Hearing him ask like this, Yi Zhixiang was a little surprised, even if the other party admitted that what he said was reasonable, and a war would break out between Qingying and Ying because of the imperial court's strict ban on smoking, but as the actual helmsman of the Thirteen Elements, his first reaction should be how to prevent the war from happening, instead of asking him what his plans were? In the blink of an eye, he reacted, and the other party didn't believe it at all!

Thinking about this, he was a little helpless, and after so much effort, the other party still didn't believe it, how to say this to make the other party believe?

After being silent for a long time, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "In recent years, the Qing Dynasty has not stopped civil strife, and the treasury is empty, once a war breaks out with Britain, the local turmoil will inevitably intensify, and the treasury will inevitably be more empty, and the chaos in the world is not far off."

The era of chaos was both a disaster and an opportunity for merchants, Guangzhou lost its status as a mouthful of commerce, and the thirteen lines that monopolized the foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty naturally died out, but the sea trade and foreign trade would not decline, but would flourish because of the war.

This is a great thing for the merchants of the Thirteen Banks, who may perish, but the Guangzhou Public Bank (the merchant organization established by the Thirteen Merchants) should not be dissolved with it.

The younger generation believed that as long as the thirteen merchants continued to form a group, they would not only be able to survive and gain a foothold in this troubled world, but also develop rapidly and become a huge presence like ......the British East India Company. ”

Become a behemoth like the British East India Company? Wu Bingjian was moved again, this kid is so ambitious!

Wu Changqing gasped, and looked at Yi Zhizhi dumbfounded, the British East India Company, that has its own territory, its own army, and its own merchant fleet, comparable to the behemoth of an empire, can the Thirteen Elements reach that point?

Soon, Wu Bingjian calmed down and said unmoved: "You want to save Xingtaixing?" ”

How can you ask that? Although Yi Zhishu was a little strange, he nodded without hesitation without thinking about it: "Yes, for the sake of Yan Shikuan's feelings, the younger generation will not let Xingtai Bank go out of business, Pinghu Gong does not need to worry, the younger generation already has a proper way to save Xingtai Xing." ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing's eyes almost fell out, Xingtai Bank owes more than 2 million yuan in foreign debts, this guy bluntly said that there is a way to save it, how to save it? I can't even take out the tens of thousands of oceans that run newspapers and build righteous studies, and I still talk about saving Xingtaixing? What to save? Save it with your mouth? This is to give real money to foreign businessmen!

Wu Bingjian was also stunned, he originally thought that Yi Zhi's proposal for the thirteen merchants to join together was to encourage the Wu family and the Pan family to save Xingtaixing, so he asked this question, but he didn't expect to get such an unexpected answer.

He looked at Yi Zhixin with some disbelief, this little guy came to the door to extort money for his own Futai Bank of 400,000 yuan ten days ago, and now he dared to say bluntly that he could save Xingtai Bank, which owed more than 2 million yuan?

When staring at Yi Zhicontent, Wu Bingjian still couldn't help it, and said with some curiosity: "How to save Xingtaixing, can you tell me about it?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled, took out his pocket watch and lit it up, and said: "The younger generation is ready to acquire and merge all the watch workshops in Guangzhou and build a large watch factory, which will mainly produce pocket watches, and the younger generation has the ability to improve the quality of pocket watches, at least better than Western watches, and can also greatly reduce the production cost of pocket watches and increase the production of pocket watches."

According to the investigation of the younger generation, such a wide table workshop is sold to the shop, it is 45 yuan, the shop price is 55 yuan, the production cost of the workshop is 40 yuan, and the younger generation is sure to control the cost at 30 yuan, or even lower, but the quality is better.

As for the output, within three years, it should not be difficult to break 10,000 yuan per year, and the annual profit will not be less than 200,000 yuan. ”

Today's Wu family only wants how to retreat from the Thirteen Lines, and has long lost the early enterprising heart, and the collapse of Xingtai Bank is harmful to the Wu family, and Wu Bingjian is naturally unwilling to go bankrupt in Xingtai Bank.

If Xingtai Bank can repay 400,000 yuan a year, then there is no reason to go bankrupt at all, let alone 400,000 yuan, as long as Xingtai Bank can repay 200,000 yuan a year, the Wu family will also make every effort to prevent Xingtai Bank from going bankrupt, which can save the Wu family at least 500,000 or 600,000 silver dollars, why not support it?

Wu Changqing asked stupidly: "Brother Yi's watch factory, can the profit of a year really be 200,000 yuan?" ”

200,000 yuan annual profit, this is just a gimmick, even if a pocket watch has a profit of 20 yuan, the annual output of pocket watches has to be tens of thousands of yuan, in order to achieve an annual profit of 200,000 yuan.

The output exceeded 10,000 in three years, Yi Zhishu was purely bragging, he actually had no bottom in his heart, after all, he had never run an industry, he didn't have the slightest experience, and it was strange to have a bottom!

Although he has no bottom in his heart, he dares to brag about it, the reason is very simple, the thirteen major merchants do not want to see Xingtai Bank go bankrupt, all they need now is a reason, and the watch workshop he is about to build is definitely a good reason, at least let everyone see the hope that Xingtai Bank can pay off the arrears by itself.

Yi Zhisuff expected that Wu Bingjian would not be so serious, but he didn't expect Wu Changqing to be more serious, and the words were all spoken, can he still not admit it? At the moment, I can only bite the bullet and say: "It is not difficult to make an annual profit of 200,000 yuan, it may be difficult to achieve it at the beginning of the creation, but after three or five years, it will be absolutely fine." ”

"Will it take three or five years?" Wu Changqing said heartlessly, and his tone was full of disdain.

Yi Zhishu was stabbed by him, and couldn't help but say: "The Tianbao watch factory I founded is not the same as the existing watch workshop in Guangzhou, it is a ....... handmade factory that adopts assembly line operations, Changqing can not be underestimated, it may be slow to start at the beginning, but it will be able to develop rapidly after three or five years, at that time, the annual output of more than 10,000 can be described as easy, that is, the annual output of 100,000 is not difficult."

Pocket watches themselves have a very broad market, the first ten years are definitely in short supply, no need to consider sales, moreover, we are not only in the Qing Dynasty, but also can be sold to the South Seas, India, the United States, and even to Europe, at that time, the annual profit of two million is not difficult. ”

Hearing that his Tianbao Watch Factory had such great potential, Wu Changqing's eyes lit up, and he said without thinking: "Then I'll join a share." ”

Into a share? Yi Zhizhi was stunned, although he did not have the funds to build a watch factory, but he had already planned to let Xingtai Bank pay this money, he never thought that the watch factory would let people become shareholders, because he knew very well how good the prospects of the Tianbao watch factory he was about to build, he subconsciously looked at Wu Bingjian, this was obviously Wu Changqing's own temporary decision, and could not represent the Wu family.

Wu Bingjian waved his hand and said, "The Wu family has already been separated, and Changqing uses the money in his own name to buy shares, and it is not good for me to interfere as a grandfather." ”