The journey starts from the Titanic

Chapter 96

Although Nanhua Grain Bank has a lot of energy, it is still a company after all. To survive and develop, it must follow the laws of the market. The sense of social responsibility it demonstrates will not change this bad social situation.

After listening to Liu Chengmin’s narration, Situ Nan understood the situation of Nanhua Grain Company in general, and asked: “After completing the initial layout in the southern provinces, the next one should expand to the north, right?”

"Yes! Next, we are planning to open two more branches in Qingdao and Tianjin. As for further progress, we are somewhat powerless. The northern provinces are more chaotic, but Zhili is better, like Henan, Rehe, etc. The situation is chaotic and the traffic is not good. I don’t plan to spend too much energy. I plan to concentrate more on the south."

Liu Chengmin said.He felt that the spread of the stall was too big, it was not good for Nanhua Grain Company, and there was not so much extra energy.

"Yeah." Situ Nan nodded.Then he said: "It is said that you have bought a lot of land, tell me about it."

"That's it. Many farmers went bankrupt. I think their land would fall into the hands of the landlord rather than ours. Most of them are good land, but those farmers have weak ability to resist risks and have to change hands. If we sell it to repay the debt, we will buy it, refurbish it, and set up a farming company. I believe it will produce good results.

Liu Chengmin smiled and said, "Our grain bank is going to set up farming companies in Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other places, imitating the large farm operations in the United States. This directly controls grain production without being divided by some middlemen every year."

"Imitated the American ranch?" Situ Nan asked half-heartedly, feeling a little unrealistic, "How much land do you have now?"

"500,000 mu! If I purchase the land with all my strength, I am confident to expand it tenfold within a year!" Liu Chengmin believes.

"So much?" Situ Nan looked at Liu Chengmin in surprise.

"That's not too much. You don't know. Those warlords and local tyrants are powerful. I heard that the Northeast bandit Zhang has millions of acres of fertile land, and there are countless other forests and rivers. Other warlords are not too much. , We are less."

Liu Chengmin smiled.

I added another sentence, “There is not much land, but the original farmers on this land are quite a few. This 500,000 mu of land can have millions of people behind it, and it’s not for the immigrants to go to Nanyang. It's not good to just send them elsewhere, I really have a headache!"

Situ Nan suddenly realized: "According to your statement, the more land controlled by Nanhua Grain Co., isn't it a farmer with tens of millions of control? Then if someone finds out, those warlords don’t worry about our rebellion. ?"

"Yeah! I used to be decapitated! The tree attracts the wind, and it has to be covered up like a way." When Situ Nan reminded him, Liu Chengmin immediately realized the risk.

Although the Nanhua Grain Industry did not think about rebellion or something, if there are really millions of peasants under it, then whoever is the ruler must pay attention to the Nanhua Grain Industry.

For the always low-key Nanhua Food Company, there is a feeling of thorns on the back.

"Forget it, don't worry about it. Just cover it up a little. We Americans and Chinese have done even more rebellious things, and that's not bad!" Situ Nan comforted.

Liu Seungmin nodded.

After walking out of Situ's residence, Liu Chengmin looked up and found that the sunlight was a little dazzling, which made him feel unreal.Looking back on the past, no one thought that a small rice shopkeeper could become the largest grain merchant in southern China. If he deliberately manipulated it, China's grain prices would not necessarily skyrocket, but there would definitely be some turbulence.

Looking back at the Situ Mansion, which was silently behind him, Liu Chengmin felt a little overwhelmed because he had just persuaded Situ Southern to invest 10 million yuan in a grain-for-land project.

If the operation is good, it is not a problem that the land controlled by Nanhua Grain Co., Ltd. will increase by one million mu.Just how to cover up the existence of Nanhua Food Company?

"Just attract some local businessmen into the farming company! Nanhua Grain has set the rules, and then let the local businessmen come forward to operate. As long as the farming company is controlled in the financial and sales channels, the local snakes don't dare to resist the Nanhua Food Company. , Did they benefit a lot?

Do you want to borrow money from farmers?The loan sharks in the rural areas are too strong and the market is also large. Financially controlling the rural economy seems to be good!"

Liu Chengmin hesitated to leave the Situ Mansion and came to the Guangzhou Branch of American China Bank.His other position is one of the board members of Meihua Company (China).

"A loan of 10 million!?" Lin Yimin kept shook his head and said bitterly, "Lao Liu, you are the veteran of the company, I respect you! It's just that the company's funds are too tight at the moment, can you be considerate?"

Nanhua Food Co., Ltd. is one of the subsidiaries of Meihua Company, but Lin Yimin has never seen the financial statements of this food company. He only knows that this food company is only under the control of Situ Nan and Meihua's US headquarters and has a relatively independent status. It's just affiliated with Meihua China branch.

Feeling a little blunt in his tone, Lin Yimin said again: "As far as I know, Nanhua Food Company has lost 3 million yuan in the past two years. Lao Liu, if there is no good reason, I cannot agree to grant such a large amount. Here you are! Even if I agree here, the US headquarters will review it, right?"

"You don't have to worry about this! I have already obtained Master Situ Nan's consent. This money will be transferred directly from the United States, and you don't need to occupy your funds."

Liu Chengmin said directly that he didn't want to offend Lin Yimin, and then said: "There are documents from the food bank, you will know after a look."

