Chapter 2830
Chapter 2830
Chapter 2830
Tobacco originated in the Americas and was later spread to all parts of the world by Western colonists.It was introduced to China during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Portuguese businessmen took the lead in bringing this new gadget to southern China, and later introduced it to Japan and North Korea.
After the travelers came to this time and space, they found that a certain scale of tobacco consumption groups had formed in southern China, and there were also farmers who specialized in tobacco cultivation in Fujian.
Travelers are of course very clear about how much money they can make after the tobacco business grows, and they will definitely not let go of this cornucopia that is at their fingertips.But the first thing they did was not to promote tobacco growing, but to ban smoking.But what is banned is not sales, but cultivation. To be precise, it is the prohibition of private cultivation of tobacco.
The purpose of doing this is, of course, to monopolize the tobacco industry and bring the entire industrial chain under the country.In the area under the rule of Haihan, only officially authorized farmers can grow tobacco, a special economic crop, and the harvest can only be supplied to the official tobacco factory, and dealers can only obtain goods through the tobacco factory, which basically blocks private property. large-scale sales channels.
There are many smokers in the crossing, and with the technical support of the Ministry of Agriculture, the entire production and sales process of tobacco was quickly opened up.
However, tobacco cultivation has certain requirements on environmental conditions, and it cannot be grown anywhere. Therefore, the cultivation areas under the Haihan rule are mainly concentrated in Nanping, Sanming, and Longyan in Fujian, as well as the Kaohsiung area in Taiwan Island.Later, with the expansion of the territory, large-scale tobacco planting began to be organized and promoted in Luzon Island and Qingzhou and Laizhou areas in Shandong.
Tobacco planting, production and sales in Shandong are all operated by the northern region.This thing is very profitable, so it naturally appeared on the list of goods sold to Manchuria.
However, tobacco is not a new thing to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As early as the late Jin period, Korean businessmen had already introduced this thing to Liaodong. Many nobles such as Dorgon and Daishan were addicted to cigarettes.The amount of tobacco imported from North Korea is small and the price is high. A catty of tobacco leaves can be sold for three renminbi, which is comparable to a luxury in later generations.
Seeing that a large amount of money flowed out of the country, Huang Taiji once explicitly prohibited officials from planting and smoking tobacco, and those who violated the prohibition were punished with whipping and fines.But the interests involved in this thing are too great, the ban was only implemented for two years before it was stopped by Huang Taiji, and then another way was allowed to be planted for self-use, but it was strictly prohibited to buy from abroad. To prevent the loss of money.
So by the time Haihan gained a firm foothold in Liaodong, the tobacco consumption in the Qing Dynasty had actually formed a certain market size and a primary industrial chain.However, in the face of Haihan's mature business operation routines and industrialized production methods, there is almost no resistance. The "Bohai" brand paper-wrapped cigarettes produced in Shandong quickly entered the Qing Dynasty and occupied the Most of the market.
Compared with the original pipe smoking method, cigarettes are undoubtedly more convenient, and easier to store, transport and sell.Although the price is a bit higher than that of bulk tobacco, Haihan strives to promote it as a civilized and high-end consumption method, which is linked to status.In addition, high and low priced products have been launched to expand consumption levels, and those privately produced tobaccos do not have corresponding competitive strategies, so naturally they can only be squeezed to the bottom.
When Bai Letong heard this, he asked, "Ping Liao, didn't you say that the Manchu emperor banned the purchase of tobacco from abroad, so why can the cigarettes produced in our country be sold?"
Chen Pingliao said with a smile: "It's not easy, as long as the monopoly rights over the Qing Dynasty are handed over to the royal family. When they realize the considerable benefits of running this business, they will definitely not refuse to become an agent dealer gone."
Bai Letong was taken aback for a moment, then clapped his hands and praised, "Wonderful!"
According to the supply price and retail guide price set by Haihan, the income that the Manchu government can obtain from the sales process has far exceeded the tax collected on bulk tobacco transactions in the past.As long as the sales volume can reach Haihan's expected number, the income from this business alone will exceed the sum of the income from traditional businesses such as salt, iron, sugar, tea, and cloth!
This account is not complicated, and Haihan provides a mature operation model, as long as you follow the calabash to get the expected benefits, no one can resist such a temptation.
The Qing Dynasty also quickly made another revision to the tobacco ban, following Haihan's approach and bringing all tobacco planting and sales in the territory under the authority.
After a year of operating as such, the profits from the business had completely extinguished opposition within the Manchus.The two parties even signed a supplementary agreement on the tobacco trade. Manqing would provide Haihan with its own tobacco, process it into cigarettes, and then sell it back.
