Chapter 280 The Profit of the Arms Business

As for the recruitment, Yu Xiaotian left it to others. After the experience of the last recruitment, the sea wolf recruitment work this time is much simpler. Many people along the coast of Fuzhou already know the power of the sea wolf. In addition, they also envy the treatment of the sea wolf, so the recruitment will not be very sleepy. Difficult.

In addition, they can also easily recruit a group of young exiles who can serve as soldiers from some exiles. In short, Yu Xiaotian doesn't have to ask about this matter in person.

As for the recruitment of Xinding, before the temporary freshwater village recruit training camp is built, these new recruits will be sent to the eastern part of Nanri Island. The temporary camp in the bay where the sea wolf fleet gathered before was quarantined for a period of time to check their physical fitness and carry out the necessary cleaning procedures to recruit first. The personnel will also be sent to Tamsui Village in advance and invested in infrastructure to solve the problem of insufficient labor there.

After arranging the recruitment, Yu Xiaotian began to arrange the division and transfer of the workshop. In the early stage, although Yu Xiaotian had proposed to gradually separate the workshop and transfer it to Jilong Village and Danshui Village, the matter was delayed for some time because the craftsmen were reluctant to leave Nanri Island.

So Yu Xiaotian asked the craftsmen to visit the situation of thedan shui River chicken cage in batches. Now the craftsmen have basically taken turns to two places to have a look. Some of them are satisfied with the situation in the two places, and most people are willing to go to the freshwater village.

And the craftsmen's consideration is also reasonable. Although the Jilong Bay area is a natural fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is a problem, that is, the area of Jilong Bay is rainy. In later generations, it is known as a rainy port. It is rainy for more than 100 days a year, which has a lot to do with the local terrain. Winter is relatively cold and not very tricky. People like it.

Therefore, after looking at the two places, the craftsmen were more willing to go to work in Tamsui Village, so Yu Xiaotian set up the main workshop in Tamsui Village according to the local situation, while the chicken cage kept a cannon casting workshop, which can produce artillery in the local area to meet the needs of the area, and the scale is relatively small.

Outside Jilong Bay is a very good fishing ground, so Jilong Bay will also become the most important fishing port for seawolves in the future. A large number of fishermen will be relocated to live there, and the catches will be marinated on the spot, and then stored or to meet their own needs. It can also be resold to land to make money.

In addition, there are many mountains and forests around Jilong Bay, and the wildlife resources are quite rich. It is also a good place to hunt. It can also develop hunting and obtain quite a lot of leather sheets, especially deer skin, wild boar skin, leopard skin and other leather sheets. Now it is a hot commodity and a very profitable business.

It's just that Jilong Bay is a shipbuilding base. Due to the climate, it is not very suitable, so the boat can only be temporarily located on the side of Danshui Village.

Therefore, this time * the amount of engineering is also very large, and the cannons should be divided into three parts. A few people will move to Jilong Village to build a small-scale cannon. Some people will move to Danshui Village to build a larger scale of cannons. The gun-making workshop will be divided into two parts, and half of them will be moved to Danshui Village to open a new gun-making workshop. In the future Gradually, it took over Nanri Island and became the most important weapon production place for sea wolves.

And Yu Xiaotian has a new idea about industrial structure. In the past, he strongly wanted to produce various weapons and armor by himself, but now he feels that this is not a good way, such as knives, axes, hooks and forks, bayonet, etc., with low technical content, as long as Instead of pursuing high-quality products, ordinary craftsmen can make it.

If these jobs are built by Seawolf's own craftsmen, although the cost is low, they take up too much human resources, so he decided to do something when adjusting the industrial structure this time.

Outsource these low-tech products, no longer let Sea Wolf's own craftsmen build and produce them, but choose some blacksmith shops or iron farms on land and order directly from them by ordering, which is undoubtedly a good thing for these land blacksmiths and iron farms, and can let them get from them. Li, but the sea wolf can pull out more blacksmiths and put them into the production of cannons, and continue to increase the production of cannons to meet their own needs as soon as possible.

In addition, he also found that as a prohibited product of the government and court in this era, it is very difficult to purchase guns on land, and the profits are very high. If he does not do such a high-profit business, it is really unreasonable.

So he also made a new decision that surprised everyone, that is, in the future, their sea wolf will start such a business. Unless it is a clear enemy, he can sell it to them as long as someone wants it and make huge profits from it.

