Wu Shaorong came forward today to convene everyone to wash the dust for Yi Zhi's contentment was to ask the other party in detail about some investment matters in New York, so he naturally didn't want Yi Zhizhi to drink too much, so he echoed and smiled: "The big shopkeeper's affairs are complicated, and it's rare to get together today, so don't just care about drinking." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

All the children of the merchants are a little restrained, although everyone is of the same age, some are several years older than Yi Zhicontent, but Yi Zhicontent is now not only the treasurer of Yuanqi, but also a first-class viscount, the governor of Nanyang, the identity and status are too different, how can they be unrestrained.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Xie Anzhou, who had always been a little shy, said: "The number of cotton cloth in England has increased year by year in recent years, and I heard that the largest and largest number of factories in England is the cotton textile factory, why don't we open one in Guangzhou?" ”

"That's a good question." Yi Zhishu glanced at him approvingly, and said: "The cotton textile mill has little investment, quick results, and rich profits, and the technology is mature, taking advantage of the trade competition between Britain, France and the United States, it is not difficult to introduce the equipment and technology of the cotton textile mill." However, Yuanqi does not advocate the opening of a cotton textile mill for the time being, at least not for now. ”

"Why?" Xie Anzhou is a little puzzled, he is indeed optimistic about the cotton textile factory, for this reason he has also inquired about some of the situation of the cotton textile factory and the market price of woven cotton cloth, the price of woven cotton cloth is much cheaper than the shuttle cloth on the market, it is estimated that it is not even half, which means extremely rich profits.

"The reason is very simple, we produce cotton in Daqing, but we do not produce high-quality cotton." Yi Zhizhi said: "The main production area of high-quality cotton is in India, in the south of Citigroup, if you open a machine cotton textile factory in Guangzhou, you need to import a large amount of high-quality cotton from India.

The high-quality cotton required by the local cotton textile mills in England is also purchased in large quantities from India, don't forget, India is a colony of England, and furthermore, England will use the Qing Dynasty as the main dumping market for woven cotton cloth, once we form a fierce competition with England, the price of Indian cotton will inevitably rise, and it will inevitably stimulate the ...... of England to open cotton textile mills in India. ”

Xie Anzhou listened to the cold behind his back, he only saw that there was a lot of profit in opening a cotton textile factory, but he didn't see that there was such a huge competition in the cotton textile factory, and he couldn't help but be secretly glad in his heart.

"If you want to talk about cotton textiles, ......" Yi Zhizu said along the line of thought: "In the past, our cotton textiles are the main commodities exported to foreign countries, "Nanjing cotton" can be said to be well-known at home and abroad, in Guangzhou, there were also a large number of cotton textile workshops before, with the rise of machine cotton textile mills, our cotton textiles not only lost the foreign market, but also the domestic market is gradually lost.

At this time, if we also open a cotton textile factory, the fierce competition with England will further aggravate the decline of the Jiangnan family cotton textile industry, which can be described as a typical harm to others and not to ourselves.

If you are interested in the cotton textile industry, you may wish to study and ponder more, how to cultivate high-quality cotton in the Qing Dynasty, the vast territory of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to have no place suitable for planting high-quality cotton, from the perspective of cotton habits, Xinjiang should be suitable for cultivating high-quality cotton, but someone is interested in trying? ”

What is Xinjiang? It has always been a place of exile! Who wants to go to that ghost place in Xinjiang? Besides, there are more opportunities to make money in Guangzhou, who has nothing to eat and support Baba who runs tens of thousands of miles to Xinjiang? In case we can't cultivate high-quality cotton, let's do it?

Seeing that no one was silent, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "The cotton textile industry and the silk weaving industry are both pillar industries. ”

Still no one said anything, Yi Zhizhi was content and did not force it, changed the topic, and said: "Is anyone interested in going to Qiongzhou to develop rubber plantations?" I must solemnly remind you that the rubber industry is more promising than the textile industry, and if you invest 10,000 yuan now, you will be able to harvest 100,000 yuan a year in ten years, which is still a very conservative estimate. ”

What is rubber? None of the people here knew, and they couldn't help but look at each other, invest 10,000 yuan, and collect 100,000 yuan a year after ten years? What kind of business can be so profitable? Although they knew that Yi Zhicontent would not lie to them, and they did not dare to question his vision, this matter was still too mysterious for anyone to believe.

