Chapter 655: You Fu's Suggestions (Please vote and subscribe)
After visiting the boat, Elder Zhu of the Xin tribe sighed with deep regret, "Alas, what a pity, Lord You will be returning by boat soon. If only we could wait a few more days for our leader to see this thing, I believe our leader will be interested."
At this time, the beast tooth next to him suddenly said, "That's no problem. We welcome Commander Xin to visit."
Elder Zhu's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at the beast tooth in disbelief, "What? Is what the Han envoy said true?"
"Of course it's true. Although Captain You has to go back by boat, he will come back in a month at most, and there will be four boats at a time. Elder Zhu can take advantage of this time to rush back to Qingquan Valley and pick up Commander Xin. It will take about 20 days to go back and forth. When Commander Xin comes, he may just see the fleet return."
Shouya immediately told Luo Chong the plan in the letter. Anyway, You Fu will have to make another trip in a short time. It's okay to let Commander Xin take a look at it. It's just right to show him the strength of the Han tribe and make him more confident in his cross-sea bridge plan.
"So that's the case. That's great. No, I have to go back now. I must convince the leader to come and see it in person."
Elder Zhu seemed very excited. After confirming the plan mentioned by Shouya, he immediately rode away on horseback. The resident of the delegation and Qingquan Valley where Commander Xin is located are east and west, and it is not easy to run back and forth, so he has to start seizing the time now.
Shouya did not stop him. After sending the old man away with You Fu, the two discussed the next plan.
"Now that the route is open, communications will only become more frequent, and more and more supplies will be delivered. However, I don't think this is a solution. Our Han tribe cannot continue to provide blood transfusions to Takeshima. This puts too much pressure on our tribe.
Takeshima needs to be built, and the Xin tribe must find a way to get it back, but we can't pay for it. Not only can we not pay, we also have to find a way to make money from Takeshima, otherwise we will lose too much money if we operate this land." Shouya analyzed with emotion.
After listening to You Fu, he thought for a while, then nodded, "What do you think? I can tell the chief when I go back."
Shouya smiled, and then said, "I think the first thing to solve now is the output problem. Now all the consumption of the delegation, including food, salt, meat, animal power, and labor and building materials used to build the base, are purchased from the local area, and the things used in exchange are the things we brought with us at the beginning. If we continue like this, we don’t know how much money and food we will need to build the city. Moreover, our Han tribe is so far away from here that it is not easy to replenish supplies.
So my idea is to solve part of the output first, so that the delegation can be self-reliant and no longer be a burden to our Han tribe."
You Fu frowned and asked in confusion, "Didn’t you talk about this last time?"
Shouya waved his hand, "Listen to me."
"What I said last time was only the first stage of the plan, to make the delegation self-reliant and no longer a burden to the tribe. The purpose of this first step is to support ourselves. In the second stage, we must not only support ourselves, but also earn extra money to build the city here. This city must be large, and the tribe must not spend a penny.
For the last stage, my plan is that the delegation must not only build the local area well, but also have enough output to feed back to our Han tribe."
You Fu nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Your idea is very good, but how do you realize it? Is it the homemade vehicles you mentioned last time, and the looms you sell?"
Shouya immediately waved his hands, "No, no, no, how much can those things sell for? I want to sell boats here directly. You don't know how hard the fishing tribe here is, how difficult it is to fish every day, and the little fish they catch can only barely be enough for themselves. If there is a little extra, they have to exchange food and other tools with the food tribe next door.
If we can directly produce a batch of fishing boats and sell them to them, they will definitely be very popular."
You Fu immediately widened his eyes after hearing this, and couldn't help but complain to his face, "You are too whimsical!"
"What's wrong? Is my method not working?" Shouya asked somewhat unconvinced. He had heard a few days ago that it was easy for Youfu and his men to fish at sea, so he came up with this idea. However, he did not expect that Youfu would oppose him as soon as he finished speaking.
