Chapter 510 Killing Many Birds with One Stone (Please vote and subscribe)

The timber storage yard, the blacksmith shop, the windmill timber processing plant, and the dock, a total of four parts together make up this newly built market.

Of course, it only exists on the blueprint now, and it may take another year to turn it into reality.

But Luo Chong doesn't care. This kind of thing is better to do it as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the longer it will take, especially the fleet's exploration of this "national policy", which will have a huge impact on the future of the Han tribe.

Once again, this important task was handed over to Dashu, asking him to organize his officials to prepare materials and money, and to recruit or mobilize suitable craftsmen. At present, some minor officials can be sent to measure on the spot, and then have people clean up the land. Some things that should be moved over should be started early.

After these two things were arranged, Dashu had another short-term task, which was to send officials to the market to popularize the use of scales, so that vendors could learn to use scales as soon as possible, and put an end to the previous blind selling. No matter what, they would sell it by the weight. How could this work? Now that there was a scale, it was natural to unify the weight unit as soon as possible.

After a hasty night's rest, Luo Chong came to a small temporary dock on the shore early the next morning to wait. What was he waiting for? Of course,

he was waiting for the sweet stalks from the Ling tribe. Yesterday, Luo Chong had seen a bundle of sweet stalks that Dashu had left for him. It was indeed the same as the sweet stalks he had eaten in his previous life, and the sweetness was also sufficient. However, when the Ling tribe transported it here, they had already cut off the tips and roots. Luo Chong could not confirm whether this sorghum was the same as the sorghum in his previous life.

The main reason was that they cut off the tips, which was where the flowers and seeds were. Therefore, it was impossible to estimate the fruiting rate of this sweet stalk, that is, the yield of sorghum rice, and whether it could support the consumption of winemaking.

Of course, even if the sorghum above has not yet grown to the point where it can be used as food, sweet stalks must be planted. Even if it cannot be used to make wine, the sugar-making alone is enough to make the Han tribe rich.

Just as Luo Chong was daydreaming, the raft team of the Ling tribe also floated over on the river surface northeast of the dock. Since the raft's load capacity is very limited, in order to load more goods, they also sent out many rafts.

After seeing this, Luo Chong was stunned for a moment, and turned to ask the big tree next to him.

"Didn't they ask to buy boats from us? Or did you not sell them?"

"Well, they did ask, but they didn't say whether they wanted to buy or not. I don't know whether the leader allows us to sell or how much is appropriate. After that, they didn't ask again, so I didn't take it seriously." The big tree answered honestly.

"Well, let's sell it. Didn't you say that they made a lot of money from us? Then we should find a way to make it back.

Just sell the old wooden boat that is eight meters long and three meters wide, and can carry 20 people at a time. Just modify it and add an oar at the back.

As for the price, it takes ten people about ten days to build such a boat, and the labor cost is one hundred yuan. The wood needs to be purchased from the logging teams, and then processed into planks, and there are nails, sealing and waterproofing, and paint, which add up to almost 500 yuan.

How about this, just round it up to one thousand yuan each, and sell it to them at the market."

When Luo Chong heard that Dashu did not sell the boat, he immediately thought of selling the boat. You know, compared with those fresh foods, cars and ships are big items.

In the Han tribe, where people can have a full meal for only three or four cents and the average monthly salary is only 30 yuan, spending 1,000 yuan to buy a small boat would require saving for three or four years without eating or drinking. This is not something that everyone can afford. It

was not easy to meet a tribe like the Ling tribe, which had money and needed boats. Luo Chong would feel uneasy if he didn't rip them off.

After listening to Luo Chong's series of calculations, Dashu was also a little dumbfounded. He didn't understand why the chief doubled the cost without blinking an eye when the cost was only about 500 yuan.

However, this was to make money for the Han tribe, so there was nothing wrong with it. Anyway, it was outsiders who were being cheated. Dashu no longer hesitated, turned around and whispered a few words to a clerk next to him, asking him to put the boat up for sale immediately.

But while the two were still talking, Luo Chong said something else.

"Remember, this is the price for our own people."

"Ah? Chief, this is the price for people from our own tribe?" Da Shu almost bit his tongue, thinking he had heard wrong, so he asked again.

"What do you think? Of course it's this price. How can we support the shipyard and workers without making money? How can we develop new ships without making money? How can the workers have motivation without making money? Do you think money comes from the wind?

Besides, do you think that except for the Ling tribe, anyone in our own tribe can pay so much money to buy a ship? What's the use of buying a ship? So you definitely can't sell it to our own tribe." Luo Chong explained in a low voice.

"It's so expensive, of course no one can afford it." Da Shu couldn't help but mutter in a low voice after hearing what Luo Chong said, but Luo Chong still heard it.

"Why, you are not convinced, think I am not on our side?" Luo Chong smiled and asked Da Shu.

"I didn't, it's not me, I really didn't say that."

"What I said is also true. The price is too low, which is not conducive to future development. The workers must make money, but the price is too high, and few people buy it, so we still can't make money. Do you know what to do? Also, you think I am not on my side, right? Then tell me how to solve these two problems at once." Luo Chong tested the tree again.

However, this time the tree did not speak, but just shook his head. He really didn't know how to solve this kind of thing. First, the currency had just been issued, and everyone had no experience in business. Second, he really didn't understand how to solve two problems at the same time. How can you make money and take care of your own people? Fortunately,

Luo Chong also understood the ability of the tree, and did not let him wait any longer, and immediately told him his own way.

"No one can afford a boat like this for 1,000 yuan, because no one can afford to pay that much money at once, but you can't lower the price, so what should we do?

Although we sell boats to the outside, we can also rent boats internally. For example, what Shu Da did this month, he can take out 1,000 yuan, but he will have nothing left after buying a boat, so he can't afford it.

But I rented the boat to him directly, 60 yuan a month, which is equivalent to the salary of two people. In this way, it seems not much. He now rents two boats and tinkers with supplies from Hanyang City to his Ruyang County every day. The difference is more than the salary of four people, do you understand?

And our official shipyard, this boat cannot be sold after it is built, but if it is rented, 60 yuan a month is nothing for the vendors. It seems that they are not making money, but in fact, ten a year After four months, the rent alone can recover 840 yuan.

In the second year, we directly reduced the price of this one-year-old boat to 800 yuan, and then continued to rent it out, still 60 yuan a month. After two years, it is nearly 1,700 yuan, which is more valuable than the original 1,000 yuan.

In the third year, we can still sell this two-year-old boat at a low price of 500 yuan. There will always be someone to buy it. In this way, although it takes a little longer, the money we earn is indeed two or three times more than before.

This can not only make more money, but also solve the problem that the people can't afford to buy boats. From the perspective of the entire tribe, it will also help the development of water transportation, the circulation of goods, and the growth of the economy. This is a good way to kill two birds with one stone. "

After Luo Chong finished talking about this method, he calculated the account for Dashu, and Dashu was directly confused. Is this a business? Damn, can it be played like this? How did the leader do it? This method seems to be feasible. After all, he can pay the rent of 60 yuan a month.

It doesn't look like much money, but before you know it, it ends up being more expensive than buying a new boat. This is really, really emmmm

(End of this chapter)