Hovehua looked at the person in front of him and shook his head slightly.

This person is really a person who plucks his hair by geese. The greed in his bones cannot be changed.

Sure enough, when Yao Zongwen inquired about Hutchison and Zhang Han, Huo Weihua patiently told the story about today.

Finally, Huo Weihua said: "Brother, don't worry about this matter. I'm doing this matter so that King Xin can remember me. But my brother does this matter for nothing more than greed for money. Hutchison is rich, but I think it's probably because Zhang Han took it to the north to raise soldiers. You have to make trouble for the court and get a lot of money, so why bother!"

Yao Zongwen was beaten up by such a series of strokes, but he was not annoyed. He just smiled mysteriously and pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

"What's this?"

"This is the quantity and silver and money shipments in Beijing in May, not including the insurance money sold by the big cart in the account."

"There are 300,000 pieces of cloth of various colors and 190,000 pieces of ironware of various colors?" Huo Weihua glanced at him and was shocked and said, "There are so many?"

"It's just so many." Yao Zongwen said: "Li Guojin sent me a letter. On the side of the Xiaohei River in Qingcheng, Hutchison's textile factory stretches for more than ten miles, using more than ten thousand mules and horses, over ten thousand people, and thousands of hydroloons. Old Li said, I have to go and see it, but I don't know how surprised... When he saw it for the first time, he felt that it was because people were taught by heaven, so there would be such a spectacular scene."

Huo Weihua nodded and said, "When I was in Wuxian, there were many factories, including thousands of people, and at least dozens of people. They all came out after the opening of the sea during the Longqing period. It is said that there is a great demand for raw silk and cotton cloth overseas, but Songjiang cloth and Wuxian silk, the former is mainly sold to the Ming Dynasty, while the latter goes to trade in the sea. Now it seems that Hutchison has already grabbed a lot of cloth markets in the north."

"At least 70% were taken away." Yao Zongwen said: "Many Songjiang people have complained in front of me. Previously, the big merchants and gentry in Songjiang have made a lot of efforts to target Hutchison."

Huo Weihua nodded slightly, and this is the reason why one moves the whole body. Songjiang cloth was originally sold in the north and south, and it was the first-class good cloth that people sought after. People always thought that China used "domestic cloth" to the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China at that time, but it was not the case. The home loom slowly shook it out with local cloth, while Songjiang cloth was a mass-produced cloth in accordance with the process. It was indeed not as good as British cloth in the later stages, and even Japanese cloth that came from behind. However, before the Ming Dynasty and the mid-Qing Dynasty, Songjiang cloth was divided into dozens of types, and it was also produced in factories and had quite strict quality control. Otherwise, how could Songjiang cloth be able to sell in the world with the economic model dominated by China's small peasant economy?

When foreign cloth entered China, it was not the small peasant economy, but the local very fragile handicraft industry.

For Songebu, Hutchison is the foreign cloth of this era.

They have no choice but to have such an impact... Heji uses a lot of animal power and hydraulic power, has a large number of continuous improvement and innovation looms, and has powerful logistics. Any one of them is incomparable to Songjiang merchants. Under Huji's step-by-step pressure, Songjiang Bu has given up more than half of the market. If this continues, the market of millions of horsepower in the north a year must be snatched by Huji.

In addition to cloth, the sales of ironware are also quite surprising. Of course, Yao Zongwen also specifically stated that the sales volume of 190,000 pieces this month was due to the decline caused by the crazy last month. In March and April, Hutchison's ironware sold more than one million pieces... This is not surprising. The number of farm tools needed after the spring will increase significantly. Now this number is still due to disasters in the north for years. People have no money and can't afford it. Often, several companies buy a few farm tools together. Otherwise, selling millions of farm tools a year is not a big deal.

During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty produced more than 18 million kilograms, and by the Jiajing period, it reached 90 million kilograms. This number was far beyond the Song Dynasty and Yuan dynasties, and reached a very high level.

But if we consider the population growth of the Ming Dynasty, the reality under this number is that the number of pig iron is far from keeping up with the population growth and the growth of arable land.

During the Jiajing period, the population was at least 150 million, and the arable land increased by millions of acres. The amount of pig iron seemed to have increased a lot, but it was mainly due to the development growth in the south, especially the private iron yards in Fujian and Jiangnan, which grew very fast. The official iron and northern iron yards not only did not grow, but instead went bankrupt due to many reasons such as poor management.

The Zunhua Iron Farm was suspended during the Jiajing period, and it was suspended for decades until the reopening of Hutchison a few years ago.

During the Jiajing period, the imperial court used a lot of Fujian iron. In Qi Jiguang's military books, whether it was weapons or muskets, they would specifically indicate how much pounds of Fujian iron were used.

There is a serious lack of iron among the people, and there is even more serious lack of fine iron and iron tools made.

In some economically backward places, using stone plows to plow the land is not news. In a family, even if it is a valuable property, it is not a mysterious thing.

In the south, materials are relatively abundant and the economy is also developed, so all the situations are still good, but in the north, it is different. Iron tools are very short of iron. Hutchison has been acclimated to a considerable extent in recent years. However, Hutchison has not put all production in the domestic market. Japan is also in short supply. The Southeast Asian market also has a large demand for iron tools, and the profit is also quite high.

