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- The origin of tung oil in Dakang in this world is similar to that in another world.
The first is Xiushan Prefecture in Sichuan, which ranks first in the world in tung oil production, accounting for about 30% of the total.
This is very remarkable.
¡°After all, Dakang is so big, the output of one place is equivalent to almost one-third of the country¡¯s.
In order to better transport the tung oil from Xiushan Prefecture, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty also dug a river so that they could smoothly enter the Yangtze River waterway and transport the tung oil to the south and north of the Yangtze River.
Of course, Xiushan Prefecture is not as good as Anyue Prefecture in Sichuan, which will account for 70% of the world's lemon production in the future.
In addition to Xiushan Prefecture, other prefectures and counties in Sichuan also have large-scale production. The Dabie Mountains in the Gyeonggi area are also important sites for overfishing. The remaining two provinces of Hunan and Hubei also account for 25%.
As we all know, if you want to control an industry, you must seize the core area.
Except for the imperial court, which can control the overall situation, the merchants can only concentrate their superior forces to control the most important part.
¡°Obviously, Xiushan Prefecture, which accounts for almost one-third of the world¡¯s tung oil production, is naturally their most important goal.
In fact, more than half of the world¡¯s major tung oil companies are concentrated in Xiushan Prefecture.
They only have a business in Xiushan Mansion, but they travel everywhere.
Just look at the map and you will know that Xiushan Prefecture is right in the center of Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei. With Xiushan Prefecture as the center point, they go around to purchase, support planting, etc. After so many years of development, this spider web has almost covered 80% of the area. The above tung oil production.
They named themselves "Xiushan Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce".
So in fact, when purchasing tung oil every year, everyone faces a monopoly organization.
It is up to them to decide what price they want to sell tung oil at, and buyers basically have no power to negotiate.
This is also thanks to Taizu's strict regulations. As long as they pay taxes honestly, do not evade taxes, and do not engage in crooked ways, then the government cannot control their business practices.
Tung oil and grain are different.
¡° Grain is the most important controlled material in the country. If those grain merchants go too far, then the imperial court will use an iron fist and send Legalists to talk to them properly.
Although tung oil is very important, it is not the most important and has little to do with the lives of ordinary people.
So they have always escaped the iron fist of imperial supervision.
In addition, these people have deep roots in Xiushan Prefecture, and they treat the tung oil workers well on weekdays. In times of disaster, they even provide meat, rice and oil. However, the tung oil workers account for more than half of the labor force in Xiushan Prefecture, so they are deeply attracted by these people. people¡¯s support.
It has to be said that the Xiushan Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce is also smart. It knows that rabbits don¡¯t eat grass beside their nests, and they also know to take a little more care of the people around them.
¡°If they were idiots like the mine owners, they would be in danger of having their whole family killed if there was any trouble.
Because of this, the princes of the imperial court have a deep impression of this chamber of commerce.
Where can I find such a good chamber of commerce that can appease the local people and make their lives better, and can provide a large amount of taxes to the court without causing trouble?
As for various commercial disputes, such as price increases and price reductions, these are normal and the court will not care about them.
For example, this time, Miao Yan was a high-ranking official of the second rank, governor of water transportation, and then also served as the imperial envoy. This position has never been relieved. Such an outstanding official is still a ruthless Legalist. Important minister, but still unable to force these people from the Xiushan Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, the Caoyun Yamen has a lot of money recently.
On the one hand, Miao Yan has received countless donations from the gentry since he led 20,000 soldiers to defeat the Japanese pirates last year.
It¡¯s the kind of donation that you don¡¯t even want. It¡¯s all rice, local products, all kinds of clothing, shoes, and socksetc., just leave it at the door of the Caoyun Yamen, and you can¡¯t catch it.
These gentlemen, one and a half of them were ruined by the pirates, most of them were those who had not been ruined.
For example, the gentry in those areas near Jinling and within Huai'an City.
After they saw the tragic situation of the places and people destroyed by the Japanese pirates, they thanked Miao Yan from the bottom of their hearts.
If it were not for Miao Yan, but Lin Zhenyuan, the former governor of water transportation, it is guaranteed that Lin Zhenyuan would have retreated all the way to Jinling and left the vast Jiangsu province to the Japanese pirates.
At that time, everyone was reallyIn addition to going to the shipyard for inspection and on-site observation, the purpose is to see how Chen Xiaowei will use these four-masted sailboats next year.
Once it is confirmed that the four-masted sailing ship can have very good effects, then there will definitely be maritime merchants eager to buy the four-masted sailing ship.
Let alone a hundred caravans who want to buy it, even if there are only ten caravans who want to buy it, it is an order for ten four-masted sailing ships.
In fact, it was not just their expectations. Liu Mingqi himself had already ordered five more four-masted sailboats, but they were somewhat different from the previous ones, with obvious signs of modifications and requirements.
With such orders and expected orders, Miao Yan naturally rolled up his sleeves and wanted to do something big.
So he began to actively prepare various raw materials.
The most important of them are three.
The first is wood.
The second one is tung oil.
The third is iron material.
Wood includes the raw materials for making ship hulls, ship plates, keels, etc., which is the most important.
Iron materials include iron nails, iron sheets, iron frames, etc., which are also necessary fitting tools.
? Iron material is the simplest.
The water transport shipyard has its own specialized blacksmithing workshop, and they provide all kinds of iron parts used in shipbuilding.
Tung oil is naturally indispensable. Without it, wood cannot be waterproof and cannot sail to distant places.
? Originally, wood requires a large amount of overseas procurement, which should be the least controllable.
However, the purchase of wood went smoothly, but the tung oil issue was like a tiger standing in the way, standing in front of Miao Yan.
The reason is actually very simple.
Everyone can see Miao Yan¡¯s big moves.
A four-masted sailboat costs 150,000 taels of silver, which is a sky-high price.
Similarly, the tung oil it requires is also a large number.
Considering that tung oil was indispensable in the manufacture of four-masted sailboats, a group of businessmen from the Xiushan Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce began to have other ideas.
Your shipyard is going to make a lot of money.
In this case, those of us who supply raw materials should also make a little fortune, right?
¡°And you use so much material, we have to backlog the supply to others to guarantee yours.
In this case, it¡¯s natural for you to give a little more, right?
Therefore, this group of tung oil merchants greatly increased the price of tung oil, causing great trouble to Miao Yan!
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