industrial lord

Chapter 509 Others are busy making money
As August entered, Baron Turgot suddenly noticed recruitment posters growing in the streets.

Although the Iris community is mainly composed of Gauls, the Principality of Weissen is a chess game across the country. There is also a neighborhood committee in the HX district of Weissenburg City. The staff used glue to paste the newly distributed posters on the bulletin board.

The background of this poster is red. In the middle is Frederick riding the Dawn and wielding a sword and leading the cavalry to charge. There are several hot air airships flying in the sky. The words "Let's charge together" are written in yellow below!

Baron Turgot remained silent in front of the poster for a long time. Such posters are indeed very attractive to young people, and he himself was a little moved.

But when he thought that Wesson's army might charge towards the Kingdom of Gaul, his heart suddenly felt cold.

There is also a poster posted a few days ago on the bulletin board. In the poster next to it, there is a tractor and a farmer on the right, and a soldier and a car on the left. The position of the two shaking hands is on the central axis of the poster. A mirror image is formed on the left and right.

You can tell without reading the words that the Weisen Army is recruiting tractor drivers to join the army.

Another poster surprised Baron Turgot. The poster showed a hot airship and a female soldier wearing a blue air force uniform calling for women to join the army.

He had taken a hot-air airship in Xiongcheng last year and had seen the female soldiers flying airships. They were all talented. He did not expect that the Weisen Army would actually recruit soldiers from the society.

In contrast, the poster calling for female nurses was less surprising.

Baron Turgot's hands were trembling a little, and this scene came to mind: Archduke Wesson gave an order, and all the men, women, and children of the Duke of Wesson rushed into the Kingdom of Gaul, broke into the city of Le Havre, and took away the bearskin rugs from their homes. , silver candlesticks and even pots and pans were all snapped up.

"what to do?!"

He was at a loss for a moment. Everyone in the Kingdom of Gaul could see this clearly, from the king whose life was saved by Archduke Wesson to Da Franche who was selling oysters here to make money.

Baron Turgot walked aimlessly, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do.

I don't know how long it took, but when he came to his senses, he found that he had walked to the Ghazi Grill opposite the Weaving Road Primary School, which was a place he often came to for lunch recently.

But today the barbecue restaurant is not open, and there is a sign saying that it will be closed for a long period of time, and will only resume business after the World Expo.

Few people are as worried about the country and the people as Baron Turgot. Everyone is thinking about their own pockets.

Ozcan, who asked Olive to be his translator at the World Expo last year, is here again. This time he has a pair of large gold bracelets and a saber with a scabbard inlaid with gems. Olive immediately closes the barbecue restaurant and pulls Spike. Go do business for the boss.

Ozkan made a fortune last year, and even saved the life of a big shot's son by accident and was rewarded. This year he plans to make a big move.

At the shipyard in Willibird City, next to the slipway, Ozcan pointed to a ship with water wheels mounted on both sides and said to Olive: "Tell him, I bought this ship!"

As soon as Olive translated the words to the clerk at the shipyard, a brown-haired woman next to her immediately had a violent reaction.

"No!" Sir Clare jumped up, "This ship was given to me by Archduke Wesson, and it is impossible to sell it to you!"

Next to her, there was a girl with blond curly hair nodding.

Olive looked at her, and judging from her skin color, she should be from the south. She already guessed what was going on, so she could only tell Ozkan that this ship was given to his lover by Archduke Wesson.

Ozkan immediately showed a bitter look on his face and said, "Then help me ask if I can buy a few boats like the Flying Tulip."

The reply that Olive received after asking was negative. There is currently only one such ship in the Principality of Wesson.

Ozkan was depressed. He had seen the Flying Tulip in the Dark Sea in the summer. The ship ran extremely fast against the wind and didn't use sails. If he could buy one, he could make a lot of money.

The salesman said to Olive: "Tell the boss that we only have a 100-ton ship now, so there is no problem in going offshore."

"A ship costs 300 florins, and I'll give you a commission of two points."

Business people are very aware of the influence of translation on foreign businessmen, and they will give rebates when they are due. The rebate for one ship is almost the annual salary of an ordinary worker here.

After listening to Olive's translation, Ozcan thought that if a big ship couldn't do it, a small boat would do. His business scope was at the end of the inland sea. There were usually no winds and waves, so a small boat would do.

He said to Olive: "Tell him to go and see what the ship is like."

The nearby shipyard is giving the final paint to several paddle steamers. These ships have their hulls built in Amstel and then shipped here. The bridges and other parts are also made into semi-finished products. After the engines are installed, they can be quickly Assemble it.

Ozkan went up and looked around the warehouse, then turned around and asked Spike in Pulan: "Brother, how many guards do you think this ship should have?" If the soldiers of the Wesson Army have graduated from literacy courses, they will arrange one or two. When it comes to foreign language learning, Spike didn’t have to take literacy classes when he was growing up in an orphanage, so he learned Pulan. Recently, he and Olive learned the language of the Ghazi Empire.

