I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 748, Pillar Industries

Zhen Xing and the others took Su Shuang's cargo list, which recorded what goods Tianzhu lacked and the quantity of the goods.These people have been to Tianzhu several times, and they have a general understanding of what Liu Bei lacks, and what else is lacking during the war?
It is nothing more than iron armor, knives, guns, swords, halberds, or food, cloth, etc. Looking at the huge amount of goods on the list, they can make more than one billion yuan this trip. Zhen Xing and the others are secretly happy, Liu Bei This is a big fight in Tianzhu!

Since the end of the war between Dagan and Dahan, they have never received such a huge list, and it really is during the war that they can get rich.

At this time, Zhen Xing discovered a strange thing and asked: "Lathes, planers, milling machines, steam looms, steam locomotives, the general also wants to build a machinery factory? These machines don't understand advanced craftsmen, and they can't be used at all. Could it be Tianzhu?" Do the craftsmen of yours know about these steam engines?"

Su Shuang said with a smile: "Not long ago, a group of students from the University of Mechanical Engineering joined the General. They said that they could only make things made by machines. The General decided to buy these machines in order to let them learn something. Start a machine shop!"

Zhen Xing was surprised and said: "The general is really good at it. Since he can even recruit students from the University of Mechanical Engineering, you must know that they are the proud sons of heaven. They are all proud. My father wanted to recruit a few students, but he had a hard time. Hang down immediately!"

The businessmen who worked hard also saw the efficiency of the steam era. Many businessmen customized steam looms and other mechanical equipment. The maintenance and maintenance of these equipment naturally required the help of students from the Mechanical University.

In order to reduce costs or want to invest in the machinery manufacturing industry, many big businessmen also want to recruit students from the Mechanical University and want to be used by them.

But these mechanical university students, most of them were the elites of the big Han clan, or the elites cultivated by Xu Wei in the past ten years.

Xu Wei has already set a very good future and treatment for them, so he naturally disdains the bribes of these businessmen.

Especially for the noble families of the big Han, the merchants of Dagan were originally their white gloves and servants, and they got rich by relying on Dagan and broke free from their shackles.

The sons of the powerful clan of the big man had already had objections to them, but now these original servants actually want to climb on top of them and invite them to do things. It seems to them that it is absolutely treasonous, and many people even drove away angrily to recruit themselves people.

Faced with this situation, the big businessmen also have self-knowledge, so they have no choice but to find ways to get their children admitted to the mechanical university, or learn mechanical knowledge from other people who understand machinery, and cultivate their own talents.

That's why Zhen Xing and the others were surprised by Liu Bei's actions. They couldn't recruit a few students who knew about machinery before they were in college. Liu Bei actually had hundreds of students take the initiative to join him. Now he wants to open a machinery factory. There is a big gap Some even make them envious and jealous.

Fortunately, they all came to Tianzhu to make money, and they quickly suppressed their jealousy towards Liu Bei.

Zhen Xing thought for a while and said: "These machines are expensive when they are in the big business. They have to be transported to Tianzhu by sea for tens of thousands of miles. The maintenance and maintenance are extremely troublesome. The shipping cost is higher than the price of the machines. If we ship them If so, I'm afraid the price will be expensive, but I have to make an agreement with my brother in advance, this is not because we want to cheat the general!"

Zhang Shiping nodded and said, "My younger brother naturally knows this. The general is willing to buy these machines at five times the price."

Only then did Zhen Xing and the others nod their heads: "There are five times the profit, this is the only way to do this business. After all, I have traveled tens of thousands of miles, so it's not worthwhile if I don't earn a few times more profit!"

After talking like this, Zhang Shiping took them to see the nobles and monks in Tianzhu.

This time, Zhang Shiping summoned tens of thousands of nobles and monks from Tianzhu, and then said to Zhen Xing and the others: "These are servants carefully selected by my younger brother. Each of them has a skill, so I guarantee that you will be worth what you pay for."

Zhen Xing and the others also believed that, after all, they were born in nobles, and at worst they could be regarded as management talents. Even a waste who can't manage should be able to farm, and as long as he can farm, he is a talent for the island owners of the South China Sea.There is no way that the South China Sea is full of savages. Compared with these savages, farmers are all high-level talents.

Then these sea merchants, you 100, I 100 buy all these nobles from Tianzhu.They put all these people on board the ship, and after allocating them, the deal will be considered complete.

Then Zhen Xing and the others packed enough fresh water and supplies, and left Tianzhu with their own fleet.

Zhang Shiping and Zhang Shiping were also settling the proceeds of this transaction, their calculations were quick, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief after checking the figures.

Zhang Shiping said: "Relying on some nobles from Tianzhu, we have offset 3 million worth of goods. Tianzhu's servant business is very promising. If the number is increased by 10 times, the income and expenditure of the General's Mansion can be balanced. My precious metals It won't be lost either."

The unbalanced trade in Tianzhu has always been a worry for Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping. Every year Tianzhu loses billions. Even if Tianzhu has gold, silver and sea, it is not enough to lose money. Now they sell Tianzhu slaves, and they actually see the income and expenditure. Hope for balance.

Su Shuang nodded and said: "Tianzhu has a large population, a few 10 less is irrelevant to the overall situation, but these nobles are sold to Dagan, but it can balance our income and expenditure. How much difference, Dagan wants to develop the South China Sea, even if it is not enough to fill in the entire population of Dagan, this business should be able to last for decades. As long as the general captures 10 prisoners of war every year, our income and expenditure can be perfectly balanced .”

After completing the transaction, Zhang Shiping took the account book to New Seoul and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was both excited and ashamed when he saw the figure of more than 3 million in his income. He was excited because the servant trade could become a pillar industry in New Seoul.

The shame is because he wanted to revitalize the big man at the beginning, but he didn't expect to become the slave owner he hated most at the beginning.

But Yuan Ji didn't care, what kind of aristocratic family does not have tens of thousands of servants, there were 10 servants serving his Yuan family in Yuzhou at the beginning, now this kind of servant trading is nothing to Yuan Ji.

He was just surprised that Dagan had a large demand for population. You must know that in the old days, many refugees would not accept many refugees who wanted to be servants of his Yuan family.

Yuan Ji asked: "The average price of these servants has reached 3, and the number will increase tenfold in the future. Can the Dagan people accept this price?"

Zhang Shiping nodded and said, "The price will only go up or down in a few decades. We have too few seagoing ships, so it's hard to get involved in this purchase. Otherwise, we can earn more!"

Liu Bei said: "This money will be earned by these sea merchants!"

Then Liu Bei seemed to have figured it out and said: "All this money is used to buy big guns. This year I will destroy the Kingdom of Satavahana!"

(End of this chapter)