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"But this country is not far from those countries that use iron and copper. As long as there is mining there, it can be said to be very profitable."
"As far as the matter of copper and iron is concerned, what I want is to establish a large-scale iron smelting workshop in Min County through joint-stock cooperation, which can save a lot of capital. The remaining capital can be invested in some overseas mineral smelting industries. middle."
"Of course, it would be best if you are willing to invest capital in such things as the Great Deserted City immigration. But I guess you are definitely not willing, then we have no choice but to find a way to make money and use it in Immigration and stuff like that."
Everyone laughed and said: "Mr. Chen, what you want may not be what we want. We definitely don't want to invest money in the immigration of the Great Deserted City. But investing in the overseas investment and mining that you said It can be considered that we can trust your party's vision of making money. If this news comes out before you withdraw your shares in Nanyang Company, maybe Nanyang Company's stock will stagnate for a while... Everyone will definitely think that you have found a rate of return again Higher, and there is not so much pressure from moral public opinion."
Chen Jian also smiled and said, "So, it's a win-win situation. We don't need to invest such a large share capital, because we have to deal with a lot of expenses. You can also use the spare capital to continue to make money. But if you disperse If not, we will hesitate to make this investment, and none of you will take the lead and will not invest money in the short term.”
A group of people nodded one after another, it sounds like the future is indeed bright.This is different from Nanyang Company. In addition to capital investment, it also needs some people who work in this industry to invest in it.
However, the only worrying thing was finally brought up.
"Mr. Chen, the question now is if there is any change in that small country in the future, will our investment be lost?"
"This...it depends on how much money you have invested. If the operation of their country's war requires these capitals and the support of the mining and metallurgical industry, I am afraid they will not have the courage. No matter who wants to seize power, they must first contact you and get you Moreover, it also involves the issue of recognition, if the nobles of the coup do not recognize it, then the Republic will also not recognize the ruling power of the nobles who seized power."
Probably in order to set the tone for a day when the world will be turned upside down, Chen Jian added: "Of course, if one day a revolution breaks out at the bottom, demanding the abolition of the king, the expulsion of overseas capital, and the restitution of state-owned Yumin, natural resources and land are fully owned. We will withdraw based on our beliefs. But at that time there will definitely be people who are willing to cooperate with you and suppress them in exchange for your support. It’s just that these things are challenging the old world order. What is right is the joint opposition of all capital, and if we can win and stand, we will actually be rejoicing.”
Those workshop owners said with a smile: "This is a matter of no time in the future. Besides, Mr. Chen said that it is a small country, and a small country cannot change the order of the entire world. Instead of worrying about that, it is better to worry about one day you will make a big one in China. If there is any movement, then we will flee abroad. But now we can still cooperate, no matter how bad we are, we are better than those serf nobles, right?"
"That's true. The reason why I am in a hurry to discuss with you now is that I will go to the capital soon, tell what I have seen and heard along the way, and fight for our overseas policies in the council. So I hope everyone can make a decision as soon as possible. When our envoys are officially on a mission, we can also go together and sign some contracts on mining."
"In such a hurry?"
"Yes, that's the rush. If we don't take the initiative and don't advance, the capital of the rest of Europe will be there first. Now Europe has just calmed down, but this calm won't last long."
Chen Jian spoke very anxiously. The small country in the extreme north that he was talking about was Sweden, which was unknown at this time. Gustav was about to succeed to the throne and urgently needed a lot of foreign capital and technology to invest in iron ore and copper mining. , will give great preferential policies.
Sweden has the highest-grade iron ore in Europe and a lot of copper mines, which is an advantage of natural resources.
On the one hand, the organization needs more money to cope with the increasing expenses. This is a good opportunity for overseas investment.
On the other hand, giving support to Sweden early will also facilitate the huge changes in the European situation in the future, and it can also use capital to control Sweden's future politics earlier, and gain a suitable foothold to get involved in the religious wars in Europe.
Once an alliance of Protestant German states centered on Protestant Sweden emerges, Russia is basically unlikely to become a European steamroller. Facing tremendous pressure from its northern neighbors, even if Russia undergoes smooth reforms, it is unlikely to have The double-headed eagle is looking at the spirit and energy of Eurasia, which can largely delay Russia's expansion into Asia and win more time.
Anyway, Sweden's navy is far behind. Even if the army is strong enough to rise to become a dominant force in the Baltic Sea, as long as the navy is not good enough, Chen Jian doesn't have to worry.The navy cannot be trained in a day or two, and Russia is resilient enough to focus on fighting the Russian-Turkish war in the Northern War. Even if Sweden stands firm and strangles Prussia, which is about to emerge, it is at best an army power , no energy to expand overseas.
