industrial lord

Chapter 179 Young people want to start a business
The Winter Spirit Festival is getting closer and closer, the heavy snow keeps falling, all farm work in the village is stopped except for the greenhouse, the factory also starts to pay the last month's wages and this year's bonus, and the merchants start to get busy.

After Frederick and others made the parts of the clutch, they had a holiday with the coach factory, and the test will wait until the start of work on January 1 next year.

Wesson Bank's savings office is full of people, and people line up to deposit this year's savings in the bank.

Frederick took the time to conduct on-site research for this purpose, and just happened to encounter someone jumping in line to fight, so queuing up at the counter to get a number was quickly promoted in the banking system of Wessen State.

Wesson Bank has also launched a corporate transfer service to chambers of commerce and large merchants. Large transfers do not need to hold a large bag of gold coins in fear. Just remit the money to the other party's account and the bank will issue a voucher with a tax stamp. After the payee passes, the bank can update the number on its savings book.

Old Birch was one of the best timber merchants in Wessen in the past. At the end of every year, each family would go to dozens of carpentry shops in the town to collect money.

This year is convenient, just let the accountants in the chamber of commerce go to the carpenter's shop to reconcile the payment amount, and let the carpenters go to the local Wesson Bank savings office to remit the money to their own accounts.

On this day, Old Birch went to the bank to confirm the payment of the Chamber of Commerce, paid next year's money to Wesson Accountants, took out a little money to buy something for the family at the end of the year, and then went home on meal time.

When he got home, the smell of grilled pepper sausages lifted his spirits.

Nowadays, after the trade between Wessen State and the South expands, the price of pepper is 1 kreutz per kilogram, and only 10 to 1 grams are put in a meal, which is equivalent to one or two copper plates, which is acceptable to him.

Now, in addition to his wife and two-year-old daughter, there is his brother-in-law Hoffman, who is less than 20 years old. As soon as he sat down, his wife said with a smile, "Everything we eat tonight is bought by Hoffman."

The old birch glanced at the dining table. In addition to the pepper sausage, there were also pumpkin bread, red tomato sauce, unicorn kidney soup, apple cider vinegar mixed with black crystal eggs and cheese cakes. There was a large bottle of happy water next to it, and then saw his daughter On his head was a brand new cotton hat.

He frowned and said to Hoffman: "Why are you wasting money like this? Do you still want to save money to marry that big-ass girl in your village?"

Before Hoffman could answer, his older sister proudly said: "Hoffman is promising, let alone the eldest sister with a big butt, even the second sister with big breasts and the third sister with big butt and big breasts together Getting married is enough."

"Tsk tsk, 40 florins, that's about the same amount you can earn throughout the year. He earned it by using his brain."

Old Birch frowned even tighter, looked at his wife who was so proud of himself, then at Hoffman who was a little shy, and asked, "Tell me what's going on, I heard that recently The master has been at your carriage factory, did you do something to reward the master?"

Hoffman said a little embarrassedly: "I recently came up with a small machine that can do the work of ten people by one person, so the boss gave me a bonus of 20 florins."

"Later, a gentleman from the university registered the patent for me and gave me 20 florins. Now only he and I can use this little machine. Anyone who wants to use it will have to give me 20 florins."

Then he introduced to his brother-in-law the punch automatic feeder he invented.

The principle of this small machine is very simple. The punch head of the punching machine is equipped with a right-angled "┐" rod. With a feeding machine.The feeding machine has a thorn wheel that can only move in one direction. When the punch is pressed down, the sawtooth hypotenuse on the vertical rod does not drive the thorn wheel, and the short rod moves outward; when the punch rises, the vertical rod is moved by the spring. Pull back, and at the same time, the right-angled side drives the teeth on the jingle wheel to make it rotate; the jingle wheel drives the two rubber rollers arranged up and down through the gears to rotate, and the steel bar in the middle of the roller will move forward for a certain distance.Every time the punch of the punching machine makes an up and down movement, the steel bar will automatically advance a little.Workers only need to adjust the feeding distance once and put the steel bars in place, and then press the switch to the bottom, and the punching machine can continuously punch out the steel bars by itself.

