The first secret base is the rubber base, and Xiaotian is directly called Rubber Island, although there is not a single rubber tree on the island. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info can't be helped, the climate dictates it, and there is almost no place for this thing to grow in the Ming Dynasty. However, this year, only Xiaotian knows how to use this thing, so even the wild rubber forests in Southeast Asia are enough for Xiaotian to use for a few years.

There was an extremely pungent smell on the island, and all the workers on the island wore masks. In fact, there is nothing to see in the production process, the difficulty of this thing is in the raw materials and vulcanization, this thing Xiaotian has been operating for many days, and now basically everyone who runs Nanyang has to bring him some, and the price of Xiaotian's purchase is still good.

The resin secreted by the rubber tree must be vulcanized, the sulfur is easy to get, it is very cheap in the country, and the sulfur rubber has no technical threshold, the only problem is that the smell is too big, basically the production of rubber has been very smooth, hundreds of thousands of taels are smashed, and the rubber produced has been piled up in several warehouses. It's just not on sale yet.

Gonggong Zhang is a eunuch from the imperial horse eunuch, and he is no stranger to military affairs, after Xiaotian gave him a brief introduction to the performance, he couldn't help but be shocked and said; "This... Isn't this a bowstring? ”

Xiaotian replied: "Yes, one of the biggest uses of rubber is this bowstring, the main material of the bowstring is cow tendon, and some silk is also used in the south, but it is not far away, and two or three of these things are entangled, which is enough to replace cow tendon."

Father-in-law Zhang asked excitedly: "I don't know how much this thing costs?" ”

For the Ming Dynasty, the mere Japanese Kou were just petty fights, and its real enemies were always the Mongols from the steppe and the Jurchens in the future. Nomadic horses, come and go like the wind, the bow and crossbow are skilled, the main way to kill the enemy is the bow and crossbow and firearms, the firearms are too expensive, and the firearms of this era are not mature, and the power may not be much stronger than the bow and crossbow, and the biggest cost of the bow and crossbow is on the cow tendon, which usually accounts for more than eighty percent of the material proportion.

Xiao Tian replied: "This thing is much cheaper than cow tendon, ten taels of silver a catty, enough to produce more than a dozen bows."

The most important thing is that Daming doesn't have so many cows, and the tendons on a cow can't make two bows in total, and you have no money to spend it.

Grandpa Zhang asked tremblingly, "That. . . The yield of this thing. ”

Xiao Tian replied with a smile: "For now, how much you want." ”

Grandpa Zhang is almost about to have a cerebral hemorrhage, what does this mean? It means that 10,000 taels of silver can buy 100,000 bowstrings! No matter how poor the court is, 100,000 taels of silver can always be taken out, right? This is the rhythm of every Ming army part-time archer.

Think about it, when 100,000 Tatars charge over, our Ming soldiers have a bow, 300,000 people shoot from the back is 300,000 sharp arrows, and three salvos are 900,000, and the Tatars must not be scared to pee their pants?

Xiao Tian didn't make any money on this, and the matter of 100,000 taels was a head for him. This thing is more of a merit, a political achievement.

Xiao Tiandao: "This thing is very cheap, the imperial court doesn't need much to make a bow, this thing is also very troublesome to develop, we have been experimenting for more than two months to figure out the vulcanization treatment, what you see now is actually half a month's output, the imperial court to make a bow, a total of not much, most of it still has to be left."

Father-in-law Zhang knew that this kid was a must in business, and he was the best at tinkering with these novelties, so he understood it at the moment and said: "Master Hou just said that one of the uses of this thing is a bowstring, and I think there must be two or three."

Xiao Tian said with a smile: "Of course, I can produce thousands of catties a month here, and the point where I make a bowstring is to stuff between my teeth."

Zhang Gonggong's eyes lit up, making the rubber of the bowstring is a major event of the country, no one dares to stretch out his hand, look at the price of others, you know, there is no difference from giving it away, but if it has nothing to do with the military, with Xiaotian's means of turning stones into gold, I think it is a lot of silver.

Xiao Tiandao: "Father-in-law Zhang, don't you feel very comfortable stepping on the soles of your feet?" ”

Father-in-law Zhang was thorough at one point, and said, "Mo not. . . ”

Xiao Tiandao: "That's right, it's the sole, this thing is much more comfortable than the cloth sole, a pound of rubber can make twenty pairs of shoes, and it's not too expensive, you say, can you sell such shoes?" ”

Zhang Gonggong said again and again: "Sold out, of course sold, the cloth soles worn by ordinary people may not be much cheaper, although the profit of this thing is not high, but this amount is large, such a good shoe, selling millions of pairs a year, is not the same as playing?" ”

Xiao Tiandao: "Yes, this thing depends on the quantity, and the soles of the shoes are used by female workers, not male labor, women take home some wages, and the people's lives will be better." You say that's not the case."

Gonggong Zhang nodded again and again: "Hou Ye's heart of worrying about the country and the people is really admirable, but this requires not one or two workshops, I think you must have a charter in your heart, I don't know what Hou Ye plans to do."

Xiao Tian said with a smile: "This kind of thing related to the national economy and people's livelihood, I won't make money, or that price, I only provide rubber, I don't care about shoes, our majesty is strict with the father-in-law, but if you want to come to this kind of serious business, his old man will definitely not take care of it, the father-in-law is not easy, it is better for you to invest in the first and build the workshop, I will not occupy the shares, and then let the big family build it, how does it work, you see if you go back and talk to Huang Gonggong."

Zhang Gonggong hurriedly said: "So very good, so very good, Hou Ye is giving us poor people silver, your kindness to our twenty-four yamen people will never forget, you can rest assured, there is no need to mix with those big households, our twenty-four yamen people put together the silver, we will be able to build these workshops, how much you have this rubber, we have as many workshops, the master is willing to come, we don't steal or rob, do business seriously, it's too late for him to be happy."

What Xiaotian wants is this result, this rubber can not make money, but this thing is related to the safety of the military state, the national economy and the people's livelihood, and there is only one other branch, and the offline is connected to the twenty-four yamen, and in the future, the emperor will have to weigh it if he wants to move Xiaotian.

The eunuchs are much more united than the ministers, and they are also much more grateful, they may not have too high integrity, who treats them badly, they will definitely remember, but who is good to them, they will also remember, and once the opportunity they will come, sometimes, investing in these eunuchs is far more cost-effective than in the ministers.

Xiao Tian can now be said to be the benefactor of all the eunuchs, in the future, not to mention that the entire twenty-four yamen is his backing, at least he will be able to use whoever he wants in the future, even if it is the new or even the new celebrant Bingbi or even the palm print, he must also give Xiao Tian face, otherwise he will be cut off from the eunuch collective. (To be continued.) )