In the past, this is how the Han merchants of the grassland made money, and now this way has been weakened a lot, only the Mongols in Monan still hope to maintain this way, but with the more and more Hutchison Tunpu and quite a number of shops, more and more resources, not only the Qingcheng Han merchants can not make the money before, even the Han merchants outside the mouth are also blocked to make money, otherwise Wang Datong and they would not choose to donate money to open the trade route to Mobei, because everyone can see that with the development of Hutchison on the grassland, Sooner or later, all the merchants who make money from the horse market will close their doors. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is a business matter, although Zhang Ziming is also a director of Hutchison, but in business, no one will complain or anything, but Zhang Ziming came to see Zhang Han also vaguely expressed his attitude, Qingcheng Han businessmen need some help, even if it is just to point out a path.

"There is a kind of crop ......" Zhang Han thought for a while and said to Zhang Ziming: "It is more complicated to grow than ordinary grain, and after harvesting, it has to be dried, baked, and dehumidified, and then it can be sold after harvesting, and the profit is more than ten times ......."

"You mean tobacco?"

"That's right."

Zhang Ziming said with some confusion: "There are also tobacco growers in Datong, I heard that there are many tobacco eaters under the adult, but the adult has always said that eating tobacco is harmful to the body, and advises everyone to eat less?" ”

Tobacco in the north entered much later than in the south, but whether it is in Liaodong or in Beijing, or in Shanxi, once the popularity of smoking began to grow explosively, smoking has been a considerable social problem in the Chongzhen period, Emperor Chongzhen and Houjin have considered quitting smoking, and even smokers have been cut off, but it is useless. It is bitterly cold in the north, and you may not be able to go out all day on a snowy day, and the rich have a lot of things to play with, and the poor can no longer do without tobacco once they have it.

Many of Zhang Han's subordinates smoked, and often smoked during meetings, and Zhang Han himself went from indifferent to persuading everyone to smoke less, without much effort, but with little effect.

Even a few hundred years later, under the overwhelming publicity, there is a considerable base number of smokers, let alone the current era.

"The smoke tends to make people feel tight, short of breath, and cough non-stop." Zhang Han smiled: "But it can also be refreshing, so everything has advantages and disadvantages." Our own people say behind closed doors, we should use its long and eliminate its short, and it would be good to smoke less. To the Russians, there is no need to be polite, as long as you can make money, you might as well plant a lot of specialty, we will sell as much as they want. I know that there are people in Russia who smoke it, but they don't have much tobacco and not many people who can grow it, so it's quite expensive. In the bitter cold land over there, the demand for tobacco will definitely be not small, as long as it is promoted, no one will not like this thing. ”

Zhang Ziming lowered his head and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Although it is not as close to Mobei as it is in Monan, it is better to have this business in our own hands." In addition, Beiyu really doesn't know how to farm, even if he is not as good as the Han people, we still do this business in Banshengdi, and then take it out to the north, compared to nearly a thousand miles of land in Datong, it can be regarded as a price advantage. ”

"There are still some secrets about this thing, but in ten or eight years, the Russians will definitely grow their own." Zhang Han said: "If you want to do it for a long time, you must choose those mellow and particularly good smells in the tobacco, work cutting and packaging, good quality, and the price will be lowered with the increase of the planting range, to the point that others have no way to plant on a large scale to grab business, and you can make a fortune for at least a few decades." ”

Zhang Ziming said with a smile: "Don't you do this business with the Military Division?" ”

"The pattern of Hutchison in the future is different from the present," Zhang Han said with a smile: "We don't do this, but I have to say it first, in the future, you will get up, the profits will be huge, and the taxes we will draw will be heavy, after all, tobacco is harmful to people, so the tax rate is much higher than that of ordinary goods." ”

"This idea was originally given by adults," Zhang Ziming said solemnly: "It is also appropriate to draw as much tax as possible." ”

"Well, let's talk about the next idea." Zhang Han smiled and said: "Think about it, what else is similar to smoking?" ”

"Wine?"

Zhang Ziming didn't think about it for too long, and he didn't disappoint Zhang Han.

"That's right." Zhang Han laughed a few times, and then said: "Tobacco and alcohol are not separated, you want to smoke when you drink, since we plan to use the tobacco trade to make Lao Maozi's money, then of course we should not let go of alcohol." ”

Zhang Ziming said: "I heard that Russians are particularly good at drinking? ”

"It's true." Zhang Han said: "They don't smoke, they don't eat, they don't drink, they really die." In the bitter cold land, I originally liked to drink, and because of the weather, the love of drinking has been imprinted in my bones, and it has been passed down from generation to generation. ”

Needless to say, Russians are good at drinking and can't do without wine, this problem is not only a social problem, it has risen to the level of national security, how many people at the helm of Russia are trying to solve this chronic disease, but it is useless, Russians can even use mouthwash instead of alcohol, how many men died in the prime of life because they were drunk and lying on the street at night in winter, and they froze to death.

