This doesn't even require intelligence officers to collect information. You only need to look at the price of rubber on the London Stock Exchange. Almost overnight, the price of rubber on the London Stock Exchange rose from 6 shillings per pound to 10 shillings.
shilling. Then it quickly jumped to 12 shillings!
The price of a ton of rubber has exceeded £1,000!
"Rubber, rubber, the whole world is desperately buying rubber!"
Newspapers in London are full of news about the skyrocketing price of rubber. Of course, investing in the rubber business has also become the hottest topic.
Rubber has many uses!
It can be used to make raincoats, airships, shoe soles and other products. Of course, its biggest use is to make tires, carriages, cars, and bicycles. In short, it has a wide range of uses.
In 1870, the value of British rubber imports was only 35,000 pounds, and it increased to 2.47 million pounds in 1875. Market demand stimulated the development of the rubber industry, although as early as 1874, 22 strains were cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens in London.
Rubber saplings were sent to Singapore, but it takes time for the rubber trees to mature.
Before this, the UK could only import rubber from Brazil.
The war between Ming Dynasty and Brazil will naturally affect Brazil's rubber supply, which is also the reason for the skyrocketing rubber prices.
Outside of Brazil, there is another supplier - Daming.
The Ming Dynasty Congo Colony has been famous for its rubber production since the day it was established. After all, there are also a large number of wild rubber trees in the Congo River Basin. It was the export of rubber that laid the early economic foundation of this colony.
However, although rubber laid the economic foundation here, the pillar industry of the Congolese colony is now palm oil. After palm oil is initially processed in factories and workshops in Madita and other places, part of it is sent to the country for industrial production, and part of it is sent to the country for industrial production.
It is exported to European and American countries.
For this reason, investing in palm plantations has always been the most popular business in the Congolese colonies.
"Master, from now on, this will be your garden!"
Under the corridor of the bamboo house, Zuo Teng stood behind the owner and pointed at the garden.
"That's right,"
Ding Dashuan was quite proud to point to this plantation covering an area of 2,000 acres. After more than two years of renovation, not only has it been planted with oil palms, but half of them have begun to mature and bear fruit. Thanks to the plantation under construction
The batch of 3-year-old oil palm saplings transplanted from Boss Chen’s garden.
"Our garden will be able to produce oil this year. In another two years, the thousand acres of oil palm will almost produce oil..."
Three years ago, when he first came to this place, he only dreamed of owning his own plantation one day, and now his dream has finally come true.
After graduating from Chen Erqiang's plantation two years ago, like all immigrants, he received 1,500 acres of wasteland. After buying tools with a bank loan, he hired hundreds of local laborers to cut trees, burn wasteland, and use
It took two full years to turn that rainforest into the current plantation.
With this plantation, good days are just around the corner!
"Sir, why is our garden only half planted with oil palm?"
Xia Yuhe, who was wearing a maid outfit, looked at the bare land on the other side with confusion. There were dozens of gardeners busy there between the ridges.
"rubber!"
Ding Dashuan spit out two words directly.
"Rubber is the most profitable business. Mr. Chen once said that the cost of a pound of rubber is only 31 cents, but the selling price is as high as one yuan. Even including transportation costs, it is twice the profit."
As soon as Zuo Teng finished speaking, Ding Dashuan said.
"That's in the past. I heard someone say in the club yesterday that the price has now doubled, two yuan a pound! One acre of rubber forest can produce at least 70 kilograms of rubber. Do you calculate the thousand acres of rubber forest?
, how much more can you earn just because of the price increase..."
Seventy thousand yuan!
This is just the profit from the price increase!
"Ah, isn't that going to make a fortune? That's tens of thousands of dollars!"
As the housekeeper, Xia Yuhe asked with some confusion.
"Sir, since growing rubber is so profitable, why don't we grow more?"
"Butler, everything in the world is so easy. This rubber tree will take several years to mature, and our garden will take almost five years."
Zuo Teng said somewhat helplessly.
"Sir, I heard that our rubber planting area is now almost 1.75 million acres, of which almost 1.5 million acres were planted in the past three years. The rubber trees in these gardens will be mature and ready for tapping in six years at the latest.
, when so much rubber is on the market, the price will definitely not be as high as it is now."
Zuo Teng's words made Ding Dashuan nodded with deep approval.
"So, we have only planted one thousand acres of rubber. But with these one thousand acres of rubber trees, we can get another loan from the bank. With this money, our garden can be expanded several times, and then
No matter how much the garden is mortgaged or expanded, the money will naturally come out..."
Listening to the old man talking about this "money rolling money" business experience, Zuo Teng didn't say anything. In the Congo, this method is the most common method. As long as you are a Ming Dynasty person, you can work hard for a few years.
, you can own a plantation of tens of thousands acres.
Of course, this is only limited to people from the Ming Dynasty - the identity of a person from the Ming Dynasty is worth tens of thousands of gold!
For people like Zuo Teng, this is something that cannot be envied. Even if Japan has been merged into the Ming Dynasty, it is still not a real Ming Dynasty person. However, Zuo Teng will never be dissatisfied. When he was in Japan, he
No, this is just an ordinary person, but what about now? He is the chief foreman of the plantation, a close confidant of the master.
In the colony, everyone has their own position. The Ming people are the superiors, while the Japanese supervisors are the "foremans". Although their status is not as good as that of the Ming people, they are second only to the Ming people, and they are naturalized.
After naturalization, you are also a naturalized citizen! You can also buy land and build plantations.
Of course, in Zuo Teng's view, even as a naturalized citizen, he should be attached to the family head. It would be extremely shameful to betray the family head. Therefore, in Zuo Teng's view, this plantation is his home, not only his
, will also be his son's home.
As for Ding Dashuan in front of him, he is his master. He has already considered that after he is naturalized, he will change his surname to Ding, just like the housekeeper Xia Yuhe. His father was a white prisoner. The reason why he changed his surname to Xia was because he originally
The working planter's surname was Xia.
In the colonies, it was very common to take the surname of the owner as the surname. Even if the indigenous workers were envious, they would not be envious. After all, changing a Chinese surname is a gift in itself! Not everyone can change it.
of.
"If we wait two more years, our surname will be Ding..."
While he was thinking about this in his mind, his eyes involuntarily glanced at the housekeeper's slightly swollen belly. That was the master's child - the second child.
Looking at her milk-and-coffee complexion, Zuo Teng sighed inwardly.
She is really a woman who doesn't know her status, that is, a woman who relies on her beauty to seduce her master.
However, if his daughter can win the favor of her master in the future, that will be her true blessing!
Thinking in his heart, Zuo Teng cast his eyes on Hanako, who was not far away and was wearing a maid uniform. Her dark skin had a charming luster in the sun, while the daughter beside Hanako had a completely different skin color than him. He looked at his daughter who was only three years old.
, Zuo Teng’s face was filled with a proud smile.
My daughter, you have to grow up quickly. It would be the best thing for you to marry someone from Ming Dynasty when you grow up.
After all, he knew that this possibility was slim. After all, his daughter's status was there. Even if she grew up and had the chance to marry someone from the Ming Dynasty, she would just be a concubine.
However, being able to become the concubine of the Ming Dynasty is also a gratifying thing!