The terrible industrialization lies in this, the larger the enterprise, the loss caused by the shutdown of a day, it is very terrible, large iron and steel enterprises, in the face of falling steel prices, the loss of a year may be tens of billions, knowing that they are losing money, but also production, is this brain-dead?

Actually, no, if the work is completely stopped, the total loss is greater than this, and if you stick to it, you maybe, you can hold on until the day when the price recovers.

It seems that in a month's time, all kinds of materials are about to spend 900,000 yuan, in fact, there are not so many, some payments are only on the books, such as wages, 300,000 yuan of wages, according to the agreement, is a month at the end of the statistical calculation, to the end of the second month of the month to pay, which has an account period of about 50 days.

The blacksmith workshop is responsible for the food and accommodation of all the personnel, which will not be paid for the time being, but it will also keep accounts, which will offset some, some material prices, plus labor costs, there will be 600,000 yuan, and the actual expenditure is three or four hundred thousand yuan.

Even if it is this, it is very terrible, according to the current standards of the Northern Song Dynasty, even some wealthy states, for example, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, etc., pay more than one million taxes every year, but cash, basically not so much, most of it is in kind.

Later, among Wang Anshi's reforms, the biggest innovation turned grain into copper coins and silver, which looked the same, but the exploitation of the common people was even more powerful.

In good years, in the season when grain falls, grain prices plummet, and when the grain does not come down, the price of grain is very high, and it may be two or three times more conservative.

This used to be the case, but now, during the period of the two taxes, the grain must be sold in exchange for money to pay taxes.

It seems to be a fair tax system, which reduces the government's time, but increases the burden on the people, this is the essence of the Shenzong's reform, even the Qingmiao Law, which is obviously beneficial to the people, has been implemented indecently, not to mention such a tax reform, on the premise of giving money, it was immediately used by the below.

The development of the blacksmith workshop was actually beyond Zhao Xin's expectations, an almost manual workshop, just gathered a large number of personnel, and used some management methods and technologies in later generations, and it broke out so much.

Not to mention the finished product, let's talk about steelmaking and ironmaking, from the original method to the present, the efficiency has not only increased by 10 times, but under the same working conditions, 10 times the efficiency itself represents a reduction in cost, not to mention the use of coal, strengthen the efficiency of the blacksmith's table, and reduce unnecessary links and waste.

In the end, the biggest effect is actually a catalyst, for several catalysts, just a bonus, I paid more than 50,000 yuan, which seems very high, but compared to his cost, it is not high at all, which lays the foundation for the future, but it increases the pressure on funds.

Now, the steamed bun and soap business has expanded along the Daimyofu, which is one of the most elite areas in the northern part of the Northern Song Dynasty, relying on the developed transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Steamed buns are instant food, and the time for transportation and sales should not exceed 3 hours, otherwise, with a quilt, it will not work.

It stands to reason that his sales scope is in the Daimyo's Mansion, at most in the relatively close suburbs, but in fact, on the canal, there is a more convenient means of transportation, which can quickly transport steamed buns to other places.

That is the car and boat, the original origin of the car and boat, in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, to the Tang Dynasty has been greatly developed, especially after the Northern Song Dynasty, with the Northern Song Dynasty's dependence on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has intensified, the car and ship have become popular.

A normal sand boat is convenient enough, but what if there is something more important, or something more urgent?

In the Tang Dynasty, when the concubine laughed on the red dust, he said that the story of using 800 miles to expedite and transport lychees, not far away, and winning the concubine's smile, was not without a smile in the Northern Song Dynasty.

All kinds of fresh fruits produced in the south of the Yangtze River were transported to Sijing in large sums of money by vehicles and ships, and became the top products on the table of the nobles.

Steamed buns, although not so valuable, but the capacity of a car and ship is also a lot, and it is not a long distance, at most within 1 hour, so that although the freight is not low, it is also within the acceptable range.

Short-distance transportation, something that no one has ever paid attention to, began to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty.

That's right, the price of the car and ship is expensive, according to the present, a car and ship are loaded with 30,000 steamed buns, that is, more than 2,000 catties, and the freight is 1 per hour on average, and the average to each steamed bun is 30 pennies, which is quite high.

Converted to a 100-pound person, it is 70 Wen, 100 miles in an hour, much faster than usual, but it is not enough to spend 70 Wen, but on top of the steamed buns, what is this, the increased cost, compared with sales, there is no problem at all.

