Chapter 42 The Secret of Rich People Saving Money!
"Order from the Bureau of War and Warfare 40 new Tiger Crouching cannons, 20 Franchise machine guns, and order 5,000 new Tiger Crouching artillery shells. They must complete production within a month. The money will be allocated from the palace.
Check the payment for each course. By the way, we also need to speed up the progress of the previous eight hundred shotguns. We have only made three hundred shots now, which is a bit slow." Call Wang Chengen and ask him to use the internal affairs department as the official
In the name of the army, we quickly went to order military supplies. It was already entering winter, and the Qing troops might invade at any time, but the new army's equipment has not been fully equipped yet, which is really worrying.
During this period, some money came into the palace, and Zhu Youjian had a lot of money, so he had to move forward with business quickly.
Wang Chengen has become accustomed to his master's lavish spending in recent months. Fortunately, the newly built enamel factory in the palace has been officially put into operation recently, and the results are good. Now he can buy three to four thousand enamel products every day, less than a month.
It is said that the net profit can be more than 10,000 taels, which will be more than ten or two hundred thousand taels in a year. With this income subsidy, the emperor's deficit in spending money will be smaller.
Wang Chengen of the Internal Affairs Hall felt a lot more secure because of his income, and the craftsmen who worked in the palace these days also felt a lot more secure.
The head craftsman Wang Dachun was currently in the workshop of the War and War Bureau, busy making grenades. There were seven or eight workers under him, sweating profusely, adding carbon to the iron-making furnace.
The steel in the crucible has been melted, and the craftsman under his hands skillfully used iron tongs to take out the crucible, and then poured it into the mold prepared in advance. The color of the hot red molten iron slowly turned black after flowing into the mold.
Li Chun, a craftsman, was shirtless while working and said to Wang Dachun: "Fangtou, after these thirty grenades are cast, our batch of work will be completed. After the work is completed, you will have to drink a few glasses of wine to finish the work of the past few days."
Take a break if you are tired."
Wang Dachun stared at the projectile in the mold intently, and replied: "The good days have only been a few days, and you are starting to make money outside? Do you want to delay? Wait until you have made enough money. Today I went to the War Bureau to pay a living.
At that time, the official said that the palace has to place another batch of orders to make new-style tiger-crouching artillery shells. Our factory is very profitable, so it is best to contract more."
"Is there still work? We have been working here for more than a month. We have to give someone a two-day break, right?" When Li Chun heard that there was still work, he suddenly felt unwilling. Blacksmithing is a very hard job.
Working at a high load for a long time is indeed a bit unbearable.
"I think you've developed a problem these days. You still think you have too much work? When you can get money, you won't have this problem anymore."
"Fangtou, how much money do you need to start working today?" After Wang Dachun said that he wanted to start working, several people working together came together. Isn't it just to earn more money by working so hard?
Wang Dachun saw his craftsmen looking at him with gleaming eyes, and quickly said: "After this work is completed, I will pay all the wages for these days. I have calculated, you can pay the salary this time
It's a lot of money, each hand can hold three to five taels of silver."
Three or five taels of silver? After hearing the amount of wages, everyone's spirits suddenly changed. I had already paid wages twice a few days ago. I didn't expect that I would get so much money in less than a month. I felt bad.
Strange.
"It's better to work steadily with the boss. These days, I heard from other people in the Military and War Bureau that they work hard and only earn three taels of silver a month at most. We can earn five taels of silver a month, which is better than them.
much better."
"As you said, Li Chun, we do a lot more work than they do, so naturally we earn better than them."
"Well, my wife has been sick for a few days this month and has not been able to work. I estimate that the money she will receive will be much less than yours."
"Liu San, don't say you owe me money. How come you can still make a few taels of silver this month? Like before, you didn't know where to find money if you wanted to make money."
"No, everyone has come back to life in the past two months. By the way, have you heard? People in iron factories and pottery factories have been making a lot of money recently. I got off work that day and saw them gathering in groups.
I’m going to buy rice.”
"Of course they make a lot of money. The new enamel made in the palace sells so well. How can they lose their money for work and food?"
While chatting, the craftsmen took out the cast iron cans that had been dried, and then started to burr them with files and sandpaper.
Thirty or so hand grenades were quickly made. After Wang Dachun checked the quality with calipers and scales, he arranged them neatly and put them aside. Then he took out the account book and silver from the warehouse behind the workshop, and began to count the silver and pay the wages to the craftsmen.
It was only the wages of eight or nine people, but it was very troublesome to pay them. It took a group of semi-illiterates to calculate the accounts for a long time before they could sort out the matter.
The craftsmen who got the money went home happily. Wang Dachun naturally wanted to go home too. When he passed by the wine shop on the way home, he bought a pound of good wine. By the way, he went to the butcher shop and weighed it.
A few pounds of fatty pork.
Over the past month or so, Wang Dachun has made a fortune. From the production of nearly 3,000 grenades, leaving aside expenses and wages, he earned more than 60 taels of silver.
What is the concept of more than sixty taels of silver? It is enough for his family to eat and drink for a year or two. For ordinary people, this is a huge sum of money.
After entering the house with wine and meat, Wang Dachun's wife saw that her husband had bought such expensive things again. She felt a little unhappy and complained: "Master, you bought wine and meat again? How expensive is this thing? Our family can't eat it every day.
Is this something like this? How much money do you need to earn to support it?"
"I can't say enough about you, mother-in-law. Our family still has some savings, so what's the point of eating some food and wine? We don't have any money anymore, so we just have to make some more."
"To put it lightly, is it so easy to earn money? In other words, in the past two months, the emperor has shown mercy and paid cash to our poor craftsmen. Will such good work be possible every day in the future?"
"I don't know if it will happen every day in the future, but at least this year's work will be uninterrupted. I went to the bureau this morning, and the official Kong Jingli there said that the emperor was very interested in the craftsmanship of our workshop, so he asked
From now on, we will make two thousand grenades and one thousand artillery shells every month. This is still the quota. If something unexpected happens, we may increase the order!"
"Really? If we have such a big order every month, won't our family be going to make a fortune?"
"So, you women have long hair and short knowledge. With such a business, how can you still worry about not having enough food and wine? By the way, I asked you to buy more food a few days ago, have you bought it?"
"Of course I bought it. I bought one stone of rice and one stone of wheat, which is enough for our family to eat until next spring."
"That's fine. It's the most cost-effective to buy grain now. Grain prices will rise after a while. I always say that rich people will save money. Now I realize that this is true. Buying more grain at one time will definitely be better than buying grain."
It’s a lot more cost-effective to buy grain at sky-high prices. With the amount of grain we have saved, we can probably save nearly a tael of silver in a year, right?”
Wang Dachun felt that he had discovered the code of wealth. Is this how money is saved? No wonder the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.