When he saw the piles of yarn in the warehouse, and then looked at the warehouses in the distance, Dai Lin was already numb.
"Including the upfront investment, the cost of yarn production here is one-thirtieth of that of traditional yarn. The greater the output in the future, the lower the cost, and the quality is guaranteed."
The two of them sat casually in the pile of goods. Li De picked up a bundle of yarn and deliberately pulled it with his hands to show Dai Lin.
Since he wanted to do it, Li De didn't bother to produce any semi-finished products, and directly hatched a complete spinning industry chain: cotton cleaning, carding and spinning. Otherwise, there is only spinning machine. If the preliminary work is not done well, no matter how fast the Jenny machine is,
It can only produce defective products, and it will also affect the production speed.
If that were the case, the only way to enter the market would be to fight a price war, leaving an impression that the products were cheap and inferior. Unlike now, when there are so many high-quality and low-priced yarns, Li De didn't believe that Dai Lin was not tempted.
"One-thirtieth?!"
Dai Lin took the yarn from Li De's hand and looked at it. Even though it was a long way across the endless sea, such a low cost still gave it an absolute price advantage in the Kingdom Continent.
Now Dai Lin really doesn't care about how to deal with the orc captives. He can deal with them how he likes. He doesn't even raise an eyebrow at how much money he wants him to pay.
A world war is over, and the Kingdom Continent is in dire straits. How much supplies are needed? How many people are unemployed because of the war?
For food, clothing, housing, and transportation, people have to wear clothes. In the past, yarn production was low and cloth was very precious. Many families have one set of clothes passed down from generation to generation, and the older brother's clothes are too small for the younger brother to wear.
Even Dai Lin knows that many high-end tailors need to remove stitches and fabric from old clothes to make new clothes.
Li De clearly gave him a golden mountain!
Friendship is friendship, and business is business. Even brothers have to settle accounts, but Li De still gave Dai Lin a fairly low price.
Of course, even so, the Hanhai Protector still earns more.
Although he had just taken Dai Lin to visit the spinning factory, Li De was completely confident that there would be no technical leakage problem. Dai Lin didn't understand technology. Besides, you said that you are a master of technology and it is shocking?
Of course, the high failure rate of goblin technology is also a problem, so Li De has planned to recruit some dwarf talents. Their technology is more clever and reliable than the goblin technology, but it is not "mighty and majestic" enough, and it is always inferior in terms of horsepower.
After Li De became an important business partner, Dai Lin took the initiative to worry about the safety of Hanhai Protector for Li De.
He had personally experienced a trade conflict not long ago. The high-quality and low-price yarn aroused the hatred of the goblin consortium and coveted it. Therefore, Dai Lin seemed to be particularly concerned about the safety of the Vast Sea Protector, and of course he was even more worried about the safety of the maritime trade routes.
"We must pay attention to the threats at sea. I know the way the goblins do things best. In addition to formally declaring war, they will also support pirates to plunder your trade routes. Do you want me to send a fleet to protect your safety?"
"I want it so much!"
Li De was just thinking about how to talk to Daelin when the other party took the initiative to offer him this big olive branch. What was he talking about with Daelin so hard? Isn't it to recognize the naval power of Kul Tiras.
There is only one third fleet in Kul Tiras, with a total displacement of 30,000 tons. The total displacement of all fleets must have exceeded the 100,000 mark, and may even be more.
Noggenfogg once said that the total displacement of Trade King Steamwheedle's fleet was about 100,000. Now it seems that Kul Tiras' navy is definitely superior to Steamwheedle!
When talking about the trade king Rongsha, Li De couldn't help but feel particularly unhappy. Hanhai Duhu's yarn was engaged in a price war in Kezan, how could Rongsha not know about it?
To put it bluntly, he is waiting and watching. This guy from Hot Sand has always only been in the raw material business. With the increase in yarn productivity, the price of the cotton this guy is stocking has also gone up!
He obviously got a lot of benefits from this, but when the Hanhai Protector was threatened, this guy actually stood by and watched?! Li De didn't believe that the Bilgewater Cartel attacked them, and Hotsand didn't know!
However, there was Dai Lin talking to him in front of him, so Li De couldn't talk about things with negative emotions toward Hot Sand.
"In fact, as long as we are on the Titan route, we don't have to worry about naval battles. Therefore, the threat of commercial competitors appears in the offshore waters of the two continents.
In the Titan Route, the only things we have to consider are those underwater creatures, fishmen, naga, and sea giants. These elusive creatures are very dangerous."
Dai Lin understood what Li De said.
"In other words, in addition to dealing with rival fleets, the ship also needs to be equipped with high-quality combat personnel to guard against those who cling to the ship in the sea?"
After all, it was clear to the old navy that when they came to Kalimdor by boat, those guys left a deep and bad impression on Li De, even though those guys provided Li De with important productivity points at that time.
"Recruiting these people is really a big problem. We all lack high-quality combat capabilities..."
