Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 719: Attracting Investment
Guo Jia's words made Wu Min and others suddenly realize that what they felt was right. Half of the people in the world were really missing. No wonder they always felt that they were short of manpower!
But they don't know that there is one more important reason that Guo Jia didn't mention, that is, since the beginning of the Daqian period, the people in the countryside have changed from struggling to survive to the current small landowners. Land building has attracted a large number of people in the countryside. In addition, Daqian's territory far exceeds that of the original Han Dynasty, and new territories are constantly being developed. The islands in the South China Sea are also being developed slowly by Daqian, and dozens of people need to be recruited every year. Wanqingzhuang, these measures have caused the current shortage of human resources in Dagan. If the monthly salary in the factory is not high, the people in Dagan would rather be farmers than work in the city.
Wu Min said helplessly: "We should talk to the government. The countryside has absorbed too many people. They are competing with us for population! We people provide tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the court every year. The government should take care of us!" Instead of continuing to let young people clear up wasteland and grow low-value food!"
Although the war has just ended, because the price of food in Daqian has been very stable, businessmen living in Daqian do not pay much attention to the value of food. In their view, there is already too much food in Daqian, even if it is reduced Some don’t matter!
But one person still said: "Brother, if the people in the countryside had not become rich, there would not be so many people buying our cloth and goods. Look at the goods sent to the countryside launched by the government this year. These people bought hundreds of If it hadn’t been for this, who would have known that the countryside was so rich and could buy so many of our goods, and we also made a lot of money. I can only say that this has advantages and disadvantages.”
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When Guo Jia heard this, he laughed secretly. When he wanted to make money from the people, he thought that the people were too poor. When he wanted to reduce the people's labor force, he also thought that the people were too rich and was unwilling to work for them. I am afraid that only businessmen can do this. Bid!
Then he thought again, why didn't the Han nobles have such double standards? When doing things, they felt that there were few people, and when they occupied positions, they felt that there were many people. When they used up people, they added insult to injury. If the Han nobles were not so shameless, the Han would also It will not perish so quickly.
After complaining for a long time, Wu Min also felt that it was time to get to the point, so he asked: "Brother Guo, what kind of profitable business did you come to us for?"
Guo Jiadao: "I want to invite you to go to Crab Island to open a textile factory! All brothers have textile factories in their hands, and the reason why your textile factory has not been able to beat Daqian's state-owned textile factory in recent years is because your labor costs are too high. , then your organizational level is not as good as Cai Qiao, and the scale of the textile factory is not as large as that of Mayi Textile Factory, so you brothers cannot compete with Mayi Textile Factory!"
"But if there is a place where the salary of female textile workers is only half or even less than that of Daqian, then the cost can be greatly reduced!"
Wu Min was surprised and said: "Is there such a place in Daqian? If it can be reduced to half, brother, I can drive Cai Qiao, a shrew, back home to support her husband and raise her children! Women should not come out to show themselves!"
To say that Wu Min and other textile factory owners should hate Cai Qiao the most. Back then, the profits of woolen cloth were more than doubled, sometimes even two or three times. That was the golden age of the textile industry. At that time, there was a textile company The factory is a cash cow.
But in an industry that makes money like this, Cai Qiao suddenly knocked down only about 20% of the profit. If they are not careful, they will even lose money. This is a huge gap from when they made money with their eyes closed before. Wu Min and others believe that this result is all Cai Qiao's fault!
When Guo Jia said that his salary could be reduced by half, they still couldn't believe it. You must know that Youzhou has a relatively large population. After all, it is the capital. There are more people coming to Youzhou every year, and the manpower is more abundant than other places. , but the salary cannot be reduced, because there is 100 acres of land as a guarantee. If the salary is too low, no one will be willing to work in a textile factory.
In the newly acquired areas of Daqian, the business atmosphere is even worse. Even if they can make more money by working, the local people would rather farm than work in factories. Therefore, when factories are built south of the Yellow River, labor costs are higher. high.
This is true throughout Daqian. It can be said that the land equalization system has supported the lifeline of ordinary people and given them a way out, making it difficult for budding capitalists to cruelly squeeze ordinary people!
Guo Jiadan laughed: "There is no such place in Daqian, but it does not mean that there is no such place outside Daqian. The labor price of Crab Island is very cheap. If you are willing to go to Crab Island to build a textile factory, I can ask you Brothers, I guarantee that the salary of female workers in Crab Island Textile Factory will not exceed 500 yuan."
"Furthermore, these female textile workers do not need to pay for food, accommodation, or various welfare benefits. This can greatly save your costs. I have learned about the situation in textile factories over the years. According to my calculations, a textile factory can cost half The above costs are the salary of female textile workers. If their salary can be reduced by more than half, the profit of your cloth can be increased by 20% to 30%! And this 20% to 30% profit may determine whether a textile factory will prosper or fail. of."
Guo Jia's words made these people feel happy. If there were no welfare benefits and their salaries were reduced by half, then their textile factories could really bankrupt the state-owned textile factories.
But Wu Min questioned and said: "But Crab Island is too remote. We go to the island to build a textile factory. Although the labor cost has come down, other costs have gone up. Crab Island is in the wilderness. I'm afraid you won't be able to connect there." You don’t even have looms, right? Most of your female workers are from savages. Can they weave cloth?”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Finally, Crab Island is too poor. There must be no local market for textile cloth. The cloth we spin still has to be sold to Daganlai. Although the cost is on Crab Island The cost has been reduced, but with the huge sea freight, I’m afraid the cost has not been reduced at all!”
Wu Min's words immediately made everyone present wake up. It is true that labor costs have dropped, but if other costs increase, the cost of cloth will still increase. If other costs rise more than labor costs, they may lose more.