Hearing that there is no need to occupy the funds of the Chinese branch, Lin Yimin breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Liu Chengmin's solemnity, he was curious. He picked up the grain bank's file and looked at it, but immediately felt that it was hot.

"You're crazy, Lao Liu! The grain business is not a grain business, but a big landlord? How much land can you buy for 10 million yuan?" Lin Yimin looked at Liu Chengmin in surprise.

"Let's talk after reading it!" Liu Chengmin smiled slightly.He sat aside patiently and waited for Lin Yimin to read the documents, because Nanhua Food Bank still had a lot of things to cooperate with Lin Yimin in the future!

"Young master dare to do this!" Lin Yimin sighed, raised his head, and shook slightly.

"Old Liu! Don't say anything, I will support you anyway."

"Haha. You just need to have this sentence. The board of directors asks about the grain operation, but you have to cover it up." Liu Chengmin smiled.According to his plan, in the next few years, the grain bank's book losses will become larger and larger.Those funds and food eventually turned into invisible land deeds.

Of course, if you calculate the value of those land, it will be an astronomical value!

"Okay." Lin Yimin answered readily.

He made up his mind not to ask about the food industry.In China, private companies occupy so much land and control so much food, which is really dangerous.

All revolutions and wars, in the final analysis, can find answers in the land.In the era of the feudal dynasty, what Nanhua Liangxing had done had already touched the ruler's scales, and was about to be decapitated.

Fortunately, this damned society is a bit messy, and you can fish in troubled waters, but it has become a complete South China Food Company.Liu Chengmin's first test site was Qingdao, Shandong.

If the people's sentiments in southern Guangdong, Hunan and other provinces can still be maintained, the sentiments of Shandong's people have already boiled.

Since Xiaobinghe in the late Ming Dynasty, Shandong has not had a good life for a few days, and natural and man-made disasters have continued.

There are countless secret organizations, religious groups, bandits and bandits, and the people have been suffering for a long time.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shandong people vigorously rushed through the Guandong, which showed that the local people in Shandong really couldn't survive.

In addition to the successive aggressions of Germany, Japan and other powers, the situation in Shandong has become more turbulent, and the immediate Anhui warlords are also fighting again, which also intensified the turmoil in Shandong.

Shandong has always been the hardest-hit area in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Grain has been lost year after year. Otherwise, there would be no such tragic scenes of rushing through the Guandong and overseas Chinese workers.

Since the Republic of China, more and more people from Shandong have broken through the Guandong, and a large number of peasants who cannot survive have left their homes and went to the northeast to make a living in groups.Zhang, a bandit in the northeast, also hopes to bring in people from the pass, develop the northeast, and enrich his territory.

In short, Shandong is short of food and food prices are soaring, which gives Nanhua Food Bank an opportunity.After the Nanhua Grain Bank established its Jinan branch in Shandong, it rented a fleet of Meihua to transport French Annan, Siam and even American grain to Jinan. On the return trip, it also transported some Shandong farmers who wanted to go to Nanyang to Sumatra and other places.

Nanhua Grain Company has a large amount of grain in its hands and has its own transportation fleet, which is much stronger than ordinary grain merchants. Therefore, even if they sell grain at land prices, they will not lose money. On the other hand, those grain merchants who want to buy from Jiangsu and Zhejiang cost more than Nanhua Food Co., Ltd. is higher, so they are at a disadvantage in the competition.

After several open and secret fights, the South China grain merchants were overwhelmed by Shandong's grain merchants, and by the way, the local grain merchants were "collected" and let them become partners of the South China grain merchants.

Suppressing forces, tempting profits, and using carrot sticks, Nanhua Grain Bank opened up the food market in Shandong.Prior to this, as early as Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places were also relying on similar means, Nanhua Grain Bank completed the layout of the grain market in South China.

It is difficult for people in the peace era to understand that the huge profits of the grain business are at all lowered by arms or financial speculation. Without the price bureau, hearing, and supervision, reselling grain can easily get 10 times or 100 times the profit.

Nanhua Food Co., Ltd. intervened in Shandong's grain market under such circumstances.Liu Chengmin deliberately selected a group of smart shopkeepers from Shandong Chinese laborers to go back to Shandong to start grain business, and at the same time began to secretly absorb land.

There are a large number of bankrupt farmers in Shandong, so Nanhua Grain Bank obtained a large amount of land without any effort.Even some good fields that were originally ten or so acres fell into the hands of the grain trade at a cost of only a few buckets of rice, which is less than one-third or one-fifth of the original land price.

This business is just easy to do!

However, it is easy to reap the land, but it is not easy to develop the land. At least it has to deal with the hordes of half bandits and half people, and the food industry has to form a security team!

This man also had to spend a lot of money to eat and chew, and he couldn't count on those troops, so apart from the beginning of the Qingdao branch purchasing more than 500,000 mu of fertile land in coastal cities such as Qingdao and Jinan, he never dared to drill into the mountains .

Liu Chengmin never thought of establishing armed separatism in Shandong, so he had to stop his expansion in Shandong and began to use his energy to manage the land and grow cotton, peanuts and other cash crops.

As for the indigestible labor force-farmers, at Liu Chengmin's request, Meihua Company also began to organize Shandong farmers to go to Nanyang.Since then, the prelude to the more than ten years of voyages to Nanyang by Shandong farmers in the Republic of China began.