"I want to open several grocery stores in Iron Armor City," Li Yinguang said.
Alma was stunned for a moment, and then nodded calmly: "Okay, why did you call me?" It seemed that she was not surprised that Li Yinguang said he wanted to open a store.
Li Yinguang laughed dryly. Everyone had seen this shortcoming in the Emotional Armored City, but he didn't notice it himself.
She raised her head and glanced at Bai Youxuan. Maybe if she didn't remind herself, various grocery stores might appear in the Iron Armor City in a few days.
Slaves, coolies, and ordinary people at the bottom cannot do these things, but for these elders in the castle, it is very easy to find a place, find two people, stock up some supplies, and open a grocery store.
Everyone sees business opportunities differently, but one thing is for sure, if he can do it, then I can do it. If everyone does it, vicious competition will occur, and when the time comes, Li Yinguang wants to step in.
, to intervene again, or to take back authority, it is necessary to negotiate with these elders, and it will never be as easy and simple as it is now.
"You are the housekeeper in the Iron Armor City. If I don't ask you to come over, who will?" Li Yinguang replied with a smile.
Walking to the bilge, in the past, although Li Yinguang sometimes came down, he never stayed at the bilge for too long.
The lowest level of the Iron Armored City is divided into work area, research and development area, power area (smelting furnace area), combat area and other areas.
Among the thousands of grassroots staff, at least 80% work at the bottom level every day.
"Stop, I'm talking about you!"
Li Yinguang caught a passing worker, called him to him, and asked, "What do you want to buy most recently?"
The coolie worker was confused, knelt on the ground, and defended loudly with a sad face: "City Lord, you really have never stolen anything!"
Li Yinguang: "..."
Pfft, Lan Ling, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but laugh out loud. Li Yinguang glared at him fiercely, and his smile was so frightened that he retracted his smile.
"stand up!"
Li Yinguang stepped forward and pulled the other party up from the ground: "I didn't say that you stole anything, but I asked you what you want to buy most recently!"
Probably afraid that the other party didn't understand what he meant, he interrupted randomly and explained: "Don't you guys get your salary every month? I'm going to open a few shops, but I don't know what you want to buy. Tell me, the city lord, you
Or what do you co-workers most want to buy?"
The coolie worker raised his hand and scratched his head, smiled awkwardly at Li Yinguang and said: "I... want to buy some wine to drink. I heard that after drinking it, you can forget all the sorrows in your mind, both past and present."
"want to drink?"
Li Yinguang frowned, looked at him and asked curiously: "What worries you, tell me first. If you convince me, I will give you a bottle to try even if there is no wine to sell!"
The other party grinned innocently and said, "It's okay. My best brother died in the battle last night. The seeds in his head were all blown off by a gunshot. I couldn't even sew up his face."
The sadness and loneliness in the eyes are not fake at all!
Li Yinguang sighed, raised his hand and patted the other party's shoulder, turned to Lan Ling and said: "I will send this brother a bottle of 'Sweet Grass Vine Wine' later."
"Go ahead!"
"yes!"
The coolie worker breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left quickly.
Li Yinguang looked at the opponent's back and said calmly: "These are all loyal soldiers who have shed blood for the Iron Armored City of Castle. Let's look back and count how many of them were the original survivors and how many of them came from Manbach Town.
Among this group of people, if there are any slaves, their slave status will be cancelled, and they will be issued the status of residents of the Castle, employees and ordinary personnel, and promoted to 'citizens'."
He paused for a moment, thought for a while and then said: "The salary level has been promoted to three levels, and you will enjoy the privileges of the loyal soldier level in the castle's armored city!"
No one objected, because there were only a few people left alive in the castle's armored city from the beginning. Even among the people recruited from Manbach Town, there were probably only two to three hundred people left.
Most of the rest were recruited from the Guifengshan mining area, and some were personnel from the former Manbach family's No. 5 Iron Armored City.
If the armored city is destroyed, at least 80% of the people in the armored city will be killed or injured, so their fate is tied to the armored city where they are.
These are troubled times, and human lives are not worth mentioning. In many cases, you can’t just follow whoever you want and do whatever you want. Destiny is not controlled by individuals.
"Liquor cannot be freely circulated in the Iron Armored City of the Castle. No matter whether it is a lower-level coolie or a middle- or upper-level manager, if there are no special circumstances, drinking alcohol will be severely punished. Lan Ling, you are responsible for this matter
Management, a supervision brigade will be established in the Iron Armor City from now on. The supervisory brigade leader’s authority level is tentatively designated as Level 2. He will be in charge of issues such as the daily work style of the personnel in the Iron Armor City, ranging from the elders to the ordinary slave coolies, all within the scope of supervision."
Li Yinguang said with a serious face.
There used to be hundreds or thousands of people, but now there are thousands. The number of people will definitely be more in the future. Alcohol is good, but it can also cause trouble. The reason why Guifengshan was attacked by Liegen was because we lowered our vigilance.
