Liu Yan and others came out of the Dewang Mansion, it was already a little late, so they found an inn to stay in the city of Jinan, and early the next morning, everyone embarked on the return journey and rushed back to Jimo Camp City.

On the second day after Liu Yan returned to Jimo Camp City, Lu Xiangsheng sent someone to send an official document, posthumously recognizing all Liu Yan's practices in Andong Wei and Da Songwei, and publicly stated that he supported Liu Yan's measures to rectify Jimo Camp City.

Liu Yan laughed heartily at this official document, and immediately ordered someone to copy more than a dozen copies and post them in the guards of Jimo Camp City.

Lu Xiangsheng's attitude shocked the Jimo camp, and when the news spread, even the Dengzhou camp and the Wendeng camp were surprised.

As a result, Liu Yan's reform in Jimo Yingcheng was quickly implemented, although the drought was still continuing in various places at this time, the people in Jimo Yingcheng were not panicked, and the relief measures of various health centers were also relatively in place, which formed a sharp contrast with the turbulent environment elsewhere.

Later, Liu Yan, under the escort of Miao Shao's troops, went to Dapanbao and Aoshanwei, and this time set a large order with King De, and the output of soap workshops, glass workshops and cement workshops must be greatly increased.

As early as this year's Spring Festival, Liu Yan gave orders to all workshops, ordering the owners of all workshops to vigorously increase production in order to increase the income of each workshop and cope with this year's drought and locust plague. Now is the time to test the results.

In Dapan Fort, Chen Jiang and Chen Xun followed Liu Yan with a spring breeze on their faces, and a group of military households in Dapan Fort also surrounded them, vying to see Liu Yan's demeanor.

Liu Yan was also very happy and kept waving to everyone. Dapanbao is the place where he started, and the people here are like the "people of the old area", and Liu Yan has a natural sense of closeness with the military people here.

Subsequently, Liu Yan and others came to the soap workshop, and Miao Shao sent his subordinates to surround the workshop, so as to prevent the enthusiastic military households from rushing in and causing a stampede. Chen Xun and Chen Jiangshi accompanied Liu Yan to inspect various places.

"My lord, now the workers of the soap workshop have increased to more than 700 people, and the subordinates have optimized the manufacturing process in accordance with the instructions of the adults, and added some handy equipment, and now the workshop can produce more than 160,000 pieces of soap per month, and the price is still six dollars of silver, but the cost has been reduced to about two yuan, which is still counted as labor." m.

Chen Jiang's family is now in charge of the soap workshop, and the silver in his hand is more than ten or two hundred thousand taels per month, which is considered a big man on the rich side, and naturally he has raised a bit of luxury.

At this time, Chen Jiang's face was ruddy and gorgeously dressed, and when he talked to Liu Yan, he was no longer the dun army woman in Dapanbao back then.

Liu Yan sighed with emotion in his heart, as his power continued to expand, the people around him also began to transform, which is a good thing, and I hope that in the future, I can drive the world to become better together!

Liu Yan praised Chen Jiang's with satisfaction, and then said: "In this way, the net profit of the soap workshop is more than 60,000 taels per month, right?" ”

"Yes."

Chen Jiang said with a smile: "More than 67,000 taels a month, about the same." ”

Liu Yan said: "My younger siblings are doing well, and they will get three salaries this month, and everyone in the soap workshop will get two shares." ”

"Oops!"

Chen Jiang hurriedly said: "Then I will thank the master for the big guy in the workshop!" ”

While speaking, Liu Yan and the others have already seen the entire production process of the soap workshop, which has been improved and refined a lot compared to when Liu Yan was still in Dapanbao, and of course the efficiency is much higher.

Then Liu Yan and others came to Chen Jiang's office, everyone sat down, Liu Yan took out the order placed by King De, and said: "This is the business given by King De, starting from next month, the workshop will produce 60,000 pieces of soap every month and send it to Qingzhou Mansion regularly, and there will be people from King De's Mansion to pick it up and transport it away." ”

"Sixty thousand?"

Chen Jiang was a little worried, and said: "My lord, now these more than 160,000 pieces of soap are not worried about the market at all, and if you sell 60,000 yuan, the rest of the merchants will not be enough to sell." ”

"Stick to King De's side first."

Liu Yan said categorically: "King De has the sales channels for places such as North Zhili and South Zhili, and he must first go online through King De, and then continue to expand the scale." ”

"As for the rest of the businessmen, they can continue to expand production and slowly make up for it."

Chen Jiang took the order.

Then Liu Yan came to the glass workshop again, and Song Guan, the director here, and Shi Sisheng, the supervisor, had been waiting for a long time.

Chen Xun, Song Guan, and Shi Sisheng accompanied Liu Yan to inspect various places, and Song Guan reported as he walked: "My lord, now the craftsmen of the glass workshop have expanded to 500 people, and the number of crucibles has also increased to 40, which can produce 600 sets of glass wine sets, 400 sets of tea sets, and 1,200 sets of various glass products every month, with a net profit of more than 95,000 taels per month. ”

Liu Yan stood in front of a crucible, the scorching waves of air rushed towards him, Liu Yan squinted slightly, and asked, "Where are the glassware mainly sold now?" ”

"It is mainly purchased by some large households in Jinan Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion, and there are also some businesses outside Shandong, but not much."

