What Zhou Li and Lin Ziran discussed before about An Jia and Nanzhou Bank were all about doing things for others.
Regardless of whether he is in Hongxiang Commercial Bank or Nanzhou Bank, he is just a senior wage earner who gets more than 100 yuan a month. No matter how much he earns, it is not his money. At most, he will get it at the end of the year.
Just a few hundred dollars more bonus.
But what he is talking about now is his own business. No matter how much you make, it is his business alone.
As the branch manager of the Sanyang Branch of Hongxiang Commercial Bank and the person mainly responsible for contacting Lin Ziran, Zhou Like knew the kerosene business very well.
This kerosene is very profitable now. It costs 60 yuan a barrel from Lin Ziran. Even if it is shipped to a nearby area and sold, it can be sold for more than 70 yuan a barrel. If it is shipped to the north,
Prices in Guang'an County and even inland areas further north are higher.
With Lin Ziran's relationship in hand, he could do whatever he wanted and make more money personally than working in Hongxiang Trading Company.
Although Daheng is in the midst of war, people still have to live. Although the demand for lighting oil at night is not as good as in peacetime, the production capacity of whale oil is also getting less and less.
This whale oil has been rising almost every year. Zhou Li knew that the year before last, the wholesale price of whale oil in the coastal port of Nanhai City was still only sixty yuan. However, after continuous price increases, it has now reached
Sixty-five constant yuan...
However, even so, there is often a price but no market, because the output is too small. In addition to the supply of whale oil on the market in places with convenient transportation such as coastal areas, the supply of whale oil in some areas with inconvenient transportation, especially inland areas, is limited.
There is less, which makes whale oil more expensive in inland areas.
Purchase a barrel of whale oil for 65 hengyuan from Luohai City, and then transport it northward along the Luo River. When entering Zhongluozhou, the wholesale price can often reach more than 80 hengyuan per barrel, and continuing north, this
The price can even exceed hundreds of yuan.
People in many areas, even middle-class families, can no longer afford whale oil, so they turn off the lights and go to bed early at night.
This shows how much market demand there is for lighting oil represented by whale oil.
Although the kerosene that Lin Ziran produced was worse than whale oil when used as lighting oil, it was not much different. It would be no problem at all when used as household lighting oil.
In addition, the price is cheaper than whale oil. The current ex-factory price is 60 yuan per barrel, making kerosene extremely competitive in the surrounding areas.
Many middle-class people who cannot afford whale oil have already begun to switch to kerosene.
In such a big market environment, as long as you have a supply of kerosene, you can almost make money on your own, and the profits are quite generous.
Zhou Li knew this very well. Ever since Hongxiang Trading Company began to cooperate with Lin Ziran in selling kerosene last year, he had already used his power for personal gain. He took part of the share of the three hundred barrels and then transferred it to the company he established privately.
Commercial retail.
But he was still not satisfied with this, so this time he simply went directly to Lin Ziran and tried to purchase goods directly.
Lin Ziran would naturally not be embarrassed by Zhou Li's small thoughts. Anyway, the oil company will have a certain share every month that is specially supplied to local small wholesalers or retailers, and part of the share will be given to Zhou Li.
There are no problems, and you won’t make less money anyway.
Perhaps because he was happy, Zhou Li specially reminded Lin Ziran a few words before leaving, saying that there might be some trouble in the future, and asked Lin Ziran to deal with it carefully!
The trouble in question is naturally Anjia's side.
As for Nanzhou Bank, Zhou Li said bluntly: "We at Nanzhou Bank do business in a relatively orderly manner. We have always relied on strong financial strength, but we will not do these crooked things."
"But, Zhou is looking forward to Mr. Lin taking the initiative to ask us for a loan in the future!"
"After all, every one of the nine counties in Nanhai has approached us for loans!"
Hearing this, Lin Ziran was very happy. Everyone was smart and knew that the loan Zhou Li was talking about this time was completely different from the loan he was talking about before.
The former is a commercial loan, while the latter is an official loan!
And if you want an official loan, you have to control a county no matter what, otherwise Nanzhou Bank really won’t play with you!
After Zhou Li left, Lin Ziran carefully reviewed the conversation with Zhou Li, and finally came to the conclusion that his strength was not good enough, otherwise there would be no such bad things as Anjia and Nanzhou Bank.
Since his strength is not strong enough, he naturally has to find ways to increase his strength.
It is impossible to continue to expand the army. Even if the Third Division of Luo An Army helps Lin Ziran solve part of the military needs, it is already very difficult to support 1,200 people. To this day, Lin Ziran still owes Boss Wang several dollars.
What about a thousand Hengyuan?
The only solution is to train existing troops and improve their combat effectiveness.
As long as the combat effectiveness of the 1,200 people in the Qingshan Patrol Camp is increased, it will be enough to provide preliminary protection for Lin Ziran and Qingshan Oil Company.
As for training, the basic training of the troops, such as loading and basic formation, does not require Lin Ziran to pay much attention. Naturally, the officers at all levels below will handle it.
Basically, all you need to do is train according to Luo Anjun's training instructions. All that's missing is time.
The tactics aspect is not easy to deal with. Wu Guanlin, who defected from Luohai City, has been tinkering with new tactics in recent days.
If there was an entire staff team, they would probably have figured it out long ago. After all, it was just an improvement from the existing line tactics. The biggest and only purpose was to better utilize the power of the Mini rifle.
But Lin Ziran does not have a whole team under him, only Wu Guanlin.
Although Wu Guanlin has good theoretical standards, and he himself has said that he has led troops several times and has rich practical experience in leading troops.
But when there is only one person, it is not that easy to perfect the new tactics.
After all, this is not just as simple as changing the queue, but involves a lot of things.
There are just a lot of marching issues, such as what formation the troops in plain areas should march in, so that they can maintain the marching speed while also taking into account the defense and reaction capabilities of the troops.
Similarly, what posture should be used when marching in hills, dense forests and other terrains.
As for the battle formation, there is more to it.
How to deal with encounters in plain areas in the wild, how to deal with a large number of enemy infantry, how to deal with a cavalry attack, how to deal with a small enemy force, etc.
This is just an encounter in the plains
There are also offensive operations, defensive operations, and many other changes.