Today, the third and fourth floors of Wangyue Building in the capital have been booked by Li Yuanshan. At this time, in the entire spacious hall on the third floor, businessmen from the Beijing and Tianjin areas gathered together, talking and laughing with each other and waiting patiently.
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They are all old acquaintances. Although they each do a lot of business, they all have one thing in common, that is, they all involve sugar sales.
Now Ryukyu sugar has had a huge impact on the entire sugar market. The price is too low. The key is that the output is too large, which suddenly makes the number of people in the sugar business huge.
Fortunately, Li Yuanshan did not intend to kill them all, and was willing to sell high-quality sugar to them and let them become Ryukyu sugar agents.
"I don't know how the Ryukyu sugar agent does it. This sugar business may not be easy to do in the future."
Next to Wu Lang, several businessmen from the Jiangnan area said with sad faces.
The sugar business is not easy to do originally. The price of sugar is very high. Only the really rich can afford it. As for ordinary people, maybe when they have a baby, they can have a luxury and buy some brown sugar mixed with water.
To replenish energy, brown sugar is even used as a blood-tonifying medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine.
The price is high, the output is low, the market is actually only that big, and everyone is already familiar with the entire market.
Well now, Ryukyu sugar has been inserted horizontally, and the whole market has been shaken in an instant, so that all the merchants who came here are worried, worried that they will not be able to do this sugar business in the future.
"I do think that maybe the sugar business will be better in the future."
Wu Lang smiled and shook his head. His idea was exactly the opposite. The price of Ryukyu sugar was very cheap and the output was large enough, which meant that more people could consume it and the market could be bigger.
Sugar is not the same thing as salt. There is no difference between having it and not having it in life. But once everyone develops a habit, the consumption will be very considerable.
Just like the Jiangnan area, this place has been a land of plenty since ancient times. It is very prosperous and everyone has money, so they all like to eat sweets. They use sugar for braised pork, sugar for cooking, and sugar for cooking. It can be said that everyone’s daily life is far from
Without sugar, most of the sugar in the entire Ming Dynasty was consumed by people in the Jiangnan area.
The price of sugar is lower, which means that more people can consume sugar. Not to mention other places, just in the Beijing-Tianjin area, with the rapid development of capitalism, the income of the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area is getting higher and higher.
Everyone can clearly feel that no matter what kind of business it is, it has become very easy to do in the Beijing area.
Wu Lang clearly knows that output and price are the keys to sugar becoming a luxury product. If the output is large enough and the price is cheap enough, it can enter thousands of households.
By then, this sugar will be like salt and become an indispensable thing for the people of Ming Dynasty to live like this. Do you think this business is easy to do?
"Everyone~everyone~"
At this time, Li Yuanshan walked down from the fourth floor with a smile on his face, and the bidding for Ryukyu sugar agents officially began.
"I won't go into too much nonsense. I think everyone should already know about the quality of our Ryukyu sugar. This quality is definitely the best sugar in Ming Dynasty."
"In addition, in terms of production, please rest assured that our production is very large, and you can get as much as you want."
"The most important thing is the price. The price of our Ryukyu sugar is definitely the lowest on the market. Our current price for brown sugar is 500 Wen per pound. In the future, this price will continue to decrease. It will be 300 Wen per pound."
One catty, two hundred cents per catty, or even one hundred cents per catty is possible."
Li Yuanshan's voice is very loud and clearly reaches everyone's ears.
Hearing Li Yuanshan's words, everyone's expressions changed slightly. The price is even going to drop. Are you going to let everyone live?
If it really drops to two to three hundred cents per catty, is there still money to be made from this candy?
This is the thought in the minds of these people present.
Sugar production is extremely scarce and the price is very expensive.
The price has dropped so low that there is no money to be made at all.
"Everyone will definitely think that if the price drops to one hundred cents per catty, will there still be money to be made?"
"I want to tell everyone that of course I will make money, and I will make more."
"Currently, our annual sugar output in the entire country is less than one million jins, and those who can afford sugar are the truly rich."
"But if our output can reach tens of millions of catties a year, or even hundreds of millions of catties, then we can make everyone in the Ming Dynasty eat sugar."
"Even in the future, we can sell our Ming Dynasty sugar to Japan and Korea. If someone can transport this sugar to Europe, the price of this sugar is higher than gold. Only the real nobles can afford sugar."
Li Yuanshan began to describe the future of the canteen industry to everyone.
Naturally, he did this after Liu Jin's instructions and instructions. At this time, Liu Jin was upstairs, accompanying Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Mao, and Xu Guangzuo, chatting and preparing to count the money.
The sugar business has great potential, but Liu Jin obviously does not intend to continue doing this business. There is endless money in the world. Liu Jin's many industries earn tens of millions of dollars every year.
Liu Jin's real plan was to use sugar to promote the development of Ryukyu.
