Vol 5 Chapter 137: Southeast Asia Strategy

"Your Majesty, if you want to increase the domestic rubber production, I'm afraid it's still a bit difficult!" Constantine thought about it and said
Rubber is not so easy to plant. It is not that Ferdinand can plant as much as he wants. It has requirements on climate, rain and soil.
It likes high temperature, high humidity, calm wind and fertile soil. It requires an average annual temperature of 26 to 27 ° C and is not cold-resistant. It must be hung up below 5 ° C.
The annual average precipitation is required to be 1150 ～ 2500mm, but it is not suitable to be planted in low humidity places. Suitable for the growth of acidic sandy loam soil with deep, fertile, moist, and well-drained soil.
Shallow-rooted, branches are fragile, the ability to adapt to the wind is poor, vulnerable to wind chills and reduce the amount of glue produced.
With such a large number of requirements, there are not many places suitable for planting rubber in Bulgaria. Some parts of the Balkans are still marginal, but the output is not high.
Ferdinand also has no plans to plant rubber trees locally, which is not economical and will also break the domestic industrial production chain.
Homeland is not good, it can only be an African colony.
Later generations of rubber production in Africa accounted for about 6% of the world's output. The main producing countries were in Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Liberia, Cameroon, Ghana and Gabon. Except for these regions, except for Côte d'Ivoire, they were all under Bulgarian control.
As early as 1923, Bulgaria began to open rubber plantations in Africa, reaching its peak in 1925, and the pace of development gradually slowed down.
In other words, the coastal areas and the areas suitable for rubber plantations have already been developed. If you want to continue to develop rubber plantations, you must go inland.
This means that the cost and risk will increase, and the rubber plantation may be attacked by local tribes at any time.
Ferdinand is also aware of these situations, otherwise the construction of the rubber plantation will not be stopped gradually after 1925.
At present, the owners of these rubber plantations are basically Bulgarian military aristocrats. They went to Africa with bad luck and could only develop cash crops.
Ferdinand can't make them rubber of any kind regardless of cost. That's unrealistic. People should also pursue economic benefits?
In this age of sacred and inviolable private land, people love to plant whatever they like, as long as it is not a drug Ferdinand will not care.
"I know, but don't we have a colony in Southeast Asia? In terms of climate and environment, it should be possible to plant rubber trees," Ferdinand said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this is only theoretically possible. We have not conducted a field trip and we cannot draw conclusions!" Constantine thought about it and said
"Well, let local officials make sure, if possible, turn Mindanao into our rubber plantation!" Ferdinand thought about it and said
Ferdinand remembers that the Philippines is also one of the rubber exporting countries. The main place of production is in Mindanao. It seems that the affiliated islands can also be used. In the past life, he also saw a large area of ​​rubber trees in Basilan Island.
Now he has decided the fate of millions of people on the island. Once Mindanao has become a Bulgarian rubber plantation, the locals will definitely be emigrated.
The lessons of the Southeast Asian insurgency have told the colonists that the destructive power of the indigenous people is huge, so they don't care about economic value. The rebels can cut off the rubber to make a fire, and they know their level of knowledge.
The rebellion was the introduction of revolutionary ideas on the surface, which aroused the sense of independence of the locals.
This is all foolish and totally nonsense. If this is the case, the locals would have established the power for the first time and then negotiated with the British.
The power gap between the two sides is so wide. Don't the revolutionaries know what it means to die with the British?
It is not that although they launched a revolution, they are not the leaders of this revolution, they do not have the power, and the true leaders are still tribal leaders.
The deeper reason for this is that the local population has grown too fast, and resources can no longer let them lie down comfortably, and they will starve if they don't work.
Tragically, many of them can only do the simplest work, and the slightly more complicated work, they can't do it.
For example: farming, this is a high-tech job, and the level of local productivity has not yet caught up with the Middle Ages. Many tribes in deep mountains still have a civilization in the Stone Age.
As a result of the arrival of the colonists, some cultures were also spread, and the locals also learned a lot, and then the survival rate became higher and higher.
