Zhao Yan couldn't help but think, this cotton cloth market definitely has huge profits. It's like salt, everyone has to use it, and it can be sold more widely than salt.

If you can open up the sea trade, then the profit will be doubled.

The development of the British textile industry is largely related to the decline of the Central Plains after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. You must know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the textile industry in the West has been suppressed, and if it has been suppressed, it will not form such a big thrust. However, this is not a deciding factor, after all, Britain also has many overseas colonies.

In these years, there have been no Jenny machines, water-powered spinning machines, water-powered looms, and no mule machines, but Zhao Yan understands the structure of these things.

With these machines, if they are managed well, they will naturally be able to make huge profits.

It is already the fourth month of the lunar calendar, that is, in early summer, and there is still some time before the cotton matures this year, but it is necessary to make arrangements early.

In addition, Zhao Yan also investigated the salt market on the street.

As far as Jinan is concerned, the price of salt is still relatively high. A load of salt can be sold for six taels, which is more expensive than cotton cloth. In the price of official salt, the quality of Huai salt sold by private salt is not bad, about four taels per load.

Different regions have different salt prices, mainly depending on the region. Salt prices are generally high in places where trafficking is difficult because there are fewer people selling salt. Where trafficking is convenient, competition is fiercer and prices are less expensive.

Zhao Yan stared at the fat piece of private salt for a long time and said, he was about to move at the moment. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was cheap labor everywhere, so it was just right for them to dry salt.

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Generally, the military attaché's appointment document cannot be reached in a few months, but for a military attache like Zhao Yan, the document comes relatively quickly.

There was joy in Zhaojiabao, and the brainwashing effect was initially revealed. Especially for the Zhao family's private army, at this moment, they have become official soldiers, and it is justified to go out to suppress bandits in the future.

As soon as the inaugural documents arrived, Zhao Yan immediately sent invitations to those Shandong businessmen, and the Denglai guerrillas naturally wanted to hold a banquet and discuss the production of nitrate with them.

Outside Zhaojiabao, a technical team for making nitrate from soil has been formed, and every day it constantly fills urine on the stinky mound of soil, and then collects nitrate.

The production speed is quite satisfactory, a team of 100 people, there is enough urine supply, and it can produce 500 catties of nitrate a day.

In twenty days, you can produce 10,000 catties, and you can change a mirror for 1,200 taels of silver. And the cost will not exceed 200 taels.

Of course, the amount of urine is a huge counterweight to production.

So although the profit is high, the scale is likely to be checked and balanced.

Wang Wenyue returned from the suppression of bandits in early April, and this time the bandits were killed in a total of 531 ranks, and more than 2,600 bandits were captured, which was more than the last time Zhao Yong suppressed the bandits. It's just that Wang Wenyue didn't encounter any tough characters in this crackdown on bandits, and more of them were bandits who hid as soon as they hit them.

At the same time, he also missed the opportunity to fight with Wu Anbang, which made him deeply depressed.

After returning to Zhaojiabao, he brought the newly recruited soldiers from the first battalion and really buried himself in the camp to train hard.

At this moment, the two battalions in Zhao Yan's hands have been preliminarily constructed.

Each infantry battalion had 5.00 pikemen, 600 musketeers, and 300 longbowmen. The more musketeers there are, the more gunpowder is consumed, and the more muskets are consumed.

Training these musketeers is like smashing them with silver. Live firing was carried out every day, and each soldier fired 30 times a day.

On average, more than 100 muskets were scrapped every day, and the daily consumption of gunpowder reached several thousand catties.

The number of craftsmen in the Ordnance Bureau has expanded to more than 1,000, most of whom are crafting muskets. The number of turbines has grown to more than 100 and counting.

Most of the craftsmen who make muskets are still apprentices, so they are practicing their craft. There are only a few simple procedures in operation, and those procedures related to the explosion of the chamber require strict assessment to be hired.

At present, this kind of musket weighs seven pounds and is made of wrought iron, which is a relatively bulky musket. But for infantry, seven pounds is nothing.

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On April 15, Zhaojiabao came with a lot of guests. Most of the Shandong businessmen who can spare time are almost all here, and some Shandong businessmen even rushed back from other places to sell Zhao Yan's face.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, these merchants would naturally not value it so much. The problem is that Zhao Yan is an important member of the Shandong Merchant Gang, and everyone relies on him to make a fortune.

Shandong businessmen usually have no more ways to make a fortune than other merchants, and Zhao Yan has become an advantageous industry for Shandong businessmen.

Monopoly industries naturally have great advantages.

The seventeen-year-old Denglai guerrilla is unique in his time. When everyone came to congratulate, they brought a generous gift. In addition to these Shandong businessmen, there were also Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou, Tang Xianming, the county commander of Huangxian County, and Zhang Wenju, the political envoy of Shandong.

Zhao Yan also sent an invitation to Zhu Dadian, but no one came. Sun Yaoguang, the governor of Laizhou, also did not come.

It doesn't matter if these people don't come, Zhao Yan doesn't care.

Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou, and Tang Xianming, the county commander of Huangxian County, who went to the banquet, were surprised when they came to Zhaojiabao, and they were naturally surprised that so many Shandong businessmen came to congratulate them.

The energy of these Shandong businessmen is definitely not immeasurable! Moreover, the political envoy of Shandong also came, and he was close to Zhao Yan during the banquet.

For a while, Chen Zhongsheng's attitude became humble, and he did not put on a civil official posture that was one level higher than that of the military attaché. Tang Xianming needless to say, a county order is just a small one.

After the wedding banquet, those Shandong businessmen, under Zhao Quan's arrangement, went to visit the soil to make nitrate, like them to show the profits of the soil to make nitrate.

If they are interested, the Zhao family will send technicians to guide them.

And Zhao Yan entered the living room with Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou, and discussed the sea ban with Chen Zhongsheng alone.

Zhao Yan's meaning is to let the prefect of Dengzhou ask to open the Shandong sea ban, if the Shandong sea ban can be opened, then Shandong's sea trade can be carried out openly.

However, it is only 900 kilometers from Xiaoyao Port to Nagasaki, and if it is downwind, it will only take three or five days.

At this time, the trade was nominally monopolized by the Dutch. Zheng Zhilong had an agreement with the Dutch, and Zheng Zhilong's goods were transported by the Dutch to Yuben.

However, Zheng Zhilong did not abide by this agreement and was still transporting goods to Yueben.

The trade to this can be said to be the most profitable in the sea trade, and the profit of lying back and forth is at least ten times.

"If the Shandong Sea Ban can be opened, businessmen from all over the world will inevitably gather in the East Three Mansions, why should the people of the East Three Mansions not be rich, this matter can be tried by the officials, but it is difficult to say whether it will be successful or not." Chen Zhongsheng said with a deep groan.

"Whether it succeeds or not depends on the Holy Lord's ruling, I will wait as a courtier, just do my best!" Zhao Yan smiled, not having much hope in his heart, but it was always good to try.

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