Wait for him to push the cart and return to the village with his wife and son.
Smoke has already risen in the village!
The aroma of wine, meat, and food wafted out, which was extremely tempting.
The village where Wu Laoliu and his family lived was a specialized military village, in which were all low-level officers of similar rank to him.
Due to the high treatment given to the troops by the Liberation Army, the quality of life in military-affiliated villages has always been very good.
Houses are purpose-built and have uniform specifications.
A large blue brick house with a small courtyard.
The main house, side rooms, side rooms, firewood room, kitchen, toilet, etc. are all available.
There is a simple clinic in the village, so it is very convenient for military families to seek medical treatment.
There is also a small school, but it only accepts children of military family members or martyrs, and provides free education to these children.
The strong combat effectiveness and tenacious fighting will of the Liberation Army were obtained in exchange for such high treatment.
The family sat around and finished dinner, and Wu Laoliu began to study his son's homework for the school exam.
"I just suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated!"
"Last time I had a chance to be promoted. If it weren't for Lao Liu's stupid cultural class scores that were better than mine, you and I would be the company commander now!"
"Now that the living conditions of you little brats have improved, you must not forget about studying!"
"Come on, let me take a good test of your homework!"
Wu Laoliu gathered his son over, found his son's textbook, and began to take the school exam.
Wu Laoliu's son had a grimace on his face, mumbling and unable to answer the several questions his father asked one after another.
Wu Laoliu's wife sat aside and, after clearing away the bowls, was busy with her sewing.
While looking at his man and the doll with a smile, he stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
Perhaps this kind of life is not luxurious enough, but it is full of the warmth of home!
For a veteran like Wu Laoliu, he has seen too much killing and blood, and his hands are stained with too much life.
When he is resting, what he needs most is not enjoyment and indulgence, not a luxurious life, but the warmth of home.
His wife's concern, his children's incompetence, the trivial things at home...
This kind of life may not be ideal, but it is reality!
…
As the New Year is getting closer, Zhu Hongyu finally has some time to rest.
On this day, he took Zheng Chenggong with him to inspect the supply and marketing cooperative of the Liberation Army.
Soap, perfume, fine wine, glass mirrors, various daily necessities, including grain, salt, sugar, spices, salted fish, cured meat, cooking oil and other foods...
The dazzling array of products inside made Zheng Chenggong feel his eyes were opened.
But what amazed Zheng Chenggong the most was cloth and ironware, two low-priced and even somewhat magical best-selling commodities in the supply and marketing cooperative.
In this era, cloth and ironware are absolute best-sellers!
It's the kind that as long as you can make it, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it.
Due to productivity factors, the prices of ironware and cloth in this era have always remained high.
Especially ironware!
You know, if iron is melted, it can be used to make weapons!
The prices offered by the Liberation Army are a bit too low. Compared with the usual prices, they are actually a full 30% lower.
Zheng Chenggong was curious, could Zhu Hongyu really make money by selling cloth and ironware like this?
"My dear son-in-law, if the cloth and ironware are sold at such a price, isn't this supply and marketing cooperative operating at a loss?"
Zhu Hongyu said with a slight smile on his face.
"You won't lose money!"
"My craftsmen have improved the spinning machines and looms, greatly improving the efficiency of weaving."
"The output of cloth has increased significantly, and the production price has also been driven down!"
“Even if the price is reduced by 30%, you will still make a profit!”
When Zheng Chenggong heard this, his eyes moved, but before he could speak, Zhu Hongyu spoke.
"If Lao Taishan needs it, the military government can reduce the price by another 20% to supply Lao Taishan!"
“They are all cloths of the same quality as before!”
Zhu Hongyu pointed to the cloth in front of him.
Zheng Chenggong stepped forward and touched it, feeling the strong texture and beautiful patterns on his hands, and asked.
"How much can the military government supply per month?"
Zheng Chenggong was moved. Even if Zhu Hongyu reduced the price to him by another 20%, even if it was given to him at the price at the supply and marketing cooperative, he would make a considerable profit by selling it to Japan, North Korea, Annan and other countries.
Zhu Hongyu said with a very definite tone.
"I can produce as much as Lao Taishan wants!"
The population under the military government was limited. During this period, the price of cloth plummeted.
The demand for cloth in Luzon is almost saturated. If Zhu Hongyu wants to make money, he can only sell through sea trade.
However, the military government currently has very few merchant ships at all!
The two lucky boats were given by Zheng Chenggong.
What was left were some captured Spanish armed merchant ships. These merchant ships were organized into naval divisions by Zhu Hongyu and sent to Zheng Jun's navy for training.
The military government really can’t do sea trade!
In other words, even if it can be done, it won't be able to scale up for a while.
Because of this, Zhu Hongyu decided not to bother for the time being and chose to cooperate with Zheng Chenggong.
Use Zheng's fleet to conduct large-scale maritime trade!
Of course, even if they supplied Zheng Chenggong at half the normal market price, the military government would still make a profit, and a lot of it.
You must know that the performance of the looms and spinning machines used by the current military government is no worse than the looms and spinning machines used in the beginning of the industrial revolution in history.
The only difference is the source of power!
With these looms and spinning machines, the price of cloth has not plummeted at all, but has plummeted!
Even if it supplies goods to Zheng Chenggong at the price mentioned by Zhu Hongyu, the profit the military government can earn is still more than half.
This is the power of industry!
Zheng Chenggong suddenly understood the reason why Zhu Hongyu invited him to visit the supply and marketing cooperative today. He rolled his eyes and asked.
"What about the iron?"
The iron tools in the supply and marketing cooperative are all directly formed farm tools, but even so, the prices are shockingly low.
Zheng Chenggong came up with the idea of making iron weapons.
Zhu Hongyu said with a smile.
"As I said before, we will supply Lao Taishan at a 20% discount from the supply and marketing cooperative's price!"
"If you just want large iron ingots instead of processed farm tools, the price can be lowered even further!"
In Luzon, the price of cloth has plummeted, but the price of iron will only get lower.
The production efficiency of small blast furnaces is really high compared to the iron-making methods of this era!
Although small blast furnaces can only produce iron, they cannot make steel.
But Zhu Hongyu doesn’t know how to sell steel!
The output of steel is not high, so he still wants to keep it for himself.
All that can be sold is some worthless iron materials!
Of course, this is not valuable and is only for the Liberation Army.
Zhu Hongyu's plan was to gain profits by selling large quantities of cloth and iron materials, which would be used to raise troops and promote the scientific and technological development of the Liberation Army.
It is worth mentioning that the current research institute is already studying the possibility of converter steelmaking!
After the steam engine is manufactured, experiments in converter steelmaking will begin.
If it succeeds, mass production of steel by the Guangfu Army will no longer be a luxury.
The Liberation Army no longer had to pick and choose, and could only use steel for bayonets and flintlock firing devices.
Replacing the entire army with steel weapons may become a reality!