Luo Zhang didn't understand what Mr. Ma said. It wasn't that he didn't want to recruit more people.
His Majesty has relaxed the number of people he can recruit. He can definitely recruit more people, but recruiting people also requires money.
Every time you recruit someone, you invest a lot of money in them. First of all, the settlement fee is a sum of money, which must be paid everywhere, otherwise they will not come to you.
Secondly, the whole outfit also requires money, which you can’t get away with!
Furthermore, they have to be paid monthly, which also requires money.
In addition, the food that soldiers consume every day also requires money, not to mention that there are so many people. They always have headaches, brain fever, and training injuries, which still require money to treat.
The Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty is not directly under the military establishment of the Tang Dynasty, so it does not receive any subsidies. Luo Zhang has to rely on Luo Zhang to finance everything. At present, the nearly three thousand people are already his maximum limit. If there are more, he will Going to beg for food.
After all, he still has to support the shipyard and dock construction, not counting the farmland construction in the Yushan fiefdom.
Speaking of Yushan, Luo Zhang didn't dare to build it. His Majesty is currently spending money to build the fortress. Outside the fortress, Luo Zhang has already assigned a piece of farmland, which will be used to plant some of the system in the future. Things, such as potatoes, corn, eggplant, spinach, etc., these are all things with special uses.
If he can really plant it, then he will make a fortune. Even if he doesn't sell it, it can save him a lot of points if he uses it to cultivate his own people, especially corn. When it comes to the Qi Sensing Realm, each person needs nine points for each level. It takes eighty-one to reach the peak, which is hundreds of thousands of points. He has already vomited blood just by training an eighteen-horseman, let alone the guards of the Luo family, himself, Wu Shaobin, and Chen Kuifeng's true essence. The environment is consumed!
Therefore, Luo Zhang still attaches great importance to the farmland outside Yushan, but it has not been completed yet and cannot be planted yet, so the investment is not large!
The investment is not big now, but it will still be invested in the future. This will be a lot of money, so Luo Zhang is short of money. If he lacks, he wants to become a bandit!
Now we can only hope that Liu Renyuan will come back soon, so that he can solve the urgent need and the dock can be revitalized. By then, the commission from the dock will be enough to support the needs of ten thousand naval personnel, and he will have plenty of money!
After inspecting the shipyard, Luo Zhang went directly to Yan Lai Building. He didn't have many points anymore and had to pay to replenish them.
As mentioned before, these days, not only does he have to consume a lot of points for practice, but Chen Kuifeng, Wu Shaobin, and the Eighteen Cavaliers also need to consume a lot of points for daily practice. The original points of more than one million are less than one million. Without points, Luo Zhang felt uneasy, so he naturally wanted to add something.
As soon as he arrived at Yanlai Building, Zhao Tianhu, who was dressed gorgeously and looked like a member of the Communist Party of China, ran out before he could even enter.
Looking at Zhao Tianhu like this, Luo Zhang felt a little jealous. Is this still the ruffian Zhao Tianhu?
"Brother, are you here?" Zhao Tianhu said with a smile.
"What kind of trouble are you making? Why are you dressed so fancy? You look like a nouveau riche. Isn't it embarrassing?" Luo Zhang cursed.
Zhao Tianhu lowered his head and looked at his outfit, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother, it's not that I want to be like this, I really can't help it. You also know that now I have to take care of both Yanlai Tower and Huaqing Pool. Yanlai Tower is fine, but Those who go to Huaqing Pool are all high-ranking officials. If I wear something too shabby, I won’t lose my people. I will lose your face instead. That’s why I got dressed like this. To be honest, I feel sweaty even wearing this outfit. I feel uncomfortable, but there’s nothing I can do about it!”
"Tch, you're still feeling uneasy. I think you're enjoying yourself a lot. Not to mention your clothes, where did your belly come from? Don't tell me you ate it to accompany guests!" Luo Zhang rolled his eyes and pointed. Zhao Tianhu said with a bulging belly.
"Ah, well...don't I have time to exercise? My stomach is coming out!" Zhao Tianhu said with some embarrassment.
"Forget it, I don't care about you anymore, you can figure it out on your own, but you have to remember, don't fall behind in your practice. Look at you, you haven't broken through the Qi Sensing realm yet, it's me who needs something for you to break through. Or what happened?" Luo Zhang continued to scold.
