Xu Kuang smiled sheepishly, and then took out a cigarette from the storage space.
Xu Kuang respectfully gave one to Wayne, and then took one to his mouth.
Wayne stared at the cigarette and asked:
"What is this?".
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"This thing is called a cigarette. You can think of it as something that relieves psychological stress."
Wayne looked at the burning cigarette in his hand in confusion. He really couldn't figure out how this thing could relieve psychological stress.
"Uncle, I am here just to cooperate with you and sell this thing."
"oh?".
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"Hulu Town has now become a distribution center for bulk cotton cloth. If a tobacco store is set up here, it will definitely be very profitable."
Although Wayne didn't know what the purpose of cigarettes was, he believed in Xu Kuang because Xu Kuang's vision was so far ahead that he had never made any mistakes in his arrangements in the past two years.
He looked at Xu Kuang and smiled:
"How to set the price? You tell me."
"These cigarettes are divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower. They are priced at twenty, ten and five copper coins respectively. The purchase price I gave you is twelve, six and three copper coins respectively. What do you think?"
Wayne nodded and said to Xu Kuang:
"Okay, okay, but isn't the price a bit low?".
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"It's not low, it's not low. There are twenty cigarettes in a pack. Even if you only smoke one cigarette a day, it will take you twenty days to smoke them all. If the stall is big enough, I think the profit will not be lower than the current cotton."
Wayne nodded and said to Xu Kuang:
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Xu Kuang laughed, knowing that as long as he could give a reasonable reason, Wayne would definitely help him.
Xu Kuang said to Wayne:
"Uncle, I have one more thing to do."
Wayne asked:
"whats the matter?".
"The raw material of this cigarette is tobacco. I want tobacco to be grown in Hulu Town. Then you will have an extra income."
Wayne frowned slightly and said to Xu Kuang:
"But what do the more than 200,000 people in Hulu Town eat?"
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"Tobacco is more expensive than food. Before the first crop of tobacco grows, I will provide all the food needed by all the people in Hulu Town. This is free. We will negotiate the price of tobacco by ourselves, how about it?"
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Wayne looked at the high-spirited Xu Kuang and couldn't help but think of Xu Kuang's embarrassment when he came to him to sell the gilt chiming clock more than a year ago.
"This kid...".
Wayne no longer hesitated and said to Xu Kuang:
"It's up to you, but the amount of food that is enough to feed 200,000 people is not a small amount. In this way, when the tobacco is grown, it will be deducted from the payment for the tobacco."
Xu Kuang wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Wayne. He said to Xu Kuang:
"If you don't agree, I won't plant it."
Xu Kuang knew that Wayne couldn't be persuaded when his temper got worse, so he had no choice but to agree to Wayne's request.
After the two of them finished talking about the business, Wayne's heart moved and he said to Xu Kuang:
"I see how tired you are on your face, and I think you should pay attention to rest. You are still young, so don't ruin your health."
Xu Kuang quickly clasped his fists in salute and said to Wayne:
"The younger generation would like to be taught.".
Wayne didn't stop nagging yet, and said to Xu Kuang:
"You are still young, so you can't just think about your career, you also have to consider your personal emotional issues.".
Xu Kuang was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Wayne, but Wayne had a straight face and said directly to Xu Kuang:
"You can leave, I won't keep you to eat."
Xu Kuang's face turned red. He bowed to Wayne and said:
"Then uncle, I'm leaving. I've brought some technicians with me. They can guide your men in growing tobacco."
Wayne agreed and Xu Kuang turned around and left.
Xu Kuang still has a lot of things on his hands. He still has to make up his mind on how to plan the new area on the east coast. The imitation of new weapons is also within his scope of responsibility.
There was also Taidong City. Xu Kuang allocated another 10,000 people. Lao Li was in charge of the military camp with one hand and government affairs with the other. He was a little overwhelmed and kept sending telegrams asking Xu Kuang for the people he wanted.
Xu Kuang also has a headache about this. In the past two years, Mogu Ridge has developed rapidly, and there are too few corresponding talents. The 100,000 literate refugees sold by the Marquis are still on the way. They are all treasures, and naturally they cannot be packaged with this kind of people.
A treatment for the refugees being sold.
Xu Kuang is also planning to set up a financial department, merge the tax bureau into the financial department, and transfer Lane to the financial department. But in this way, Lane will have three high-level responsibilities: the agriculture department, the population department, and the financial department.
The old man's body is already weak, so don't overexert yourself to death.
Xu Kuang thought for a while and planned to let Hathaway manage the Population Department, and Ju Ling recalled him to manage the Agriculture Department. In this way, the responsibilities of all levels in Mushroom Ridge would be much clearer.
The current predicament of Mushroom Ridge is very different from that at the beginning. What Mushroom Ridge lacked most at the beginning was money. Xu Kuang needed to seize every opportunity to make money from all aspects, but he was also lucky to have his uncle Wayne's support.
Thanks for your help, the initial difficulties were quickly resolved.
But things are different now. What Xu Kuang lacks is people, especially those who are good at management.
Xu Kuang thought for a while, and called back Huo Yun and Pang Yu who were away, and gave them other appointments.
Pang Yu was assigned to the military camp by Xu Kuang and served as the chief of general staff, second only to Zhou Jin and Xu Kuang.
Huo Yun focuses on scientific research management, and is responsible for the resource allocation of scientific research departments at all levels.
Xu Zheng was transferred to Taidong Town by Xu Kuang to work with Li Yunlong.
There was no way, Xu Zheng and Xu Kuang made a big mistake, but Xu Kuang was the lord, so the pressure came to Xu Zheng.
Therefore, Xu Kuang also hopes that Xu Zheng can make a career in Taidong Town so that Xu Kuang can have the opportunity to re-appoint him.
After Xu Kuang arranged everything properly, systems at all levels ran more efficiently.
The main reason is that the talents under Xu Kuang are so good that they shouldn't be staying in such a small place in the first place.
The number of troops in the army has nearly doubled in recent months. Because of the availability of single-cylinder tractors and various levels of combat vehicles based on single-cylinder tractors, the number of engineers has been greatly reduced, and the number of combatants has also increased accordingly.
Xu Kuang sat cross-legged on the hillside, watching the cannons firing in the distance, and couldn't help but nodded.
The establishment of the military academy has brought the training of the troops to a higher level, and their combat effectiveness has been correspondingly enhanced.
But Xu Kuang was even more worried about one thing. The war that he and Zhuge Duan had predicted years ago had not happened yet, which made Xu Kuang couldn't help but wonder if he had thought wrong.
What Xu Kuang didn't know was that in the palace at this moment, King Holders was discussing with a group of people the plan to send troops and the recruitment of soldiers. It is not difficult to analyze from the content of their discussion that if they want to send troops, it will take two months a year.
Year.
Large-scale recruitment of armies in ancient times would have taken at least a few months, and Xu Kuang was now worried that this was somewhat unnecessary.