Chapter 280: Windfall Profits in the Arms Business

As for the recruitment, Yu Xiaotian handed it over to others to manage, after the experience of the last recruitment, this time the work of recruiting the sea wolf is much simpler, many people in the coastal area of Fuzhou have already known the power of the sea wolf, and they are also very envious of the treatment of the sea wolf people, so it will not be very difficult to recruit troops.

In addition, they can also easily recruit a group of young refugees who can serve as soldiers from among some homeless people, on the condition of having enough to eat, in short, Yu Xiaotian doesn't have to ask about this matter in person.

As for the recruits, before the temporary Tamsui Village recruit training camp is built, these newcomers will be sent to the eastern part of Nanri Island, the temporary camp in the bay where the sea wolf fleet was assembled before to be quarantined for a period of time, check their physical fitness, and carry out the necessary cleaning procedures, and the first recruits will also be sent to Tamsui Village in advance to invest in infrastructure construction to solve the problem of labor shortage there.

After arranging the recruitment of soldiers, Yu Xiaotian began to arrange the division and transfer of the workshop, although Yu Xiaotian had proposed to gradually separate the workshop and transfer it to the two places of Jilongzhai and Tamsui Village, but because the craftsmen were reluctant to leave Nanri Island, this matter was delayed for some time.

So Yu Xiaotian asked the craftsmen to go to the two places of Tamsui River chicken coop in batches to visit the situation, and now the craftsmen have basically rotated to the two places to see, some of them are satisfied with the situation in the two places, and most of them are willing to go to the Tamsui Village.

And the craftsmen's considerations are also reasonable, although the area of Jilong Bay is a natural fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there is a problem, that is, the area of Jilong Bay is rainy, and later generations have the name of rain port, and more than 100 days a year are rainy days, which has a lot to do with the local terrain, and the winter is relatively cold and not very attractive.

Therefore, after seeing the two places, the craftsmen were more willing to go to Tamsui Village to do things, so Yu Xiaotian set up the main workshop in Tamsui Village according to the local situation, and the chicken coop kept a cannon casting workshop, which could produce artillery locally to meet the needs there, and the scale was relatively small.

Outside of Jonlong Bay is a very good fishing ground, so Jetch Bay will also become the most important fishing port for sea wolves in the future, and a large number of fishermen will be relocated to live there, and the catch will be salted on the spot, and then stored or to meet their own needs, or they can be resold to land to make money.

In addition, there are many mountains and forests around Jilong Bay, and the wildlife resources are quite abundant, and it is also a very good place for hunting, and you can also develop the hunting industry, and you can obtain quite a lot of skins, especially deer skins and wild boar skins, leopard skins, etc., which are now sought-after goods, and are also a very profitable business.

It's just that Jilong Bay is a shipbuilding base, because of the climate, it is not very suitable, so the Chuanliao can only be temporarily located in Tamsui Village.

Therefore, the amount of relocation project is also very large, the artillery work will be divided into three, a small number of people will move to the chicken coop village to establish a small-scale artillery work, some people will move to the Tamsui village, establish a larger scale of artillery work, the gun workshop will be divided into two, half of the move to the Tamsui village to re-open a gun workshop, and gradually take over Nanri Island in the future, becoming the most important weapon production place for sea wolves.

And Yu Xiaotian has a new idea about the industrial structure, in the past, he advocated that he could produce all kinds of weapons and armor by himself, but now he feels that this is not a very good way, such as knives, guns, axes, hooks, forks and bayonets, etc., the technical content is low, as long as it is not the pursuit of high-quality products, ordinary craftsmen can build it.

And if these jobs are all built by Seawolf's own craftsmen, although the cost is low, but the human resources are too large, so when he adjusted the industrial structure this time, he decided to do something and not do something.

Outsourcing these low-tech products out of the city, no longer letting the seawolf's own craftsmen build and produce, but choose some blacksmith shops or ironworks on land, and order them directly from them in the form of orders, which is undoubtedly a good thing for these blacksmiths and ironworks on land, which can make them profit, but the seawolf can draw out more blacksmiths and put them into the production of cannonballs, continue to increase the production of cannons, and meet their own needs as soon as possible.

In addition, he also found that as a forbidden item for the government and the court in this era, it was very difficult to purchase guns on land, and the profits were very high, and such a high-profit business, if he didn't do it, it was really unreasonable.

So he also made a new decision that surprised everyone, that is, in the future, they sea wolves will start to do this kind of business, unless it is a clear enemy, otherwise as long as someone wants it, he can sell it to them, and make a huge profit from it.

