The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 194 The workshop area is half-dead and has not achieved the expected results!
When he left, his eyes were all yellow, but when he returned, the grass was growing and the orioles were flying. When the grassland became green, Song Yingkui led two battalions of cavalry on the road to Huiyun Valley.

When returning, we did not take the Taisong Mountain Road, but detoured to the direction of Yeliguan, from the north of Yeliguan through Taozhou to Huichuan.

When passing Yeli Pass, there were many dangerous peaks and trees blocking the road, and nearly a thousand cavalry were walking through it. The scenery was pretty good, but it looked a bit sinister.From a tourist's perspective, the scenery should be refreshing.But from the perspective of a general leading troops, this journey was like walking on thin ice.It is estimated that if I encounter any famous mountains and rivers in the future, I will not be in a state of mind to appreciate the charm of mountains and rivers.It seems that among the people who praise the beautiful scenery, there are no generals who lead the army, right?
After arriving at Huichuan Town, Song Yingkui asked his troops to return to their respective bases and quickly returned to Taoyang with his personal guards.I've been away for a long time this time. I wonder if everything is operating as usual in Taoyang?

"How is the current food storage situation? Can the military supply store guarantee daily supply?" After arriving in Taoyang, the first concern was food.All possible ways have been thought of. The only reliable channel now is the private food brought by the foot households. I don’t know if I can survive the drought through private food channels.

"Sir, the food supply is acceptable. Now more and more merchants are coming to our place for business. When they come, they will bring more or less food. We made a rough calculation, and we can bring in about five or six thousand stones of food every month. It’s just that the price of food is a bit high, so the people can only save some food. But in a month or so, when new rice comes from Sichuan and Sichuan, the situation will get better. In addition, General Yao from Qinzhou promised to provide us with another 8000 yuan. There is a lot of stone grain, but he asked us to exchange it for iron and stone mud." Guo Kaifeng, the general person in charge of ensuring the supply, quickly reported on the current situation.

Yao Dake can still find a way to sell [-] shi of grain to Yun Gujun. Is this guy rich enough?Ironware and cement should be strategic materials in Dazheng. Yao Da can use these things to make profits, and he is quite courageous.But he has the courage to make money, which is also a good thing for Yun Gujun. "We can meet his conditions, as long as we can get food. The price of food is high, and we have to find a way to bring it down, otherwise the people will not be able to live with their little income. Let's try to get more whole grains and wheat bran. Mix it with potato flour to make a mixed dough, and sell it at a low price in the military supply market!"

To solve the food crisis, Song Yingkui's principle is to allow people to eat well, but not to eat too much.If the grain is bought back at a high price and then sold intact at a low price, speculators may take advantage of it and take advantage of the city lord's mansion.There are ways to lose money, and you can't take it for granted.

"Sir, there is one more thing. The money earned by our city lord's palace these days has basically been spent on buying food. If this continues, I'm afraid we will suffer serious losses." Although Yungu's various industries are profitable, they cannot support food. The demand was too great, and it seemed to be a lot of fun. But after careful calculation, I found that I didn't earn as much as I spent.If it weren't for the ability to cast iron money, the city lord's mansion would be unable to make ends meet.Guo Kaifeng felt that it was necessary to remind the city lord so that he would not think that the money earned by the city lord's mansion was too much to spend.

Song Yingkui was well aware of Guo Kaifeng's reminder.But right now, it won’t work if I don’t guarantee the supply!Fortunately, this situation will ease a lot after the autumn harvest. Although the fields planted this year may not be able to solve the entire food gap, at least it will not be as tense as it is now.Isn’t making money just for spending it?Think of it as a disguised investment.

Speaking of investment, a lot of time has passed since the policy of recruiting craftsmen to start businesses under Yungu was implemented last year. I wonder how the effect has been?Song Yingkui attaches great importance to attracting craftsmen to Yungu. This is not only related to the present, but also related to the future.Communication and integration are one of the key factors in the rapid iterative progress of technology. Without the influx of a large number of high-tech talents, the creativity under Yungu's governance will be insufficient. You can't always innovate by yourself, right?

"Uncle, do you have statistics from the administrative office on how many craftsmen we have recruited in the workshop areas we set up in Wuying and Taoyang? After they come to us, do they have any needs for funds or anything like that?" said the person who attracted investment in the workshop area. The matter was left to the Administration Department, but no news about the progress in this regard was received. Song Yingkui had to go to his second uncle to inquire personally.Jiang Yunjin didn't care at all about recruiting craftsmen in the workshop area.In his opinion, it is meaningless for the City Lord's Mansion to spend manpower and material resources on this matter. Not only will it not be able to collect taxes, but it will also have to spend money on it.Even after the tax holiday, how much tax can a small workshop collect?It would be better for the city lord's palace to directly hire these people to set up a factory.Since he didn't take it to heart, he didn't pay much attention to it. When he was suddenly asked by Song Yingkui, he couldn't answer it for a while.

Seeing his second uncle open his mouth when asked, Song Yingkui was helpless and had no choice but to run to the planned workshop area of ​​Taoyang Town to have a look first.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that more than half of the planned [-] or so courtyards were empty.There are only a few craftsmen staying here, and their business is not doing very well. They all live a dawdling life.

What else can I do if I don’t just mess around?If it weren't for the free rent here, they would have moved away long ago.The business environment in Taoyang and Wuying is very good. These people have some skills no matter what they do. Why is the Gongfang District so depressed?To put it bluntly, there is a problem with the business model.

Craftsmen's workshops in this era were mainly opened on the street, relying on the model of a shop in front and a factory in the back.If you concentrate all the workshops in non-urban areas, there will be no sales channels for the products produced.The merchants who come and go will not go here door to door looking for what they want to buy. This is too time-consuming and the efficiency is really worrying.Also, the things made by the craftsmen here have no competitive advantage.

The things they can make are rare in Wuying and Yungu, but the merchant gang members are well-informed. People come to Yungu and Wuying to purchase goods that cannot be bought elsewhere. Who would buy on the street? s things?Where can I buy baskets, furs and other things?Do you have to come here to buy it?Taking up valuable transportation capacity!

"Go and call all the craftsmen who have moved in to the empty space in front. Let's hold an on-site meeting to discuss how to find a way out of the workshop area!" After half a circle, Song Yingkui didn't plan to go any further.Such a half-dead state was not in line with his original intention of planning the workshop area.

Call everyone together, first listen to their real thoughts and needs, and the common difficulties they face, and then combined with the current business model of the City Lord's Mansion, we have to think of a way to make the workshop area active.Otherwise, how can I use it to recruit craftsmen from all over the world to work for me?

(End of this chapter)