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Chapter 348

For the mining of the Sanming iron mine and the construction of the ironworks, Wang Xuan transferred one-third of the staff from the Fuzhou Iron and Steel Plant into the Yanping Mansion. Due to the strong support of the other six companies, the government was directly settled.

The only thing that bothers everyone is the lack of manpower!

Industry needs more people than agriculture. The coal mining industry alone has exhausted all the surplus labor force in the vicinity of Sanming. If people are recruited locally again, it will inevitably lead to the abandonment of the land and touch the interests of the local landlords. , the six families began to recruit refugee tenants from other prefectures and counties in Yanping.

In the end, there were nearly 8 households concentrated in the two major mining areas and steel factories, and the population of nearly [-] was already larger than that of ordinary counties. For this reason, it stimulated the local economy, and the large local households also benefited a lot.

This dispelled everyone's resistance.

Moreover, these people have to spend money in the mines and factories in the local area, food, clothing, housing and transportation, which has spawned many related industries.

A large amount of coal and steel with better quality and lower price have attracted a large number of wealthy families from other nearby prefectures. In this era, there are no ordinary people who can deal in ironware.

The iron and steel factory is worthy of being the foundation of heavy industry. The Sanming Iron and Steel Factory alone has almost moved all the rich and powerful households in the four nearby prefectures. A relatively complete industrial chain has been established in a short period of time, allowing Wang Xuan's influence to spread to all directions. A massive expansion at a time.

After returning from Sanming, Wang Xuan set his sights on the salt industry.

The old-fashioned sun-dried salt is brine mixed with mud. After filtering and other processes, the final salt produced is not good in color or quality.

But with cement, drying sea salt is much more convenient. Wang Xuan directly bought a large tidal flat and saline-alkali land along the coast of Changle County, Fuzhou Prefecture. It was as cheap as no money.

A large amount of cement was transported there, and soon, after working overtime, the pools for drying salt were repaired. After that, it was only necessary to bring in sea water. After two processes, crystal clear sea salt could be produced. Not to mention saving time, effort and money, the quality is much better than before.

It's just that Wang Xuan doesn't want to conflict with the Lianghuai big salt merchants yet... Well, he has no strength to conflict with the other party, so he increased his investment in the fishing industry before that.

In the past, although fishing was also carried out in coastal areas, most of the sea fish died when they came out of the water, and they would stink in two days, so they could not be preserved at all. developed.

But now, Wang Xuan does not sell salt directly, but uses salt to marinate salted fish and then make it into dried salted fish. After the finished product is produced, the profit he can get is higher than simply selling salt.

With Wang Xuan's current fame, I don't know how many people pay attention to his every move. When the product of dried salted fish appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of other coastal wealthy families. No one did it before because of the low production of salt. , enough for daily consumption is not bad, it is impossible to make dried salted fish.

But now it is different. As long as there is cement, large areas of coastal areas in Fujian can be built in such a drying salt field. It may be an exaggeration to say that the cost is negligible, but it is not much worse.

At this moment, the rich and powerful families in Funing Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, Zhangzhou Prefecture, and Xinghua Prefecture started to move.

In just a short period of time, Wang Xuan's threshold was almost not broken, and a large pile of greeting cards was sent.

Wang Xuan had expected this for a long time. Wang Xuan selected some wealthy families who had been scouted for a long time. The format of the reply was also completely unified. Half a month later, Fuzhou Mansion, Qiu Shiju, welcome everyone to discuss plans together!
Half a month later, Qiu Shiju closed its doors and only entertained the seven families from the five prefectures. Among them, the one in Funing Prefecture was the Xing family who had previously cooperated with the Giant Whale Gang to sell stolen goods. Xuan used strong means to subdue him, and now Wang Xuan followed suit.

Of course, Wang Xuan had the final say on Fuzhou Mansion, and Xinghua Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion, and Zhangzhou Mansion each had two houses.

After everyone gathered, Wang Xuan still took people in a four-wheeled carriage to visit a series of industries such as port docks, shipyards, steel plants, cement plants, etc., and then went to the Fuzhou Guards to watch military training performances. The display of strength shocked everyone. other families.

After returning to Qiushiju again, Wang Xuan directly threw out the plan to establish the Fujian Ocean Business Association!

What is Fujian Marine Industry Association?
The seven major families looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

The head of the Xing family saw that there was some silence, and immediately asked aloud: "What does this Ocean Business Association mean?"

Wang Xuan laughed and said, "Of course it's the related industries on the ocean. To put it more clearly, it's fishery and salt industry!"

"In the future, how much salt will be produced in Fujian and the price will be determined by our association, so as to control the output of dried salted fish, so as not to waste manpower and material resources, and avoid random salt production, which will lead to too low prices and affect everyone's interests!"

