The acquisition of the yarn mill is the main purpose of Yan Shao's visit this time.

Yes, he did decide to spend 3 million to expand the Wuhu textile factory into the largest textile factory in China, or even in Asia, but this does not mean that he is willing to spend money in vain.

In recent years, Japan's cotton textile industry has developed rapidly, and while there are less than 400,000 spindles in China, the total number of spindles in Japan has reached more than 1.3 million, and even more if you count China.

It's just that although the momentum of Japan's construction of cotton textile mills in China began at the end of the 19th century, the real boom was in 1906, that is, after the success of Jotaro Yamamoto, who had returned to Japan in embarrassment, so almost all the yarn mills owned by the Japanese foreign alliance that participated in the dumping were in Japan.

Textiles are Japan's main export, and a large number of cotton mills have been built in Japan, most of which were built in the first few years, but the machinery and equipment are not very old, at least not too far from the latest textile machines.

Before coming, Yan Shao had already asked people to investigate.

Seven of the cotton mills controlled by the Japan Federation of Foreign Banks have closed down and are now being put up for sale, and five are not bankrupt but are also considering a sale...

Although these 12 textile mills account for only a quarter of the more than 40 textile mills of the Japan Federation of Western Houses (some of which have more than one yarn mill and textile factory), they all add up to more than 100,000 spindles and 4,500 looms, as well as supporting ginning, clearing, boilers and other machines.

So many textile machines. If it was sold at the original price, it would be equivalent to at least three or four million silver dollars, but now it can be bought for half or even one-third or quarter of the price. How could Yan Shao miss this kind of good thing...

Moreover, the remaining money can buy another batch of machines, and if all these machines are put into use, Yan Shao's Wuhu textile factory may even become the largest textile factory in the world, and it is fully capable of meeting the needs of more than 170 million people in seven provinces, including Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan.

Of course, there is a small problem here, that is, most of the cotton mills are located in Japan, and it is a hassle to transport machines from Japan to the Yangtze River. But considering the low price of these machines, this is not a big deal...

"First to bring us down, and then to buy our factories, you are really calculating..."Hearing Yan Shao's words. Mori was stunned for a moment, then smiled sarcastically.

Yan Shao smiled and shook his head. "Don't blame me, you must know that you came to me to trouble me, but I didn't take the initiative to recruit you..."

"yes," he laughed. Kenichi Mori said slowly. "We believed Yamamoto's words in the first place. will end up like today, this can only be regarded as our own doing..."Like other people in foreign companies, Mori Kenichi hates Yamamoto the most, and he doesn't have much resentment towards Yan Shao.

"Then, what do you think of the request I made..."Seeing that Kenichi Mori seemed to have figured it out, Yan Shao smiled and nodded. Although he knew very well that it was impossible for Kenichi Mori to refuse his proposal, he was also afraid that these guys would be stubborn and would not care about anything...

Glancing up at Yan Shao, Sen Jianyi said with a miserable smile. "Do I have room to refuse..."

Hear such an answer. The smile on Yan Shao's face became even brighter.

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Compared with other foreign companies, Kenichi Mori's Furuya foreign company is already in good shape.

Even he got to this point. The situation of other foreign banks can be imagined. Although some foreign companies were unwilling to sell their factory equipment to Yan Shao, and two even paid for killers, they still chose to compromise in the end.

After all, after a heavy blow, they have only the road left to abandon the car and protect the handsome.

And now in Shanghai, it seems that only Yan Shao has the ability to acquire so many machines and equipment at one time.

Seeing Yan Shao running around in Shanghai, and buying all the more than 100,000 spindles and two or three thousand looms from the 12 families in a blink of an eye, both the Japanese and people from other countries have a complicated mentality.

No one expected that this Chinese businessman, who once didn't care very much, would really become their confidant one day.

However, compared with the complicated feelings of these people, Yan Shao was much more surprised.

Not long ago, three more textile factories came to his door to talk to him about the acquisition, one of which belonged to Japan, and the other two were textile factories owned by Chinese merchants, one of which was the Dachun Yarn Factory, which was founded in 1895.

In the history of this yarn factory because of poor management in 1905 by Yamamoto Jotaro rented for a year, as a result of Yamamoto made a net profit of 120,000 taels of silver that year, the next year Yamamoto simply bought the yarn factory with more than 20,000 spindles, named Shanghai Textile Second Factory, counting the first factory acquired in 02, the annual profitability of the two factories in the 8 years from 1908 to 1914 reached 27%, and the average annual net profit reached 15%...