Youfu did not answer directly, but asked Shouya in return, "Let me ask you, how long has our tribe mastered the technology of making cars and looms, and how long has the technology of shipbuilding been mastered? But look at our tribe now, how many families have private looms, and who can afford to buy a few large cars.
Not to mention the boats, this eight-meter-long small wooden boat, without a roof, only a pair of oars and a rowing boat, sells for one thousand yuan in our tribe, and the average salary in our tribe is only thirty yuan per month. Do you think anyone in our tribe can afford it? Can anyone in the Xin tribe afford it?
What's more, such a small boat is not worth buying at all. To be able to go fishing at sea, even if it is fishing in the near sea, at least a two-masted sailing ship of about ten to twenty meters is needed. The cost price of such a boat in our tribe is as high as 10,000 or 20,000. Do you think this thing can be sold in the Xin tribe? Besides, even if someone is willing to buy it, can they afford it? "
After hearing what Youfu said, Shouya was speechless. He only thought about the needs of Zhudao. If there are a large number of fishing boats, there must be someone in Zhudao who needs it, but he did not consider whether the indigenous people on Zhudao have the economic strength to pay for it. In this regard, Youfu obviously considered it more comprehensively.
At this time, Youfu suddenly put his arm around Shouya's shoulders, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Shouya, Shouya, have you ever thought about how the chief would look at you if he knew about your suggestion?"
Shouya was stunned and looked at Youfu in confusion. Youfu explained immediately.
"Don't you think about it? There are only a few of us in our delegation. How can we gain the respect of the Xin tribe's leaders and let you call the shots here?"
Shouya thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Isn't it because we are backed by the Han tribe?"
"The Han tribe is nothing!" You Fu couldn't help but complain, and seeing Shou Ya's shocked expression, he continued.
"Our Han tribe and Zhudao are tens of thousands of miles apart, two tribes that have nothing to do with each other, why do we have such a great influence on Zhudao now?
Let me tell you, it's not because we are called the Han tribe, but because the Han tribe controls all of Zhudao's foreign trade channels. Although we haven't blocked the cross-sea secret bridge between Zhudao and the mainland, the trade of the entire grassland is directly monopolized by us, and it doesn't matter whether his bridge is blocked or not.
But what about you, you actually want to sell the boat to the local natives now, tell me what you think?
What is a boat? A boat is a means of transportation. As long as it can go out to sea to fish, it can be used to cross the strait to the mainland on the other side.
If Zhudao's Now that the natives have boats, do you think you can still monopolize the trade on Takeshima? Won't they sail to the mainland to trade secretly? When they have their own trade channels, do you think anyone on Takeshima will care about you, a Han envoy?"
Shouya was shocked, and immediately figured out the relationship, and then asked in embarrassment, "But if not, how can we make so much money? The delegation really needs money."
Youfu still put his arm around Shouya's shoulders, looked around to see that there was no one around, and then said mysteriously, "It's easy to make money, use a fishing boat!"
Shouya was stunned for a moment, then frowned and looked at Youfu, "Didn't you say that fishing boats are too expensive and you can't sell them here?"
"Who said you were asked to sell fishing boats? We can raise our own fishing boats and then sell fish." Youfu said with a smirk.
"Don't you know about the water transportation in Hanyang County? The Ruyang River is not wide, but the shipping is very developed. There are small boats running on it. Each of these boats costs one thousand yuan, and few people can afford it. But there are still so many boats on the river. Why? Because the leader has set up a boat rental company. Those who want to do transportation during the slack season can just pay some money for the rent, so they don't have to spend a lot of money to buy the boat."
Beast Fang sucked his teeth and asked tentatively, "So you said so much, do you want me to learn from the leader and rent boats?"
"Rent a fart? What's the difference between renting and selling? Aren't you just giving the trade channel to others?" You Fu immediately put his hand on his forehead and said speechlessly.
"Then what do you say?" Seeing You Fu's disdain for him, Beast Fang also blushed and asked angrily.
