The mining matters of Xinzheng Coal Mine and Xinzheng Iron Mine were divided into two parts. One part was to obtain the land in the mining area and coal fields. Gao Pragmatic entrusted Wubo Gaocai to handle this matter. In the name of the Gao family, he and Xinzheng
Buying land in neighboring Xuzhou is relatively easy.
At the Xuzhou Iron Mine, the Fan family will also come forward to help. Gao Pragmatic made it clear that he will not use force to suppress others. The price for buying land will follow the market, and may even slightly exceed the market price. The Fan family also
Knowing that a family like the Gao family cares more about reputation, of course they felt more at ease and worked particularly hard on buying the mine.
Speaking of which, if it were already the third year of Wanli, I am afraid that even if the Fan family would still move closer to the Gao family, they would not be so fawning. After all, Fan Shouji is still just a new imperial examination candidate. Historically, he did not pass the exam until the third year of Wanli.
Jinshi. Whether or not there is a Jinshi is a huge difference for a family.
Gao Pragmatic's investment in Xuzhou Iron Mine is not big, but it is not small. It is not big because compared with Jingshi, the estimated scale of Xuzhou Iron Mine is only one-tenth of that of Jinghua Iron and Steel.
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"Jinghua Iron and Steel" is an internal name, and it is divided into several parts externally, each with its own name: its main body includes three parts: Jinghua Kaiping Coal Mine Plant, Jinghua Qianxi Iron Mine Plant, and Jinghua Kaiping Iron Smelting Plant. In addition, in Kaiping, Qianxi Iron and Steel Plant
There are also hundreds of servant guards stationed in Xidai, responsible for protecting the safety of the three major factories.
In view of the fact that there were sometimes Mongolian left-wing invaders in that generation, although in the impression that due to the guard of Qi Jiguang, the Mongolian left-wing basically did not get good results there, Gao Pragmatic still did not dare to neglect, except for the permanent guards of several hundred people.
In addition, he also ordered a group of people to be selected among the miners and undergo a certain intensity of training in their spare time to serve as a factory protection team, that is, a reserve force.
At present, the three major factories combined have nearly 20,000 workers, and the factory protection team is close to 2,000 people. Plus the permanent bodyguards, once the police are there, nearly 3,000 strong men can be gathered in a minute. Although the attack is unreliable, protecting the three major factories
The factory should be more than enough. The only disadvantage is that we need to provide a small amount of extra allowance to the factory guards.
Fortunately, Gao Shidu was not short of money, so he could still afford the money.
Gao Xiaozhuang has now been transferred from Jinghua Soap Factory to Jinghua Iron and Steel by Gao Pragmatic, and is in charge of coal and iron affairs in Kaiping and Qianxi. It is said that this kid is under great pressure now - although the Jinghua Soap Factory is much smaller than Jinghua Iron and Steel, it is a wealthy man.
The profits of Dan Dan's company are astonishingly huge, and being a supervisor there is simply relaxing and comfortable.
Jinghua Iron and Steel is still in the investment stage so far. Although it has already produced some output, its sales have not yet been opened. The three major factories have a lot of backlogs in raw materials and finished products in their warehouses. Gao Xiaozhuang feels that the coal,
The iron ore, iron ingots, and iron bars all seemed as heavy as pressing on his head.
Gao Xiaozhuang is anxious, but Gao Pragmatic is not particularly anxious, because he knows that his involvement in the steel industry was planned in advance. Now the court has not let go of the private military industry. It is normal for the steel in his hand to be unable to open up the situation for a while.
, after all, if it is purely for civilian use, he can almost only find a way to sell the pig iron part, and the fine steel part has no market at all - why do civilians need fine steel?
However, the matter of private military industry can only be promoted by Gao Gong in the court. Zhu Xizhong, Zhang Rong and others can only beat the drum. Gao Shidu can do nothing but wait.
However, there was a surprise: Qi Jiguang was extremely courageous, and he placed an order with Gao Pragmatic to purchase 3,000 fine steel gun barrels.
It is said that the gun barrel actually includes various metal parts of the gun body. If we really want to talk about it, except for the wooden butt and other parts, he purchased all the metal parts of a Saigon gun from Jinghua Steel.
However, the court's face still had to be taken care of, so Qi Jiguang did not order the entire Saigon gun. He ordered all the steel and iron parts separately, and then asked the guards in Jizhen to make the butt and other parts, and finally
Assemble yourself.
Well, who said the ancients couldn't take advantage of loopholes? Look at how easy it is for Marshal Qi to play around.
It's a pity that Qi Jiguang is the only one who can play this trick now. Although the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi are directly related to Gao Gong, they can't cope with the lack of money in those three towns. They can always get it from the court as Qi Jiguang has a part-time job in military training.
Money, so although Ma Fang and others drooled after seeing the samples of Jinghua Steel, they were really short of money and could only watch dryly.
Xinzheng is engaged in mining and coal mining, and steel and iron smelting. Gao Pragmatic estimates that even if private military industry is approved by the court, he probably won't be able to get many military orders. After all, the demand for ordnance in mainland China such as Henan is far less than that of Jiubian.
Every town is so desperate.
The Henan military usually only sends troops to suppress bandits. Occasionally, there is an uprising, but the scale is not large. It is the kind of opponent that can be defeated by just gathering the guards together. Of course, the demand for ordnance is also
It's very limited.
However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Gao Pragmatic still left Xinzheng with a production capacity of 1,000 tons of refined steel per year in the investment plan. As for the rest, it is all pig iron and wrought iron, with pig iron accounting for the majority.
.Obviously Xinzheng is planning to focus on the civilian market.
Ultimately, this is a project that benefits the hometown and creates jobs, and its main function is to attract people.
In this case, Gao Pragmatic would not bother too much and left the entire coal and iron business in Henan to his mother Zhang.
Zhang was born in a family of merchants. Whether it is his business acumen or the business talents he can mobilize, he is enough to control Gao Jingjing's business in Henan. Moreover, this is his mother, so he can rest assured.
Gao Wuzhi is now basically satisfied with the advancement of his industry. To say that he is worried about it, it is in terms of talent. After the establishment of Jinghua Steel, he transferred Gao Xiaozhuang, and now Jinghua Soap Factory is the golden rooster.
Gao Xiaozhuang's third uncle Gao Fu.
Gao Fu was originally recommended to Gao Pragmatic by Gao Xiaozhuang, but he is actually good at carpentry, construction, etc. When he was transferred to Sanshenyuan, he was also in charge of mining, and now he is in charge of Jinghua Soap Factory, which is just a rush to sell products. Fortunately, Jinghua Soap Factory has left.
It's on the right track, and Wei Ximin and others are responsible for the sales. His Sanshenyuan factory only needs to be responsible for production, otherwise Gao Fu may not be able to handle it.
Even so, Gao Pragmatic felt that Gao Fu could not be allowed to stay in the soap factory. Now in Kaiping and Qianxi, it was just a small fuss. After the court approved the private military industry, the peak of development was about to come. At that time, Gao Fu must be transferred.
I used to be responsible for coal and iron mining.