Dai Lin also raised his eyebrows. Needless to say, the Protector of Hanhai has only Li De, a heroic warrior. His elite troops are capable of fighting, but the number is too small. Now it can be said that the population is limiting the development of the Protector of Hanhai.
The biggest problem.
Li De, a heroic soldier, can't always follow the merchant ships, right? And considering the volume of shipments, can a fleet be used?
As for Kul Tiras, let alone that.
Dai Lin, the naval marshal, is only slightly more powerful than ordinary elite soldiers. Although his reputation and illustrious military exploits have long qualified him as a hero, his overall military ability in naval battles is inferior.
Overall, Kul Tiras lacks strong individuals. It makes sense when you think about it. With the naval power of Kul Tiras, who is worthy of fighting them to the point of engaging in a boarding battle?
Of course, let’s not say that there are no strong people in Kul Tiras. In addition to Proudmoore, there are three major families in their country. Together, these four major families have different divisions of labor, but they all revolve around shipping:
Among them, the Stormsong family has tide sages who can communicate with the sea. However, they only take orders from Stormsong, which means that they are likely to be stuck in the deployment of manpower.
After winning the Hanhai Protector's business, Dai Lin must share the profits with other families. After all, the prosperity of maritime trade is the result of the cooperation of the four major families, and future maritime business must be jointly maintained.
But if in the subsequent trade, once Stormsong discovers that they have an irreplaceable role, it is inevitable to engage in the trick of selling for a price.
People do not suffer from inequality. If one party takes advantage and enjoys more benefits than others, that is the beginning of the balance tilting, and it will eventually fall apart.
Almost instantly, Dai Lin figured out all these twists and turns.
If Li De could learn about Dai Lin's brainstorm now, he would be extremely happy. Such a politician with a big picture view should not have lost his life to an outrageous brain circuit many years later because of the death of his son.
Perhaps it was precisely because of Daelin's death that Kul Tiras declined and the balance among the four major families was lost.
Going back to the present moment, Dailin had already discovered the problems in Kul Tiras before, so he sent his daughter to Dalaran to learn magic, hoping to bring some new fashions to Kul Tiras.
It was just the big business that suddenly fell from the sky that caught Dai Lin off guard. What could have been solved slowly became an issue that needed to be solved urgently.
But while Dai Lin was thinking hard, Li De finally decided to reveal the plan that he had been hiding for a long time.
"We can't recruit high-quality combatants, but there is one person who can."
"who?"
Dai Lin really didn't think about it for a while.
"Marshal Lothar."
"Ah? Ah! Yes, yes!"
In an instant, Dai Lin was also awakened. Lothar was truly a banner for the kingdom. During the war, many strong men responded to the call and formed the Iron Horse Brotherhood.
Even in the later stages of the war, very prestigious people such as Turayan and Khadgar were proud to call themselves "sons of Lothar"!
If Lothar can come forward to help, then many people will definitely respond to the call and join their business alliance.
In fact, as long as a large number of talents can be bundled into their interest groups, there is no need to worry about the commercial enemies in the Kingdom Continent: after all, the Kingdom Continent also has traditional giants, and the recent naval war has provided lessons.
"But will Lothar agree?"
Even though he guessed that Li De and Lothar were political allies, he still didn't know how close their relationship was. Would Lothar, the dignified alliance commander who had never been exposed to business, be interested in this?
"To be honest, the Marshal and I have already made a plan. Regarding the issue of how to deal with Alterac, the Marshal will propose that he take military control of Alterac and sideline Perenolde.
The climate of Alterac is similar to that of Khaz Modan. We will try to introduce high-quality sheep breeds from the dwarves and establish an origin to specialize in the production of precious cashmere, targeting the noble market.
Perenold has been captured by us in Stormwind City before. Once the matter here is dealt with, he will return to the Kingdom Continent immediately to help the marshal in running this matter.
What to do with Ork prisoners of war? Never important."
Dai Lin was so shocked that he was stunned for a while before he suddenly patted Li De on the shoulder.
"Okay! You guys are too bold! A captain actually dares to plot against a country! I asked you why you were in a hurry to join Lothar on Chaoluo Island. You had already thought about it before returning to the Kingdom Continent.
Bar!"
Although he said this, Dai Lin's eyes were full of smiles. Lothar had been involved in this for a long time before he did. Li De also smiled and shook his head.
"Actually, I only came up with this plan during the naval battle."
After saying that, both of them leaned back in the yarn and laughed happily.
At this moment, Haggard, who had been guarding the door, knocked gently on the door. Except for him and Nogfogg, everyone else was standing ten meters away, so the conversation inside was absolutely
Secret.
"What's wrong?"
Li De knew that if there was nothing important, the outside would not disturb them at this time.
Haggard did not answer, but when he heard the conversation inside stopped, he signaled the soldiers outside the security circle to come in. Then, Li De in the warehouse heard a loud report from the soldiers outside the door.
"Another fleet appeared at sea and approached the port, with the flag of the Hot Sand Consortium flying on the ship!"