All the wealth of the Yin Corpse Gang, in addition to the Feng family, there are seven families' secret vaults that have not been opened. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the wealth of those plunderers, the reserves in Huixin Bank. All of this adds up to terrifying things, not counting the hard currencies such as supernatural potions, precious mutated metals, and gems.

The wealth of this important trading town fell into the hands of the Brotherhood of Liberty, and most of it was liquidity. This makes the funds controlled by the Freedom Brotherhood even exceed those at the top of Xinlinfen, and they have the strength to wrestle with the compradors in the pricing of cotton.

"Some comrades will ask, what are we buying so much cotton for, even if we have seized a huge amount of wealth from the Yin Corpse Gang, but if we only can't get in, this mountain of gold and silver will soon drain up. Moreover, we have raised the price of cotton, and what about those compradors? These two worries are very reasonable, no one has ever been willing to make a loss-making transaction, but what if we make the cotton business a profitable business. ”

Li Mu paused and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"The simple method is to develop our own textile industry and turn the cotton we buy into cotton cloth that is urgently needed to be imported from the Deccan Plateau. This solved two problems at once, and there was a ceiling on the price hikes of the compradors, because the cotton they bought was to be exported to Zhongzhou. In order to defeat us, they were able to raise the price of cotton to the price purchased by Zhongzhou in a short period of time, but if they insisted on it for a long time, there would only be a result of bankruptcy.

This is precisely the pathos of them, their comprador status determines their doom. From cotton to cotton, the compradors earn a portion of the profits, the shipping companies earn a portion of the profits, and the factory owners of the central states earn the last part of the profits. This makes it impossible for them to have a lower cost of cotton than us.

In a few years, we will be able to buy cotton cloth from Zhongzhou and squeeze it out of the Deccan colony, and even be able to export the cloth to Zhuxia Zhongzhou, cutting off the first hand used by Zhuxia Zhongzhou to control the Deccan colony."

Li Mu's words cheered up everyone present. They feel that the ideal is not so illusory, although the road forward is still full of thorns, but they already have a direct route to success.

Shen Luoyan, who was sitting below, suddenly raised her hand, she glanced around, and stood up a little timidly.

"Well, where should we get the looms we need for weaving? If it is a simple manual loom machine, our efficiency and cost cannot be lower than that of the textile mills in Zhongzhou, as far as I know, they use automatic looms with high production efficiency. ”

The cold water poured by Shen Luoyan suddenly made the Freedom Brotherhood craze warm up slightly, and some members of the Freedom Brotherhood even looked at her with angry eyes.

"What Comrade Shen said is very reasonable, that is, we must have the courage to ask questions like her, and if we can only sing praises, it will not help our cause."

Li Mu's tone became a little more stern, and the members who looked at Shen Luoyan angrily immediately lowered their heads in shame.

"The textile machine is really crucial to our plan, and it can even be said that it determines the success or failure of the whole project. But there's nothing to worry about. The automatic loom is not too high-tech machinery, and the Necros of Larkin Bede have a small gun factory that produces their own guns and ammunition, and there are many experienced skilled workers in it. We also have a lot of skilled blacksmiths who are good enough to produce most of the parts of the weaving machines. ”

He said, nodding in the direction of the blacksmiths.

"Of course, there is a high chance that there will be difficulties in this, and we cannot be blindly optimistic. But I believe that the Amerikens would be more than willing to exchange the loom for the prisoners of war who remained in our hands. They were able to get large power armor, military trucks, and infantry fighting vehicles into the hands of the Necros and Ouroboros, and it would not be difficult to get the autolooms or parts that we couldn't produce to Larkin Beed. ”

After Li Mu finished speaking, he quietly squeezed a smile at Shen Luoyan.

"I... I have one more question. That is, the cotton cloth transported from Zhongzhou can be distributed in Xinlinfen, and the transportation in Xinlinfen is very developed, and the railway and highway can make it easy for merchants to transport cotton cloth to most of the Deccan colonies. In contrast, Larkin Bed was not so convenient, and although it was easy to ship to the Hindustani, the weaker merchants did not dare to go through the dense activities of the marauders to the border between the Zhuxia and Hindustani. ”

Li Mu nodded.

"This question is very good, and my idea is that the cloth we produce can also be sold in Xinlinfen."

Li Mei, who was sitting on the sidelines, asked a new question.