In order for these sugar merchants to see profits and see Ryukyu as a treasure land, Liu Jin could produce so much sugar just by building a city here in Ryukyu and reclaiming some wasteland.
Liu Jin can do it, so why can't others do it.
They can also go to Ryukyu to build cities, go to Ryukyu to reclaim land, plant sugar cane and make cane sugar.
Using profit to drive people is what Liu Jin has always done.
After hearing Li Yuanshan's words, everyone couldn't help but take a breath, and some people even had their eyes slightly red.
The world described by Liu Jin has been published in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post issue after issue. Everyone knows that this sugar is worth as much as gold in Europe, so it must be worth as much as gold.
If we could ship a boatload of sugar to Europe, wouldn't it be great?
Everyone couldn't help but think so in their minds.
"Mr. Li, can the sugar production here in Ryukyu City really be so high?"
Someone couldn't help but stand up and ask.
"Of course, this is just this year. By next year, we will be able to reclaim more land here in Ryukyu. By then, we will be able to plant more sugar cane and produce more sugar."
Li Yuanshan nodded solemnly.
"You may not know much about Ryukyu. I have been in Ryukyu City for almost a year this year. Let me tell you about Ryukyu."
"Ryukyu is very close to Fujian, very close to each other across the sea. If you take a boat, you can reach Ryukyu from Fujian in just one day."
"Ryukyu has abundant sunshine and abundant rainfall, which is very suitable for growing sugar cane, which can be harvested twice a year. In addition to sugar cane, Ryukyu is also very suitable for growing rice, which can be harvested twice or even three times a year."
"The land in Ryukyu is very fertile, and it is ownerless land. Whoever cultivates it will own it. We, Mr. Liu, have also spent huge sums of money to build Ryukyu City on the Tamsui River in the north of Ryukyu."
"If you want to invest here in Ryukyu, you can go directly to Ryukyu City first. No matter how much I say about some things, it's better for you to go and take a look. Now there are regular ships from Tianjin that go back and forth between Ryukyu and Tianjin.
You can send someone to take a look and investigate."
Li Yuanshan was very confident when he spoke. To be honest, he himself fell in love with Ryukyu and was planning to move his family to Ryukyu.
After hearing Li Yuanshan's words, everyone nodded. As long as it had something to do with Liu Jin, they were all convinced because Liu Jin had never deceived anyone so far.
The Golden Continent is full of gold. Now everyone believes this, let alone believing that Ryukyu is a treasure land.
As for whether it is true or false, as Li Yuanshan said, you can only know if you see it for yourself.
"You can rest assured about the production volume. You will only have headaches in the future because the sugar cannot be sold, and you don't have to worry about not having enough sugar."
"Actually, I really recommend everyone to visit Ryukyu. It's really good."
"It's cold and snowy here in the Beijing-Tianjin area now, but here in Ryukyu, it's very warm. Our Ryukyu City not only grows sugar cane, but also grows a lot of vegetables. After a while, we can grow it on a large scale.
They are shipped to the Beijing-Tianjin area and sold here.”
Li Yuanshan kept Liu Jin's words in mind and continued to promote Ryukyu and advertise Ryukyu.
In fact, it was not just Li Yuanshan who was promoting Ryukyu at this time.
The Ming Dynasty Morning Post also reported on Ryukyu sugar in a large space under Liu Jin's instruction.
At this time, in the streets and alleys of the capital, young and old men in the capital were reading the latest issue of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post with relish.
Reading newspapers has now become a part of life for young and old men in Beijing and Tianjin.
'Ryukyu sugar, let everyone in the Ming Dynasty afford sugar!'
Such a report immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone knows that sugar is a very expensive thing, and it is something that ordinary people cannot afford.
Now this Ryukyu candy should be made affordable for everyone in the Ming Dynasty. How is this possible?
Naturally, everyone began to read word for word and read the contents of the newspaper carefully.
"Ryukyu turned out to be a sugarcane in the southeast of Ming Dynasty~"
Through this newspaper, everyone suddenly learned about Ryukyu, got to know Ryukyu, and knew its location.
"The land here in Ryukyu is fertile, so you can grow rice twice a year, or even three times a year?"
"How is it possible?"
"I know that rice can be harvested twice a year in the Jiangnan area, but three crops a year is something I have never heard of."
"Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean you can't do it. Isn't it said above?"
"The dimensions here in Ryukyu are low, with sufficient sunlight and abundant precipitation. It has already snowed here in the capital. They are still similar to summer. Do you think it is possible to grow three crops?"
"That's true. The farther south it gets, the hotter it gets. Maybe it can be cooked three times."
"I also know about Ryukyu. I heard that there are barbarians who cannibalize people. I heard that miasma is everywhere and mosquitoes are rampant. The mosquitoes everywhere are as big as sparrows."
"Nonsense? How can there be mosquitoes as big as sparrows? Wouldn't they bite people to death?"
