Zhao Shizhen was not only not complimenting Guo Dan, but he actually hit the nail on the head.

The Ming Dynasty was not without technology, and the technological gap with the West was not very big at this time, because the advantages of Western scientific theories had not really been brought into play, and it would be difficult to play this game after Newton and his group of geniuses came out.

East and West will certainly go to two extremes.

At this stage, everyone still has to play, because everyone is knocking with their hands, and if you can't knock it, we can't knock it out.

The key is productivity.

Who doesn't know that the bird gun is much stronger than the three-eyed gun, Qi Jiguang made this problem very clear at the beginning, the bird gun is far better than the three-eyed gun.

However, the problem is that the productivity is insufficient, which leads to the inability of large-scale production, and the production cost is too high, so it is difficult to promote the bird gun in the Ming Dynasty.

That Qi Jiguang worked hard to equip the army with birds, which was also very limited.

Zhao Shizhen feels that he is just icing on the cake, with your production scale and production model, you can do well by changing someone who knows how to do it.

......

"Whew... No more! ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "If you drink it again, I will get drunk." ”

"Guo Dan, your amount of alcohol is really far worse than when you do business."

Li Rusong's wine glass was very disappointing.

When he came to him, he naturally had to drink a few glasses, Li Chengliang was old and had the highest seniority, he just slipped away after a drink with Guo Dan and Zhao Shizhen, Li Rusong didn't dare to provoke him, Zhao Shizhen's alcohol consumption was even worse, and he lay down after three glasses.

Li Rusong could only find Guo Dan.

As a result, he hadn't drunk it yet, and Guo Dan couldn't support it.

"In fact, it has made a lot of progress compared to before."

Guo Dan smiled bitterly, and said: "When I finish the matter at hand, I will accompany Mr. Li to have a good time, but I don't like to get drunk when I have a job, and Mr. Li doesn't want me to write 10,000 bird guns into 1,000." ”

"Okay, okay, don't drink."

Li Rusong hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Guo Dan, this was too scary, Niu's big eyes suddenly shook, and he said: "Guo Dan, as far as you and me are concerned, why don't you tell me the truth, is that Shenji Battalion prepared to deal with Yang Yinglong?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "How could Mr. Li think that I would know about such a thing?" ”

Li Rusong said: "You are now a big celebrity around Your Majesty, you will always know something." ”

"I really don't know."

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will only talk to me about business and business, and nothing else." ”

"That's it!"

Li Rusong looked disappointed.

Guo smiled lightly: "What? Mr. Li wants to fight! ”

Li Rusong glanced at Guo Dan, laughed a few times, and said: "Anyway, it's just you and me here, I'm not afraid to say it, I don't have any holiday with that Yang Yinglong, but I really want to try the power of this large-scale use of firearms?" You say that you have no ability, but there is no place for it, but it is very uncomfortable. ”

Guo Dan stood up suddenly, tidied up his clothes, and said with a smile: "In order to make General Li have the ability to be empty as soon as possible, and there is no place for uselessness, I have to hurry up and produce weapons." ”

Li Rusong was stunned for a while, and smiled awkwardly: "You are right, now that firearms have not been produced, then I will not keep you." ”

"Farewell."

......

For Guo Dan, the main thing to consider at present is whether the military is satisfied with the quality of the weapon, and then what is the cost under the premise of satisfaction.

When he returned to his residence, Gu Chang was already waiting for him there.

"Qin Dalong, what is their situation now?"

Guo Dan sat down and asked directly.

Gu Chang said: "As expected, they are more inclined to accept the proprietor's suggestion and do it separately. ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "If we break up, and at the same time I have to expand the current production line by five times, how much more money do I have to invest?" ”

"Five... Five-fold? ”

Gu Chang made a gurgling sound in his throat.

What are you doing here?

Destroying the world?

Guo Dan nodded.

Gu Chang thought for a while and said, "Five times the words, this... I'm afraid that I will have to invest another 60,000 taels, and it is not enough to have money, but also craftsmen, after all, if they divide the family, they will definitely take away many craftsmen, but the proprietor can rest assured, some craftsmen who know how to produce muskets and artillery, I will leave them in Weihui Mansion. ”

Guo Dan said: "Then continue to recruit people, money is not a problem, in addition, I will introduce a lifelong employment method, in order to ensure that our craftsmen are worry-free for life, even if they are old and can't do it, we will still pay the same salary every month as when they work, and protect their medical care, so don't tell me that you can't recruit people." ”

Gu Chang hurriedly promised: "The proprietor, please rest assured, I will not disappoint the proprietor." In fact, before this, I had secretly asked those old craftsmen to take apprentices, and now those apprentices can also help. ”

"Good!"

Guo Dan nodded, and said: "I went to see the firearms today, and they were all very satisfied, what is the cost of those new firearms?" ”

"I investigated the firearms used by my Ming army before, among which the bird guns produced by the Qi family army were the best, and their cost price was about four taels and one money, and now the production cost of the latest bird guns is just five taels, but because of our different production models, the more we produce, the lower our cost will be, if the production of bird guns is more than 5,000, our cost can be reduced to four taels and nine dollars, and if it reaches 10,000, the cost can be reduced to four taels and eight dollars."

The labor aspect of assembly line production can be reduced, and the loss can also be reduced, as long as the production line is formed, the more quantity, the lower the cost.

