"You brat, you brat, are you going to give me some rubber?"
"If you don't give it, I'll go directly to your house and stay here. I'll eat, drink, and have sex at your house."
In a small room next to the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Mao was acting rogue, forcing Liu Jin to give him part of the rubber.
"Mr. Zhang, the current output of this rubber is pitifully small. I don't even have enough for myself, so how can I share it with you?"
Liu Jin was very helpless.
He is a dignified official minister, but he has no dignity at all in front of Zhang Mao. He is called a stinky boy to the left and a stinky boy to the right. He is acting like a rogue and even goes to his own house to eat, drink and have sex. , is this still the majestic British prince of the Ming Dynasty?
As for rubber, the rubber in Liu Jin's own plantation has only started to produce rubber for a year or two. The output is very limited, and now it is only enough to barely supply his own industry.
Next, if the bicycle factory's production capacity is expanded on a large scale and some related products are developed, the rubber production capacity will be even lower. If some of it is given to Zhang Mao, he will not be able to play with it.
"Then I don't care. If you don't agree to give me some rubber, I'll be relying on you."
"Who told you that you didn't want me to take a stake in the Mercedes-Benz bicycle factory? Later, when I saw the bicycle boom, I opened a bicycle factory by myself, spending millions of taels of silver on it. Without rubber, there is no way to produce tires. , my millions of taels of silver have been wasted."
Zhang Mao looked like a scoundrel and very sadly calculated his investment in the bicycle factory to Liu Jin.
"This is millions of taels of silver. If it were tens of thousands of taels of silver, I wouldn't even frown."
"I can't live without rubber."
"Mr. Zhang, you can't blame me for this. You were not optimistic about this bicycle at that time. You felt that this bicycle was not as comfortable as a four-wheeled carriage, nor as large as its load capacity, so you did not invest in it."
"Now the blame is on me."
"Besides, it's only a few million taels of silver, and your family doesn't lack that much."
Liu Jin wanted to laugh in his heart. This Lao Zhang, a very clever person, was not optimistic about bicycles at first, but bicycles are now very popular, and the business is extremely hot. He immediately regretted that he was blue in the intestines, and regretted not investing in it. Mercedes-Benz bicycle factory.
"It's terrible, it's terrible. Nowadays, the poor are almost unable to open the pot. If these millions of taels of silver are going to be wasted, I will go to your house every day to eat back these millions of taels of silver."
Zhang Mao continued to act rogue. At this time, the two of them were waiting for Emperor Hongzhi to summon him to the minister's study room to discuss national affairs. As usual, they habitually went to the small room next to this to chat about things.
"It's a shame that I introduced you to a wife and acted as a matchmaker for you. This time I hugged two beauties at once. Now it's better. I'm so ungrateful that I can't even get some rubber."
Seeing that Liu Jin still refused to agree, Zhang Mao could only continue to make moves and brought up the matter of being a matchmaker for Liu Jin.
"Okay, okay~"
"I'll just give you some rubber, but it won't be too much, and it will be calculated according to the market price."
"Oh, I really can't help it. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay the debt I owe to my wife for the rest of my life."
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao and said helplessly.
If Zhang Mao wasn't given some rubber, he might have to sleep in the study when he got home.
"Just enough for my bicycle factory."
"Hey, don't think I don't know. You guys have already started laying out the plan many years ago. There are millions of acres of rubber plantations here in Nanyang. By next year, the production of these rubbers will begin to increase significantly. And in the past few years,
You have been asking your Nanyang Agricultural Trading Company to plant rubber on a large scale every year, so you must have excess rubber."
Seeing Liu Jin agreeing to give him a portion of the rubber, Zhang Mao immediately beamed with joy, and then asked with a sly smile: "Bad boy, how much did you earn from this wave of rubber?"
"Not much. I use all the rubber myself. How can I make any money?"
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao and quickly said vaguely.
"I'm talking about selling rubber saplings, which cost five taels of silver each. You brat, your heart is black. How much money did you make?"
"You brat, it seems I'm going to introduce you to a few more beauties. I won't be involved in any big and profitable deals."
Zhang Mao looks like he believes you, he hasn’t made any money yet, you are the best at making money.
"Don't, don't~ The rules at home are strict, I don't want to go back and sleep on the sofa."
"I didn't make much money this time. The rubber saplings were a little too expensive, and not many people bought them, so I probably made less than 20 million taels."
Liu Jin raised two fingers and whispered.
Of course, Liu Jin did not tell the truth. This time Liu Jin made a huge profit by selling rubber saplings. Twenty million taels was just the tail of the real figure.