"Uh, I...I'm too busy and don't have time!" Zhao Tianhu scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
"Busy? Are you so busy every day that you have a woman's belly? I heard that you have raised many women outside now. I will not care about you if you raise women. But if Yan comes to the building and something goes wrong with Huaqing Pool, I will only care for you. That's a question!" Luo Zhang said with a straight face.
"Ah, yes, little brother, I will never delay business. Those women are just making fun of themselves. I didn't take it seriously. I won't take it seriously. When I get back today, I will send them away!" Zhao Tianhu explained hurriedly.
"You're not young anymore. It's time to find a wife to live a good life. What's the point of those women?" Luo Zhang rolled his eyes.
"Yes, what the little brother is saying is that I should find a mother-in-law to give me a child, otherwise no one will inherit the family business I have earned!" Zhao Tianhu chuckled.
"Okay, I'm too lazy to care about you. Let's go and take me to the underground vault!" Luo Zhang waved his hand and stopped talking nonsense to Zhao Tianhu.
Following Zhao Tianhu, Luo Zhang walked to the underground vault. Zhao Tianhu opened the door. Luo Zhang stepped into the vault, looked at the number of boxes in the underground vault, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Brother, the auction business is pretty good these days. All the Wang Hu Jie Dao's treasures we found in the Qilian Mountains have been auctioned off. Adding in the commission from Yan Lai Building, the income from Huaqing Pool and the sale of the yard, this month There is almost an income of more than 1.3 million taels!" Zhao Tianhu told in detail the source of income and the total amount of gold and silver obtained!
"One million and three hundred thousand?" Luo Zhang muttered. This number is neither too much nor too little. It does not exceed his expectations and can only be considered ordinary.
After driving Zhao Tianhu out, Luo Zhang pondered for a while before taking 600,000 points. The remaining 700,000 points were left untouched by Luo Zhang and reserved for the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty and the shipyard in case of emergencies. Yes, after all, that’s where the money is spent!
When Luo Zhang went to the private room on the second floor, Zhao Tianhu was already waiting at the door of the second floor!
The tea has been brewed and the fruits have been prepared. After a busy day, Luo Zhang can finally rest.
After drinking tea and eating some fruits, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How is the prince's situation? Is there any news?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince's butler has taken away food from Yanlailou in the past few days with a total value of more than 400,000 taels. According to your instructions, I have not charged a penny for the time being. However, the butler also said that there is no money for the current turnover. Waiting for this batch Once the items were sold, the account was settled, so I didn’t say anything more!" Zhao Tianhu explained.
"What about the sales of highland barley wine? I asked you to get two kinds of packaging. How are the sales now?" Luo Zhang continued to ask. After all, the money he collected today did not include the sales of highland barley wine, so he naturally had to ask.
"The sales of highland barley wine are very good. I still follow the method you mentioned. Only one hundred bottles are sold every day. Ninety bottles are in ordinary packaging and the price is relatively close to the people. The other ten bottles are in Jiulong ice jade glass bottles. , the price is not cheap.”
"In this way, rich people can buy packaged ones, and those who don't have money can buy ordinary ones. But even so, the supply is still in short supply. Brother, I think selling a hundred bottles is still too little. It is difficult for ordinary people to buy one bottle. , most of them were bought by those family members, they couldn’t buy them at all!!”
"And even if they buy it, they will sell it to those big family members to make a profit!" Zhao Tianhu explained.
"Isn't this great? Ordinary people can make some money from this, and people from big families can get wine. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone. Everyone is happy. As for the quantity, let's increase it to two hundred bottles a day. Jiulong Bingyu Glaze If the price of bottle packaging is increased by 50%, those rich people are not short of money anyway, so they won’t care if the price is increased by 50%!" Luo Zhang explained.
"Yes, little brother!" Zhao Tianhu chuckled.
"Um, little brother, when will you take away the money for the highland barley wine? It's already a lot, and it's not safe to leave it here!" Zhao Tianhu asked.
"How many are there now?" Luo Zhang asked casually.
"In another vault, there are now two million taels. You have refused to take them away. This is a lot of money!" Zhao Tianhu complained.
"What, so many?" Luo Zhang said in a daze.
