Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, going to work.
Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin's motorcade parked at an inn in a small town, planning to rest here for a day or two and visit the oil fields, refineries and the like.
"Liu Jin, you still know how to do business."
"I have heard that this oil is now monopolized by your Daming Oil Trading Company."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the town in front of him and said to Liu Jin with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the major shareholder of this oil company is His Highness the Prince."
Liu Jin was slightly speechless and quickly reminded him.
Petroleum is so important, and with the continuous promotion and use of internal combustion engines, the role and importance of petroleum will gradually become more and more prominent. Liu Jin has no intention of eating alone.
When doing business, it is natural to involve the prince, or bring along the military generals and noble groups of the court. The ministers will do it together and make money together. This has always been Liu Jin's principle.
This is also the main reason why many industries under Liu Jin's command have been able to develop smoothly, because today's rich and powerful military commanders, ministers, and even the emperor and princes of the Ming Dynasty are all in the same boat as Liu Jin.
At the end of the year, when all the trading houses under his command pay dividends and this box of silver and gold is moved to everyone's homes, everyone becomes more supportive of Liu Jin.
For example, Tianjin Ocean Trading House, the earliest trading house in the Ming Dynasty, is also the largest and most powerful trading house in the Ming Dynasty. It has its own offices, branch companies, etc. all over the world.
Not to mention anything else, the amount of gold and silver paid as tribute by the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire every year alone is worth tens of millions of taels of silver. This is a very huge amount of wealth, and it makes the shareholders of the commercial bank laugh every year.
Don't open your mouth from ear to ear, because you don't need to do anything, just sit and collect money.
There is also the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, which is now the only bank in the Ming Dynasty that can legally issue banknotes and silver coins. It controls the printing and minting rights of the Ming Dynasty. Its business has been distributed all over the world, not only in colonies and vassal states, but also in
There are also branches in Europe, Egypt and other places.
Not only does it lend money to individuals and commercial banks, but it also lends money to the Spanish Empire, the Egyptian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, etc. It is almost a global creditor, and the deposits it has absorbed are countless, even more than the Ming Dynasty’s treasury.
Richer.
In all these firms, factories, businesses, colonies, etc., Liu Jin did not live alone, but all did business in partnership with others.
The Emperor Hongzhi and the Crown Prince were basically the major shareholders, and they could just sit and collect money every year. They had already filled the bank and treasury of the Emperor and Crown Prince Hongzhi, and accumulated a huge amount of wealth.
"Haha, right."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled.
"Let's go and see how this oil is extracted."
Then Emperor Hongzhi no longer cared about who monopolized and controlled the oil. After all, his son Zhu Houzhao was the major shareholder. If he made money, it would mean that his son made money.
This is enough.
The current Emperor Hongzhi is not the former Emperor Hongzhi.
In the past, I was deceived by civil servants. I thought that the emperor should be diligent and frugal to set an example for the world. So even though he was an emperor, he was actually a miserable person. He didn't have much money at home, and he was often harassed by the Ministry of Household Affairs at that time.
Shangshu Zhou Jing gave him the wool.
Later, with the development of many industries, Emperor Hongzhi also received more and more money, and the money in internal funds became more and more, and it began to be so much that it could not be used up at all.
Even though he supported the Ming Dynasty's million-strong army, he still had plenty of money in his pocket, and there was still a large balance, so much so that Emperor Hongzhi even deposited a large amount of money in the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty to earn interest.
Emperor Hongzhi had tasted both the feeling of having money and the feeling of not having money. Naturally, he understood the feeling and the importance of money.
He is not like Zhu Houzhao who has experienced his own hardships, so it is enough to be able to make money for Zhu Houzhao.
Liu Jin took Emperor Hongzhi to an oil field.
The oil fields did not stop even in winter, the equipment for oil extraction was constantly rotating, and a large number of oil workers were also busy.
Wells are drilled here and there, connected by pipelines, and then gathered together, and then transported to the refinery through pipelines.
"Is this an oil well?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the oil wells and equipment in front of him with great interest.
"Yes, this is the oil well that extracts oil."
"Oil is stored underground just like water. Some oil wells have strong pressure themselves, so you can get a pipe to allow the oil inside to flow out automatically and transport it directly to major refineries through these pipes.
