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Chapter 1313 Gold (Part 2)

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    Luzon's take-off is inseparable from the tide of gold rush.

    Due to the arrival of a large number of gold diggers, the population of Luzon has increased rapidly, and the supply of daily necessities such as clothing, food, and housing has suddenly become tense.  Especially in the first year, the demand for consumer goods rose sharply, and prices soared several times in just a few months. Among them, the most basic rice noodles, oil and salt, as well as spirits and cigarettes that gold diggers can't leave for a while, increased by 20  times.

    This made many farmers who planned to give up the manor and join the gold digger industry change their minds.  Because the grain in their warehouses was snapped up, and even the crops that were still green in the field were ordered at ten times the original price.  And as long as the gold rush persists, the income will always be steady and substantial.  In this way, no one is willing to part with the manor that he has devoted his heart and soul to.

    Prior to this, although the Nanyang Company spent huge sums of money to build thousands of plantations, it had already entered the harvest period, but its isolated overseas location made it difficult to sell the crops it produced Although the plantation economy  It also relies on the land for food, but it is completely different from the small-scale peasant economy that does not rely on the market and aims at self-sufficiency. Its production purpose is to obtain profits by selling agricultural products.  Its large-scale and single planting will only produce a large amount of agricultural products that are far beyond what is needed, or even not what is needed, and must be digested by the market.  Although Nanyang Company tried its best to open up the market for it, the high transportation costs discouraged businessmen in Europe and even in the native Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, so the backlog was very serious.

    However, in order to protect the enthusiasm of the manor owners, Nanyang Company still spent huge sums of money to acquire Fortunately, its parent company Huilianhao extended a helping hand and was willing to provide long-term interest-free loans.  Of course, Huilianhao is not the same thing as Nanyang Company after all. It must be responsible to its own depositors. As a consideration, they obtained the monopoly of Luzon's financial industry from Nanyang Company.

    When the gold rush broke out in Luzon, people realized that the Nanyang Company was playing a big game. The reason why they did not plant mulberry and cotton fields that were in short supply in the mainland, but blindly planted rice, sugar cane, and tobacco  , is to prepare for today's sudden surge in demand.  Now all the stocks are replaced by the gold dust of the gold diggers, and the Nanyang Company has made another big profit.

    But making money is not the goal of the Nanyang Company, otherwise they could seal up the golden mountain and dig it themselves, and they will definitely earn more than they do now. Everything they do is for one goal, which is to turn Luzon into a real territory.  Just as they gave all their support to populace colonization, they also gave their support to gold diggers at any cost.

    When more and more gold diggers exceeded the local supply capacity, and then there was a shortage of materials, the Nanyang Company tried every means to adjust and coordinate materials, and even stopped all sea business, ordering a huge fleet from China, from Indochina Peninsula  , Importing a large amount of daily necessities from India ensures that the gold diggers will not starve to death in other places with two sleeves of gold.

    And the gold diggers also gave Nanyang Company generous returns. They not only handed over 30% of their income, but also generously purchased various consumer goods.  Of course, the Nanyang Company is not the only one that has benefited. Maritime merchants who realized that there would be unlimited business opportunities also searched for goods and shipped them to Luzon, sold them to local merchants, and then the local merchants transported them to the town where the mining area is located.

    Not only the sales industry, but also the service industry has poured in.  Because of the shortage of labor, those women who cannot directly dig for gold have become the main force in the service industry. They wash and cook for the gold diggers, open taverns and theaters and the most indispensable casinos and brothels for the gold diggers.  Those gold diggers will even spend all their income before returning to the mines to pan for gold.  Going back and forth like this, the income of the gold diggers is quietly transferred to the hands of the merchants in the high-priced services.

    In those days, as long as one could rely on gold diggers, there was no unprofitable business, which caused the price of urban land to soar. A piece of land that only cost 30 gold dollars rose to 8,000 gold dollars.  Gold dollars are not gold coins made of gold, but bills of exchange issued and accepted by Huilianhao.

