Chapter 93: The Enamel Industry Is Surprised by the Glory of the War Economy
He had to place a purchase order of 100,000 kilograms of food for the people in one breath. Is the emperor not ready to live a happy life? Zhou Yanru and Chen Yan were a little surprised by their emperor's generosity.
Considering the current high grain prices, the total price of one hundred thousand stones of grain is nearly three hundred thousand taels of silver. If such a large order is released, even if the profit of transporting grain is low, it is enough for maritime merchants to flock to it. The unit price is low,
But the total volume is large, so as long as you have enough volume to make money, it’s not a problem.
Do the maritime merchants have enough ships to transport this grain? Judging from Zhu Youjian's superficial historical knowledge, the maritime merchants near the Ming Dynasty definitely had this transportation capacity at this time. The capital has such a large consumer market, which is a natural development commodity.
To build a good economic market, developing sea trade is the right way.
Generally speaking, the cost of sea transportation is lower than that of canal shipping. Strictly speaking, the transportation conditions of the Canal North Road are not good. The annual investment in dredging the canal and the expenditure of trackers' manpower are not small. The Ming Dynasty used the canal as a lifeline, mainly because
It has been kidnapped by the interest groups formed around the canal. This thing is a muddled account. If you want to change it now, you will have to break your muscles and bones and pay a considerable price, so you still have to be a tinker and be able to cope with it day by day.
There are obviously lower-cost methods to choose from, but they try their best to maintain high-cost methods. This phenomenon is not unique to the Ming Dynasty! The laws of economics sometimes do not work in the face of political interests. In other words, political interests themselves are
One of the laws of economics, there is no pure economic law in this world that exists apart from politics.
The reason he was able to spend money so stubbornly was because Zhu Youjian had a lot of money on hand recently. It was a bit surprising. I thought that the economic activities of the entire capital would be greatly affected by the entry of Qing troops, but I didn't expect that something would happen.
It was unexpected. The enamel industry, which was the focus of development, did not suffer a sharp drop in sales due to the impact of the war. In January and February, sales actually increased sharply.
A rough estimate of the net profit of the enamel factory in February was close to 200,000 taels! Such a strange phenomenon puzzled Zhu Youjian for several days. After specially arranging an investigation by the eunuchs in the palace, he found out the reason! The sudden increase in enamel sales was due to the war.
of light!
It’s a bit unbelievable to say this! But it is the fact. It may be because a batch of new year’s goods were distributed during the Chinese New Year, which made Qin Wangbing who came from afar see the goodness of enamel products. Maybe the enamel products themselves have gained a reputation. In short, since
After the beginning of the new year, Qin Wangbing from all over the country tried every means to buy enamel products from the capital. Each of the hundreds of thousands of Qin Wangbing bought one thing, which is hundreds of thousands of items! What’s more, most of them didn’t just buy one thing.
Just one item is enough. Ordinary soldiers have purchasing needs, but military leaders of all sizes are even more powerful. It feels like they are not coming to the capital to fight, but coming here to purchase goods.
In addition to their intention to buy, they also supported Qin Wang's soldiers because they had money. They obtained a loan of one million silver for Chen Xinjia. The Ministry of War and the generals took part of it, but the soldiers under their command could still drink it.
To serve some soup, there is no problem if one person has two or three taels of silver in his hand.
It’s true that everyone is here for King Qin, but they are also here on business. In this era, it is not easy for ordinary people to walk such a long way. It’s hard to come to the capital, but it’s okay if you can’t enter the city. Don’t buy some local specialties.
Is that okay? Among the local specialties in the capital, enamel is the most suitable thing for the Qinwangbing group to bring back to their hometown. It is suitable for preservation, is not afraid of falling, and is unique. It can be considered as an item at home. When the neighbors asked, they said
This is a good product bought from the capital. They can only envy it! Can people who have never been to the capital buy this?
The war actually became the catalyst for the hot sale of enamel, which is enough to make people speechless. The emperor was not very happy because of the hot sale of enamel, but the palace steward Wang Chengen was different. He has been sleeping with enamel in his arms recently.
I sleep in a jar, and I don’t feel at ease without this thing at hand.
With the enamel industry in the palace, it is like having a chicken that can lay golden eggs. It is a lot more comfortable in all aspects. The impact of transferring the income from Nanzhili to the East Palace is not that important.
"Da Mian, when you are done, please discuss with other people in the palace to see how to quote a reasonable price. It should not only allow the merchants to make money, but also not cause the palace to lose too much money. Quoting is a university question and needs to be carefully considered.
Wait." After Zhou Yanru and the others left, Zhu Youjian called Wang Chengen and gave instructions about this large purchase.
"Your Majesty, there is no shortage of food in our palace. We bought so much food at once, which is enough to feed the people in the palace for nearly a year. Besides, there are grains produced in the palace this year. How can the palace buy so much food?
Isn’t it a waste of money?”
"Look at the overall situation! This time of grain collection is the time to reflect the overall situation! I have a big plan for this time of grain collection, you just go and do it. It is estimated that it will take two or three months to complete the purchase of so much grain. The grain is here
Later, part of it was sold at a low price in the shop opened in the palace, and the other part was made into fine powder. The fine powder was processed into canned meat and sold, and the bran was used to raise the pigs and sheep young brought into the palace. With these supports
If you keep it, you can hold on until this year's autumn grain comes out. After the autumn grain comes out, put on more fat, and the capital will have a large supply of meat in winter. In this way, the palace will not only have income but also stabilize the price of goods in the capital. This is one of the reasons
, The second one is that I am about to expand the Yongwei Camp, and the required military rations need to be provided by the palace? This is still an easy-to-understand part. You will not be able to explain the other intentions clearly for a while, so I won’t go into details. Anyway, that’s it.
Just go ahead and do it. Being able to make money is not a great talent, but being able to spend money is a great skill. You should understand the truth."
Knowing how to spend money is a university requirement? Where did the emperor say this fallacy? Wang Chengen felt that his three views were impacted. According to the emperor's pace of spending money, even if there is an enamel factory in the palace, it will lay a golden egg.
There won't be much chicken left over the year.
I don’t know why, but since the emperor fainted last summer, many of his behaviors have become increasingly difficult for Wang Chengen to understand. Anyway, after all his troubles, the palace made a lot of money, but the expenses were also huge.
Too much. I really don’t know if this approach is a good thing or a bad thing.
"Your Majesty, people from the outer court have been urging the palace to take over the captured soldiers as soon as possible. Where should these two thousand people be placed?"
"You ask them to hold on for a few days, and I will find a place within a month at the latest. You also have to select two to three hundred capable people from the palace. These people will be used as managers when building the stone mud factory.
However, I am afraid that all the people in the palace will not be able to suppress these thieves. You should discuss with Wang Zhixin recently and go to the wounded barracks in Tongzhou with him to select some warriors who cannot go to the battlefield but whose actions will not be greatly affected.
Come out, with them as helpers, we should be able to suppress these prisoners."
The construction of a cement plant is a project that will be launched soon, but the location has not yet been found. It is definitely not possible inside the capital. You have to find a place outside the city that is convenient for quarrying and preferably with water flow. Such a place does not seem to be easy to find.