Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 297 Wool Raw Material Supply

  In the evening, I just returned to Beilun official residence not long ago.

"Oh, you mean that the top figures in New South Wales and Victoria, including the governor and the speaker, cannot be invited to attend the military ceremony? Ha ha... This is an expression of dissatisfaction!" Li Fushou heard the secretary's report, his face Without any surprised look, he smiled and walked towards the yard with his hands;

   "Master Yuanding, these white politicians in southern states are reluctant to do superficial articles. They seem to be bent on confronting us!" Mr. Pan Shoudao wore a trace of dissatisfaction on his face.

The road to Victoria is far away, but Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is close at hand. It is only a strait and you can easily reach Beilun Harbour by ferry. It is too much to dismantle the Taiwan without even giving a reason. pole.

   "It's going to rain, mother wants to marry someone and let him go."

Li Fushou’s mood was not affected. He paused for a moment and waited for Pan Shoudao to catch up, and then continued to move forward, saying as he walked; “Who are the two guards infantry divisions that we have expanded to deal with? Who? Comparing your heart to your heart...It's no wonder people feel uncomfortable in their hearts, and there is no need to maintain these seemingly imaginary tapes."

   "It's difficult, Sydney and Beilun are separated by a water, economic, trade and personnel flows are very close. Such a move is equivalent to cutting off cross-strait ties, but the loss is not small."

   "Brother Shou Dao, the situation now is like the two brothers are splitting up. One insists on being separated, so what can we do?"

  "Please teach me Yuanding."

   "Brother Shou Dao is polite, I can't talk about teaching or not, considering everything from the worst point of view, working in the best direction, should be the only feasible strategy at the moment.

  Organize relevant personnel to conduct a survey on the economic and trade situation of Beilun Town and Sydney. What items are imported, how many are imported, and what is the degree of dependence? Are there alternative import options? What is the economic impact on Beilun?

  Understanding these situations will help to solve the problem in a targeted manner, and can be aware of it and not be surprised. "

Hearing this, Pan Shoudao nodded frequently, and then said; "Yuan Ding awakened the dreamer with a word, and now I have a spectrum in my heart. Beilun Town relies most on the southern states from the supply of wool raw materials. There are three in the town with a scale of 10,000. People’s wool spinning mills will definitely face the problem of under-operating, and even port transportation will be affected. The wool spinning industry is Beilun’s pillar industry. This blow is not small!"

  Red River Valley has three textile center towns, Zhuque City, Songjiang Town, and Beilun Town. Each of these three places has three large-scale wool textile enterprises (the tenth mill and the eleventh mill are still under construction), and the surrounding wool raw materials are generally supplied nearby.

  The rupture of the relationship with the southern state has little impact on Zhuque City and Songjiang Town, but it has a greater impact on Beilun Town, because the main sources of raw materials for the three large wool spinning enterprises in Beilun Town are New South Wales and Victoria.

  The under-starting of wool spinning enterprises will directly affect the income of 37,900 workers in the wool spinning industry, affecting 37,900 families, and inevitably affecting the economic prosperity of Beilun Town.

"It's okay, the Southern State dare not do this for the time being, they can't afford it." Li Fushou knew what Pan Shoudao was worried about, he stopped and turned around, said with a confident smile on his face; "In view of the wool With high market prices, the Red River Valley Animal Husbandry Bureau plans to expand the existing Merino sheep herd on a large scale, from the existing 46 million sheep to 70 million sheep. I think this time will only take more than half a year. There will be no shortage of raw materials in Beilun Town."

   "That's great, but I am worried that the wool spinning enterprises in brother towns will grab raw materials, and the newly-built wool spinning mill in Songjiang Town will also need a large amount of raw materials after it is put into operation. This...Will it be a hindrance? It is really worrying!"

  "You...Brother Shoudao, you are not kind, haha..." Li Fushou laughed when he heard the other's concerns.

  Pan Shoudao knew that his careful thoughts could not be concealed from Lord Earl, but he was a man with a heart, so he was very confident, and he didn't say anything after he laughed twice.

What position to say, Beilun Town is Pan Shoudao’s most important town, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s not an exaggeration, and wool textile enterprises are the pillar industries of Beilun Town. It is reasonable to strive hard for rights and interests.

  The raw materials consumed in industrial production are staggering. Unlike the thousands of workers in cotton spinning enterprises, wool spinning mills in other countries have at most a thousand employees, while small and medium-sized enterprises have only three to five hundred people.

Since its development, the 9 wool spinning enterprises under the Australian Red River Wool Spinning General Factory started directly with a scale of 10,000 people. It is the only ultra-large-scale industrial production in the world today (only for the wool spinning industry), and the resulting scale effect and competitiveness are unparalleled. , Are all world-class.

  Enterprise development brings a good appetite for raw material demand, which once caused companies to rush for raw materials frequently, and repeated prohibitions have continued.

  Red River Valley Ranch's herd size has doubled year after year, but it still can't keep up with the strong demand of enterprises.

Although the nine woolen mills belong to the Honghe Wool Spinning General Factory, each has economic evaluation indicators, business development indicators, profits and taxes and other indicators. This is directly related to the evaluation and promotion of business operators, workers’ salaries and benefits, and How can matters of vital interests not be disputed?

  In view of this chaotic situation

The Honghe Wool Spinning General Factory officially issued a document confirming that the area north of Songjiang Town belongs to the three wool spinning mills in Zhuque City. The wool raw materials purchased by the wool purchasing stations in the pastoral area within this range can only be supplied to the three wool spinning mills in Zhuque City. Cross-border purchases are not allowed to disturb the wool. Purchase market order.

