"Black gold, black gold, we want to sell the coal from Lianghuai to the whole of China!"

Cigarette smoke filled the room. After saying these words, Liu Hongsheng was silent for a moment, seeming to be silent about his own decision.

As a sales representative of Lianghuai Coal Mine, in the past two years, especially the past year, with the end of vicious competition, coal prices have returned to normal. For every ton of coal sold, he can make a profit of several taels of silver.

If the coal from Lianghuai can be sold throughout China, to Manchuria, to Guangdong and Guangxi, to Hong Kong, and to Singapore, the annual profit will be far beyond his imagination.

"Nowadays, our industrial construction in China is in the ascendant, and industrial development is inseparable from driving force. Industries that require coal include not only the shipping industry, but also textiles, silk reeling, weaving, oil refining, shipbuilding, paper making, electric lights, gas, weapons manufacturing, and American powder.

Feathers, drinking water, ale, scientific acid, ice making, and various machinery manufacturing plants such as textile and silk reeling to railways, ships, small steamships, etc., the coverage is so wide that it is almost impossible to list them all. In addition to alcohol and soy sauce

There is also a lot of coal consumption in manufacturing, hot water stations, and home use. Coal has long been widely used in shipping, railways, various factories, and family life."

After putting the cigarette butt out in the ashtray, he looked at Cheng Pengnian and said.

"According to the current speed of China's industrial development, China will need 24 million tons of coal by the end of the year, and at least 30 million tons by next year, so..."

Before Liu Hongsheng could continue speaking, Cheng Pengnian spoke.

"30 million tons. At the end of last year, the national coal output exceeded 20 million tons for the first time, of which more than 7 million tons were mined by the Lianghuai Coal Mine. As of today, the output of the Lianghuai Coal Mine exceeded one for the first time last month.

One million tons, this year the Lianghuai coal mines will exceed 10 million tons, which is absolutely no problem. It is estimated that the national coal output can be consistent with demand, but if it exceeds 30 million next year, the gap will be huge! By then, our

Briquette business..."

There was a hint of worry in Cheng Pengnian's words, and there was even more worry on his face. The reason is very simple. Nowadays, a lot of coal is used in households in China, especially in cities. Especially after the invention of the cloud honeycomb briquette stove two years ago, even more

In this way, the Lianyun honeycomb coal stove was originally just one of the benefits provided by the government to the company's employees. After all, not every station can supply gas. So the company chose the coal stove.

At first, the coal stoves in Lianyun were no different from coal stoves in other places. They all burned lump coal or coal slime briquettes, and the machine-made briquettes were not suitable for use in small stoves of ordinary residents due to their large size. And regardless of whether

It is extremely complicated to use coal lumps or coal slime pellets. After receiving this news, the chairman drew a pattern of "honey coal" and also designed a "briquet tube mold". The tube molding is very simple.

Weld 12 iron rods and iron pipes to an iron plate to form a coal cylinder. Add loess and an appropriate amount of water to the originally almost useless pulverized coal to mix it into wet coal, and fill the coal cylinder. It is like pumping up a handful of briquettes.

Just leave it in place and dry it in the sun.

Subsequently, the company manufactured tens of thousands of briquette stoves and began to promote the use of briquettes among residents along Longhai. The company's technical staff also designed a preliminary prototype for producing briquettes. Now they are organizing personnel to conduct tests, improve stoves, and promote them. 1

At first, the method of burning honeycomb briquettes was to surround the coal with furnace ash, which was cumbersome and unhygienic, and was not conducive to the full use of heat energy. Later, the company's technical staff developed the "dual-purpose furnace and mud trench coal burning method" and

Special furnace tiles for briquettes solved the problem of ash surrounding the furnace and created conditions for the popularization of briquettes, allowing them to be promoted on a large scale. At the same time, a single-punch stamping briquette machine was developed to realize the mechanized production of briquettes.

When Liu Hongsheng was selling Lianghuai coal, he discovered the honeycomb briquette stove, which is an energy-saving, high-heat, low-cost coal stove, and immediately realized the business opportunities in it. In Shanghai's Huajie, most families in the concessions use coal stoves

, but the old-style coal stoves they use, and for the purpose of saving money, the coal stoves use "small briquettes" instead of higher-priced small pieces of coal. Many civilians in Zhabei use coal shaking as a way to save money.