In this era, the Russian liquor industry had just begun, and vodka did not even have an official name, and this thing began to appear purely medicinal, that is, it was used to disinfect and relieve pain, and it was later discovered that it could be drunk as alcohol. Nowadays, Russians are not very likely to use the technology of distilling liquor, their shochu comes from the non-freezing part of the ice wine, and the brewing industry is still quite backward, of course, the quantity cannot be very large, which leads to the fact that the wine is very expensive, and now the soju is also called "bread sprinkle", in addition to describing it as nutritious, it can be used as a meal after drinking, but also because its price is quite expensive.

The Russians on this side of the Far East need spirits even more, but unfortunately their reserves of spirits are seriously insufficient. A few decades ago, Ivan the Terrible, as a tsar, personally opened a tavern selling shochu in Mokos and made a lot of money, so you can imagine how good this business is in Russia.

After a brief introduction to the situation, Zhang Han Zhengse said: "The soju business is more popular than tobacco in Russia, and it is a million profits, this business is not not a military division, but because the market is too big, our manpower and funds are insufficient, and there is no way to make the best use of resources, so I will give you a thorough explanation, you can do it, we will not blame you for stealing business, let alone restricting you." ”

"However," Zhang Han added with a smile, "in the future, you will have to compete with us, and I also hope to see this day, the people under my command are too arrogant now, they really think they are geniuses in business." ”

Zhang Ziming smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe the people in the military department have a reason to be proud, just taking the capital is enough to smash us to death." ”

"Those with small capital can also do business, and small business is like a small boat, which is easy to turn around." Zhang Han lay back, and after thinking for a while, he said: "There will never be a monopoly in this world, I believe that if it is not you, there will be others who will rob us of our business, and we can only rely on the capital advantage to keep the relative share, and then the rest will be torn apart and snatched away by a group of more vicious opponents, Brother Zhang, I hope it is you." ”

"Adults are so kind to us."

"I don't love you." Zhang Han said with a smile: "Mo Nan is gradually going to get on the right track, we need a stable class to support us, the military department and the officials and generals in the army are considered the upper class, and the Han people immigrants are considered the lower level, and then we need a large number of middle levels to lubricate and coordinate, your stability is the stability of a social class, including our middle-level personnel...... This is important. ”

Zhang Ziming didn't understand too much, but he understood Zhang Han's meaning a little bit, the situation in Mo Nan has been stabilized so far, but it is only a preliminary stability, if you want to maintain this stability, you have to make a class have the resources to gain a foothold, a large number of Han Chamber of Commerce because of Zhang Han's idea to find a long-term way of business, the prosperity of commerce will lead to the initial industrial development, industry and commerce are not separated, it seems that the proprietors make a lot of money, but the proprietors of a large size will drive a large number of manpower on the grassland to obtain relatively stable jobs, It would make people really settle down on the prairie, and it was obviously more important to build a stable middle class than to give up a little commercial profit.

"But my subordinates have a little doubt...... Zhang Ziming said: "Brewing requires a lot of grain, and the purpose of Hutchison is that there has always been too much grain storage. This is what the adults have said, there is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. If you want to make wine, you will not only consume grain, but also consume a lot of grain. ”

Zhang Han said: "Think about it again, in the past two years, in addition to the large number of cotton and cotton fields cultivated, which one has been planted the most?" ”

"Ahh Zhang Ziming's eyes lit up, and he jumped up and said, "I actually forgot about this." ”

Zhang Han's smile became very proud, the original intention of planting sweet potatoes is of course to supplement the staple food, in addition to planting sweet potatoes, corn has also been introduced, and now the yield of corn is still very low, one mu is estimated to be less than one stone, but the advantage is that it can be planted in the corner of the field, can be used to feed chickens and pigs, the best thing is that this is a standard drought-resistant crop, not as sensitive to hot and dry weather as other crops.

As for sweet potato planting, it has to be said that Kong Minxing and his subordinates have the biggest harvest except for the cotton fields.

The yield of sweet potatoes is quite high in the era of pesticides and fertilizers, and it is normal to have a yield of more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, even now, the yield of sweet potatoes has reached more than 1,000 catties, which is a great achievement.