Ozkan had seen him deliver soda to Olive at the World Expo last year, so he wasn't surprised to see Olive bring him this year.

Ozcan saw that he was tall and strong and wanted to recruit him.

When doing business on the grassland, you can sometimes convince people physically. If a big man with a height of two meters stands on the grassland with an average height of more than 1.6 meters, he will definitely speak more politely to the other person.

Moreover, Spike was once a soldier of Metzger, the most famous "Emperor Killer" in Wesson's army, which was powerful in the inner sea, which was enough to make the people on the grassland become good at singing and dancing.

Spike was not interested in fighting and killing now. He just wanted to live a peaceful life. He pretended not to notice Ozcan's hint. This time he said to him: "I'm not familiar with sea combat. If you need it, you can Consult Black Iron Security Company, they can give you a complete plan, there are many veterans there.”

Ozkan's eyes lit up and he immediately patted him on the shoulder to express his gratitude.

"Oliver," Ozcan said to Olive, "you tell the shipyard that I order ten ships, and 300 is too high. I'll give you half of the difference if you negotiate a lower price."

Olive heard that this was a big business. With this income, he could open a barbecue restaurant in the old city and the business would be even better.

Spike smiled and put his arm around her shoulders and said, "No hurry, let me do it."

After he finished speaking, he pulled the salesman into a cabin, closed the door and started discussing.

Ozkan could see that there must be something fishy in it, but he had seen this kind of thing too often. He could cut the price down because that was his ability. He didn't know how much he would be ripped off.

Spike had heard that this kind of boat was sold to the Kingdom of Gaul for 260 florins, but the salesman said that the current boat was painted with waterproof paint, and the price had increased.

"How much does it cost to buy a chicken in your shipyard canteen?" Spike took out his business card mysteriously, "I am the owner of Xinqidian Chicken Farm. Go and ask your leader if I can make it cheaper. I’ll give you a thousand chickens at 37 copper coins a month.”

The shipyard is a physically demanding job, and the workers must have enough meat to supplement them. They have always been big consumers of meat, and chickens also need to be purchased in large quantities.

There are still many villages where one farmer raises more than ten to thirty free-range chickens. The chicken collectors go to one village a day to collect the chickens. Regardless of the price, the quantity is unstable.

Spike is one of the pioneers in large-scale chicken raising. For big chicken eaters like shipyards, the advantage is that they have a stable supply of chickens and don't have to worry about the person who collects the chickens not coming on a certain day.

The salesman quickly invited them to the office for discussion. Ozcan and Olive were drinking tea in the reception room, and Spike, the two factory leaders in charge of logistics and sales, were muttering there.

"Three thousand a month!" the leader in charge of logistics said, "If you want to do big business, you need to be more generous."

Three thousand chickens a month only works out to 100 chickens a day, which is barely enough for a large factory with hundreds of workers and a large number of family members.

Spike thought for a while and said: "My chicken farm can produce four thousand chickens a month. I negotiated a business deal with the textile factory for 1,500 chickens the day before yesterday, but I only sold 2,500 chickens to you. "

"We are all in long-term business. If we sign a contract for 2,500 chickens first, I can immediately take out a loan for expansion with the contract. It won't be a problem to give you 6,000 chickens next year."

The shipyard has done some calculations. Usually the chicken collector can only deliver a maximum of twenty or thirty chickens a day. After all, chickens in a village cannot grow up at the same time. The price of these chickens is two copper coins more than Spike. .

If you buy a hundred chickens a day from the chicken collector, it will cost two hundred coppers more than buying it from Spike. Ten days will cost one florin more, a month will cost three florins more, and a year will cost more. That's thirty-six florins.

Now the shipyard is expanding. The more chickens we need in the future, the more money we can save.

After some haggling, Spike signed a contract with the shipyard to sell chickens, and at the same time agreed to buy 275 paddle-wheel cargo ships that could sail offshore at a price of 10 florins each.

Ozcan was very satisfied with the price he could get, and immediately signed the ship purchase contract. As soon as the financial staff of the shipyard arrived, he went to the Wesson Bank Wesson-Bokner Shipyard branch to transfer the money. In total, he saved 125 florins. , you can buy a lot of goods and sell them on the grassland.

Spike found a stable and large customer for the chicken farm, and the price was not low, which allowed the chicken farm to continue operating stably, and he could also borrow money to expand the chicken farm.

Olive took two points of commission from the shipyard in one hand and Ozcan's bargaining reward in the other. She got 180 florins at once, which was enough to open a store in the prime location of Weissenburg City.

The shipyard is not at a loss either. Anyway, the bottom selling price of the boat is 270 florins, which is 5 florins more. The contract with the chicken farm is cash on delivery. If Spike does not send chickens by then, then life will be the same as before. .

The only injured person was the salesman who received Ozcan and his party. The business was no longer his business, and naturally there was no commission. In the end, all he got was a pat on the shoulder from the leader and a few words of encouragement.

(End of this chapter)