubber saplings are too expensive now. One sapling costs five
Two pieces of silver."
"They are simply robbing money. There are no expensive saplings."
Sun Hongli looked very angry when he said this. The price of rubber has risen sharply, and rubber saplings have also risen sharply. One tree sells for five taels of silver, which is really too expensive.
"There are some seeds in my rubber garden, but not many. I plan to expand the rubber garden next year. I don't even have enough. Where can I find extra rubber seeds to sell to you?"
Zhao Ming thought for a while and replied.
"Old Zhao, what's the relationship between our two families? Why don't you help me?"
Sun Hongli immediately said unhappy.
"Okay, okay, I'll just give you some seeds."
Since the other party was talking about this, Zhao Ming had no choice but to agree to give the other party some seeds.
"Old Zhao, we are brothers who have settled accounts. I definitely can't get this kind of money for nothing. One tael of silver a piece, what do you think?"
When Sun Hongli heard this, he immediately laughed happily and then made an offer.
"One tael of silver each?"
"Okay, okay, we are all brothers."
When Zhao Ming heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
Not only can rubber be sold in this rubber garden, but now even the seeds are valuable, one or two silver each. The seeds in this rubber garden can be picked up casually, which adds up to a huge amount of income.
"Haha, I knew you were a brother. I'll treat you later. I walked up to Yihongyuan in Danhe City. I heard that new goods were coming from somewhere. They were all high-quality white slaves from Eastern Europe. The big one in front was beyond
Imagine~"
"Haha, easy to say, easy to say~"
Speaking of this, both Zhao Ming and Sun Hongli couldn't help but smile like only men could understand.
After bidding farewell to Sun Hongli, he continued to walk towards his friend. However, before he had gone far, several groups of people hurried over on horseback. Gu
"But Mr. Zhao Ming Zhao~"
When the other party saw Zhao Ming, he quickly raised his hands and saluted.
"I am the one you are, but I don't know who you are?"
Zhao Ming looked at the other party. They were obviously divided into several groups. They were all well-dressed and looked like the shopkeepers of a large commercial bank.
"This is Li Yuan, the general manager of Danhe City, Sihai Trading Company~"
Li Yuan, the leader of one of the groups, introduced himself with a smile on his face.
"I am Zhang Wei, the general manager of Danhe City of Sangong Trading Company. I came to see Mr. Zhao this time to discuss something important~"
Zhang Wei, the leader of another group next to him, also said quickly.
"I wonder what the two gentlemen have to do with me?"
Zhao Ming looked at the two of them and asked.
"Mr. Zhao, I heard that your rubber plantation of more than a thousand acres has begun to produce rubber. I came here specifically to buy the rubber plantation from you."
Li Yuan said quickly.
"The rubber plantation will not be sold, it will not be sold, and we will not even talk about this matter~"
When Zhao Ming heard that he wanted to buy his own rubber tree, he immediately shook his head. What a joke. How could he sell the hen that laid golden eggs?
"Mr. Zhao can set the price at will. We at Sihai Commercial Bank don't have anything else, so we still have money."
Li Yuan said very confidently that he had received an order from his superiors to vigorously purchase rubber. It was best to buy ready-made rubber plantations. After asking around, he found out that there were two families in Danhe City who had planted thousands of acres.
Rubber trees, and now they have begun to produce rubber.
When the superior heard the news, he was immediately overjoyed and asked him to buy this rubber plantation at all costs. Sihai Trading Company needed this rubber circle so much.
Not only the rubber from the rubber plantation, but also the rubber seeds produced in the rubber plantation, which is related to the subsequent planting and expansion of the rubber plantation.
“No selling, no selling, I already said I won’t sell~”
Zhao Ming immediately had a straight face, looking extremely unhappy.
"Mr. Zhao, our Sangong Trading Company wants to negotiate with you about purchasing rubber and rubber seeds."
"We, Sangong Commercial Bank, are willing to buy out the rubber and seeds produced by your rubber plantation at a high price. The current market price is 110 taels of silver per barrel of rubber. We, Sangong Commercial Bank, are willing to buy out the rubber produced by your rubber plantation at a price of 130 taels per barrel.
In addition, we are also willing to buy out the seeds produced in the rubber plantation at a price of 2 taels of silver each."
Compared with Sihai Commercial Bank's proposal to directly purchase the rubber plantation, Zhang Wei chose to directly buy out the rubber and seeds produced by the rubber plantation. In fact, it was equivalent to buying out the rubber and seeds in disguise.
"130 a barrel?"
"Two taels of silver and a seed?"
When Zhao Ming heard this, he was immediately attracted by this condition, which was much higher than the market price.
"We can sign a five-year agreement first, and if the market rubber price rises, we can also follow the market price increase."
Zhang Wei saw that Zhao Ming seemed very moved, so he quickly added fuel to the fire.
"Mr. Zhao, our Sihai Trading Company is also willing to buy out the output of your rubber plantation at the same price."
Li Yuan was anxious. If Zhang Wei bought it out, his trip would be in vain, and the superiors might be blamed. But he knew very well the urgent demand for rubber from above.
"Master Zhao, Master Zhao~"
Before Zhao Ming could answer, someone else came hurriedly on horseback. A closer look revealed that the clothes these people were wearing clearly had the words "Jiangnan United Trading Company" on them. They were another large company with business all over the world.
Trading firm.
"Mr. Zhao, this is Chen Tianci, the general manager of Danhe City of Jiangnan United Trading Company. I have taken the liberty to come here this time mainly to discuss the purchase of the rubber plantation in your hands."
Chen Tianci looked at Zhang Wei and Li Yuan and recognized them immediately. They were both heads of a large commercial bank in Danhe City. They had known each other for a long time and immediately guessed the purpose of the other party's visit.
"We at Jiangnan United Commercial Bank are willing to offer three million taels of silver to buy the rubber plantation in your hands!"
Chen Tianci stretched out three fingers and said directly and proudly.
"Three million taels!"
"Hiss~"
When Zhao Ming heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath. Three million taels of silver was such a huge wealth. For a person with a peasant background, he couldn't even imagine it.
However, after just thinking about it, he refused without hesitation: "I won't sell the rubber plantation, I won't sell it, no matter how much money I give, I won't sell it!"
"Then we are willing to pay 150 taels of silver per barrel to buy out the rubber from Mr. Zhao's rubber garden. What do you think?"
When Chen Tianci heard this, he immediately felt helpless. He visited several rubber plantation owners, but none of them were willing to sell their rubber plantations.
"The price of a barrel is 150 taels of silver. Are you, Jiangnan United Trading Company, crazy?"
When Li Yuan and Zhang Wei heard this, they couldn't help shouting.
If the market lets you play like this, the price of rubber will rise again. After all, it will be us who will suffer the loss, and this is not how competition is played.
Zhao Ming was already happy when he saw it. The price of rubber had risen again. The buyout price had already risen to 150 taels of silver per barrel. God knows what the price would be next year.