Chapter 67 Coal Mine Continued

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Kaiping Mining Bureau is Li Hongzhang to lead the establishment of China's first large-scale coal mine using Western-style machine qì, after several setbacks by Tang Tingshu to reverse the disadvantage, vigorous exhibition, since the second year of Guangxu that is, since 1876, the output continues to expand, with coal quality and cost advantages, all the foreign coal squeezed out of the Tianjin market, but also in the Shanghai market to gain a firm foothold, in 19oo its annual output reached more than 1 million tons, the annual profit is also more than 1 million, the total asset value is as high as more than 10 million yuan. At that time, in order to avoid the crime of banditry, in order to ensure the life and mineral safety of his old friend De Xuanlin, Zhang Yi decided to entrust the Kaiping Coal Mine to De Xuanlin with full management, and this authorization made the coal mine protected by the British into British ownership. This sale was unaware of the Qing court until the end of 19o2, when the whole country was in an uproar and all countries laughed.

If Changxing wants to open a mine here, people will go directly to Kaiping to dig people, and anyway, they will fight with each other with a bayonet in the future. As long as it is approved to open a mine, then Kaiping will start digging people, and it is not as convenient as digging it by training, ordinary workers do not care, and the slightly literate technicians are still very different in this era, as long as the treatment is not reduced, and the possibility of coming is still very high. As for the engineers in the preparatory period, they can only start from the equipment manufacturers.

Seeing that the time was still early, Yang Rui went to the German consulate alone to find Rutte, compared with the doubling profit margin of the foreign bank, in addition to the monosodium glutamate equipment set in the Chanchen foreign bank, other equipment Yang Rui still tends to order through the relationship of Guò Rutte, even if it is a very cost-effective introduction fee of two or three points, the equipment of the coal mine, the railway locomotive adds up to five or six hundred thousand, and then counting the soap and match equipment, the total purchase amount is nearly 800,000. Although it is very troublesome to bypass the foreign company and pay the engineer separately, and the daily maintenance after that, no matter how you calculate it, it is much cheaper to order directly than to order according to the foreign company.

Lu Te didn't let Yang Rui wait long before inviting him in, there were some cups on the table in the room that hadn't been cleaned up yet, it seemed that Yang Rui came just in time, Lu Te happened to be meeting guests just now. Rutte is still very happy, he has a special good impression of Yang Rui, thinking that Yang Rui has been transformed by German culture to be so civilized and excellent - in the previous understanding, Yang Rui said that his knowledge and ideas were obtained in German universities - now the success of the MSG factory and the establishment of chlor-alkali, as well as matches and soap factories are all because of his leadership achievements, in his feelings, Yang Rui seems to be his nephew, so that he has a special care for him. He greeted happily and said, "Aha, as I said, you can't fool the British." As long as Siemens' motor arrives, the whole Shanghai will be a sensation, you see now, everyone is talking about this matter, professionals will know what factory needs such a huge amount of electricity, you know, it has passed the entire concession of electricity. ”

"Bnemen will find out sooner or later, but I think he will know later." Yang Rui still underestimated the transparency of the current information, who let the customs gang all be British, "Now Bonemen has notified us that the hydrochloric acid we ordered will be postponed." ”

"Those Saxon mongrells, this must be their trick, we have to be careful." Rutte is different from ordinary European gentlemen, his personality is more casual and straightforward, swear words often appear in his mouth, and he is extremely disgusted with the hypocritical gentlemanly style of many Germans learning from the British.