They are either employed in coal shops or process for households along the street. The tools they use are: shovels, five-tooth rakes, large round sieves, flower pots, etc. """ () The method of making briquettes is: sieve them

Then add loess to the fine coal powder, spread it evenly on the ground with water, cut it into egg-sized cubes with a shovel, then sprinkle the fine coal powder and put it into the sieve, put a flower pot on the bottom of the sieve, use both hands to move the sieve and

Flowerpot, turn the cube coal in the sieve and shake it into a ball, pour it on the ground to dry, and that's it. There is also a method of adjusting the sieve and hanging the sieve. Use three wooden sticks to form a shelf, and then use hemp rope to hang the sieve below.

By hand, the briquettes are finally made into apricot-sized round briquettes. The old briquette stove requires at least ten kilograms of small briquettes every day, while the honeycomb briquette stove only needs three briquettes a day, and a briquette weighs two and a half kilograms, plus the ratio of honeycomb briquettes to mud.

High, after one ignition, there is no need to put out the fire or start the fire.

Unlike old-fashioned coal stoves made of pig iron, honeycomb briquette stoves are made of tinplate or old oil drum iron sheets. The cost is extremely low. Liu Hongsheng, who realized the business opportunities, immediately spent tens of thousands of yuan to introduce dozens of pellet making machines in Shanghai.

, Suzhou, Tangjiazha, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places have set up multiple briquette factories to promote briquette stoves in various places by "sending coal stoves".

In just half a year, Liu Hongsheng opened briquette factories in major cities in northern and southern China. Even Beijing and Tianjin also have Liuji briquette factories. The honeycomb briquettes made from low-quality coal ash have long been promoted and can

He said that the biggest input of Hongsheng Company now is the coal briquette factory, and its profit even exceeds that of lump coal sales. After all, the profits from lump coal sales are mostly made by ** companies.

Now hearing that there is such a big gap, what Cheng Pengnian is worried about is whether the company will restrict the sale of coal to the private sector once industrial coal consumption is tight. After all, judging from the company's business habits, they are more inclined to

industry.

"Coal briquette business..."

As a promoter of the briquettes business, how could Liu Hongsheng not know the profits of this briquettes business? Shanghai alone can bring him tens of thousands of yuan in profits every month, not to mention that this business also involves the whole country. Although since the beginning of the year,

There is competition in various places, but Liu Hongsheng is not worried, because Liuji briquettes are a "time-honored brand" and they are not deceived by worrying about quality. Every month, briquette factories in various places can make hundreds of thousands of yuan in profits. This profit is more than

Black gold is enough black gold. But...

"Well, the impact shouldn't be big..."

When speaking, Liu Hongsheng was a little less confident. The reason is very simple. In Shanghai alone, residents use hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. Although it may not seem like a big amount, but if you include Shanghai all the way to Wuhan, then

The use of coal has been eliminated. If civilian use is reduced due to lack of industry, then the loss of business will not be worth 100,000 to 80,000 yuan!

But the business on the other side, that year... If the coal production next year is insufficient, not only his plan will be affected, but even the "business that benefits the people" will be affected. Life will be difficult next year! Liu Hongsheng is calm, but

He frowned from time to time.

"Peng Nian, you know that the company's profit from coal sales is **6 and we share 4. This was the condition for the company to support us at the beginning. It is for this reason that I want to expand the markets in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.

In the past few months, I have contacted companies and overseas Chinese communities in the three places. Singapore and Hong Kong alone require 3 million tons of coal a year. Most of this coal is Japanese coal. Japanese coal is inferior and has insufficient power, while Lianghuai coal is

It is the best thermal coal, and more than 80% of the coal used in the two places is commercial ship thermal coal. Therefore, as soon as our coal arrives, it can enter the market immediately without having to worry about being squeezed by Japanese merchants. Thermal coal

Things don’t rely on cheapness, but on quality, and Lianghuai Coal can easily win with quality! Last month, the company received 20% of the 10,000 tons of coal shipped to Hong Kong, and we received 80%!”

Businessmen are always pursuing profits. No one will doubt that businessmen take the initiative to assume social obligations at this time, which is often a manifestation of profit-seeking. The reason why they are willing to assume social obligations is, of course, that they have received

It’s for education, but it’s also for reputation, and reputation can bring you wealth.

The reason why Liu Hongsheng attaches great importance to Southeast Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippines is because of the huge profits. For the same coal sales, personal profits can be doubled. For any businessman, the temptation is natural.

This means that now, even though he knows that coal production may not be able to meet domestic demand next year, it is difficult for Liu Hongsheng to make a choice.

Looking at Cheng Pengnian, Liu Hongsheng asked tentatively.

"Peng Nian, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"Chairman, the easiest way is to run our own coal mine!"

"Self-run coal mine?"

Liu Hongsheng had never thought about running a coal mine.

