After Liu Hai reached an agreement with Matt Grimes, he finally let go of one thing. If he follows the final agreement, he can get 10 million tons of iron ore every month. This batch of iron ore can at least relieve the modern world.
Demand for iron ore.
A few days later, Matt Grimes came to Liu Hai with the drafted agreement.
Liu Hai carefully scrutinized the agreement and found no flaws, so he readily signed the contract. The two parties agreed that 1 million tons of iron ore would arrive in Shanghai along with 1 million barrels of oil next month.
Beginning in the second month, the quantity of iron ore will be increased by another 1 million tons until it reaches 10 million tons.
This is a good thing for both parties. After all, it will take some effort for Mobil to raise so many ships, and Liu Hai also needs to discuss the iron ore transportation issue with the current company.
After Liu Hai received this month's oil, he told Liu Yu to strengthen training for the Nanyang Navy, and then he safely left the Qing Dynasty and returned to modern times.
As soon as Liu Hai returned to modern times, he immediately called Zhang Tao.
"Mr. Zhang, this month's oil has arrived, and I have contacted a batch of iron ore. Let's discuss the details."
"Okay, Boss Liu, I'll be there right away."
"Then let's meet at my company."
After the two parties agreed on the place and time to meet, Liu Hai quickly went straight from the villa to his company.
Then in the company's warehouse, 1 million barrels of oil are stored in the warehouse.
When Wang Fang heard that Liu Hai was back, she hurried to the warehouse and saw Liu Hai standing in the warehouse, looking at the piles of oil and giggling.
"What are you giggling about?"
Liu Hai turned around and saw Wang Fang, "Nothing, just looking at the money. If we sell this batch of goods, we can make a lot of money."
Wang Fang walked to Liu Hai and looked at the mountains of oil in front of her. Although she was a little confused about how the oil was transported to the warehouse, she knew enough not to ask.
"I also made a deal this month. The United States imported a large number of small commodities from us, and we can make a lot of money."
Liu Hai didn't care after hearing this. This small commodity is just making money, can it be compared to time and space smuggling?
Suddenly Liu Hai's phone rang. It turned out that Zhang Tao had arrived at the company.
Liu Hai hurriedly took Wang Fang to the door of the company to greet Zhang Tao. In Liu Hai's view, Zhang Tao was his god of wealth and protective umbrella, and he could not offend him.
As soon as he arrived at the company gate, Liu Hai saw Zhang Tao's car parked there and was blocked by security guards. Why couldn't he enter the company gate?
So Liu Hai hurried forward and waved to the security guard, shooing him aside, and then hurriedly came to Zhang Tao.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry. Our company has strict management. This security guard did not receive advance notice and neglected you. Please forgive me."
Zhang Tao didn't care about what happened just now, "It's nothing, this is actually good. It seems that your company's management is still very strict, so I feel relieved."
Wang Fang saw the two of them chatting at the door of the company. She thought it was nothing, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's go inside and chat."
"Yes, yes, look at my brain, I actually forgot to invite Mr. Zhang inside."
Then Liu Hai personally took Zhang Tao into his office.
Wang Fang served tea to Zhang Tao and Liu Hai, and then exited Liu Hai's office knowingly, allowing the two of them to talk alone.
Zhang Tao saw that there were only two of them in Dao's office, so he asked: "How is the iron ore matter?"
Liu Hai glanced at the other party and understood in his heart that it seemed that the other party was still very anxious, but that was the case.
During this period of time, the relationship between Xia State and the West has declined, so China has also begun to shift its acquisition targets in its choice of iron ore.
But even so, there will be a huge gap in iron ore in a short period of time.
"I have contacted a batch of iron ore. The first batch will arrive next month, about 1 million tons. After that, it will increase month by month, and finally increase to 10 million tons per month."
After listening to Liu Hai's words, Zhang Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief. If 10 million tons of iron ore can arrive every month, it will greatly alleviate the domestic demand for iron ore.
However, Zhang Tao felt that this was still not enough, "Can we increase the amount of iron ore?"
Liu Hai was a little embarrassed after hearing this. His space ring's transport capacity was only 10 million tons. If he used it a few more times, he could still complete the task. However, he didn't have that much time to just transport iron ore for them, so he thought about it.
, and finally said reluctantly: "If necessary, we can double the amount of iron ore, but I think this is the limit."
Zhang Tao was satisfied after hearing this. If there were so much iron ore, it could temporarily meet domestic demand. Even if it was completely blocked by the Western world, domestic iron ore would not be in short supply to the point where it would be impossible to start operations.
"Boss Liu has worked hard this time. The country has decided to exempt Boss Liu's company from taxes for five years."
When Liu Hai heard the news, he finally had a smile on his face. If it can be free for 5 years, it will be equivalent to almost more than a year's profit.
"Then I would like to thank the state for its support to local enterprises, and then the next step is the delivery location of the iron ore."
Liu Hai knew that 10 million tons of iron ore could not be piled in just any place.
