Chapter 119 Yang Shiqi’s advice
Yang Shiqi thought about it and felt that Xie Lun's future was limited.
The most important problem is that Xie Lun's hands and feet are not clean.
Yes, Yang Shiqi actually felt that Xie Lun might have been involved in the Liaodong case. As for how much involvement he had, he didn’t know. After all, the Jie family has been a family of officials since the Southern Song Dynasty. The experience of the Jie family as officials is much better than those of craftsmen. . Even if something happened, it would not be easily caught, not to mention that He Xi himself had not thought of a thorough investigation.
But the lack of a thorough investigation does not mean that we do not know who is suspected and who is not.
Xie Lun had a good younger brother, and Xie Jin was working for He Xi in Nanjing. Under such circumstances.
How could He Xi touch Xie Lun? Not even a little change. But this does not mean that there will be no restrictions in the future.
The gifts given by fate have been secretly marked with a price, but it's just not time to pay the bill yet.
What's more important is not that Xie Lun pays the price for what he did before. What's more important is that Xie Lun had a criminal record before. What will happen in the future? You know, the money He Xi handles will only increase, not decrease.
If he commits another crime, it will not be so easy for him to pass the test.
And Yang Shiqi also thought of the benefits of Xie Lun to him.
Yang Shiqi worked under He Xi and deeply understood one thing. Money, as a tool, is very useful. Yang Shiqi also wants to add this kind of tool reserve to his hands.
Don't get me wrong, Yang Shiqi is not trying to embezzle. After all, using money as a tool and owning money are two different concepts.
Yang Shiqi does not want to make money directly, but indirectly controls some money for his own use, such as Xie Lun in front of him. Based on his relationship with Xie Lun, as a classmate and colleague, it is not impossible for Xie Lun to help him with something in the future.
Yang Shiqi said: "What are you going to do?"
Xie Lun said: "Didn't I ask Brother Yang for help? I only raised more than three thousand taels of silver. But these three thousand taels of silver can only sell a few pieces of land at most, and can't do anything. No, I I would like to ask Brother Yang to help me think of a solution."
Yang Shiqi said: "Looking for a way, not just thinking about the money in the bank, right?"
Xie Lun said: "Exactly."
Yang Shiqi couldn't help but frown, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not impossible. Say hello to Mr. He, and I guess Mr. He will help you. But do you want to do anything?"
Xie Lun said: "I am going to buy a coal mine. This is the most profitable. I have heard that there are many large and small coal mines at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain."
Yang Shiqi shook his head and said: "You probably don't know that originally coal mines were not on the list this time. It's just that many people wanted coal mines. Mr. He had to add a few coal mines as a last resort. Don't tell me, you already have a few thousand taels, that's tens of thousands." You may not be able to win both of them, both are sky-high prices.”
No one is a fool.
Although the use of steam engines is just the beginning, the importance of coal has already been highlighted.
Not to mention, in order to maintain vegetation in the future, He Xi promoted the use of coal in many places. Anyway, Liaodong no longer uses charcoal fires, and all uses coal for heating. The demand for heating in the north is simply too great. This alone is a great benefit to coal, not to mention that coal is used in various factories. As long as you win a coal mine, it will be a huge profit.
And for these nobles, they have done more business, and they have gradually come to understand that those highly competitive business fields are what they dislike the most. And the kind of place where they can use their power to monopolize is their favorite place, where they can make money without thinking.
And coal mines, or minerals, are the most suitable industry.
The Nanyang Lu family is certainly doing very well commercially. But the biggest industry of the Nanyang Lu family is not tin mining.
Now almost all the tin mines in the world are out of the Lu family.
Tin mining revenue is nearly half of the Lu family's revenue.
Compared with the hard-earned money and bloody money from sea trading, the money from minerals is the most earned by wealthy slaves. If the copper mine is better, but the Sulu copper mine is under the direct control of the court, only the court itself knows how much money it makes.
But the fact that the government and the opposition could spend so much money to build Beijing City for He Xi shows that the Ming Dynasty was also very financially wealthy.
