Walk?

Where to go?

Li Rusong strode forward and gave Guo Dan a handful of strokes back, "What are you going to do when you just come." Look at it, how is this bird? ”

He forced the arquebus in his hand to Guo Dan.

Come on! I produced this gun, of course I would say yes! Guo Dan is so shrewd, this Li Rusong is a famous family, an elder, and a general soldier, there must be a reason why he is so enthusiastic about him, he took the arquebus and asked: "How much does this bird gun cost?" ”

Li Rusong immediately looked stunned, and then said with a big grin: "It's just a few taels, isn't this little money a drop in the bucket for you, asking these questions will make you look petty." ”

Dizzy! What the hell do you think that you would think of me as a Kaizi? Guo Dan nodded and smiled: "Originally, yes, but the chief soldier should also know that I have spent a lot of money recently, and now I have to be careful in everything, I heard today that this bird gun has been produced, so I came over to see how much money I can make from it." ”

"Earn... Make hay? Li Rusong's eyes bulged.

Guo Dan was a little flustered and said, "Does the chief soldier think this is a very excessive request?" ”

Li Rusong blinked, and suddenly sighed: "It's really not me saying you, you spend your money on those businessmen, it's really a waste, it's better to use it to produce firearms, one million taels can produce many firearms." ”

Guo Dan said: "I don't want to either, that's because I can't help it, Mr. Li, you didn't help me say a few words at that time." ”

Li Rusong rolled his eyes and sighed: "You don't know, I really want to help you get ahead, but you also know that the reason why I came to Weihui Mansion is because Lao Tzu has always been at odds with those civil officials, and if I want to help you, I will definitely help more and more." ”

I can't see that this reckless man's brain is still spinning very fast. Guo Dan nodded and said, "That's right." ”

The fact is really true, the reason why Li Rusong is running around is because he does not obey the tradition of Wenzun and Wuhu, if he really wants to open Chrysostom, he must help more and more, Guo Dan would rather he not come to mix blindly.

came to the hall and sat down, Guo Dan put the bird gun on the table at will.

Li Rusong wondered: "Why don't you take a look." ”

"I don't understand this, I can't read it!"

Guo Dan shook his head and asked again: "It seems that the general is very satisfied with this bird." ”

"Satisfied! Satisfied! ”

Li Rusong nodded vigorously and said: "As far as you produce this bird gun, it is much better than the bird gun of the Qi family army at the beginning, and now the bird gun of the Liaodong army is much more sophisticated, it can be said that it is the best bird gun in my Ming Dynasty, but it is a little less, I think it can produce more." ”

Although this is the first time that Weihui Mansion has produced bird guns, the imperial court has sent people to help, and many craftsmen under Guo Dan have run out of the imperial court, they know the production process, and they don't need to get it for two or three years, just like trying to grow sweet potatoes.

Basically, it can be produced in a few months, and the only difference from the imperial court is that the bird guns produced are much more sophisticated.

Guo smiled lightly: "As long as the court can afford to pay money, it doesn't matter how much production there is, I don't care about the profit or loss of this transaction, but if I want to continue, then I have to make a little money." ”

Li Rusong listened, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.

Guo Dan glanced at him and knew that this bird must be worth a lot of money.

The imperial court will definitely not be able to allocate so much money.

At this time, an officer and soldier came in to report that Zhao Shizhen was coming.

"How did it come by such a coincidence?"

Li Rusong muttered a sentence in his mouth.

He wanted to fool Guo Dan first, but Zhao Shizhen was a nerd, and he would definitely tell the truth.

Guo smiled lightly: "I invited Lord Zhao to come, didn't the chief soldier invite him in?" ”

Li Rusong glanced at Guo Dan depressedly, waved his hand and said, "Please come in." ”

After a while, I saw Zhao Shizhen and a young man walking in.

"Guo Dan has seen Lord Zhao."

Guo Dan hurriedly got up and saluted.

Zhao Shizhen nodded slightly.

The young man beside him saluted Guo Dan, "Gu Chang has seen the proprietor. ”

Gu Chang is Guo Dan who stayed here to be responsible for settling accounts, this ironcraft workshop is not his alone, he originally promoted the merger of all the ironware workshops in Weihui Mansion into one in order to produce firearms, that is, the Grand Canyon Ironware Workshop.

The people in charge are Qin Dalong, Zhou Jian and other shareholders, he doesn't care about things, but he sends people to take charge of the accounts.

"Lord Zhao came just in time, and I was discussing the matter of this bird gun with Mr. Li, and Mr. Li was very satisfied with this bird gun." Guo smiled lightly.

Zhao Shizhen glanced at Li Rusong, just nodded slightly, and then, there was no more.

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Guo Dan asked Gu Chang again: "What is the cost of producing this bird gun?" ”

Gu Chang said: "If you go back to the owner, the cost of this bird gun is four taels or five dollars." ”

"Four, two, five?"

Guo Dan laughed a few times, and then said to Zhao Shizhen: "Lord Zhao, how do I feel that I have been deceived by the Ministry of War, the price given to me by the Ministry of War is two or five yuan, and the records of the Ministry of War also show that the production cost of a bird gun is two or three dollars, and I still have two dollars to earn, how can it be twice as expensive this time." ”

Zhao Shizhen said embarrassedly: "That's because you said that you would produce regardless of the cost." ”

Guo Dan frowned and asked Gu Chang, "Could it be that you have jewels on each bird gun?" ”

Gu Chang hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't dare to do this, but... Merely.... ”

He was snorting, sweating profusely.