Of course, what Wang Xuan said was dried salted fish instead of salt. Everyone knows that this is to avoid conflicts with Lianghuai salt merchants to a certain extent. Everyone welcomes this. In the salt industry, the two Huai salt merchants are in charge, and now everyone can't afford to provoke them.

At the same time, it can also attack people who privately dry salt and endanger everyone's interests.

"As for each government, it is up to you to control the situation in your own government."

Everyone also understands this point, and this can push up the social status of several families in the government, and it will be of great benefit to everyone.

After these two most important points were pointed out by Wang Xuan, the establishment of the Ocean Business Association became a foregone conclusion.

These seven families are all upper-class families in each mansion. Although they are not the biggest ones, their strength and power should not be underestimated. Wang Xuan will not seek out those biggest families, because it will not help him control the entire association.

As for the details of how much to build and how much to produce, everyone doesn't pay much attention to it. We can discuss it slowly. Anyway, the construction of Yantian can't be completed in a day or two.

Moreover, we do not really sell dried salted fish. After all, what we sell is still salt, but we don’t sell it directly to people, but to those who fish.

At that time, everyone will also distribute the fishing business to the next family, so as to unite more people to protect their own interests.

At that time, a whole industrial chain based on the salt industry will be formed, including shipbuilding, fishing net production, fishing, acquisition and drying, and trafficking. At that time, there will naturally be people in the entire industrial chain to maintain this industry develop.

Wang Xuan only needs to issue orders and exert influence from the top.

After finishing these things, Wang Xuan turned his attention to the shipyard.

Fuzhou itself already has the foundation left by Zheng He's seven voyages to the West. Although more than a hundred years have passed, there are still many talents left behind.

After Wang Xuan wiped out the Giant Whale Gang, these people became his possessions.

Today, the old shipyard has been reopened, and under the guidance of Wang Xuan's accumulated shipbuilding experience in Pirates of the Caribbean, the first batch of improved small Galen ships will be launched today.

The bow and stern of this batch of Galen ships was cut off by Wang Xuan, and the stern was made into a square shape, which has better maneuverability.

Moreover, after all, it is a merchant ship, and the thickness of the ship's plank is relatively thin. The production process is less, the cost is lower, and it can withstand wind and waves. There is no need to consider the issue of combat. Even if there is a battle, it is a duel between masters.

The boats launched this time are all small boats with a displacement of 500 tons. The main purpose is to carry goods and accumulate experience. As for the ships with a displacement of about 100 tons used for offshore fishing, they will be ranked behind.

Currently, only six drydocks are used for fabrication, with more drydocks under construction.

But these six ships with a displacement of 2000 tons are considered large ships in the current Ming Dynasty. After all, Zheng He banned the sea, and the technology used to manufacture [-]-ton ships has been burned by Liu Daxia, the "scholar" Shangshu of the Ministry of War. It is to prevent the emperor from bringing up the matter of Kaihai again.

Although Jiangnan's shipbuilding is relatively developed, and ocean trade has never stopped, but this has nothing to do with the country, and the money must not be handed over to the country!
Now the ships used by the Ming Dynasty are generally flat-bottomed sandboats and small double-masted ships with pointed bottoms, usually around 500 materials (100 tons), and those with thousands of materials are almost invisible.

In fact, it’s not that there are thousands of treasurers, most of them are under the control of rich and famous families, and they dock on the islands. After all, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the big pirates in Fujian and Guangdong could still beat the Dutch and Portuguese. Thousand-ton battleships are shit, if they are really small ships of about a hundred tons, how can it be possible.

This time the new ship was launched, Wang Xuan invited many wealthy families from Fujian to watch the ceremony. In addition to the members of the previous Ocean Business Association, there were also many wealthy and prominent families from inland provinces. The rich and powerful also need to win over.

When they saw the huge sailing boat tens of meters long, all the people from these big wealthy families were amazed. Even if many coastal businesses do some sea trade, they only use ships of about 100 tons. 200 tons are extremely rare. This is the first time everyone has seen the boat.

After boarding the ship through the dry dock, Wang Xuan took a group of people to visit up and down. There are three decks, which can store a lot of goods, so the cost of sea transportation will be further reduced!
This is what everyone cares about!

According to Wang Xuan, the speed of this kind of boat is nearly twice as fast as that of ordinary boats, and it is easier to control. Even if the wind is headed, the speed will not drop too much.

At this time, the maritime trade of Daming was still in the monsoon trade stage, and only when the seasons were adjusted could it go back and forth along the monsoon. For example, the trade with the Wa country was back and forth once a year.

This is because ordinary sails cannot maintain their shape, resulting in the Bernoulli effect.

"Gulu Gulu...Boom!"

