Zhao Shuiquan didn't have the face to stay any longer, he left angrily without eating the birthday banquet, and when he left, he glanced at Zhang Feng fiercely, and his eyes seemed to say, boy, you wait. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhang Feng ate the birthday banquet and took Wang Chaoyong away, on the way back, Wang Chaoyong was full of admiration, kept saying that Zhang Feng was very good, and asked Zhang Feng when he would return with a beauty.

Zhang Feng knew in his heart that if he wanted to hold the beauty, it was not so simple, and the old bustard seemed to be full of wariness of Zhang Feng, guarding against Zhang Feng, afraid that Zhang Feng would take away her cash cow.

In the eyes of the old bustard, Chen Yuanyuan is her cash cow, which has been planted hard for more than ten years before she began to make money, of course she doesn't want to lose it.

So much so, because of the old bustard, Chen Yuanyuan quickly retreated, and never showed up again, and Zhang Feng had no chance, even if he had a lot of poems from later generations in his mind, and even a lot of flirtatious jokes, but he didn't have a chance.

Just now, although he won Chen Yuanyuan's initial favor, Zhang Feng didn't think that the other party would like him, in addition, what if he liked himself, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help himself, he had a deed of sale, and he wanted to redeem Chen Yuanyuan, which is estimated to be a large amount.

Yes, redeem yourself!

Thinking of this, Zhang Feng's eyes lit up, this is also the most effective way for him to hold the beauty, just half of the walk, he immediately turned back, and hurriedly walked towards Zhong Kaidao's house.

"Chaoyong, you go back to the barracks first, I have a little urgency."

The birthday banquet has dispersed, it is a lot quieter, and under Zhang Feng's intention, Zhang Feng saw the bustard and knew that Chen Yuanyuan called the bustard Liu's mother, which is equivalent to an economic man and the like.

Zhang Feng got straight to the point and said directly: "Mother Liu, to be honest, I fell in love with Miss Yuanyuan at first sight, and I want to redeem myself for Miss Yuanyuan." ”

Mother Liu said in her heart, sure enough, this kid fell in love with Yuanyuan, I can't let this kid snatch Yuanyuan away, so Mother Liu said coldly: "Zhang Gongzi, you are just a small businessman, it's not that I look down on you, you want to redeem Yuanyuan, I think it's a little worse in terms of strength." ”

Zhang Feng said: "Mother Liu, you open your mouth, how much silver do you want." ”

Liu's mother said: "One million taels of silver, you bring one million taels, and you can take Yuanyuan away immediately." ”

One million taels!

This is an astronomical amount.

Zhang Feng couldn't take out the money, and in addition, Zhang Feng also knew that Liu's mother was deliberately making things difficult, Zhang Feng said: "Mother Liu, you can laugh." ”

Mother Liu said: "Zhang Gongzi, I didn't laugh, our round girl is worth one million taels of silver." ”

Zhang Feng thought for a while and said, "Yes, Yuanyuan is priceless, and one million taels is not much." Mother Liu, I'm here to speak, sooner or later, I'll take a million taels to the door and take the round girl away. ”

Obviously, Liu's mother has no good impression of Zhang Feng, she is used to seeing high-ranking officials and nobles, and obviously looks down on Zhang Feng as a businessman, and the status of the businessman is already low, so Liu's mother looks down on Zhang Feng even more.

Mother Liu said lightly: "Gongzi Zhang, then wait until you have a million taels." After saying that, he actually waved his hand to drive people away.

Zhang Feng knew that he would be bored if he stayed any longer, Zhang Feng left without looking back, what Zhang Feng didn't know was that Chen Yuanyuan was in the next room, and Chen Yuanyuan could hear the conversation between the two just now.

Hearing Zhang Feng say that he liked himself and fell in love with him at first sight, Chen Yuanyuan's face turned slightly red inexplicably, and he felt a little strange in his heart.

Hearing Zhang Feng say that he is priceless, this feeling in his heart is even stronger, of course, Zhang Feng doesn't know this, Zhang Feng doesn't look back, and now Zhang Feng has only one thought, that is, to make money, make a lot of money.

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The construction of the soap factory is progressing rapidly, and several factories have been completed and put into use, one of which has already started production, and the first batch of trial production has begun.

The production of soap does not require too complicated industrial equipment, even if the productivity is low at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but under the guidance of Zhang Feng, a complete set of technological processes, the first batch of soap is freshly baked.

Xu Liangyi first studied with Yang Shenghai for a period of time, and later was responsible for the preparation of the soap factory, and has been performing well, Zhang Feng is very satisfied, and now Xu Liangyi is the director of the Oriental Soap Factory.

The soap production equipment was designed by Zhang Feng, and the production and manufacturing process was also formulated by Zhang Feng, and the first batch of soap was of good quality.

