Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2520 West Indian Ocean ([-])

"Boss Man, please come over here." After the guard reported the situation, someone inside came to invite him. Man Xiaofeng recognized Wang Dazhuang's secretary who had been in office for less than two years with just one look. Condensed a smile, and greeted him.

"Secretary Xia, why bother you to come out to meet him? Just send someone to notify me." Man Xiaofeng said enthusiastically while holding Secretary Xia's hand.

Secretary Xia has been with Wang Dazhuang for two years. According to the usual practice, he is about to be released to serve as a local official.It is likely to be the county magistrate of a certain county. The previous secretary is currently in charge of the government in Mianhe County.Therefore, Man Xiaofeng really cares about the private individuals of these leaders. After all, more and more of his foundations have been transferred to New Huaxia Island.

"It doesn't matter." Secretary Xia waved his hand and said with a smile: "Captain Wang went to the south to check the coal field. There was a mine disaster there just now. Dozens of people died. It's serious. You might not be able to come back for a while. Before you leave, He asked me to receive you and finalize a few things."

Coal mine accident?Man Xiaofeng understood where it was as soon as he heard it.It is located in a place called "Sakua" by the indigenous people in the south. The reserves are conservatively estimated to be more than [-] million tons. The coal quality is very good and the value is huge.After Wang Dazhuang took charge of New China, he did not move in his first term. He only sent some people to the local exploration to determine the type, reserves and mining difficulty of the coal field. At the same time, he planned a transportation route for transporting coal to prepare for the future.

After the start of his second term, he started the development plan of this coal field.His first step was to integrate the current dozen or so coal and mining bureaus in Xinhuaxia Island. Each of these mining bureaus owns a coal mine with small reserves, and some resources are even close to exhaustion, so there is no need to continue to exist.Therefore, he carried out drastic reforms, audited and integrated the assets of all these coal mines, and then established an organization called the New Huaxia Mining Bureau to coordinate the start-up and processing of coal throughout the island.

After the establishment of the New Huaxia Mining Bureau, it immediately occupied a large area of ​​land and drove away the Melina people who were stealing coal in the local area, and planned to start operations from this easy-to-mine mining area.In order to transport coal, they also built a second-class national road, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources.In the future, a railway will be built to transport personnel and materials to the mining area on the one hand, and transport the goods out at a low cost on the other hand.At present, the cost of transportation by heavy-duty horse-drawn carriages is too high, and ordinary people might as well continue to burn firewood.

"The first thing is to transport immigrants here. Captain Wang means that in the next five years, you will transport no less than 5000 people in total. You have also seen that many islands, Eight Banners and Maili That person, there is a shortage of people in all walks of life, and there will be more in the future. If you don’t add some manpower, the economy will have problems.” After handing Man Xiaofeng a cup of coffee, Secretary Xia said: “This matter you Don't be afraid to spend money. You know who Captain Wang is. He has never treated his own people badly. As long as you do things with your heart, the benefits are indispensable. Haven't you always wanted to enter other industries? No problem, As long as the matter is done well this time, New China Grain and Oil Company will give you a fixed quota of products every year. Even, some of their farms have insufficient production due to the loss of labor force, and they plan to liquidate and sell them. If you are interested, I can help You ask."

Man Xiaofeng was shocked when he heard this.He knows exactly what kind of company the New China Grain and Oil Company is.In fact, in the past five or six years, he has been dealing with this company. Every year, he purchases a large amount of agricultural products such as sugar, palm oil, pepper, copra, rice, honey, and dried fruits from them, and transports them to Yicheng, Hezhong, etc. Make money locally, and then buy leather, coal, wheat, sorghum, cod, tobacco and even dog head gold from the local area, and sell them on Xinhua Island, with extremely high profit margins.

In this business process, what bothers him most is often the lack of commodity supply.New Huaxia Agricultural Company, a company promoted by Wang Dazhuang, currently has dozens of state-owned farms and related deep-processing enterprises, coordinating the production of agricultural and sideline products such as rice, peanuts, sesame, corn, palm oil, coconut products, and spices. The Beidao Sugar Factory, which is making a lot of money every day, is extremely strong.In a place like Xinhuaxia Island, it even overwhelms the national grain reserve depot. It is a key enterprise under the jurisdiction of the pioneering team, and its importance may exceed the Xinhuaxia Mining Bureau, and it is comparable to the East African Transportation Company.

In the past, Man Xiaofeng was able to obtain a certain amount of agricultural product purchase share through some official relationships, but it still could not meet his growing fleet needs.He also tried to fight with Wang Dazhuang, but they didn't give him any clear promise, which made him very disappointed, and he had to spend time and effort to buy high-priced commodities with unstable sources in the agricultural product distribution market.This time the pioneering team actually let go of this and promised to increase his share. This is something that has been dreamed of for many years. How can we not like it?

