The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 118 The Veteran of the Grass Team

It was the same three-room farmhouse.

However, compared to the beginning, it has been completely dyed black, and it looks dirty and messy from a distance.

"Other people's guild halls have been established."

The younger generation complained while shoveling coal.

The old man still doesn't say three words a day, but just works hard.

"father."

The young man stopped what he was doing, his young face was full of anxiety, he persuaded his father many times, but his father was stubborn.

The old man still didn't say a word, smashing the coal with a shovel.

at last.

The old man bent over and squeezed out a few words.

"If you don't carry a burden, you don't know how heavy it is."

"Let's live a good life, but I'm going to mix with others blindly, and I've only had enough food for a few days, and I don't know what my last name is."

"How could it be meddling? The nobles all agree."

When the son mentioned the nobleman, the old man fell silent.

The little nobleman is a good person.

Make things for them for free so that they can eat.

But the ordinary people should not get involved in the matter of the little nobleman, and it is the business to live a good life.

The young man gritted his teeth and buried himself in his work bitterly.

"Second uncle."

"Second uncle."

There was a cry from outside, from far to near.

"It's Fifth Brother." After hearing the voice, the young man ran out quickly.

"Fifth brother, you are here."

"You kid, it's getting darker."

A relatively fair young man took a look at the young man, and then patted the young man on the arm. The two seemed friendly.

"His fifth brother is here, come and sit at home, and stay for dinner." A woman came out with a smile on her face.

Speaking of the work in this family, it was my nephew who found it.

"No, I'll leave later."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Younger people are reluctant.

"I went to Daxing Northeast Tai Village, and came back to pass by, so I came to see the second uncle, where is your father?"

"Working inside."

"Go and have a look."

The two walked in together, and saw an old man who was like an old scalper, working non-stop, free from outside interference.

"Second uncle."

"Ah."

The old man responded without raising his head.

The young man didn't take it seriously, knowing the personality of the second uncle. Among his father's brothers, the second uncle was the most hardworking, and he seemed to be tireless in his work, and he was also the most taciturn.

"Fifth Brother, why are you going to Dongbeitai Village? I also went there a few days ago."

"Have you been there too?"

The young man wondered.

The younger generation nodded and said, "A person from China Heavy Industries came to the door and sent a message to Lao Shizi, saying that he was going to a meeting, and all briquette workshops had to attend."

"If Dad doesn't go, I will go."

"Oh, no wonder I saw a new plaque there, is that post still there?"

"I'll get it."

The young man trotted out, and soon brought back a brand new invitation card, without any wrinkles, and kept it carefully.

The young man opened it and read it carefully, pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "This is a good thing."

Hearing Wu Ge's words, the younger generation was overjoyed.

"I also said it was a good thing. It was said at the meeting that a briquette chamber of commerce should be established, but there are requirements, and we don't have enough workers."

"What are the regulations, do you remember? Tell me."

The young man hurriedly finished speaking.

"Pity."

"You should join."

The young man looked regretful.

"Father, did you hear Fifth Brother's words?"

The old man said nothing.

"Forget it, the character of the second uncle is quite good like this." The young man smiled.

The young man's face collapsed, and he still counted on his cousin to help persuade his father.

The young man glanced at the old man.

The meaning is very clear, if the second uncle becomes stubborn, even ten cows will not be able to pull him back.

And the second uncle admits death, it is indeed not material for doing business.

Honeycomb coal has no technology and does not require much capital. It is purely based on strength and hardship and is not afraid of getting dirty. It is just right for the second uncle's family.

The uncle’s family has enough fields, and the family makes a living by farming.

The second uncle's family and my own family did not share a few acres of land, but my father came out early and had a job to make ends meet, but the second uncle's family was very poor.

When the owner of the mine didn't want to continue the briquette business, he found the owner with the cheek to help the second uncle's family win it.

That is to learn how to make briquettes. The second uncle makes it at home by himself, so the boss doesn't ask for money. What the boss cares about is someone to take over.

Of course, the coal mine must be bought from the owner.

However, the second uncle did not expand the scale, only relying on a family of three, desperately, the demand was only [-] to [-] catties a month, and the price of coal was less than ten taels of silver.

About 100 taels a year.

Calculated based on the profit of honeycomb coal, the annual income of the second uncle’s family is about 30 taels, and after excluding some miscellaneous items, it should be around 27 taels.

Seeing the style of his cousin's family, the young man couldn't help muttering in his heart that his cousin was more active, but the second uncle was in charge of the family, so there was nothing he could do.

The young man was also depressed for a while, and soon he dragged his cousin to ask questions.

Although my cousin is only a few years older than myself, he has seen the world.

"Fifth brother, what are you doing there?"

"As for the mine, I will help the owner to negotiate the sale of railway coal transportation. Our owner wants to build the mine's railway and connect it with the outside railway."

"Have you ever ridden on that carriage running on the iron? How did it feel?" The young man asked curiously.

The railway is two miles away from his home.

I have seen a few times that the four-wheeled carriage ran fast and steadily, jingling and jingling, and the sound of the rhythm was very pleasant.

"I've sat on it twice, and it's really novel. It is estimated that this thing will become more and more useful in the future, and more and more people will use it."

"why?"

"There's a lot to talk about, it's not just a few words, I'll talk to you later."

