Zhen Xing and others took over Su Shuang's cargo list, which recorded what goods Tianzhu lacked and the quantity of the goods. These people had been to Tianzhu several times and had a general understanding of what Liu Bei lacked and what else he could lack during the war.
It's nothing more than armor, knives, guns, swords, halberds, or food, cloth and other things. Looking at the huge amount of goods on the list, they can make more than a billion dollars on this trip. Zhen Xing and the others are secretly happy, Liu Bei I want to fight hard in Tianzhu!
Since the end of the war between Daqian and Dahan, they have never accepted such a huge list. It is true that only during wars can one make a fortune.
Zhen Xing discovered something strange at this time and asked: "Lathes, planers, milling machines, steam looms, steam locomotives, the general also wants to build a machinery factory? These machines cannot be used without senior craftsmen. Could it be that Tianzhu Do your craftsmen also understand these steam engines?"
Su Shuang smiled and said: "Not long ago, a group of students from the Mechanical University joined the General. They said that they could only make some machine-made things. In order to let them learn something good, the General also decided to purchase these machines. In Tianzhu Start a machine shop!”
Zhen Xing was surprised and said: "The general is really good. Since he can even recruit students from the Mechanical University, you must know that they are the proud ones of heaven. They are all arrogant. My father tried to recruit several students, but he was eaten up. Dropped to the ground!"
Businessmen in Daqian also saw the efficiency of the steam age. Many businessmen customized steam textile machines and other mechanical equipment. The maintenance and upkeep of these equipment naturally required the help of students from the Mechanical University.
In order to reduce costs or want to invest in the machinery manufacturing industry, many big businessmen with big money also want to recruit students from mechanical universities and want to use them.
But most of these students at the Mechanical University were originally elites from powerful Han clans, or were elites trained by Xu Wei in the past ten years.
Xu Wei has already given them a good future and treatment, so he naturally disdains the bribery of these businessmen.
Especially for the wealthy nobles of the Han Dynasty, the merchants of Daqian were originally their white gloves and slaves. They relied on Daqian to make a fortune and broke away from their shackles.
The descendants of the noble family of the Han Dynasty already had objections to them, but now these former slaves actually want to climb on top of them and ask them to do things. They think it is definitely a treasonous thing, and many people even drove them away in anger to recruit them. people.
Faced with this situation, businessmen in Daqian are self-aware and can only find ways to let their children enter mechanical universities, or learn mechanical knowledge from other people who understand machinery and cultivate their own talents.
That's why Zhen Xing and the others were surprised by Liu Bei's actions. They tried to recruit several students who knew mechanics before, but they couldn't recruit them. Liu Bei actually had hundreds of students take the initiative to join him. Now he wants to open a machinery factory. The gap is huge. It even makes them envious, jealous and hateful.
Fortunately, they all came to Tianzhu to make money, and they quickly suppressed their jealousy towards Liu Bei.
Zhen Xing thought for a while and said: "These machines are already expensive in Daqian. They have to be transported to Tianzhu via tens of thousands of miles of sea. The upkeep and maintenance are extremely troublesome. The freight is higher than the price of the machines. If we transport them here, If so, I'm afraid the price will be high, but I need to make an agreement with my brother in advance, this is not because we want to deceive the general!"
Zhang Shiping nodded and said: "I naturally know this. The general is willing to buy these machines at a price five times that of Daqian."
Zhen Xing and the others nodded: "This business is only for five times the profit. After all, we have traveled tens of thousands of miles. It is not worthwhile if we don't make several times the profit!"
After talking like this, Zhang Shiping took them to see the nobles and monks in Tianzhu.
This time Zhang Shiping summoned tens of thousands of nobles and monks from Tianzhu, and then said to Zhen Xing and others: "These are my carefully selected servants. Each one has a special skill, and I guarantee that you will get value for money."
Zhen Xing and the others also believe that, after all, they are from a noble family, and at worst they can be regarded as management talents. Even if they are trash who cannot manage, they should be able to farm, and as long as they can farm, they are talents for the island owners of the South China Sea. No There are savages everywhere in the South China Sea. Compared with these savages, farmers are all high-level talents.
Then these merchants bought all the nobles of Tianzhu for 100 yuan for you and 100 yuan for me. They loaded all these people on the sea ships and divided them among them. This transaction was considered completed.
Then Zhen Xing and the others packed enough water and supplies and left Tianzhu in their own fleet.
Zhang Shiping and his two colleagues were also calculating the profits from this transaction. They were calculating quickly, and finally they breathed a sigh of relief after checking the numbers.
Zhang Shiping said: "Relying on the nobles of Tianzhu, we have offset about 300 million yuan of goods. The servant trade in Tianzhu is very promising. If the quantity is increased by 10 times, the income and expenditure of the General's Mansion can be balanced. My precious metals It won’t be lost.”
Tianzhu's unbalanced trade has always been a worry for both Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping. Tianzhu loses billions every year. Even if Tianzhu has gold, mountains and silver seas, the loss is not enough. But now they are selling Tianzhu servants, and they can actually see their income and expenditure. Balanced hope.
Su Shuang nodded and said: "Tianzhu has a large population. A few hundred thousand fewer people does not matter. However, selling these nobles to Daqian can balance our income and expenditure. The South China Sea is called the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands, and its area is not larger than that of Daqian." It's not that bad. Daqian wants to develop the South China Sea. Even if the entire population of Daqian is filled in, it won't be enough. This business should last for decades. As long as the general captures 100,000 prisoners of war every year, our income and expenditure can be perfectly balanced. .”
After completing the transaction, Zhang Shiping took the account books to New Seoul and handed them to Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei saw the figure of more than 300 million in income, he was both excited and ashamed. He was excited because the servant trade could become the pillar industry of the new Seoul.
The shame is because he originally wanted to revitalize the Han Dynasty, but he did not expect that now he has become the slave owner he hated most.
But Yuan Ji didn't care. What kind of family is it without tens of thousands of servants? There were 100,000 servants in Yuzhou to serve his Yuan family. Now this servant trade is nothing to Yuan Ji.
He was just surprised that Daqian had a large demand for people. You must know that in the old Han Dynasty, he refused to accept many refugees who wanted to be his servants in the Yuan family.
Yuan Ji asked: "The average price of these servants reaches 30,000, and the number will increase tenfold in the future. Can Dagan people accept this price?"
Zhang Shiping nodded and said: "This price will only rise and fall in a few decades. We have too few seagoing ships to intervene in this purchase. Otherwise, we can make more!"
Liu Bei said: "Let these maritime merchants earn this money!"
Then Liu Bei seemed to have figured it out and said: "All this money will be used to buy Daqian's arms. This year I will destroy the Satavahana Kingdom!"