As soon as he said this decision, he was immediately opposed by his subordinates, saying that he would never accept such a decision. Now these cannons produced by sea wolves are the foundation of their foothold. How can they be easily sold to others? Once one day someone takes the cannons they made to deal with them What about their sea wolves?

So this must not be done. When it comes to the sky, it can't be done. In a word, whether it is the money-loving director, or the leaders of marines and soldiers in all aspects, they collectively objected, and even felt that Yu Xiaotian was eager to make money and came up with such a crazy idea.

Listening to the guys below quarreling like a group of noisy ducks, Yu Xiaotian silently let them make noise below with a smile, and then he lit a cigarette and smoked a few sips.

The people below quarreled enough and gradually began to turn their attention to Yu Xiaotian. Looking at Yu Xiaotian's old god, he began to feel that they were not good and wrong. Otherwise, Yu Xiaotian would not be so calm, so the noisy guys he saw closed their mouths.

Yu Xiaotian pressed out the cigarette in his hand in a glass ashtray and smiled, "What? Is that enough? Isn't it noisy? It's okay, keep quarreling! I can wait! Come on!"

At this time, everyone felt that things were a little bad, so they all objected again and waited for Yu Xiaotian to speak.

Yu Xiaotian saw that no one was talking, so he put his face down, glanced at the people below coldly, and said in an angry tone, "Why don't you quarrel? Have you finished listening to me? Before I finished my words, you jumped out one by one and two and took this place as a place? Do you think this is a market? Unbridled!"

Everyone felt Yu Xiaotian's anger when they heard it, so they didn't dare to neglect it. They quickly stood up and bowed their heads to plead for Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian saw that these people had been suppressed by him, so his face slowed down a little and waved, "That's all! Sit down! If you have any comments in the future, at least you won't be late to mention them when I finish speaking! Yu is not a person who can hear the advice, let alone make a word here, and no one is allowed to object to my opinion!"

Everyone nodded quickly and said, "My subordinates know the crime!"

"Okay! Just know your mistake! It's not too late to listen to me and finish speaking!

Now everyone knows that this cannon is difficult to deal with. The court is now using soldiers against the construction slaves and trolls in Guanning, and there is a chaos in the south. The control of cannons and other sharp weapons is very strict. Whether merchants go to sea or our colleagues want to beg for food at sea, they are trying their best to * all kinds of cannons and guns everywhere!

So now it is hard to find a cannon in the market, and the Thai people control this business and make a fortune. An iron cannon made by the Japanese people and a fire hammer made by the Thai people are all sold for dozens of taels of silver. Even a shabby bowl is worth more than 100 taels of silver at present, and it is still priceless!

Is it not profitable to make money in such a business? Of course, it makes money! I have asked the director to build a pyrohair gun we currently use, including iron, charcoal and labor, but only three taels of silver, but a * like us, if it is sold on the market, it will be worth at least 30 taels of silver!

Last year, I heard the news that the Buddha machine man sold 30 Hongyi cannons to the court and earned tens of thousands of silver. Even the Luzon bronze cannons currently in the market need one to two thousand taels of silver, and these Luzon cannons will explode from time to time. Even if they are rich, they still can't buy them.

So far, we have been able to cast a large number of Hongyi cannons of all types. Even if we take out the most used No. 3 cannon at present, it will be worth at least 500 to 800 taels of silver. This is still the lowest price. If we are cruel enough, we will cost 1,000 taels of silver, and some people still carry silver. Let's buy it!

But how much money will it take for us to cast a No. 3 gun? At present, the best cooked iron on the market is only three percent per catty, and the best raw iron is less than 60 big money to build a third cannon and throw away all kinds of expenses. The cost is only dozens of taels of silver, which is already high.

(Yu Xiaotian classified the sea wolf's own artillery and positioned the six-pound gun as the No. 3 gun. In addition, a new trial of the eight-pounder gun with more than six-pound cannon was named as the No. 4 gun. The original 12-pound howitzer, which was also the short gun, was named No. 5 gun, and the 12-pound long gun was renamed the No. 5 long gun, and so on. They all have their own code names, so that their names for cannons can be unified in the future)

Once we are willing to sell, the money earned from one cannon is enough for us to build ten cannons. Why don't we do such a good deal? Do you think we are rich now? Don't think about the way to make money?"

Yu Xiaotian scolded these men with a frown.