Hearing that what Rutte said was not you, but us, Yang Rui thought that this German really regarded himself as his own, but he was still good as a New Year's friend. In order not to worry him, he said: "Don't worry, the factory has ordered hydrochloric acid in the United States for more than a month, even if Bu Neimen does not deliver it, we can rest assured that it will be produced and shipped to the chlor-alkali factory." ”

Lu Te was pouring wine, and when he heard this, he happily handed a glass to Yang Rui and said, "That's good, a toast to our victory." Yang Rui smiled and cleaned up with him. I don't know how many degrees this foreign wine is, it just feels like sulfuric acid has entered the stomach, and it is hot and uncomfortable, but Rutte is an old drunkard, and he is not affected at all, saying that the matter of matches and soap equipment has been booked. Before going to Japan, Yang Rui asked Yu Huizu to hand over all the materials collected by Yu Zixun from the Osaka Exposition to Rutte, and entrusted him to determine the equipment of the two factories and order them from the equipment manufacturers on behalf of the factories -- these equipment were originally the best in Germany, and it was reasonable to entrust him to order them on his behalf.

After listening to him, Yang Rui said: "Mr. Lute, this time I came for other things, and several of our shareholders have unanimously decided to open a coal mine not far from Shanghai. ”

"Coal mines?" Rute was a little surprised, you must know that the investment in chlor-alkali has been as high as more than 700,000 yuan, and the initial capital of the MSG factory is only 20,000 yuan, and now it has swelled to nearly 1 million, but now Yang Rui still has money to run a coal mine, he put down his wine glass and said: "Yang, how large are you going to build a coal mine?" ”

Yang Rui said, "The investment is less than 1 million, the annual output of coal is about 500,000 tons, the location of the coal mine is next to Taihu Lake, and the coal quality and reserves are very good." We need equipment from Germany, and of course we need engineers who know how to build coal mines before ordering equipment, and building coal mines is a very professional thing. ”

Rute tilted his head sideways and listened carefully to Yang Rui's introduction, from the perspective of investment and output, this coal mine should be the second largest coal mine in China after completion, this young Yang is really very capable of creating a miracle, when he first came into contact last year, he didn't expect him to create today's situation. Judging from the current instructions from Berlin, the Kaiser's diplomatic strategy towards China has also changed, from the original tough strategy to pay more attention to showing its own soft power, inducing China to be more pro-German to meet Germany's commercial interests. And there is a plan to establish schools in China to accept Chinese students, and some schools in later generations were born under this strategy.

Rutte listened very carefully, and took a notebook to write down for fear of making mistakes. After writing, he said: "Yang, you can wait for the news with peace of mind, I will contact the country immediately, and I promise that there will be news this weekend." Originally, he wanted to introduce the current German diplomatic strategy, but the diplomat's ethics made him hold back, this matter is beneficial to Yang Rui, there is no need to explain, there is still a difference between private and official affairs.

Yang Rui couldn't figure out Lu Te's thoughts, and when he saw that he was sure of this matter, he didn't think deeply. After going back, I think about what kind of factory I have to ask foreigners to run in China, which is really aggrieved, but fortunately my scale is still small now, and there are many contradictions between foreigners who can take advantage of it, otherwise I really don't know what to do about it. Now that the coal mine is done, we can only wait for other news and someone from Germany.

That night, several shareholders went to the instrument hall to discuss the matter of the coal mine, and heard that Mr. Zhang Si had promised to buy shares and felt that there was a glimpse of this matter, and it depended on how the imperial court approved, but Mr. Hua Feng thought that this matter was basically done, and now the imperial court implemented a new policy, and wished that businessmen would raise funds to set up factories and open mines, which the Qing court meant that they would rather cheapen their own people than let foreigners get cheap. Hearing this, Yang Rui laughed in his heart, now that the Qing court is beaten so obediently by foreigners, but it still has its heart for its own people, and the Qing Mining Regulations, which took great pains to formulate, are biased towards domestic private capital because they do not guarantee the interests of foreigners, so that foreigners protest frequently and refuse to admit it. Later generations are the opposite in this regard, but as long as the company is foreign investment, the conditions obtained are better than private capital, although it is to attract foreign capital to stimulate the economy, but it is always very uncomfortable to think about. So far, Yang Rui has not been able to say anything about this dark Qing court for a while, and he has not been bullied for the time being, but now it is the foreigners who have bullied him.

