The weather begins to turn cold, with cold currents coming from the north, and the temperature often drops to zero degrees.
The impact of the Little Glacier climate in the late Ming Dynasty became more and more obvious, and people had to wear more thick clothes, burn kangs, and strengthen measures to keep warm.
Xu Yuan went back to modern society and had to deal with some matters. He would probably stay there for a week.
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Modern world, Taizhou, Shengshi Haoting villa area.
The time is November 8, 2024, which is also the beginning of winter.
But the temperature is a very comfortable 15°C, and you only need to wear two pieces of clothing. The greenhouse effect in the modern world is becoming more and more obvious.
However, Xu Yuan felt that compared to the small glacier climate in the late Ming Dynasty, he would rather choose the greenhouse effect. There are advantages and disadvantages to rising temperatures, but the temperature is too low, which almost only has disadvantages but no benefits, and is very detrimental to the development of farming.
Historically, whenever temperatures were high, Chinese civilization was mostly in its prime. During periods when temperatures were low, it was a scene of doomsday. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about rising temperatures. This represents the fate of the country.
When Xu Yuan came back this time, he discovered a very serious problem: he was about to run out of money.
It's not that there was no money in the late Ming Dynasty, but that in modern society, his bank card balance was about to bottom out, almost falling below six figures, with only a few hundred thousand left.
It turned out that more than 2 billion in cash was almost all spent.
That is to say, in just five months, an average of 300 to 400 million yuan was spent per month, and an average of more than 10 million yuan was spent every day.
By the way, what is going on? Why did Xu Yuan spend so much money all of a sudden? Where is the expenditure so high?
It even exceeded his own expectations.
But after carefully studying and analyzing the bill, Xu Yuan found that there was no problem, and it did cost so much money.
Because in the late Ming Dynasty, the number of collective estates increased from one to eleven, and the population under their control increased from more than 10,000 to 150,000.
As a result, material consumption has increased tenfold, and high initial construction investment has been required.
For example, the number of plowing and seeding machines used for spring plowing has been increased from 30 to 300, with the price of each machine being 700,000.
The number of water pumps has been increased to 100, each costing 2,000 yuan.
The number of excavators has been increased to 150, each requiring 450,000 yuan.
In order to drive these machines, more than 8,000 tons of diesel were purchased in multiple batches, with a price of more than 6,000 yuan per ton.
We bought more than 100,000 square meters of photovoltaic power generation panels, and together with batteries, wires, and transformer equipment, we spent another 150 million yuan.
Taking into account the lack of sunlight in winter but the abundant wind, Xu Yuan also plans to purchase 110 30kw small wind turbines. Each unit costs about 300,000 yuan, and the money will be spent soon.
There are also various machine tools, motors, tools, necessary parts, raw materials, consumables, etc. needed to build the workshop.
Printed textbooks used by more than 30,000 primary school students.
Improved seeds, chemical fertilizers, agriculture in the agricultural field.
High-breed cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and goose seedlings used in animal husbandry.
There are also a variety of medicines and medical supplies.
Many farmers use rechargeable energy-saving lamps, power banks, plastic cups, plastic buckets, toothbrushes and other daily necessities in their homes.
The supplies that need to be purchased and supplemented from modern times cover all aspects of daily life, almost everything, and the number of types is tens of thousands.
In the past, when there was only one collective estate called Xujiazhuang, Xu Yuan's wallet could still afford it, and he only spent a few million per month.
Nowadays, the number of collective estates has increased to 11, with a population of 150,000, and a labor force of 70,000 to 80,000. Xu Yuan has to place orders for hundreds of thousands of sets of labor insurance clothing and shoes alone, and the consumption of various materials has increased by an order of magnitude.
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Not only did it allow Xu Yuan to increase the number of times he traveled back and forth.
The daily capital consumption of 300 to 400 million per month also made Xu Yuan realize that maintaining a simple version of the modern life system in ancient society, covering only a few hundred thousand people, was extremely costly.
matter.
Even making ends meet.
Because in the past few months, in the late Ming Dynasty, the amount of gold Xu Yuan could obtain per month was still declining, down to the equivalent of 1 ton of high-purity gold per month. The rest was replaced by silver, jade, jade, and even copper plates.
——It can be seen that the amount of gold in ancient times was quite scarce. The total gold reserves of the entire Ming Dynasty were not even 3,000 tons.
In modern society, due to the improvement of the economic situation, the price of gold has dropped again, and the recycling price is only about 350 yuan/gram.
Multiplied by the volume of 1 ton per month, that is to say, Xu Yuan's monthly income from selling gold has dropped to 350 million RMB.
Therefore, as long as the expenses there in the late Ming Dynasty were a little higher, Xu Yuan might not be able to make ends meet.
And the number of his collective estates represented by Xujiazhuang will definitely increase explosively in the future, from 11 to 110, 1,100, or even 11,000!
What will happen when there are too many collective estates?
If we want to live a simple version of modern life similar to Xujiazhuang, how much supplies does Xu Yuan need to purchase from Hyundai, and how much does it cost each month?
Anyway, just one ton of gold is definitely not enough.
Or the collective farms behind, based on the simplified version of modern life in Xujiazhuang, drastically reduce the equipment, all diesel-burning machines are no longer needed, all are electric, and in addition, the degree of local industrialization is improved to achieve self-sufficiency as much as possible
, but this puts forward high requirements for talent support. Compulsory education from primary school must be improved to the middle school level. Only talents who have mastered mathematics, physics and chemistry in middle and high school can develop higher-end industrialization.
There are so many things to think about, and there are so many problems that need to be solved.
"Forget it, take it step by step and take your time. The top priority is to restore the amount of funds on the bank card and add another 1 billion. No, it's not enough! You have to add at least 3 billion, otherwise you won't be able to hold on for a few months.
The money has been spent again.”
With today's gold recycling price at 350 million per ton, Xu Yuan would have to sell nearly nine tons of gold to earn 3 billion.
Does he have so much gold in his hands?
In the underground vault of the villa, Xu Yuan counted all the gold in the metal safe. After statistics, the total weight was: 31.725 tons.
"The price of gold is still falling recently and is in a long-term depreciation trend. It is better to sell more and sell ten tons at once!"
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The next morning.
Urban area, Xiangyun Road, Tianfeng Jewelry Gold and Silver Building.
Xu Yuan got out of the car, took out his mobile phone and made a call. After a while, Song Jiayun, who was wearing high heels and a business suit, came to Xu Yuan at a fast pace.
Her slender legs are round and straight wrapped in black silk. Her slender waist can be grasped and tied with a thin silver belt. Above that is her rather proud bodice and her jade neck tied with a silk scarf.
The pretty face of Peach Blossom, although the delicate commercial smile gives people a bit of an industrial feel, but overall, she is a great beauty.
Nine points.
Xu Yuan, who likes to appreciate beautiful women from bottom to top, secretly gave her a high score.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Xu. You went overseas to pan for gold again? How much gold did you bring back this time?" Song Jiayun asked with a smile as she came closer.
"The quantity this time is a bit large. I doubt your Tianfeng Jewelry can be eaten."
Xu Yuan shook his head, looked at her and said, "That's why I didn't bring gold this time. I wanted to confirm your strength first."
"You can eat any amount! Brother Xu, you underestimate me. I am also very powerful!"
Song Jiayun said angrily, putting her hands on her hips and straightening her high chest.
Xu Yuan took a step forward, leaned into her ear, and said in a deep voice: "Ten tons, can you eat it?"
Ten tons?
Song Jiayun's beautiful eyes suddenly shrank, her pink lips slightly opened, and she was immediately stunned.