Chapter 1769 Asking for something

Regarding the existence of the Hou Jin regime, Haihan's senior management has the same view, that is, its development must be vigorously curbed. The means required for this include but are not limited to military strikes. A complete blockade of it from the sea is also to achieve the goal.

Such a purpose. As for plundering local products through smuggling and trading, dividing Houjin's internal relations, and even buying off its important figures, Haihan's senior officials and the intelligence department had not considered it, but in the end they did not adopt this plan.

After Huang Taiji came to power, he began to appoint a large number of Han surrendered generals. The gun manufacturing technology brought to Liaodong by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others was also valued by Huang Taiji, and he began to equip it in batches in the Han military flag. Although these weapons were not used in Haihan

In the eyes, it is still relatively primitive and cannot immediately change the gap in combat power between the two armies. However, if the Houjin Army is equipped with firearms on a large scale, it will inevitably cause greater casualties to the Haihan Army during the battle, so the movements of the Houjin Army are still being ignored.

The military viewed it as a potential crisis.

What Haihan officials are worried about is that although it is possible to open an intelligence channel with Houjin through smuggling, it will also have the same effect on Houjin, giving this closed regime the opportunity to use this method.

Obtain information about the outside world, but this is a situation that Haihan does not want to happen. Haihan would rather give up the profits brought by the smuggling trade, and does not want this regime, which is far behind the times in civilization, to have more and more

Opportunities for contact with the outside world.

There is no need to conduct a special discussion as to whether the commercial interests of a small group of people are more important than the national interests of Haihan. The executive committee has already set the tone for Haihan. Even if these major shareholders of Qiong Lianfa are well-versed,

Even if Schneider can be invited to come forward, it still cannot change Haihan's official decision. Schneider has already used the term "national policy", which naturally means that there is no room for maneuver on this matter.

Zhan Gui sighed and said: "Mr. Shi, when you said that there was a lack of capital injection in Liaodong, everyone raised more than 300,000 yuan without saying a word and invested it in the name of Qiong Lianfa to build a port in Lushun to build a warehouse. First, the shipping

I put up a framework, and then I invested some money one after another. In total, there is always 500,000, right? The accounts of Qiong Lianfa are supervised by the Ministry of Commerce, and you must be very clear about the profit and loss. How much was invested last year?

, Needless to say, how much money is taken back, villain, it should be used to support national construction. But if there is no money to make in Liaodong, then everyone will have no motivation to throw money in it anymore!"

At that moment, several people echoed, saying that they had lost a lot, and if this continued, they would no longer be able to maintain business in Liaodong. After hearing this, Schneider sneered secretly in his heart. These businessmen had indeed raised funds to invest in local infrastructure in the early stage.

Facilities, but the long-term profits of these industries are very stable. Unless Haihan withdraws from Liaodong, it is absolutely impossible to lose money. It is not that there is no money to make as they claim, but it is not to the extent of huge profits.

Schneider has seen this kind of endless cry of suffering before, and of course he will not take the words of Zhan Gui and others seriously. He also understands that the purpose of the businessmen's expressions is to get the officials to give them some special care so that they can

Liaodong will have the opportunity to engage in some lucrative businesses.

"You don't have to go out of your way to complain in front of me. We have cooperated for so many years, and the government has never treated you badly?" Schneider tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said: "Golden State is full of waste, and there are many businesses that can be done.

There are many, so why should you bother with those businesses that are too risky?"

"Then please ask Mr. Shi to show you the way!" Zhan Gui responded quickly when he heard Schneider's tone seemed to relax.

Schneider smiled and said: "Everyone here is a veteran in the business world. Where do you need me to guide you? Lumberyards, quarries, shipyards, brick and tile kilns, carriage and horse shops... If there is demand, you can make money.

There are so many industries, Jinzhou now has a labor force of tens of thousands, and operating costs are low. Once you invest money, you can start things immediately, so you don’t have to worry about profits."

The industries Schneider mentioned, these old people would never have thought that if it were a colony closer to Hainan Island, they probably wouldn't be too picky and would have already invested in it. But Liaodong is too far away and they have to operate it.

