Lu Ming

Chapter 152 Points
Double rewards for shopping, bonus points.In the plane of Professor Luo, points are standard in shopping malls, and people have more point cards in their wallets than bank cards.The Lin brothers' shopping trip in Dayuan naturally inevitably involved the process of card issuance.

Later that day, in the stilted building where the brothers lived alone, Professor Luo came to visit the guests again with gifts.It is said to be a gift, but it is actually just a sample, which can only be seen, not taken away.While placing samples on the table, Professor Luo explained the points system to the two, and left after explaining.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, kerosene lamps, zippo lighters, and glass mirrors were on the table. The bright light reflected the surprised faces of the two Lin brothers.

These few exhibits can't be produced by the time travel crowd.Kerosene lamps and lighters are short of oil, so there is no need to count on it in the short term; there is no material limit for glass products, and glass kilns are currently being built in the kiln area.

It was precisely because they couldn’t make them that these few good things became points exchange items in Professor Luo’s mouth. The brothers of the Lin family wanted to buy kerosene lamps. As for when you can accumulate enough points, it depends on when the oil is dug out. The final interpretation of this points rule belongs to Professor Luo.

"This group of Kun people are really ingenious, and they made so many good things." After Professor Luo left, Lin Baoan played with zippo fondly. In the cabin, which was much brighter than usual, there was a crisp "ding ding" from a lighter from time to time. Voice.

"About these few things are not easy to do, just look at the Laoshizi points." Lin Baoquan said quietly while lying on the table at this time, fascinatedly adjusting the brightness of the kerosene lamp.

"If you want me to say, the iron shell should be removed, and replaced with a glass lamp with a gold and silver patterned shell, a gold and silver lamp, and this non-smoking Kunren kerosene. My dear, fifth brother, you said the lamp in Fuzhou City Big family, are you willing to buy one for 500 taels?" Lin Baoan saw that Brother Wu was concerned about kerosene lamps, his eyes lit up at this time, and he came up with a way to occupy the market with packaging.

Lin Baoquan didn't answer, sat up, crossed his legs, picked up the kerosene bottle and the glass mirror on the table, and began to look at them carefully.

After a long time, Lin Baoan raised his head. At this moment, his eyes seemed to be much brighter, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Not counting the money in the public account, how much cash do you have in your hometown?"

"Private bank?" Lin Baoan didn't reflect for a while, and after thinking about it, he said: "This is probably not much, more than 1000 taels, I have to go back and ask my wife."

"Why so little?" Lin Baoquan frowned after hearing the number.

"It's all on the goods." Lin Baoan saw that the clan brother's face was not good, and he replied a little expectantly: "The mother-in-law opened a brocade shop on New Year's Day, bought some Quanzhou brocade, and bought a servant. We didn't have any How much money, don't the big heads belong to the public?"

Lin Baoquan couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this: "I'm going to buy a boat this time, so you need to find a way to raise money for it."

"Buy a boat? Buying a boat should also come from the public account." Lin Baoan suddenly stopped talking when he said this. After looking at each other with his clan brother, Lin Baoan understood.

"How long are we going to keep those bastards?" Seeing that his younger brother understood, Lin Baoquan no longer concealed his own thoughts: "You and I will pay for the new boat, we don't want other stocks, just leave it alone." If you don’t fight for such a good deal, when will you fight?”

At this time, Lin Baoan had fully understood the meaning of the clan brother, and after thinking about it, he showed embarrassment: "Since you have made up your mind, fifth brother, I have nothing to say, but I am afraid that the money will not come together: Xing'an Pinghao was originally 2000 silver If you buy it back and prepare another shipment, you will have to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver, we don’t have that much!”

"Two thousand silver is not enough!" Lin Baoquan stood up at this moment, and kept pacing back and forth in the room: "The new boat is the capital for you and my brother to settle down and live. If you want to buy a big boat with [-] materials, the materials should be good. Xin, maybe three or four thousand silver is enough."

Ignoring the clan brother who opened his mouth wide at the moment, Lin Baoquan became more and more excited as he spoke: "Sell, sell everything! The silk shop is sold, the servant is sold to the hall, and the woman's headgear is all pawned! Let's go back this time, life will be short If you lose your head, you have to scrape together the money for the ship and the money for the goods!"

"Oh, it's a pity that boy looks handsome, and my father likes it very much." Lin Baoan saw that the fifth brother had made up his mind, and he had always followed Lin Baoquan's lead. Father has sold the boy.

"Your father! Yes, the coffin buried by your dead ghost father will also be dug out. Well, in this way, if you count my old friends from the world and raise some money, it will be almost the same."

Lin Baoan's expression was a little dull: "Wouldn't it be cheaper to borrow from the family?"

"It's better for those bastards to have as little money as possible." Lin Baoquan looked at his brother with a look of "you know".

