¡°Well, it¡¯s Chinese New Year, so it¡¯s time to eat something good.¡±
Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction. He felt reassured by the housekeeper's work. He had managed the plantation at home in an orderly manner for many years without causing any trouble.
¡°We will expand the rubber plantation next year and reclaim all the land around us.¡±
After thinking about it, Zhao Ming decided to expand the rubber plantation next year. A thousand acres of rubber plantation could bring him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. If he planted ten thousand acres, wouldn't he? It's not really posted.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ming couldn't help but feel hot in his heart and wished he could plant all his plantations with rubber trees.
"Okay sir~"
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While the two were chatting about their plans for next year, someone shouted hurriedly.
"Old Sun~"
As soon as Zhao Ming saw the person, he immediately stopped the carriage and greeted him with a smile.
The visitor is Sun Hongli. Like Zhao Ming, he was also the first person to immigrate to Nanyang. He also has a large plantation next to Zhao Ming's family.
"Zhao Ming, how much money did your family sell for rubber this year?"
Because Sun Hongli and Zhao Ming are neighbors, they often move around and go to Danhe City together, so they have a good relationship. Sun Hongli also directly asked Zhao Ming about the rubber.
"Not much, not much~"
Zhao Ming smiled and said.
"You can hide this from me, and I'll know it the next day. Your rubber plantation of more than 1,000 acres must have earned at least hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Sun Hongli¡¯s eyes were slightly red. He didn¡¯t plant rubber with him at first, so why had he been planting sugar cane for so many years?
The price of sugar cane has been falling year after year, and the income from his family's plantation is getting lower and lower. When he learned that Zhao Ming's family's rubber plantation was receiving large sums of money, his eyes turned red. .
"How can there be so much? I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver. My rubber tree only started producing rubber this year. The output is pitiful and it doesn't sell for much silver at all."
Zhao Ming replied half-falsely and half-truthfully.
"Ten thousand taels of silver is pretty good. It's just over a thousand acres of rubber plantation. If I had known, I would have planted several thousand acres of it."
Sun Hongli said regretfully.
¡°I didn¡¯t know that this rubber would be so valuable at the beginning. Last year, you said that my rubber was of no use at all.¡±
Zhao Ming looked at his red eyes with a smile on his face.
¡°Don¡¯t you regret it yourself at that time~¡±
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Do the rubber trees in your rubber garden produce seeds? If so, sell some to me. I am also going to plant some rubber trees, but the rubber saplings are too expensive now. One sapling costs five yuan. Two pieces of silver."
¡°They are simply robbing money, how can they get expensive saplings?¡±
Sun Hongli looked very angry when he said this. The price of rubber has risen sharply, and rubber saplings have also risen sharply. One tree sells for five taels of silver, which is really too expensive.
"There are some seeds in my rubber garden, but not many. I am planning to expand the rubber garden next year. I don't even have enough. Where can I find extra rubber seeds to sell to you?"
Zhao Ming thought for a while and replied.
"Old Zhao, what's the relationship between our two families? Why don't you help me?"
Sun Hongli immediately said unhappy.
¡°Okay, okay, I¡¯ll just give you some seeds.¡±
Since the other party had already talked about this, Zhao Ming had no choice but to agree to give the other party some seeds.
"Old Zhao, we are brothers and we have settled the score. I definitely can't get this kind of money for free. One or two pieces of silver each, what do you think?"
When Sun Hongli heard this, he immediately smiled happily.?Master Zhao~¡±
Before Zhao Ming could answer, someone else hurried over on horseback. A closer look revealed that the clothes these people were wearing clearly had the words "Jiangnan United Trading Company" on them. They were another large company with business all over the world. Trading firm.
"Mr. Zhao, this is Chen Tianci, the general manager of Danhe City, Jiangnan United Trading Company. I have taken the liberty to come here this time, mainly to discuss the purchase of the rubber plantation in your hands."
Chen Tianci looked at Zhang Wei and Li Yuan, and recognized them immediately. They were both heads of a large commercial bank in Danhe City. They had known each other for a long time, and he immediately guessed the purpose of the other party's visit.
"We at Jiangnan United Commercial Bank are willing to offer three million taels of silver to buy the rubber plantation in your hands!"
Chen Tianci stretched out three fingers and said directly and proudly.
"Three million taels!"
"Hiss~"
When Zhao Ming heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath. Three million taels of silver was such a huge wealth. For a person with a peasant background, he couldn't even imagine it.
However, after just thinking about it, he refused without hesitation: "I won't sell the rubber plantation, I won't sell it, no matter how much money I give, I won't sell it!"
"Then we are willing to pay 150 taels of silver per barrel to buy out the rubber from Mr. Zhao's rubber garden. What do you think?"
When Chen Tianci heard this, he immediately felt helpless. He visited several rubber plantation owners, but none of them were willing to sell their rubber plantations.
"With the price of 150 taels of silver per barrel, are you Jiangnan United Trading Company crazy?"
When Li Yuan and Zhang Wei heard this, they couldn't help shouting.
If the market allows you to play like this, the price of rubber will rise again. After all, it will still be us who suffer the loss, and this is not how competition is played.