Even better, Secretary Xia also faintly revealed that New Huaxia Grain and Oil Company planned to sell some poorly managed farms, which was even more unexpected.You know, over the years, Man Xiaofeng is no longer satisfied with simply doing trade between various ports to make money. He wants to get involved in the upstream agricultural production field, produce by himself, sell by himself, and make money by himself.I dare not say that all of them are self-sufficient, but it is sure to solve the source of a considerable part of the agricultural products, which will be of great benefit to the company's future operations.

When he was in the Yicheng area before, he had privately consulted with local officials about starting some farms.The local officials were very welcoming, but he still hesitated, because those farms were a wasteland, the transportation industry was very inconvenient, and the initial investment was huge, which made him very worried.But the farms sold by Xinhua Grain and Oil Company are different. Those lands have been developed for many years, the land is fertile, all kinds of facilities are complete, and the cost of logistics and transportation is not high. After the sale, the lease can be recalculated. The hen of the golden egg, provided you can solve the labor problem.

And as if guessing that Man Xiaofeng would be moved by it, Secretary Xia took out a sketch of Xinhua Island from the drawer like a trick, then pointed to the places circled with a pencil on it, and said: "New Huaxia Farm No. 7 of the Grain and Oil Company mainly produces sisal, with 3600 bundles per year. Well, I won’t say much about the specific output. This is related to the number of laborers. I’ll just talk about what to produce. Farm No. 14 of the Grain and Oil Company , the main business is pepper, and another 10% of the land is planted with cloves; Farm No. 15, also on the east coast, has half of the land converted and planted with oil palm, and the other half is at a standstill due to lack of manpower ; Farm No. 20, located in the northwest, produces vanilla with stable output, and owns a small mangrove forest with a commercial logging license; Farm No. 26..."

The more Man Xiaofeng listened, the brighter his eyes became. These are all very good investment targets.The grain and oil company has no choice but to send away a large number of people, so they have to concentrate on the largest, best-operated, and highest-margin farms, as well as farms that are involved in the island’s food supply. Although they don’t make much money, they can Also maintain.So they had to sell part of the farm, which gave almost to others.It can be said that as long as you get someone, it will be a lucrative business!

After Secretary Xia finished speaking, he glanced at Man Xiaofeng, smiled slightly, and then mentioned the second matter: "Don't worry about this, I will introduce you to the people from the grain and oil company later, and you can discuss the details yourself. Now I want to give you Let’s talk about the second thing. Captain Wang has already decided to attack the Bala people on the Mahafali Plateau in the south. Hehe, the Asuka has done its best. Now that the Melina people are finished, the Bala people will also lose Although the piece of land they occupy is very ordinary, dry and barren, it is also an eyesore if they don’t leave. The previous captains have dealt with them several times with excuses and took back some land, but this is not enough. Not enough! What Captain Wang means is to give them a fatal blow, completely destroy their vitality, and let them honestly move to the other side of the African continent. It is conservatively estimated that 5000 people will need to be mobilized, and the cost of 100 million French currency will be full. How about? Buy some war bonds? Not much, [-] yuan is enough, set an example, so that others can follow. Don't worry, this money will not be missing you, with the current financial situation of our pioneering team , the bond will definitely be able to pay the principal and interest at maturity."

Man Xiaofeng felt a little heartbroken when he heard this.A bond of 300 yuan, in fact, he was not worried that he would not be able to get it back.Now that Xinhua pays 100 million yuan in taxes to the central treasury every year, and it still has a large surplus for construction, the [-] million yuan bond is really not a heavy burden.The problem is that this will greatly occupy his working capital and bring difficulties to the business operation.In particular, he has to repay the ship loan (the ship was purchased in installments at the Pacific Shipyard), and he also has to undertake the task of going to the Far East to collect people, which will consume a lot of money.

"It's really difficult for me." Man Xiaofeng sighed inwardly, but said on his mouth: "Secretary Xia, this is not a problem, I will mobilize funds this month to buy [-] yuan bonds, and I will definitely not miss it of."

"Okay, Boss Man really knows the general idea." Secretary Xia admired, and said: "There is one last thing. Hehe, don't be nervous, it's not a big deal, just let you send a group of people to Bahrain and Diu. No need to be special Arrange for a boat, just drop by when heading to the Far East. The situation in India is very chaotic now, Director Yao will make big moves there and needs our support, so please help me with this, it will be good for your future business.”

(End of this chapter)