Higher value brings higher value density. A similar example is the hair dryer in later generations.
A hair dryer costs tens of dollars, but Dyson hair dryers can be sold for thousands.
Although there are marketing factors of Dyson, the value density of the hair dryer itself is so high that this unique status cannot be ignored - especially for Dyson's friends and colleagues in the business circle.
For us.
In fact, swords are almost similar. In this era, two taels of silver were used to buy a sword produced in the Tang Dynasty and made of standard steel... The cost of ordinary people's living expenses for a year was about this amount. In other words,
This is the same as buying a van in later generations. The difference is that the sword is a weapon and the van is indeed productivity, but the same thing...
In fact, it is all about productivity. People who spend a lot of money to buy swords also use them as productivity tools and plan to rely on martial arts to make a living in the future. This is actually no different from buying a van to attract customers.
As for more expensive swords...
Only ordinary wealthy families can afford it. Compared with the ordinary version of this kind of sword, it is like turning a van into a sports car.
However... just as many wealthy children buy sports cars not just to flirt with girls, but also to make themselves look more famous in order to raise funds - which is extremely important in business matters. In other words, in a sense,
It is also productivity.
The exquisitely crafted swords also have similar attributes, but in comparison, in terms of "financing", no matter what kind of financing it is, its financing attributes will be smaller. Of course, this is not important, the important thing is...
The price difference of vehicles in later generations can range from tens of thousands to tens of millions of dollars, and even the price of craft swords sold online ranges from tens of dollars to thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.
Of course, these are not important. What is important is that the value density of such a warship is absolutely no joke. Sometimes it can even be higher than gold and silver, because top-grade porcelain, silk... Such things are really expensive overseas.
The price is comparable to gold and silver.
Of course, merchant ships carrying these things are often very difficult to handle. Because the value density of the goods is very high, maritime merchants often choose not to fill the cabins with food and water. Because there is more space, they often choose
Use more military partners, or high-priced sailors who have retired from the Forbidden Forces to strengthen the weapons, and load more weapons, as well as powerful thermal weapons such as grenades that you have obtained through various channels.
Therefore, such ships are all good ships, high-quality ships of the Tang Dynasty, and ships that have escaped from low-level commerce, but they are also difficult to move - then again, traveling on ships like this is generally easy.
Deliberately choose the time to act, so the difficulty of plundering is doubled, because when you detect it, you have often taken action on its friendly ships, whether it is morale, physical condition, or military supplies on your own side.
Such more hard-core things have become inadequate.
But now... with Bali Sitan, it is much easier to build such a ship than before!
As soon as Wang Jing finished speaking, Zheng Taishan, Cui Baihe and others became excited.
This is not because these old guys are all naughty characters, but actually... Once you realize that this Eight-Lift is a productivity tool, it is difficult not to think that this thing can not only bring more "ships at sea"
"Quantity" can even bring about higher quality of sea-going ships. If you really want to add it all up, it means that... the income of Wu Xing Qi Wang's business at sea is likely to double or even triple.
More than anything.
How can one not be happy with such a prospect? The annual profit of the stocks held has increased like this. It would be sacrilegious not to open champagne to celebrate.
And besides this aspect...
Although judging from the combat experience of this Bali Sitan ballista in southern Africa, it should not be able to defeat Li Er's steel artillery ship, but... compared to Li Er's other warships, the Bali Sitan is in charge.
From everyone's perspective, the confidence to win the game has become much stronger, not to mention...
Even if they couldn't defeat the artillery ships, there were not many artillery ships after all, and the Eight-Li Squatting Ballistae had a very obvious advantage over ordinary warships - this was also the capital that allowed the Roman Empire to compete with the Tang Empire.
Let’s not talk about Li Tang’s artillery boats first, let’s just talk about other ordinary wooden boats. Although these boats are also powerful forces created by Li Er, a big bandit, compared with artillery boats, when facing ordinary wooden boat troops, there are eight
However, there is a possibility of properly handling the collapsed Southeast Army.
And even when faced with artillery ships...the number of these artillery ships is still small after all, but the situation is different with Bali Sitan. This thing...
As long as Wang Jing and others want to buy it, they can get whatever they want.
A wooden ship can be equipped with as many structures as you like - as long as the hull itself and the deck are large enough, everyone will be welcome to come.
Income doubled or even tripled, and the ability to compete with Li Tang's navy was significantly enhanced.
If this income forecast is correct, then... for Wang Jing and others, the next stage of the operation of the pirates... No, the overall income of the operation of the Pacific Insurance can reach five times, and the most important thing is
The is...
Before that, although Wang Jing and others had started the maritime security business, their own destiny... This was the most important and top priority for everyone. Wang Jing and others had no idea.
At the bottom, there is a high degree of fear.
It was under this kind of panic that Wang Jing and others came up with the idea of setting up a bank, not just because it was not safe to store all the gold and silver in Southeast Island - the entire territory of Southeast Island was not small, and it was not safe to store all the gold and silver in Southeast Island.
Can't you hide a batch of gold and silver? If you can't, you can just hide it in a piece of sea. Just six of us and the children who are going to inherit the family business, a total of twelve people will go to sea together and sink the gold and silver.
As long as you don't tell anyone, who can know the location of these gold and silver. In other words...it's not just a matter of safety.
After all, this Southeast Bay is a strange place, and visitors are just guests. Although the money from the Maritime Pacific Insurance business is simple, rough and satisfying, the uncertainty in their hearts also makes Wang Jing and others dare not suddenly hide their gold and silver reserves.
Get up, after all, it is something that may be used at any time, and it is not easy to salvage gold and silver hidden in the sea...
In short, it was only after various considerations, especially because Wang Jing and others were not confident about their own destiny, that Hangzhou Bank was established.
But now... the Eight Principles and Sitan have appeared, and the situation has changed.