Therefore, Guo Dan didn't have too much surprise or surprise on his face, he just asked, "Do they know about this Qin Dalong?" ”

Gu Chang shook his head and said: "Because production has not started yet, there is no record of these in the current accounts, which I calculated based on the last armament order." ”

Guo Dan asked again: "What about artillery?" ”

Gu Chang said: "Regarding artillery, although our production is more sophisticated, but the price is not much different from the production of the imperial court, the cost of the light artillery is thirty-six taels or four yuan, and the heavy artillery costs a lot of copper, and the cost is fifty-eight twenty-seven dollars." In addition, gunpowder and ammunition, due to our large-scale mining and production, the cost has also been reduced a little, but if the cost is not much, it can be ignored. ”

Guo Dan nodded and said: "You have to remember one thing, the output of firearms is the top secret of my Ming Dynasty, no matter how much we produce, we must keep it secret, and don't let anyone know except you." ”

"Yes, I remember."

"Also, after you go back, immediately calculate how much money I need to invest and how many more people I need to recruit if the production line is expanded to five times."

"Yes."

......

In fact, this armament order is just an introduction, giving the Grand Canyon a reason to produce armaments, Guo Dan is to build a behemoth monster, and it will only get bigger and bigger, so he has to make a lot of preparations.

At the same time, Chenchen and Cao Xiaodong were busy with how to separate from the Guide Mansion and prepare for the Grand Canyon joint-stock system.

Fortunately, Qin Dalong and the others did not make Guo Dan wait too long, because they knew that there was not much time for them to think about it, and once the armament began to be produced, it would be very difficult to calculate.

In the end, they unanimously agreed to separate from the Grand Canyon of Weihui Mansion, but at the same time the two sides controlled each other.

Almost at the same time, Cao Xiaodong took out a contract to divide the family.

This deed makes the division of property, which is already very complicated, very simple.

Because Guo Dan hopes to use all the assets he has in the Grand Canyon to exchange more skilled craftsmen with them.

Qin Dalong didn't hesitate for long before agreeing.

The ironware workshops in Guide Province are still under construction, and there is no need for too many craftsmen for the time being, and craftsmen for the production of tools do not need very exquisite craftsmanship, they can slowly recruit people and cultivate slowly, and what they need now is cash.

And Guo Dan doesn't care about that little money at all, what he wants is talent.

The two sides hit it off and were happily separated.

......

"You're drawing?"

When Kou Zhuansha returned to her residence, she couldn't help but be a little surprised to see Guo Dan drawing on paper with a charcoal pen.

"Wait a minute, I'll finish drawing it right away."

Guo Dan said without raising his head, and then the pen was getting faster and faster, and after a while, he put the pen down, blew it, and handed it to Kou Zhuan yarn.

Kou Zhuan Sha took a look, only to see a simple bird gun and a cannon crossed together, and the background was a canyon, and said, "This is the trademark of the Grand Canyon?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "From now on, our Grand Canyon will only produce armaments. ”

Kou Zhuansha said: "You have the leisure to design this trademark elegantly, it seems that you are ready for other things." ”

"This is all the credit of Cao Xiaodong and Chenchen." Guo Dan came from the document in the briefcase and handed it to Kou Zhuansha.

"Five hundred thousand taels?"

Kou Liansha looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but look at Guo Dan in surprise, "The value of the Grand Canyon now is worth 50,000 taels at most, and you estimate 500,000 taels, which is a little too much." ”

Five guns throw 500,000 taels, that's because the five guns have already entered overseas, and the best-selling one, you have just started here!

"It's called accumulation."

Guo smiled lightly: "We already have a complete production line, production technology, our boiler will not stop, and we have the most advanced smelting and forging technology in the Ming Dynasty, 500,000 taels is just the first step." ”

Kou Zhuan said: "But this is weapon production, if you don't fight, then... Then we don't need so many weapons, and we can't guarantee enough gains. ”

Guo Dan said: "Since I, Guo Dan, am in the arms business, I must fight, and whoever doesn't fight is my Guo Dan's enemy." ”

Kou Zhuansha frowned slightly and said, "Husband, I really don't need to earn this life money. ”

Guo Dan said: "In fact, there is a war every day, but it is not fought by our side. ”

Kou Zhuansha was stunned for a moment, and said, "What do you say, husband, can this weapon still be sold?" ”

If someone else's house is at war, then ...... To have one’s hands tied!

Guo smiled lightly: "Do you know how many iron pots my Daming exports to the outside world every year?" Did Madame think that those people really bought to cook vegetables? I didn't see how delicious the food they cooked, so why bother? How profitable is it to sell iron pots, I sell weapons directly to them, and the profits will be more than ten times that of iron pots. With the money we earn from them, we can develop more advanced weapons to ensure that our Ming Dynasty suppresses their weapons. ”

After a pause, he took out another piece of information and said: "Only in this way can I give the court such a low price, for each bird, I only earn a penny of silver from the court, if I sell it to another place, if I can't make double the profit, I won't care." There is no way, the country is too poor, and I, a patriotic businessman, have to use my brains more. ”

Kou Zhuansha rolled her eyes and said, "Your theory is really incomprehensible. After a pause, she added, "It's just that all the nonsense you talked about before has become a reality." ”

"Haha......!"