Chapter 1464 Internal News

If He Li's main way of operating transactions is to make money by using information asymmetry, then compared with these professional brokers on Zhoushan Island, He Li's news channels can only be described as "closed".

Most of these brokers were naturalized people who became naturalized from the Ming Dynasty, and the backer behind them may be officials from a certain department of Hai Han. Under Hai Han's rule, there are also many shameful gray areas. Although these transactions of news selling are illegal, it is almost impossible to completely clean them up. Unless time travelers experience everything themselves, this kind of business will continue to exist.

Of course, He Li was unwilling to be inferior, but the fact is that in this black market that specializes in selling various information, he could only be in the position of a buyer and could not stand up straight and say that he was with the other party. The information he had was basically inaccessible to him, so he did not even have the capital to bargain.

Of course, he doesn't have to buy these news, but his response may be extremely passive. For the mission of coming to Zhoushan Island this time, hundreds of taels of silver are not a big deal. If you can really buy useful information, you won't feel too distressed even if you pay the money.

He Li gritted his teeth, took out the purse from his arms, ordered three Haihan banknotes worth 100 yuan, put them on the table and pressed them with a teacup, and said, "Then come and listen. If it is true, you can take the money away."

The broker looked at the money on the table, looked at He Li's expression and then said, "Okay, what do you want to know about the Northern route?"

"The Northern routes have always been thankless errands. Why are there so many people suddenly robbing this deal?" He Li asked a question that had troubled him for many days, and even He Xiao could not answer his question. He knew that there must be some particularly important benefits in this. If the broker was not a parallel product, he must be able to give a reasonable explanation.

The broker looked around and confirmed that there was no third person close to him. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Liaodong will start operating a plantation this year. Do you know the plantation? After the transaction is done, the local goods will enter and exit more. Now is the best time to enter the market, so naturally there are many well-informed people who want to seize this opportunity."

He Li naturally heard about what a plantation is. There are also plantations opened and operated by Haihan on Zhoushan Island, but they are limited to the terrain and land area, and the scale is not large. However, it is said that in the areas controlled by Haihan in the south, plantations are often based on a scale of thousands of acres, and the income after entering the harvest period is very rich. His brother He Xiao invested all the money he earned in the past two years to plantations in the south, and in a few years, he can go to Haihan to live a comfortable life of clothes and food.

Although He Li knew that Hai Han had occupied a place on the Liaodong Peninsula and defeated the local Later Jin defenders, he didn't know anything about the specific situation in the local area and what kind of development plans Hai Han had. As for the development of a plantation in Liaodong, He Li never even thought about it. Logically speaking, this kind of land that had just been snatched from the enemy would generally not be developed immediately. At least it would take until the situation basically stabilized and would not be counterattacked by the Later Jin again. But Hai Han obviously had strong confidence in his defense ability, and began to plan subsequent development plans as soon as he snatched the land.

In fact, He Li did not have a clear concept of how much improvement the development and construction of plantations could bring to the local shipping market. He only knew that the plantations advocated by Hai Han Yili had quite good returns, but because he lived in the south for a long time, he did not know what kind of economic crops Hai Han planned to plant in the plantations in Liaodong and how long the harvest period of these crops was. The lack of sufficient information as a reference made it difficult for him to make a clear judgment.

"I know the plantation, but you said the news is too vague. You have to say something about the specific plan of this kind of plantation. Otherwise, if you want to collect money after such a sentence, I will do it too!" He Li would not be fooled easily, and immediately asked the other party to give him more clear information.

The broker said, "Looking at you, you'll be fine, so I won't hide it from you. The Liaodong Plantation Development Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture was sent to the north through Zhoushan. This plan happened to be read below. The contents of it must not be revealed to you. Let's talk about it more and you know it. As for how to verify it, you will try to do it yourself in the future."

He said that he had a meal to show his solemnity: "Liaodong will introduce Zhuqi and Liqi from Shandong and grow it in large quantities locally. In addition, beets and soybeans are also the main business projects of the plantation."

The so-called "tiao" is the term for apples at this time. Haihan also planted a large number of apple trees in the occupied areas of Shandong, and has not yet entered the harvest period. Apple trees usually start to bear fruit after two or three years of planting, and the entire harvest period can be as long as twenty years. If planted scientifically and properly managed, the harvest period will be as long as fifty years. This fruit may not have a large market in the Ming Dynasty, but its sales prospects in Haihan are favored by many people.

At present, the apple orchards grown in Shandong have only entered the picking period for a year, but the fruits have been booked by merchants long ago. The Ministry of Agriculture took a fancy to such a good market prospect and considered the comprehensive factors such as temperature, precipitation, sunshine, and soil, and decided to introduce apple planting projects in Liaodong. Shaxi alone planned to invest in the development of two thousand acres of apple orchards.

As for beets and soybeans, they are also economic crops suitable for the geographical environment of Liaodong. However, unlike the beet varieties introduced from Persia and Arabia to the Far East after the 12th century, the beets that Haihan Ministry of Agriculture intends to promote the cultivation of beets in Liaodong are artificially cultivated varieties with higher sugar content, and are specifically used in the sugar industry. In the original history, it took about a hundred years for the Germans to cultivate high-sugar beets, and the world's first beet sugar factory would not appear until the beginning of the 19th century.

Haihan's sugar industry in the south is an important agricultural income. If the north can also build an industrial chain for sugar production, it will definitely play a good role in promoting the economic conditions of northern colonies in the future.

