Chapter 63: Consideration

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In the face of such a fierce revolutionary attitude of the two, it was useless to say more, Yang Rui had no choice but to return home without a word, he still had a lot to do. If we want to make money, we still have to write this book, we still have to do the real business and the plan to build a factory, and we still have to pay close attention to the planning and propaganda of the revolution. Because he was not recognized again, compared with the previous one, he began to be anxious now, and he no longer had the heart to copy books, so the job was handed over to Wang Jitong and several of his students, anyway, there are physical books instead of e-books, which is very easy to do. In addition, the real room still needs to be expanded, not only radio, chemistry, but also mechanical electricity, etc., especially the internal combustion engine to be put on the agenda, these jobs have to be thrown to Mr. Hua Feng, and now the soap factory in his hand has also been acquired, and he can manage it when he has nothing to do, and then with the help of his network resources in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, this real room can be built in the General Manufacturing Bureau, as for the plans of various factories, it can only be handed over to Zhong Guanguan, and the students under him are becoming more and more capable. As for the most difficult revolutionary propaganda, it still has to fall on the students who often come to eat at their place, and tomorrow they will come, as is customary.

On the second day, the students did not come on time, and usually came back for lunch before noon, but this time they did not see anyone until the afternoon.

Seeing that the students did not come, Yang Rui had to think about other issues, among which funding was the most difficult. In the morning, Yang Rui had already arranged for Wang Jitong to copy the book, and tomorrow he also made an appointment with Brother Ade to discuss the loan, there was no way to calculate that the money was not enough, so he had to borrow, since he decided to revolutionize, then money is very important. In order to make money in the future, it is better to be a sole proprietorship for the projects that were planned for joint ventures, and the start-up capital of these projects can only be borrowed from the bank with the shares of their own factories as collateral.

Soap, toothpaste, matches, clothing, and honeycomb coal can be handled in a joint venture with everyone, and there is no need to account for many shares, but Yang Rui wants to do it himself. Not to mention the profits of cigarettes, wireless telegraphy and broadcasting involve the control of the media, it is not easy to let go, the real yàn room is basically according to its own ideas, its task is only responsible for the reconstruction, these three projects need a lot of funds, cigarettes can be less investment, 20,000 yuan in the early days, radio is needed after all, the preliminary estimate is more than 40,000 yuan, the United States counties and towns can establish radio companies, then China can also, Japan can also, cable telegraph is only the main coastal cities, There are still blank cities and counties in the six cities, which is the market opportunity. If the real yàn room wants to expand and increase, it also needs 20,000 yuan, and finally adds a reserve fund of 20,000 yuan, a total of 100,000 yuan is needed, and Yang Rui wants to borrow from the Dutch bank in Adego, relying on the profits of MSG, it is not a problem to borrow or not, and the specific conditions for borrowing are a big problem.

In addition, according to the information gathered in the past, the investment in coal and iron is also very rewarding. First of all, coal, according to the Kaiping coal mine, the cost of excavation with the soil method is two taels of seven dollars per ton, because the road is not open to the mine to Tianjin light road cost more than three taels per ton, now Kaiping's coal through guò water transport pulls out, saving a lot of costs, but the price in Shanghai is also four to five taels of one ton, slightly higher than Japanese coal. This price is still very expensive, according to the ex-factory cost of the mine one tael per ton, as long as you find a coal mine near Shanghai, build a short-distance railway and freight terminal, then the price of coal to Shanghai will not exceed two taels per ton.

According to the memory, there is a coal mine in Changxing County, Taihu Lake, and the scale is not small, the coal mine is in the deep mountains on the shore of Taihu Lake, a very remote place, and it is called Niutou Mountain in memory. Although it is said that the coal mine has been dug in later generations, it is now the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it is estimated that the place has not been dug by hand, and even if there is a primitive means of mining, it is completely incomparable with the machine. I know these because there was a fellow student there before, at that time 11 just happened to be okay and went with my classmates, took the waterway from Shanghai to Huzhou by boat, and then from Huzhou to the coal mine, the coal mine is next to Taihu Lake, only more than 20 kilometers away from the river, open a mine here, load coal by barge and transport it down the river, and transport it to Shanghai to count the loading and unloading, taxes and fees are only one or two or six dollars, according to four two one tons, the profit is two two or four dollars per ton, converted into foreign dollars There are three triangles.