"However, what if the Governor's Palace controls the important entrances and exits of Xinlinfen, so that cotton cloth can only go out, not enter? The amount of underground waterways we have at our disposal is limited, and I am afraid that we will not be able to transport large quantities. ”

"It's very simple, I know that there is a secret transportation channel, which can transport more than 1,000 tons per day, and even be able to transport cotton cloth to Zhuxia Zhongzhou."

Li Mu said this, his face sank slightly.

"That is the channel through which Ouroboros carry poisons, and they also use Xinlinfen as a transit to transport poisons to the entire Deccan Plateau. As far as I know, this transport corridor is now far from saturated. By seizing this passage, we will not only be able to transport the cotton out, but we will also be able to fight the Ouroboros. Jett and Strongshot are a big source of income for them.

More importantly, we can use this to ban a major source of poison* in the Deccan colonies. Poisons, which can destroy the human mind, are things that we must reject. ”

"And after setting up a textile mill in Larkin Bayd, we were able to buy wool from the Hindustan herders in the west, which was very beneficial for us to spread our message to the herders."

When Li Mu said this, he turned his head and nodded towards the Great Elder.

The Grand Elder stood up and turned to all the Brotherhood of Liberty members in the Bloodhoof Tavern.

"What Li Mu said is very reasonable, and his words have solved many of the doubts in my heart before. It also points out a feasible plan for the future development of the Brotherhood of Liberty, and now we will vote by a show of hands, and those who agree with his proposal should raise their hands. ”

As soon as the Great Elder's words fell, the entire Bloodhoof Tavern was filled with dense arms, and almost all of them raised their hands.

"Thank you, since everyone has agreed, then this textile factory is going to open in Larkin Bayde."

There was a burst of crackling applause, Li Mei stood in the crowd, looking at Li Mu with a look of adoration, almost clapping her palms red.

Li Mu raised his hand and pressed it, making everyone quiet.

"To build a factory, you need to solve six problems: capital, construction, raw materials, markets, managers and workers. As I have already said about capital, raw materials and markets, factories can be built quickly with a large number of able-bodied prisoners of war. So we're going to talk about the workers here. ”

Li Mu narrowed his eyes and glanced at everyone in the venue.

"The textile mills need women the most, and men are clumsy and obviously can't do the job well. Where are the women of Larkin Bede now? Under the oppression of the Yin Corpse Gang, they have become undignified prostitutes* and slave girls. They have long lived at the bottom of the Rakin Bed. Even worse than male slaves, there are only female slaves. Now they are the walking dead, and the harsh environment has caused them to age prematurely, contracting a body of diseases, many of which are sexually * diseases that can destroy all the dignity of a person. ”

Li Mu said bitterly.

The status of women in the Brotherhood of Liberty is also low, and most of the people present are men.

It should be said that the status of women in the entire Deccan colony was very low. Because there is no industry, only very primitive agriculture, women are not only much less able to create wealth than men because of their physical strength, but also much less powerful.

For this reason, the women of the colonies became vassals of men.

The Freedom Brotherhood was founded as the Miners' Union, which made the status of women even lower than the average in the Deccan Highlands. The Grand Elder cannot succeed the President, and her status as a woman also plays a large role.

The reason why she wanted to put the Freedom Brotherhood in the hands of Li Mu, not Li Mei, was because Li Mei, as a girl, would face far more difficulties in reuniting the Freedom Brotherhood than Li Mu.

The future Queen of Wolfheart sat on the position of president of the Brotherhood of Liberty with the blood of dissidents.

Li Mu also wanted to improve the status of women, but he decided to find another way to solve the problem at the root. That is to use textile mills to allow women to have the same wealth and creativity as men, or even more than men.

"We need to heal their bodies, teach them knowledge, and give them dignity so that they can earn their labor in the factory."

Li Mu said solemnly.

"The prisoners of war have almost set up the site, and when it comes time to distribute food, we have registered the information of all the people in Larkin Bede. Now we are going to gather all the women from house to house and give them compulsory treatment for their diseases and drug addiction.

During this time, there are definitely women who are desperately resisting because they don't understand our intentions, and it's our job to be patient, explain to them our purpose, and never hurt them. ”

Li Mu said, stretched out his hand and nodded at Li Mei, who was sitting in the audience.

"I suggest that Li Mei preside over this work."

"Ahh I? ”

Li Mei, who was taking notes, raised her head in surprise, her bright eyes full of apprehension.

"I... I may not be able to do it well. (To be continued.) )