Liu Yan said: "Now the glass workshop should make every effort to dredge sales channels outside Shandong, and the north and south are the focus. ”

Saying that, Liu Yan took out King De's order, handed it to Song Guan and said: "From next month, take out 30% of the output of all glass products and supply it to King De, and send it to Qingzhou Mansion regularly, and there are people from King De's Mansion to deliver it to you." ”

Song Guan frowned slightly, and said: "My lord, is this share too big, if King De wins such a large sales share, what if King De lowers the price with us in the future?" ”

Liu Yan looked at Song Guan approvingly and said, "You can think of this, which shows that you are attentive." But don't worry, the soap, glass, and cement I promised to King De are not idle things, only I have goods here in the whole world, and there are a large number of shipments, and King De can't find the next home, so he doesn't dare to lower the price with us! ”

Song Guan hugged his fists and took the order.

Later, after Liu Yan inspected everywhere, he still gave silver rewards to Song Guan and other craftsmen in the glass workshop, and everyone was happy and inspired.

Liu Yan stayed in Dapanbao for one night, said goodbye to Chen Xun and others the next day, and went to the Acropolis of Aoshan under the escort of Miao Shao's troops.

At this time, the cement workshop outside the Acropolis of Aoshan was dusty and noisy, and the workshop was in full swing.

Although under the vigorous promotion of Liu Yan, many businessmen everywhere have opened cement workshops, but they are only in the nature of investment, and the actual manager is still the principal Han Feng.

The cement workshop located outside the Acropolis of Aoshan was built by Liu Yan, and it can be regarded as the "headquarters" of all cement workshops.

Han Feng took Liu Yan around and said, "My lord, now that the cement workshops have been put into operation one after another, they have fed many people, and there are also some businessmen who have pulled people to build houses to earn money, and they have also fed a lot of people. In the current year of the catastrophe, only our Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei can be like this, even in the year of the catastrophe, they can also let the people eat and earn silver. ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Therefore, this official wants to build a large workshop and prosper business, which can enrich the country and strengthen the army." ”

"The adults are far-sighted, and the subordinates admire."

"Okay, let's talk about the increase in cement production."

"Yes."

Han Feng said: "Now with the addition of new cement workshops everywhere, the output of cement can be said to have surged, the number of calciners in all cement workshops has reached 72, coupled with the technical improvement during this time, the monthly output of each calciner has also increased from 24,000 catties to 26,000 catties, and now the total output of cement is more than 1.87 million catties." ”

Liu Yan also showed a satisfied smile on his face, 1.87 million catties, more than 62,000 bags, which is more than 930 tons, and the monthly output is close to 1,000 tons, which is considered a high yield at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Yan said: "Now that the output has come up, has the cost been reduced? ”

"My lord, the cost of each bag of cement has now dropped from 80 to 75."

Liu Yan nodded, it can be seen that Han Feng and others are attentive: "After calculation, the monthly income of the cement industry is about 20,000 taels. ”

Han Feng said: "A little more than 20,000. Although the cement production seems to be a lot, the price is very cheap, so the profit is not as dazzling as other workshops. However, the subordinates and all the craftsmen will continue to work hard to continuously expand the output, reduce the cost, and earn more money for the adults. ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "It's a good thing to make more money, but the premise is to ensure the quality of cement, otherwise you will put the cart before the horse." ”

"Yes, my lord taught me a lesson."

"Okay, everyone is working hard, this month everyone will be paid double their wages, and you will pay three times."

"Thank you, sir!"

After leaving the cement workshop, Liu Yan returned to Jimo Camp City.

In addition, Liu Yan did not have time to take a turn in the rest of the workshops, but only sent Wang Weizhen to inspect it on his behalf, and a few days later, Wang Weizhen also reported the data.

The number of standard salt ponds in the salt drying field has increased to forty, the average monthly output is about 80,000 catties, and the monthly net profit has increased to 100,000 taels of silver.

The preparation of the vehicle workshop was not long, but the production also increased somewhat, from 200 new carriages per month to 250, and the cost was reduced from 28 taels to 25 taels of silver.

The monthly income of the vehicle workshop is about 40,000 taels.

The output of the lamp workshop has increased from 3,000 lamps of all kinds to 4,000 per month, and the cost has been reduced from an average of 2 taels of silver to 125 per lamp, which can be calculated according to the average price of 5 taels of silver per lamp, and the monthly income can be 14,000 taels of silver.

The output of the winery has also surged, not only the number of craftsmen in the workshop has increased from 350 to 650, the number of steamers has also increased from 30 to 70, and the monthly consumption of sorghum in each steamer has increased from 90 to 100 stones, and the monthly production of pot wine is nearly 500,000 catties!

In the current market, the price of roasted pot wine has risen from 80 wen to 90 wen per catty, but the price of sorghum has dropped from 160 wen per stone to 130 wen. In this way, the monthly income of the winery is more than 43,000 taels of silver.

Liu Yan calculated that now these workshops can bring him 380,000 taels of silver every month, and they can fully bear all the expenses of raising soldiers, building military equipment, and the iron yard of Tiepu Mountain.

"It seems that the experience of operating state-owned enterprises and central enterprises in later generations is really worth learning from!"

Liu Yan sighed in his heart, and immediately sent someone to contact King De, agreed on a specific delivery date, and sent someone to set up a shop in Qingzhou Mansion City as a warehouse to operate externally. However, the main function of this warehouse is to deliver money and goods to the German Palace.

"At this time, let Song Gongming do it."

After Liu Yan handed over the matter to Song Gongming, a stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he immediately put his energy on the new army.

"Money and food are enough for the time being, and we can start to expand the number of troops."

Some people died, but not completely......