Bai Letong had another question when he heard this: "If we do this, won't we only earn a processing fee? Can this be more profitable than selling them the finished product directly?"
Chen Pingliao said: "If the Manchu Qing wants to gain more profits from the tobacco business, it must increase the proportion of self-produced tobacco leaves. This can only be achieved by expanding the scale of planting. Tobacco planting is more profitable than food, and farmers are of course more willing To grow tobacco, the manpower of the Qing Dynasty was limited, which would inevitably reduce food production capacity. At that time, food would be tight, and troops would not be able to rob like before. Who can they buy food from at that time?"
Bai Letong suddenly said: "If even food depends on our country's supply, it will have a greater impact than tobacco!"
Chen Pingliao nodded slowly, "Exactly."
The series of influences mentioned by Chen Pingliao have actually begun to bear fruit.
After tasting the sweetness, Huangzhuang under the name of the Qing royal family began to replant tobacco on a large scale. After simple baking, it was sent to Haihan for further processing, and then it was made into cigarettes and then shipped back to the country for sale. The income from this was higher than before. The amount of grain grown has doubled or tripled.Seeing that this approach was feasible, the nobles of the Eight Banners began to follow suit one after another, changing the fields under their names to grow tobacco.
However, most of the arable land owned by Huangzhuang and the nobles is high-quality and fertile land. After switching to tobacco, the grain production has been greatly reduced. The market supply is insufficient, and the price of grain has risen rapidly. The officials had to contact Haihan to purchase grain. to be additional.
However, if you only look at the financial revenue and expenditure, even if the purchase of grain from Haihan is deducted, the income from planting tobacco is still very considerable, so even if someone is aware of the crisis, it is difficult for the nobles who are blinded by profit to give up. A way to make money, and then change the fields back to grow grain.
And Haihan didn't take advantage of this opportunity to increase the price of grain. Instead, it increased the supply of cheap grain to the Manchu Qing, and the price was even lower than that of local self-produced grain.Affected by such a reverse impact, the Manchu Qing government began to change their fields to grow tobacco. Even ordinary farmers used various channels to assign their fields to nobles with tobacco planting qualifications, and secretly began to change to tobacco.
(End of this chapter)
Tobacco originated in the Americas and was later spread to all parts of the world by Western colonists.It was introduced to China during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Portuguese businessmen took the lead in bringing this new gadget to southern China, and later introduced it to Japan and North Korea.
After the travelers came to this time and space, they found that a certain scale of tobacco consumption groups had formed in southern China, and there were also farmers who specialized in tobacco cultivation in Fujian.
Travelers are of course very clear about how much money they can make after the tobacco business grows, and they will definitely not let go of this cornucopia that is at their fingertips.But the first thing they did was not to promote tobacco growing, but to ban smoking.But what is banned is not sales, but cultivation. To be precise, it is the prohibition of private cultivation of tobacco.
The purpose of doing this is, of course, to monopolize the tobacco industry and bring the entire industrial chain under the country.In the area under the rule of Haihan, only officially authorized farmers can grow tobacco, a special economic crop, and the harvest can only be supplied to the official tobacco factory, and dealers can only obtain goods through the tobacco factory, which basically blocks private property. large-scale sales channels.
There are many smokers in the crossing, and with the technical support of the Ministry of Agriculture, the entire production and sales process of tobacco was quickly opened up.
However, tobacco cultivation has certain requirements on environmental conditions, and it cannot be grown anywhere. Therefore, the cultivation areas under the Haihan rule are mainly concentrated in Nanping, Sanming, and Longyan in Fujian, as well as the Kaohsiung area in Taiwan Island.Later, with the expansion of the territory, large-scale tobacco planting began to be organized and promoted in Luzon Island and Qingzhou and Laizhou areas in Shandong.
Tobacco planting, production and sales in Shandong are all operated by the northern region.This thing is very profitable, so it naturally appeared on the list of goods sold to Manchuria.
However, tobacco is not a new thing to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As early as the late Jin period, Korean businessmen had already introduced this thing to Liaodong. Many nobles such as Dorgon and Daishan were addicted to cigarettes.The amount of tobacco imported from North Korea is small and the price is high. A catty of tobacco leaves can be sold for three renminbi, which is comparable to a luxury in later generations.