As soon as he said this decision, he was immediately unanimously opposed by his subordinates, saying that he could not accept such a decision, and now these guns produced by the sea wolves themselves are the foundation of their foothold, how can they easily sell them to others, once someone one day takes the guns they have made to deal with their sea wolves, then it will be repaid?

So this thing must not be done, it can't be said that it is not possible to talk about the horizon, all in all, whether it is the money-hungry council hall, or the leaders of all aspects of the sailors and soldiers, they all collectively expressed their opposition, and even felt that Yu Xiaotian was in a hurry to make money, and actually came up with such a crazy idea.

Listening to the group of guys below being noisy like a group of noisy ducks, Yu Xiaotian silently let them make noise below with a smile, and comfortably lit a cigarette and took a few puffs.

The people below had enough of arguing, and gradually began to shift their attention to Yu Xiaotian again, seeing that Yu Xiaotian looked like an old god was there, and began to feel that they were wrong and wrong, otherwise Yu Xiaotian would not be so calm, so these noisy guys they saw also closed their mouths.

Yu Xiaotian pressed out the cigarette roll in his hand in a glass ashtray, and said with a smile: "What? Enough of the noise? Isn't it noisy? It's okay, keep arguing! I can wait! Come on! ”

At this time, everyone felt that something was wrong, so they all raised objections one by one, waiting for Yu Xiaotian to speak.

Yu Xiaotian saw that no one was talking, so he lowered his face, glanced coldly at everyone below, and said in an angry tone: "Why don't you make noise?" Have you listened to me? Before I could finish my sentence, you guys jumped out one by one, and what did you think of this place? Do you think this is a bazaar? Licentious! ”

When everyone heard this, they all felt Yu Xiaotian's anger, so they didn't dare to slack off, and quickly stood up together, bowing down and bowing their heads to ask Xiaotian for their guilt.

Yu Xiaotian saw that these people had been suppressed by him, so his face slowed down slightly, and he waved his hand: "That's it!" Sit down! If you have any opinions in the future, at least you have to wait until I finish speaking! I, Yu Mou, am not a person who can listen to advice, and I will not make a statement here, and no one will be allowed to object to my opinion! ”

Everyone hurriedly nodded and said, "The subordinates are guilty!" ”

"Alright! It's good to know what to do! It's not too late for you to hear me finish!

Now everyone knows that this cannon is difficult to do, the imperial court is now in the Guanning area to Jiannu Tartar soldiers, and there is a rebellion in the south, the control of artillery and other sharp weapons is very strict, whether it is a merchant going to sea to sail, or our peers want to beg for food at sea, they are trying their best to buy all kinds of cannons and guns everywhere!

So now the market is hard to find, the Taixi people are even more in control of this business, a windfall, an iron cannon made by the Japanese people, a fire gun made by the Taixi people, all sold for dozens of taels of silver, even if it is a tattered bowl mouth gun, it is worth more than 100 taels of silver at the moment, and it is still priceless!

Is it profitable to make money from such a deal? Of course, it's making money! I asked the councillor to build a flintlock spear that we are currently using, and if we count all the iron, charcoal, and labor, it will only cost three taels of silver, but if a musket like ours is sold on the market, it will be worth at least thirty taels of silver!

Last year, I heard the news that the Francophone sold 30 Hongyi cannons to the imperial court, and made tens of thousands of taels of silver, even if it is the most sought-after Luzon copper cannon on the market, one will cost one or two thousand taels of silver, and these Luzon cannons will explode from time to time, even if this is still not bought with money.

And so far, we have been able to cast a large number of various types of Hongyi cannons, even if it is the kind of No. 3 cannon that we use the most at the moment, as long as it is taken out, it is worth at least five hundred to eight hundred taels of silver, which is still the lowest price, if we are ruthless enough, it will cost one thousand taels of silver, and there are still people who come to us to buy it with silver!

But how much silver do we need to cast a No. 3 cannon? At present, the best wrought iron on the market, a pound is at best only a three cents, the best pig iron is less than 60 dollars, to build a No. 3 gun, throw away all kinds of expenses, the cost is only a few dozen taels of silver, which is already high.

(Yu Xiaotian classified the guns produced by the Seawolf, positioned the six-pounder gun as the No. 3 gun, and newly trial-produced an eight-pounder gun with a power of more than a six-pounder gun, named the No. 4 gun, the original twelve-pounder howitzer is a short gun, then it was named the No. 5 gun, and the twelve-pounder cannon was renamed the No. 5 long gun, and so on, each type of artillery has its own code name, so that their name for the cannon can be unified in the future)

Once we are willing to sell, the money we earn from one cannon will be enough for us to build ten more cannons, so why don't we do such a good deal? Do you think we're rich now? Don't think about how to make money? ”

Yu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and reprimanded these subordinates.