Freight, at some point, is the key to the flow of commodities, and at a time when transportation is not developed, it is the key to commodity prices.

The reason why military spending at the border passes is very high is because the price of grain in Bianliang is already several times more expensive than that in the south.

In Shaanxi, the price of grain is as high as several guan, and at a given time, the body is as high as dozens of guan, and under such circumstances, it is the most fundamental reason for the high military spending.

The development of the Northern Song Dynasty benefited from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which was the Grand Canal that connected the north and the south, and was the most important five major water systems in China, connecting the entire Central Plains into a whole, and also bringing relatively low prices.

Otherwise, the entire industry can be completely bankrupt by simply paying for the journey.

The low price of water transportation is very low, the transportation between the Daimyo Mansion and Bianliang is convenient, and the waterway is quite stable, and if you use a large ship, if you use a large ship with more than 800 materials, the freight will not exceed 200 kan, and the price of transportation will not exceed 250 kan.

This also means that the freight cost added to each pound of iron is only half a penny.

This price is already quite low, and this money should have been borne by Cao Di, because the transport ships with more than 800 materials are controlled by the military and are responsible for some bulk commodities, or goods that are closely related to armaments.

This expense will be reported to the third division, but Zhao Xin waved his hand and directly set the price of 35 Wen as the landed price, and all the expenses on the road can be taken to the blacksmith workshop to reimburse, and he will bear all of them.

This is a big concession, after Cao Di thought about it, he didn't say much, Zhao Xin is now the owner of the workshop, he must have this qualification, only a pound and a half, think that the profit is still guaranteed, he told him to complete this order with quality and quantity, and then go back.

Zhao Xin's approach seems to have made a lot of profits, in fact, 15 million catties is just 7,500 yuan, which is a very insignificant part of the million-level transaction, this money is quite refreshing, and even if possible, Zhao Xin will even let this money become 10,000 yuan.

As for the remaining 2,500 guan, or even more, it will be used to buy these sailors.

Zhao Xin from later generations is very clear about the benefits of logistics for a commercial society, why the online shopping and business exchanges in later generations are so developed, the reason is that the development of logistics, railway, land, air and shipping, unlimited logistics has promoted the global development of business and trade, and laid the foundation of the global village.

The commercial society of the Northern Song Dynasty, in the feudal society, was a very rare society, the reason is very simple, it is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Northern Song Dynasty developed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the extreme, from many aspects, not only the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal itself, but also the ports, boatmen, and ships along the way.

Without any of these items, this transportation environment would not be complete.

Zhao Xin will inevitably open up shipping in the future, and with the help of the sea, lay the foundation of his strength, but for a long time, he can popularize the cheaper mode of transportation in the seaside cities, because river transportation has requirements for ships, and only the Yangtze River waterway can.

In other waterways, 800 materials is already the limit, and even 800 materials, that is, in the backbone section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, some other tributaries or checkpoints, etc., can't even be opened.

Train sailors, establish their own transportation routes, which will inevitably develop in the future, pure iron material, the annual capacity is more than 200,000 tons, which is a terrible astronomical amount for the feudal era.

Cao Xin got what he needed and left satisfied, Zhao Xin turned around, but saw Wang Song who was stunned, and he was already in a state of confusion at this time.

"Wang Song!" Zhao Xin pushed Wang Song, Wang Song came back to his senses, and asked with some astonishment: "Your Highness, have we really signed such a big contract?" ”

Wang Song was still a little confused at this time, when he established the blacksmith workshop, he never thought that the blacksmith workshop would become such a terrifying thing, even if it was 1,000 blacksmith tables, at best, the output of forty or fifty thousand catties per day, this output, the Daimyo Mansion could digest it.

Who knows, at the beginning, it was about 100,000 catties, and then, the entire output was like wings, and it surged wildly, starting from 500,000 catties per day, and gradually increasing to 2 million catties, which stopped because of Zhao Xin's adjustment.

When the quantity is huge to a certain extent, the consumption is huge, before he was worried, what to do if he can't sell so many things to produce, now he uses more than 20,000 people, even if the average is 15, the simple salary per month is 300,000 yuan, and there are various costs, and he goes to millions every month.