"Over one million ironware, at least several million sold a year, and millions of them will go to sea." Yao Zongwen's triangle eyes were filled with greed light, and he said slowly: "Now Brother Ying Geng knows why so many people are jealous. No matter what, do you want to eat Hutchison?"

"That's also necessary to have strength!" Huo Weihua spread his hands and said, "I can't help myself. The factory has repeatedly warned me that I will never be allowed to get involved. If there is any incident in Jizhen, I will be unable to save my life."

With Wei Zhongxian's temper, it is impossible to respond to the story of such a warning. Huo Weihua is very trusted by Wei Zhongxian. He was transferred from Taipu Temple to the Right Minister of the Ministry of War and could be assigned to the office. In many external military arrangements, Cui Chengxiu only gave advice, and even did not even give advice. He was the one who came to make ideas or directly issued instructions. He had great power and had many taboos. The eunuch party was not a solid piece. Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun Cui Chengxiu, who was a good man and a trustworthy woman? There were also Wang Tiqian and others in the palace, who were also fighting for power and profit. Wei Liangqing, who was not aware of the three parties, was already in trouble. There were already people who wanted to stretch their legs to make trouble for Huo Weihua. There were many people who wanted to stretch their legs to make trouble for Huo Weihua...

Yao Zongwen also knew this, but he was really reluctant to let it go.

They didn't care about blocking the border and arresting Zhang Han. They didn't care about this. In recent years, they hadn't done anything else. They were just searching and checking the business pulses of Hutchison, how many big trucks, how many branches and branches, how much silver is stored in the warehouses of various commercial banks, how many kilograms of pig iron can be produced in a year in the iron yards in Lingqiu and Zunhua...

This thing has not been deliberately kept secret, so you can find out as long as you are interested. Moreover, those who do this are all big shots, the Dongchang fighting men, the Jinyiwei lieutenant, the officials, the gentry, and the merchants everywhere can all use it. There are quite a lot of sources of information, and there are many unreliable ones, but after accumulating time, it is indeed the same result.

Hutchison makes a profit in a year, if it is more than tens of millions!

When Yao Zongwen first learned this amount, he was shocked and turned it over.

In the late Ming Dynasty, wars were frequent, and the expenses of the imperial court rose sharply. Originally, the income of more than three million yuan a year was far from enough. Emperor Wanli decided to charge Liao levies first. During the Tianqi period, various taxes increased, including industrial and commercial taxes such as tea tax, and the annual income reached 10 million.

This has made the world so scattered. By the Chongzhen period, the three salary plus an annual income of 20 million yuan had become a heavy burden for the people. Hutchison, a business company, easily earned over 10 million yuan in annual income. If it weren't for two or three years of careful investigation, hiding in the dark like a poisonous snake and staring at Hutchison and remembering it, could such a scary result?

At this moment, Hutchison's strength in the north and the reason for maintaining a strong army was completely understood.

Without a year of tens of millions of dollars, how could there be so many cannons and armor, and so many soldiers with dying power? Hutchison's huge wealth was enough to make everyone jealous. Yao Zongwen was dragged into the water at this time and was quickly shocked by Hutchison's huge wealth. His thoughts of betting on both ends immediately faded... When he really started fighting, Hutchison's business must check it. Even if he remembers the world in the future, he could kill all those involved? When he became an enemy country, any measures were taken as a matter of course. Calculating the accounts was calculated on the heads of the emperor and the country. If he could not calculate any of them, he would be on the heads of the heads of the case!

Because of this, Yao Zongwen went all out of his way, just to get Hutchison's wealth first. Even if the big guys eat meat, he could only drink soup. This bite of soup would be at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver...

Unfortunately, things were inconsistent, and Hutchison was quite tough, and the court was too weak.

As a person in the court and has been staying in the capital, people like Yao Zongwen overestimated the power of the imperial court, and underestimated the power of Hutchison's development outside.

In many people's hearts, Hutchison is the enemy, but its rise is too fast and its background is not as good as that of the Jurchens. Yao Zongwen said that he was not afraid of Hutchison's liquidation. In fact, deep down he never felt that Hutchison could successfully invade, destroy the Ming Dynasty, and establish a new dynasty...

No one really remembers such a thing during the Apocalypse.

Even if there are occasional flashes of thoughts, this kind of thought is suppressed by greed and is regarded as a suspicious thought that is too timid.

"Then wait for the chance." Yao Zongwen was a little unwilling, but he also knew that it was not appropriate to take action again at this time. There was a war in western Liaoning, and the northern Heji was eyeing him, and there were two kings and righteousness within him, and there were wars everywhere. When there was another chaos, the emperor would be furious, and Wei Zhongxian would be furious. Even if there were someone behind him, he would not be able to do anything he could do.

"There are opportunities." Huo Weihua smiled, looked at the order in his hand, and said in a relaxed voice: "Look, Hutchison is doing the sugar and brown sugar business again, so I'm afraid I'll be richer in the future. What are you anxious about? Yours is yours. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty have always made more money. The more they make wedding clothes for others!"
Chapter completed!