The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 135 Income and Expenses

In addition, Lushun also raises some live poultry such as pigs, sheep and chickens, all of which are under the responsibility of each Tuntian Castle to ensure a diversified supply of food in Lushun.

Finally, the logistics director said: "Right now we can stockpile [-] jin of firewood every month, and [-] jin of high-quality charcoal every month."

There are many forests and vegetation near Lushun, and you can store a lot of firewood by picking broken branches and fallen leaves in autumn, not to mention so many big trees are sent every month from Phi Island.

Ding Yi thought for a while: "There is still a lot of charcoal to be stockpiled, and five thousand catties a month is not enough. From now on, we will mainly use firearms. Gunpowder made by ourselves is better than bought."

Everyone nodded, and Du Ruhai quickly wrote it down.

After the logistics department, Li Zhongyi's Craftsmanship Bureau reported.

At present, Ding Yi has nearly 5000 people in his hands, and he is still looking for craftsmen everywhere every day. The craftsmen in Dengzhou and the surrounding areas have almost been poached by Ruan Siqing, which has almost affected the normal life of the people in Dengzhou.

Now the people of Dengzhou Prefecture find that they can't find a kitchen knife when they want to find an iron shop, so they can only buy it in the Dengzhou hypermarket, because all the craftsmen are gone.

The Craftsmanship Bureau now has 240 six craftsmen, more than 300 apprentices, and more than 200 armor-making employees.

It can produce 60 Lumi guns per month, and currently there are 140 Lumi guns in the entire Lushun Nanying Camp.

From today onwards, they will make machine tools in Zhudao. Li Zhongyi said: "Zhou Dahu and his wife said that they will first manufacture five machine tools and five waterwheels. It will take about two months. After two months, they can produce two gun tubes per day." More than ten rods, and the monthly production will reach 600 rods." The output went up in an instant.

Originally, one waterwheel could control two machine tools, but the machine tools needed clam wood, which was really difficult to manufacture. It took half a year for Zhao's father to build one machine.

Right now Ding Yi has a lot of people here, working overtime, and can only make five sets in two months.

The plan of his Craftsmanship Bureau is like this, first make five waterwheels and start running, and then make five more waterwheels, which are exactly matched with five waterwheels.

Keeping ten units in the first year, after all, Ding Yi did not have enough troops.

In the second year, ten more machine tools and five waterwheels will be built.

The main issue is manpower. Some of them are assigned to make machine tools, some continue to make gun parts, and some are engaged in artillery and armor. There are not many people.

When the machine tool is ready, use the machine tool to make the gun barrel, add parts, and assemble it at a high speed.

After listening to the plan, Ding Yi felt that it was feasible, because he knew that he didn't want to give up the big battle right now, and he didn't plan to participate in the big battle. Right now, he had enough guns.

Li Zhongyi said again, at present, the Craftsmanship Bureau produces [-] sets of iron armor, [-] sets of mail armor, [-] sets of cotton armor, [-] poles, and [-] shields every month.

After finishing speaking, he complained that there were still not enough craftsmen, so he asked Ding Yi for someone.

Ding Yi rolled his eyes angrily. The Craftsmanship Bureau is a gold-eating department. It has raised more than 200 craftsmen, and there are five or six hundred apprentices. Not as much as him.

When he went out this time, he would grab a wave of craftsmen in every city he passed along the coast. Li Zhongyi also said that there were few people.

"Work hard first, I'm also robbing people everywhere, and I'm about to steal all the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty." Ding Yi said angrily.

Everyone laughed.

But Li Zhongyi also immediately said that now everything is difficult at the beginning, when the machine tool is ready, there will be a lot less craftsmen using guns, and the faster the guns are made, the other things will be made faster, as long as Mr. Ding has the materials.

Of course, Master Ding has never been willing to spend money on materials.

Li Zhongyi also immediately reported the reserves of the Craftsmanship Bureau. At present, the Craftsmanship Bureau has accumulated more than 5 catties of various iron materials in Zhudao, more than 2 catties of Sugang, nearly 4 catties of saltpeter and sulfur, and more than 1 catties of charcoal. catties (still increasing every month), more than [-] catties of gunpowder.

It produces more than 200 catties of granular gunpowder every day.

