Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the establishment of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is a competition with the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, especially the proprietors behind the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce are bandits from Hutou Village. The Xu family has repeatedly incited the government to go to Hutou Village to suppress bandits, and the two sides have quite a lot of hatred. deep.
Choosing to join the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is tantamount to breaking away from the Dongshan Association. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies.
Dongshan is relatively calm on the surface, but everyone knows that the revenge of the Xu family and Dongshan Society will come soon.
However, for the past seven or eight days, there has been no movement from the Xu family and the Dongshan Association, which puzzled the directors and members of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce.
"It's been several days. Why is there no movement from Dongshan Club? This is not like Xu Youcai's style. He wouldn't be too sick to take action against us!" Yang Yuqian frowned.
Li Lidong on the side said: "We all know who Xu Youcai is. Even if he is lying in bed, as long as he is still breathing, he will never let the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce develop, and will definitely take action against us and the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce. .”
"What Mr. Li said is right," Fatty Xu said, "We usually have to be more prepared. When the iron furnaces of our Dongshan Chamber of Commerce are renovated, it will be too late for Xu Youcai and Dongshan Chamber of Commerce to take action."
Yang Yuqian said worriedly: "I'm still worried. Xu Youcai has controlled Dongshan Club for so many years, and his strength should not be underestimated. What's more, there are so many iron factory owners standing with him. The less he takes action, the more uneasy I feel."
Fatty Xu said, "Dr. Liu has sent iron yard guards to the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce's iron yard. With these iron yard guards here, the safety of us people can still be guaranteed."
"These iron yard guards under Liu Dongzhu are good, but Dongshan Chamber of Commerce has to bear all the expenses for wages and armor. It costs too much money!" Yang Yuqian began to feel sorry for the money spent on the iron yard guards.
"There is also the issue of food." Li Lidong also said, "The Chamber of Commerce requires miners to have a meal with oil stars every day, and the iron yard guards must have a meal of meat every day. How much money is wasted in total."
The Dongshan Chamber of Commerce has a set of management requirements for the iron yard. First, the meals for absentees must be changed.
Nowadays, except for the iron yard in Hutouzhai, the miners in the Dongshan Iron Works eat the same as pig food. This can be changed according to the requirements of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce. The iron yard with the fewest miners has several hundred people. Food for so many people requires more food. Incur a lot of expenses.
Fatty Xu said: "The iron yard guards are to protect the iron yard. It costs more money, but it is worth it. Your two iron yards also have guards, but can your guards defeat the official army?"
"I'm not rebelling, so why should I fight with the army?" Yang Yuqian muttered.
Fatty Xu sneered: "It's not that I look down on the guards you raised. They are very capable of bullying the miners. But if you really encounter such ruthless people, they are just a bunch of trash."
This time Yang Yuqian was speechless.
Both he and Li Lidong knew that the guards in their iron yard could only bully the miners, and they could not compare with the guards in Liu Heng's iron yard, who were powerful figures who beat the officers and soldiers to pieces.
Fatty Xu continued: "You don't have to worry about food. After the iron yard is successfully renovated, the dividends each of us will receive will be much larger than now. Do we still lack the food of the miners who have the time to worry about these things? , it is better to think about how Xu Youcai and Dongshan Association will deal with our Dongshan Chamber of Commerce."
In his eyes, these are just small amounts of money, and the only ones that really worry him are Xu Youcai and Dongshan Club.
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The iron yards are undergoing iron furnace renovation in an orderly manner, and the first ones to be renovated are several small iron yards belonging to the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce.
There are only a limited number of furnaces that can transform iron furnaces. There are fewer iron furnaces in small iron yards, so it is easier to complete the transformation. At present, the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is not able to transform the iron furnaces in all iron yards at the same time.
However, when renovating the iron furnaces in small iron yards, new furnace masters were trained at the same time to prepare for the reconstruction of several large iron yards in the future.
Boss Wang is a shareholder of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, and the first thing to be renovated this time is his iron yard.
His iron yard has two iron furnaces, one large and one small. The large furnace is being renovated. The small furnace will be demolished and rebuilt into a large furnace in the future.
"Proprietor Wang, congratulations. Looking at the progress, it will be completed in two days. By then, your ironworks, proprietor Wang, will be the second ironworks that uses coke to make iron." A proprietor of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce said enviously.
His iron yard also has two iron furnaces, but they are both large furnaces, and they were renovated behind the boss Wang in front of him.
Proprietor Wang smiled and said: "We are all happy together. In the future, the iron furnaces of our Dongshan Chamber of Commerce will be renovated. This time, all the proprietors were humble and allowed me to take the lead. But don't worry, it will be your turn soon. .”
Ever since the Hutouzhai iron yard used the coke iron-making method to produce high-quality iron, the owners of the iron yard in Dongshan have been eyeing the Hutouzhai iron yard, hoping that one day they would be able to obtain the coke iron-making technology, but no one expected that. The one who came out on top was actually Wang Shuochen, the proprietor of the small iron factory in Dongshan.
If you transform it first, you can get more dividends first.
Nowadays, except for the iron yard in Hutou Village, the other iron yards have not renovated their iron furnaces. Most of the furnaces produce ordinary Jin iron, and the dividends are naturally based on ordinary Jin iron.
Everyone in the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce knows that coke ironmaking has high output, good quality, higher prices, and much greater profits. Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, both directors and ordinary shareholders, hope to carry out iron furnace renovations earlier, so that the original The iron furnace belonging to the family was transformed into an iron furnace for coke ironmaking.
When it comes to self-interest, no one cares.
The newly renovated iron furnace can only be used in two days. Other owners of the iron yard from the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce did not stay long and left one after another. They only waited for the day when the remodeling was completed and the furnace was re-opened.
After sending these people away, Wang Shuochen returned to the iron yard and looked at the regenerator that had been built. Miners were using fire to dry the wet mud on it.
"My boss, someone is looking for me. They say they are from the county town." A miner leader came to Wang Shuochen.
"In the future, you will call me in charge, not your boss." Wang Shuochen reminded him, and then said, "Bring the person to the accounting room first."
The miner who delivered the message left.
Wang Shuochen did not go back to the accounting room immediately. Instead, he stood by the regenerator for a while before going to the accounting room.
As soon as he entered the accounting room, he saw two people sitting in the room, one of whom was the housekeeper next to Xu Youcai.
He hurriedly took two steps and said politely: "Butler Xu, why are you here in person? As long as you send someone to notify me, I will go to the county seat to see you immediately."
"It's too eye-catching for you to go to the county seat at this time." Butler Xu said, "The master is urging you urgently. Let me ask you, how is the coke ironmaking technology going?"
"It's almost done." Wang Shuochen said, "On the day when the furnace is opened, as long as there is no problem in discharging iron, the original furnace master in my iron yard can renovate the iron furnace himself."
Butler Xu nodded with satisfaction and said: "As long as we get the coke iron-making technology, our master will definitely not miss your share of the benefits. Then the position of vice president of Dongshan Society will be yours."
"Thank you Master Xu for me." Wang Shuochen clasped his hands in fists.
"Okay, I won't stay any longer, so as to save people from recognizing you." Butler Xu said, "I'm going back to wait for good news from you, Boss Wang."
Wang Shuochen said: "Tell Mr. Xu, don't worry."
Butler Xu nodded and led the people out of the iron yard.
