Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 909 The Travel of Money ([-])

In late summer and early autumn, Daxing Port has begun to show coolness. The temperature only rises slightly above 20 degrees at noon every day, and the rest of the time is very cool.The herdsmen in the wild even put on long-sleeved autumn clothes in the morning and evening, and the children who had been playing in Xiaohanoi in the summer disappeared. While planting some miscellaneous grains such as taro, black beans, and broad beans on the ridge.

The edge of the field is densely planted with cacti, which are so densely distributed that they form a barrier with thorns-in fact, yes, this is a barrier, a barrier to prevent wild animals from entering the farmland and destroying the farmland. .The pioneering farmers on the east coast not only had to compete with the Charuya for living space, but also struggled with animals such as ostriches and pumas, which was extremely hard work.

Of course, it was neither the Charuyas nor the pumas that troubled the frontier farmers on the east coast the most, but the large thistle bushes that gradually spread from far to near.These Old World crops that followed the Spaniards to "immigrate" to the Americas grew unscrupulously in the wilderness, constantly competing with pastures for nutrients, and provided excellent hiding places for natives or criminals.

However, no matter how stubborn the "enemy" is, it cannot compare with the tenacious pioneer farmers on the east coast!With the arrival of batches of new immigrants, the control area of ​​Daxing Port continues to expand outwards. The villages are getting denser, the roads are getting longer and longer, and the farmland is getting wider and wider. Wherever the hoe goes, the overgrown thistles have to stay away, which makes people marvel at the bravery of the people on the east coast.

Under an old cypress tree at the head of the village, Sun Chengren stared blankly at the steam plow that was busy in the field ahead.The carburized iron plowshares, pulled by the straight ropes, dug forward tenaciously, and then plowed a deep trench in the soft soil.These are all lands opened up for new immigrants. A few months ago, it was still barren. Only some people came to pick up the stones and clear the roots of the bushes in the early stage. Now, with the large investment of the State Development Bureau , The wasteland has been developed on a large scale. As long as the new arrivals of more than 1000 Ming immigrants put in a little effort, it is entirely possible to rush to replant some grass.

"Shopkeeper Sun, the mayor has approved the land you have chosen. In addition, the Industrial and Commercial Office has also issued a business license, and you can pick it up tomorrow. At least legally speaking, there is no obstacle to the opening of Sun Chunyang's South Store. It's gone." A seventeen or eighteen-year-old Bingtuanbao student cadre walked gently behind Sun Chengren and said with a smile.

"Oh, thank you so much." Sun Chengren turned around and said pleasantly. Then, he groped in his pocket, took out a golden coin with a face value of 50 yuan, and quietly stuffed it into Xue Bing's hand. Said: "It's a small meaning, not a respect. Officer Huo has been busy these two days, and he has worked really hard. Let's use this money to buy some tea and drink."

"Guard Huo" obviously hesitated and struggled for a while, and then "resolutely" stuffed the gold coin back into Sun Chengren's hand, and said: "Shopkeeper Sun, we have our rules, I dare not accept your money, for fear of accidents. Besides, these two days of busy work are all assigned to me by my superiors, there is no hard work, I also accepted a can of camellia from you, I am sorry to accept more gifts, I hope you understand."

Sun Chengren once looked at the student cadre in front of him with eyes like a fool for a moment. After a long time, he sighed deeply, patted the student cadre on the shoulder, and said nothing.In his heart, he felt that these baby cadres had studied in school for ten years, and they were all stupid. They didn't accept money delivered to their door. Are they still fucking officials?

Could it be that all the officials and lords on the east coast are so clean and honest?Thinking of this, Sun Chengren shook his head, because no matter in Ningbo, Dengzhou, or the so-called Southern Railway affiliated area, some local officials always collect money.The baby cadre in front of him doesn't take money, it can only be attributed to his brain being broken or his lack of work-maybe he will get used to taking money after working for another seven or eight years, right?

Sun Chengren arrived in Daxing Port, which is in a state of ruins, at the beginning of this month (March).This time, he traveled from the Ming Dynasty to the east coast mainland via Araucan Port. In fact, he has an important mission, that is, how to introduce the Sun Chunyang South Store, which has a relatively good development momentum in the Heishui area, to the east coast mainland. And began to seize the market in various counties and townships.

As a fast-rising commercial chain organization in the Heishui area, Sun Chunyang Nanhuopu has opened four stores (Penglai, Yantai, Jeju and Dinghai), and the operating conditions are quite good. Three of them are in good profitability and one has just turned losses into Profit, earning a lot of profits for investors.