Seeing his clan brother nodding, he said: "These Kun people are not on their feet right now, and it's time for thousands of gold to buy horse bones. You and I only have a boatload of iron materials this trip, and we can get so many benefits of observing the sky and measuring positions." , it can be seen that there is an urgent need for ship merchants here."

Lin Baoquan walked to the table at this time, lightly flicked the protruding stamens in the middle of the plate of iron flowers on the table with his fingers, and then said proudly: "The boat we bought by ourselves, what to load is up to you. Even if we only transport iron materials in the first few trips, we will not lose money with the support of the points method.”

After a pause, he continued: "Right now, the news of the opening of the port has not yet spread. We came here by coincidence, so we took advantage of the news. As far as the points are concerned, in my opinion, regardless of high or low, depending on how many Victory, rough goods such as iron materials are at an advantage. When the points are accumulated, let’s exchange these gold and silver cups and crystal mirrors first, and then we can get them in Fuzhou and Hangzhou, hehe, hehe.”

When Lin Baoquan said this, he exchanged glances with his clan brother, and there was a burst of signature villainous laughter in the hut.

In the early morning of the second day, the energetic Lin brothers came to the door and planned to discuss with Professor Luo about buying another set of measuring instruments—since they wanted to buy a new ship, they couldn’t just have one set. It is also commonplace.

The Doraemon was still smiling. After hearing the idea of ​​the two brothers buying a boat, he didn't seem too surprised. And he seemed to have prepared for it. He took out the pearl from the magic pocket on the spot. It was actually a credit loan. .

Professor Luo said: He is very supportive of Xian Kunzhong's self-employment, so he is willing to use low-interest loans to help the brothers overcome the early financial difficulties.

Of course, shiny pearls are not so easy to get, and then someone started to raise conditions.

A topographic map of Funing Prefecture, which the Lin brothers are most familiar with, was shown by Professor Luo.The scale of this map is relatively fine, and some special locations have been thoughtfully marked in Huali and traditional characters.

Professor Luo first pointed to a place marked "Yulin Yinchang" on the top of the map, and asked you two if you know where it is?
How could the Lin brothers not know about Yinchang?
Located in Fuding Radon Spring Reserve, later called Dieshi Township, this land is rich in mineral resources, with a large number of lead-zinc ores, and thirteen non-ferrous metals such as silver, copper, chromium, sulfur, and iron.

The Yulin silver field was developed here in the Song Dynasty, and the mining was controlled by the government. In the Ming Dynasty, it was generally the same, and the silver mine was run by the government.

Now that the brothers know the place, it is convenient.Professor Luo immediately took out a few photos, all of which were black and gray stones, and handed them to the brothers.

While the two brothers were studying the "drawings" over and over again, Professor Luo told them: Send someone to look for this kind of stone near the silver mining area, and bring the senior staff if you find it. If it is really needed here, then a pound of stone is 5 points Silver, here we take it.

Stones that cost as much as pig iron. The two brothers of the Lin family, who were full of doubts, shut up instantly at this moment, and there was no more nonsense.

Seeing that the two brothers knew each other, Professor Luo stopped talking, and just told them that the person sent to collect stone samples must remember the location clearly. Sample back.

The purpose of crossing the public is chrome ore.

The production of chrome ore in Fuding is not much, the grade is also low, and most of them are associated ore, so it is not cost-effective to mine by the standards of future generations.There is no way for the cross-travelers to come up with such a bad plan. If they can figure it out a little bit, who makes the high-grade chromium ore in South Asia out of reach now?
After talking about chrome ore, another stone: pyrophyllite.

Pyrophyllite contains aluminum and is an important industrial raw material.There is an urgent need for aluminum to make refractory bricks for electric furnace covers and deoxidizers for steelmaking.

Pyrophyllite is a little cheaper. 2 cents a catty of silver.Because pyrophyllite is found everywhere in Fujian, there are quite a few production areas near Fuding on the map, and pyrophyllite, as the name suggests, has a delicate and shiny appearance, which can be used to make seals and is easy to distinguish.

The brothers continued to carry a stack of color photos with flowers and stones in their arms.
Then comes the last item: people.

Professor Luo told the two bluntly: there is a shortage of senior staff right now.If the two of you feel that the living conditions in Chikan New Area are decent, you can spread the news, and by the way, bring some poor people who cannot survive in Fubei to live here, and the time traveler will give money per head, and the price will be compared with that of Moyunguan refugee costs.

In real history, Fujian will encounter severe drought this year. With the support of Xiong Wencan, Zheng Zhilong, who won the official position, will spend a large sum of money to "raise tens of thousands of hungry people." This is the first large-scale migration across the sea from the mainland in history. .

The cross-travelers are also preparing to emigrate from the other side of the sea, including asking the Lin brothers to spread the news in Fubei that the officials have food and drink, and everyone has meritorious deeds.

In this case, no matter what the situation in 1628 is, whether the time-traveling forces can eliminate the Zheng Zhilong gang as scheduled, and hook up with Xiong Wencan, the big guys can get a share of the severe drought in Fujian.

(End of this chapter)