Chapter 163: So Amazing that It Conquered the British Consortium

Chapter 163 So amazing! Conquer the British consortium!

(It’s been reviewed again, I’ll think of a solution)

There are only a few white snow-white herbs, and they are all visible.

Slowly opening, there is a line of red marks, which is so beautiful.

Cutting through the waves, their delicate cries reflect the red color.

As the old saying goes, so what if it excludes me, squeezes me, or bites me?

Just endure it, get into it, and hit it.

After another moment, what do you think about it?

It cries, it weeps.

Then, wandering, wandering.

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After a long time, Shen Baoer huddled up.

She has a slender frame, so she is bound to suffer.

The willow-like body curled up into a ball, like a sheep.

After a long while, Shen Baoer suddenly asked: "Husband, how do I compare with Sister Qingqing?"

Huh?

Are you so competitive?

Su Yi thought for a while and said, "I don't know. Why don't you two choose a day to compare?"

For a moment, Shen Baoer was speechless, are you so shameless?

After a long while, she gently twisted Su Yi and whispered: "It's so shameless."

She is actually very proud of herself.

Su Yi said in her ear: "The ancient art of war said that a line of sky is the most dangerous place for a military strategist. If you are not careful, you will never come back and the whole army will be destroyed. Don't deceive me."

Shen Baoer asked in a low voice: "Is it rare?"

Damn, you actually understand?

Su Yi said: "It's very rare."

Shen Baoer said: "My husband is indeed well-informed."

Are you so sharp-tongued?

Su Yi said: "Fortunately, I am the White Jade Dragon King, I can cut through waves and thorns, and I am indestructible."

Shen Baoer said: "Although I am ignorant, I can still feel that my husband is brave."

Well? !

You, a girl from a scholarly family, are very bold with your words.

Well, you are a shameless woman.

"Okay, let's go to bed." Su Yi said, "There's no rush."

When he said he wasn't in a hurry, he meant that Shen Baoer didn't have to work so hard to cater to him and try to please him.

There is ample time.

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The next day!

Bai Yan came to pay the bill.

"Sir, I have received a total of 460,000 taels of congratulatory gifts. I have hosted 687 banquet tables and spent 20,000 taels of silver."

The banquet costing thirty taels of silver per table was considered to be of a very high standard.

In other words, the final balance was 440,000 taels.

It was indeed a small windfall.

"This money will be used to pay wages, fleet transportation fees, and brick factory labor costs. It can last for about seventeen days."

Now Su Yi has to pay the military salaries of 5,600 new troops every day, which averages to 39,000 taels per month.

There are also food expenses, weapons wear and tear expenses, etc., as well as weapons purchase expenses, etc. Added together, this new army spends millions of taels every year.

This is the annual cost after it is formed.

In addition to the new army, there are about 22,000 core immigrants who are still studying and are paid a monthly salary of 30,000 taels.

There are also 100,000 immigrants sent here by the Hunan Army. They do not need to be paid when they are not working.

But they must be fed and clothed.

There are also thousands of craftsmen of various types who need to be paid more than 20,000 taels per month.

"In addition, some of the silkworm cocoons we have purchased before have arrived one after another, and the balance needs to be paid."

"Cotton throughout Hubei is about to enter the mature picking period, and the balance will need to be paid by then."

"Tobacco from Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is about to enter the harvest period. After drying, it will be transported and shipped immediately, and the balance needs to be paid."

That's not all.

Next, Bai Yan kept reporting.

One bill after another was handed in, and the total amount of payment required was twenty-nine.

Su Yi said: "Uncle Bai, how much are we losing?"

Bai Yan said: "The deficit is 1,780,000 taels. The money we have now can last for seventeen days, by which time the flow of money will stop."

Hu Xueyan said: "Sir, I'm going to collect the money."

Su Yi said: "Guang Yong, do you want to collect money from your bank?"

Hu Xueyan said: "Yes."

Su Yi said: "You can't do this. A large part of the money in your bank comes from Jiangnan Daying Yin, Salt Transport Yamen, and Water Transport Yamen. Now He Guiqing and Wang Youling are already angry with you. If you touch this money, the consequences will be disastrous." ”

Now, I can only pray that Basia Li and Bao Ling will go well in London and come back as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Su Yi's money will really be cut off.

