The Sun Never Sets In Spain - Chapter 205

The good news continued one after another, the military service system was progressing smoothly, and the people from the Spanish tobacco company also received good news.

I still remember that more than half a year ago, Alfonso ordered them to cooperate with the Barcelona Research Institute to improve the cigarette machine. At that time, the person in charge promised to produce 80,000 cigarettes per day within a year.

It hasn’t reached 80,000 now, but it’s almost there.

In the latest trial, a cigarette machine can produce 60,000 cigarettes per day, and the production cost has been reduced to 10% of the current hand-rolled cigarettes!

Alfonso understands that the person in charge is so eager to report to him, in addition to taking credit, he is also vaguely reminding that the cigarette machine can be put into production.

The difference between 60,000 pcs per day and 80,000 pcs per day is not very big. The output continues to rise. The main factor affecting the production cost has changed from labor to various types of raw materials.

Considering that it would take time to set up a production line, Alfonso ordered the tobacco company to start construction without hesitation.

The follow-up research of the cigarette machine cannot be put down, but the current model is enough to cope with the market.

This cigarette machine is named “Cut and Shaped Cigarette Machine”, and the tobacco company plans to build 17 production lines in the first batch, which is enough to meet the needs of the whole of Spain.

In the follow-up, the scale will continue to expand with the cultivation of smokers.

The patent for the cigarette machine has also been submitted to the Spanish Patent Office for examination.

Although the tobacco company has not gone to other countries to apply, and plans to do so after it is officially launched, but when you think about it, you know that the cigarette machine is a standard invention. Unlike the original horse racing lottery, no matter which country you will encounter hinder.

At the same time, Alfonso’s manpower has brought Francois, who is far away in Paris, to Madrid.

At that time, he was preparing to re-organize the supermarket business in Paris and voted for the Bonaparte Dynasty, but after knowing what the king meant, he immediately resigned from Zana, giving up the hard-won opportunity to be on his own.

Francois, who has matured a lot, is not as casual as it was two years ago when he sees Alfonso again.

“Don’t be so nervous, you should know why I called you here, right?” Alfonso laughed.

Francois nodded lightly: “Go to a Brazilian construction company, regardless of the profit, the scale must be large.”

“Very good, what are you planning to do?”

“Open a coffee factory.” With that said, Francois took out a thick stack of plans:

“Brazilian coffee enjoys global popularity, the market size is large enough to meet demand, and in the past two years, plantations have been harassed by abolitionists, and prices have fallen.

As long as there is enough capital, a complete production chain can even be built by itself. ”

Alfonso took over the plan and glanced at it casually. Francois was obviously very interested in this job. Although Alfonso said that he should not be too concerned about profits, he still considered all aspects as much as possible.

No matter from which point of view, this is a qualified plan that can be put into use directly.

“It seems that you have learned a lot in the past two years.” Alfonso laughed: “It is feasible to open a coffee factory, but your plan is too conservative.

Take a look at the above, first cooperate with Allegel Manor and Black Manor. I don’t know what these two manors are, but I know that the coffee bean factory is not worth a lot of money, and the bulk of it is still on the plantation.

In 3 years, if you develop so slowly, the valuation will not be too high no matter how high it is. ”

When he said this, Alfonso was very emotional. If Brazil’s financial industry was as developed as later generations, there would be no need to bother to engage in these industries.

Moreover, the efficiency of the Brazilian government is not too bad today, and it is also aware of domestic inflation.

In his capacity, it is difficult to borrow a large amount of Mirez with overseas assets as collateral, so he had to take this more troublesome method.

“…But I don’t have enough money.” Francois said dryly.

“Don’t worry, I’ll give you 120,000 pounds first. How can you be extravagant after you go to Brazil? Buy one manor today, two manors tomorrow, and borrow it from the bank if you run out of money.

In short, try to increase the assets under your name as much as possible. ”

Alfonso explained the general idea of ​​going to Brazil in a few words.

In fact, he is also planning to set up a financial company to trade futures, but that is all in the future, at least after François’s company has a certain scale.

At that time, not only finance, but also industries such as railways can be entered, which is the bulk of the increase in valuation.

It’s a pity that it is too expensive to start a railway in the first place, otherwise there will be no coffee.

Francois communicated with Alfonso again, and finally understood how the king wanted him to develop.

It has to be said that he was quite frightened when he heard it.

Brazilian coffee is a relatively mature industry. It is profitable but not hugely profitable. According to this method, any storm may cause a break in the capital chain.

Even if it is not cracked, it will be difficult for coffee profits to cover the rising interest and operating costs.

When you can’t borrow money one day, everything will stop.

Francois pondered to himself: “It doesn’t seem too difficult to build this bubble…but what good is it? Just to rip off the Brazilian banks?

Forget it, Your Majesty will never leave me alone. When the bubble bursts, I will go to Madrid and hide. ”

Alfonso saw what he was thinking, he smiled, and said meaningfully: “It’s not as dangerous as you think, maybe you will not be held accountable by Brazil, but will become a successful entrepreneur in Brazil? It’s just that your reputation may not be as good. Great.”

In any case, Francois finally understood his mission, and then he brought in several business assistants he trusted, as well as the coordinators arranged by Alfonso, and set off on a journey to Rio de Janeiro.

the other side,

Robert and his party have successfully landed in San Isabel.

The government arranged all large ships, and the colonists set off in seven batches, with an average of 2,300 people per ship. Even with sailors, the space on the ship was still relatively empty.

The one-month voyage was a bit of a sin, but thankfully no one in the team died.

In fact, only 6 people died on the fourth ship that Robert was on, 5 of them died of an unknown disease due to lack of vitamins and poor physical fitness.

Another was because someone else occupied the toilet, and he was uncomfortable, so he fell into the sea when he was excreting on the edge of the deck.

“Finally survived!” Ricardo cheered.

The others were laughing constantly, even Robert, and everyone was glad that they had overcome the first difficulties of colonization.

Every ocean voyage in this era is a bit of a risk factor. In the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease, the entire ship may be close to extinction.