In other words, the area within 100 miles is a market.

The Daimyofu is the most elite place in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is the capital of the north, and the surrounding urban circle is also quite dense, with a population of more than 50,000 cities, as many as 12, and the entire regional circle, there are almost 7 million people.

Baozhou is only a few hundred thousand, and it has already made a daily income of more than 2,500 yuan, and now the population is 30 times larger, and it is a relatively wealthy place with more garrisons, and the sales volume has not doubled.

Even in the later period, after Wang Song saw the effect of the car and ship, he took the initiative to buy a batch of second-hand cars and ships, and hired them for transportation, it seems that the consumption is also a lot, the vehicles and ships are heavy labor, and their consumption is also large, but from a single way to a double way, to those cities, there will also be some things transported back, maybe some raw materials, maybe some other specialties, as long as you don't lose money, which is a disguised cost savings.

Now, steamed buns and soap are thoroughly promoted throughout the Daimyo's Mansion, and the income is about 7,000 guan per day, and it can reach an astonishing 210,000 guan a month.

It seems to be a lot, if there is no blacksmith workshop, this income can barely support the construction of the Dinghai Navy, but after having a blacksmith workshop, the blacksmith workshop is like a beast swallowing into it, and it begins to devour funds frantically.

In the beginning, the things produced, after testing, are much better than the things on the market, even some famous brand boutiques, but not as bad as the blacksmith workshop output of the worst one, Wang Song in the Daimyo's Mansion, as well as the surrounding cities, tentative sales, the effect is good, but because of the relationship of time, the daily sales are only about 3000, relative to the output, is a drop in the bucket.

According to the later period, 375 tons, that is, the output of 750,000 catties of iron, were all consumed, and the total number of iron items created was 600,000 pieces, but around the Daimyo Mansion, the current sales volume is only about 50,000 pieces per day, and sometimes it cannot be reached.

This is a huge problem, the output is crazy, but the sales are not good, the things that are produced, can not be sold, a large number of piles are piled up in the blacksmith workshop, up to 550,000 pieces a day, this is an amazing number, which makes Wang Song have a headache, and sometimes, he can't help but mention this problem to Zhao Xin.

Of course Zhao Xin knows this problem, poor sales are fatal to any company, and the current sales volume cannot satisfy him, but this is already the limit of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has entered the Iron Age, but ordinary people do not have this understanding, and iron is more military.

Although Zhao Xin came up with this blacksmith workshop, the original intention was to civilian, but he didn't expect that the output of this blacksmith workshop would be so terrible, ten times higher than he expected, he just thought about it before, the daily output is about 40 tons, and the annual output can exceed 10,000 tons, which is already good, who knows, now, it has run 100,000 tons, and if it is fully produced, it can even reach 500,000 tons.

Then civilian use is not suitable, and it must be turned to the military.

But how to break through? He should not have been involved in the military, but such a large blacksmith workshop could not be abolished, and the cost of millions a month would not have been sold, and if he did not look for sales, within 3 months, this blacksmith workshop would collapse.

Large-scale building of weapons, that is a dream, without the authorization of the Ministry of Industry, without the permission of the center, any large-scale building of weapons, is regarded as a rebellion, now, the king of Runan County is difficult to protect, it is impossible to stare at him, but he can't do something out of the ordinary.

No, there should be a solution?

While thinking about the current situation, Zhao Xin carefully thought about the way to solve it, which must have been something that he had not figured out.

Suddenly, there was a thing at hand that made his eyes shine, this is the first iron piece made of iron in the blacksmith's workshop, which was made into a paperweight by the craftsmen with a magical effect, which is integrated and round, although it is cheap, but it is very liked by Zhao Xin.

That's right, iron is the breakthrough, everything in the blacksmith shop is actually based on iron, and the steel mills of later generations may have special steel forging supplies, but in fact, his foundation is the steel itself.

The blacksmith workshop, after Zhao Xin's adjustment, the proportion of finished iron and steel products is appropriate, and the final products are mainly finished products, but now, there are too many finished products of 600,000 pieces per day, and it may cost 200 million pieces a year, and the average people of the Northern Song Dynasty have to average 2 pieces per year.

There is one thing that is endless, that is, the army's demand for steel, iron paperweight gave him inspiration, he can't build weapons on a large scale, he can negotiate with the military, provide iron, whether it is quality or price, for the military, it is still very attractive.