Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 245: Which copycat company has the best capabilities? !

Following Wang Shouliang's words, Kevin and Joseph looked at each other in silence for dozens of seconds. Kevin smiled and said, "Wang, how many pound notes do you have left?"

"With our relationship, if you want to exchange for new currency, we will definitely give the bank priority to receive you."

Wang Shouliang waved his hand with a toothache on his face, "It's not much. I only have hundreds of thousands of pounds of pocket money left. It's best to exchange it directly."

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are equivalent to millions of Spanish eagles. This is the kind of cash flow that only a provincial powerhouse can produce, but in Wang Shouliang's case, it can only be described as pocket money. Any ship The Shikishima or Fuji level is six to seven million taels of silver, which is close to ten million black Mexican eagles.

You can't even afford a big ship with this little change.

After another few seconds of silence, Kevin asked curiously, "Wang, when did you discover the counterfeit banknote incident?"

Wang Shouliang was still very casual, "Maybe earlier than you, maybe later than you. You also know that I purchased a large number of fleets from Yalun, including post-war maintenance and various artillery shells, although I am not short of silver either."

"But real gold and silver are too heavy, so how can it be as convenient as paper money? Since I discovered that there were counterfeit banknotes, of course I gave priority to exchanging gold and silver to avoid excessive losses of my property."

He laughed happily when he said this, "Fortunately, what I don't lack most now is silver. In the future, I can afford to trade with you, even if I buy and sell it with physical silver coins or silver."

"You guys, help me exchange new currency as soon as possible. Damn it, these counterfeit money dealers are so abominable!"

Otherwise, Wang Shouliang would not have made more than 3 million Yingyang in transaction volume in just one year after rolling out the industrial system.

In Daiqing, silver is indeed spent as money.

Whether it was the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War or the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, the treaties signed by the great powers demanded silver currency from the late Qing Dynasty.

Wang Shouliang's collection of gold still depends on the late Qing Dynasty. Everyone knows that from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, all kinds of local tyrants, evil gentry, and corrupt officials liked to cast gold winter melons, gold ingots, small yellow croakers, and large yellow croakers.

In reality? Completely the opposite.

"Exchange the silver we have for gold."

From now on, all transactions will be done in silver and silver dollars, and it doesn't matter if paper money is not used. Of course, just because he doesn't use it himself doesn't mean that he can't assign black gloves or white gloves to use it.

After a while, Wang Shouliang picked up a large box from the second floor of the villa and said to Kevin and Kevin with emotion on his face, "This is my last pound banknote pocket money."

But in 1994, the price of silver... To put it bluntly, the international silver price in 1994 was US$3.5 per ounce, one ounce was equal to 28.35 grams, and the net weight of a black Mexican Eagle silver was 27.07 grams.

Large numbers are simply unrealistic.

Only Wang Shouliang would say that from now on, even if all transactions are done in silver, he doesn't care at all. It is still the same as playing with counterfeit banknotes.

One pound is now equal to more than 10 Mexican eagle oceans, which is equal to nearly 300 grams of silver.

10 grams of gold and 15 black Mexican eagles.

Let’s not talk about national strength and combat effectiveness, but only talk about international trade. A big country that can digest massive amounts of commodities and turn them into wealth. It is one of the top countries in the world that can consume massive amounts of commodities.

In 1994, 3.5 U.S. dollars was equal to 27.3 Hong Kong dollars. Comparing the price level of Hong Kong Island at that time, it was a contrasting effect! !

In this era, a soldier's monthly salary was only a few taels of silver and a few oceans. In 1994, it was common for police officers in Hong Kong to earn a monthly salary of tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

But even if there is only one-tenth of the net profit, this means that Zhujiang power generation, construction cement, bicycles, lighters, instant noodles, clothing and other businesses will bring him at least more than 3000 million in profits.

Kevin and Joseph still felt speechless.

The price difference between the two planes is more than ten times, and the profit is 1000% more than nearly 2000%.

而在1904年，一美刀基本等于5或6個黑西哥鹰洋，3.5美刀等于近20个黑西哥鹰洋。

They had the idea of ​​testing Wang this time, but was he a victim or an old fox? ?

One is going to the battlefield to fight, and the other is just catching thieves and solving crimes.

So at this stage, Mr. Wang is not afraid of showing his flaws.

The gold content in one pound is 7.32238 grams of gold.

Around 1903, he accumulated more than 3 million Mexican dollars in turnover in more than a year, and he received no less money from official projects in the public concession.

Sales and transaction volume are not equal to profits.

One tael is equivalent to 37.30 grams, which is approximately equivalent to one tael of gold to 56 black Mexican eagles.

The next moment, Joseph asked curiously, "King, if you want to buy a Shikishima-class battleship next time, can you really come up with six to seven million silver in cash? No banknotes?"

Under the international gold and silver system dominated by the British pound, 1 gram of gold can be exchanged for almost 41 grams of silver, which is equivalent to 1.5 Mexican eagle oceans.