These industries must dispatch management and technical personnel to the local area. The increased cost in this regard is likely to offset the lower operating expenses caused by the low price of local labor. However, the operating risks caused by the local environment are much higher than those in the south. With their

With a small calculation, it is natural that he is unwilling to take the initiative to initiate these transactions that are not too profitable.

Li Nai responded: "Mr. Shi, we all understand what you said, but you must also understand why we don't do it. We are all our own people, so don't go back and forth in circles! Mr. Shi wants to

If we really want us to operate some industries in Liaodong, we have to get some preferential policies. After all, we have to make money to do business in the long run."

Schneider nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but the discount I can give you is at most tax reduction and exemption for the first two years. If you want other conditions, then you must go to Jinzhou yourself.

Talk to the chief over there. Now Sha Xi is in charge there. He is the same Chief Sha who used to serve in the Guangdong Office and Hong Kong. He must be familiar to you. If he is willing to give more preferential terms,

Then there’s no problem with me.”

Schneider kicked the ball thousands of miles away to the Golden State. Even if these businessmen wanted to talk to him about the conditions, they had nothing to talk about at the moment. The conditions given by the Ministry of Commerce were tax exemptions for two years, saying

It’s not too much, it’s not too much, but to these businessmen, the business in Liaodong is like tasteless food, which means it’s a pity to abandon it.

If you really want to give up, businessmen from other places may take advantage of the discounts in the past two years and take over all the industries mentioned by Schneider. If Haihan continues to push the front northward in two years, he will occupy a larger area in Liaodong.

By then, it will be too late to invest more in the local area. There will be no pit left for southern businessmen like them. After all, they have witnessed the development of Haihan with their own eyes. Two years is enough for the situation in Liaodong to change.

Earth-shaking changes. If you don't follow up on this bet, the final result is likely to be that you lose the entire Liaodong market.

Schneider expressed his attitude, and everyone here was immediately excited. Some people still believed that it was not worthwhile to continue to invest in Liaodong when the returns were not ideal, and they were already thinking of giving up; while some people thought that since the operating costs in the previous two years were

If you can get a partial reduction, it is better than no discount at all. You should operate it for at least two years to see if there are any better prospects. If the situation in Golden State is still not alive after two years, then you can sell off the property to recover the investment.

You can probably still make a small profit, but if it doesn't work out, you won't lose too much.

However, these specific industries do not necessarily need to be invested in the name of Qiong Lianfa. As Schneider said, since it is our old acquaintance Sha Xi who is in charge of Jinzhou, then the corresponding investment conditions can be completely met.

Go there to discuss with Sha Xi alone without exposing your business intentions here. To put it bluntly, although everyone present is a shareholder of Qiong Lianfa, except for a few large-scale industries invested and developed in the name of Qiong Lianfa,

There will still be competition in the industries that each of us operates.

Schneider talked about this with Qiong Lianfa's shareholders, and took the initiative to say goodbye and leave. In addition to Qiong Lianfa's group of people to deal with, he also had to meet up with Tao Donglai and Annan and Fujian, the two hardcore clubs.

Allies discuss trade arrangements for this year.

Haihan has already signed various covenants with quite a few people, but among them, those with the most iron-clad interests tied to Haihan are still the Annan Zheng family and the Fujian Xu family, and even Qiong Lianfa.

This kind of trade organization also has shares of the two of them. And Haihan's main foreign trade cooperation partners are naturally indispensable institutions such as merchant houses and shipping companies under these two names. Military cooperation, including arms trade, the first two

The date has been basically finalized, and now we need to seize the time to confirm the commercial cooperation projects.

After some efforts to persuade the businessmen to stay, they sent Schneider out together. The place where they met was the house of Zhan Gui, a merchant from the sea. Although there were only four entrances, the area of ​​each entrance was two or three times the size of an ordinary courtyard. It was already in the local area.

It can be regarded as a first-class mansion. An acre of land has been specially designated for the gate, all paved with flat marble slabs, for guests who usually come to the door to park their cars and horses. In Sanya, where land is already very expensive, it can be called a wealthy place.