Not to mention the children of the merchants, even Wu Shaorong was also excited, if it was true, this was a real book of profits, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "What is this rubber?" Even if it is a cash cow, it will not have such a big return. ”

"Cash cow?" Yi Zhishu smiled: "This metaphor is apt, it is really a cash cow." As he spoke, he glanced at the door, and Wu Shaorong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the second floor has been contracted, there are no outsiders, and the guy has not commanded, and he will not come up." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "This is a trade secret, and you must ensure that it is not passed on to the outside world, especially not to the ears of foreign businessmen." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone realized that this rubber might not be simple, and nodded excitedly, but Wu Shaorong was a little skeptical, but he still glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "All of you here are businessmen's children, and you really want to eat inside and out, don't blame us for not remembering the old love when the time comes!" ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said: "Brother Ziyuan's words are a little light, if you really have to eat inside and out, it's not as simple as not remembering the old feelings, you have to destroy the door!" ”

Destroy the door! Everyone was shocked, and they all realized that rubber must have extremely terrifying profits, otherwise Yi Zhicontent, who was the treasurer of Yuanqi, would not say anything to destroy the door, and the entire second floor was quiet.

Destroying the door, Yi Zhizhi said this not to intimidate, but to raise everyone's attention and interest in rubber, so that all the merchants are actively involved in the development of rubber plantations, not only merchants, but also a group of silk merchants, he will be recruited in, he wants to use the development of rubber plantations to inspire everyone to expand the heart of Nanyang.

"I won't say much......" Yi Zhisuff pondered almost word for word and said: "Rubber, is the Qing Dynasty is Yuanqi, after tea, raw silk is the most important, the largest export commodity, if the scale of planting is large enough, the trade volume of rubber may exceed tea and raw silk." ”

The meaning of this sentence could not be clearer, monopolizing the rubber trade, wouldn't everyone here be rich! The foreign trade of raw silk is not obvious now, but the trade volume of the foreign trade of tea, although everyone does not know the specific number, but also knows that it is calculated in tens of millions.

Easy contentment is not to deceive everyone, rubber has not attracted enough attention at present, but in the next few decades, rubber is indeed the most important indispensable industrial raw materials, and the price is extremely high, he wants to run a bicycle factory will need a lot of rubber, after the development of the automobile industry, it is necessary to have a lot of rubber, once in the Nanyang large-scale development of rubber plantations, rubber will definitely be the fist product of the Qing Dynasty exports, now planting rubber, said to be a kind of cash cow, that is not an exaggeration.

In recent years, Yuan Qi has continuously obtained a large number of rubber tree seeds and seedlings from Brazil through Portuguese businessmen, and began to cultivate them in Changhua and Basho in Qiongzhou, and now he has found some experience, which is enough for large-scale promotion.

Wu Shaorong only felt a little dry, he knew that with such a big matter, it was absolutely impossible for Yi Zhixiang to deceive them, but rubber was so profitable, why should Yi Zhirong take the risk to encourage them to plant? After a slight groan, he said, "Yuan Qi doesn't plan to open up a rubber plantation?" ”

"Absolutely." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Yuanqi will open up rubber plantations in Qiongzhou and the islands of the South Seas on a large scale, but how many shares do you occupy in Yuanqi?" ”

After Yuanqi expanded its shares and dividends, the silver shares were worth hundreds of millions, and the silver shares in the hands of the merchants were indeed nothing, and Yuanqi opened up a rubber plantation to make money, and it was not as good as them to open up a rubber plantation by themselves. ”

"That's not what you can say." Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "When I founded Yuanqi, I said that the Thirteen Guilds would disappear, but the merchants could not disperse, opening up plantations, and encouraging you to set up factories, all for long-term planning, and you are now running small factories, in order to allow you to accumulate experience and cultivate technical talents."

In the future, Yuanqi will set up a series of large factories, such as various processing plants, glass factories, thermos factories, bicycle factories, leather shoe factories, sewing machine factories, etc., as well as large factories with tens of thousands of workers, such as large textile factories, cement factories, steel factories, shipbuilding factories, etc., as long as you have the ability, Yuanqi will not hesitate to give you a platform to display your talents. ”

The hearts of everyone who said this were hot, but Wu Shaorong was a little uncomfortable, and secretly complained to the old man, why did he let him go to Citigroup, and look at the development of this posture Yuanqi is really just starting.

