In July 1866, the protracted American Civil War finally ended.

There was no winner at the end of this civil war. The war caused more than 1.15 million American soldiers to die, 600,000 were disabled, and an unknown number of civilians were also affected.

Although the war began with "slavery", when the war ended, slavery in the southern United States did not end.

Not only was it not over, but Washington even had to recognize the independence of the South, although President McClellan tried to end the war by deliberating, and even to calm the war, he said he could give up the liberation of slaves.

However, because of the extreme distrust of the North, the South unswervingly chose independence, which is why the negotiations were so long and even fought several times last year.

But in the end, the people of the north were tired of war and gave up in the face of the centrifugal and determined South!

The United States is split!

Before the National Day of the United States, the two sides signed a treaty, and according to the so-called peace treaty, the United States split into two countries. All this seems natural. After all, after more than one million people died, it is impossible for both sides to come together again.

Split was destined from the day of negotiations.

What does the division in the United States mean?

Zhu Xianhai is not clear yet, but what is certain is that Nanhua's "profit-profit era" ended with the signing of this treaty.

"Oh, the good days are over..."

In this sigh, he left Nanhua and went to the newly built farm in the Beihe area to inspect. After all, the export of agricultural products such as flour and beef is also an engine to promote the economic development of Nanhua, and it cannot be ignored.

Especially at the moment when the American Civil War is over and South China needs to undergo economic transformation, and it needs to pay more attention to future agricultural development.

Although Zhu Xianhai planned to allocate land to immigrants when he first came to Nanhua, during the implementation process, based on various considerations such as profits, he finally chose a large-scale farm, turning immigrants into farm workers, and rewarded them based on the technical content of their work or the size of their labor contributions.

What are the benefits of large-scale operation of a farm?

Of course, it is to maximize profits, and companies can adjust their crops and livestock breeding based on market demand. For example, in the past few years, the company has been favoring cotton cultivation. That is because the American Civil War caused the profits of cotton cultivation. Of course, it was necessary to grow cotton on a large scale at that time.

However, after the civil war, the global "cotton planting fever" bubble would immediately burst. So as early as last year, when the United States and the South began negotiations, the company had large-scale reductions in cotton planting.

"Although the peace talks between the north and the south of the United States have not yet reached a result at the beginning of the year, cotton exports in the south have resumed. From the beginning of the year to now, cotton prices have fallen by more than 60% compared with last year. Fortunately, the company cut cotton planting on a large scale last year. Although the profits of the farm have dropped a lot, the basic profit can still be guaranteed..."

At the farm of Xinlinyi Farm, listening to the explanation of farm manager Li Xudong, Zhu Xianhai just nodded slightly. After Lincoln's campaign failed, he deliberately adjusted Nanhua's cotton planting, which was to avoid economic bankruptcy. In the global "cotton planting boom" triggered by the American Civil War, the most obvious example is Egypt - it adjusted its excessive economic focus to the "profitable" cotton planting industry, which made the overall economic situation of the country have shown a serious deformity; and with the gradual decline of global cotton prices, bankruptcy is inevitable.

The "cotton planting fever" bubble even affected China. Historically, many farmers suffered heavy losses when the cotton planting bubble burst due to large amounts of cotton. What is the biggest benefit of Nanhua's farm system? It is that the company can directly grasp the types of agricultural products, which has allowed Nanhua's farms to withdraw from this "bubble" and turn to emerging industries.

"Lord, thanks to you who opposed the opposition at the beginning, otherwise this year's cotton drop would have put us in!"

Liu Baoyuan said with a smile.

"I heard that this year's cotton price is probably not enough, and I don't know how many people are going to lose money."

What does their losses have to do with Nanhua?

Nothing to do with it!

Even if farmers go bankrupt in China, it will be a good thing for Nanhua - if they don’t go bankrupt, how could they immigrate?

OK, Nanhua won!

"Isn't even enough?"

Zhu Xianhai smiled.

"If that's the case, we can take the opportunity to buy the bottom. After all, production also requires raw materials. And for agricultural products, the loss this year, the cotton planting area will definitely be much smaller next year. It is estimated that it will rise again next year. As soon as it falls and rises, the profit will be extremely considerable."

Taking advantage of the low price to buy cotton at the bottom and wait for the high price to sell it, it will be a big deal for a business to make two waves. Of course, this is also because of sufficient capital. If it were an ordinary person, it would definitely not be able to do this business, but it would be different if it was a company.