And once the money is cut off, the consequences will be disastrous.

In this day and age, once credibility is bankrupt, it is difficult to recover.

Therefore, Su Yi can be said to have broken the boat this time.

But you have to do this because the time is very tight. If you don't collect these raw materials, others will take them away.

Bashir, how are you doing with your affairs in London?

If you don’t come back, I won’t be able to hold on anymore, right?

And right now.

Li Qi rushed in and shouted: "My lord, my lord!"

"Sir Basari is here, Sir Basari is here..."

Suddenly, Su Yi, Bai Yan, and Hu Xueyan were almost jumping with excitement.

Faster than expected.

"Is it finally here? Is it finally here?"

A moment later, Bashali, shrouded in a black cloak, rushed in.

"Marquis Su Yi, hurry, hurry... follow me to Shanghai."

He directly dragged Su Yi out.

"Prince Albert has approved and endorsed our secret agreement."

"The most important thing is that he ordered the troops of the British Empire to protect the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone. In this way, even if the war continues, Jiujiang will be safe and sound, and our cargo ships will be able to move freely."

"Moreover, he ordered that all markets in the entire British Empire and its colonies be opened to us. All routes and all origins are open to us!"

"Sir Baoling and I brought the heads of many European consortiums to China, but I couldn't handle them and I couldn't convince them."

"You come with me to Shanghai and convince them to invest."

"Hurry, hurry!"

"A person who walks a hundred miles is only half ninety. The most difficult part has been completed. If you fail at the last moment, it would be a failure and a tragedy."

"Marquis Su Yi, I know you are excited, you are excited, but now is not the time to celebrate."

"After the heads of this group of consortiums came to China, their investment enthusiasm dropped significantly. They were already clamoring to return to London. Bao Ling and I were very anxious. I couldn't convince them."

"The work is left to you, conquer them. Conquer them just as you conquered us, Prince Albert."

"Otherwise, our career will collapse at the last moment."

Next, Sir Basiali directly pulled Su Yi onto his small steamer without even taking a sip of water.

It really didn't stop for a quarter of an hour, and the military situation was really on fire.

Su Yi shouted: "Li Qi, hurry, hurry!"

"Bring up all the things you have prepared, bring them up."

Li Qi led dozens of people and ran wildly with large boxes, and boarded the ship before the small steamer started.

The small steamer immediately turned around and left Jiujiang, heading towards Shanghai.

Shen Baoer carried a box and chased after him while enduring the pain of his wound.

"Ms. sir, your clothes, your clothes..."

Bai Feifei looked at this woman with complicated eyes.

Once she decided on her destination, Shen Baoer showed strong enthusiasm.

Fight for favor!

But what could she say.

Bai Feifei walked to Shen Baoer and whispered: "Don't worry, Xiaoyi also has a residence in Shanghai, and everything is available in it."

Shen Baoer glanced at Bai Feifei and whispered: "Sister-in-law, please don't laugh at me. He and I have a grudge, so we must work harder."

Bai Feifei hugged her shoulders and said, "We are all women. It is not easy. Who would laugh at you?"

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Forty hours later!

Su Yi boarded the luxurious liner, put on a formal dress, and appeared in front of dozens of consortium leaders.

"Marquis Su Yi, you are finally here."

"Regarding your Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, when we were in London, we were still full of confidence. However, after coming to China, this confidence suffered a huge blow."

"First of all, we already know that your emperor is opposed to setting up factories. His relationship with you is already in a semi-broken state. You may lose your position as governor of Jiangxi at any time. This is one of the factors of instability."

"Secondly, your country is really more backward than we imagined. It is a complete industrial desert, and your people cannot engage in industrial production at all."

"Third point, your market is simply horribly barren, with almost no need for any industrial products."

"Based on the above three points, we feel that investing here is a very ridiculous idea, and we are bound to lose everything."

"However, out of respect for His Highness the Prince, and out of respect for Sir Bao Ling and Sir Basial, we are still willing to give you a chance to convince us."

"Otherwise, we are already planning to return. It would be nice to just treat this as a sightseeing trip."

