The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 The Power of Industry

Waiting for him to push the cart and take his wife and son back to the village.

The village has already raised smoke from the kitchen!

The aroma of wine, meat, and food wafted out, extremely alluring.

The village where Wu Laoliu's family lives is a special military village, and the people living in it are all grassroots officers of the same level as him.

Due to the high treatment given to the army by the Liberation Army, the quality of life in military villages has always been very good.

The houses are purpose-built and have uniform specifications.

A large tiled house with blue bricks and a small courtyard.

The main room, wing room, side room, firewood room, kitchen, latrine, etc. are all available.

There is a simple clinic in the village, and it is very convenient for military family members to seek medical treatment.

There is also a primary school, but it only accepts children of military or martyrs, and provides free education for these children.

The strong combat effectiveness and tenacious fighting will of the Liberation Army were obtained in exchange for such high treatment.

After the family sat around and had dinner, Wu Laoliu began to take his son's homework exams.

"I just suffered from being uneducated!"

"Last time, I had a chance to be promoted. If it weren't for Lao Liu's stupid grades in cultural subjects that were better than mine, I would be the company commander now!"

"Now that you little bastards have better living conditions, you must not leave behind the matter of studying!"

"Come on, let me test your homework well!"

Wu Laoliu snatched his son over, found his son's textbook, and began to take the school exam.

Wu Laoliu's son had a bitter face, and he couldn't answer the several questions his father asked one after another.

Wu Laoliu's wife sat aside, busy with her needlework after cleaning up the dishes.

While looking at his man and doll with a smile, they stared at each other.

Maybe this kind of life is not luxurious enough to enjoy, but it is full of the warmth of home!

For an old soldier like Wu Laoliu, he has seen too much killing and blood, and has too much life on his hands.

When resting, what he needs most is not enjoyment and indulgence, not a luxurious life, but the warmth of home.

The care of the wife, the incompetence of the child, the trivial matters at home...

Such a life may not be ideal, but it is reality!
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As the end of the year was getting closer, Zhu Hongyu finally had some time to rest.

On this day, he took Zheng Chenggong to inspect the supply and marketing cooperative of the Guangfu Army.

Soap, perfume, wine, glass mirror, all kinds of daily necessities, including food, salt sugar, spices, salted fish, cured meat, cooking oil and other food...

The dazzling array of products inside opened Zheng Chenggong's horizons.

But what surprised Zheng Chenggong the most was the low-priced and even magical bestsellers in the supply and marketing cooperatives, such as cloth and ironware.

In this era, cloth and ironware are absolute bestsellers!
It belongs to the kind that as long as it can be made, it is not afraid that it will not be sold.

Limited by 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 price of the Guangfu Army is too low, which is a bit too low. Compared with the usual price, it is actually [-]% lower.

Zheng Chenggong was very curious, did Zhu Hongyu really make money selling cloth and ironware like this?

"Son-in-law, the cloth and ironware are sold at such a price, isn't this supply and marketing cooperative operating at a loss?"

With a slight smile on his face, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"It won't be a loss!"

"Some craftsmen under my command improved the spinning machine and loom, which greatly improved the efficiency of weaving."

"The production of cloth has greatly increased, and the production price has also been brought down!"

"Even if the price is reduced by [-]% and sold, there is still some 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 [-]% to supply Lao Taishan!"

"It's all cloth of the quality in front of me!"

Zhu Hongyu pointed to the cloth in front of him.

Zheng Chenggong stepped forward to touch it, feeling the firm texture and beautiful patterns on his hand, and asked.

"How much can the military government supply every month?"

Zheng Chenggong was moved, not to mention that Zhu Hongyu reduced the price by [-]%, even if it was given to him at the price of the supply and marketing cooperative, if he sold it to Japan, North Korea, Annan and other countries, the profit would be considerable.

Zhu Hongyu said in a very affirmative tone.

"As much as the old Taishan wants, I can produce as much here!"

Under the military government, the population was limited. During this period of time, the price of cloth has plummeted.

The demand for cloth in Luzon Island is almost saturated. If Zhu Hongyu wants to make money, he can only sell it out through sea trade.

However, the military government now has very few merchant ships at all!
The two big blessing boats were given by Zheng Chenggong.

The rest were some armed merchant ships captured by the Spaniards. These merchant ships were organized into navy by Zhu Hongyu, and Zheng Jun's navy took them to train troops.

The military government really can't do sea trade!
In other words, even if it can be done, the scale will not be able to rise 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 carry out large-scale sea trade!

Of course, even if Zheng Chenggong was supplied at half of the normal market price, the military government still made some money, and it made a lot of money.

You must know that the performance of the looms and spinning machines used by the current military government is no worse than that of the looms and spinning machines used at the beginning of the industrial revolution in history.

The only difference is the power source!
With these looms and spinning machines, the price of cloth is not a big dive at all, but a direct crash!
Even if Zheng Chenggong is supplied at the price Zhu Hongyu said, the profit that the military government can obtain is still more than half.

This is the power of industry!

Zheng Chenggong suddenly understood why Zhu Hongyu invited him to visit the supply and marketing cooperative today, turned his eyes, and asked.

"What about the iron?"

The ironware in the supply and marketing cooperatives are all directly formed agricultural tools, but even so, the price is frighteningly low.

Zheng Chenggong came up with the idea of ​​ironware.

Zhu Hongyu said with a smile.

"It's still the same sentence, according to the price of the supply and marketing cooperative, we will supply Lao Taishan with a [-]% discount!"

"If you want large pieces of iron ingots and don't want processed farm tools and utensils, the price can be lowered even more!"

In Luzon, the price of cloth has plummeted, but the price of iron will only be lower.

Compared with the ironmaking method of this era, the production efficiency of the small blast furnace is really high!
Although small blast furnaces can only produce iron, they cannot make steel.

But Zhu Hongyu will not sell steel either!

The output of steel is not high, and he still has to keep it for himself.

What can be sold is some worthless iron materials!
Of course, this is worthless, and it is only for the Liberation Army.

Zhu Hongyu's plan is to sell cloth and iron materials in large quantities to grab profits and use them to raise troops and promote the 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, the test of converter steelmaking will begin.

If it succeeds, it will no longer be a luxury for the Liberation Army to produce steel on a large scale.

The Liberation Army didn't have to pick and search, and was only willing to use steel for the firing devices of bayonets and flintlock guns.

Replacing the whole army with steel weapons may become a reality!

(End of this chapter)