Moreover, this is an overseas investment that can be sure to make a profit without losing money. It is necessary to make a good start as the first transaction to attract more people to invest.
It can make money in the short term, the price of copper and iron is rising, and short-distance shipping supplies the European market. At the same time, it is possible to establish gun workshops for large-scale arms sales, and it is possible to forcibly drag the 30-year war to the level of land warfare in the Spanish Succession War.
In the long run, the rate of return is astonishing. Even without help and a large amount of capital investment, Sweden can win.And once the capital helps, the return will inevitably be a lot, and many more favorable conditions will also become part of the loan mortgage.
If you can use a large amount of funds and weapons to help Sweden before the war, let Sweden use future tariffs as collateral, or include tariffs within the scope of Sweden's control after the war in the form of tax packages, and it will be easy to draw the capital of the Nanyang Trading Company. into the European war.
As for the rest of the value output such as treaties, systems, and conventions, and the potential value of world system guidance, it is immeasurable.It's just that Chen Jian doesn't want to invest a lot of money here, so he can only guide some of the excess capital in the country to get involved, so as to obtain the maximum benefit with the minimum investment of cash and capital.
After briefly talking about the situation in Europe with the people present, using the situation of disputes among nations a hundred years ago, everyone present also felt that what Chen Jian said was correct—copper, iron, and guns will definitely rise sharply in the near future. , and the price of sucrose from overseas plantations will not be so high if it only meets domestic demand, so investing in copper and iron smelting is indeed worthwhile in the long run.
"Everyone, of course I am not just planning to invest in mining and smelting in Sweden with you, nor is it just to establish our joint Daye iron, forging, mixing, and casting workshop in Min County, but I hope to use this as a basis Start a new company."
"Although Nanyang Trading Company's income is extremely high, it is impossible to continue to expand its shareholding for the time being, and even if it expands its shareholding, I am afraid it will not be your turn. So we will settle for the next best thing and set up a 'mining, smelting and infrastructure investment company'. The capital at hand of everyone is concentrated to do some major things that may not be lower than the Nanyang Company's trade in the long-term."
"In this way, there is no conflict between us and Nanyang Company, and it is beneficial to Nanyang Company. It can reduce a lot of constraints, but it will not be affected by Nanyang Company's capital."
"At home and abroad, as long as mining, smelting or infrastructure are profitable, we will invest. These investments may have a slightly longer return period, but the advantage is stability, not as risky as maritime trade."
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I have discovered several special minerals overseas with high yields, but the capital required is also huge. I can't say what it is and where it is. I can only use my personal experience. I don't have any credibility to make sure it's true. I think I still have some credibility."
"I invite everyone to come here today, mainly to talk about these things. In a word, cooperation wins, and competition loses. The truth has been explained clearly to everyone, and the prospect has also been explained to everyone. You have to think about how to choose. I will spread the news about this matter as soon as possible, and strive to raise more investment."
"On the one hand, it invests in high-yield overseas investment, and on the other hand, it can also invest in infrastructure such as roads, canals, and rail lines between the mining industries within the company."
"As you said, the scattered workshops do not have the desire and strength to invest in the construction of the canal, and the combined one will pay dividends according to the share capital, which becomes valuable and meaningful."
"Furthermore, Fujian County is very chaotic nowadays. While many people are getting rich, many people are also poorer than before and flood into the city. The construction of some canals, roads and the like can be regarded as your help to these people. This is comparable to your donation. It’s better to give some money to charity, and by the way, it’s better than these people being instigated and begged to return to the era of guild patriarchal clan, which is not good for everyone.”
"I also know that it will take time to think about it, but it's best to make a decision quickly. When everyone leaves, you can look at the investment directions, plans and earnings estimates of this newly established company. Some things that can be said now, and some things that cannot be said for the time being, will be discussed after the establishment. It can be regarded as a temptation for everyone to make a decision quickly.”
"In a word, the company is a company, not a wholly-owned party property. We will not go against the interests of shareholders to do things that you think are completely unprofitable, such as immigrating to the Great Deserted City, helping farmers cooperate, training rural teachers or simple rural doctors And so on, we will not use shares to do it, we will use our own earnings to do it. I know that this is what you are most worried about now, and we can absolutely guarantee this.”
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"If you can guarantee this, in fact, everyone is still willing to invest money. It's just that when you withdrew from Nanyang Company before, many people felt that the wind was not right, that you... er, that you had too many things to do. , money is not easy to earn. This is not good, that is unreasonable... Everyone is a little scared."