A quick calculation shows that in 1994, $3.5 was only equivalent to a black Mexican eagle.

There is another very important thing, that is, in the era when many great powers, such as Japan, North America, and island countries, gradually linked their monetary systems to gold, forming the gold standard, the largest silver-absorbing country in the world is the Qing Dynasty.

Just looking at the exchange rate and comparing the values, it seems that in 1994, the price of silver on the plane increased by 20 times!

After chatting for a while and sending Kevin and Joseph away, Wang Shouliang lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "Xu Si, send a message and arrange for the Intelligence Department of the Escort Bureau to gather many spies to collect gold in the market."

Wang Shouliang waved his hands calmly, "This is just trivial. Don't you know how profitable each of my businesses is? I have already started to reduce my banknote holdings."

Just say that Yan Lun issued a new currency this time and exchanged the new currency for the old currency. You can definitely arrange for the gloves to exchange it.

"I can afford to buy three Shikishima-class ships at once."

His search for black and white gloves does not have to be limited to Chinese. He can use black and white gloves, including islanders.

So one thing is very important, lead here, a black Mexican Yingyang has a strong purchasing power.

The price of silver in 1994 was ten to twenty times cheaper than in 1904! !

Of course, the major powers are all implementing the gold standard. Gold is stored in the hands of France, France, North America, Hans cats, wooly bears, etc. Normal businessmen want to exchange silver or banknotes for gold, and a small amount does not matter.

"It has brought us into a traditional and backward transaction model. I really hope that your country's technical strength in anti-counterfeiting and authenticating banknotes will increase dramatically. That will be more convenient for you, me and everyone."

Bringing twelve taels is equivalent to 373 grams, which can be exchanged for 560 Yingyang.

As for why during the Republic of China, such as the 20s, one or two small yellow croakers could only be exchanged for 30 to 30 oceans instead of 40 oceans, that involved the fluctuation of silver prices!

Just like 1904 compared to 1994, silver has depreciated ten to twenty times.

In a period of ten, twenty or thirty years, the price of gold and silver fluctuates greatly. In 1904, one tael of gold was equal to 1515 grams of silver. In the 30s, one tael of gold was equal to approximately 947 grams of silver.

It looks like silver has appreciated. But that involves the abandonment of the gold standard from the pound to the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen after World War I. The gold content of the pound and the U.S. dollar fell. After the Great Depression broke out in North America, the North American silver consortium tried to kidnap the Chinese economy.

The trade war over silver has pushed global silver prices skyrocketing.

The skyrocketing silver price in the Republic of China meant that the purchasing power of the silver dollar in the Republic of China increased, allowing it to better purchase various foreign goods. The outflow of silver also benefited North Americans who were bankrupt and unemployed during the Great Depression. However, the outflow of silver in the Republic of China was the national commodity in China. Prices plummeted and factories Bankruptcy, money shortages, and farmers and craftsmen losing money are everywhere.

In the Republic of China, the silver standard currency had to be abandoned.

We are still far away from those now.

Wang Shouliang quickly ordered, "We collect gold. One tael of gold will be given to 60 Mexican eagles, or Spanish silver dollars, North American silver dollars, and 600 taels of gold will be given to silver dollars."

"If the cargo owner has a large collection, he can give 66 black Mexican eagles one tael of gold."

Since he brought silver in 1994, he has had a profit margin of nearly 2000%. It doesn't matter if he gives more to the landlords and wealthy gentry in the late Qing Dynasty when they exchange for gold.

The more you give, the easier it will be to attract money!

Within a hundred years, gold was the largest hard currency, and until the Silver War in the 30s, the price of silver had been falling.

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Throughout the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, including the following days, Wang Shouliang's Wang Mansion on Shanghai East Broadway Road was bustling with people and cars.

The visitors who just came to pay New Year greetings and bring gold and silver dragons to Wang Shouliang almost filled a small guest room with gold and silver sculptures.

Da Tou sent some of his subordinates to visit shopkeeper Wang Da, and tentatively talked about topics such as becoming an official and promising to make friends. After the Battle of Kume Island, due to the pressure from the Japanese, Da Tou would only try his best to distance himself from the relationship with the Sihai Escort Agency.

But the battle in Xiaoliuqiu... broke the eyes of many people around the world.

Especially for more than a year, the Sihai Escort Bureau has seized the enemy's wool and pruned it hard. The enemy sent 20,000 to 30,000 young ladies and sisters-in-law to go to Shanghai to save military expenses. Moreover, without the support of Yan Lun and North America, they would not even be able to fight against the enemy. The bear war can no longer be fought.

Such a Sihai escort agency, regardless of fleet tonnage or naval numbers, has long surpassed Beiyang at its peak, including the Japanese at its peak.

It’s normal for Da Tou to have other ideas. What Da Tou sends as gifts is a big golden dragon weighing eight pounds and eight liang!