"What I mean is that we can get some fishing boats, but these fishing boats must be in our hands. We can use our people as captains and owners, and then hire local natives to be sailors and fishermen. When we have a good harvest from fishing, we can drive the boats to the designated fishing port market to sell them. After the money is sold, we can pay the native crew members, or we can directly share the profits from the day's catch. In a word, the boats must be in our hands." After
a slight pause, You Fu continued, "There are many advantages to doing this. First, you can continue to monopolize the foreign trade channels of Takeshima. Secondly, you can also make money with these fishing boats. Not only do you make money, but the local native fishermen, although they are a bit harder, are much better off than they used to be. In this way, you can also monopolize the hearts of the local natives.
If you look at the long-term, you can also rely on this method to train a large number of elite sailors among the local natives in the next few years, and we will have a lot of opportunities in the future. After the Han tribe completely controlled Zhudao, as long as the leader said that he was willing to sell the fishing boats to the local fishermen, or agreed to rent them, or sell them to them in installments, no matter which model, once the local fishermen knew that they could also obtain the ownership of the fishing boats, do you think they would be devoted to the Han tribe?
And by that time, after the local indigenous fishermen worked with the delegation for a few years, they would definitely be able to save a considerable amount of money. At that time, even if they could not afford to buy fishing boats, they could still pay a down payment, whether it was renting or paying in installments, which was much better than you selling it now and they had no money to buy it. "
After listening to Youfu's analysis, Shouya fell into deep thought. What Youfu said was indeed very reasonable. Unlike his starting point of making money, Youfu first made an analysis from a political perspective. At this stage, the Han tribe really had to firmly control Zhudao's foreign trade channels. The stricter the control, the more the delegation could eat in Zhudao.
Secondly, there is the issue of the output of the mission. All the resources on Zhudao belong to the local indigenous people. If the mission takes food from them, such as occupying the land on Zhudao for planting, it will infringe on the interests of the local people, which will definitely cause the wrath of heaven and people. At that time, unless the Han tribe rules with high pressure, the mission will definitely not be able to stay on Zhudao.
Therefore, it is better for the mission to look beyond Zhudao, and fishing at sea becomes the best choice, because the indigenous people have no ability to develop marine resources, and it is still a virgin land that they cannot touch.
Finally, it is what You Fu said about the control of people's hearts. First, hire local indigenous people to go out to sea to fish as laborers, let them see the practical benefits of fishing, and then use high salaries or dividends to improve their quality of life. In this way, in the early stage when the Han tribe monopolizes the foreign trade channels of Zhudao, it can also win the hearts of the people. After the full occupation in the later period, the Han tribe will definitely open up the right to trade, and then delegate the private ownership of the boats to the local fishermen, and the rule of the Han tribe will definitely receive very favorable support.
After figuring out these key points, Shouya nodded immediately, "I understand what you mean, but since you said that the local natives cannot take ownership of the ships, then we must not build ships on Zhudao Island, otherwise the Xin tribe will inevitably steal the technology, but in this case, where will the large number of ships I need come from? Should we send them to the tribe after they are made?" Youfu
had already made a plan for this question raised by Shouya. Coincidentally, Youfu's idea was very similar to Luo Chong's. Based on his long-term experience in sailing, the Han tribe really needed a supply base before going to sea, or a port city, so that the ships coming out of the inland could be fully maintained and replenished before entering the sea. This place should even have the ability to overhaul the hull or manufacture new ships. In addition,
it would be best if there were advanced seafood deep processing factories. Whether it was pickled or frozen, we must find a way to send the fish caught in the sea back to the Han tribe, so that the tribesmen in their hometown could also eat Shanghai goods and enjoy the resources of the sea.
In addition, with such a processing department, large warehouses and cargo stations are inevitable. Since this is the last stop before going out to sea, this place should have the function of a large logistics center.
In this way, it is definitely a port city, and with the Tang tribe next to it as a foundation, it is not difficult to develop.
(End of this chapter)
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