Chapter 1644, leave a family business for future generations
"Siberia~"
"I tricked you, don't blame me when the time comes. I didn't tell you where the treasure was. It was the three of you who passed it around."
Liu Jin sent Zhang Mao away and couldn't help laughing when he thought about what happened in Siberia.
Siberia is indeed rich in resources, including mineral resources, biological resources, and forest resources. The future generations of Da Mao can live a very good life relying on these huge resources.
But Siberia is also really cold, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. It can even be said that there are not many people at this time.
There may be only a handful of fishing and hunting tribes living in the primeval forests of Siberia. Even in later generations, when various technologies have become quite advanced, the population here is still very small, and many places have never even been visited by humans.
It's really too cold somewhere.
In winter, it can be dozens of degrees below zero, often accompanied by terrifying heavy snow. Under such severe cold, everything will be frozen.
For a long period of time throughout the year, I could only sleep in winter and couldn't do anything.
Even if there is gold, it may be difficult to dig out.
Moreover, in the vast Siberia, the actual exploration area is still a small part, and most areas have not been explored. However, even if a small part is explored, the resources contained are still very large and rich, especially the oil and gas resources are extremely rich.
In a place like this, people now actually say they want to find treasures and occupy territory.
As you go.
Liu Jin estimated that even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to exploit the resources here if the technology has not developed to a certain level in less than two hundred years.
Anyway, I don't want to join in the fun.
There are so many good places in the world, and there are many places rich in resources and minerals. There is no need to go to Siberia, a land of ice and snow.
"Old Zhang, Old Zhang, I have made it very clear. If you insist on joining in the fun, don't blame me in the future."
Liu Jin quickly thought of Zhang Mao again. When Zhang Mao just left, he looked like he was absolutely unwilling to miss the wealth of Siberia.
This old Zhang is really greedy. His property is already very huge, and he doesn't even let go of Siberia. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang don't have any valuable properties, so he can show them the way.
, let them leave some family assets for future generations.
It's not like you, Zhang Mao, don't have any property. If nothing else, the shares in the First Bank of Ming Dynasty alone are enough to ensure that your old Zhang family will not have to worry about wealth in the future.
"Forget it, I have already said that. If he still wants to go, it will be a good thing for Daming."
"Siberia is rich in resources and sparsely populated. If some people go to explore and hunt for treasures, they will naturally and slowly bring some people there, which can also promote the development of Siberia and consolidate the Ming Dynasty's rule over these places."
After thinking about it, Liu Jin shook his head and looked at the time again. It seemed that it was still early. It was a rare weekend so he could go back to sleep.
The other side.
Zhang Mao, who had just come out of Liu Jin's house, ran to Duke Ding's house without stopping and asked someone to notify Duke Cheng.
"Mr. Zhang, what on earth is going on that calls us here in such a hurry?"
Zhu Fu, who hurried over, also asked hurriedly.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang, what happened?"
Xu Guangzuo also asked quickly.
Now among the three princes, Zhang Mao is the oldest, and Zhu Fu and Xu Guangzuo basically listen to Zhang Mao.
"You all know about Siberia, right?"
Zhang Mao looked at the two of them and asked pretending to be mysterious.
"I know, but who doesn't know yet? Now there are rumors in the capital that there are treasures in Siberia. Many people are planning to go to Siberia to hunt for treasures."
Xu Guangzuo nodded and said.
"I heard people say that somewhere with ice and snow, the winter is even colder than Liaodong. What treasures can be found in that kind of place?"
Zhu Fu thought for a while and said.
"It is said that this matter came from Liu Jin. When he was in the cabinet, he mentioned this matter to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. Both of them are now preparing to go to Siberia to hunt for treasures with great fanfare."
Xu Guangzuo thought for a while and said.
"real or fake?"
"Your brother-in-law is too bad. He doesn't tell outsiders or even our own people."
When Zhu Fu heard this, he immediately curled his lips and said.
"If there is any opportunity to make a fortune, he will definitely take us. Since he is not with us, it means that even if there are treasures in Siberia, it will be difficult to mine them in a while."
Xu Guangzuo knew his brother-in-law very well and made a decision at once.
"Well said."
"I just went to Liu Jin's house to ask him about the situation."
"Same as you said, Liu Jin said that Siberia is indeed rich in resources. These resources will be very valuable in the future. The treasures mentioned are actually the mineral resources underground in Siberia."