Su Yi did not interrupt them, but let them finish.

"Gentlemen, have you finished explaining?" Su Yi said, "Then it's my turn."

The relevant person in charge of the East India Company said: "Marquis Suyi, we know that you are very good at inspiring people. Sir Bao Ling and Sir Basili were completely instigated by you, so that they are now almost bankrupt. But we are capitalists, we only Looking at the benefits, it’s useless if you talk too much.”

Su Yi said: "Of course, so I have no intention of convincing you, I just take you to see it."

"Gentlemen, I have hired a dozen large carriages. Please get on the carriage and follow me around Shanghai." Su Yi said.

"Do you want to go sightseeing? That's not necessary. We have already gone ashore for sightseeing. Shanghai is very big, but please forgive me to tell the truth. It is very backward, and some are even just imitations of Paris or London." A businessman said.

Su Yi said: "No, gentlemen! This visit to Shanghai has a huge purpose. We need to discover a huge market together, a market worth 20 million taels of silver, and it is a market with strong demand."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

Twenty million taels!

This number is astonishing.

Next, dozens of consortium leaders boarded the carriage and began touring the streets and alleys of Shanghai.

Travel and think at the same time.

Look carefully at both sides of the road, and observe everything carefully.

The question raised by Su Ye is too suspenseful.

Even at this time, Shanghai has a population of more than two million.

It is a very huge city.

It took a group of people several hours to walk through the main roads of Shanghai.

The whole process was escorted by British cavalry.

But it was still painful. The shock absorption system of the carriage of this period was not up to standard. If you sit for a long time, your bones will fall apart.

Until dark.

Everyone returned to the luxury cruise ship.

Su Ye said: "Gentlemen, we spent a whole day riding in a carriage to tour the whole of Shanghai. What do you think?"

"There are a lot of people, a lot of people!"

"A lot of unemployed people, a lot of homeless people."

"The traffic is very chaotic, there is no public transportation at all."

Su Ye said: "Yes, there is no public transportation at all. People above the middle class want to travel, either by carriage or sedan chair. But these two things are too rare, and because of their huge shortcomings, they are not suitable as a means of transportation in Shanghai. So the travel of people above the middle class is almost completely blank."

Then, Su Ye took out a large white paper and opened it. There was a picture of a rickshaw on it.

This thing was one of the products that Su Ye decided after discussing it dozens of times in the group.

When it was decided to set up a factory, someone said that they wanted to produce bicycles and export them to Europe and the United States, because Europe and the United States now have a lot of bicycles, but the designs of these bicycles are very backward. Even considering the technology of this era, the bicycle design drawings given in the group can still be reduced to a dimensionality strike.

But this plan was rejected.

Of course, it was not completely rejected.

Bicycles are perfectly acceptable as products. The bicycle market in Europe and the United States has already started.

But those products are as ugly and inconvenient as they can be.

The bicycles manufactured by Su Ye with the drawings can definitely beat European and American products in seconds.

But... Fu Ba Mei proposed.

There is a very rigid market in China, that is, rickshaws, which should make more money.

This thing has been the transportation for the entire China for half a century.

And this thing is related to the employment of millions of people.

Bicycles are not rigid even for Europe and the United States.

But rickshaws can become rigid.

At this time, all medium and large cities in China have no public transportation.

The travel of the middle class and above is a huge blank market.

A bicycle is just a daily convenience tool.

And a rickshaw can become a tool for many people to make money.

It can make money, which is a rigid demand.

At its peak, China had more than 300,000 rickshaws and more than one million drivers.

And this is also a monopoly industry, so you can see the profit.

Even in the Republic of China, the price of a good rickshaw was as high as more than 100 silver dollars.

Lao She's Camel Xiangzi struggled all his life just to have his own rickshaw.

Some people bought seven or eight rickshaws and rented them to drivers to pull them, and then they achieved financial freedom.

Of course, the current Chinese market is definitely not as big as it was during the Republic of China.

But... Su Ye has the market of the entire British Empire.

What huge market is there in India, Singapore, Ottoman Empire, etc.?

The person in charge of the consortium present is the most shrewd businessman in the world.