Zhang Feng and Xu Liangyi witnessed the first batch of soap coming out together, Zhang Feng picked up the first piece of soap, and said happily: "Director Xu, you see, how gratifying this soap is." ”

Yes, it is very gratifying, a piece of soap represents silver, this is just soap, the price is relatively cheap, it is a public route, and soap is more valuable, because it is a high-end route.

The price of soap is expensive, the packaging is more exquisite, for the wealthy families, the first batch of soap was produced, Zhang Feng was in a good mood, and decided to produce the first batch of soap next.

Zhang Feng looked at the soap with satisfaction, "Director Xu, how are the preparations for investment promotion in Hangzhou going?" ”

The general agent of Songjiang Mansion was won by Zheng Fengtai, and after the soap factory was officially put into production, the products first met the Songjiang Prefecture area, and then spread to the surrounding areas, followed by Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Suzhou.

The cotton cloth of the Oriental Textile Factory has begun to be sold to Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Suzhou, and the Oriental Soap Factory naturally cannot lag behind.

After getting along with Zhang Feng for a long time, as his understanding of Zhang Feng gradually deepened, Xu Liangyi admired Zhang Feng more and more, thinking that Zhang Feng was simply a genius in business, some ideas, some means, others would never have imagined, but Zhang Feng easily pinched it.

Xu Liangyi naturally didn't know that this was the gap between the times, and some common business methods in later generations were enough to amaze people in this era.

After a look at the soap factory, Zhang Feng went to his Xiaoqingshan Arsenal again.

The high walls of the arsenal have been erected, the construction inside the walls is still going on, and there are already soldiers standing guard outside the gate of the arsenal, and ordinary people cannot enter at all.

In the eyes of outsiders, this place is as mysterious as the Xiaoqingshan military camp, Zhang Feng walked into this mysterious place, and it didn't take long to see Zhao Zuolin.

Zhao Zuolin is busy directing the barrel manufacturing workshop, and according to Zhang Feng's requirements, the entire arsenal is divided into a number of workshops, which will realize specialized production, such as this barrel production and manufacturing workshop, which will be specially responsible for the production of gun barrels, as well as the improvement and innovation of gun barrel production technology.

Out of the barrel manufacturing workshop, there are butt manufacturing workshops, small accessories manufacturing workshops, flintlock assembly workshops and so on, fortunately, the structure of the flintlock musket is not complicated, the number of parts involved is not very much, and several specialized production and manufacturing workshops are enough.

In addition, there are workshops dedicated to the production of bullets, as well as workshops for the production of grenades, which, of course, are still only designed, not officially produced.

Zhao Zuolin saw Zhang Feng and immediately greeted him, Zhao Zuolin was very happy, and reported: "Boss, after being divided into workshops, this output is rising slowly, I am confident that I can make more than 100 guns a day, just ....."

Seeing Zhao Zuolin's hesitation, Zhang Feng asked, "Old Zhao, if you have any difficulties, just say it." ”

Zhao Zuolin thought for a while and sighed slightly, "Boss, I didn't want to trouble you, but I think it is still necessary to tell you that the construction of our arsenal is progressing very quickly, and some workshops will be put into production one after another, so we need a lot of refined iron, a lot of refined iron." ”

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, no matter how good Zhao Zuolin's craftsmanship is, if there are no materials, Zhao Zuolin can only be blind.

Zhang Feng said: "I found Master Gao for the matter of fine iron, and Lord Gao promised to solve some problems for us, and there should be five thousand catties of fine iron sent over soon." ”

Salt and iron franchise, to buy fine iron is naturally to find the government, fortunately, Songjiang Mansion Tongzhi Gao Dianzhu is still more realistic, promised to Zhang Feng to solve 5,000 catties, this batch of fine iron should be able to build nearly 1,000 muskets.

In the past, small fights, one or two hundred people in the blacksmith room, three or five guns were built every day, and the requirements for fine iron were not large, and Zhao Zuolin's family had thousands of pounds of fine iron in Zhao Zuolin's blacksmith shop, and some of Zhao Zuolin's "private collections" should belong to the category of steel in Zhang Feng's view according to modern eyes.

These good things, naturally, were all bought by Zhang Feng at a discount, some of them were made into metal parts for "Shuttle" and "Jenny Spinning Machine", and the other parts were made into muskets.

The 5,000 catties of fine iron promised by Gao Dianzhu solved Zhang Feng's urgent need, and it should not be a problem to build a thousand muskets, as for the future, take a step, look at a step.

If the adjacent iron ore resources are abundant, Zhang Feng would not mind building a steel smelter, so that there will be a steady stream of good steel.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, when productivity was relatively backward, Zhang Feng was confident that he had the technical strength to build a steel smelter, and that he could smelt much better steel than the so-called refined iron of this era.

Building a steel smelter is just a distant dream, if you can really build a steel smelter, Zhang Feng is confident that he can not only meet his own needs, but also roll in the financial resources, and he will definitely make a lot of money.

But this is Songjiang Mansion, that is, the area of Shanghai in later generations, which is poor in resources, and the establishment of a steel smelter can only be thought about.

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