The investment in the whole project is not large, the early start-up capital of Kaiping Coal Mine is 270,000 taels, and then it spent 400,000 taels to buy Western-style equipment, the cost decreases and the output rises, and the two mines produce 200,000 tons of coal per section. Now, twenty years later, the purchase of equipment must be cheaper than it was at the beginning, even if the value of the silver is constantly depreciating. The initial estimate of the investment in the coal mine is 500,000 taels, that is, 700,000 yuan, plus various accidents, plus 770,000 yuan can be built, and the entire payback period is very short, which is a little more than a year.

There is no problem in the market, Japanese coal and Taiwan coal are imported more than 400,000 tons a year, and Kaiping coal is sold in Shanghai with almost 400,000 tons. It can hit Japan, but also the British - because of the Gengzi Incident, the Kaiping Coal Mine was deceived by the British with a protective document, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is making a statement, what's the use of the statement, do it yourself, and make the British bankrupt, can you still win by reasoning with him in this era?

In addition to coal, steel is also very profitable, remember that there is an iron ore mine in Ma'anshan, it is possible to establish a large iron and steel company in Ma'anshan, but to use Huainan's coal, Huainan has no water to transport to the Yangtze River, can only build a railway, but the railway costs a lot of money, although it is more than 200 kilometers to the Yangtze River, according to 20,000 yuan per kilometer, it also has to be more than 4 million. But as long as the railway is built, then the coal transported to the riverside is at most two pieces of one ton, and the price of coke is only five pieces, according to the iron-making technology of this era, one ton of iron needs one ton of three coke and one and a half tons of iron ore to calculate, six and a half pieces of coke plus three pieces of iron ore - iron ore according to Daye's price of two pieces per ton to the Japanese, the main material cost is nine and a half pieces, counting the cost of auxiliary materials, manpower, depreciation and taxes, the cost of each ton of iron is only 14 yuan, and the cost of each ton of steel is only 28 yuan. At present, the cheapest imported iron in Shanghai alone costs 20 yuan, and the steel is even more expensive, and the rail and steel plates are sold for 40 or 50 yuan per ton.

These are all plans, the scale of steel mills to be built, even if it is not as frequent as Hanyang, at least 6 million, the railway is conservatively estimated at 5 million, plus 1 million coal mines, that is, 12 million, so to build a coal-iron consortium must be a step slow. Now we have to build the Niutoushan Coal Mine by the Taihu Lake, but if we want to build a coal mine, then we have to find Mr. Zhang Si last time - now Yang Rui finally knows who he is, is Zhang Jian of Nantong, the most famous industry in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China is Nanzhang and Beizhou, and he really has eyes and does not know Mount Tai. This person doesn't care whether he has money or not, the name of this champion alone is worth 10,000 gold, and without him coming forward to get through the internal relations of the Qing court, the coal mine and iron factory are floating clouds. However, he is still under Yu Zixun's hospitality, and when he sees the expo in Japan, it is better to discuss it with the shareholders first.

Yang Rui wrote these project plans until it was dark, and Qian Bocong and Lei Yizhen came back to them, and only after careful inquiry did they know that they went to Zhang Yuan to give a speech today. It's just that everyone is very aggrieved today, Yang Rui doesn't care if he is aggrieved or not, beckons them to eat first, and then goes upstairs to talk about how aggrieved they are today.

The upstairs bedroom has been cleaned since Harry moved away, and today I specially arranged for Xiaoyu to clean it up, and when I saw this girl, Yang Rui thought of it when I was in the instrument hall this morning, I forgot to ask Yu Huizu what was going on, no wonder that guy hid himself all morning, and he looked like he was busy with his feet not touching the ground. The room is very clean, and it is full of rows, and it is not very hot for more than 30 people to do it as long as the doors and windows are open, after all, it is still late spring, and it is still a little cold at night.