One point will break it.

Sometimes, their market sense is more sensitive than Su Ye.

After the point, there is no need to convince.

Su Ye said: "This is a completely blank market, a market without any competitiveness, and a market that concerns hundreds of thousands of new jobs."

"I have great power in China. I can use financial means and official power to take over all markets."

"You can calculate how many rickshaws can be invested in Shanghai as the main mode of transportation, 30,000? 50,000?"

"What about Hong Kong? How many are needed?"

"What about Guangzhou? What about Beijing?"

"What about Calcutta? What about Constantinople?"

"All cities without developed public transportation will have a huge market."

"Is the market of 20 million taels of silver that I mentioned underestimated?"

The heads of the consortium below began to whisper to each other, communicate with each other, and took out paper and pen to start calculating.

A quarter of an hour later!

"Marquis Su Ye, you have a keen sense of smell. This is indeed a blank market. According to our calculations, if the monopoly of power is added, this kind of rickshaw can indeed achieve an astonishing profit."

The monopoly of power, this sentence is wonderful.

Before the emergence of online car-hailing, the cost of a taxi reached 700,000 or 800,000, or even millions.

Why? It is the monopoly of power.

And rickshaws can be used to monopolize power and obtain high profits.

Su Ye said: "Next, I will show the second product of our factory, a product with even greater profits."

"But I'm very sorry, the profit of this product is too big, so I must sign a draft investment agreement before I can show it."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

You want us to invest at this time? How is it possible?

"The investment amount of 200,000 pounds will be mortgaged to Liru Bank. If you don't plan to invest at that time, you can return it in full." Su Ye said: "This money will not pass through my hands because it involves key business secrets, so I must design a threshold."

"Gentlemen, of course, you can decide for yourself. See you tomorrow at this time."

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The next day!

Only twelve people stayed.

The rest, all withdrew.

These twelve companies signed a confidentiality agreement and a draft agreement.

Each company handed over a bill of exchange of 200,000 pounds and mortgaged it to Liru Bank.

This threshold is necessary because the remaining dozens of companies have low intentions.

Among the remaining dozen or so companies, a small half have been following from a few months ago to now.

At this time, the entire gorgeous banquet hall became empty.

Su Ye began to show the second product.

"Gentlemen, do you smoke tobacco?" Su Ye asked.

Everyone laughed, more than just smoking tobacco?

Su Ye said: "We all know that tobacco has a wide audience, especially in the military, which is a very huge market. But this market is still wild and has not been truly developed because there is no formatted product."

"And as long as you invest in my factory, you will have it!"

Su Ye took out a pack of cigarettes with gorgeous packaging.

The fragrant wrapping paper actually depicts the Queen of England.

Opening the wrapping paper, Su Ye took out a cigarette, lit it with a match, then turned his face and took a puff.

Wearing a suit and a top hat.

Took a puff of smoke.

It's a complete living advertisement.

Completely imitate the scene of Xiao Ma Ge smoking in the movie.

"Gentlemen, how big will the market be for this thing?" Su Ye said slowly: "Similarly, I will use my administrative power to monopolize this product to a certain extent in China."

How big is the market for cigarettes?

Or how big is the market after mature development?

Ten million taels of silver per year? Twenty million? Thirty million?

Of course, there will definitely be a large number of competitors by then.

But as Su Ye, the first person to rush in, he will definitely make a lot of money.

Just the military business alone can make amazing profits.

All the people present are shrewd businessmen, of course they saw the business opportunities at once.

They even smelled that this is a high-profit product.

But... their judgment is still not enough.

In their expectation, this is a competitor of opium, and it has its own advantages.

This is the limitation of the times. Su Ye can see the future, but they can't.

Therefore, this product with the largest profit and the largest market did not impress them.

In their opinion, this cigarette product may not even be a rickshaw.

They are not very interested.

Su Ye looked at the reactions of the people below and smiled in his heart.

It seems that capital is the same at any time.

Everyone likes to listen to stories.

The more bizarre and exciting the story, the better.

The real business that makes a lot of money cannot surprise you.

Then I'm sorry, I'm going to paint a pie in the sky for you.

Whether you can eat it or not is one thing.

