The Ming Dynasty has not lacked smart people since ancient times. Li Chunyang of Sihai Trading Company can clearly see the future development prospects of automobiles and oil, and is ready to invest heavily in them. Others can also see the prospects of automobiles and oil, and are ready to enter the automobile industry and
Petroleum industry.
In a villa in the capital, a group of emerging capitalists gathered together.
Although these people were not from noble families, they followed the trend of the times, established factories, colonized overseas, and operated overseas trade and colonial trade. They also quickly became rich and became emerging capitalists in the Ming Dynasty.
Although there is still a huge gap in strength compared with top big capitalists such as Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, and Li Chunyang, they are the middle force in the development of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, each of them is actually worth quite a lot of money, easily worth several million taels, or even tens of millions of taels of silver. In the past, they would have been comparable to Huizhou merchants and salt merchants, and they were considered rich enough to rival the country.
Already.
Of course, Ming Dynasty now imports too much silver. Although a person with a net worth of several million taels of silver is a very wealthy person, he is still not considered a wealthy family.
"This car, I specially bought one and dismantled it. The result is that it is just an internal combustion engine and several wheels. Such a simple thing is sold for more than 6,000 taels of silver. This
The profit is very large, and I estimate that its cost may be only one or two hundred taels of silver."
Chen Shou looked extremely angry and said: "It's really annoying. They earn thousands of taels of silver by selling one car. They can earn tens of thousands of taels by selling 10 cars. They can earn hundreds of thousands of taels by selling 100 cars."
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"Car sales are very hot now. In Beijing alone, it is said that their orders have been queued up for several months. The Mercedes-Benz car factory can now produce more than a dozen cars a day, which costs tens of thousands of taels of silver a day.
You can earn tens of millions of taels of silver per year."
"Is there any business in the world that is more profitable than this?"
When he said this, Chen Shou's eyes turned red.
It’s not that I don’t know, but I’m shocked. It seems that the output of this small car is not very high. It only produces a dozen cars a day. But who knew that after all, it can actually make a profit in a year.
Thousands of taels of silver.
This is faster than robbing a bank to get money.
"Isn't that right? Otherwise, the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory wouldn't have opened several factories in various parts of our country in Ming Dynasty and invested tens of millions of taels of silver in them."
"It is said that the prince and Liu Gong jointly invested 30 million taels of silver in it to build three super large factories. By then, they can produce more than 100,000 cars a year. By that time, the money will really be as high as the Yangtze River
It's coming like water."
Dong Mingli also nodded solemnly, and then sighed: "Compared with Liu Gong's industry, these factories we run are all hard-earned money."
"The price of textile cloth, cotton and wool has always been very high. The machines are expensive and the labor cost is high. Now the cloth is not easy to sell. The competition is fierce and the profit is really low."
"Liu Gong is still very good. All the businesses he does are big businesses that make a lot of money. Just building a car casually is another big business that makes a lot of money."
"What's the use of just envying others? We can also build this car. Didn't Lao Chen just say that this car is very simple, it's just an internal combustion engine with four wheels."
"We can also learn to make internal combustion engines. It's not a difficult task. As for wheels, we have a bicycle factory and we are making tires ourselves. Other things are easier and not difficult."
"How about we all join forces and open a car factory?"
Shen Kang thought about it and suggested.
"I want it, I want it~"
"The reason why I called everyone here today is actually to discuss with you how to jointly fund the construction of a car factory and manufacture cars."
When Chen Shou heard this, he immediately shook his head.
"This car is not difficult. In fact, it is very simple. It only has a few parts."
"But it is definitely the trend of future development. Whether it is used to carry people or transport goods, it has many advantages. Compared with horse-drawn carriages, its biggest advantage is that it is powerful and fast."
"The carriage can only go on flat roads. When it comes to going up or downhill, the carriage is very troublesome. You can't pull it when you get in. When you get off, you have to worry about walking too far and uncontrollable things."
"But you don't have to worry about this problem with a car. It has very strong power and is very powerful when going uphill. It also has a braking system when going downhill, so it is very stable."
"I am certain that this car will develop rapidly in the future."
"Now not only Liu Gong's Mercedes-Benz car factory is vigorously expanding, Sangong Commercial Bank has also raised tens of millions of taels of silver to invest in building a large automobile factory. There is also news that Sihai Commercial Bank is also preparing to invest in building cars. Already."