With the opening of the gate, a large amount of seawater poured into the dry dock until it was completely filled, and all six large ships floated up. Wang Xuan gave an order, and the sails on the three masts on the ship slowly rose. Slowly sail towards the sea.

Under Wang Xuan's command, the ship began to conduct various sailing tests in the open sea, with wind, crosswind and headwind.

These wealthy people who visited were not fools, so they could naturally see the benefits of this ship, but more specifically, what can be done with this big ship, and how much money can be made, everyone still can't figure it out for a while.

When returning to the voyage, Wang Xuan mentioned, such as transporting our Fujian steel to other provinces.

Due to Wang Xuan's vigorous development of the steel industry, the output of the two steel plants alone now accounts for 2/3 of the total output of Ming Dynasty. Although this amount is very low in Wang Xuan's view, the iron price in Fujian has been suppressed by a lot up.

If it is sold on a large scale, the price Wang Xuan will give will definitely be lower. If it is further processed and sold, the profits will be greater, whether it is a coal stove or something else.

Wang Xuan has introduced that this ship can carry 800000 catties. Even if it sells dried salted fish to Guangdong and Guangxi, it can make a lot of money. What's more, with the proliferation of textile machines in Wang Xuan's hands, now all states Many people in the government have already participated in this industry. In the future, it can be estimated that with the increase in production, Fujian will inevitably be unable to digest it, and Sinotrans is almost inevitable.

With such a mention, everyone thought of more things, and everyone was excited for a while. Wang Xuan had expected this. As everyone started chasing economic benefits, the benefits of farming would gradually decrease, and Wang Xuan would start The third plan!

However, this plan has to wait for more time.

Everyone placed an order for six large ships at once, and Wang Xuan only agreed to sell four. Before the production of larger ships, he always wanted to keep some. There will be more.

……

In the afternoon, Wang Xuan had just finished dealing with some business matters, and when he was joking with the little maid, Ye Huo's voice came from outside.

"My lord, some suspicious people have been found in the Fuzhou mansion."

"Huh?" Wang Xuan put down his hand touching Yoyo's conscience, and Yoyo ran out with a blushing face.

Turning to look at Ye Huo, "Who actually makes you feel suspicious?"

"Six people, one of them is a master. As soon as he came to Fuzhou Mansion, he began to secretly inquire about the Fuwei Escort Bureau in the south of the city. It seemed sneaky and malicious."

Fuwei Escort Bureau... After Yehuo mentioned it, Wang Xuan realized that he had forgotten about Fuwei Escort Bureau for a long time, even though Qinghongbaibai and Yehuo practiced evil sword skills.

Yes, Yehuo is also practicing evil swordsmanship, and he has not experienced the pain of cutting chickens. All this is because Yehuo is a rare person born with a balance of yin and yang, or a bisexual person.

He was one of the orphans that Wang Xuan gathered at the beginning. He was abandoned in the early years because he was considered a demon because he was born with two sexes. His family couldn't bear the pressure and couldn't bear to drown the child, so he abandoned him when he was five years old.

Wang Xuan was already 17 years old when he saw him, and he didn't know how he survived these years. Anyway, he was dark and thin when he was first gathered, and he was taught after Wang Xuan knew that he was intersex. Evil warding off swordsmanship also has the attitude of giving it a try.

Unexpectedly, he really managed to master it. Since then, he has come to Wang Xuan's side to do intelligence, but the time is still short, and now he is only around the third-rate skill.

Now that Yehuo mentioned Fuwei Escort, the first thing Wang Xuan thought of was the case of Fuwei Escort!
For the Fuwei Escort, Wang Xuan is still grateful, although he has forgotten them for more than a year.

When encountering this kind of thing, no matter what, Wang Dashan will intervene, after all, he has repaid the cause and effect of taking the opponent's evil sword technique.

This is definitely not a sudden thought, they have business routes and various strongholds communicating with Jiangnan!
Oh, and outside the city, I don’t know if there are two little mice from the Huashan School.

"Keep an eye on them, and let me know if you make any moves."

Three days later, news came that outside Lin Pingzhi's city, a member of the Qingcheng faction had been killed by mistake, and the other party had already started attacking the members of the Fuwei Escort.

Wang Xuan is not in a hurry to make a move, it has not yet reached the critical moment... and the people of the Fuwei Escort Bureau are not yet in despair, and the results of their actions now cannot satisfy Wang Xuan!
He didn't just set his sights on the Fuwei Escort, since the Qingcheng faction came to his place to make trouble, compared to him, don't leave without leaving something behind!

Wang Xuan ordered to evacuate all the people near Fuwei Escort, and set up defenses around the perimeter.

At this time, people in the Fuwei Escort were panicked. Four people died in a row without a sound. All of them were people who went out with the young master Lin Ping during the day. .

(End of this chapter)