Ruan Siqing bought these materials from the craftsman bureau every time he went out, and they kept transporting them home, and there were more and more of them.

But Ding Yi was not satisfied with this.

"The self-produced gunpowder is too little, and the daily production should be increased to more than [-] catties."

In the future, artillery will come out, and how much gunpowder will be needed to fight a battle.

Li Zhongyi immediately asked for another person: "Give me another hundred people."

"Here." Ding Yi gritted his teeth: "Looks like I'm going to ask Chen Jisheng again."

"I still have to ask for it, my lord." Ruan Wenlong also cried poorly: "There are still not enough people on the island."

Of course Ding Yi knows that there are not enough people, but it consumes a lot of people.

He is now under almost [-].

The money earned flows out like water.

If it was peacetime, he would be more than happy to go to the sea every day, and he would earn a lot of money, but this time he came back, and he didn't know when he could go out again.

Then the medical department and other small departments also reported the situation to each other, but it was not a big deal.

Including Zhang Jing's cavalry division, it's not a big deal. Everyone of his two hundred cavalry has horses. It's no problem to inquire about the news.

But he also practiced hard, practicing every day, not wanting to lose to Zhao Dashan and Seinfeld.

Zhao Dashan and Song Fei were not there, and no one from the intelligence department reported it. Moreover, Ding Yi didn't plan to attend the meeting, as long as he knew about it.

Then Ruan Wenlong began to report.

At present, Lushun Nanying’s stable income includes (both are net profit after deducting expenses), selling salt is 1 to 1.5 taels per month, Dengzhou hypermarket plus lottery, 4000 to 1 taels per month, Ruan Siqing and Pi The transactions on the island are not stable every month, generally between 1.5-[-] thousand taels, because most of the time, Ruan Siqing will take the goods, not the money, and then send the goods to Fuzhou in the future to exchange Zheng Zhilong's things.

The food and pay of the court is not counted, because it is all grain and rice, and sergeants are issued, so it is not counted.

The service center for the people, together with the newly built bathhouses, restaurants, theaters, etc., can now earn 800 taels a month.

In this way, the stable income here in Lushun is about 2 taels per month, and it may be even less in winter.

Everyone was very excited when they heard it, after all, these people in front of them used to be small soldiers, lower ranks in the army, and ordinary people, who has ever seen so much money.

Master Ding really knows how to make money, he can earn 2 taels a month.

"Everyone, don't be happy." Ruan Wenlong said with a serious face, "Listen to our expenditure."

Ding Yi has 5000 soldiers in his hands, and the monthly payment includes all the middle and high-level people present here, as well as some teachers, doctors, salt fields, cattle raising and other technical personnel who did not come. These are high-paid people , adding up to nearly [-] taels per month.

Everyone "ah!" Qiqi was amazed.

To feed the 5000 people on the island, including the families of the soldiers, the grain and rice are 2500 shi per month, plus the grain and rice of the soldiers and everyone, it is 3000 shi, which is 3500 taels in silver.

The wages of the Craftsmanship Bureau are high, and all craftsmen (apprentices don't count grain and rice) are paid more than 1000 taels of silver per month.

Fortunately, the construction has been much less. At present, the monthly farmland and the construction of the new base of the Craftsmanship Bureau, including water trucks, still reach more than 2000 taels.

At least 2000 taels of silver are used for making firearms, armor, etc., and clothes every month.

It accepts 3000 people from Phi Island every month, and spends 6000 taels. Phi Island transports 600-800 big trees every month, and spends 400 Dan of salt and iron armor, which is converted into 500 taels of silver.

Guangludao sends sea cucumbers and abalones and other seafood every month, spending 300 taels. (Ding Yi can sell this batch of goods at a high price in the Dengzhou hypermarket, but the sales volume is not high, so he has a lot of hoards at present.)
He was thinking that he would have to sell it in the capital of Nanjing in the future in order to increase the sales.

But after accepting Kong Youde's, it's hard to say back, so I have to bite the bullet and accept it. Fresh goods come every month, and they have to be processed into dry goods, otherwise they won't be preserved at all.

Calculated in this way, Ding Yi's monthly fixed expenditure can be seen to be 20000 taels.

Come on, the money earned is gone.

(End of this chapter)