"But he also bluntly said that Siberia currently has inconvenient transportation, is desolate, and is very cold, so it is difficult to exploit it. It is estimated that it will take another one or two hundred years before these resources can be exploited."
"So he didn't tell us about it."
"But I think that since there is real treasure, whether it can be mined now or in the future, in the end, it is still a treasure."
"We can't just watch others eat meat. Let's drool. If we don't occupy it now, in one or two hundred years, our descendants will just stare at it."
"So I came to find you two and want to hear what you think. The three of us will work together to occupy some territory in Siberia and let it go slowly. This can be regarded as leaving some wealth to future generations."
Zhang Mao told Liu Jin that he was looking for it. At the same time, he felt that this treasure should not be missed. No matter what, he wanted to get involved and occupy some territory.
"Mr. Zhang, you are right~"
"Since there are real treasures and resources, we can't let them go in vain."
"If we were too far away from the Golden Continent back then, where would we be able to collect gold and silver and make a fortune now? We still have to hurry up. The sooner we occupy it, the greater the benefits we will get."
Zhu Fu's eyes lit up after hearing this. It seems that Siberia really has treasures and resources.
Listening to Zhang Mao's words again, I suddenly felt that they made sense.
Since there is a treasure, no matter whether it is mined now or later, the treasure will be occupied first. The only matter of mining will be done slowly in the future.
If you don't occupy it and it is occupied by others, it will not be easy to take it from other people's hands in the future.
They followed Liu Jin, who had tasted the same thing many times, and even knew that to get rich, you must hurry up early. When there are more people, competition becomes fierce, and there is a red ocean, it will be really difficult to make money.
Whether they go to the gold mines to dig gold mines, or go to the Japanese country to seize the Ishimi silver mines, or engage in ocean fishing, ocean trade, etc., if they follow Liu Jin and are the first to eat crabs, they will make a fortune.
, the commercial banks under his command are all giants in various fields, and the amount of money received every year is very considerable.
"But my brother-in-law said that this place in Siberia is too cold and desolate. If we continue to invest in this place, I don't know if it will pay off in the coming years."
Xu Guangzuo thought for a while and shook his head. He knew something about the situation in Siberia.
Winter City is known as the Magic City of Ice and Snow. Many prisoners went there and froze to death because they had no idea about the cold in Winter City.
It was a place where water was poured into ice. It was really too cold.
The entire Northwest Province is extremely vast, but its population is the smallest among all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Except for the small population of Winter City, the total population of the entire Northwest Province is only tens of thousands. This is because the imperial court exiled a large number of prisoners there, and
There were slave traders who sold a large number of female slaves in the past.
Investing in a place like this is basically throwing money into the water and playing with it.
What's more, Liu Jin has bluntly said that the mineral resources here will not be mined at all for a while, which means that there will be only investment and no output in a short period of time.
This deal is obviously not a good deal.
"Liu Jin made it very clear, but now we all have a lot of money on hand, and we can just leave it alone. We might as well invest it, occupy some places, and leave some wealth to future generations.
Already."
"If you don't go, I will go with Zhu Fu."
Zhang Mao doesn't care about this.
As he gets older, his health is getting worse day by day. What Zhang Mao wants to do now is to leave some family business to his descendants. Although the Duke is a Duke, he has the same difficulties as the Duke.
A family with a big business has a lot of money to spend, especially after the branches and leaves are spread, the position of the Duke of the country can only be passed down to one person, and the other descendants will not care about it?
Not to mention becoming a noble, at least it is to make them have enough food and clothing. Talking about it without money is useless, so if you can keep an extra piece of property, keep an extra piece of family property.
"Yes, yes, if you don't go, I will go with Mr. Zhang."
"Let's put in a few million taels of silver and occupy some space, so that future generations won't blame us for not leaving anything for them when they watch others eating meat."
Zhu Fu also agreed. Now that everyone has money, he can easily spend millions of taels of silver.
"Okay, okay~"
"The three of us have always advanced and retreated together. You have all said that you are going to invest, so I naturally want to follow suit. I have to invest some money in it."
After thinking about it, Xu Guangzuo could only invest some money. The three families had always worn the same pair of pants, but we couldn't let people think that the relationship between the three families was broken because of such things.