It's not that if you have materials, you can use them for the first time, in fact, it depends on what kind of product it is, for example, Martin boots can only earn the most benefits when they are sold at a high price at this stage.

Many businessmen started the business of martin boots, and the profit of selling a pair of shoes to a wealthy family was expanded to dozens of times.

The leather shoes produced in Youzhou are famous in their own right, and now they feel more practical to add them.

Rich people are not hundreds of times worse at all.

Chang'an, Luoyang, many wealthy children want to get, it's really the name of rubber shoes is too famous.

Li De handed over the method of hunger marketing to Weili, and his own supply was not very good, but it made this model popular.

In fact, the number of shoes produced in the workshop is really not good, and the craftsmen do not have that much time to make shoes.

However, with the addition of rubber soles, many handmade shoemakers have carried out private customization, and the price is more expensive than Martin boots.

Of course, this kind of hand-made service is possessed by shoemakers in Youzhou, because they are also craftsmen hired by the city guard of Youzhou.

In a short period of time, the shoes produced by the workshop were robbed by the wealthy merchants in Youzhou, and the number of shoes sold by the merchants to Chang'an and other places was very small.

Because of this, the price of Martin boots in many state capitals has increased many times, but unfortunately there is no stock, and no one has a way.

Looking at the people who rushed to buy shoes in Youzhou City, they were all very energetic, and it was because of the scarcity that the people who bought them felt very face-saving.

Many wealthy businessmen who didn't grab it all went to spend a lot of money to customize handmade martin boots, and they were not bad for money.

Although it is hundreds of times more expensive than the shoes sold in Youzhou Workshop, they don't care, and the style of the customized Martin boots is very exquisite, which makes people look extraordinary, which can better satisfy the vanity of the rich.

What are they doing to make so much money with dignity and mentality, and being mentally satisfied is also a way for them to balance their psychology.

It is not surprising that Li De listened to Wei Li's report that the shoes were snapped up, there are too many shops in Youzhou to do business, and it is difficult to find a few who are too poor.

He would be surprised if he couldn't sell hundreds of pairs of shoes.

Now the most expensive shoes are rubber soles, and he usually wears cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles when he is fine.

A lot of people probably don't care.

Li De will not go out to show off, for him there is no surprise in the rubber sole, for now as a professional functional shoe has more advantages.

He will choose to disdain for daily wear, and then deerskin boots, which are very high-end and atmospheric things.

It's not easy for him to talk about this kind of thing, after all, he still has to do business.

"Governor, rubber shoes are really profitable now, do you want the workshop to take advantage of this time to produce more?"

Wei Li is also very interested in the huge profits, and he has calculated that if all the rubber reserves are used to produce shoe soles, the income will be enough to cover the taxes for the next three years.

"No, rubber is an industrial material, if it is to be used on the blade, let the market speculate." Li De said.

It was not that they could not produce, but that he already knew that it was all about launching a rubber plantation program to stimulate the merchants.

The value of shoes can directly reflect the value of rubber, so how can smart people not see the value.

"Yes."

"Shi Huaiyi has already taken people to the south, and the goods are all transported by the Zheng family's ship, so I am a little worried, so I sent five hundred elite soldiers to protect it."

"Well, be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship, everything be careful, the sea is not so calm." Li De agreed.

They all know about pirates, and in addition to this, they may also be affected by natural disasters, so the risk of sailing is much greater.

Li De had to say that the Zheng family was really courageous, and the original merchant ships would take a year to be built at the earliest, but in order not to delay the shipping, they wanted to cooperate with Youzhou as soon as possible, and they didn't know what kind of relationship they used, and they directly purchased three dilapidated merchant ships on the Nanling side.

He didn't know exactly how he got it, but he knew that in three months, three merchant ships would start trading between the two sides.

The Zheng family not only worked shipping, but also optimized the supply of fertilizer in the signed agreement, and the rice fields may increase more harvests in the coming year.

Next is the rice-grain cooperation.

Speaking of shipping, the Zheng family really put in a lot of effort, otherwise it would not have been so convenient to attack the Turks last time.

Wei Li left after reporting his work, and at this time Li Decai took out the information of the Youzhou dock, and if he wanted to solve the food problem, he could not rely on the current cash crops alone.

The development of shipping, going to Europe and other continents to bring back more crops is what he wants, corn, peppers and various spices.

In addition to this, there are a large number of mineral materials.

The landing in South America plan is just an ambition.

It is necessary to build a powerful national warship, and consider that the current steam engine is not enough to meet the requirements.

Building a steamship requires more of an industrial base than a steam locomotive, and can only be started with wooden sailboats.

The only way to ensure the safety of maritime transport is to increase the size of the ship, and the voyage cannot be sent only one, it is better to rely on the fleet.

Although the current large ships are quite large, they cannot meet the needs of open sea navigation.

Youzhou is now building large sailing ships, and the technical specifications are all made according to the European style of warships.

At present, ship engineering is a "gold-swallowing monster", which is more expensive than building a steam engine, because the dock needs too many supporting facilities.

Moreover, all kinds of steam engines were put into use in the dock as soon as possible, as the power source of the crane.

The carpentry team led by Lu Xingxing and Lu Mingyue also has a lot of projects in hand, and the shipbuilding progress is really not very fast.

At present, the Youzhou workshop is mainly ironware, and Li De has to unilaterally tilt resources in the stage of developing the industrial foundation.

"It's still too slow, and it's really not easy to fill up the ancient tech tree quickly."

Li De knew that he was a little anxious, and development was not an overnight thing.

"Governor Dadu, Captain Situ Endu asks to see you." The guard came in.

"Ask him to come in."

"Governor, good news, the new tank is ready to fight after trials."

Situ En, who is relatively low-key among the many captains, has been wandering among the workshops in Youzhou since he became obsessed with the trap chariot.

Especially in the carpentry workshop, the chariots in Youzhou now include melee ballistas, long-range ballistas, blade chariots for melee combat, and spray trains.

According to Li De's plan, in order to adapt to the scientific and technological development of chariots, he also envisaged using horses as a power source to build a chariot covered with full body.

Not afraid of swords, guns, swords, halberds, horses and men wrapped in chariots, and used bows, crossbows, fire-breathing and other methods as the main attack weapons.

He just imagined it wildly, and he didn't expect that the Lu brothers really came up with a sample.