Soybeans are originally native to China, and their cultivation history lasted for thousands of years. In the past, there were a large number of plantings in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty. What the Haihan Ministry of Agriculture can do is to provide better bean seeds and more scientific planting methods to improve their yield and quality. Soybean soybeans are very particular in sowing, fertilizing, field management, and disease control. It can be said that they need careful care among cash crops.

The utilization value of soybeans is well known. In addition to a wide variety of soybean products and seasonings, soybeans are also excellent oil crops, and the by-product after oil extraction is extremely high-quality protein feed. The glycerin, paint, artificial rubber and other products obtained after deep processing of soybean oil as a raw material is of great value to Haihan. Even if the demand for soybean oil on the market is not that high, Haihan's own industrial demand can utilize all the soybean oil produced in the Liaodong colony in the future, which is a cash crop that is stable to make profits.

The Ministry of Agriculture recommended these two projects to Sha Xi, and Sha Xi was extremely optimistic, so she included them in the development project of the Liaodong Peninsula. Although it had not yet been implemented, in fact, these related plans have been leaked from a certain link due to the handling personnel. Otherwise, even if He Li could afford the price, there would be no place to buy such internal information.

However, the broker did not dare to say too much about these news, and He Li didn't know much about agriculture. He didn't know what things like beets looked like, and he didn't know where the profits of this thing would come from after large-scale planting. Therefore, He Li was still a little skeptical about the broker's description.

"I can understand every word you said, but why can't I understand it when I connect it?" He Li frowned and said, "How can Hai Han really plant what you said in Liaodong?"

"Do you think these things can't make money?" The broker seemed to have seen through He Li's thoughts and sneered: "I'll tell you this. Even if the Hai Han people sell mud and sand, there will be someone who will buy them with money. Do you believe it?"

He Li was about to say he didn't believe it, but then he thought about it, He Xiao seemed to have said that Hai Han's glassware was all burned with sand, which can be said to have turned decay into magic. In this way, this Hai Han glassware sold all over the world is just a mud and sand?

The broker continued, "To be honest, how can these things be made? You don't understand, and I don't understand them either. But it doesn't matter. As long as the leaders understand, they will arrange everything, you just need to do it according to the arrangement. Haihan has always been known for his business shrewdness. When have you heard that Haihan people lose money when doing business? Since these planting projects are to be promoted in Liaodong, they must be calculated to make a lot of money. Since it is a place for money, the demand for shipping will definitely be pulled by it."

He Li heard what he said, and it seemed to make sense. The Hai Han people never do business at a loss. Since they want to build a plantation in Liaodong, they must have considered the causes and consequences and waited for implementation. If the development of Liaodong can proceed smoothly, then at most a year later, the harvest period will begin to enter the harvest period. At that time, the required maritime transportation capacity will be very considerable. At this time, it is indeed an excellent time to intervene in the operation of the Northern route. If you really wait until the shipment is started there before you plan to go to the Northern route, I am afraid that this piece of fat will have been divided up by other carriers.

Thinking about the news channels of those competitors may be far better than those of him, He Li seemed to understand a little why these competitors were silently planning to bid for the transportation business of the Northern route - they were all those who wanted to make a fortune in silence!

"Boss, I just said that these sentences are true. You can buy these news for 300 yuan. It's really worth a lot! As long as you use some means at that time, you can easily earn back ten or a hundred times!" The broker spared no effort to seize the opportunity to promote the value of the information he provided.

This time, He Li had to admit that he made sense. If the news was true, there were indeed many ways to easily earn the money back. Thinking of this, he picked up the teacup that held the banknotes and nodded to the man. The broker put his fists and thanked him, then reached out to sweep away the three hundred-dollar banknotes.

"The boss has other problems? As long as you pay, you will be satisfied!" The man took a saliva and finally made the deal. It seemed that he didn't plan to stop.

He Li suddenly thought of something and asked the man: "How many companies have you sold this news to besides me?"

The man smiled and said, "You are lucky. You are the first to meet me, so you have not sold it to other companies except you. I know what you want to say. You can buy out the news, add another 300!"

He Lixin said that it would be fine if the news was 300, but it would be a bit expensive if it would cost 600, but he felt a little guilty if he didn't buy it. After bargaining with the man, he finally made a deal of 150% and the man promised not to sell the information He Li had just learned to the second company. After He Lixin was unwilling to pay the money, he let the broker leave on his own. Although he still had some questions in his heart, he really didn't want to spend such a high price to get the answer.

After a while, He Li slapped his forehead and thought that he had paid out the 1500 yuan later, which was completely tricked by that person. Most of the merchants who came to Zhoushan Island to bid for the bid were businessmen with official backgrounds, and the news was much more informative than him. The reason why these people came to Zhoushan was probably because they already knew Hai Han’s development plan in Liaodong, and they only tried every means to find out the news after they arrived on the island. In this way, who could the broker sell the news to? Whether to buy or not is the same thing, they paid him an extra 150 yuan for nothing.

But now that things have come to this point, it is useless to say more, He Li can only comfort himself. At least he spent the money to buy more reliable news, which clearly defined the purpose of this trip to Zhoushan. As long as it plays the due role, the money will be spent valuable.

The next morning, the other three people who went out to inquire about the news came back one after another. Although they were tired, they could not hide their excitement. They all said that they had found useful information. He Li not only did not feel happy, but instead felt a little uneasy. As he asked, as he thought, all three people met brokers selling news, and the same person who sold the news to He Li. Under the inspiration of the man's eloquent tongue, the three of them all paid for the so-called "internal news", in triplicate, and the content was exactly the same.

He Li was so amused that he remembered that the man said that he could sell information from various companies. The four of him were obviously in his information, but he actually started to take action separately and sold a piece of information four times, which was a very powerful trick.
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