Gu Lao Er hugged his son down, took a paper windmill made by himself to play with his son, let him run around the table in a circle, and waited for his daughter-in-law with tea by himself. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After waiting for an hour, the Gu family's daughter-in-law came back. She walked in the alley with a happy face and a high level of interest. But she also has a kind of joy of being the master of the house, as if she has turned over to be the master, and deliberately wants to make the second child of the family anxious for a while. When she entered the door, she deliberately pretended to be relaxed and walked into the living room unhurriedly.

Gu Lao Er asked anxiously, "How is it?" ”

The daughter-in-law of the Gu family didn't answer him, walked to the table and wiped the table with a rag.

Gu Lao Er turned around and asked, "Have you raised it?" ”

However, the daughter-in-law of the Gu family was a person with no scheming, she couldn't hide things, and she couldn't help it anymore after being asked two sentences, and laughed out loud. With a forked waist, the Gu family's daughter-in-law said, "It's raised!" This time, the general specially recruited the families of old workers, and I recruited weavers! There are two or three meals per month! ”

Gu Lao Er jumped up happily, hugged his daughter-in-law and said loudly: "Okay, it's okay now!" You can rent the whole villa! No! We borrowed money from the general to buy a villa and came down, and we will have our own house in the future! ”

The daughter-in-law of the Gu family glared at Gu Lao Er and said with a smile: "Look at you like that, don't you just want to live in a big house?" I think about it during the day and at night, and I want to go out to work. ”

Gu Lao Er rolled his eyes and said, "What is there when you go out to work?" The daughter-in-law of the He family also helps people look after the store! The 'women's factory room' in the textile factory is full of women, and you still have someone to talk to, it's better than weaving at home! ”

The Gu family's daughter-in-law smiled.

She suddenly remembered the days when Gu Lao Er entered the Li family's factory in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and the family had no food for two days, and tears flowed down all of a sudden. She wiped her tears and said, "Okay, everything!" ”

Gu Lao Er took a breath, helped his daughter-in-law wipe away her tears, and said, "This is a happy event, why are you crying?" Really! ”

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In early August, Li Zhi's second large-pointed ship was built. Li Zhi named the second ship the Xinde, had cannons and steam engines on board, put newly trained shipwrights on board, and sent more than 100 soldiers from the Forward Regiment to serve as sailors.

It is impossible for Li Zhi to personally lead the team to run the boat for a long time, and after running to the sea once to build up the organizational structure, he will hand over the work to his subordinates. He asked Lu Hu, the deputy head of the Xuanfeng Regiment, to be the captain of the two ships, and specially led the ships to run the Japanese route. Lv Hu was born as an artilleryman, and as the captain of two gunboats, he could give full play to the firepower of the ships. Zheng Kaida is based in Japan and is responsible for the sale of goods. The two cooperated to do a good job on the trade route.

However, at this time, the expansion of the textile factory had not yet been completed, and Li Zhi did not have a large amount of fine cloth to sell to Japan, so he could only buy raw silk and other goods in the market to sell. The Nova and the Shintoku can go back and forth to Japan once in twenty days, and the two ships are large ships, each of which can carry more than 400 tons of cargo. In the past few months, the large-scale purchase of the two ships raised the price of raw silk in Tianjin to 190 taels and 11 quintals, turning Tianjin's raw silk trade into a low-profit business.

However, Li Zhi's two big ships quickly traveled back and forth between Waguo and Tianjin, and the volume of transportation was really amazing. Although the price of raw silk has risen, Li Zhi's two ships also have a monthly income of 15,000 taels on raw silk. Coupled with the Japanese copper piggyback on the return trip, Li Zhi could earn more than 20,000 taels a month, and soon earned back the ship's money.

Li Zhi asked Boss Wang to continue to build new ships and continue to expand his maritime armament.

Li Zhi made money, and the maritime merchants near Tianjin suffered. The purchase price of raw silk has risen so high that the profit of running once a year is so thin that it is impossible to do it. Fortunately, several maritime merchants near Tianjin were not armed, and they could not defeat Li Zhi's cannon giant ship, otherwise these maritime merchants would have robbed Li Zhi's ship.

On August 27, Cha Yunke approached Li Zhi and complained about the soaring price of raw silk in Tianjin.

