"Aye, I heard that the Cheng family and the Fang family have arranged people to go to Puluozhong these days, preparing to buy land and plant rubber there. I think we should also arrange people to go to Puluozhong for a look?"

In Changsun’s mansion, Changsun Wuji had just returned home, and Changsun rushed over to discuss the matter.

Now, Changsun Wuji has slowly handed over the family matters to Changsun to deal with.

Changsun Chong, who is very smart, handles things in an orderly manner.

"The Cheng family and the Fang family focus on the sugarcane gardens in Lingnan Road. Do they still have so much energy to plant rubber trees in Puluo?"

Changsun’s family also grows sugarcane in Lingnan Road, so they also have some understanding of the local sugarcane planting situation.

Obviously, Chengjia and Fangjia are the largest sugarcane growers in Lingnan Road.

With the current agricultural level of the Tang Dynasty, there are not many mechanical equipment to use for planting, and it is entirely up to people to handle it.

Developing new plantations means more manpower is needed.

Whether it is manpower preparation or labor costs, they are actually rising rapidly.

"At the beginning, I had some questions. Although the Datang Daily reported that someone was planting rubber trees in Nanyang very early, I heard that the scale of the planting was still relatively limited.

But now looking at the housing prices and the appearance of the Cheng family, it seems that they are preparing to make a big move into rubber planting.

Just this afternoon, in the contract trading shop of the Datang Trading Center, the price of the rubber contract has exceeded 200 Tangyuan per kilogram.

This price is really crazy, which means that an ordinary citizen in Chang'an City can only buy one pound of rubber after working hard for a month.

According to the "Story of the Sea Travel" written by Wen Daming before, the rubber is actually just a rubber tree that is harvested from a rubber tree. A rubber tree can harvest almost one or two kilograms of rubber in a day, which is almost a huge profit.

It’s not that South America is too far from the Tang Dynasty, so everyone is probably going to harvest rubber.”

Changsun Chonghui proposed to him that he went to Nanyang to develop rubber planting, which obviously had some considerations.

The more he investigated the rubber situation, the more Changsun Chong felt that the industry seemed to be full of opportunities.

Especially now, the demand for rubber is very strong.

Once all the bicycle and carriage wheels are made of rubber in the future, this demand is definitely an astronomical figure.

"What are the actions of the Chu Prince's Mansion?"

In the entire Chang'an City, what Changsun Wuji feared the most was the King of Chu Mansion.

Especially he vaguely guessed that Li Kuan might have known what happened back then.

So in the past year, Changsun Wuji has been very alert and has easily avoided the possibility of catching a handle.

Even every time he travels, he adds more than a dozen very skilled guards.

It is to avoid capsizing in the gutter.

"Aye, that rubber wheel was started using the bicycle that Li Kuan gave on the birthday of the Yongping County Lord.

Li Kuan's attitude towards the rise in rubber prices is also a bit incomprehensible. Logically speaking, the workshops in the King of Chu Mansion are large rubber users.

In Chang'an City, 90% of the rubber was used up by them. The price of rubber was rising, so they definitely didn't want to see it the least.

However, I didn't see Li Kuan's move to suppress the price of rubber."

Changsun Chong found that he was now facing the Chu Palace, and he felt more and more powerless.

"The current rubber is only one source in South America, and I heard that there are many rubber forests there. As long as the fleet goes over to pick it, a ship of rubber can be harvested soon.

Although the benefits of harvesting rubber are not that high compared to gold mine discovery, they are definitely not low.

With the continuous rise in rubber prices, more and more adventure ships will go to Nanyang to harvest rubber, which should be what Li Kuan wants to see the most.

That America is too far from the Tang Dynasty. Even if the benefits of adventure are worth looking forward to, there are not many people willing to take risks.

But if the value of this adventure is magnified, then more people are willing to take a trip to South America."

Changsun Wuji now has a good understanding of Li Kuan.

This situation that Changsun Chong thought was a bit incomprehensible, but he was able to find his own understanding.

Although this understanding may not be completely correct, at least from the perspective of the Chu Prince's Mansion, it is logically the past.

"What should we do? Should we arrange a fleet to go to South America to harvest rubber, or arrange for people to go to Nanyang to buy land and plant rubber trees?"

"Get both hands together, don't leave both. No one knows which method is the best. Although we have conflicts with the King of Chu's Mansion, we have no conflicts with money."

The Changsun family is not short of a team of people exploring, so they simply place bets on both sides.

Anyway, no matter which path is suitable in the end, the Changsun family will not lose.

This practice is very similar to the two bets of many aristocratic families during the Three Kingdoms period.

Zhuge Liang played for Shu himself, but his brother played for Dongwu.

Other families such as the Xun family and the Sima family also bet on both ends.

Even three-side bets, no matter who the final winner is, these families can be passed on smoothly.

...

The establishment of the Michelin rubber workshop has brought a lot of impact to the students of various colleges of Guanshishan Academy.

As long as you work hard to study new things, you will have the opportunity to gain strong support from the academy and set up a workshop named after you.

This meaning is more exciting for many students than rewarding money.

"Minister Xu, what do you mean is that the academy can take out a sum of funds to fund students to open their own workshops?"

Liu Jie stood in front of Xu Jingzong, his face full of surprise.

He had never thought about encouraging students from the academy to open workshops before.

He even objected a little.

"That's right, His Highness the King of Chu said that the emergence of the steam engine means the arrival of the industrial era.

In such a new era, all kinds of things are changing very quickly.

Various workshops will surely sprout like mushrooms after a rain, and the owners of these workshops will eventually have an increasing influence in the Tang Dynasty society.

It is actually a very meaningful thing to take advantage of our academy’s own advantages and encourage more students to set up their own workshops."

Xu Jingzong was very good at guessing people's hearts.

Although Li Kuan never said that he should encourage students to start their own businesses, Xu Jingzong could already guess that doing so was in line with Li Kuan's idea.

"If this happens, will the students' studies be delayed?"

"We look at Shishan Academy and Imperial College. Not all students go for the imperial examination. It is not without threshold to provide special funds to support students in opening workshops.

Not everyone has the opportunity to receive this support, and then you can invite the business school teachers to check it out."

Liu Jie was more acceptable to Xu Jingzong's words.

"Then I'll plan first, and I'll report on the progress to you in a few days."
Chapter completed!