Old Birch nodded after listening, pretending that he understood, and said while eating two slices of bread with sausages: "This is an unexpected income, and I may not have it again in the future. This money can be settled in the family." , Buy a house and marry a wife, and you will still have to work in the future.”

"Also, if I know that you are gambling with money, see if I don't break your leg."

Old Birch buys your wood all the year round and sells it back. Along the way, he often encounters monsters and robbers, and several robbers died in his hands. When he finally became strict, Hoffman was frightened into a cold sweat.

Hoffman filled his brother-in-law's cup with happy water, and said flatteringly, "This is the drink that the master gave me. You can try it."

Old Birch saw that he wanted more from himself, took a sip of happy water and asked with a smile: "Why, what's the matter, do you want me to introduce you to a girl from the city?"

Hoffman blushed and shook his head, and said, "I have an idea that I would like to ask for advice. If you agree, I would like to ask you for help."

Old Birch narrowed his eyes and looked at his brother-in-law, and said in a deep voice: "If you want me to help you find a house and find a girl to live with, we are a family. If it is about money and you want to do business with me, I will let you As a business partner. You don't want your sister and your niece to beg for food in the future, do you?"

He thought that Hoffman wanted to do business with him because he had some capital, but there were too many accidents in the mall, among other things, because many people lost their fortunes due to a fire, some things need to be clarified first.

Hoffman scratched his head and said cautiously: "Actually, I want to rent a shop and buy a punching machine to do it myself."

Old Birch looked at him in surprise, and then said: "I don't know the business you are talking about. All I know is that when a person does business, he must first see what he can do, then see if others have done it, and then think about the customers. Why don't you buy things from others instead of buying from yourself, have you thought about this?"

Hoffman immediately replied: "I mentioned this matter to the Duke and the gentlemen from the university. They think this business can be done, and no one else has done it."

"I want to use a machine to make hinges on boxes and doors and windows. These are all punched out by hand by blacksmiths, and I can't make a few in a day. If I use a punch press, it will be very fast, and I can do more in one day than they do in a year."

"After hearing this, the duke said that it can be done. The gentlemen also said that they can help me design the mold of the punching machine. In addition, the first set of molds will cost 30 florins."

"I've thought about it. Use 10 florins to rent a craftsman's shop for the remaining 2 florins, and add some materials at the beginning."

At this point, he became embarrassed, and then his voice was a little low: "But punching machines are very expensive, I don't have that much money, and Wesson Bank can provide loans, but I am from the Principality of Franken, and I need a local person as a guarantee. "

Speaking of this, Old Birch understood what my brother-in-law meant, and wanted to be the guarantor himself.

He had heard about the loan policy of Wesson Bank. There was no cash to buy the machine with the loan, and the machine would be taken back before it was used, as well as depreciation fees and interest in arrears.

He also heard what his brother-in-law didn't say. He sells wood and knows many carpenters. Carpenters need a lot of hinges to make cabinets, doors and windows, so there will be sales.

Moreover, there are many merchants in Weissburg City now, and there will be more in the future. As long as the goods are good enough and cheap enough, they will not worry about selling them.

Old Birch didn't answer right away, but ate dinner quietly while thinking about the feasibility.

Hoffman, on the other hand, was nervous and courteous, taking over all the work that his sister did in the past, such as pouring drinks and scooping soup.

After the dinner was over, Old Birch said to Hoffman: "Okay, I will support you this time, and I can lend you another sum of money without charging you interest."

"But let me say it first. If the business fails this time, don't think about asking me to borrow money in the future. Unless your family member is sick and asks for money, I won't give you a copper coin."

(End of this chapter)