I'm going to start my magic show.

Phonograph, sorry, I have to scare you again.

Su Ye waved his hand.

Li Qi brought up a phonograph.

And unlike the one given to Prince Albert, this one is bigger.

The speaker is bigger, and the disc is bigger.

Seeing this strange thing, the eyes of more than a dozen businessmen present really brightened.

They all came up.

Su Ye turned the spring and pressed the play button.

Suddenly...

A woman's high-pitched opera voice came.

Sure enough...

The amazing effect was achieved.

How amazing Prince Albert was at that time, these people are just as amazing now.

Looking at all this in disbelief.

This... This is an epoch-making product.

This is a new product that can conquer the world.

Every gentleman should have one in his home.

However, Su Ye's performance is not over yet.

The next scene, at least from the visual effect, is even more amazing and shocking.

Next!

It's time to create an information gap.

In 1854, Henry Goebbels used a carbon filament to glow for four hundred hours in a vacuum glass bottle, but no one knew about it.

He didn't even apply for a patent.

So, it is still an era ruled by the night.

Or, the night has ruled the world for thousands of years.

People's desire for light has never stopped.

Until 1880, on the streets of New York, Edison used carbonized cardboard as filaments and lit many light bulbs in front of everyone.

At this moment, he completely amazed the world and changed the world.

Humans have conquered the night.

As for the light bulb, the most difficult part is the filament, which has blocked scientists for decades.

Su Ye certainly knows that tungsten filament is the ultimate material for incandescent lamps, but Su Ye can't make this thing.

And the material used by Su Ye is more advanced than Edison.

It is the sub-ultimate material for the light filament of the light bulb.

Carbonized bamboo filament!

And this carbonized bamboo filament is also the best luminous material that scientists have found after thousands of experiments.

Before the appearance of tungsten filament, carbonized main filament bulbs dominated the world for decades.

Moreover, carbonized stationary filament Su Ye can be made, and it is not difficult.

It is also easy to let the best craftsman blow a glass bubble.

The difficulty lies in the vacuum.

However, there are several ways to experiment.

Even the dumbest way can achieve a rough vacuum in the glass bubble.

Try your best to make hundreds of them.

But now the performance does not need so many, a dozen is enough.

So, Su Ye's performance this time will be more amazing than Edison.

"Lift it up!" Su Ye gave an order.

Several people lifted up a huge hand-cranked engine.

The things inside are also simple, a huge natural magnet and a copper wire coil.

But in order to generate a large enough current, the volume is very large.

Su Ye said slowly: "This passenger ship is very luxurious, but it is a pity that even the most advanced British Empire has to use such backward lighting methods, candles, candles, countless candles."

"How many years has our world been ruled by the night?"

"How many years has our science and technology industry been hindered by darkness?"

"Once the night is conquered, what a change it will be for the whole world?"

"Do it!"

A strong man stepped forward and began to use force to quickly turn the large hand-cranked engine.

More than 100 watts of power were generated continuously.

More than a dozen consortium leaders held their breath, not knowing what was about to happen.

However, the phonograph just now was able to play opera, which was amazing enough.

What about now?

What is Su Ye going to perform?

Su Ye lifted the cloth, and there was a whole row of bamboo filament bulbs in front.

There is no way, the carbonized bamboo filament bulbs can only withstand limited power, so they can only win by quantity.

Su Ye shouted loudly: "Gentlemen, are you ready?"

"Next is the moment to witness a miracle."

"Next is the moment to light up the world and the night."

"Next is the moment to change the world."

He pressed the button hard.

Suddenly, the dozen or so light bulbs in front were suddenly illuminated.

The entire dim environment suddenly became bright.

It was much brighter than the candlelight.

The light instantly pierced the darkness.

In an instant, there was really a feeling that the night was illuminated.

In this dim environment, many people could not even bear such a strong light.

They squinted their eyes directly.

Su Ye illuminated the world 23 years ahead of Edison.

In an instant!

Everyone present, whether it was Sir Bowring, Sir Bashali, or the heads of more than a dozen consortiums, was completely stunned.

They were completely amazed!

Oh my God!

This Oriental man is definitely a magician.

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