Therefore, if you want to survive in this strange and dangerous world of steampunk, you must not be easy-going at any time.
The alcohol prohibition was also the first hard ban promulgated by Li Yinguang after the castle was upgraded to "third rate".
Everyone, including the senior leadership, must abide by this, which shows the severity of this order.
Drinking causes trouble, so it is banned, but smoking is within a controllable range and there is no need to ban it. There are plants similar to tobacco in almost every region. These plants are cheap. Although smoking them for a long time is harmful to health, they can be used in a short time.
Smoking it internally has the effect of refreshing the brain and refreshing the mind, and is very popular among ordinary people.
At least 80% of the coolies in the bilge smoke.
As a man, Li Yinguang can understand this. Banning drinking and not allowing smoking will drive people crazy. Alcohol is an expensive resource. Even if it is banned, the opposition of ordinary people in the Iron Armor City will not be very strong. But banning smoking will not work.
.
"Build a special cigarette workshop to mass-produce finished cigarettes and purchase them uniformly. In the future, 'Gubao brand' cigarettes will be sold as commodities in 'specialized stores'. The price of each box is tentatively set at twenty-five copper bull coins!"
Li Yinguang thought for a while and then said: "No one is allowed to help people in Tiejia City buy tobacco products from outside agents. You can smoke all the ones you bought before, but you are not allowed to buy them again. In the future, tobacco will be unified by the Tiejia City Tobacco Specialty Department."
Sales supply.
Except for the 'Tobacco Specialty Stores' where you can purchase 'Castle Brand' cigarettes, in the monthly employee benefits, each person is given a box of 'Castle Brand' cigarettes every five days. If someone does not smoke, the amount is calculated as one box of 'Castle Brand' cigarettes.
Twenty-five castle coins are recycled.
In the future, the Castle Coin will be used as an internal token of the Castle Iron City, and can be consumed from various specialty stores and grocery stores, and is equivalent to the Silver Bull Coin."
Bai Youxuan, who was following behind her, couldn't help but her eyes lit up. She didn't expect Li Yinguang to be so happy and direct. Not only did he issue a ban on alcohol, but he also controlled the production and sale of tobacco in the shortest possible time. There were so many smokers in the Iron Armor City.
, so the profits from cigarettes will be huge.
Some people smoke one or two packs of cigarettes a day, and employee benefits include one pack every five days, which is obviously not enough.
The minimum salary for ordinary personnel is basically about 800 copper ox coins per month. There is a canteen in the armored city, so you don’t have to worry about three meals a day. A set of work clothes and uniforms are also issued every month, and weapons and ammunition for armed personnel are also provided.
All are provided by Iron Armor City.
Even if you live in the castle, you can still meet your basic daily needs even if you have no income.
And there is basically no place to spend the daily salary!
If Li Yinguang blocks the opening of the 'cigarette' franchise in the Iron Armor City, it will be equivalent to finding an outlet for the 'salary' flood.
Not satisfied?
Why are you dissatisfied? We will provide you with food and drinks in the iron-clad city and pay you a salary. Which other iron-clad city has such good treatment?
In addition, as employee benefits, six boxes of cigarettes are provided every month, and non-smokers can exchange them for "Castle Coins" for token storage. This means there is no charge, but it also indirectly increases their salary.
As for those who feel that it is not enough, either restrain yourself or spend money to buy it. Anyway, you have money in your hands and it will be of no use if you don’t spend it.
With the consumption scene, whether it is the silver bull coins and copper bull coins issued before, or the "castle coins" issued in the future, they will become mobile and will no longer become the decoration at the bottom of the box.
Li Yinguang looked at Alma and said: "From now on, you will be responsible for the production and franchise of 'tobacco'. From now on, tobacco will be purchased and produced uniformly. There will be no threshold for specialized stores. Anyone who is in the Iron Armor City can enter the store."
Purchase, but only with 'Castle Coins'.
Military Advisor Youxuan opened an exchange bank in the Castle Iron Armored City, allowing residents and employees in the city to exchange their silver bull coins and copper bull coins into 'castle coins'. The exchange rate is one to one, and each copper bull coin can be exchanged.
Into a castle coin.
In the future, 'Castle Coins' will also be paid out as salary. If someone needs to leave or go shopping, the exchange bank will also be responsible for exchanging the Castle Coins into silver bull coins, copper bull coins and other external currencies."
Bai Youxuan said hurriedly: "Yes, arrange for someone to do it immediately!"
With the exchange bank and the "Castle Coin" consumption place, in the future, the salaries paid to the staff of the Castle will be replaced by "Castle Coin".
The benefits are obvious. The 'Castle Coin' is a token produced by the Castle Iron City, so you can produce as much as you want. It is equivalent to 'printing money' to pay your own salary.
"The tobacco franchise, castle coins, exchange banks and grocery stores must be put on the agenda immediately. Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today!" Li Yinguang said seriously.