When Xie Lun heard what Yang Shiqi said, he couldn't help but feel moved and said, "Then please give me some advice from Brother Yang."
Yang Shiqi said: "In fact, there is an industry that is most suitable for you. It is also something you can leverage with your little money."
Xie Lun said: "What industry?"
Yang Shiqi said: "Brick factory."
Xie Lun said; "Brick factory? This -------"
Yang Shiqi couldn't understand. How can a brick factory be the best?
Transportation was underdeveloped in ancient times, and it was impossible to transport building materials over long distances. It can even be said that, let alone ancient times, even in modern times, many things, including building materials, red bricks, cement, and mortar, are supplied locally. While it’s not just shipping costs, it’s also one of the big ones.
Therefore, the market for brick factories near Beijing is not cost-effective only in northern Hebei, but also in southern Hebei.
Among the various factories listed for auction on He Xi, there were almost no bids from the huge brick factory.
Yes, the main projects in Beijing are barely completed, but many places in the city have not yet been built. But many people have calculated that almost next year and the year after that, the entire brick factory will not be able to operate at full capacity.
Once this happens, you can lose money.
As time goes by, the annual brick consumption near Beijing will probably not be enough for brick factories to fill the gaps.
Generally speaking, after taking over a brick factory, you can make money for one or two years without losing money. But that's all. Many people are not optimistic about it.
The brick factory was also the package that He Xi wanted to throw away.
There’s no point in getting it in your hands anymore. Spending too much energy on settlement and remediation is generally not worth the gain.
Today, the construction of Beijing city has not been completed yet. Others can still make a profit if they get it. In the future, after the construction of Beijing city is completed, there will be no place to sell it. I can only find a way to end it myself.
These explanations are all clear.
Yang Shiqi said: "Master He is not satisfied with the water conservancy projects near Beijing. The Lugou River, Chaohe River, Beiyun Canal, and other major rivers will all be overhauled in the future. Others don't know this, but you should listen. Let’s ride out the wind.”
Xie Lun said: "I've heard of it, but you know how big the output of the brick factory is. Even if these water conservancy projects are still there, they will only operate for a few years and will be closed down."
Xie Lun's businessman's thinking is not serious, or he is influenced by He Xi. He hopes to run a long-term industry rather than just to make money. In his opinion, the brick factory is simply not enough to serve as this fulcrum.
Yang Shiqi said: "Do you know about gold bricks?"
Xie Lun said: "Of course I know that the floor tiles should be laid in Jinluan Palace."
Yang Shiqi said: "Yes, the palace is about to be built. There are too many floor tiles needed in the palace. The output of gold bricks is too slow, even taking two or three years, so your Excellency proposed the idea of tiles, and now the brick factory is about to It’s produced. Ceramic tiles need to be transported farther than ordinary bricks and stones. Not to mention, you haven’t thought about it. There haven’t been famous kilns in the north for a long time.”
Xie Lun's heart moved and he said, "You mean to burn porcelain?"
History is so ruthless. In the past, almost all the five famous kilns were in the north, but now the total number of porcelain in Beijing is not as high as that of Jingdezhen. Today, brick factories can burn ceramic tiles as well as porcelain.
It doesn’t even need to be of the highest quality, as long as it is of ordinary quality, it will be enough to open up the northern market.
Yang Shiqi said earnestly: "What is the most important thing in a brick factory? It's the workers and the machines. Now this brick factory produces bricks and has as many as thirty-six steam engines. For these things alone, it's not a loss at all to take over the brick factory." . If others don’t know, don’t you know? With these things, what can’t you do?”
After all, Xie Lun had worked under He Xi for a long time, so he naturally knew that what Yang Shiqi said was true.
Talent is the most important person, followed by technology and machinery. But this is ultimately a human problem. After all, even if there is machinery, people still need to use it.
Why is He Xi liberalizing these industries? Isn’t the most important issue the human issue? It is easy to build these industries, but it is not easy to send enough people to manage, maintain and make money.
He Xicai released it and used it for other purposes.
Some people died, but not completely...