A subordinate came in at this time and asked, "Master, the shopkeeper of the restaurant, can I start serving?" ”

Wu Shaorong didn't make his own claim, and cast an inquiring glance at Yi Zhicontent, who nodded and said, "Go on." ”

For a while, all kinds of dishes were sent up, and they were all over the table, Wu Shaorong raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "This first glass of wine, let's all salute the big shopkeeper together, and I wish the big shopkeeper every step of the way." ”

A group of people hurriedly raised their glasses and echoed, Yi Zhizhi secretly thought in his heart, he really wanted to rise step by step, but it was a big trouble, he didn't say anything, picked up the glass, and the people who waited for it were dry, and also took a sip of the wine in the glass.

After three rounds of drinking, the scene became lively, with a little bit of alcohol, everyone was no longer restrained, and gradually let go, and toasted to Yi Zhicontent and Wu Shaorong, both of whom remembered that they wanted to talk about things for a while, and they didn't dare to be presumptuous, just stop at a shallow sip.

After the banquet was dismissed, it was already dark, Yi Zhixiang took Wu Shaorong on his own boat, and when the boat left the dock, he said slowly: "I, like Ling Zun, am extremely optimistic about Citigroup, and in the future, it will be either China or Citigroup that will replace the hegemony of the British world." ”

Wu Shaorong listened to it, could it be that he was drunk and talking about wine? The Qing Dynasty or Citigroup have a chance to replace England as the world hegemon? No matter how you look at it, this may not be? Besides, the old man is not optimistic about Citigroup, and supports Citigroup's commerce and trade to avoid England's monopoly on the foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty.

After lighting a cigar, Yi Zhizhi continued: "The first industrial revolution achieved the hegemony of the British world, and the widespread use of steam engines also made the world enter a period of rapid development.

The whole world is in the midst of great changes that have rarely been seen for thousands of years, but few people can see this clearly, after just twenty or thirty years, science and technology will advance by leaps and bounds, all kinds of new technologies, new inventions will emerge in an endless stream, and will be rapidly applied to industrial production, greatly promoting economic development, the steam age will inevitably be eliminated soon, and the whole world will soon usher in the second industrial revolution. ”

And the second industrial revolution? And it was just twenty or thirty years later, Wu Shaorong's heart was shocked, under the dim light, he couldn't see whether the other party's eyes were clear, but listening to this tone, it didn't seem like he was drunk.

"The second industrial revolution is the most critical." Yi Zhi's contented voice was a little ethereal in the sound of oars and lights, "What can ultimately determine the world pattern is the second industrial revolution, and whoever can seize this opportunity will be able to become the new world hegemon." ”

After all, Wu Shaorong couldn't help but say tentatively: "Doesn't the replacement of the old and new overlords mean war? ”

"War is inevitable." Yi Zhizhi looked at the river and said: "In the next few decades, there will be many wars of all sizes, and the rise of every powerful country must be completed through war. ”

Wu Shaorong was shocked, "There will also be a war in Citigroup?" ”

"Yes." Yi Zhishu said in a firm tone: "There is a huge contradiction and conflict between the plantation economy in the south of Citigroup and the capitalist economy in the north, and the root of it lies in the slavery system. ”

"If Citigroup is so unstable, why do you want to go to Citigroup?"

"The greater the risk, the higher the benefit." Yi Zhizu said in a deep voice: "Ling Zun and Jardine have a good reputation in the business community of Citigroup, and Yuanqi also maintains good trade relations with Citigroup, as well as large-scale cooperation projects in railway construction, and also has a good foundation in arms trade.

You go to Citigroup, I hope you can join the Citigroup nationality, and with the help of these good foundations to enter the Citigroup political circles, with the strength of the Wu family and the support of Yuan Qi, you will definitely be able to occupy a high position. ”

Going to Citigroup to be an official? Wu Shaorong couldn't believe his ears, did this make him stay in Citigroup for the rest of his life? This can't be what the old man meant, what is the other party's intentions? He didn't want to be manipulated. (To be continued.) )