Chapter 331 Let the people from Weissenburg work for me
In recent days, there has been news circulating in the high-level business circles of Weissenburg City that a national agent of the Ghazi Empire has been communicating with various factories. Negotiating big business, the Clover Hinge Factory has signed a general agency contract with him for hinges and scales. Hoffman was so happy that he took his four wives and a group of children to the zoo's big birdcage for half a day.
At the same time, another piece of news leaked out from the top of Wesen State. This agent was indeed powerful in the Ghazi Empire and was enough to represent a country's business.
A group of factory owners were eager to find out the address and style of this wealthy businessman.
He gets up every morning when the school bell next to him rings. After breakfast, he reads newspapers and magazines on the balcony until lunch time. Then he goes to the Ghazi Grill opposite the school for lunch, and chats with fellow villagers. After chatting, in the afternoon we will visit the factory by the river in Xincheng District.
In these days, Fatih signed agreements with several factories such as a knife factory, a nail factory, and a carpenter's tool factory, and would ship the goods to the Ghazi Empire as soon as the payment was received.
Hakan has not been idle either. He follows Fatih every afternoon to visit places, and in the evening he goes to peek at the account books, and when he comes back he has to keep silent.
This morning, after finishing breakfast, Fatih did not read the newspaper as he did the previous few days. Instead, he took the income and expenditure statements of several factories last year and studied them carefully.
Fatih did not spend any more time on the long series of figures, but concentrated on studying the expenditure items and the proportions of the most important expenditures. It was already lunch time when he had an idea.
He didn't go to Olive's today. He just asked the hotel staff to buy him lunch. He saw that store by chance yesterday and there were many customers.
The hotel staff couldn't figure out why this distinguished guest wanted to eat the ordinary soybean oil noodles. They couldn't figure out whether the restaurant made it delicious or whether it was the guest's hobby.
The noodle seller was confused when he saw the staff of the luxury hotel coming to buy noodles with silver and gold plates. He specializes in economical and affordable noodles. The noodles are cheap multi-grain noodles. Add chopped green onions, salt, and soy sauce, then add a spoonful of hot soybean oil, and finally add the cooked noodles and mix well. For a little extra money, you can get some lard residue. The customers are all workers with little money.
Although the noodles and seasonings were rough and the taste was salty, Fatih ate it very seriously as if he was eating royal meals in a palace.
Hakan was a little hesitant to eat on the sidelines. He had been living well and living well since he became famous. He had not eaten such rough food for many years.
Fatih said while eating: "In Wesson, the salary of a low-level apprentice can allow a family of four to eat two meals of noodles like this every day, and eat it once every three to five days." meat, or an egg a day.”
Hakan still had some understanding of the living standards of ordinary people, and said in surprise: "Their wages are actually so high. In places with poorer land in the country, landlords cannot eat meat and eggs two or three times a day. These are all due to busy farming. It can only be eaten during festivals."
Fatih picked up a piece of lard residue with a fork and said, "Duke Wesson distributes the profits of the factory based on military merit."
"A family. The factory's income is mainly divided into four parts. Various taxes paid to the government account for 20%, management personnel such as supervisors and master craftsmen like military officers receive 10%, workers receive half, and public funds of the factory account for 15%. The factory owner takes the remaining half.”
Hakan nodded slightly. He had participated in many wars before and had great experience in dividing the spoils after winning.
Part of the spoils of an army should be given to the emperor, and part should be used as capital to maintain and expand the army. The officers and soldiers under his command should also share some, otherwise no one will work for you, and the generals cannot keep it all.
Fatih continued while eating lard residue: "It is not enough for workers to have money, they must have enough money, otherwise no matter how much money they have, it will be in vain."
"Here, food and cloth are very cheap, as long as If you are willing to work, you can feed your family."
Hakan said incredulously: "Everyone knows that there are too many people in Weisen State who are short of food, but I can't figure out how they manage to maintain food. "The price is so low," Fatih said matter-of-factly: "Of course I will buy it."
"In Wesson, we have been buying grain, cotton, and wool for many years." Commodities such as minerals, ores and magic crystals are subject to negative tariffs, which means that even if the purchase price is a bit high, you can still make some money by shipping them here.”
"So now many people come here to sell food, and the empty cabins are filled with goods and shipped away."
Although Hakan is a Dharma god, he knows nothing about economic construction. He said with some doubts: "This way There is a big hole in the customs duties in Weisen. How much money can it take to fill it up?"
Fatih said: "Of course there are compensation methods, such as cloth and ironware imported from outside. Things are subject to a tariff of more than 60%, so this makes up for it.”
“The newspaper also said that if exports of grain from Weissense were subject to a 500% tariff, no one would do this business. It seems that only processed food and special flour do not have to pay such high export taxes."
"I'm thinking that we can just use grain and ore to pay for our business."
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Hakan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Master, do you really want to do business?"
He thought that the emperor only visited the factory to steal economic information, but he did not expect to actually do business.
Fatih nodded and replied: "This business needs to be done, and it needs to be big."
"The quality of the things here is good and the price is cheap. It is better to ship it back than to produce it in China." It's better and cheaper, and I'm sure I can make a lot of money."
"You also know the situation in China. There are many people who want to seduce me. Even Therma can't completely trust it, so I need a lot of money. Form a new army.”
Hakan thought for a while and then said: "Master, I think it is better to buy a machine and build it yourself. Those machines are chickens that can lay golden eggs."
Fatih sighed and shook his head. Said: "I have inquired, the price of a machine is enough to live in a guest room like this for a year."
"In other words, the hinge factory we visited on the first day, inside The machines are enough for a newborn baby to live here until adulthood."
"I have thought about it. Instead of buying machines back home, it is better to just buy them. If we buy more, we can lower the price. It's equivalent to letting people from Wesen State work for us."
Hakan felt that it made sense and said seriously: "His Majesty!"
Fatih smiled proudly and whispered: "I discovered a secret. The water pipes in the bathroom are very strong and can be used as barrels for muskets."
"I plan to show off in a few days. Ask about the price. If it’s cheap, buy it back. Then I will have tens of thousands of armored musketeers. Let’s see who dares not to listen to me.”
(End of Chapter)