After the discussion of the coal mine, this matter was decided to be handed over to Adege in charge, the preliminary work is nothing more than raising shares and land acquisition, the lake merchants have not been completely weakened, there is a lot of money, and there is still some influence in Shanghai, even if the mining in Huzhou is approved by the Qing court, in order to operate cheaply in the local area, it is very important to absorb the shares of the locals, but this share ratio should be treated in actual terms. When it comes to negotiations in the mall, there is no other better candidate except Yang Rui and Adege, but Yang Rui is not from Zhejiang, which is much worse in terms of affinity, and there is no common language in negotiations without affinity, and the result is unpredictable.

After everything was over, Yu Huizu talked about the matter of the British businessman Bu Neimen Foreign Bank, and he was still very worried about this matter. Seeing that when it came to this, Yang Rui had no choice but to talk about his own handling. Hearing that Yang Rui asked Brown to be in charge of this matter, and asked him to send someone to Singapore to investigate, Brother Ade said: "Actually, you want to use this case to see if this Brown is reliable?" ”

Seeing that his mind was broken by Brother Ade, Yang Rui smiled curtly and said, "Yes, I mean that." ”

Everyone else was a little surprised, but Adego shook his head and asked, "It's not appropriate to use this matter to see if Brown is honest or not." This case is only a lot of money, nothing more than 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, and the loss of Bu Neimen if we don't receive the goods is only a few thousand yuan. Now we pay Brown a few thousand dollars a year. If the case is hundreds of thousands or millions one day, then the money that the other party will use to buy him will be different, and it is difficult to say whether Brown will be on our side at that time. ”

What he said is very reasonable, Yang Rui made the mistake of empiricism, people who were reliable in the past may not be reliable in the future, and there was no betrayal in the past not because of loyalty, but because the price was too low. Although Yang Rui will not be stupid enough to believe others once, and there will be temptations in the future, it is inevitable that the result of this time will definitely affect his judgment in the future. Yang Rui happily admitted his mistake and said: "Brother Ade is right, but I didn't think it through. It seems that this lawyer will still have to be investigated in the future. ”

Brother Ade didn't say this to Yang Rui, he had dealt with foreigners a lot, so he knew the importance of this lawyer very well, and he saw that Yang Rui began to look for a long-term lawyer and just said his own opinion. Seeing that Yang Rui knew this mistake, he didn't delve into it, and asked: "Actually, is this really going to be-for-tat with Bu Neimen, if everyone tears their faces, it won't be good in the future." ”

Brother Ade's words were agreed by Yu Huizu and Mr. Hua Feng, and Zhong Guanguan fully supported Yang Rui, but he also felt in his heart that Brother Ade's words were right, and he was limited to his position that he was not good at agreeing. As a person of later generations, Yang Rui himself has no fear of foreigners, especially for a rogue country like Britain, he has no good impression of himself, it is good not to provoke himself, if he provokes himself and does not give him color Look at Yang Rui's heart. I just felt everyone's thoughts, it's hard to say, Yang Rui was very casual in the partner, he didn't care if others accepted his point of view, even if the other party's choice was obviously wrong, he wouldn't try his best to stop it, the truth is always more convincing than words, and everyone has the right to choose, even if the result of this choice is wrong, it will even bring losses to himself. As long as his loss is not too big, Yang Rui will still let his partner hit the wall, which is good for future cooperation.

Yang Rui sighed, let's let them be fooled first. Facing Yu Huizu, he asked, "Brother Hanzhang, you haven't replied to that letter in the morning, have you?" ”

Yu Huizu originally disapproved of Yang Rui's tough statement, and when he asked, he hurriedly explained: "No, not yet, I've been busy all day, and I haven't sent it out yet." ”

Yang Rui already knew that he hadn't sent it, and said: "Then it's up to you to write a new one, just say that I know, and urge them to arrive quickly." ”

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