Seeing that a large amount of money flowed out of the country, Huang Taiji once explicitly prohibited officials from planting and smoking tobacco, and those who violated the prohibition were punished with whipping and fines.But the interests involved in this thing are too great, the ban was only implemented for two years before it was stopped by Huang Taiji, and then another way was allowed to be planted for self-use, but it was strictly prohibited to buy from abroad. To prevent the loss of money.
So by the time Haihan gained a firm foothold in Liaodong, the tobacco consumption in the Qing Dynasty had actually formed a certain market size and a primary industrial chain.However, in the face of Haihan's mature business operation routines and industrialized production methods, there is almost no resistance. The "Bohai" brand paper-wrapped cigarettes produced in Shandong quickly entered the Qing Dynasty and occupied the Most of the market.
Compared with the original pipe smoking method, cigarettes are undoubtedly more convenient, and easier to store, transport and sell.Although the price is a bit higher than that of bulk tobacco, Haihan strives to promote it as a civilized and high-end consumption method, which is linked to status.In addition, high and low priced products have been launched to expand consumption levels, and those privately produced tobaccos do not have corresponding competitive strategies, so naturally they can only be squeezed to the bottom.
When Bai Letong heard this, he asked, "Ping Liao, didn't you say that the Manchu emperor banned the purchase of tobacco from abroad, so why can the cigarettes produced in our country be sold?"
Chen Pingliao said with a smile: "It's not easy, as long as the monopoly rights over the Qing Dynasty are handed over to the royal family. When they realize the considerable benefits of running this business, they will definitely not refuse to become an agent dealer gone."
Bai Letong was taken aback for a moment, then clapped his hands and praised, "Wonderful!"
According to the supply price and retail guide price set by Haihan, the income that the Manchu government can obtain from the sales process has far exceeded the tax collected on bulk tobacco transactions in the past.As long as the sales volume can reach Haihan's expected number, the income from this business alone will exceed the sum of the income from traditional businesses such as salt, iron, sugar, tea, and cloth!
This account is not complicated, and Haihan provides a mature operation model, as long as you follow the calabash to get the expected benefits, no one can resist such a temptation.
The Qing Dynasty also quickly made another revision to the tobacco ban, following Haihan's approach and bringing all tobacco planting and sales in the territory under the authority.
After a year of operating as such, the profits from the business had completely extinguished opposition within the Manchus.The two parties even signed a supplementary agreement on the tobacco trade. Manqing would provide Haihan with its own tobacco, process it into cigarettes, and then sell it back.
Bai Letong had another question when he heard this: "If we do this, won't we only earn a processing fee? Can this be more profitable than selling them the finished product directly?"
Chen Pingliao said: "If the Manchu Qing wants to gain more profits from the tobacco business, it must increase the proportion of self-produced tobacco leaves. This can only be achieved by expanding the scale of planting. Tobacco planting is more profitable than food, and farmers are of course more willing To grow tobacco, the manpower of the Qing Dynasty was limited, which would inevitably reduce food production capacity. At that time, food would be tight, and troops would not be able to rob like before. Who can they buy food from at that time?"
Bai Letong suddenly said: "If even food depends on our country's supply, it will have a greater impact than tobacco!"
Chen Pingliao nodded slowly, "Exactly."
The series of influences mentioned by Chen Pingliao have actually begun to bear fruit.
After tasting the sweetness, Huangzhuang under the name of the Qing royal family began to replant tobacco on a large scale. After simple baking, it was sent to Haihan for further processing, and then it was made into cigarettes and then shipped back to the country for sale. The income from this was higher than before. The amount of grain grown has doubled or tripled.Seeing that this approach was feasible, the nobles of the Eight Banners began to follow suit one after another, changing the fields under their names to grow tobacco.
However, most of the arable land owned by Huangzhuang and the nobles is high-quality and fertile land. After switching to tobacco, the grain production has been greatly reduced. The market supply is insufficient, and the price of grain has risen rapidly. The officials had to contact Haihan to purchase grain. to be additional.
However, if you only look at the financial revenue and expenditure, even if the purchase of grain from Haihan is deducted, the income from planting tobacco is still very considerable, so even if someone is aware of the crisis, it is difficult for the nobles who are blinded by profit to give up. A way to make money, and then change the fields back to grow grain.
And Haihan didn't take advantage of this opportunity to increase the price of grain. Instead, it increased the supply of cheap grain to the Manchu Qing, and the price was even lower than that of local self-produced grain.Affected by such a reverse impact, the Manchu Qing government began to change their fields to grow tobacco. Even ordinary farmers used various channels to assign their fields to nobles with tobacco planting qualifications, and secretly began to change to tobacco.
(End of this chapter)