Before, it was only with the support of various businesses that it could be supported, and this was still not paid under the premise of paying wages, the wages of more than 20,000 people, which was also the most resentful point of Wang Song, so much money to pay, in his opinion, these craftsmen, it would be good to give three or four times a month, why give so much.

In fact, Zhao Xin also thought about it, in the end, it was decided to implement according to the current standards, in fact, after developing people's subjective initiative, the final harvest is a lot, such as catalysts, such as the current production scale and production volume, these are not bought by money.

The huge output has already made Wang Song a little afraid, not to mention anything else, the simple monthly cost of 1 million guan, which is not something that other businesses can support.

Looking at more and more raw materials and finished products, selling as much as possible, you can't buy one-tenth of it, the consumption is huge, but the income is only one-tenth, in a short time, maybe nothing, but after a long time, there will inevitably be problems.

Originally, I asked Zhao Xin to solve it, let Zhao Xin stop, or reduce the scale.

The sales volume of ironware is very large, and the profit is also very high, especially with the support of Zhao Xin's cost, it is not possible to find more than 100,000 yuan of income per month, but Zhao Xin not only refuses, but also increases the scale, the daily output, and sees, it is going to run 2.5 million catties.

Wang Song, who was already desperate, could even foresee the moment of bankruptcy, who knows, under the premise that the accumulation of iron materials has reached a certain level, Zhao Xin took the initiative to sell.

The results are gratifying, the 3 million catties of the Daimyo's Mansion can be said to be a shot in the arm, although these are only, about 100,000 yuan, but it is a direct income, which is a shot in the arm for the blacksmith workshop that has been somewhat unable to support it.

This is only 2 months' volume, and if it is long-term, maybe it will be able to sell most of the products.

The low cost of industrial production, that is, as long as the amount of sales is about half, it is enough to support the overall operation, and the gross profit is half.

But this time, with the orders of 27 million catties from the Daimyo Mansion and the Privy Council, the total number went directly to 1 million.

You must know that at present, the entire blacksmith workshop, the cost of a month, that is, about one million guan, of which the number of their own sales is about 100,000 guan to 150,000 guan, plus this point, as long as a month, to complete these orders, there will be about 100,000 guan, not to mention those products, iron materials and finished products, these are also money, as long as they can be sold.

But in Zhao Xin's case, he didn't plan to produce so much in a month, he directly pushed the output to 4 million catties a day, that is, at most 7 days, he was able to complete this order, among them, the 15 million catties of the Privy Council were the first to bear the brunt and need to be completed in advance.

In 4 days, earn 500,000 yuan, and reach 1 million yuan in 7 days, this is something that is difficult to imagine, but it is real, this impact makes Wang Song no longer able to think about it, and next, a larger number of orders is still to come.

In the next year, the Daimyo Mansion alone can provide more than 80 million orders, plus those helped by the center, there may be 300 million catties, that is to say, the total amount of tens of millions, on average every month, this alone is enough to support the development of the entire blacksmith workshop.

It used to seem to be a money-paying machine blacksmith's workshop, but it has been transformed into a money printing machine, or is it the kind of extra-large, non-stop printing, the kind that changes so fast that he is overwhelmed, is it still like a dream?

Listening to Wang Song's excited narration, Zhao Xin didn't know what to say, this is where and where.

Although catalysts are used and some industrialized methods are used, the iron-making furnace is an iron-making furnace, and the changes to him cannot be compared with the large blast furnaces, and the number of steel produced at one time and the manpower used are greatly exceeded.

Zhao Xin also estimated that if the blast furnace was to be used, the cost could be reduced to about 8 Wen, but with these catalysts and some summarized iron-making experience, the price of iron is likely to be reduced to 4 Wen, or even 3 Wen.

As for output, a steelmaking plant that uses almost 100,000 laborers, with an annual output of less than one million tons, is probably a joke, a person's production capacity is only 10 tons, which is too bad, almost 50 tons to be considered a basic standard, more than 100 tons, or even two or three hundred tons, that is considered normal.

These things, for Wang Song of this era, a little illusory, the terrible thing about industrial production lies in this, when the production link, under the premise of improving to a very high degree, the link of sales and application is the key, more than double the profit, that is, in the current use, when the output really surges, the gross profit can be maintained by one-third, which is already very terrible, that is to say, the cost of 3 Wen, sold to 4 Wen, is already normal.