Chen Jian shook the plan in his hand and said: "Some bottom lines must be upheld now, and some bottom lines can be discussed in the future. The road has to be walked step by step. Of course, the less the bottom line, the easier it is to make money, but some money can also be obtained. The bottom line can be earned. We still support normal industry and commerce at this stage, including Nanyang Company, if it is not involved in the slave trade and the extraction of land rent, we will not withdraw its shares."
"One more thing, the slave trade and the extraction of land rents require the support of hired soldiers and sailors, which requires quite a lot of investment. We definitely did not set up this company to compete with the Nanyang Company for business. We mainly invested in mining, smelting, and building canals and roads. in such industries.”
Everyone also deeply agrees that these two ultra-high-profit industries need to invest a lot of capital.
Overseas investment requires strong force to protect, but it does not necessarily require the company to fight in person.
Chen Jian is also worried that another monster like Nanyang Company will be raised. With money and guns in his hands, no one will be able to control it.
Once this is done, the country will hire thousands of mercenaries, and they will definitely not be lenient when suppressing the hired workers.
In view of the need for these social capitals to gather together at this time to help Min county through this severe transition period, Chen Jian has already made a lot of concessions.
There is no way, there are too many things to do, Chen Jian is too anxious, and needs money everywhere, but he does not have the right to collect taxes and control, so he can only use the power of these people to plan as much as possible instead of develop disorderly.
Another one is that he is also worried about the excess capital in society and learned from Nanyang Company. Is it the monk who can't touch me?Learn the same thing and reach out to Asia. After all, it is different from Europe. European colonists need to occupy India before they can go deeper, and there is only a Pacific Ocean across here.
And he also needs these people to help organize and train a large number of low-level employees and technical backbones in the smelting and mining industries, so that the most needed talents can be trained with the least amount of money, and the main thing is to save time.
This matter cannot be settled so easily, Chen Jian asked everyone to think about it again, and in the next few days, he visited and invited some familiar people from other industries, especially a large number of people who were excluded from the Nanyang company system.
The general result of the discussion is still good. At this time, Chen Jian still has the previous means of making money as a basis. Many people in Fujian County and the coastal areas quite agree with his ability to make money, and understand that the combined capital at this time can easily crush some In industries with small capital, the rate of return on some major events will not be low, even higher than the return on normal lending, but the personal capital is too small compared to large-scale mining, road construction, canals and other things.
A few days later, a ship transporting tobacco and indigo from the Great Deserted City docked, and there were several high-level officials from the Great Wilderness who went ashore together. They didn't know that Chen Jian had returned, but the ship that had returned earlier informed them that Chen Jian was about to return. Back, so back with enough papers to discuss some things.
In the venue, the people who came back from the Great Deserted City reported the situation of the Great Deserted City. The most important thing is that the Great Deserted City has established a firm foothold and is ready to kill the upper echelon of the nearby slave state, and it is time to free the slaves and expand the labor force.
Another one, because the cycle of the first batch of contract workers has arrived, and they are no longer completely subordinate to the "immigration company" like in previous years.Land issues, ownership issues, systems, taxation and other issues must be discussed and decided, and the Great Deserted City can only have the right to make suggestions and not the final decision.
After making general inquiries, Chen Jian asked, "Is there enough food in Dahuang City now?"
"There is enough food. Since it was a labor system before, it can be forced to bypass the market and profits. The planting of tobacco and indigo, which make money, is kept within a certain range, and the rest of the land is still mainly food. It is shipped to Europe for sale, and the price is high. It can’t compete with the Dutch who brought it from the north. It’s even impossible to bring it back to the country, and the price of grain in the country is not high. Although Min County grows a lot of cotton, the grain in the north has always been a steady stream, so these grains are also backlogged.”
"What about the main income?"
"Paper money is still in circulation internally, and external trade is settled in silver. Our cotton cloth, indigo, tobacco, etc., are exchanged for silver. Now there is a lot of food, but it cannot be turned into money, and the money cannot be returned to Min County. Over there The silver mines are almost explored, and the organization also sent people to look at the silver mines in Spain. Mercury has also been secretly accumulated over the years, but there is still no silver mining, so Dahuangcheng is making money on the whole... But Grain cannot enter the market, so it is still a loss in terms of silver."
Several people exchanged views, looked at Chen Jian, and Chen Jian asked: "As far as the current grain production is concerned, if it is normal, how many immigrants can we accept at most every year? Regardless of the silver cost, we can only calculate whether we can maintain a normal life."
"About [-] is not a problem. It is not impossible to have more, such as forcing those hired workers who have completed their contracts to grow grain. But everyone has different opinions on this point."
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