Qian Bocong said about today's situation: "In today's speech, Mr. Taiyan and that Zou Rong have been advocating the revolution in Paiman, but those people from the National Congress have been advocating royalism, and there are many of them, and the gentry at all levels are also echoing them, and the momentum is very strong. ”

The gentry of the National Congress are all royalists, isn't this how the self-reliance army was tossed in the year before last, what kind of Wang or something, Yang Rui has long been not pleasing to the eye, and this kind of thing is indeed as he expected before. He asked, "Do you feel aggrieved because of this?" ”

Qi Qingyuan, the glasses classmate last time, said: "Sir, there are rumors at the meeting that the imperial court is going to be unfavorable to the volunteers, not only to disband the volunteers, but also to severely punish all those involved, and even to correct the law on the spot." We are very worried, this rejection of Russia is really for the country and the people, we don't have any selfish intentions, why does the imperial court still treat it like this. How should this nation be saved? ”

Qi Qingyuan said everyone's thoughts, he was originally not afraid of life and death, and he was enthusiastic about protecting the country and serving the country, but now he seems to be being wanted by officials from all over the country like a thief.

Looking at their sincere faces, Yang Rui didn't know why he couldn't say the agitation rhetoric he had thought of before, he just wanted to take advantage of their frustration and confusion. After a long time, he said: "In my opinion, this court is hopeless, and it is precisely because of this that I said that the revolution is happening. Even if I don't make a revolution, others will be revolutionaries, but after this revolution China will inevitably be in chaos, so my revolution is not only to overthrow the Manchus, but also to stop the chaos after the revolution. It's much harder than just filling up, and I think that's the only way to save China. Revolution is destruction, and national salvation requires construction. Only by sabotaging and building can China become rich and strong and not be bullied by foreigners. ”

Seeing that Yang Rui was so confident, Qian Bocong stood up and said, "Please lead me and other classmates to revolution together!" The rest of the students also stood up and said, "Please take me and wait for the revolution together!" "The voice is not very neat, not very loud, but very resolute.

Seeing this, Yang Rui immediately felt that something was blocked in his heart, but he just waved them to sit down, and he didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, he said: "The revolution is a matter of shedding blood on the head, life and death are put aside, and once arrested, it will also affect the family; Not to mention how miserable the defeat of the revolution was, if the revolution succeeded, there would be no benefit to the living revolutionaries, and the revolution I advocated would have no privileges for those who have made meritorious contributions after success. This kind of revolution can be said to only pay but not gain, and the only consolation is to be able to strengthen the country and make the people rich. ”

The students saw that what Mr. said was so dangerous, and there was no benefit after success, but it was enough to hear the last sentence, and everyone said in unison: "We are only for the strength of the country and the prosperity of the people, not for our own gains and losses." I only hope that Mr. will lead us to the revolution! The more resolute the tone.

The students seemed to have made up their minds, and Yang Rui had to persuade him one last time: "You guys go back first." If you think about what I just said, revolution is not a child's play, not only will your own life be lost, but your family will also be affected, and even if you succeed, you will not benefit yourself at all. When you go back and calm down, think about it, don't be tempted to be brave, and if you feel that you are still determined to be iron, then come back in three days. I'll be waiting for you here. That's all for today, go back first."

The students saw that he gave the eviction order, and they had to leave one by one, because Qian Bocong was familiar, he seemed to want to ask for a favor or something in the end, Yang Rui waved his hand at him and said: "Bocong, you also think about it, this is not a fun thing!" Seeing this, he had no choice but to slip away with Lei Yizhen and the others.

Movement students have always been the favorite of the revolutionary party, and Yang Rui also had such an idea before, but when the matter came, thinking that these young people who were the pillars of the country were sacrificed as cannon fodder, Yang Rui couldn't be ruthless, how old they were, they thought about the revolution as soon as they were advocated by revolutionary books, and then went further and further on this road. Let's let them think about it again, Yang Rui thought.