"Then I'll bring the wood."
"I can bring lead. There's also Japanese lead."
Japanese lead is zinc. It is widely used in industry. Especially galvanized sheet steel, commonly known as tinplate. It has the advantages of not easily rusting and corrosion resistance. Can be used to make roofs, roll pipes and various containers. very useful.
Here, Xiong Buyou took the time to negotiate with a deerskin seller. I learned from his mouth that he often went to Taiyuan Port in Taiwan to buy deer skins from the Dutch and then trafficked them to Southeast Asia for sale. In addition to paying the rescue fee, all the rest of his goods this time were requisitioned by the Planning Commission. Sun Xiao specially greeted Xiong Buyou and suggested that he should be promoted as a regular deerskin supplier.
Deer skin is one of the most sought-after animal leathers in East and Southeast Asia, and the transportation and sales of deer skin has even become a specialized business. Although the travelers don't know why deerskin is so popular, they also need this skin to make indispensable transmission belts in industry.
The atmosphere infected the people around who were not interested at first, and everyone started asking about what items were needed here and could be sold for cash. For these small businessmen, although they can make huge profits by doing business overseas like Baht City, they still have to cross seas and waves. The journey lasts for several years, which is dangerous and full of unknown factors. It's much easier when you come to Lingao. Although you earn less, you can run several times a year and the risk is less, so it's still cost-effective in total.
Life is saved, money is generally guaranteed, and there are still opportunities to make money in the future. This group of small businessmen who were still fighting in a frenzy a few days ago are now in a much better mood. Everyone was eager to return home, and they all asked if there were any ships returning to Qiongshan or Guangzhou in the harbor recently.
"Gaoguang Shipping Company has sold shipping tickets to Qiongshan and Guangzhou, and there are discounts for cargo consignment. Packing is done on behalf of customers, and the ship with 400 materials is not bumpy. The whole process is escorted by senior escorts from the Weiwei Escort Bureau, so that you and your cargo can sit back and relax. --"
As the salesmen of Gaoguang Shipping Company held paper trumpets and shouted incitingly, the merchants who had received the goods rushed to buy tickets for consignment. It is also part of this maritime system reform that the navy no longer sends ships to escort victims home. From now on, all such matters will be handled by the private "Gaoguang Shipping Company". People taking the boat buy their own tickets.
There were also unlucky people who lost everything and had nothing in their hands. Their tickets were paid for by the Civil Affairs Committee. Charity was originally one of the tasks of the civil affairs department.
A few small traders who had absolutely nothing simply stayed in Lingao. Tang Zheng was one of several such small traders. He had very little capital and sold coarse porcelain jars, half of which were destroyed when the ship ran aground. , and when the pirates boarded the ship to rob it, they destroyed all the rest - the pirates suspected that there were valuable goods hidden inside.
Tang Zheng, who invested all his wealth in this overseas adventure, was completely desperate, because part of the capital was borrowed from relatives and neighbors, and now he was completely bankrupt. Although the Australians were willing to pay for the ferry tickets on their behalf. He was too embarrassed to return to his hometown due to the financial burden. He heard that Australians were recruiting workers everywhere and the pay was pretty good, so he simply stayed.
The surviving sailors on the five-masted ship participated in a mobilization meeting chaired by Li Haiping, and most of them were eventually mobilized to join the navy. For the rest who were determined not to do so, the people's committee members were responsible for paying for their tickets to go home. The fire chief of the five-masted ship who was injured in the pirate attack received special treatment and has recovered to health after careful treatment at Bairen General Hospital. In addition to being able to take a boat back to Qiongshan County for free, I was also rewarded with some small items. In addition, Xiong Buyou also prepared four-color gifts and a letter, asking him to deliver them to the owner and cargo owner of the five-masted ship, the gentry Hai Shuzu of Qiongshan County.
After hearing the results of this transaction, Wen Desi asked: "I am in favor of attracting businessmen to come to Gao to do business. But is there any pressure on our payment situation? Since the establishment of Delong Bank in Guangzhou, the return of silver has been Much less. I’m afraid I don’t have enough reserves.”