"If we guys keep up now, we can still eat meat and drink soup in the future. But if we don't keep up, I'm afraid we will have to watch others eat meat and drink soup in the future."
"I am also very optimistic about the development prospects of this car. The price of a car is still too high now, costing several thousand taels of silver. The sales volume is not very large. Only the truly rich can afford it."
"However, if the price of a car can be reduced to a few hundred taels of silver, there will be many people who can afford it. It can even be said that even ordinary people can afford it."
"At that time, our Ming Dynasty's car sales will be very huge. It will be no problem to sell millions of cars a year. Millions of cars. What a huge market this is. They are If there is too much to eat, we will definitely be able to catch some meat to eat."
"And we specialize in making cheap cars. They sell them for thousands of taels of silver each, and we sell them for a few hundred taels of silver. We earn 100 taels of silver from a car. If we produce 100,000 cars a year, we can still make a profit. Ten million taels of silver."
"If we can produce millions of cars a year, it will be a huge profit of hundreds of millions of taels of silver."
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Dong Mingli nodded and said with Zheng Zheng.
After hearing Dong Mingli's words, everyone suddenly became slightly excited. Money is hard to make, and good deals are hard to come by. If you think about it this way, this car deal is really doable.
"I'll invest five hundred thousand taels of silver~"
"I also invest five hundred thousand taels of silver~"
"Sounds good, I'll invest five hundred thousand taels of silver too."
As some people came forward to express their willingness to invest, others also expressed their opinions one after another. One person had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and when everyone present totaled it, tens of millions of taels of silver were raised.
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In a private room on the top floor of Wanghai Tower in Tianjin, a group of people gathered together, but they were not discussing cars, but oil.
"I have inquired about the situation clearly. The kerosene and gasoline are both distilled from petroleum. This petroleum is Menghuo oil."
"Petroleum itself can burn, and it burns very violently, but if it is burned directly, the black smoke will be too big, too thick, and it is poisonous, and there will be an unpleasant and pungent smell."
"After distillation and dry distillation, kerosene and gasoline and other oils will be separated from the petroleum. These oils will be completely different when burned."
"Not only is there no smoke, it is no longer toxic, and the pungent smell is much smaller. Now it has become the first choice for lighting in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Compared with whale oil, it is very cheap."
Xiang Yan explained the oil situation in detail to everyone present.
"So, does this oil business really work?"
Ge Qing thought for a while and asked.
"Of course it can be done. I have already inquired about the situation of the Ming Dynasty Oil Company. This is the property of the Emperor and Liu Gong. Who is Liu Gong? He will never make a loss-making business. The key is what he does. That's really big business in every industry."
Xiang Yan nodded and said: "And this oil is very cheap to extract. Drill a well and the oil will spurt out by itself, and then connect it with pipes, just like filling water."
"After some dry distillation, it becomes kerosene and gasoline that can be sold for money, and this gasoline can also be used to burn cars."
"It seems that there are not many cars now, but I estimate that soon, cars will appear in every corner of Ming Dynasty. When the time comes, the demand for gasoline will increase significantly."
"I heard that Sangong Trading Company and Sihai Trading Company have also sent people to search for oil in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. If we find an oil field, we can sit back and collect money from now on."
"Is it really that easy to make money?"
Someone thought for a while and said.
"We won't know if we can make money after giving it a try. Anyway, it's just hiring some people to dig oil wells and look for oil. How much money can we spend?"
"If you find an oil field, you can refine it yourself or sell it to Daming Petroleum Company. It's a profitable business."
Xiang Yan said.
"Yes, yes, what Boss Xiang said makes sense. No matter what, we have to give it a try."
Ge Qing nodded and said.
"Then let's all join forces together?"
"We will also open an oil trading house, specializing in the business of finding oil or refining oil. I believe we will definitely be able to make money in the future."
"I will personally pay one hundred thousand taels of silver~"
Xiang Yan suggested, and was the first to pay.
"I also offer one hundred thousand taels of silver~"
Ge Qing followed.
"I'll also pay one hundred thousand taels~"
"I'll pay fifty thousand taels~"
Others looked at it, thought about it, and started to pay one after another. The business that Liu Jin, Zhang Mao and others were doing was definitely not wrong. It must be a business that would make a lot of money. Now they must follow Go up, otherwise you will have to watch others eat meat and drink soup.