In fact, this time the Nanyang Agricultural Commercial Bank under Liu Jin made 120 million taels of silver just from selling rubber saplings, making a huge profit.
"Just twenty million taels?"
Zhang Mao didn't believe it. This number was much less than he expected.
"Yes, as many as you want. Otherwise, how many do you think there are?"
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"It's enough to earn 20 million taels just by selling a sapling. It's such a big deal, and you won't take me with you. It seems that I will go to your house later to talk to your two ladies about your income.
Regarding my concubine, after all, if you want to make a big business, you should spread the branches and branches and have many children and grandchildren. Just two wives are not enough."
Zhang Mao glanced at Liu Jin, took a sip of tea and said.
"Mr. Zhang, Gong Zhang~"
"I told you about this rubber a long time ago. At that time, you said that it would take seven or eight years to tap the rubber, and we don't know what its use is. It would be easier to grow sugar cane."
"You don't want to get rich yourself, but it's not that I won't help you."
Liu Jin was anxious. The two women were already tired, and they still took concubines. If they turned back, they would be eaten alive.
"Then I don't care, you can figure it out on your own. Anyway, your kid has good things to do and doesn't want to take me with you."
Zhang Maocai was too lazy to pay attention and continued: "After court, I will take my wife to sit in your house and talk to Duke Ding about this matter later."
"Mr. Zhang, I really can't do anything to you."
"I'll tell you a good place. Don't say I didn't tell you in advance this time. When the time comes, don't blame me for not taking you with me. Whether you can grasp it or not depends on you."
Facing such a powerful offensive from Zhang Mao, Liu Jin had no choice but to admit defeat, and after thinking about it, he said quietly.
"Good place?"
When Zhang Mao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled and said: "What a good place? Tell me quickly, I will have someone buy them all later."
"Persian Gulf~"
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao and was speechless. His face changed too quickly.
"Persian Gulf?"
“The Persian Gulf is a good place?”
When Zhang Mao heard this, he couldn't help shouting, and his voice was much louder.
Li Dongyang happened to be heard by Li Dongyang who was passing by outside.
“The Persian Gulf is a good place?”
After hearing this, Li Dongyang immediately started thinking.
If ordinary people heard about the Persian Gulf, they would have to think carefully about where the Persian Gulf is, but Li Dongyang didn't have to, because his stepson Li Zhaofan chose to establish his own colony here in the Persian Gulf, so he had no idea about the situation in the Persian Gulf.
It couldn't be more familiar.
He was very opposed to Li Zhaofan going to establish a colony in the Persian Gulf, because the Persian Gulf was full of deserts. Except for the water in the two river basins, the water shortage in other places was very severe.
Except for a few oases, they are all vast deserts. They want gold but not gold, and silver but not silver. Even the population that can be used as slaves is very rare.
Now, apart from selling some pearls, the Li family's colony seems to have little return, and can only do some slave trading business.
What kind of good place could this place be?
But who is Liu Jin? He is the God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty.
Ever since Liu Jin played with briquettes, every business Liu Jin has done has been very successful. He had already started to develop rubber a few years ago. Now, rubber has soared and he has made a lot of money selling saplings.
He and Zhang Mao are currently plotting some big money-making deal. It must be a deal that can make a lot of money.
Since he said that the Persian Gulf is a good place, there must be some profitable business that no one knows about yet. It is probably something valuable that no one knows about yet.
Thinking of this, Li Dongyang's eyes lit up slightly.
"This kid Zhaofan is lucky this time. If there is really something valuable in the Persian Gulf, our family will be one step ahead by occupying a colony here in the Persian Gulf, and we will definitely be able to make huge profits by then.
"
A smile suddenly appeared on Li Dongyang's face.
Originally he was not optimistic about the colonies in the Persian Gulf, but now it seems that he may be lucky, so he knocked on the door and walked in and asked Liu Jin: "Liu Jin, what good things are there in the Persian Gulf?"
When Zhang Mao saw Li Dongyang come in and heard him ask this question, he immediately said nervously: "I said Li Dongyang, why have you learned to be a gentleman, and you actually eavesdropped on people's speeches."
"I didn't eavesdrop. When you were speaking, your voice was a little louder. I just passed by and heard it."
"Liu Jin, what good things are there in the Persian Gulf?"
"Let me tell you quickly, my family has a colony here in the Persian Gulf, but it has been losing money. It seems that even my coffin book will be lost."
Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jin and asked eagerly.
"Ahem, this is a secret. I can only say that the Persian Gulf is definitely a good place. As long as we occupy some of it, future generations will have nothing to worry about."
Liu Jin looked at Li Dongyang and Zhang Mao, and continued to talk.