Xu Kuang took a deep breath and clicked on today's sign-in interface.
Cuihua’s voice sounded:
"Sign in successfully and get the character 'John'.".
Xu Kuang was stunned again. He didn't know how many days it had been since he drew a character.
John appeared in front of Xu Kuang.
r:【John】
Occupation: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Level: Trainee 1-star healing priest
Strength:0.2
Intelligence:1.0
Constitution:0.1
Luck:37.0
Skills: Typhoid and Miscellaneous Diseases (Advanced), Trauma (Intermediate)
Xu Kuang was speechless. This was lower than his original attributes...
John tremblingly saluted Xu Kuang.
Xu Kuang sighed and said to John:
"I won't assign tasks to you. I'll give you a sum of money and you can do whatever you want."
Xu Kuang gave John a sum of money, and John left on his own.
One day later, a hospital named "Old John's Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital" opened.
After Xu Kuang found out about this, he couldn't laugh or cry. Xu Kuang was also skeptical about the effectiveness of a traditional Chinese medicine hospital that was opened in one day.
But anything is better than nothing, and Xu Kuang is happy to sit back and enjoy the benefits.
…
Jing Xi and Jing Ming came again, and when they saw the transformed Gladiolus City, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Especially when their fleet all sailed into Gladiolus Port, but Gladiolus Port was only half full, they were even more emotional.
Jing Ming couldn't help but sigh:
"It's great. The changes here are so fast. It shows that Xu Kuang is a capable person."
Jingxi said:
"Are you happy? The construction here was probably built with our money."
Last time, the two of them spent more than 10 million gold coins to buy a loom, which almost made their family angry. However, fortunately, the huge profits brought by the loom allowed the two of them to escape. Otherwise, these two people would be in trouble now.
It won't appear here anymore.
Jing Ming helplessly said to Jing Xi:
"I guess we're going to bleed again this time."
This time, they came specifically for tobacco.
Xu Kuang met them personally and knew their purpose of coming.
Even Xu Kuang was amazed by the super sensitive business sense of Blue Ocean Trading Company. This is what he said to the two of them.
"Sorry, I have no intention of selling this business at the moment.".
Jing Ming frowned slightly and explained to Xu Kuang:
‘We’re not trying to steal business from you, we just want…’.
Even he himself didn't believe Jing Ming's reasons.
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"Jing Ming, I'm not worried about you taking my business, but cigarette making machines are different from looms. They not only require a lot of electricity, but also a complete supply chain. Do you understand? I know that you blue ocean merchants have a great business.
But you can’t allocate tens of thousands of acres of land to this, right? As far as I know, you have a duke in your family, right..."
The more Xu Kuang talked, the more he felt guilty, and he made up his mind that he must not sell this cigarette making machine to Jing Ming and the others.
Otherwise, Xu Kuang will encounter a strong opponent, which is not what he wants to see.
Jing Ming sighed. He wanted to say something else, but he heard Xu Kuang say to his subordinates:
"Take Mr. Jingming to see our weapons store."
Jing Ming looked at Xu Kuang in astonishment and asked with surprise on his face:
"Mr. Xu Kuang, are you ready to sell the weapons in your territory?".
Xu Kuang shook his head and said to Jing Ming:
"Of course not, it's another weapon.".
Jing Ming and Jing Xi came to the weapons store Xu Kuang mentioned, but found that they were full of cold weapons.
Jingming picked up a steel knife and saw the cold light of the knife. Jingming thought, this knife must cut iron like clay.
This has exceeded the standard weapons of the kingdom.
These weapons are made from accumulated steel materials, are of various types, and are well-made. The most important thing is that the manufacturing technology of these things is definitely not available in this magical age.
"Good knife, how do you sell this knife?".
Xu Kuang thought for a while and stretched out three fingers:
"A handful of three gold coins."
Jing Ming looked at Xu Kuang in shock and asked:
"Are you kidding me? Three gold coins per handful?".
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"You can try this knife.".
Jing Ming sneered:
"No need to try, I will buy one gold coin."
Xu Kuang sneered:
"I haven't sold one yet."
The two of them were in a stalemate, and after who knows how long, Jingxi finally made up his mind.
"Stop arguing. Three handfuls of five gold coins. We won't take any more."
Xu Kuang nodded helplessly, okay.
Jing Xi and Jing Ming bought 100,000 of them at once, which made Xu Kuang sigh at the rich financial resources of this group of people.
