"This ...... Mr. Tang, as long as I have the technology, I can naturally get the silver," Li Zicheng smiled mysteriously and said, "Mr. Tang, go back and prepare." ”

"It's snowing, so I can take a few days off and put these techniques in order." Tang Ruowang hugged Li Zicheng and said goodbye.

Li Zicheng immediately summoned Lu Wenhai, "Wenhai, how is the production of the soap factory going?" Have you produced a complete product? ”

Lu Wenhai kowtowed first, then got up, and said unhurriedly: "Back to Dadudu, the soap has been produced, and the factory already has more than one hundred and twenty pieces in stock......

"Okay, it seems that there is no problem in the production link, the key is sales." Li Zicheng already has a preliminary plan.

"Sales?" Lu Wenhai hurriedly said, "Governor, the villain is worried about sales, soap is a fresh thing, not to mention the people, even the merchants probably don't know about it......"

"So this time I summoned you to let you carry out publicity activities," Li Zicheng said: "There are two main sales of soap, one is for the local people, although the profit is low, but the sales distance is short, and the risk is not large; On the other hand, it is a rich place such as Jingshi and Jiangnan, where the price is high and the profit will be high, but the distance is far, and the risk will increase. ”

"Governor Dadu, are we going to send people to Jingshi and Jiangnan to open up markets?"

"Don't use it for the time being, now the output hasn't gone up, this piece will be handed over to Mao Ting's Shunfeng Commercial Bank," Li Zicheng had already calculated, he asked Mao Ting to open a Shunfeng Commercial Bank that day, mainly to sell self-produced goods, "Your main energy is temporarily focused on local sales, since the goods have been produced, you can have people to promote them in the city tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Governor, after the grass people go back, they will start to prepare."

"You are a merchant, and I won't talk about the means of sales," Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Can you calculate the production cost of soap now?" ”

Lu Wenhai got up and said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates have personally calculated that according to the current production volume, the cost of each piece of soap is close to Wuwen!" ”

"Don't be restrained, say it slowly," Li Zicheng said with a smile, "Now is the beginning, in the future, when the technology matures, and then expand the scale of production, the cost should drop a little." ”

Lu Wenhai saw that Li Zicheng was not as stern as the legend, and he was a little bolder, "Governor Dadu, since you can produce soap, isn't the technology mature?" ”

"It's one thing to be able to produce, but now the workers are all new, and when they are proficient, every link will shorten the time, and their remuneration will remain the same, and the cost will naturally be reduced."

"So...... Grass people get it! ”

"In addition, if the scale of production is expanded in the future, streamlined production can also be implemented, that is, each group of workers is only responsible for one task, and they will soon become proficient, and the work speed on weekdays will be very fast, which is a way to save labor costs."

"Streamlined production?" Lu Wenhai was originally a merchant, but he didn't know much about industrial production.

Li Zicheng had no choice but to briefly explain the core of streamlined production, and in fact, several of Li Zicheng's factories and the Xining Firearms Bureau had already achieved streamlined production, initially in order to shorten the time for training skilled workers.

"So there is still such a production method?" Lu Wenhai was very surprised, "The Metropolitan Governor, the use of streamlined production methods, can also achieve the role of technical secrecy, each worker is only familiar with their own part of the process, and does not know anything about the rest of the process." ”

"That's true, Wenhai, it's still important to keep the technology secret at this stage!" Li Zicheng is not a permanent secret, he is not a businessman, but a decision-maker who promotes the development of industry and commerce, but the current Mandate of Heaven Army needs silver too much, and once the technology is revealed, he will not be able to enjoy the high profits brought by the proprietary technology.

"The villain understands that the villain not only signed a confidentiality agreement with the workers, but also repeatedly warned them that once the secrets of the factory are leaked, they will be blacklisted, and no factory in Xining will hire them."

"Hehe, that's good," Li Zicheng smiled slightly and said, "Wenhai, how much do the workers get paid?" ”

"Ordinary workers, half a tael of silver per month, and technicians, one tael of silver per month, if their work is particularly good, it is possible to increase by one percent."

Half a tael a month, six taels a year, with the price of grain in Xining, you can buy thirteen or fourteen stone of grain, save a little, you can feed a family of five, if the family of self-reserved land produces some vegetables, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc., a family of five people, should have a slight surplus.

This is only the lowest level of workers, if it is a technician, the remuneration will be higher, which further strengthens Li Zicheng's confidence in "rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce".

After a few more words, Li Zicheng sent Lu Wenhai back to prepare for the promotion of soap in Xining City tomorrow.

What the advent of soap will bring to this era, Li Zicheng can't predict, his mind has turned to a broader market.

