The first lord of the poor family

Chapter 373 Shipbuilding is expensive

Wang Dayong agreed and would handle the matter immediately.

In addition to asking the government to help investigate this kind of matter, your own caravan can also come in handy.

You must know that caravans travel all over the country to help people transport goods, and they have a very clear understanding of the situation in all parts of Daxia.

It has gradually formed its own dedicated news channel.

Especially outside the capital, the shadow guards are even more informed than Gong Yanwu.

In addition, newspapers have also set up branches in many larger cities to sell newspapers all over the country.

This will provide a large number of manpower to help investigate the news.

Lin Hai put the ship's drawings on the table.

It was getting late outside.

"Brother Yu shouldn't dare to go out during this period!" Lin Hai had a smile on his face.

After the imperial court promoted officials, Lin Hai had a hunch that the door of Yuhuashi's house would be crowded with people giving gifts.

I have experienced this situation myself, and it is extremely upsetting.

After all, if you don't hit the smiling person with your hand, you can't just hit them out when they come to give you gifts.

But the door is blocked every day, making it very inconvenient to get in and out.

As soon as they met, everyone immediately surrounded them.

It's like brown candy, you can't get rid of it even if you want to.

It is even easy for other people to generate various rumors. Even if you don't receive the gift, this matter cannot be explained clearly.

In the next few days, Lin Hai spent as much time as possible with Qiaoer and the others at home.

Then it’s about taking care of the business and trying to find ways to make more money.

The casting of cannons is also going very smoothly. One hundred cannons will definitely be completed by next year.

After the spring begins, we must first capture Tubo, and then attack the Turks.

The caravan transporting medicinal materials also returned very smoothly, earning more than 45 taels of silver.

Of course, most of them are exchanged for cattle and sheep.

These cattle and sheep were slaughtered directly at the border, and the meat was frozen into mutton rolls and brought back.

The sheepskin will also be dried and brought back to make sheepskin jackets.

The quality of sheepskin is quite good, and the leather jackets made from it are very popular in the north of Bactria.

Part of it is supplied to the border defenders so that these defenders will not be exposed to the cold.

They also specially transported a batch of pork grown in the past so that they could eat hot dumplings in winter.

The soldiers at the border were extremely grateful to Lin Hai.

After Lin Hai arrived, their living conditions improved significantly.

Not only were military salaries paid out in a timely manner, but food and clothing were much improved than before.

Now the defenders at the border can eat meat almost every day.

You can even drink two glasses of strong wine after making great achievements.

Such conditions were unthinkable in the past.

What's more important is that Daxia is now getting stronger and stronger, changing from a difficult defense to an active attack.

The safety of joining the army has been greatly improved.

The mutton was delivered back in batches, and Lin Hai breathed a deep sigh of relief.

The business of the hot pot restaurant is so good that the sheep bought from Turks are no longer available.

He has even bought all the sheep raised by the people around the capital.

It's just that the quality of mutton in Daxia is still worse than that in Turks.

Lin Hai did not hide anything from customers.

The price of meat has been lowered, allowing customers to choose freely.

The price of mutton has skyrocketed, resulting in many more farmers around the capital.

After the sheep are raised, they can be sold directly to the merchants.

After the caravan returned, the profits and taxes were calculated.

Even Gong Yanwu was shocked.The profits from selling drugs are too high.

Gong Yanwu poured the tea with her own hands and placed it in front of Lin Hai.

"I really admire you for doing business.

I made so much money in one go, and my annual income was only a few million taels of silver.

It seems that this palace is almost worth the tax of Daxia for a year. "

Lin Hai said with a smile while sipping tea: "As the saying goes, there is no wealth without business, and the profits of doing business are inherently high.

What's more, these medicinal materials are in urgent need of Turks. No matter how expensive the selling price is, they are still willing to rush to buy them.

Of course, it will be impossible to sell all the drugs that can be made in the future.

Production still has to be planned according to the Turkic population.

If you ship too much, it will drive down the price.

Only what is missing can be sold at a high price. "

"Okay, everything about doing business is up to you." Gong Yanwu said softly.

“Our business is doing quite well this time, and the caravan brought good news when it came back.

They encountered caravans from several small countries, including Jin and Khitan, in Turks.

These caravans also did business with the Turks.

After they saw our Daxia goods, they were also very interested.

I hope to be able to do business with our Daxia and purchase our goods. "

"It's all up to you, as long as you think it's suitable to do business with them, there's no problem.

Anyway, it's up to you to decide these things. "Gong Yanwu said.

Who is the most powerful in doing business in Daxia? Lin Hai dares to claim second place, but no one dares to claim first place.

“I think if you have money, you should earn more. Although Daxia’s life is much better than before.

There are so many places where money can be used.

Casting cannons only requires a few hundred thousand taels of silver, and building sea-going ships is even more expensive.

According to the scale of the large ship I envisioned, building a large ship would cost approximately 40 to 60 taels of silver. Lin Hai said.

Gong Yanwu was so frightened that she took a breath when she heard this number.

"Are you telling the truth? What kind of sea-going ship is so expensive?"

"The whole body must be large. A warship can accommodate thousands of people. If the size of the ship is too small, it will encounter big winds and waves when traveling in the ocean.

It will be easily knocked over by the waves.

This caused the budget to skyrocket, and so much money was indeed needed. " Lin Hai explained to her.

"Is this really possible? Now my tax revenue in Daxia is only more than 300 million taels of silver a year.

That is to say, only six sea-going ships can be built.

If we go on an ocean voyage, six seagoing ships may not be enough.

Wouldn't it cost at least two years of Daxia's tax revenue? "

Gong Yanwu immediately regretted it and did not want to continue building such a costly ship.

In her opinion, it is good enough to be used offshore.

As long as the surrounding small countries are conquered, Daxia can live a very prosperous life.

"The initial investment is indeed huge. I plan to have at least twenty ships in a powerful fleet.

In other words, 1000 million taels of silver are needed. Lin Hai said seriously.

"Can you make the boat smaller and defeat Goryeo first?" Gong Yanwu asked.

"Small boats need to be built, as well as large ocean-going ships. Don't feel bad about spending too much money.

Maybe it only takes one ocean trip, not only to earn the capital, but also to make some profit. Lin Hai said with a smile.

In addition to finding those high-yielding crops.

In many places close to primitive societies, gold, silver and gems are still highly valued.

It only takes a small price to earn all this money back.

(End of this chapter)