Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 429 A Sale Full of Sense of Accomplishment

Considering that cement is a cheap consumable, and it is a thing with small profits but quick turnover, Yang Menglong is also embarrassed to ask for extravagant prices. It will not be fun if he scares away the customers.The price he offered was one peso per pack, equivalent to 1000 yuan.Selling a bag of cement for 1000 yuan can be regarded as cheating. Although foreigners own more than half of the world’s gold and silver mines, they can’t afford to be slaughtered like this. They strongly protested. After some bargaining, they finally dropped Half, two packs for one peso, done.

Of course, Yang Menglong did not forget to solicit business for his good buddy Zhu Yujian, and took foreigners to visit the steel nail factory.Foreigners were amazed by the huge scale of this steel nail factory and the production capacity of one ton per day. After some tests, they admitted with frustration that the nails produced here were better than those produced in Europe, especially the steel ones. Rivets are good things that money cannot buy for the European shipbuilding industry.There is nothing to say, buy, buy, buy, not to buy is not human!

As a result, Xiao Zhu's nail factory received another order for [-] tons, which was enough for the workers to keep busy.This is just the beginning. There will definitely be more foreigners coming to place orders in the future. He has to consider opening a branch factory. There is no way. Yang Menglong's goal is to let everyone in Europe use nails made in China... In the original In the history of China, the nails imported from foreign countries are called "foreign nails". I don't know what foreigners will call the nails imported from China?

In addition, Yang Menglong also helped Nanyang's sugar factory to get a big order. The caramel, brown sugar, and rock sugar produced in Nanyang are all praised by foreigners... Who makes Europe so cold that most places can't grow it What about sugar cane?Only a little bit can be grown in Spain, and the sugar industry in Europe is almost zero. Brown sugar has always been used as a tonic in Europe. As for high-end products such as caramel and rock sugar, most people have no luck.Of course, sugar in ancient China was always quite expensive, and there were many people who couldn't afford it, but it was still much better than in Europe.The foreigners didn't realize until now that they still have so many good things to buy here!
"General, these sugar products are very attractive. If they can be shipped to Europe, they will definitely sell for a lot of money, but the sea is very humid. What if they get wet?" A foreigner asked a little worried.

Yang Menglong chuckled: "At this time, you need an airtight jar... Don't worry, we will pack the sugar for you to ensure that it will not lose any loss due to humidity when it is shipped to Europe, but the packaging fee, Do you have to give some?"

Nanyang's canned food is also very popular.After tasting a few cans, the foreigners claimed that it was not a can, but a delicacy sealed in a can. The representatives of Spain ordered [-] boxes at one go, and the representatives of the Netherlands and Portugal were not to be outdone, and each ordered a good Tens of thousands of boxes, just the orders placed by these foreigners are enough to keep the cannery busy for more than half a year... The profits are rolling in!
As long as it can make money and can be sold, Yang Menglong sells everything from tea leaves and nails to cement and bearings, especially bearings. In Yang Menglong's opinion, these things are not precise enough and not easy to use, but Foreigners are drooling and frantically throwing checks...Where is there any bearing factory these days!Although the bearings manufactured by Nanyang Bearing Factory are far from precise, they are already a product that best represents modern and even modern industry.Of course, Yang Menglong would not let go of the opportunity to make a fortune. A carriage bearing made him confidently sell it for fifteen pesos, equivalent to a middle peasant's annual income.Fang Yizhi, who was accompanying him, gasped when he heard it, and screamed in his heart that it was black, it was too dark!

The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain are the three traditional maritime powers in Europe. They kicked off the era of great exploration. As the trendsetters of this era, which one of these representatives has not traveled all over the world?Although they have seen a lot, when they actually entered China, they were still shocked by the rich products and exquisite and prosperous civilization.They said with frustration that compared with China, Europe is now more like a stinking garbage dump. This gap is all-round, which makes them a little hard to accept.It was the first time they discovered that besides silk, porcelain, spices, and tea, there were so many things worth buying, and they got rich, and this time they really got rich!But the happy time is always very short. When they frantically waved the check to place an order, the money in their pockets flew out as if it had grown wings... After they purchased [-] tons of steel ingots, they realized that they had no money... There are so many good things I haven't bought yet...