Foreign merchants definitely don't want circulation coupons, and they have to pay in real money, just like this time when they purchased the goods from small merchants.
"There is not much pressure. These merchants are transporting low-value products. Our current silver reserves are sufficient. For large payments, we can use Delong's draft. It will be accepted by Delong Bank in Guangzhou." Yan Ming reported .
"Mr. Wen, don't worry. Even if you pay real money, I'm sorry they can't bring Lingao away!" Mo Xiao'an said with confidence.
"What are you going to do?" Wen Desi looked at him suspiciously. Mo Xiaoan knew that he had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly explained:
"What I mean is, let them exchange money for goods, so that there is no silver - it is equivalent to barter trade."
"Does the Ministry of Light Industry have this ability? If you want to sell it to someone, you don't have to!" Wen Desi expressed doubts. It was quite difficult to impress Chinese consumers in the Ming and Qing dynasties. At that time, the materials that could be exported to China on a large scale included gold and silver, but also dry goods such as shark fins, bird's nests, and sea cucumbers. Or some special local products.
From D-day to the present, the only bulk export materials that the Crossing Group can export are salt and sugar.
"No problem." Mo Xiao'an said. They have now successfully trial-produced a variety of products, and are now expanding their factory buildings and adding equipment, and will soon be able to form mass production capabilities for a variety of products.
"Okay, it depends on you." Wen Desi said, "Our current bulk commodity exports have the problem of a single variety, over-reliance on luxury goods and one sweet and one salty export. This export situation is very unhealthy. Vigorously develop The export of light industrial products is the focus at this stage. You must spend more time on the development of new products. You must take into account different market demands - exports to Southeast Asia, Europe and exports to the mainland must be differentiated. It is best to form a stable price A mix of high, medium and low-end. In this regard, you should listen more to the opinions of the Guangzhou Station and the Foreign Commerce Committee. They know more about the market in this time and space."
"I understand." In order to show that he attached great importance to President Wen's words, Mo Xiao'an took notes.
"We need to do more deep processing and develop high value-added products. Don't do anything like Liancheng dried sweet potatoes - you can make some for yourself."
"OK."
Mo Xiaoan returned to his office and looked at a pile of new product trial production schedules on the table. He is not worried about any new products - there are so many new products that have been successfully trial-produced recently. But choosing what to put into production is a difficult matter.
He understood what Mr. Wen meant, but what were the people of Ming Dynasty interested in? This is no better than the Works Energy Commission. Make it what you want to use. The Ministry of Light Industry manufactures things that "may be used". It doesn't matter if we do trial production now, the big deal is that we can't sell it for our own consumption. Once it is put into mass production and unsaleable, it will mean huge waste, and I, the People's Commissar of Light Industry, will not be able to escape the blame.
Among the major traditional time-travel artifacts, glass products—including mirrors, glassware, and flat glass—have become regular, with a certain amount of sales every month. But except for mirrors, sales of glassware and flat glass were limited. Obviously, the small businessmen in Laigao will not have any interest in these luxury goods.
Matches are not technically complicated. After a large amount of struvite from Dongsha Island arrived, Ji Sixui was already organizing people to make red phosphorus - not for making matches, but for the production of smoke bombs and chemicals for the military. The Ministry of Phosphoric Acid and Metallurgy plans to use it to trial-produce phosphor bronze, which can be used as a material for making bars and springs. It is a new material that the Industrial Energy Commission focuses on.
In contrast, it is difficult to say whether his matches can be ranked. Mo Xiao'an himself went to the countryside several times to do research and other things. He saw that the local aboriginals used flint and sickles when making fire, and they also simply kept fire in the furnace all year round, which was not difficult to use. It is a question of how big the market is for my matches.
"Chief, it's time to eat." The person who spoke was an administrative trainee from the Ministry of Light Industry. He called Mo Xiao'an for today's meal. Originally, according to Xiao Zishan's regulations, indigenous personnel were not allowed to enter the canteen of travelers, whether it was to help cook, deliver food, or prepare meals. But as time went by, this rule gradually became obsolete. A small number of "qualified" indigenous personnel are now allowed to enter the canteen.