Zhang Tao thought for a moment and then said, "There is an abandoned iron ore mine in City T. The iron ore from the west can be piled there."
Liu Hai naturally has no objection to this kind of thing.
That night, trucks drove to Liu Hai's company and took away all the oil.
And bangs received another $50 million.
After the purpose of returning to modern times was completed, Liu Hai specifically told Wang Fang, "From today on, you must pay attention to shipbuilding equipment and take a look. Well, if there are any eliminated or bankrupt shipyards, we can completely replace them."
The equipment was purchased and then resold to Africa.”
Wang Fang was pleasantly surprised after hearing this, "Is there any way in Africa?"
"There is an African country that needs shipbuilding equipment and wants to build its own shipyard. However, at the price they offer, the new shipyard should not even think about it. It can still make some profit by selling them some second-hand equipment."
"Okay then, I'll organize people to conduct an inspection immediately."
After Liu Hai arranged the company's affairs, he went to the pharmaceutical factory to order a batch of 100 kilograms of compound sulfamethoxazole tablets.
This batch of medicine was for delivery to Matt Grimes. This time, Liu Hai did not ask for the other party's original package, but put it directly into a large iron bucket without markings.
Liu Hai didn't want to go through the trouble of packaging. Each kilogram of these exported drugs was 10,000 tablets. He put them directly in a big iron bucket and delivered them to the other party. As for how the other party packaged them, it was up to the other party.
Then Liu Hai went to the combat readiness warehouse that Zhang Tao had prepared for him, and extracted a large amount of ammunition from it, which Liu Hai ordered from Zhang Tao last time.
If he didn't transport some ammunition back, all the guns and cannons in the hands of his ground troops would be like burning fire sticks.
After Liu Hai purchased the ammunition, he ordered a batch of industrial silver from domestic factories, about 100 tons.
After all, the Qing Dynasty plane recognized silver, and silver was also a hard currency in that dynasty.
With this amount of money and normal profits, he can expand the Nanyang Navy and strive to make the Nanyang Navy reach the level of the Beiyang Navy.
Liu Hai spent a total of five or six days in the modern plane. After collecting all the supplies, he traveled back to the Qing Dynasty plane again.
When Liu Hai returned to the Qing Dynasty plane, a thunderbolt struck him head-on.
It turns out that since the imperial court established the Navy Department in 1885 (the 11th year of Guangxu), Li Hongzhang has controlled the real power of the Navy Department. Therefore, Li Hongzhang devoted all his efforts to training the Beiyang Navy in the following time and spent almost all of his funds on the Beiyang Navy.
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As a result, over the years, the Nanyang Navy, Guangdong Navy, and Fujian Navy have become motherless children waiting to be fed.
This time Zeng Guoquan gritted his teeth and scraped together money to buy an armored cruiser Jiangsu. Especially when Jiangsu went south, Macau blocked the waters of Macau, which shocked the Portuguese. Even the British Hong Kong fleet faced this giant ship.
Nothing can be done.
At this time, Li Hongzhang's eyes were focused on the Jiangsu. Seeing that the Beiyang Navy was about to officially form an army, Li Hongzhang wanted to once again increase the strength of the Beiyang Navy.
Therefore, not long ago, Li Hongzhang, in the name of the Navy Ministry, ordered the Jiangsu to return to the Beiyang Navy.
But in order to appease Zeng Guoquan, he also pretended to send an old cruiser to the Nanyang Navy, euphemistically called it: exchange.
After Zeng Guoquan got the news, he immediately became furious. However, when he sent a message to the Nanyang Navy to ask Liu Hai to discuss the matter, Liu Hai happened to be in modern times, so the matter was delayed for several days.
When Liu Hai came back and received the news, he did not dare to neglect it and immediately took a navy transport ship from Wusongkou, Shanghai to Nanjing.
When Liu Haiman came to the Governor's Mansion of Liangjiang in a hurry, he saw that Zeng Guoquan was not as furious as he imagined, but was leisurely and calmly sipping tea and listening to a ditty.
As soon as Zeng Guoquan saw Liu Hai coming, he hurriedly waved, "Come sit here and drink tea with me. This is Longjing that was just launched this year. There are only dozens of taels a year. Except for those who pay tribute to the palace, they are all here.
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Liu Hai hurriedly came to Zeng Guoquan's side, found a chair and sat down, and the maid immediately brought a cup of tea to him.
Liu Hai picked it up and tasted it. He was a rough man, and he didn't taste it. What was the difference between this tea and the cheap ones he usually drank?
Zeng Guoquan also noticed Liu Hai's embarrassment, pointed at him with a smile and said, "You don't have such elegant bones."
After Zeng Guoquan said this, he waved his hands around, and the maids and singers bowed out respectfully.
When only Zeng Guoquan and Liu Haiweng's son-in-law were left in the garden, Zeng Guoquan asked: "What do you think about Li Hongzhang's intention to transfer the Jiangsu to the Beiyang Navy?"