"I'm going back to the mine first, so I can do business with my boss."

"Let's go now?"

"Come back next time when you have time."

"His fifth brother, why did he leave without eating?" The woman chased him out.

……

Honeycomb Chamber of Commerce was formally established.

The industry is small in scale and loose in structure, with only eight participating companies, so China Heavy Industries vacated a house and provided it for use by the guild hall.

The owner of the chamber of commerce has two masters in one thing. Gao Zhen, the treasurer of the outer cabinet, proposed, Zhu Gaochi agreed, and Wang Ren, the steward of the outer cabinet, would be in charge.

The deputy owner is Guo Song, the owner of the briquette workshop.

Some people feel embarrassed and feel that they are making a big deal out of a molehill, and spread the word to make people outside laugh, but it is not true that the owners of the eight honeycomb coal workshops only earn a few silver dollars a year.

He even dared to set up a chamber of commerce, but he was ashamed to mention it.

Guo Song didn't think so.

He believes that there is a lot to do, as long as the obstacles are removed, the industry's profits are thin, but the market is huge.

Volume can also win.

Although I only earn a few hundred taels of silver a year now, when the scale is expanded to ten times or a hundred times, it will be tens of thousands of taels of profit a year.

If you can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year and put it on the table in Beiping City, that's enough to see.

Including Wang Ren, there were only nine people present.

So everyone sat at a round table with seven dishes of meat dishes and five dishes of vegetarian dishes, as a celebration of the establishment of the guild hall.

Everyone respected each other, Wang Ren said calmly after drinking a few glasses of wine, his face remained unchanged.

"We'll eat here behind closed doors this year, and next year we'll go to the biggest restaurant in Beiping and book a private room to celebrate."

"Okay, well said."

Guo Song echoed in a dignified way.

The rest of the people also said a few words, and the atmosphere was not very strong.

"I know that you all don't take it seriously and think I'm talking big. I'm going straight to the point today. Usually, I'm in the outer cabinet, negotiating business with various companies outside. A deal can cost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"But why do I want to be the owner of this museum? Apart from being trusted by all of you, there is also the reason why I took the initiative to fight for it in front of the little prince."

"To tell you the truth, the young prince is somewhat dissatisfied with the development progress of the coal industry."

"Is this not enough?"

Someone was surprised.

More mines have been added in the past year than in the usual ten years.

"The little prince is a little bit like turning stones into gold. No one is not convinced by his vision. If he thinks it is insufficient, it must be insufficient."

Guo Song said with certainty.

As soon as his words fell, the others spoke one after another.

"That's true, our industry was created out of thin air by the little prince."

"Without the little prince, where would we sit again?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I used to be a peddler who carried shoulder poles in the countryside. I couldn't get much money even if I was exposed to the wind and the sun for a year."

"If it weren't for this briquette, I don't know how long I would have to suffer."

"Hehe, don't say that." Guo Song laughed and couldn't help but said, "Xu Ning, the shopkeeper of the engineering team, have you heard of it?"

Some said they had heard of it, others said they had seen it, and some shook their heads.

"He used to be an apprentice in a shop, and he also planned to become a salesman. Later, he happened to know that our factory was recruiting workers, so he applied for the job. Who knows that he can get to where he is today."

"Ah, no way." Someone who knew Xu Ning was surprised.

The engineering team in charge of shopkeeper Xu Ning has thousands of people under his command, and it is also a well-known figure in Beiping.

I heard that the owners of various coal mines are fawning on Xu Ning, but I didn't expect it to be from this background.

"So, our industry is new, and the current scale is still small, and no one knows how big it will be in the future, but you are veterans, so don't belittle yourself."

"Although the nobleman didn't come forward, who doesn't know that the briquette chamber of commerce is the nobleman's idea?"

"In the future, everyone will let go of their hands and work hard to make it bigger, and make it as big as it can be. If you encounter any problems, the chamber of commerce will naturally solve them."

"If the Chamber of Commerce can't solve it, there is still the little prince behind, all of Beiping, is there something that the little prince can't solve?"

In China Heavy Industry, it is an old routine to look forward to the vision.

No one on the outer cabinet can say a few words.

A few words from Guo Song stirred up the atmosphere, and the unconfident bosses also gained confidence in their hearts.

Yes.

They are small in scale, but there is a little prince behind them.

The coal mine owners have a big business, but does the little prince stand for them?
"Not only do you want to build up the market in Beiping, but you also need to build up more markets in other state capitals as soon as possible."

"There are dozens of honeycomb coal workshops, and you are the most outstanding group of people. I have confidence in your ability."

"This year, we will set off the market in the whole of Beiping, and tomorrow we will go to grab the market in Shanxi together."

"The Chamber of Commerce came forward to organize it. You just need to repeat what you did in Peking and do it in Shanxi."

"At that time, you will have a large number of skilled workers, a mature production model, the best technology, etc. Who can beat you in this business?"

"So, what you have to do now is not to wait and see, but to grab the market as fast as you can."

"This industry has low barriers to entry and fierce competition. Whoever runs fast will have the last laugh."

The steward of the outer cabinet has a three-inch tongue.

He has a lot of alcohol.

The nine people in this small room looked like a grass-roots team, but they were heated up by him.

(End of this chapter)