"Metropolitan Governor, if your two big ships run like this, our other ships of Tianjin Maritime Merchants will lose money!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "When my fine fabric factory is built, I will no longer trade in raw silk!" ”

Cha Yunke said: "But the Governor of the Metropolitan is still building new ships, no matter how fast your fine cloth factory expands, can you build your ships as fast?" ”

Li Zhi relied on Cha Yunke's introduction and help to go to sea. At this time, when he heard Cha Yunke complaining, he really couldn't make a black face to Cha Yunke, so he could only smile and say: "Next month, I will buy some ordinary cotton cloth and ironware to sell to Japan, buy less raw silk, and the price of raw silk in Tianjin can be lowered!" ”

Cha Yunke regretted very much that he introduced Li Zhi to run to the sea, but he didn't expect Li Zhi's steam engine ship to be so powerful, and he could go back and forth to the Wa Kingdom once in twenty days. This machine is truly amazing, and it has completely rewritten the pattern of maritime trade.

Originally, Li Zhi said that he would try not to buy and sell raw silk, but now he is still doing it driven by profits. Li Zhi still wants to build a new ship, so to what extent will the profits of running Japan near Tianjin be diluted in the future?

Cha Yunke sighed, and secretly said that Li Zhi couldn't help, and as soon as he ganged up, Qingyun killed all sides and robbed everyone else's jobs.

Cha Yunke pondered how to do this business in the future, whether he still had a job, and his face was blue for a while, and he was speechless.

Li Zhi thought about it, and secretly said that Cha Yunke helped him start a business, and he couldn't cut off people's money like this, and said with a smile: "Zha Gongzi, the cost of one of my ships plus a shipload of goods is 100,000 taels, plus technology investment is 300,000 taels." You might as well come to me and buy a 30% stake in a ship. For example, if you invest 90,000 taels in the new ship I am building, 30% of the profits will belong to you every month in the future. ”

Li Zhi paused and said, "My ship runs fast, and a ship has a profit of 10,000 taels a month. In a year, the profit of 30% is more than 30,000 taels, which is about the same as the profit of your four small sailboats running to the Japanese country! ”

Cha Yunke was stunned, he didn't expect Li Zhi to have such an idea, and said excitedly: "What the general said is true? ”

"How can I beg you?"

Cha Yunke thought about it, was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "I will send silver to buy shares tomorrow, and I will not go to sea in the future, and I will live on the dividends of the general!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and did not speak.

"The general is really a righteous man!"

Cha Yunke regained some of his vigor at this time, took a sip of tea and said, "Does the general know?" Pavilion elder Yang Sichang went to supervise the thief! The Son of Heaven gave him Shang Fang's sword and asked him to go to Xiangyang to destroy the thief. ”

Li Zhi was stunned and asked, "Can he be a superintendent?" ”

Chayunk shook his head and said, "I don't know. He strongly advocated peace and forced Lu Xiangsheng to death, as a result, the Qing army entered the pass and plundered. If he can't succeed as a thief, the Son of Heaven will definitely kill him! ”

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By the beginning of September, more than 500 new villas had been built in Fanjiazhuang New Town, and with residences, Li Zhi began to recruit new textile workers in the surrounding prefectures and counties. This time, in order to improve the income level of the workers, Li Zhi tried his best to recruit the two husbands and wives together. In this way, the husband and wife get a double salary, and the standard of living will be much higher.

However, Li Zhi's recruitment was not arbitrary, and in order to prevent the new workers from being mixed with Manchu spies, Li Zhi required that the recruits must be guaranteed by the residents of Fanjiazhuang. Of course, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division can also be used as a guarantor.

The position in Li Zhi's factory is a good job that everyone wants, and the residents in the neighborhood want to come when they hear that Fanjiazhuang is recruiting new people. As a result, the guarantor of the inhabitants of the city became very precious.

If someone does to protect Fanjiazhuang, a good life will be stable! The relatives and friends of the residents of Fanjiazhuang came to beg, hoping that they could be guaranteed to work in the textile factory and become a member of Fanjiazhuang.

Li Zhi's workers and soldiers were all crowded at once, and one by one they were busy dealing with relatives and friends who came to ask for guarantees.

However, Li Zhi stipulated that a soldier and a citizen could only guarantee one family, and the competition for those seeking insurance was fierce. (To be continued.) )