The Spanish representative said in frustration: "I have to ship silver from Peru again, what a hell!"

Yang Menglong looked surprised: "Why do you have to transport silver from Peru? Can't you mine silver in your Asian colonies?"

The Spanish representative said depressingly: "Our colonies in Asia have a fart of silver!"

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "It's because you are lazy and don't know how to find it. How can there be silver? Go out and look for it and you will find that there are a lot of silver mines in Luzon!"

The Spanish representative was stunned for a moment: "Is there a silver mine in Luzon?"

Yang Menglong said: "Why am I lying to you? Not only are there silver mines, but there are also gold mines, copper mines, phosphate mines, iron mines...there are so many of them! Don't believe me? If you don't believe me, take a map and I'll circle a few mine veins for you. Then you mine according to the location of my circle, if you can't find the mine, I'll cut off your head and give it to you!"

The Spanish representative took out the map of the Philippines and handed it to Yang Menglong.Yang Menglong picked up the quill, circled several famous gold mines, silver mines, and copper mine veins in the Philippines in one breath, and marked two large phosphate mines and sea guano mines: "...here There are no gold mines or silver mines, but they are rich in phosphate rock and sea guano, and if you ship them to China and sell them to me, you can still sell them at a very good price!"

The Spanish representative looked at the mining area he had circled, wondering if he should organize a manual inspection when he went back.The colonial methods these days are still relatively primitive. When almost all the spices and precious metals are snatched, the bankrupt farmers in the country will be sent over to let them establish settlements in the colony, enclose a large piece of land to run a farm, and grow some tobacco. Ah, coffee, etc., by the way, create some tax revenue for the country. As for the full development of the colony, it will have to wait another 200 years. After all, mines are not so easy to find.To be honest, although Spain has ruled the Philippines for more than 200 years, it has not obtained too many resources from the Philippines. Most of the precious minerals in the Philippines are lying under their feet and sleeping until the United States defeats Spain and takes the Philippines from them. snatch away.But now that Yang Menglong has marked out the mining area for them, they should speed up mining and sell these minerals to China, right?This is much easier than Daming dispatching troops to conquer the Philippines, and then digging by himself.As for how many native Filipinos these ghosts and beasts will kill when mining mineral resources... It's none of my business, and I didn't do it!

The Dutch representative was a little surprised: "General Yang, do you still have such a deep understanding of the mineral distribution in Luzon?"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "Of course! How can I mess around without this ability?" I was talking nonsense in my heart, what is the difficulty in understanding these things in modern times, just read the newspapers and you will know everything, what?Too lazy to read newspapers?Then summon the almighty Du Niang!
The representative of the Netherlands took out a map of Indonesia: "Then General Yang will also help me find out if there are any gold or silver mines in Indonesia."

Yang Menglong picked up the quill pen and circled fiercely: "There are gold mines here, here, and here. This is Belitung, right? There are silver mines, but not many. There are copper mines in the Papua Islands. If you dig them, you will get rich , This is a super-large copper mine, enough for you to dig for hundreds of years. By the way, I almost forgot that there are tin mines in Belitung, Cirebon Island, and the east coast of Sumatra, and the reserves are still very rich... ..."