Then Xu Kuang took Jingxi and Jingming around again. They saw a lot of novel things, so Jingming waved his hand and bought a little of everything.
…
Of course, Jing Ming and Jing Xi still didn't give up on tobacco, but Xu Kuang refused to let go, which made them quite distressed.
Xu Kuang sighed, he didn't know how to deal with these two people.
He simply threw these two people to Jenny and asked Jenny to grind with them.
The key is not to offend these two people. They have dukes in their families. If you want to use your power to overwhelm others, don't be too simple.
For this reason, Xu Kuang specifically told Jenny that the two of them could be as noisy as they wanted in Gladiolus City. In short, tobacco equipment was just a word, not for sale.
Jenny nodded, she understood what Xu Kuang meant, and she thought so too.
There was also the matter of the weapons store, Xu Kuang also asked Jenny to take care of it as soon as possible. Although they did not engage in alchemy weapons, it was still very good to get some standard equipment.
Xu Kuang thought of the staff he bought at Henry's house last year. He dared to charge 6,000 for it to be a piece of junk. Xu Kuang had to sell 3,600 steel knives to buy that staff. It was really bullying.
This is the difference between standard weapons and custom-made weapons. Standard weapons need to be considered from all aspects, especially in terms of cost. Many lords' standard weapons only cost a few copper coins, just for appearance.
There are only a few people in the Alto Kingdom who can arm their army to the teeth like Xu Kuang.
Before Jing Ming and Jing Xi left, another big shot came.
A man riding a fourth-order pterosaur appeared in the sky above Gladiolus City. Xu Kuang frowned and directly asked his men to fire. The man flew very low, only a few dozen meters, and was almost within the attack range of all Xu Kuang's weapons.
Inside.
The pterosaur suffered such a blow for a while and couldn't bear it. The man quickly landed in front of Xu Kuang and said to Xu Kuang:
"Sorry, I don't know the rules of your city, so I was a little abrupt. I hope Lord Xu Kuang doesn't mind."
Haosen felt a little guilty. He knew that his behavior just now could be seen in the eyes of a discerning person. It was an obvious provocative behavior and only a fool would believe it.
Xu Kuang glanced sideways at this man and asked:
"what is your job?".
The man said to Xu Kuang:
"I am the deacon of the mercenary union, you can call me Haosen."
"Deacon Hausen, what are you doing here?".
Haosen heard the coldness in Xu Kuang's words and knew that his behavior just now had aroused Xu Kuang's disgust.
He quickly said to Xu Kuang:
"By the way, I have some gold coins here, just think of it as me comforting the frightened people.".
Xu Kuang nodded and a smile appeared on his face.
Xu Kuang asked:
"What did you come to do?".
The deacon said to Xu Kuang:
"We hope you can wholesale some cigarettes to us and give us a discount on the price.".
Xu Kuang looked at the deacon in astonishment and asked:
"Aren't you a mercenary union? Why are you starting a business?"
The deacon smiled bitterly and said:
"Isn't this because we don't want our business to be taken away by the shops at the door... Moreover, our mercenary union's funds have been insufficient, and we also hope to increase revenue and reduce expenditures, and have more funding sources."
Xu Kuang nodded and asked:
"How much do you want?".
"How to sell it?".
Xu Kuang thought for a while and said to the deacon:
"A box of forty sticks, a pack of ten sticks, a pack of twenty sticks, which means a box of 8,000 sticks. How many boxes do you want?".
The deacon thought for a while and said to Xu Kuang:
"Let's get one million boxes first...".
Xu Kuang coughed several times, making Haosen confused.
"How...how much do you want?".
The deacon smiled bitterly and said:
"A million boxes of...".
It was another big business worth several million gold coins. Xu Kuang did not dare to neglect and asked hurriedly:
"How much deposit are you prepared to pay?"
Haosen thought for a while and said to Xu Kuang:
"How about 30%?".
Xu Kuang nodded and said to Haosen:
"Let's go into the house and say, now it's me who's neglecting you."
Xu Kuang had to pay attention to the big business worth millions.
Haosen looked at Xu Kuang and asked:
"How long does it take for you to deliver the goods?"
Xu Kuang thought for a while and asked:
"What about seventeen days later?".
Haosen's eyes widened and he looked at Xu Kuang in disbelief. He asked:
"That's one million boxes, and you only need 17 days? What if you can't deliver the goods?"