    As mentioned earlier, all gold diggers deposit their gold sands into the Huilian account, and then get a deposit receipt that must be withdrawn by themselves.  But gold diggers still need to spend money, and it would be too troublesome to extract gold from the Huilian account.  And Huilian told them that metal will wear out, so why not use our golden ticket.  A gold ticket is different from a certificate of deposit. It can be used to withdraw the same amount of gold at any Huilian account, and it can be used as money without recognizing the person who recognizes the ticket.

    Gold diggers are not unfamiliar with this concept, because rich people in China have used bank notes for many years.  The reason why they are not called silver tickets in Luzon but called gold tickets is that, on the one hand, it sounds more dignified, and on the other hand, it is also because no one wants silver in Luzon.

    In addition to banknotes, in order to satisfy the daily consumption and vanity of gold diggers, HuilianhaoWith so many consumed, the blow to the plantation was fatal.

    Therefore, it is impossible to exaggerate the significance of the mining industry to Luzon.  But Shen Mo came to the mining area this time, not to see the mining Facing this kind of dark mine, he can't see anything as a layman, so he might as well go to review the accounting books of the mining company.  It's not that I want to understand the hard work of the miners These guys whose income is 20 times higher than that of their domestic counterparts should work harder.

    His purpose is to take a look at the thing that haunts him

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    After half a day of ups and downs, in the afternoon, I finally arrived at the destination of this trip - Fuyuan Gold Mine.

    The important mining areas are all guarded by security forces, which is why Shen Mo wants to come with Zheng Ruozeng.  Otherwise, it would be too tragic and comical if he led the guards to rush in and a fire broke out.

    It will be different if Zheng Ruozeng is with him. Hearing that the CEO is here in person, the manager of the mine hastened to greet him.  Both Shen Mo and Shen Jing didn't want to be troublesome, Zheng Ruozeng just introduced vaguely that these two are shareholders of the company.  When the manager heard this, he was naturally terrified.  They took them to the office room of the mine to have a rest. It was too early to eat, but there was a table of tea, snacks and fruits.

    Zheng Ruo used to be unsmiling in front of his subordinates, but in front of the silent face, he couldn't put it off, so he tried his best to be pleasant and said: "Don't worry about it, the two bosses are here this time, mainly to see the situation in the mine." He said a little awkwardly  He smiled and said: "They are very interested in that big guy."

    "Okay, okay." The manager was flattered and said: "When the two bosses and the president come to rest, I will take you to have a look."

    "I've had a good rest." After these months of traveling, Silence's complexion has turned darker, and he has lost a lot of weight, but his energy is much better.  A lot younger.

    "I'm not tired either." Shen Jing has already become an iron man, otherwise how many years would Lu Song have?  He also stood up and said, "Let's go out for a walk."

    "You really don't understand the elderly." Zheng Ruozeng is over sixty, how can he compare with two guys under fifty, and slowly stood up with a wry smile.

    A group of people passed through the wall and came to the mine.  Of course, the environment of the mine is absolutely not pleasing to the eye.  The main part is a huge deep bucket-shaped mine pit. On the mountain that has not been dug, there is almost no vegetation. It looks even more ugly against the surrounding mountains surrounded by lush greenery.  The pits look like terraced fields, but they are actually spiral-shaped. The miners are digging with pickaxes clangingly on those 'terraces', and then use the cable car to hoist the excavated earth and rocks up.  The ore is sorted out by the workers above, and then the earth and rock are transported away.

    Shen Mo is most satisfied with the unspoilt ecological environment in this world. Now he sees that the bright mountains and beautiful waters here have been destroyed because of his leadership. Naturally, he is not in a good mood, but he also knows that if human beings want to develop, they must  It is unavoidable to destroy the environment first, and then to destroy it.  Of course, he worked so hard to come here, not to see this bare mine pit, but to see it, which is the chief culprit that caused the trees not to grow for miles around.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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