Shi Kai sat on the steps in front of the silver trumpet and looked depressed, knowing that he might be finished this time.

Over the past month, he has traveled all over Jiangnan, looking for various bank accounts and money houses, and wants to borrow a silver dollar to overcome the difficulties. However, the bank accounts and money houses that were originally scrambling to lend him to him suddenly seemed to have agreed, not only did they stop borrowing money, but they also began to force him to pay off his debts.

Thinking about it now, maybe it was a situation at the beginning, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful and got involved in the struggle of the government.

At this time, he had already understood that someone was going to deal with Sun Fantai.

When the gods fight, they will affect the pond fish. He is the pond fish that was sacrificed.

Shi Kai sat on the steps in frustration, recalling his experiences over the past few years.

After the Tan brothers case, he refused the invitation from the Guoan Department and began to take over various projects in Yingtianfu with a group of fellow villagers.

Because he had a good relationship with Dianshi Zhao Ming, Shi Kai was regarded as Sun Kewang, the prefect of Yingtian, so he was doing well in the capital and his business gradually grew.

When Sun Kewang was transferred to Hedong, Shi Kai had become the president of the wealthy construction business, gained a firm foothold in the capital, and became a well-known figure.

However, after Sun Kewang was transferred to Hedong and Zhao Ming also went to Taiyuan, Shi Kai's good luck ended.

The Yingtian prefecture changed people and began to promote his own people. Many officials of Sun Kewang when he was a prefect either followed Sun Kewang to Hedong to do things, or were marginalized by the new prefect, and lost their power and voice.

This caused problems with Shi Kai's relationship network in the capital. After he had no backing, the business operations also caused trouble.

First of all, the government project that was originally able to receive was not available, and the projects that were obtained were frequently encountered. The business was constantly stolen by others, and the trading company began to make ends meet.

Qian Dynasty invested a large amount of silver dollars to build roads, build bridges, build schools and factories, and renovate commercial streets. Getting each project is equivalent to having a large amount of silver dollars.

With such a great interest there, all forces and all kinds of relatives will naturally compete for it.

In the past, Shi Kai was considered to be Sun Kewang's person. According to legend, he still had some relationship with Guoans, so naturally no one dared to touch his cake. However, with Sun Kewang being transferred away, and someone found out that Shi Kai had nothing to do with Guoans, some people wanted to steal Shi Kai's business.

On the one hand, it was impossible to receive new projects, and on the other hand, there were people making trouble at the existing construction site and even causing death. The newly appointed prefect of Yingtian sent someone to order Shi Kai to stop work and rectify, which made Shi Kai unable to continue to engage in the construction industry.

In desperation, Shi Kai could only transfer the project at a low price to find other opportunities.

At the end of last year, Zhao Ming, who followed Sun Kewang to Hedong, suddenly brought a group of Shanxi people to the capital and asked him to help him purchase a batch of equipment for processing soybean oil.

When Shi Kai saw that he was an acquaintance and could make a fortune from it, he agreed and bought a batch of equipment with the money and transported it to Taiyuan in person.

Here he was received by the Hedong Governor Sun Kewang, and took him to visit collective farms in various parts of Hedong, and saw hundreds of thousands of acres of soybean fields.

Sun Kewang told him that the court was strong and the people were rich, especially the economy was developed and commerce was prosperous in Jiangnan.

Now that the people have money, they will naturally not live a hard life anymore, and they all have consumption needs.

What the people value is food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Food is the most important thing for the people, and eating is the first priority.

This official has learned that there is a great demand for vegetable oil and meat in Jiangnan, and it is growing every year.

Sun Kewang told Shi Kai that the soybeans can be fried oil, and the oil can be bought in Jiangnan, and soybean meal can be used as feed to feed pigs. He asked Shi Kai if he was interested in investing in oil refining workshops and selling soybean oil and soybean meal.

After Sun Kewang arrived in Hedong, the officials, gentry and businessmen who supported private ownership of the land did not dare to blatantly stumbling on him, so as not to offend Gao Huan, who insisted on implementing public ownership. However, not to make any mistakes does not mean that they have no way to hinder the implementation of public ownership.

Sun Kewang originally thought that as long as he ran the farm, sowed the seeds and counted the money directly after the harvest, but he soon discovered that after the beans were planted, there was obviously demand, but there was no sales.

He sent someone to contact him, and no one was willing to purchase major stores in Jiangnan.

Sun Kewang knew that this was the official and gentry and merchants who supported private ownership, and adopted a non-cooperational attitude, intending to make the beans on the farm have no sales and make the farm operation fail, thus achieving the goal of preventing public ownership.

Faced with such difficulties, Sun Kewang did not surrender. He was an official in the court for several years, and from a county magistrate to a provincial governor, he naturally had some connections and strength.

So, Sun Kewang thought that when the people had money, the consumption demand was there, and oil was a must-have in life. As long as it was produced, it would not have to worry about sales. So he began to use the relationship between the government and business circles to find someone to produce and sell.

When Sun Kewang was the prefect of Yingtian, Shi Kai took on a large number of projects and made a lot of money, so he became one of the people Sun Kewang contacted.

After hearing Sun Kewang's words, Shi Kai felt it made sense and was moved, so he agreed to cooperate with the Hedong Administration Commission to invest funds in the production and sale of soybean oil.

In Jiangnan, you must have a backer and relationship. After Shi Kai withdrew from the construction industry, he was looking for opportunities and felt that it was indeed an opportunity to carry out a soybean oil business with the endorsement of the Hedong Provincial Administrator.

After the two sides reached a cooperation intention, Shi Kai returned to Jiangnan and began to understand the market conditions. He soon found that the price of soybean oil rose again, which was indeed profitable.

So, Shikai purchased equipment in Jiangnan, transported it to Hedong to open an oil pressing workshop, opened a store in Jiangnan, and chose sales channels.

At this time, someone leaked the news, saying that a large number of soybeans in Hedong were on the market this year and were about to be refined into soybean oil. So merchants found Shi Kai and wanted to order soybean oil from him.

In just over a month, Shikai received an order of hundreds of thousands of taels, and the demand has far exceeded the production of the workshop.

At this time, all the silver dollars in Shi Kai's hand were used to purchase equipment, open refining workshops, open shops, and recruit workers. He had no silver dollars in his hand and could be used to expand production.

At this moment, several more money shops and bank accounts came to him to borrow money from Shikai.

Shi Kai is familiar with this matter. When he was in high-rise buildings, he took over the government's projects. The government often only gave 10 to 30% of the funds to start the project. The remaining money needed to be raised by the trading company, and the construction of the project was built. Only after the government passed the acceptance inspection would be paid to the trading company.

During the construction process, Shi Kai also borrowed silver dollars from the silver account. After the project was completed, he received the final payment from the government and returned the borrowed money to the silver account.

Now that there are so many orders of soybean oil in hand, as long as it can be produced, you can make money. Then finding a silver account to get money and expand production can be said to be a sure profit and no loss. So Shikai borrowed a lot of money to expand production.

In June and July, the soybeans in Hedong were indeed harvested, and Shi Kai and others' refining workshops were fully produced. Just when everyone thought they were about to make a big profit, the price of rapeseed oil in Jiangnan suddenly plummeted, and the companies that had placed orders also broke their contracts.

Soybean oil was produced but could not be sold, the trading company did not make any payment, the farm had to pay the money, the silver money had to be paid, and the workers' salaries were paid, and Shi Kai was immediately in a situation of bankruptcy.

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