Mo Xiao'an looked at the dishes in the basin and felt that he had no appetite - it was seafood again, and eating this food almost drove him crazy. Suddenly he saw fried sea intestines with scallion oil on the plate.
"Sea sausage!" He suddenly thought of a book he had read in the past. The protagonist did not make matches or burn glass, so he processed sea intestines into powder and sold it as MSG...
"MSG!" Mo Xiaoan felt that he had made a great discovery. During the last meeting on the comprehensive utilization of sweet potatoes at a food factory, Huang Dashan said that sweet potatoes can be used to make MSG. But after I made kvass, I didn’t mention it again. I don’t know if he made MSG or not.
"MSG? Of course I did it, otherwise what do you think you ate in the canteen?!" Huang Dashan said angrily on the phone, "Are you considered a People's Commissar of the Ministry of Light Industry? Food factories rarely see you. A human figure!”
"This...because I'm very busy...in meetings..."
"Stop being official, you'd better go to the food factory and have a look before talking about it. Who can make a fuss over the phone when talking about export commodities?"
I haven't been to the food factory for more than ten days. Huang Dashan has been managing it for the past two weeks. This is a bit regretful - Huang Dashan's job is to cultivate bacterial strains. He also works as a pharmaceutical factory. If he continues to run this food factory, he will not be able to do it, and he may not be able to do his best.
I also thought that as the People's Commissar of the Ministry of Light Industry, the food factory is a key subordinate enterprise of this department and is closely related to the lives of the people. If the results are achieved, everyone can see them. If there is a problem, the reputation will be ruined...
Mo Xiao'an's expression became serious when she thought of this: she neither understands the food processing industry nor the business management of a food factory. There is no way to eat without a corpse, so it is better to find a full-time factory director to take charge. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand food processing technology.
After thinking for a long time, I thought of Xun Suji. Because this person has a chef certificate, he has been working in the canteen since he logged in. The establishment was at the Agricultural Committee, because he also grew vegetables part-time, and he was quite versatile - Mo Xiao'an remembered that when he was in the canteen, he made homemade salted duck eggs and bad eggs, and also made pickles and kimchi. His skills were quite good. Since he is a chef and can make snacks, he is certainly not an amateur in charge of a food factory.
So Xun Suji was dispatched to the food factory with just a transfer order. Xun Suji was pleasantly surprised by this sudden appointment as the director of the food factory. I am delighted that I have become a leading cadre from an ordinary member of the public. In the executive committee's informal ranking list, the director of a food factory is equivalent to a third-level leader. He is also the head of a small department. I was shocked that I was a boring otaku. I had always been managed and represented by others, but now I had to manage others and represent others. It seemed to be a bit more difficult. More than just a little cringe.
But I thought about it once I became the head of the department. According to the rules, you can have a separate office, separate electricity consumption indicators, and if you are lucky, you can even get a secretary. Not to mention anything else, this single electricity consumption indicator is worth thousands of dollars. At least the computer can be used until o point. Thinking that his box full of private goods could finally be seen by Tianri Xunsuji, this otaku's face burst into laughter. Colleagues in the cafeteria also came to congratulate one after another. At noon, Xun Suji personally cooked a few dishes and bought a bottle of rum from the cafe. Xiao Zishan was very considerate when he sent someone to deliver the dispatch order. The package came with a special supply coupon for a bottle of rum and packs of cigarettes.
A promotion is always a happy occasion, and it's always good to celebrate, and it's always nice to have something to add the icing on the cake. Xiao Zishan's favor was free of charge. The thing belonged to the executive committee, but the favor became his. Until many years later. "Unforgettable special supply coupons" are often mentioned in many people's "revolutionary memoirs".
Everyone ate and drank. Xun Suji had to go to the factory in the afternoon and was afraid of leaving a bad impression on Mo Xiaoan, so he stopped drinking after only a few drinks. It made everyone lively.
