Chapter 509: Others are busy getting rich
As soon as August entered, Baron Turgot suddenly noticed that recruitment posters were growing in the streets and alleys.
Although the Iris community is dominated by Gauls, the Principality of Wessen is a chess game across the country. There is also a neighborhood committee in the HX district of Wessenberg City. The staff used glue to paste the newly distributed posters on the bulletin board. superior.
The background of this poster is red. In the middle is Frederick riding the Dawn and wielding a sword and leading the cavalry to charge. There are several hot air airships flying in the sky. The words "Let's charge together!" are written in yellow below!
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Baron Turgot remained silent in front of the poster for a long time. Such posters are indeed very attractive to young people, and he himself was a little moved.
But when he thought that Wesson's army might charge towards the Kingdom of Gaul, his heart suddenly felt cold.
There is also a poster posted a few days ago on the bulletin board. In the poster next to it, there is a tractor and a farmer on the right, and a soldier and a car on the left. The two are shaking hands. On the central axis of the poster, a mirror image is formed on the left and right.
You can tell without reading the words that the Weisen Army wants to recruit tractor drivers into the army.
Another poster surprised Baron Turgot. The poster showed a hot airship and a female soldier wearing a blue air force uniform calling for women to join the army.
He took a hot-air airship in Xiongcheng last year and saw the female soldiers flying airships. All of them were talented people. He did not expect that the Weisen Army would actually recruit soldiers from the society.
In contrast, the poster calling for female nurses was less surprising.
Baron Turgot's hands were trembling a little, and this scene came to his mind: Archduke Wesson gave an order, and all the men, women, and children in the Duke of Wesson rushed into the Kingdom of Gaul, broke through the city of Le Havre, and captured the city of Le Havre. All the bearskin rugs, silver candlesticks and even pots and pans in his home were snatched away.
“What to do?!”
He was at a loss for a while. Now in the Kingdom of Gaul, the king was saved by Archduke Wesson, and the king came here to sell oysters to make money. Franche, everyone can see this.
Baron Turgot walked aimlessly, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do.
I don't know how long it took, but when he came to his senses, he found that he had walked to the Ghazi Grill opposite the Weaving Road Primary School, which was a place he often came to for lunch recently.
But the barbecue restaurant is not open today. There is a sign saying that it will be closed for a long time and will not resume business until the World Expo.
Few people are as worried about the country and the people as Baron Turgot. Everyone is thinking about their own pockets.
Ozkan, who asked Olive to be his translator at the World Expo last year, came again. This time he brought a pair of big gold bracelets and a saber with a scabbard inlaid with gems. Olive immediately closed the barbecue restaurant. Now, grab Spike and go do business for the boss.
Ozkan made a lot of money last year, and accidentally saved the life of a big shot's son and was rewarded. This year he plans to make a big move.
At the shipyard in Willibird City, next to the slipway, Ozcan pointed to a ship with water wheels mounted on both sides and said to Olive: "Tell him, I bought this ship!"
As soon as Olive translated the words to the clerk at the shipyard, a brown-haired lady next to her immediately had a violent reaction.
“No!” Sir Clare jumped up, “This boat was given to me by Archduke Wesson, it is impossible to sell it to you!”
Beside her there was a man with golden curly hair. The girl is nodding.
Oliver looked at her, and judging from her skin color, she should be from the south. She had already guessed what was going on, and could only tell Ozkan that this ship was given to his lover by Archduke Wesson.
Ozcan immediately showed a bitter face and said: "Then ask me if I can buy a few boats like the Flying Tulip."
The reply that Olive received after asking was negative, Wesson There is currently only one such ship in the principality.
Ozkan was depressed. He had seen the Flying Tulip in the Dark Sea in the summer. The ship ran extremely fast against the wind and did not use sails. If he could buy one, he could make a lot of money.
The salesman said to Olive: "Tell the boss that we only have a 100-ton ship now, and there is no problem in going offshore."
"One ship costs 300 florins, give it to you Two points of commission.”
Business people are very aware of the influence of translation on foreign businessmen, and they will give rebates when they are due. The rebate for one ship is almost the annual salary of an ordinary worker here.
After listening to Olive's translation, Ozkan thought that a small boat would do if a big ship didn't work. His business scope was at the end of the inland sea. There were usually no wind and waves, so a small boat would do.
He said to Olive: "Tell him to go and see what the boat looks like."
The dockyard next to it was giving the final paint to several paddle steamers. The hull was built in the city of Amstel and then shipped there. The bridge and other parts were also made into semi-finished products. After the engine was installed, it could be quickly assembled.
Ozkan went up to look around at the location of the warehouse, turned around and asked Spike in Pulan: "Brother, how many guards do you think this ship should have?" If the soldiers of the Wesson Army graduate from the literacy class One or two foreign languages have been arranged for learning. Spike did not need to take literacy classes when he was growing up in an orphanage, so he learned Pulan. Recently, he and Olive learned the language of the Ghazi Empire.