Needless to say the consequences, people with backward productivity will not be able to support them, and the colonial government is not doing charity, it should be squeezed.
According to custom, at this time, the colonial government should provoke an internal struggle between them and let the major local tribes fight hard to consume the extra population.
It's a pity that if you walk long nights, you will run into ghosts! This time the colonial government ran into ghosts, and before it was time to start, the locals reversed. Everyone aimed the colonial government, and then it became the current situation.
The method of long-term peace and stability is family planning. If it was not for fear that Britain and France would follow the example, Ferdinand had already sacrificed this weapon.
Based on the fact that the average life expectancy of local people is less than 40 years old, if this policy is introduced, the local population will be halved in 20 years.
Now it doesn't matter anymore. Bulgaria is in a general situation. Don't worry about the threat of Britain and France anymore.
Moreover, it is estimated that the French will implement this plan, and it is estimated that the British will not dream about it. Their colonies are too populous to implement.
"Your Majesty, if we want to open a rubber plantation in Southeast Asia, then should we clear up the island's rebellion?" Colonial Minister Donald asked
"Let ’s do it, anyway, we have to deal with this problem sooner or later, and order the troops to catch more prisoners and repair the road on the island.
If it is suitable to open a rubber plantation in a large area, the Ministry of Transport will plan another railway to improve the traffic on the island! "Ferdinand said
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Donald and Bessier have replied that from the perspective of Ferdinand, they know that the opening of a rubber plantation in Southeast Asia has become a foregone conclusion.
If Mindanao does not work, it is estimated that other areas will have to pay attention. Bulgaria cannot be constrained by people all the time.
Bulgaria's rubber consumption has long surpassed the British, ranking first in the world, and now consumes 46% of global rubber production capacity every year.
And it is still growing, the consumption of rubber has increased again, but the output of natural rubber has not kept up with this rate of growth.
If Bulgaria doesn't figure it out, the rubber crisis will break out sooner or later, but this time it was advanced by the war.
Even Ferdinand can conclude that the demand for natural rubber in Bulgaria will continue to grow until it stops in Bulgaria's industrial development.
This means that for a long time to come, natural rubber will be in short supply, so it seems that the value of Borneo has increased again.
Leaving aside the local resources, even if the economic value of opening a rubber plantation is worth the royal investment, anyway, the island has a wide population and there is no need to worry about the rule.
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"Little Ferdinand, I want you to buy half of Borneo from the British!" Ferdinand said immediately.
"Why? Father, aren't you not interested in Borneo?" Ferdinand Jr. asked in doubt.
"I wasn't interested, but now I suddenly discovered its value. For you, it can be regarded as a medium and long-term investment, and the return will be very good!" Ferdinand said with a smile.
"Do you mean let me buy it? Not the royal family buy it?" Ferdinand Little asked in surprise.
"Of course, half of Borneo is your daughter-in-law's dowry, and the other half is of course better in your hands. In the future, you can have more sons, and you can build a kingdom on it!" Ferdinand said calmly.
"Father, I think it's too early. At least I have three sons before I need to think about it!
Can you tell me what is the most valuable investment above? Ferdinand Little thought for a while
"The rubber plantation!" Ferdinand said with regret.
"Oh, I thought you found a gold mine again!" Ferdinand Little said with disappointment
"Gold mines have diamonds, and the reserves are not low. There are many mineral resources such as coal, oil, natural gas, copper, iron, aluminum, magnesium, and sulfur.
The island is rich in resources beyond your imagination, but such things are not important, and Bulgaria is not short of this mineral.
The most important thing is the problem of rubber. With the development of the economy, the domestic demand for rubber is growing, and it will be in short supply in the next few decades.
And the best place to plant rubber in the world is Southeast Asia. If you occupy Borneo, your kid can make a lot of money by planting rubber. Ferdinand laughed and cursed.
"Father, are you sure that the island's resources are really so abundant, so why don't the Dutch and the British develop them?" Ferdinand Little asked incredulously
"There are so many colonies in the hands of the British, and there are so many places with rich resources. They still have the energy to pay attention to an island?
