Chapter 907 Getting rich by fighting (3rd update, please subscribe)

Ming Dynasty’s industry is still not strong enough!

Before this, perhaps many people were proud to say that our Ming Dynasty is now an industrial power!

But after the war broke out, everyone was dumbfounded by the surge in domestic and foreign orders!

How can I not be dumbfounded?

The military supply orders were so large that they far exceeded the industrial production capacity of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to meet the surge in military orders, almost all factories began to focus on supplying military products first, which directly affected the lives of many ordinary people.

In fact, the war had almost no impact on ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, except that a small number of commodities gradually became a little tight. After all, conscription was mostly based on immigration, and for ordinary people, the biggest impact of the war on them was that... the war increased their income.

The sudden increase in military orders made almost all the factories in the Ming Dynasty suddenly prosperous. In order to complete the orders, the factories asked workers to work overtime. The surge in overtime pay even doubled the income of many workers in a short period of time.

It has to be said that war is sometimes the best booster of industrial production. The surge in orders and limited production capacity have enabled almost all enterprises in the Ming Dynasty to benefit from it, and of course the workers can also benefit from it. Like many senior technicians, after the outbreak of the war, Li Tieliang's salary more than doubled. Of course, he was very satisfied with this. He worked in the factory for sixteen hours every day, and even on weekends, he would go to the factory to work for eight hours.

"As long as you have money, you can use your strength without limit."

Whenever his wife and children persuaded him to work less overtime, Li Tieliang would answer like this. In his opinion, this was a godsend.

"Working harder and earning more money is the right way to go!"

Even Li Tieliang had thought about it. After this month's salary was paid, he would hire a maid for the family. In fact... he was just trying to find a wife for his second son.

With this in mind, Li Tieliang took advantage of the weekend to call the second son back from the factory.

The second factory is also very busy. Nowadays, there is almost no factory that can be idle. Every factory has endless work to do and endless orders to receive.

Of course, the workers' income has also increased accordingly. Even the stingiest bosses will increase their workers' wages.

If the wages hadn't been raised, I guess the people in the factory would have left long ago.

After eating a plate of braised pig's trotters, a plate of pig's large intestines, a plate of braised beef, a plate of peanuts and two side dishes cooked by his wife, the father and son started drinking.

"Hey, Pingcai, I've been thinking about this these days..."

Without waiting for Li Tieliang to finish, Li Pingcai spoke.

"Dad, I've been thinking about this too. Let's open our own workshop!"

What?

Li Tieliang opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Pingcai in confusion.

"What did you say?"

"Dad, you can see that nowadays, as long as there is a factory, there will be endless work. Even a workshop with only a few machines is the same. If our family runs a processing factory, with your skills, there will definitely be endless work. Working for an employer, won't you earn more than being your own employer?"

Looking at his seventeen-year-old son, Li Tieliang was dumbfounded.

"What did you say? We have no one in our family who knows how to do business. How can we, the Li family, do business..."

Li Pingcai directly refuted his father's words.

"None of our ancestors were workers. When we lived in our hometown in Shandong, we were farmers. But how did your father become a worker?"

Li Tieliang was dumbfounded by his son's rebuttal. He looked at his seventeen-year-old son and thought, this kid... he must have studied for a few years, why is his thinking different from his?

"Pingcai, our family business is small and can't afford to suffer any hardship. How much money will it cost to set up a factory? We don't have that much money."

My mother interjected that she wanted to have a grandson more than to run a factory! The head of the family had told her about this a few days ago.

"A few hundred dollars will do, Dad. The army has just captured Montevideo on the other side of the river. Although that place is not as good as ours, there must be machines there. Let's go there and buy a few machines. If it works, we can just build a factory..."

Li Tieliang spoke without waiting for his son to finish his words.

"Whose machine should I buy for a few hundred yuan? How much will it cost to set up a factory?"

"Dad, Uncle Zhuzi has been running a restaurant for many years. If he knew you were willing to start your own business, he would definitely be happy to join in. And Boss Cheng has long been thinking about opening a factory with you. Who in the several communities around Anleyuan doesn't know about Dad's craftsmanship?"

This is the truth. When talking about his craftsmanship, Li Tieliang's face is full of pride. Several factories have offered to poach him. After all, factories rely on the skills of their workers to make a living.

"If you go out on your own, they will definitely be willing to pay a share. I think with 6,000 or 7,000 yuan, we can set up a workshop and buy some second-hand machines in Montevideo. It will definitely work!"

Is this really possible?

Li Tieliang picked up a piece of braised large intestine with chopsticks, took a bite, drank a sip of wine, and spoke after a while.

"I'm afraid this is still not a safe thing to do. It's not as safe as the two of us working in the factory."

"Dad, what's so unstable about this? We all make a living by our skills and techniques. Even if we fail, we have the skills, so why should we be afraid that no factory will hire us?"

"But are you sure the people on the other side of the river are buying machines? Machines are hard to buy now. Even Mr. Xu in our factory had to beg for help to get ten new machines."

"Dad, you'll know once you go there. After all, the past is still a country. How can there be no machines?"

Li Pingcai took a sip of wine and said with eyes full of longing.

"Dad, no matter what, it's just a loss of one month's salary. If you're worried, I can go there by myself. My salary is low, so I won't lose much money. If it works, our Li family will be rich!"

That night, neither the Li family father nor his son slept well. Should they go or not?

The two of them thought about it for the whole night, and it was not until the next day that Li Tieliang, with red eyes, spoke to his son.

"Pingcai, you stay here. I'm going to Montevideo. I..."

Without waiting for his father to finish his words, Li Pingcai asked back with a smile.

"Dad, do you speak a little Spanish?"

Not to mention, just such a casual question made Li Tieliang dumbfounded, he didn't know a single word.

"Dad, why don't we go together? I learned some Spanish in school..."

(End of this chapter)