Ozkan saw him delivering soda to Olive at the World Expo last year, so he was not surprised to see Olive bring him this year.
Ozkan saw that he was tall and strong and wanted to recruit him.
When doing business on the grassland, you can sometimes convince people physically. When a big man with a height of two meters stands on the grassland with an average height of more than 1.6 meters, he will definitely speak more politely to the other person.
And Spike was once a soldier of Metzger, the most famous "Emperor Killer" in the powerful Wesson Army in the Inland Sea, which was enough to make the people on the grassland become good at singing and dancing.
Spike was not interested in fighting and killing now. He just wanted to live a peaceful life. He pretended not to notice Ozcan's hint. This time he said to him: "I'm not familiar with sea combat. If you need it, you can Consult the Black Iron Security Company. They can give you a complete plan. There are many veterans there."
Ozkan's eyes lit up and he immediately patted him on the shoulder to thank him.
"Olive," Ozcan said to Olive, "you tell the shipyard that I order ten ships. 300 is too high. You can negotiate for a lower price and half of the difference will be given to you."
Olive 1 I heard this is a big business. With this income, I can open a barbecue restaurant in the old city and the business will be even better.
Spike smiled and put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't worry, let me do it."
After he finished speaking, he pulled the salesman into a cabin, closed the door and began to discuss.
Ozkan could see that there must be something fishy in it, but he had seen this kind of thing too often. He could cut the price down because that was his ability. He didn’t know how much he would get ripped off.
Spike had heard that this kind of boat was sold to the Kingdom of Gaul for 260 florins, but the salesman said that the current boat was painted with waterproof biological paint, and the price had increased.
"How much does it cost to buy a chicken in your shipyard canteen?" Spike took out his business card mysteriously, "I am the owner of Xinqidian Chicken Farm, go and ask your leaders if they can It can’t be cheaper, I can give you a thousand chickens at the price of 37 copper plates per month.”
The shipyard is a physical job, and the workers must have enough meat to supplement it. Meat is always consumed. Large households also need to purchase large quantities of chicken.
There are still many villages where one farmer raises more than ten to thirty chickens in a free-range manner. The chicken collectors go to one village a day to collect the chickens. Regardless of the price, the quantity is unstable.
Spike is one of the pioneers in large-scale chicken raising. For big chicken eaters like shipyards, the advantage is that they have a stable supply of chickens and don't have to worry about the person who collects the chickens not coming on a certain day.
The salesman quickly invited them to the office for discussion. Ozcan and Olive were drinking tea in the reception room, and Spike, the two factory leaders in charge of logistics and sales, were muttering there.
“Three thousand chickens a month!” the leader in charge of logistics said, “If you want to do big business, you need to be more generous.”
Three thousand chickens a month only lasts a day. One hundred is barely enough for a large factory with hundreds of workers and a large number of family members.
Spike thought for a while and said: "My chicken farm can produce four thousand chickens a month. I negotiated a business deal with the textile factory for 1,500 chickens the day before yesterday, but I only sold 2,500 chickens to you. "
"We are all in long-term business. If we sign a contract for 2,500 chickens first, I can immediately take out a loan for expansion with the contract. It will not be a problem to give you 6,000 chickens next year. "
The shipyard has calculated an account. Usually the chicken collector can only deliver twenty or thirty chickens a day. After all, chickens in a village cannot grow up at the same time. The price of these chickens is higher than Spike has two more coppers.
If you buy a hundred chickens a day from the chicken collector, it will cost two hundred coppers more than buying it from Spike. Ten days will cost one more gold florin, and a month will cost three more. Florins, that's thirty-six florins a year.
Now the shipyard is expanding. The more chickens we need in the future, the more money we can save.
After some haggling, Spike signed a contract with the shipyard to sell chickens, and at the same time agreed to buy 10 paddle-wheel cargo ships that could sail offshore at a price of 275 florins each.
Ozcan was very satisfied with the price he could get. He immediately signed the ship purchase contract and as soon as the shipyard financial staff arrived, he went to the Wesson Bank Wesson-Bokner Shipyard branch to transfer the money, and the total was calculated. I saved 125 florins, which allowed me to buy a lot of goods and sell them on the grassland.
Spike found a stable and large customer for the chicken farm, and the price was not low, which allowed the chicken farm to continue operating stably, and he could also borrow money to expand the chicken farm.
Olive took two points of commission from the shipyard in one hand and Ozcan's bargaining reward in the other. He got 180 florins at once, which was enough to open a store in the prime location of Weissenburg City.
The shipyard is not at a loss either. Anyway, the base sales price of the boat is 270 florins, which is 5 florins more. The contract with the chicken farm is cash on delivery, and Spike did not send chickens by then. Then live the same as before.
The only injured person was the salesman who received Ozcan and his party. The business was no longer a concern, and naturally there was no commission. In the end, all he got was a pat on the shoulder from the leader and a few words of encouragement.
(End of this chapter)