Does the Dutch have that strength? It's not that I boast, even the direct power in the hands of the Bulgarian royal family is several times that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands!
The Dutch are so capable, it is good to be able to control the several cities that have been developed. Do you still expect them to develop the old forests in the mountains? Ferdinand asked back
"So, this time I took a big advantage? Then father, can you help me estimate the benefits? How do I feel that investment and gain are not proportional!" Ferdinand Little said with some hesitation.
"Why do you think so? This is a very simple math problem, don't you get confused?" Ferdinand asked back.
"Father, look at buying half of Borneo's sovereignty from the British. Even if it is now in the hands of the rebels, nominal sovereignty is worthless. This can't be obtained without Lev 30-50 million!
To suppress the rebellion on the island, I initially estimated that it would cost at least more than 100 million levs. For the sake of security, I also need to clear the indigenous people on the island. The military expenditure behind this is not a small figure.
Even if I hired 10,000 troops to be stationed, I would have to pay at least 30 million levs a year, plus daily training, bandits, and the operation of the colonial government. Why does it add up to 70 million levs a year?
I ca n’t see a return, I have to invest 250 million levs first, at least the second year before I can open a rubber plantation and organize people to mine. These also need to be invested.
The planting cycle of rubber trees is so long. At least six or seven years ago, I will make ends meet, and the total investment will be as high as seven or eight billion levs.
Even if there are gains in these six or seven years, and two or three hundred million levs are withdrawn through the development of mineral resources, then this is also a pure investment of 500 million levs in cash.
When the rubber plant is put into production, even if it produces 100,000 tons of natural rubber every year, it is of course a big profit and special profit according to the current international market price of nearly 8,000 levs.
But once the price of rubber fell back to the normal price, my annual sales would also be one billion levs. Based on a 20% profit calculation, it was only 200 million levs. After deducting the maintenance costs of the colony, it would be more than 100 million Lev, to give Juliana a share, then seventy to eighty million Lev.
Rubber trees are not built once and for all, and their economic life is only two or three decades.
With such a long investment cycle, you still have to take on such a large amount of risk. Just a little profit, don't you think it is too low? Ferdinand Little asked in doubt.
"Yes, it's true according to your algorithm. Don't forget that the rubber plantations in Southeast Asia are almost destroyed now, everyone must start from scratch.
At the same time, affected by the rebellion, many investors have gone bankrupt, and your competitors have been weakened.
Their strength can't be compared with yours. Even if there are no more ambitious people, after the war, you must wait and see the situation before deciding whether to continue to invest in the rubber industry.
As long as your reaction speed is fast enough, before the price of rubber drops, your rubber is already on the market, at least you can enjoy a period of one to two years of huge profits.
In one or two years, you can recover most of the previous investment.
And this price drop is not something that can be done right away. The production capacity of rubber is slowly recovering. During this period, there are at least five more golden periods. Your gross profit will still not be less than 5%. ten.
Also mention your production capacity to the highest, Mo said that it is 100,000 tons, even if it is 300,000 tons, the market can digest it.
Even if the competition is fierce in the future, it may not be you who fell first, at least you don't have to worry about no buyers! Ferdinand analysis
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"Well, my father persuaded me. It seems that I will have a hard time in the next few years! I will put all my savings into it at once!" Said Ferdinand, his face ashamed
As the richest second generation in the world, is it his pursuit to make money?
Obviously not! Ferdinand Little is not short of money at all, but the money delivered to the door cannot be made, this is a matter of principle!
Ferdinand rolled his eyes and ignored the crying action of the young Ferdinand. He was typically cheap and sold well.
As the crown prince Ferdinand Jr.'s savings, he can be much richer than the brothers below him, and he has also set up many industries in these years.
How could it be that he was destitute because of the investment of several hundred million levs?
Even if the capital turnover is difficult, isn't he unable to get a bank loan? How many successful businessmen have no loans?
Depending on his identity, he can lend this money to any large bank in the world without any mortgage, and no one will doubt his ability to repay.
The super high annuity of the Bulgarian royal family is placed there. Will he be afraid that he will not have the money to pay off the debt when he succeeds?
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