There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 14 The first commercial project
  Xuanhua Street, Fugucheng.

About 150 meters away from the cross street in the center of the county, at the end of the street, a blacksmith shop called "Sledgehammer Iron Art" opened. The shops facing the street have a row of kitchen knives, hoes, scissors, machetes and other iron products.

A sign was also erected at the door of the store, which read in black and red paper "Big opening discount, 10% off on all iron products, only for three days! Only for three days! Don't miss it when you walk by", and several firecrackers were set off to attract the crowd. Attention people.

At first glance, this style is a bad publicity trick of later generations. It must have come from Lin Feng's bad taste, but this method is simple but very effective.

Especially in ancient times, people had very little fun. Seeing that there was something fun to join in, a crowd of people quickly gathered around. As soon as there are more people, the business will come.

What's more, the quality of the iron products produced by Sledgehammer Iron Art is indeed good, and they also offer a 10% discount. For the common people, they can definitely save a little bit. The business quickly became popular, and the salesmen were already very busy.

The back half of the shop is a blacksmith's shop, the fire is burning brightly, and the sound of "ding-dong-ding" blacksmithing can be heard constantly. Zhang Tiechui is leading several apprentices to forge various iron tools.

"I didn't expect that Fugu County looks very poor, and the people's demand for buying ironware is quite large." Fang Dashan said at the side.

"Young Master is right, he said that the iron business is easy to do." Zhang Tiechui said loudly while striking iron.

"That's right. The young master is like a fairy. He must be right." The two people immediately praised their boss.

Yes, this "Sledgehammer Iron Art" was the first industry that Lin Feng arranged for Zhang Tiechui and the others to open. Although it was low-end, it was practical enough.

The reason why he chose to open a blacksmith shop was that Zhang Tiechui knew how to make iron, so he had to use his talents; the other reason was that the blacksmith shop had many uses. In addition to making money from selling, he would also rely on the blacksmith shop to produce weapons in the future.

Although it’s not certain when to rebel, you still have to prepare first so that you’re prepared. As a enlightened person, Lin Feng is definitely unqualified if he is not ready to rebel at any time.

There is another important reason: the blacksmith shop can reasonably recruit a group of young refugees as apprentices. By then the man and his weapons will be there, which is no better than just cutting some bamboo and rising up.

In the evening, Lin Feng took Lin Jiakang quietly to a yard forty or fifty meters away from the blacksmith shop. There is also a shop in front of this yard. I bought it to open a grain and oil store.

However, considering manpower and professional issues, Lin Feng does not plan to open it himself, but plans to ask his friend Li Xiongzhen to send someone to run it.

The yard is quite large, with a circle of about ten rooms inside, but they are all relatively shabby. They used to be the residence of a local businessman.

After the rise of the peasant army, he felt that Fugu City was too small and unsafe, so he moved his family to Fucheng, Yan'an. This place was hung in Fang Ya's place. No one cared about it for more than a year, so this time Chen Xiong spent less than 30 Bought it for two.

Lin Feng came to the main room of the courtyard. Chen Xiong, Fang Dashan, Zhang Tiechui and others were already there. Everyone sat down around the table.

"Are you accustomed to living here?" Lin Feng came up and asked about living conditions first. This is also a common skill of a leader. He couldn't just ask if the work was done right away.

"Young Master, I'm used to traveling around. I can do it anywhere." Chen Xiong said first.

"Young master, the living and food here are better than those in Fangjiacun. What's not to like?" Fang Dashan said honestly.

"Me too! I can eat enough here." Zhang Tiechui added one in favor. "Haha, it's good if you can get used to it. Now I have basically controlled the county government, but Ding Dianshi has a deep foundation in Fugu, and the adjusted government officials may not be trustworthy. The one I trust most is definitely How many of you.

Besides, no matter how powerful the county government is, it belongs to the imperial court. Once I am transferred, it will not be able to be used by us. As the saying goes, the most reliable is your own strength. Therefore, I will not consider you entering the county government for the time being, but stay outside to help me, taking advantage of my ability to control the county government, and seize the opportunity to develop my strength. "

"I understand. Thank you for your trust, sir. We will try our best to meet your requirements." Chen Xiong felt that Lin Feng was preparing to do big things, and he was very excited and positive.

"How many people have you recruited now?" Lin Feng asked.

"Back to the young master, we have recruited a total of eight young men and put them all in the blacksmith shop. There are many refugees outside the city now. As long as you take care of the food, you can have as many as you want. We are afraid of losing money, so we don't dare to recruit more people." Fang Dashan replied road.

"Don't worry about temporary profits and losses. Only by turning money into strength can you make more money. You can't keep money without strength. The 60 taels I gave you earlier are enough to buy a house. I will give you another 50 taels for recruiting and purchasing. Food, etc.”

"Young master is very right. Now wars are happening frequently. Building up strength to protect yourself is the first priority. If you don't have strength and only have money, you will definitely be robbed." Chen Xiong, who had seen a lot, agreed with Lin Feng's point of view.

"Yes, don't be afraid of spending money. But when you recruit people, you should pay attention to recruiting reliable people. Don't want those with bad habits such as gambling, or those who have participated in the peasant army's burning, killing and looting. You can also recruit people with families. If there are more people, you will also need to have some. Women cook and do laundry and so on. Let’s keep the total number within 20 for now.”

"understand!"

"You live outside, and someone must be in charge. Guard Chen is the most experienced, so you should take the lead first. Lin Jiakang will be responsible for providing and accounting for the funds, and you can arrange the purchases yourself." Lin Feng then arranged.

"Yes!" Chen Xiong and others replied.

"In addition, let me emphasize again that if you develop industries here, I will arrange for reliable people from the county government to help quietly, but they must be low-key and try not to let anyone know about our relationship.

What is not known is the backhand and chassis. Otherwise, it will be easy for others to target and exploit you. To develop your strength, you must make a fortune silently. Do you understand? "

Lin Feng still adheres to the concept that in the early stage of developing strength, one must be secretive and do not use guns. Otherwise, how can he pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger. This is not a bad taste, the main reason is that in the melee between various forces in the late Ming Dynasty, one must not be high-profile and stand out.

"Understood, sir, please rest assured, we will definitely pay attention." Everyone replied in unison.

"By the way, there's one more thing. Guard Chen, please arrange a personal trip to Taiyuan and ask Master Li Xiongzhen to come to Fugu. I'm going to hand over the grain and oil store to him. I'll write two letters and take them with me.

Fang Dashan, please send someone to inform your Fangjia Village. Several young men in the village said they would come out last time, and now they are here. Lin Feng added.

After basically settling down in Lai Fugu, Lin Feng was going to write a letter to his family to reassure his mother and little sister. But Shaanxi is not safe after all, so we have no plans to let them come over yet. It was not convenient to send money back when he first arrived, otherwise Mother Lin would definitely think that he had engaged in corruption.

Another letter is going to be written to Feng Zixin. The little girl is so thoughtful, so she must reply. The letter briefly explained the situation in Xiafugu, and agreed with her for one year. If there was success in her career here, she would go to her. If there was no news within one year, she asked her not to delay her and choose someone else.

"Okay, we'll do it tomorrow." The two replied.

　According to the editor’s opinion, I will write two chapters a day and more than 4000 words. It’s tiring.
  　　
  　
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