"Everyone, please stop making random guesses. Didn't the newspaper say that Liu Zhuangyuan has built a Ryukyu City here in Ryukyu. There are regular ships from Tianjin to Ryukyu City. You can go to Ryukyu to take a look."
“Ryukyu City also welcomes everyone to visit Ryukyu and take a walk.”
"There is also an immigration policy here in Ryukyu City. As long as one is willing to immigrate to Ryukyu, one can get three fields for free. The fields in Ryukyu are very fertile, have a lot of rain, and can be harvested twice a year."
"Ryukyu City has a large-scale seed sugar cane plantation. It will definitely be very promising to boil sugar."
"Ryukyu is too far away. Who would immigrate to Ryukyu?"
"I heard that tens of thousands of people have immigrated to Ryukyu. I don't know if it is the same as what the newspaper said. If it is as good as what the newspaper says, I would like to immigrate to Ryukyu."
"One person gets three acres of land for free, and a family can immigrate there and have more than ten acres of high-quality paddy fields."
"..."
As the Ming Dynasty Morning Post published every detail of Ryukyu, Ryukyu was truly known to the people of the Ming Dynasty for the first time.
It was originally about candy, but gradually it became an advertisement for Ryukyu, letting everyone know about Ryukyu and the policies of Ryukyu City, and encouraging everyone to immigrate to Ryukyu.
This is the real reason why Liu Jin started a newspaper.
There is no money to be made from running a newspaper. At least for now, Liu Jin's Ming Morning News is losing money, but there is no doubt that the role of the newspaper is that Liu Jin can easily guide the attention of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The fourth floor of Wangyue Tower.
"You brat, if you ask everyone to go to Ryukyu to plant sugar cane and boil sugar, what will we eat in the future?"
Zhang Mao asked with some confusion after reading the latest edition of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post.
At first, I didn’t expect that building a city in Ryukyu and growing sugar cane would be so profitable. But this time, Ryukyu City has a bumper harvest of sugar cane, and the sugar can be sold for tens of millions of taels.
If you take out the money invested in Ryukyu City this year, plus various expenses, etc., you can easily earn millions of taels of silver. The cost of this investment will come immediately, and you will earn money.
Time to count the money.
But now, Liu Jin actually asked everyone to go to Ryukyu to reclaim land and plant sugar cane. Isn't this just giving his own hens that lay eggs to others to make a fortune?
"Mr. Zhang, we need to take a longer-term view. This kind of sugarcane and sugar-cooking business is profitable, but ultimately it is limited. Earning tens of millions of taels of silver in a year is as high as the sky."
"But if Ryukyu is developed, we can have more places to make money. Ryukyu is a big island with extremely rich resources."
"In addition, Ryukyu has been developed. When we enter Nanyang, Luzon and Australia next year, it will be much easier for us. In addition, Ryukyu is also an important point on the return route of the fleet to the Golden Continent. I am planning for the future.
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"When the time comes, we can just set up a fleet to go to Nanyang, and we can bring back boatloads of silver. If we can go to Australia, there are also a lot of gold and silver mines in Australia. Are we afraid that there will be no silver by then?
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When Liu Jin heard Zhang Mao's words, he smiled and explained.
The development of Ryukyu was very important. It was the starting point for Liu Jin to turn the Pacific Ocean into an inner lake for the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties.
After Ryukyu is managed, it can go to North Korea and Japan, connect the northern areas of the Ming Dynasty, and connect Guangdong, Guangxi, and Qiongzhou to the south. It can also go down to Nanyang to Luzon and Australia.
Nanyang and Luzon are also God-given lands. They are located in the tropics, with fertile land and sufficient rainfall. Not to mention other things, they are just used to grow rice. The rice that is harvested three times a year can occupy some areas casually, and the future output will be
The amount of rice is enough to easily feed the entire Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention Australia, which is extremely rich in mineral resources and sparsely populated. Not occupying such a good place would be a waste of resources.
If we can open up routes between Nanyang and Australia, we can then go from Australia to the South Golden Continent, and then a complete cycle will be formed.
Around the entire Pacific Ocean, the Ming Dynasty could have two routes. One route was to the north, passing through the Japanese Kingdom, and heading to the Northern Pacific Ocean to the Northern Golden Continent.
One route is to go south, pass through Nanyang, Australia reaches Nanjin Island, and then turn the entire Pacific Ocean into an inner lake for the descendants of Yan and Huang.
This is Liu Jin's real purpose. As for planting sugar cane and boiling sugar, this is just to attract more people to Ryukyu and develop Ryukyu.
Again, the law that Liu Jin believes in is to use interests to drive people.
As long as there are enough benefits, Liu Jin believes that there will naturally be people willing to go to Ryukyu without having to work hard to promote it.
All he needs to do is to lay out this benefit and ensure that those who play the game according to his own rules can obtain sufficient benefits from it.
In this way, it will naturally snowball and get bigger and bigger. More and more people will continue to move forward in the direction set by Liu Jin, thus driving the entire huge empire towards the colonial era.