The wool raw material purchasing bases of the three wool spinning mills in Songjiang Town are designated to the north of Beilun Town, and the three wool spinning mills in Beilun Town are facing the wool purchasing stations of New South Wales and Victoria. They have their own sites to avoid internal wool spinning. Manufacturers are bidding up prices and expressly prohibiting cross-border acquisitions.

   "Master Yuanding, how do you think this is going to be done?"

  Pan Shoudao followed Li Fushou to sit down in the living room, and asked impatiently.

  "Brother Shoudao, you won't want me to give you the answer right now, the matter is not that serious." Li Fushou couldn't help laughing, he knew that Pan Shoudao was thinking about the newly increased wool output.

  The palms of the palms and the backs of the hands are all fleshy.

  Red River Valley Ranch has the largest sheep herd in the world, with about 46 million sheep. This huge base has once again increased production by a large margin. Of course, Beilun Town wants to get a share of the pie.

  The tenth woolen mill and the eleventh woolen mill under construction, one is located in Songjiang Town, and the other is located in Beilun Town. The planned size is a large factory of 20,000 people, and there is a lot of appetite for raw materials.

  Why don’t you buy the raw materials produced by your own ranch?

  Beilun Town has a big opinion on this, because compared with the wool raw materials of its own ranch, it has convenient railway conditions. The transportation cost of the wool raw materials in the southern states is relatively high, and the cost is naturally higher.

"Master Yuanding, you can be fair to me. How much can the increased wool output of the ranch give us? It is not enough to be vague. As the first-line town facing the southern challenge, Beilun Town can only be developed. More powerful can play the role of immigration bridgehead. You can't deny that, can you?"

   "Hehe, it is true."

"Then give me an accurate figure. Seeing that the conflicts between the north and the south are becoming increasingly acute, and the southern state is also developing its own wool spinning mills. Our wool raw material supply is not only expensive, but also vulnerable to bilateral relations. Isn't the wool raw material too much?"

   "Brother Shou Dao, don't say that you are so pitiful. You Beilun Town buys the wool from the Southern State. It has always been relatively ruthless. The wool comes from the sheep."

"It's such a great injustice!" Pan Shoudao cried out to hit the sky, and it looked like that; "The price reduction was done by the white wool purchasers, and it has nothing to do with us. Brother Town Wool Purchase Station per pound The wool is 1.1 pence, and the local wool spinning mill is 1.25 pence. The price of our Beilun town to the factory is 1.35 pence. The purchase cost alone is more than 7% higher. It is definitely the highest purchase price in Australia. The high freight on the road is not a problem in Beilun Town. I would like Master Yuanding to learn from it."

"Okay, okay, brother Shoudao, don't pester me, this matter needs to be studied in detail later, don't push the gourd to float." Li Fushou took a sip of the tea cup, meaning Tea to see guests off.

  Pan Shoudao pretended not to see, but still entangled Li Fushou's endless grievances, wrapping his head like a fight.

   really no way

  Li Fushou could only agree to transfer the three towns of Novorossiysk, Beihai and Edinburgh, which are adjacent to Beilun Town, into the raw material base of Beilun Wool Spinning Mill, and supply raw materials to several Beilun wool spinning mills nearby.

These three towns plus Beilun Town constitute four pastoral areas. The number of sheep in the stock is no less than 6.3 million, which will increase to 10 million in the first half of next year. It will be the four large-scale woolen mills in Beilun Town (including the newly built No. 11 woolen mills) a strong supplement to the supply of raw materials.

  Beilun Mansion is a place where all the officials work and stay. It is divided into more than ten small courtyards. Although each small courtyard is small, the furnishings are exquisite. The facilities are complete and there are servants and maids to take care of the daily life.

  The mansion has a large conference hall, several small and medium-sized conference halls, and a large banquet hall, which are used by all parties to entertain VIPs and office. The entourage of Lord Earl lives here to facilitate the work of security guards.

  The residence of Lord Earl is in the innermost mansion. The courtyard is deep and the environment is elegant. It is a good place to rest and work.

  Pan Shoudao left the living room with joy, and walked forward briskly, his eyebrows and eyes could not hide the joy.

  "Master Pan, did Master Earl let go?" Before reaching the door of his small courtyard, the mayor of Beilun, Zhang Li, rushed out and asked impatiently.

   "What's the urgency, whenever there is a big event, you have to continue to cultivate!" Pan Shoudao deliberately stern, a young man who wants to be steady.

   Zhang Li stared at his face carefully, and finally saw some clues from the corner of his eyes that he couldn't hide, and asked with surprise and joy; "Master Earl agrees?"

"Ahem, I originally wanted the output of 5 pastoral areas, but unfortunately I only got three pastoral areas, so I barely achieved my goal." Pan Shoudao held it down, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, with a faint smile from the corners of his mouth. .

"That's great, it is true that the master in charge is sure to go, that is, you are highly respected, and the Earl has to show some face. Didn't see how much the British nobleman called the brigadier general eats in a row?" Zhang Li was happy and flattered. , Pi Diandian followed Pan Shoudao back to the small courtyard, and said humorously; "This is a big happy event for us in Beilun Town, how about... Master Pan, can I ask you for a glass of water and wine? "

   "Hahaha... such a beautiful thing should come to light."

Pan Shoudao laughed happily, and the two of them stepped into the small courtyard one after another, shouting one after another; "Come here, tell the kitchen to cook some delicious dishes, I will get drunk with Mayor Zhang today. Fang Xiu..."

  (End of this chapter)