The Portuguese representative also took out a map of Malaysia with the mentality of giving it a try.Needless to say, Yang Menglong still circled around several famous mining areas.According to his vision, Daming must become the birthplace of the first industrial revolution, and once the industrial revolution begins, the demand for various resources will inevitably increase sharply, so it is necessary to plan ahead, find a few resource supply countries, and mine all over the world. Too much trouble.For a long time to come, Daming will become the only market for these countries in Asia—they can't let them ship a full load of coal back to Europe for sale, right?I can't blame you!This situation will not be broken until Europe also enters the era of the industrial revolution. At that time, the supply of resources may be tight. It is hard to guarantee that those foreigners will not transport these resources back to China for their own use, provided that they get his permission first... …To be precise, I first got permission from his 120mm naval gun. I really thought I would help you circle the mine veins for free?Those who honestly help me dig mines have meat to eat, and those who want to ship back to Europe to sell have 120mm high-explosive bombs!
After emptying out all the gold and silver on board, and stuffing the ship with high-quality steel ingots, rivets, cement, sugar, tea, canned food, silk, porcelain and other products, these foreigners sailed happily and left Nanyang Chengguan Wharf. Down the river into the Yangtze River, and then out to sea through Hangzhou Bay, heading straight to Europe.If there is no accident, these products will appear in the European market half a year later, causing a huge sensation. Before leaving, the group of foreigners said nervously: "We will come again, we must continue to cooperate! "Yang Menglong naturally agreed.What makes foreigners a little depressed is that Yang Menglong expressed contempt for their largest cargo ship: "How dare you go all over the world with such a small tonnage? Prepare more money, and I will sell you a few 200-ton ships!" Well, the whole of Europe The shipbuilding industry is seriously despised.But Yang Menglong really has the capital to despise them, because as early as 200 years ago, Zheng He's largest sea-going ship had a displacement of more than [-] tons, and it may even exceed [-] tons. Is this the concept of a magic horse?All he has to do is to take out the things from [-] years ago and make limited improvements...Who made the Chinese have a group of ancestors who only take pleasure in defying the sky?

The foreigners finally left. Nanyang related and irrelevant officials gathered together to take stock of the gains of this business. After adding, subtracting and subtracting, the figures that came out shocked everyone: it was only half Within a month, Nanyang actually got an order of 150 million pesos!This number scared everyone, even Fang Yizhi opened his mouth wide enough to stuff a ten-jin shot put in: "This...these Xiyi are so rich!?"

Yang Menglong snapped: "I've never seen the world! They control half the world's gold mines, silver mines, and copper mines. It's not trivial to take out this little silver... Put away your idiots and work quickly , Supervise each factory well, improve the quality, who dares to shoddy, don't blame me for blacklisting him!"

Being on the blacklist means that your peers will cut off all business contacts with you, the supply of raw materials and product sales will be cut off immediately, and there will be problems with the capital chain --- don't expect to borrow from friends or even banks It is a penny, and the creditor will come to the door to collect the debt in the shortest time. Such a price is unaffordable for any businessman in Nanyang.In the past three years, there have been only two buddies who did not believe in evil and were blacklisted. As a result... the result quickly changed from a rich man to a big negative man, and they were about to go bankrupt. In the end, they gritted their teeth and donated a large sum of money to the school. For teaching funds, and publicly apologized to thousands of people from all walks of life in the Nanyang Parliament Building, it was crossed off the blacklist and did not go to the streets to beg for food, but it is not as good as before. With these two as role models, others fight Wouldn't dare to try this.All the officials slapped their chests fiercely, expressing that they will definitely keep a close eye on those factories when they turn around, and send people to spot check every three days, and they will never give them the opportunity to sell fake and shoddy goods.

For Nanyang, this trade fair was considered a complete success. From large factories to small retail investors, they all got a piece of the pie directly or indirectly. Nanyang even increased a large amount of taxes, and everyone was very satisfied with it.

After this transaction ended, those ghosts and animals returned to their respective colonies, frantically looking for ore all over the world, and found one as hell... What else is there to say?Mine!As for the miners, a native of Southeast Asia made a cameo appearance.It is a very sad thing to help these ghosts and beasts dig mines. It is normal to crush ten or eight to death twice in three days. A landslide covers more than a hundred people and everyone expresses calmness. I have seen a lot!salary?What gave you the illusion that we were going to pay you?If you want money, there are a bunch of guns, one for each person, do you want it?Under the guidance of muskets and leather whips, thousands of miners worked day and night in the dark and damp mines, digging out mountains of coal, precious metal ores, and mining a large amount of phosphate rock and guano. , These precious resources were transported to China by boats and ships by foreigners, and then exchanged for beautiful silk, porcelain, fragrant tea and spices, and transported back to Europe for the nobles to enjoy. As for the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia What have these countries achieved in the process of great development?
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