However, the ambition and insight of the investors (the Blackwater Pioneering Team is the largest shareholder, Shao Shude, Mao Desheng, Wei Boqiu and other Far Eastern military and political giants also faintly participate in it) are far beyond the capabilities of the Sun family who actually run the store. They have just opened four As for the stores, they have already set their sights on the hot East Coast.No, Sun Chengren traveled all the way from the sea to the mainland on the east coast for the purpose of opening a store in the mainland, and he also carried Shao Shude's personal letter with him - and this is obviously what he is highly valued in Daxing Port The reason.Otherwise, the local people are busy to open up wasteland, who has time to deal with a businessman who came across the sea from the Ming Dynasty?

As for why not open the store in Dongfang County, Ping'an County, Zhenhai County and other places with dense population, strong purchasing power and strong purchase willingness (this is especially critical), but in a place with a population of less than [-] , Daxing Port, whose land has just been reclaimed for a few years, is mainly to avoid fierce competition.Because the more affluent the place, the fiercer the competition among state-run department stores, private shops, and vendors traveling all over the world. It may not be a good choice for Sun Chunyang's South Store to enter with a competitive attitude.Therefore, open the store in the newly opened Wujiang River Basin, and then solidify the foundation and operate it for a few years. After the whole river basin gradually develops, the Sun Chunyang Nanhuo Store, which has long been rooted here, will naturally take advantage of the trend.What's more, Daxing Port is relatively close to Tieling County, the second important industrial town on the east coast. It is also the terminal point and the outlet of the Northwest Railway. It has great potential for development. At this time, it is suitable to lay out the layout with the minimum cost, and then wait for a hundred times the harvest in the future. .

In order to support Sun Chunyang Nanhuopu's local layout on the east coast, the Far East Ming Kingdom also invested a lot of resources. For example, they introduced new investors, and Sun Chunyang Nanhuopu also experienced a new round of capital increase and share expansion.At present, the Heishui development team has increased its shares to 45% after the capital injection, and is the largest shareholder; and the Sun family’s Suzhou headquarters also quietly sent a number of core children to Heishui with a large amount of money to buy shares, so The shareholding remains unchanged at 40%; while the shares of individual investors who originally occupied 15% of the shares have been diluted, and currently only account for [-]%. It has risen steadily without any loss.

This time, Sun Chengren came to South America with a huge sum of 20 yuan (remittance to the East Coast through the Northwest Reclamation Bank’s Black Water branch). Three shops in Hong Kong.These three shops will uniformly register the signboard of Sun Chunyang Nanhuo Shop. In the future, they will focus on Far Eastern specialty products, that is, focusing on Far Eastern medicinal materials, tea, raw silk, porcelain, and high-quality leather (bear fur, mink fur, and green fox that are not found in South America. Leather, etc.) and other commodities, and then transport some East Coast specialties back to Heishui for sale in order to obtain huge profits.

In order to achieve this plan, Sun Chunyang's South Cargo Shop must first purchase one or two large ships capable of ocean-going voyages on the east coast, and recruit enough sailors to be able to transport goods back and forth.Otherwise, everything is just empty talk, and Sun Chunyang's Nanhuo Shop will eventually be like those shops in the eastern coastal area, dealing in some local daily necessities on the east coast, earning a small profit, and living a life that is neither too salty nor too light.

Of course the Sun family is unwilling to muddle along like this!No, after completing the opening procedures of the Daxing Port branch, Sun Chengren will go to the eastern region to take a ship of the "Messenger Liner Company" and head south to Yancheng Port to participate in a new navy privateer auction to be held at the end of April— —Among them were several captured foreign merchant ships.

Sun Chengren, who holds a huge sum of 20 yuan, will become the most popular figure at the auction if nothing else happens—investors who plan to buy captured merchant ships will be directly scared by the black water local tyrants who spend a lot of money—— It's easy to wrap around three or five ships.It's just that ships are easy to buy, but sailors are hard to recruit!Well, if he couldn't say it, he would have to spend a lot of money to dig the wall. Anyway, he had the signboards of Shao Shude, Wei Boqiu, Mao Desheng, Huang Yi and others on his head, so he didn't have to worry about being shadowed on the east coast.To spend a lot of money to find a few master sailors, and then randomly recruit some stupid Italian farmers, learn while driving on the boat, and drive directly to Daming along the ocean-Sun Chengren's vision is so beautiful that he didn't even think about it. Considering such a ship and this kind of staffing, how many ships will be able to safely reach the Ming Kingdom in the Far East by then.

However, no matter what, the spirit of the Sun family is worthy of praise.After the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Dutch made great efforts to transport silver to the Ming Dynasty, they brought a large amount of gold and silver from the Ming Dynasty to the east coast, inadvertently making money complete an unprecedented "travel" in the three oceans of the world. ".And this kind of money travel is bound to bring huge commercial, cultural and personnel exchanges to the people of the two places (Heishui and the East Coast) and promote the development of the two places. When its scale becomes larger and larger, I believe it will have an immeasurable impact on the current shipping and economic order on the east coast.

(End of this chapter)