It's a pity that Wang Shouliang was not interested in that and was afraid of some indescribable things... He happily accepted the golden dragon sent by Datou and asked the other party's lobbyist to leave smoothly.

February 2, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

When Wang Shouliang was eating breakfast for the new day, Xu Si came to report that Bai Yinghong, Wan Tianqing, Nong Jinsun, Chen Zhen and others were visiting.

Except for Chen Zhen, all the others are progressive people who are willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for the sake of their ideals and saving the country.

Wang Shouliang asked Xu Si to invite people in and arranged a new batch of breakfast.

The two sides were polite for a while, and after exchanging greetings, Wan Tianqing asked for help, "Shopkeeper Wang, in addition to paying New Year greetings and wishing Shopkeeper Wang all the best in the new year, we are here to buy a batch of firearms and bullets."

"The great powers are fighting over each other in our land of China, but it is my innocent compatriots in the Northeast who are suffering. The great shopkeeper Renyi sent a ship to rescue tens of thousands of people from Lushun."

"But the vast Northeast is so big, so many compatriots are in the war zone, and their lives are in danger at any time. After many discussions, we plan to organize a group of people to rescue the brothers and sisters in the three northeastern provinces."

"We have organized and mobilized hundreds of people, and guns can actually be organized, but after emptying the bullets, the logistics will be weak..."

Wang Shouliang suddenly realized that not to mention the war between ghost bears and the Mao Xiong invasion of Northeast China after Gengzi, there were many local organizations voluntarily promoting insurance teams and maintaining local security. Even the later famous Marshal Zhang also rose from this route. of.

After realizing this, Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "This is easy to say. It's not just guns and bullets. Even if you want cannons, I can support you."

"Do you have artillery? My Pearl River Ordnance Factory successfully trial-produced the French M1897 75MM rapid-fire field gun at the end of last year."

"It will be mass-produced this year. I define it as the Jiachen 1904 75MM rapid-fire gun."

"Also, in 1902, the Japanese gave me a batch of Mauser M1898 rifle samples, production lines, design drawings, etc. Originally, the Japanese planned to imitate the M1898 and create a brand new Japanese-made rifle."

"Our ordnance factory also successfully developed it at the end of last year. It is also defined as the Jiachen 1904 rifle. Regardless of guns or bullets, my fleet can send them to the local port for your people to receive them. You don't have to worry about bullets and shells."

Various factories owned by Wang Shouliang? Which company has the strongest copycat capabilities in the world? Look at the world and see Lao Wang.

In an era when the world's major powers were copycats and copycats, he brought all kinds of the most stable production machinery and equipment from the 1994 plane, the most sophisticated.

Not only the Pearl River Model T, which is under his control, is developing steadily.

The freedom and romance of guns are also indispensable. The imitation of the M1897 75MM field gun was a long-standing plan. The imitation of the Mauser 1898 was really unexpected.

Who asked the Japanese to send it?

Originally, he had been hesitating to eliminate the Li's long rifles in his hand, one at a time and reloading ten times to fill the magazine. Who should he use next? After having the production line and design drawings sent by the Japanese, etc., he didn't use them. Overthink it.

Get rid of the rifle first and load the pointed bullets directly! !

Hans Cat was not commissioned into the army until 1905? There is nothing inappropriate about Sihai Escort's overtaking in a curve, so it is equipped in advance.

At this stage, Jiachen 1904 long rifles and pointed bullets are installed in small batches. Starting from the numerous guards of the Sihai Escort Bureau, they have not yet filled the entire Escort Bureau.

But as long as there is demand from the outside world, just increase productivity.

General external demand is equivalent to placing an order to send you money. Only when you have money income will you expand production capacity. However, counterfeit banknotes are rampant, and the great powers have begun to update banknotes.

When Wang Shouliang could use 1994 silver to impact the 1904 gold and silver currency system...

Real money means nothing to him.

The next moment, Wang Shouliang looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Chen Zhen, you, Wan Sheng, Sun Sheng and others are coming together, and you are also going to the Northeast?"

Chen Zhen, who is so good at martial arts, did not wait to fight against the Japanese robot Go Fujita, but ran to the Northeast for rescue in advance, carrying the Jiachen 1904 long rifle or learning to control the 75MM rapid-fire field gun? This is a bit confusing.

Chen Zhen bowed respectfully to Shopkeeper Wang before speaking, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. I don't understand many big principles, but in the age of guns, my skills can only have a limited effect."

"It would be better to go to the battlefield and rescue more brothers and sisters from the Northeast."

"As long as I can save a dozen people from suffering, my martial arts skills will not be wasted. In fact, Ting En also wanted to come, but he was suppressed by my master."

Wang Shouliang laughed and raised his glass, "Okay, I have put it into practice for you."

(ps: On New Year’s Eve, I wish all brothers and sisters good luck in the Year of the Dragon, all the best, abundant wealth, and happiness in the world.)

(End of this chapter)