"Oh, it's a pity that such a business can only be done once!"

Looking at Liu Baoyuan's pity, Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"The huge profits brought by the war will inevitably end because of the end of the war. The loss of huge profits is no big deal!"

When Zhu Xianhai said this, his heart also felt ache!

But as soon as he thinks that the end of huge profits, he will feel sore. How can he not feel sore? The good days of Americans killing each other are over... Alas, why are the Yankees so careless?

"At present, the era of cotton has ended, and the focus in the future is on the export of beef cattle."

After adjusting his mood, Zhu Xianhai said:

"The urbanization in Europe has led to their increasing demand for meat, but Europe does not have so much land to raise cattle, but we are different here. We have the best pastures in the world, and we have begun to export fresh frozen meat to Europe, with very considerable profits. In the next few decades, this business will definitely bring us extremely generous returns!"

In 1864, two years ago, Dahua General Machinery Company tried to use mechanical refrigeration and used ammonia as a refrigerant on the ship for the first time. It was successful. The Norfox transported 1,200 tons of frozen beef from South China to the port of Le Havre in France, and since then it pioneered the export of South China beef to Europe.

In the past two years, Nanhua's export of beef and mutton has promoted the industrial development of Nanhua. After the Industrial Revolution, Britain, France and other European countries had rapid economic development, urban population increased sharply, and there was a huge demand for meat. However, the insufficient number of cattle and sheep in Europe led to a shortage of meat. At this time, Nanhua and Argentina stimulated the sheep farming industry due to a large amount of wool exports, but the excess beef and mutton could not be dealt with. Nanhua sent the excess cheap frozen meat to the distant Europe through frozen ships, thus obtaining extremely generous profits.

Historically, Argentina relied on exporting beef to become an existence close to developed countries. Of course, they were finally defeated back to their original form. But one thing is certain that in the next few decades, the demand for beef in the European market is absolutely unprecedented.

Nanhua can completely add a new engine to agricultural development by developing beef cattle breeding-centered animal husbandry. Now it is time to further expand beef export trade.

The fundamental reason for the development of agriculture is exchanged for the funds and machines needed for economic development through the export of agricultural products, including beef.

However, in my heart, Zhu Xianhai still felt a little bit a pity. After all, chemicals and pharmaceuticals are not advanced enough. Otherwise, it would be good to let Europeans enjoy the "gifts of modern breeding" such as hormone meat a hundred years in advance.

Unfortunately, the chemical industry is not developed enough. It is impossible to achieve it with only theory. It is definitely a torture for individuals. However, you can also target the point of view. You can first produce drugs such as clenbuterol and then create a modern, large-scale industrial breeding.

By then, it would be impossible not to get rich. Of course, such meat could only be sold to Europe, allowing Europeans to enjoy what the gift of modern science is.

In fact, since I traveled to this era, Europeans have been quite happy. For example, canned food. After Zhu Xianhai's efforts, lunch meat has been released in this world in advance. The prosperous lunch meat is not only made of pork shoulder meat, but also many pieces of lymph, including lymph, and those things are mixed in lunch meat that cannot be distinguished.

Of course, its price is absolutely cheap, and it is exclusive to the exported lunch meat. If it weren't for the charm of modern science, how could Europeans eat such cheap canned meat?

This kind of blessing is definitely a science blessing!

"Lord, it takes a lot of frozen boats to transport frozen meat to Europe. We shouldn't have that many frozen boats now!"

Li Xudong frowned. What is the biggest problem in transporting frozen meat to Europe? It must be a frozen ship. There are not so many frozen ships, and even if there is meat, it cannot be transported out. Why can Nanhua monopolize meat exports to Europe? To put it bluntly, it is because Nanhua monopolizes frozen ships.

"It turns out it's just a ship, there's no problem with this,"

Zhu Xianhai smiled.

"We have many idle ships, and those ships are high-speed fast ships with a speed of more than 18 knots. If we transport frozen meat, their speed advantage is more obvious. They can be transformed into frozen boats in the shipyard to transport frozen meat specifically to Europe."

Now that the Civil War is over, those "ghost ships" are useless. I used to have a headache about what those ships are used for. I can't be idle, now I can just invest in commercial routes...
Chapter completed!