He produced luxury goods such as distilled spirits, glass, and perfumes in order to make high profits quickly and prepare military salaries for the Heavenly Mandate Army (Xining Army).

In the case of Xining, it is actually an export, and only a very small number of local workers earn some pitiful remuneration, and other than that, they do not enjoy the convenience of industrial products.

Although the three categories of luxury goods of "distilled spirits, glass, and perfume" are all produced in Xining, few people in Xining know about their existence.

Now it is different, the people of Xining, after the initial solution of food and clothing, began to have a very small amount of surplus wealth, even if there is no surplus wealth, if they can enter the factory to work, they will accumulate surplus wealth.

Therefore, some industrial products represented by soap have begun to be based on the local market and will enter thousands of local households, enriching the people at the same time, but also allowing the people to feel the convenience of industrial products.

Li Zicheng believes that after decades of development, Xining and Longyou will definitely become another land with rapid commercial development in the Han region.

The only thing that is not missing is how long these decades will last.

Xining does not have the advantage of coastal areas, nor does it belong to the transportation artery, its only opportunity is to set up an entity, and industry and commerce are the road to prosperity in Xining.

Li Zicheng hopes to control the overall situation, speed up development, and shorten the time for the people to become rich.

What he can't be sure of is how much technology Tang Ruowang can come up with, and how much technology can take root in Xining, in addition to technology, there are also raw materials.

When Tang Ruowang talked about technology just now, Li thought that he should bring in the local businessmen in Xining, and his strength was limited after all, even if his energy was insufficient.

The process of industrialization is the participation of the majority of the people, all the business people, like Singapore, a single enterprise controls the economic lifeline of the country, which is neither long-lasting nor suitable for a large country.

A single flower is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring!

Only when the whole of Xining takes action will there be hope for the industrialization of the Xining area.

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Dongmen Street, Xining Mansion has always been the most concentrated place for merchants, compared with Beimen Street, there are more shops here, but the grade of goods is not as good as Beimen Street, in ordinary seasons, those who patronize such shops are ordinary people.

Although the purchasing power of the common people is not as good as that of the wealthy merchants and eunuchs, the number of people is large, and the curiosity is stronger, and the shops on Dongmen Street are more lively than those on Beimen Street.

In the early morning of this day, the shop had just opened, and it was not yet time to admit customers, and the street was deserted, only the shop's little two were sweeping the snow in front of the door against the cold wind.

But I saw a group of four young men dressed in uniform blue-gray short clothes, each holding a square stool, a basin and other things, walking through an open space without notice.

Behind the open space, it was originally also a shop, because the business was not good, it had been closed for a while, the plaque on the lintel had been loosened by half, hanging down obliquely, blocking half of the door, the plaque was covered with snow, naturally it was not clear what it looked like, only the side was exposed outside the snow, looking from afar, a faint mud gray, it should be some years.

The four of them suddenly stopped, and the leading man glanced left and right, and said, "Brothers, this is here." ”

"Well, it's a good place, and it won't affect the business of other shops."

"While there are not many pedestrians now, let's also sweep away the snow here!"

They borrowed two brooms from the shop opposite, and the four of them acted together, and those who did not have brooms kicked the snow out of the street with their feet, and in a short time the snow on the ground had been cleared.

The snow had stopped, but the temperature was extremely low, and the north wind was blowing, and the ground that had just been swept was as hard as a dog's head.

The four of them withstood the cold wind, put the square bench on the ground, and put the wooden basin filled with half a basin of water on the square bench, the water was a little warm, and there was still a lot of heat at the moment.

The tallest man looked around and saw that there were few pedestrians, so he frowned, "On this cold day, I'm afraid there won't be too many pedestrians on the street......"

The man in the lead responded: "This is what the factory chief personally explained, even if there are few pedestrians, you have to shout, it's too early, maybe after a while, there will be more pedestrians......"

Another person also said: "Yes, yes, maybe when you shout, the pedestrians will gather, and when they leave, they will also help to publicize, and maybe they can attract new pedestrians." ”

The last man was a little shorter, and at this moment he was bowing his body and holding his hands, looked up at the sky, and said, "Isn't there three days?" As long as the people get the message, even if they don't catch up today, they will chase us tomorrow...... Who wouldn't want to see something new? ”

The man in the lead nodded, "Then let's shout!" ”

The four of them tore their throats in the cold wind: "Take a look...... Come...... Take a look at ......"

"Freshly produced soap washes all clothes......

"Walk through...... Pass by...... Don't miss ......"

"Whoever has mud and dirt on their clothes can be cleaned for free......

The voices of the four of them rose and fell, like a melodious and tactful song, which was blown far and far by the cold wind of the early morning......