Lifted.

Nowadays, box carriages are no longer a rarity in Sanya. Almost every family of the wealthy businessmen present has at least one. After buying it, many people asked skilled craftsmen to modify it and add a lot of shiny gold to the carriage.

The decorative objects are all eye-catching when they parade through the market. The carriages parked outside the Zhan Mansion are all made by Haihan, and they look very much like a carriage and horse racing shop.

The special car Schneider was riding in had no other decorations except a small national flag on the front of the car, and it didn't stand out in the middle of the row. But even from a distance, you could still recognize the car at a glance.

It is unique because there are several armed guards with short guns on their waists standing around it to prevent anyone from approaching the car.

Before Schneider got in the car, he turned back and said: "Everyone, there are very frequent exchanges of people and goods between North Korea and Jinzhou. Maybe you can think about how to include North Korea into your trade system.

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At this time, Schneider did not know that the North Korean envoy Li Xi had already taken the initiative to propose a garrison to the military. Otherwise, he could have more firmly announced to the businessmen the close relationship between Haihan and North Korea to attract them to Liaodong.

invest.

From the geographical location of Seoul, the voyage to Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula is much closer than to Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and most of the Shandong Peninsula still belongs to the Ming Dynasty. If North Korean merchants go to Zhifu Island to trade with Haihan, they will be

If the Ming Dynasty finds out, there will inevitably be a lot of diplomatic troubles, so their preferred trading location is Port Arthur in the Liaodong Peninsula. Schneider hinted to these businessmen that if they think Jinzhou is too small to allow them to fully display their fists, there is also North Korea.

This larger potential market can be developed.

Sure enough, after someone heard these words, their expressions changed slightly. It was already last year that North Korea and Haihan established diplomatic relations, but before Li Xi came to Sanya this time, the shareholders of Qiong Lianfa were basically still there.

There was no opportunity to deal with the North Koreans. Moreover, Li Xi has been attending various diplomatic activities in Sanya these days. For the time being, no one has thought of tricking this envoy from North Korea.

But when Schneider mentioned this, some people remembered that there was such a problem, and they immediately decided to make careful calculations. Should they find an opportunity to visit the North Korean envoy later to learn about North Korea's valuable products?

What are the needs that allow one to profit from it? Although North Korea is thousands of miles away, as long as there are enough profits, the distance is not a problem at all.

When Schneider got into the car and left, he saw that everyone was still bowing to greet each other and had done enough etiquette. He felt quite proud at the moment. Over the years, businessmen from all over the world have regarded him as the God of Wealth. It is said that some people even specially enshrined him.

The statue has already begun to receive incense and worship at a young age. Although Schneider is essentially an atheist, if others regard him as a god, then he does not mind enjoying this kind of reverence.

Schneider raised his hand and looked at the time. The dinner should have been over for a while. The place agreed with Annan and Fujian was not far from here. I just hoped that they didn't wait too impatiently.

However, when he arrived at the place, he found that Tao Donglai had not come yet. He asked Zheng Zao and Xu Yuzhuo who were already there, and found out that at the end of the dinner, several senior officials from Haihan said they wanted to discuss matters and left first.

We had a meeting because of something.

Since Tao Donglai hadn't arrived yet, Schneider didn't want to make the decision without authorization, so he chatted with them about irrelevant topics first. Zheng Zao took the initiative to mention the discussion with the North Korean envoys about opening a sea trade channel the day before yesterday, and wanted to hear what Schneider wanted to know.

What are your thoughts on this?

Schneider praised: "Young prince, you can negotiate such a big matter with the North Koreans without making a sound! In my opinion, this is of course a good thing and is good for both of you. But North Korea's shipping industry is not

It is too developed, and Annan will probably have to organize a fleet to maintain this trade route."

Zheng Zhu nodded and replied: "I think so too. General Xu has also expressed interest in participating. At that time, each of our two families will send half of the ships to form a mixed fleet and go directly to the capital of North Korea for trade.

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Schneider thought to himself that I had just given an idea to those businessmen, and now I have encountered a competitor. Now let’s see who can put it into practice faster.
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