Since Xu Kuang dared to say this, he certainly had the confidence to deliver the goods within seventeen days. He said to Haosen:
"If the goods are not delivered within seventeen days, the deposit will be refunded in double amount."
Haosen nodded and said to Xu Kuang:
"In that case, I will wait here for Mr. Xu Kuang."
Xu Kuang nodded and said to Haosen:
"Mr. Howson, please stay here as long as you want."
Haosen nodded. He still couldn't believe Xu Kuang's words. These words were too big. One million boxes was not a small amount.
Xu Kuang already had a plan in mind.
He immediately stopped all spinning factories and transferred all workers to cigarette factories. At the same time, all arsenals stopped working and switched to producing cigarette machines.
He plans to use this time to directly expand the production line.
Xu Kuang sighed. He understood that if he could deliver the goods this time, the reputation of Gladiolus cigarettes would be established.
But if the goods cannot be delivered, the reputation of Gladiolus Trading Company will plummet from now on.
This is a big gamble.
Even Jing Ming and Jing Xi heard about this incident.
Jingming asked Jingxi:
"Do you think it is possible for Xu Kuang to deliver the goods within 17 days?"
Jingxi asked back:
"Do you know how big a pile of one million boxes of cigarettes is? Anyway, I don't believe that Xu Kuang can deliver the goods in seventeen days."
Jing Ming sighed and said to Jing Xi:
"But Xu Kuang said this. Based on your understanding of Xu Kuang, do you think he is the kind of person who is aimless?".
Jingxi shook his head.
One million boxes of tobacco almost consumed the tobacco reserves of Gladiolus City for two seasons. Xu Kuang was a little lucky. It was also fortunate that they were prepared and had some inventory. Otherwise, they would really be laughed at.
Xu Kuang said to Jenny:
"I will personally pay attention to this matter. You will still be able to handle Jingming's side. As long as you don't offend them, you can satisfy any of their demands as appropriate."
Xu Kuang glanced at Jenny and suddenly added:
"Of course, it's best not to agree to something that's not reasonable."
Jenny's pretty face turned red, and he said to Xu Kuang:
"Master, when did you become so immoral?".
Xu Kuang didn't speak, he just looked at the location of the tobacco factory.
Dozens of cigarette production lines were started at the same time, and the rumbling sound of the machines was deafening. Everyone was busy everywhere, and Xu Kuang even offered an unprecedented triple salary for this.
At the same time, a new project fell on the head of the research center.
Research on second generation automatic cigarette making machines.
Xu Kuang will personally lead this project.
This aroused Ai Wen's curiosity. He found Xu Kuang and said to Xu Kuang:
"Muke and I also want to participate in this project.".
Xu Kuang smiled and said:
"In that case, you are welcome to join.".
Xu Kuang agreed so simply that even Ai Wen was stunned.
But Xu Kuang himself didn't think so much, he just said to Ai Wen:
"After this project, you will be glad that you made such a decision."
The project was officially approved, and Xu Kuang personally approved a research fund of 100,000 gold coins for the project.
Everyone got started, Xu Kuang was responsible for making requirements and technical review, and the research on each component fell into a group.
Ewen and Mook are responsible for researching the most technical transmission mechanism.
Xu Kuang also participated in this group and was responsible for observing and communicating.
Ewen felt the research atmosphere and couldn't help but say:
"The system you set up is really too...".
"Too high-end? Too dimensionally reducing?".
Xu Kuang added in his heart:
"I didn't set it up."
Ai Wen suddenly realized that Xu Kuang was not ordinary shameless, and he immediately stopped answering.
Ten days later
Almost every component has entered the final verification stage. On the contrary, the group in charge of Xu Kuang has not even come up with the most basic ideas.
Because the two people in this group are still arguing:
"You guys, don't you understand that the thickness of this place is wrong? It's too thick..."
"What's wrong? It's safer if it's thicker...".
"The current structural strength is enough. If you do this, you will waste materials and increase costs...".
"I only know that my design must be better than your design full of holes...".
"Old stubborn."
"Boy, stop looking down on others!".
Muke could only miserably try to break up the fight between the two of them.
In the end, the two decided to each make a finished product and verify it for themselves.
When Muke heard that Xu Kuang agreed to this, he felt a little uneasy.
Although he believed in Aiwen's alchemy, Xu Kuang...