I can only say that it is really not well managed...

(It's really a bad business, you see that after changing the boss, it made a profit in the first year, and at that time, Yamamoto's annual rent in the first year was only 50,000 taels...) ）

However, in this history, because Yamamoto was played twice in a row by Yan Shao, Dachun Yarn Factory has been struggling to persist and has persisted until now.

This time, Dachun Yarn Factory came to the door because after seeing Yan Shao's acquisition trend in Shanghai, he hoped to get a good price from Yan Shao to pay off the debts owed by Dachun Yarn Factory.

"Brother Lin..."Ignoring the other party's age of at least thirty years older than himself, he gently broke the index finger and middle finger of his left hand twice, and Yan Shao said lightly. I don't know how much you plan to offer? ”

"Now that the factory is run like this by me, I don't want to get it back, you see how about 200,000 yuan..."

"Two hundred thousand..."Yan Shao nodded.

Seriously speaking, compared with other foreign banks, especially those that have gone out of business, 200,000 is indeed a bit much. However, Lin Rui's Dachun Yarn Factory is different from the Japanese Yarn Factory after all, so Yan Shao doesn't plan to embarrass him at this price, anyway, even if he buys it with 200,000 yuan, he will still make a lot of money.

"Okay, I'll write a check in a moment...", Yan Shao stood up from his seat.

Seeing that Yan Shao agreed, Lin Rui also quickly stood up and shook hands with him. "Thank you very much..."

After Yan Shao personally sent Lin Rui out of the room, Elano and Caterina, who had been avoiding behind the house, walked out.

"Counting this newly signed one, I have probably gained 170,000 spindles this time..."Sitting down beside Yan Shao, seeing that his face vaguely revealed some tiredness, Elaline said a little gently.

Caterina on the side just sat here quietly, not as keen on hitting Yan Shao as before.

"Yes, 170,000 pieces..."Holding the two of them in his arms, although he was a little tired, Yan Shao still said proudly.

Recently, in order to talk about acquisitions, he has been busy almost from morning to night, and even his spirit has become much more tired. But looking at the business negotiations, he also had a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Because the timing was good, the 170,000 spindles only used 1.5 million silver dollars, counting the original 80,000 spindles, the number of spindles owned by Yan Shao had reached more than 250,000.

If we count the remaining 1.5 million spindles and looms that can be purchased, the number of spindles that Yan Shao has will reach an astonishing more than 330,000, and the number of looms will also reach 8,900.

In 1905, the Chinese cotton mills owned less than 400,000 spindles, and by 1913 there were only more than 600,000. In other words, if these spindles can really be obtained, Yan Shao's Wuhu textile factory will undoubtedly become the largest textile factory in China, or even the largest textile factory in Asia, which will also become the first in the real sense in Yan Shao's hands.

Looking at Yan Shao's pride like a child showing off a toy, a trace of tenderness flashed in Elaino's eyes. "Yes, the first item is the first, so you have to take care of your body a little more..."

"That's right, if you die, don't think about the two of us arranging the aftermath for you." Taking the arm that was holding her, Caterina pouted, but the concern in it could be felt by anyone.

Looking at her insincere look, Yan Shao smiled and took her back into his arms.

After struggling a few times, Caterina gave up when she saw that she couldn't break free, but Elinor's snickering on the side made her face redden.

Before coming, Yan Shao had already thought that this trip might encounter danger, so he left the two in Wuhu and let them continue to work on their own costume designs, although these two people were even better than the best soldiers in the guard, but he could not let his women accompany him on adventures.

Although the two were unwilling, they could only stay in the face of Yan Shao's toughness, but the last was to let Yan Shao bring more people, and there was a situation where Yan Shao rushed to Shanghai with more than 30 guards.

There are more than 30 people to protect them, and the two of them feel that they should be much safer, but as soon as Lu Dao sent Yan Shao out of Wuhu, the news of Yan Shao's assassination came.

Although the news came later that Yan Shao was not injured, the two were still panicked and scared. Therefore, despite Yan Shao's dissuasion, two more squads of nearly 30 people from the patrol team rushed to Shanghai.

Because he knew Yan Shao's situation, and had a good relationship with Yan Shao in the past, Lu Yuanding did not embarrass him. And Yan Shao has encountered fewer things recently, which has a certain relationship with the defense strength of these sixty people... (To be continued......)