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"The refinery then distills and smelts the oil, and through distillation, kerosene, gasoline, diesel and other products sold on the market can be obtained."
"The pressure in some oil wells is not enough, so we need to use equipment to pump the oil up, or find ways to increase the pressure in the oil wells so that it can flow out on its own."
Liu Jin nodded and began to explain the oil mining situation to Emperor Hongzhi in detail.
"That's it~"
"Come, come, open the valve and let me see what this oil looks like?"
Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully and watched carefully. After listening, it became clear.
"Open the valve~"
Liu Jin nodded and immediately gave instructions to Zhao Wenjie, the person in charge of the oil field next to him.
"Yes~"
Zhao Wenjie nodded quickly, took out the iron basin and put it below. Then the valve opened, and the billowing black oil continued to pour out, and in the blink of an eye, a large basin was filled.
"Is this dark thing oil?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the darkness in front of him and saw that it was oil, then smelled the strong pungent smell and said.
"Yes, this is oil."
"Don't look at it as black now, but after distillation and smelting, it can be made into kerosene, gasoline, and diesel oil that are as clear as water. The main reason why it is black is because it contains a lot of impurities. There are some oil fields in the world.
The oil inside has few impurities, so it is not black, but as clear and translucent as water."
Liu Jin nodded and replied.
"Oh, so that's it."
Emperor Hongzhi understood, thought for a while and asked: "The price of oil has reached 300 yuan a barrel now. How many barrels can this oil field produce in a day?"
"With this oil field now, the daily output can exceed 100,000 barrels!"
Zhao Wenjie quickly replied.
"100,000 barrels?"
"That day it was 30 million Wen, which was equivalent to about 30,000 taels of silver. This year, it was tens of millions of silver."
Emperor Hongzhi did a simple calculation and was immediately shocked by the number.
Just these oil fields in front of us can earn tens of millions of taels of silver this year, which is really profitable.
"Where is this oil? This is black gold!"
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh.
"Actually, there are not that many. It's just that the current oil market is good and the demand for oil is large, so the price is high. But when oil production increases and the market is saturated, oil prices will definitely fall."
"Normally speaking, the price of a barrel of oil should be more than 100 taels. If you calculate it, this oil field only costs several million taels of silver a year. Excluding labor, transportation, etc., the profit is actually not too high.
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Liu Jin said with a smile.
Oil extraction is of course profitable, very profitable.
Those tycoons in the Middle East in later generations became rich only because of oil. Otherwise, in such a place where nothing matters, not to mention getting rich, even eating would be a big problem.
Before the discovery of oil, there was a lot of poverty.
However, in front of Emperor Hongzhi, he naturally had to be more modest. Even if he was making money, it was not very profitable.
"Tsk, tsk, black gold, you Liu Jin are really good at making money."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin with a look of disbelief. He could do the calculation himself. Even though the labor cost was relatively high, transportation was troublesome, and the investment was relatively large, the profits and benefits were here.
Look at it like this, after the oil well is installed, there won't be much cost. You just have to sit and collect the money. You actually told me that you won't make money?
Ghosts believe you.
"Ahem~ This major shareholder is not me, but His Highness the Crown Prince. Making money is also His Highness the Crown Prince making money."
Liu Jin touched his nose and emphasized again.
Daqing Oilfield is now the largest oil field in Ming Dynasty. The key is that it is the closest large oil field to the Beijing-Tianjin area of Ming Dynasty and the most valuable oil field.
The oil in the Persian Gulf in the Middle East is still too far away. Nowadays, it is easy to extract, but transportation is a problem. Before there were professional oil transportation ships, the transportation of oil was very troublesome and extremely costly.
The Daqing Oilfield is close to the Beijing-Tianjin area and has convenient transportation. It can be sold to all parts of the Ming Dynasty and has high output. It is indeed a big gold mine in our hands. A steady stream of silver comes with the outflow of oil.
"Haha, you also have a share."
Emperor Hongzhi immediately laughed. This Liu Jin really knew how to do business and made money in a good way. He had to admire him.
Even if you make money, you still earn it openly, and it can provide a lot of jobs and develop new industries and fields. This is the most admirable thing.