"Chairman, when I was in Lianyun a while ago, I heard news that the company's exploration team was in Ordos, that is..."

Walking to a map on the wall, Cheng Pengnian pointed to a location on the map.

"Right here, under the words "Yellow River", the company has discovered a large coalfield with shallow burial depth suitable for open-pit mining. Once developed, its output will even far exceed that of Lianghuai."

"Why doesn't the company exploit such a large coal field?"

Cheng Pengnian's words made Liu Hongsheng a little confused. The company was very good at mining. They always linked mining with industry. Along the Longhai Railway, the company opened mines one after another, and then built the company based on the mines.

Factory, even in some places, a small town can set up a factory according to local conditions.

"We still need a railway here!" Cheng Pengnian's hand drew a line on the map from Xi'an to the back, and then he drew another line.

"But the company has no such plan now. According to the company's plan, they are planning to build a railway from Baoji to Sichuan. Compared with the coal mines in Ordos, Sichuan has a population of more than 50 million, which is a big market for industrial products.

!So, if we owe it, the company will definitely not object!"

"Railway, coal mine... are too expensive, we don't have the money!"

"We have no money, we have no money, but there are not just one or two elephants in Shanghai!"

What Cheng Pengnian quoted here is the saying of "four elephants, eight oxen, and seventy-two little yellow dogs" in Nanxun Town, Zhejiang Province. Earning 1 million taels of silver is just a little yellow dog, while the wealth standard of an elephant is 10 million taels.

And doesn’t Shanghai only have four images?

"The chairman can borrow money to do it!"

While talking, Cheng Pengnian uttered another sentence.

“Nostalgia!”

Ningbo people have always attached great importance to nostalgia. Wherever Ningbo people gather to make a living, almost all of them have organized "Siming Office" or "Ningbo Association", which are gangs related to fellow villagers. Several counties under Ningbo Prefecture, such as Yin County and Cixi,

Fenghua, Dinghai, Zhenhai, Ninghai, Xiangshan, etc. have the largest number of people gathered in Shanghai and are the strongest. The Ningbo People's Association in Shanghai ranks first among the country's rural gangs. It has become a big climate and has the most people who have made a fortune, such as Ye Chengzhong.

, Zhou Yangshan, Zhu Baosan, Yu Qiaqing and other rich and famous people can be found everywhere.

"Chairman. Among the people from Ningbo currently living in Shanghai, such as Ye Chengzhong, Zhou Yangshan, Zhu Baosan, and Yu Qiaqing are all worth tens of millions. Chairman, why not use the power of business gangs to jointly develop roads and mines."

Now, as soon as Cheng Pengnian mentioned them, Liu Hongsheng's mind immediately thought of Zhou Yangshan. Zhou Yangshan had a grudge against him. If Zhou Yangshan had not introduced him to the Shanghai office manager of Kaiping Mining, he would have entered the coal industry.

In this profession, I'm afraid he wouldn't be where he is today.

With a plan in mind, and after discussing it with Cheng Peng for several days, Liu Hongsheng prepared a generous gift and went to the Zhou Mansion in the French Concession.

As soon as he entered the living room, Liu Hongsheng saw Zhou Yangshan sitting in the living room, so he quickly took a step forward, bowed deeply with eagerness and joy, and said solemnly:

"My nephew, I wish you well, Mr. Zhou!" Although Zhou Yangshan is not tall, he is very strong. When he saw Liu Hongsheng coming, he got up and walked to Liu Hongsheng, took Liu Hongsheng's hand, he straightened up, and counter-ordered

Zhou Yangshan, who was of medium height, had to look up. Hongsheng had been prepared for this, and when he straightened up, he bent his knees downwards. Zhou Yangshan pulled his shoulders, looked at him carefully, his joy was beyond words, and he said continuously:

"Okay! In the past two years, the coal business you are doing has been making waves. If Ke'an knew about it, he would be very happy!" Among the Ningbo business gangs, Zhou Yangshan has always been a courageous, knowledgeable, and tolerant person.

And a large number of people, who have great wealth and status, pay more attention to reputation and dignity, and like to reward promising people among their descendants. Liu Hongsheng, known as the "Coal King", is even more proud of him.

Because Liu Hongsheng is a person who can be supported by one hand, Hongsheng lowered his hands and said solemnly: "Thank you for the compliment! If it weren't for Uncle Zhou's support back then, how would my nephew be today... I feel really guilty for not being able to visit Uncle Zhou these days!"

"

Zhou Yangshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "My family, you're welcome!...Business matters are more important! What's more, the coal market has just stabilized, how could I not know!" After entering the room and sitting down, Liu Hongsheng
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