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Although the textile factory is a labor-intensive industry, it is also a market-oriented industry. There are millions of wealthy people in Ji, and cloth can be easily sold. But if you go to Crab Island, there are savages everywhere. They produce
To whom will the cloth be sold?
But Guo Jia said: "From Crab Island to Ji, it is all by sea. The cost is more than ten times lower than the land route. It will not increase the cost too much. There is no machine in Crab Island, which is indeed a problem!"
"But it's not a serious problem. You can just buy the machine from Jidu and take it to Crab Island by sea. Although the cost of the machine will be higher, the textile machine has always been a strong and durable machine and can be used
If the cost is spread evenly over more than ten years, this small amount of money will be nothing to you."
"And the issue of female workers is nothing. When I came to power, I trained all the herdsmen women in the desert. How different are they from the savages? These herder women can be cultivated. I, the women of Crab Island, learned
How long does it take to weave? But as long as you train female workers, the cost of your cloth will soon be reduced."
"And I can also protect you. If the textile factory you established on Crab Island is not profitable, I will plead with my Lord to reduce your taxes so that your factory will not lose money. I can protect you and go to Crab Island.
Building a factory is definitely the most correct choice in this life."
After Guo Jia said this, everyone nodded again, especially the tax reduction and exemption later, which made these businessmen overjoyed. You must know that when setting up a factory in Daqian, you have to pay 30% of the value-added tax. This tax is reduced.
, their factory's profitability is not a problem at all.
The labor cost of Crab Island is low and tax deductions are available. If you use sea transportation, the cost of cloth will not increase much. Although the cost of the machine may be higher, it usually takes about 10 years to purchase the machine. If it is divided equally, the cost of the machine will be basically the same.
It's not that high, and if other costs are reduced, the tax profit of their textile factory can be increased by more than 30%.
After some calculations, these businessmen said: "If General Cao can really provide such good conditions, then we will build a textile factory on Crab Island first and get 100 textile machines there to see the effect!"
Guo Jia was overjoyed when he heard this and promised these people that he would personally take them to build the textile factory to complete all the tasks.
Not to mention that Cao Cao’s investment promotion projects are in full swing.
At the University of Mechanical Engineering, these students were also very busy at this time, and the entire university had turned into a construction site. Students were everywhere carrying materials and renovating houses. Although the weather outside was cold, it could not stop their determination to renovate their campus.
After Xu Wei led these students to create the heating system, these students were the main manpower to renovate the school building. After all, they studied mechanical manufacturing. It would be too embarrassing for these students to find other people to do it. And it was also their fault.
A place where they study and live, they also want to transform the school according to their own wishes.
Xu Wei found various materials, and then asked them to assemble these heating boilers in sections, and installed this system in the school's classrooms, libraries, school buildings where they live, and canteens for eating, so the entire school
It has become a construction site. Every student is an engineer.
Xu Wei was worried that the students he taught would be like the college students of later generations, with extremely poor practical skills, so he strengthened training in this area here, so that the mechanical university even looked like a technical school. These students even worked in the machinery factory
After working for several months, I can say that I have very strong hands-on skills.
Moreover, the school also has some machines that they usually use for experiments, and they can also complete the material processing by themselves, so during this winter vacation, the Mechanical University suddenly turned into some machine processing factories.
But Xu Weijue doesn’t think there is any problem with this. After all, most of the scientists in this era need hands-on ability. What the first scientific and technological revolution needs are scientists with strong hands-on skills. Even most of the inventions in the first scientific and technological revolution were made by craftsmen.
found!
And these students are also extremely serious about doing this work. Although they have only been studying at the school for more than half a year, many of them have already considered the school their home, and are of course very enthusiastic about building their own homes.
Now in the University of Mechanical Engineering, there are students laughing and talking every day. Although these things are hard, the students do not feel tired. On the contrary, it is such collective labor that increases their sense of identification with the school!
At this time, Cao Ang came to Xu Weidao and said: "Principal, there are many businessmen outside the school who also want to get a heating system like this. They even want to ask us to install such a system. Do you think we should go?"
Xu Wei said with a smile: "Of course I have to go. Applying what you learn has always been the purpose of our school. The heating system we built should not only stay in the school, but should be used by the entire Daqian people to improve
Their lives now have this need, why don’t we do it!”
Zhuge Liang also said at this time: "The students' elders are all from the south, and it is difficult to adapt to the climate of Jidu at this time. They also want to buy several heating systems to install in their houses."
At this time, other students also spoke one after another. They all had the same idea. They were all elders in the family and wanted to buy such a system.
The heating system has already started and became popular in a small area in Jidu. It was these students who first provided it to their relatives and friends.
Everyone who has used it says it is good, which has led to more and more people wanting to buy a heating system for the houses they live in.
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "This heating system was developed by everyone together. In this way, we will build a factory belonging to the school. The school will provide machinery and space and hold 50% of the shares. You students will also hold 50% of the shares. In the future, the heating system
You also have a share of the money earned by the system!"
Zhuge Liang hesitated and said: "It's winter vacation now, we may still have some time, but after we go to school, what will happen to the heating factory?"
Xu Wei said with a smile: "We just outsource the parts. All we have to do is assemble the system, which won't take much effort. And when you start school in the spring and winter has passed, there shouldn't be much effort."
People want to put together heating systems.”
After discussing for a while, these students agreed with Xu Wei's plan, and then Xu Wei outsourced all the parts of the heating system. When anyone wanted to buy a heater, Xu Wei took these students to assemble it at their door.
So in this winter, the wealthy businessmen of Daqian who had a little money all purchased a heating system, especially those led by Xu Wei, which made them even more flattered, and then extremely proud. After all, they were enjoying the service of Daqian's ruling party.