Faced with Gao Pragmatic's surprise, Gao Mo explained helplessly: "According to what the eldest young master said before returning home, now the Jingxi Coal Mine, Kaiping Coal Mine and Qianxi Iron Mine are all selecting the best among the miners at a ratio of ten to one.
As a mine protection team, there are almost 6,000 people here, and the others are expanded from the previous servant guards, which is the serious servant guard group."
Gao pragmatic was surprised and said: "I know about the servant guard group, but the size of the three mine protection teams has reached 6,000 people? Then there are almost 60,000 miners in our three major mining areas on the outskirts of Beijing? Gao Xiaozhuang has so much cash on hand.
Can you afford to feed them?"
Gao Mo smiled and said: "Didn't the eldest young master say that his profit performance is not needed now, so he can expand so unscrupulously? But eldest young master, when it comes to this small one, I have to mention that now our profits mainly come from three sources
Aspects: Jinghua Soap, Jinghua Caravan and Jingshi Briquettes are theoretically very profitable, but judging from the current situation, a small part of their profits are distributed as dividends, including nobles and subordinates at all levels, and the other half is invested
Went to Kaiping Mine..."
As he spoke, he looked at Gao Pragmatic and said: "Now the young master has invested a lot in Henan, and Tianjin Port is estimated to have spent more than 300,000 yuan. In this case, we will continue to invest in these 6,000 mine protection teams.
I’m just afraid that I’m powerless.”
Gao pragmatic pondered and began to calculate in his mind: the coal mines and iron mines in Henan are not particularly large in scale, and the amount of investment is limited. In addition, the income from the previous soap can cover the cost, so it is not a big problem.
The real big investment was Wei Hui's resettlement of the refugees. Although he practiced "hoarding minerals and hoarding people" that is comparable to later generations of real estate developers hoarding land, he spent real money before putting it into production, and he spent money like this.
Running water. Not only will the borrowed 300,000 taels last long, but further investment will be needed to maintain it. It will take at least next year to really produce output, and if we want to break even, it will be even slower. No matter how fast it is, it will take the year after next.
This is just like the investment in heavy industry in later generations. Although the "money prospects" are promising in the later period, the investment in the early stage is very scary. Without strong strength, it is impossible to play.
The reason Gao Pragmatic dared to borrow a huge sum of 300,000 taels as soon as he opened his mouth was because he felt that he was strong enough, but now it seems that he has expanded too fast, and now his capital chain is actually a bit tight.
Cut the project?
Gao Pragmatic shook his head subconsciously: It's best not to. After all, whether it is Xinzheng Coal and Railway, Weihui refugee resettlement, or Tianjin Commercial Port, they are all very important projects to follow, and the prospects are very good. Yi Gao Shidu——
No, with Gao Yude's greed, he would never miss it unless it was absolutely necessary.
Xinzheng Coal and Iron was his invitation to benefit his hometown; Weihui's resettlement was not only an invitation to fame, but also a multi-functional industrial zone. In addition to complete coal and iron resources, it also had considerable reserves of limestone——
This thing is a material for making cement and will be of great use in the future; not to mention the Tianjin Commercial Port. Who doesn’t want to open the sea in the late Ming Dynasty? Laying out the port in advance is a profitable and safe business. As long as the sea opening is a big success
, but any port is a cornucopia! If you can miss this, Gao Yude can't slap himself to death?
If we can’t cut projects, we have no choice but to increase revenue. Gao pragmatically thought about it and realized that increasing revenue is not impossible. There are indeed ways to do it.
For example, now that I'm paying tribute has been completed, he can further expand the business of the Jinghua Caravan, from Jizhen to Gansu and Shaanxi, facing the right-wing Mongolia, and now he can trade across the board, then the income from this area should be
Substantial growth.
As for Jinghua soap, after nearly a year of "brand building and promotion period", it has already established its reputation. North and South Zhili are considered the main sales areas because of the gathering of rich people. Henan and Liaodong are the two distribution areas, which are not bad.
.But in addition to these four places, even the nearby Shanxi, Shandong, and Gao pragmatic have restrained from spreading wantonly, and now, it is time to expand.
Not only Shanxi and Shandong, but also the entire Yellow River Basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, have relatively convenient transportation, and can also start selling. Firstly, it will create new profit points, and secondly, it can also take the opportunity to win over more allies.
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It should be noted that the "allies" Gao Pragmatic thinks of here include, but are not limited to, nobles. The main gathering places for nobles are still in the northern and southern capitals. But when they go to local provinces, they will definitely have to deal with local officials and powerful people, including
There are some big businessmen, and Gao Jingshi doesn't mind cooperating with them, whether it's distribution or dividends. Gao Yude is by no means stingy - Gao Yude knows what money should be taken and what money should be divided.
Yuan Shikai has a very powerful saying that Gao Pragmatic has always admired: If the world's wealth is distributed among the world's people, the world will surely fall into my hands.
Gao Pragmatic didn't dare to want the world, but he needed more people in the world to support him so that he could have enough prestige to carry out the reform to the end, so this sentence almost applies.
The scope of "people of the world" is too large, and being pragmatic can't disperse the "wealth of the world", so he only hopes to attract a group of powerful and wealthy people to help - at least without strong opposition, and by the way, the public will favor him more than others.
The feeling of disgust is almost enough.
Jinghua Soap's current main sales force is the first level after Yugong, which is divided into two categories: men and women. Gao Pragmatic is thinking that he can consider spreading to the next level to strive for a larger total sales.
However, in this case, considering the convenience of distribution, I am afraid that another factory will have to be built in Nanjing or near Nanjing. Otherwise, the cost of transportation will still be slightly higher, affecting profits, and it is not cost-effective. But who should go there?
I have to think again, if there is no suitable and reliable candidate, then I can only wait a little longer and rely on Sanshenyuan for support.
The sales of briquettes are currently mainly in the capital. After all, the market is not small, and the source of raw materials is relatively close, so profits are relatively guaranteed. If we want to spread the sales, it is estimated that the profits will be relatively limited in surrounding cities. It is better to consider supplying the army first.
——Whether it is the Beijing army or the frontier army, they all have needs in this regard.
There is nothing to say about the three towns of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi. They are Gao Gong’s base in the army. Briquettes are cheap and easy to use. If you sell them to them, you are not afraid that they will refuse. As for Ji Liao... because Qi Jiguang is here, Ji Town is better.
Yes, Li Chengliang in Liaodong has just taken over as the commander-in-chief, but Gao Gong is not familiar with him, and Gao Pingshi is even less familiar with him, so it will be hard to make up his mind for a while.
But having said that, with the fuel supply business in the four towns of Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, and Jizhou, the briquette sector can also be considered a profit growth point.
The only problem now is the coal and iron industry in Kaiping and Qianxi. These two "brothers" have the largest investment, but it is obviously the most difficult to generate income. The main reason why it is difficult is that it is difficult to promote private military industry.