Zhao Shizhen said: "That's because the bird guns produced by the imperial court are already insufficient, and there is also the remuneration of craftsmen, you are three times more than the imperial court." ”

Guo Dan was surprised: "Three? It can't be. ”

"How impossible." Li Rusong rolled his eyes and shouted: "Otherwise, why did those craftsmen who worked in the imperial court come to you, I might as well tell you directly, it's all just on the accounts, in fact, it's more than three times." ”

"It's... Is it? Guo Dan rubbed his forehead and said to Gu Chang: "Show me the accounts." ”

"Yes."

Gu Chang immediately handed over an account book.

Working under Guo Dan, everyone knows that as long as they see Guo Dan, this account must be prepared.

Guo Dan took the account and looked at it.

There are almost ten processes in the production of birds, and now they are refined into fifteen, and the key is the material and labor costs.

The materials used in light iron are twice as much as those of the imperial court, so the corresponding smelting costs are also higher, of course, the most outrageous is the labor expenditure, and the imperial court really can't be called a reward, that is, it is used for free.

Guo Dan exhaled heavily, "I really didn't expect that there would be so much difference." ”

Li Rusong hurriedly said: "If the cost of craftsmen can be reduced, it can be controlled at three or five dollars." ”

In front of these generals, the craftsmen are very humble, and they all do their best to exploit the craftsmen, which directly leads to the rise of Weihui Mansion, and those craftsmen have all come here.

Guo Dan glanced at Li Rusong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, this is Weihui Mansion, don't say that those craftsmen seem to be very rare to work in our workshop, as far as their craftsmanship is concerned, they will be robbed if they sneak around the street for two laps." ”

Li Rusong was immediately silent.

To be able to produce bird guns, the craftsmanship must be very exquisite, but there is no way to find something to do in Weihui Mansion.

Guo Dan asked Zhao Shizhen again: "Lord Zhao, here I will also pay more than a thousand taels, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't always pay." Since the price given by the imperial court is so much, can it be produced according to the price of the imperial court? ”

Zhao Shizhen nodded and said, "But you can ......." ”

"What may?"

Li Rusong said: "Can the bird gun produced by the imperial court be used?" Often bad things, if you want to use that bird gun to fight, Lao Tzu might as well use the three-eyed gun. ”

"That's just as well."

Zhao Shizhen sighed, and said to Guo Dan: "Guo Dan, you may not know that the reason why the imperial court does not produce this bird gun is because the production cost of this bird gun is too high, and the loss is also high, so many of our army are equipped with three-eyed guns. ”

The three-eyed gun is really born of "poverty", and it is definitely incomparable with a well-crafted arquebus, which does not need to be studied, and those who have studied physics understand it.

But the problem is that the cost of a well-crafted bird gun is high, and the process requirements are also very high, and the Ming court is notoriously poor, and there is still to spend money to produce artillery, and the production of this thing is not very cost-effective.

Of course, the most important thing is that if it is not those who are in charge of the officials who rush up to fight the enemy, then of course they don't care.

Zhao Shizhen suddenly changed his words, and said: "Although the cost of the bird gun we produce now is high, because of the excellent craftsmanship, the loss is relatively low. ”

Guo smiled and said, "Does Lord Zhao think that the imperial court will think so?" ”

Zhao Shizhen didn't make a sound.

Because he knew it was impossible.

Is it really so difficult for the huge Ming Dynasty to produce some bird guns?

In fact, it's not that the imperial court really can't come up with the money to produce bird guns, but the Ming Dynasty also has a very interesting feature, that is, there is no very strong enemy around, so that the Ming Dynasty has to devote all its strength to prepare for war, the Han has the Xiongnu, the Tang has the Turks, not to mention the Song, which encountered the strongest period of nomads.

As for Ming, Taizu and Chengzu have already beaten Mongolia to pieces, and although there are still enemies there, they don't pose much of a threat.

Although it is indeed a strategic core interest to fight a war with Japan in the middle, Japan cannot pose a threat like the Xiongnu and the Turks to the Han and Tang Dynasties, let alone a threat to the Song and Tang dynasties from Liaojin.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was purely picking up dead fish, the Han and the Xiongnu rose at the same time, the Tang and the Turks were also like this, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose, it happened that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and the two sides did not meet in the strongest period.

There was not a single powerful enemy that needed the strength of the Ming Dynasty to prepare for war.

Naturally, the imperial court will not care about these birds.

Then the problem arises, the capitalists must make money, but the court is reluctant to spend this money.

Therefore, Zhao Shizhen was silent, he was just a small principal, he couldn't ask the court to allocate more money, and he felt guilty, he was in charge of supervising the work and solving technical problems, but he was also addicted to it, because there were sufficient resources and manpower, and he didn't consider any cost issues, which made him feel a little sorry for Guo Dan.

But Li Rusong was born as a military general and was thick-skinned enough, and after Zhao Shizhen left, he said to Guo Dan: "Guo Dan, you promised me at the beginning to establish an elite division here." ”

Guo nodded with a smile and said, "General Li Bing, please rest assured, how can I let the army that allowed Weihui Mansion to protect Weihui Mansion with the inferior firearms of the imperial court, what is the difference between this and dancing on the edge of a cliff." ”

There is only one way to resolve this contradiction, and to completely regard this firearm as a tool for making money.

It's like a hoe, you can farm and make money.

If firearms are produced to rob banks, it is definitely profitable.

Don't talk about four taels, it's four thousand taels and one birds, if you run to rob Yinuo Money Village, it will definitely be a big profit.

vertex