The canteen was not far from the food factory, so Xun Suji decided to go and see the situation in the factory before moving.
When Xun Suji came to the food factory, the starch workshop here had been completed and was in operation. The potato washing machine designed and manufactured by Jiang Ye was rolling. Hundreds of kilograms of sweet potatoes were floating up and down in the cement tank with the rollers. . Not far from the potato washing machine, there are several different machines installed, all making rumbling sounds. Above his head, a drive shaft carefully machined into a standard circle was rotating rapidly, using a belt to drive the machinery and equipment in the workshop.
The belt on the drive shaft is connected to the gearbox next to the machine, and the gearbox uses belt or gear transmission to drive the flywheel of the machine. Through the variable box, the operator can easily adjust the operation degree of each piece of equipment and stop the machine at any time.
"You! Be careful, don't touch the belt!" Xun Suji was looking around. Someone shouted from behind. Shuddering with fright, he turned around and saw that it was Huang Tianyu who was sitting in front of a large window in the workshop. Behind him were two apprentices squatting, wearing blue work clothes, each carrying a large tool bag, and one of them was carrying a A large enamel teapot, and another carrying a thermos.
Xun Suji quickly and carefully walked to a safer place.
"Who are you? What are you doing here in the car room?"
"I'm Xun Suji, the new factory director." He took out the dispatch order from his pocket.
"It turns out that the factory director has arrived, and he is too blind to see the truth! I'm sorry for this." Huang Tianyu joked, "You don't need to give this dispatch order to me, it's for Mo Xiao'an, he will be here soon."
"You almost scared me to death when you shouted." Xun Suji was still frightened, "It can't be like this..."
"You are still the director of the factory. You have no sense of safety at all. Why are you wandering around in the workshop?" Huang Tianyu expressed contempt for him. "The day before yesterday, someone in the workshop was caught by a belt and seriously injured. He was just sent to the hospital. Just died. The whole workshop stopped for four hours."
"Ah? There is such a thing."
"That's right, it's right where you were standing just now. The apprentice didn't pay attention, hit the belt and was beaten out - it was tragic." Huang Tianyu shook his head sadly.
Xun Suji's hair stood on end, so dangerous? It seems that this factory director is not easy to be.
"You've never been in a factory, have you?"
"No - my main job is as a cook."
"That's right. For those who have been in a workshop, the first thing a master will teach you is to pay attention to safety in the workshop."
"It seems that a production safety education activity will be held soon."
"It's not very useful. Let alone here, safety education is taught every day in several workshops of our Work Energy Commission, and there have been more than one work-related injuries." Huang Tianyu said, "Indigenous workers feel that they have no idea about safe production. .”
It did feel like this. Xun Suji thought of the several indigenous workers who helped cook in the canteen. They worked hard but carelessly.
Xun Suji suddenly remembered something: "Old Huang, you are so free, why do you stay in the workshop of a food factory?"
"Do you recognize me?" Huang Tianyu was a little strange. He didn't remember that he knew this person.
"Of course, I work in the cafeteria, who doesn't know me?"
"That's right. I'm here for the transformer in this workshop -"
Before he finished speaking, a violent vibration was heard next to a certain machine. An operator quickly went up, moved the operating lever, and stopped the transmission.
"Here we go again." Huang Tianyu raised his hand and looked at his watch, then checked the records, "This time the continuous trouble-free time has been increased to 37 hours. There is progress." He waved his hand, "Disciples, follow me. Come!" The two apprentices quickly followed with tool bags, big teapots and towels.
"Why do you come to the food factory, just for these things." Huang Tianyu said as he dismantled the transmission box, cleaned out several damaged gears from inside, and carefully found out the broken teeth and compared them one by one. Then he said a few words to the apprentice, who quickly took a new one from the cabinet in the corner.
"This batch of gears in the transmission box are truly 'Lingao Yi', and the quality is very good." Huang Tianyu said, "I have to keep an eye on the situation here so that I can make improvements!~!
