my wonderful zoo

Chapter 60 Business Environment
"We can't withdraw them all. If we withdraw them all, all the commercial branches on the mainland will become rootless duckweeds. We will also not be able to use the goods on the mainland to exchange huge profits from overseas. The blow to Chenjiazhuang can be said to be devastating. ." Chen Xun explained.

Without silk and porcelain from the mainland, Chenjiazhuang's own output alone does not have much competitiveness overseas.

White sugar and Jiannanchun liquor are indeed independent businesses, but the raw materials of these two products rely heavily on the mainland. If the Chen family leaves here, the source of raw materials will be greatly affected.

For now, during the war between Chenjiazhuang and Song Ting, it has seriously affected the import of sucrose on Guangnan West Road.

The same goes for the raw materials of Jiannanchun.Because Chenjiazhuang does not directly make wine, but collects low-alcohol wine that passes the quality standard on the market, and produces Jiannanchun after distillation and blending. Although the profit will be lower, it will save a lot of manpower.When purchasing low-alcohol wine on the market, you must not leave the mainland.

As for glass, it is still in the laboratory stage and has not mastered the process of mass production. It can only be manufactured in small batches.Although the migration had little impact on production, sales relied heavily on the mainland. Only in the Song Dynasty did a large number of wealthy people be able to consume this kind of luxury goods.

simply put:
The current business environment in Song Ting is very harsh and barbaric. Unless the government and businessmen collude, they can only be small fish.

If Chen Xun wants to expand the scale of the Chen family's business, he must break the existing business environment and create a better business environment for himself.

If you don't want the big officials to take away most of the profits, you have to fight for them with your life.

"What do you think?" Liu Yu asked.

"I plan to move some of the industries away first, leaving some unimportant ones that can be easily transferred quickly, and act accordingly," Chen Xun replied.

"Then just do as Lang Jun arranges. We all listen to you." Lu Hui continued.

"I am also a human being, and I will definitely not think carefully, so I called everyone to discuss and see which industries need to be transferred and which ones do not." Chen Xun explained.

After saying this, everyone's expressions were very strange.

How to describe it?
It's like the kind in later generations, when the rich second generation says that he actually doesn't have much money, and the people next to him look at him.

Just like the richest man Wang in later generations said, "Set a small goal first," Liu said, "I don't know how beautiful my wife is," Ma said, "I'm not interested in money," and Xiao Sa said, "Beijing University is okay."

"What kind of eyes are you looking at?" Chen Xun asked.

"Even if Mr. Lang is a human being, he is not an ordinary person." Sun Zhengxian said.

"That's right, you are the reincarnation of Xingjun." Chen Yu continued to flatter him.

"How can ordinary people summon hundreds of horses from the void with just a wave of their hands." Lu Hui nodded.

"There are also those pigeons that are humane and can deliver messages." Another continued to add.

"If the average person eats ten pounds of meat in one meal, he probably won't survive." Chen Yu gestured in a serious manner.

It seems that I have been too gentle with these people recently, and they dare to make fun of themselves collectively.

"Just think that I am testing you." Chen Xun said helplessly.

This is the sequelae of being deified. It is still in the early stages, and everyone can still talk and laugh with themselves. If it continues to develop, it will inevitably evolve into a loner.

"That's right. Lang Jun should test us."

"I think the winery and sugar shop should be evacuated most. If they are occupied by the enemy, we will not be able to do a separate business." Someone suggested.

"Liulifang also needs to be evacuated. The mirrors made from that thing are too valuable." Someone added.

"I don't think it's necessary. You haven't seen it. Liulifang relies entirely on craftsmen. They just smashed those stoves when they evacuated." said the steward of Liulifang.Everyone started discussing, but Chen Xun just listened quietly.

"I think the cloth and dyeing workshops are also very important. Our looms in Chenjiazhuang are much more powerful than those in other places, and the dyes are also better." The steward in charge of the cloth and dyeing workshop suggested.

"In this way, the steelmaking plant is also important. It is not easy to dismantle the small blast furnace." said the manager of the steelmaking plant.

This small blast furnace was just named by Chen Xun. It only added a blower to the original iron-making furnace and used coke as fuel. It was not the same thing as the small iron-making blast furnaces of later generations.

Regardless of the period of large-scale steelmaking in later generations, earthen blast furnaces could be built in any village, but that was only because there were blueprints. Chen Xun had no knowledge of this area at all.

For steelmaking, all he can do is to increase the temperature of steelmaking, and measures such as changing fuel and strong ventilation are all to increase the temperature.

"It's too troublesome to move the steel plant. I don't know if there is iron or coal at the destination?" another manager reminded.

"Not yet." Chen Xun replied.

There are iron mines, coal mines, and gold mines on the island of Taiwan, but Chen Xun doesn't know where they are, so it's very difficult to find them.

"If all coal and iron have to be transported from the mainland, it's better not to move." The manager of the steelmaking plant also realized the difficulty.

"Is there any cotton or linen in the relocation area?"

"Is there any sucrose?"

"Not yet. It will need to be transported from the mainland for a long time." Chen Xun replied one by one.

"There is always food, right?" the wine shop manager asked. If there is food, you can make wine.

"Food should also need to be transported from other places, at least for one or two seasons." Chen Xun replied.

"What kind of place is this? Why does it sound like there is nothing? Is it a desert island?" Liu Yu asked doubtfully.

"It is indeed an island, a big island, but it is not a desert island." Chen Xun briefly introduced the destination of this industrial relocation to everyone.

For a moment, there was a bit of silence in the hall.

At first, everyone thought they would move to a base that the Chen family had developed overseas, but they didn't expect that it would turn out to be an undeveloped, primitive land.

"Can we change the place, such as Mayi, Yueli Chao, etc., where we already have the foundation of Chenjiazhuang." Liu Yu suggested.

"For now, this is indeed not the best choice. It can be said to be the worst choice. But in the long run, this is the most suitable place." Chen Xun explained patiently: "What if we are ultimately defeated this time? Just because we evacuated doesn’t mean we won’t come back.”

"If you plan to come back in the future, the land of Mayi and Li Chao is too far from the mainland, especially from the rich east coast."

"Daliuqiu is different. It is located just east of Quanzhou. It is only a two-day boat ride from Quanzhou. It is very close. In the future, you can choose any state capital on the east coast."

"Not only that, this island is also big enough to support our initial foundation and develop industries that can support a hundred thousand troops. Moreover, the aboriginal forces on it are much weaker than those of Mayi and Li Dynasty. It is impossible to completely conquer this island. The difficulty level is very low.”

"In the short term, it will be difficult to choose this place, but in the long run, this is a treasure land."

(End of this chapter)