The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 217

After spring, in response to the current market situation, the prices of books printed in Jingzhou began to drop, and the second wave of leeks was harvested.

Each book is reduced from hardware to three gold.

The three golds are equivalent to nearly [-] yuan. Although it is not a small sum, the average small family can afford two or three books, even some relatively wealthy poor families or ordinary people can afford to tighten their belts. One.

Of course, Jingzhou's wholesale prices to major distributors outside the city are lower, after all, agents in various states and counties have to earn part of the price difference.

In order to prevent agents from all over the world from hoarding books and selling them at a high price, the Jingzhou Printing and Publishing Bureau has announced that the price of books will be reduced all over the world. If you dare to sell expensive books, people will come to Jingzhou to buy them. Take the opportunity to visit Jingzhou.

Zhang Wu intends to maintain this price for one year, and after making almost the same amount of money from the big and small families, he will release the price and hand it over to the market, so that those printers and distributors will actively lower prices for competition.

At that time, the Metropolitan Government will increase the production of white paper, and printers will definitely increase the production of books through various channels in order to make profits. With more books on the market, prices will naturally drop.

Now, Zhang Wu has nearly 60 billion yuan in his hands, and he is really rich.Of course, so much money has not been fully recovered, and there are not so many five baht coins on the market. Most of the money in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is still on the books and has not been recovered from the hands of the major families, because Zhang Wu still has other money. Intend.

Of course, if you have money, you must improve your own strength, otherwise it will be a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron in the warehouse, just a pile of useless numbers.And now it's a troubled time, maybe there will be a war soon, if someone defeats, so much money will be someone else's.

During the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong led a large army to attack Hubei and was about to arrive in Wuchang.The city of Wuchang was empty of troops, and the local gentry discussed raising funds to form an army to defend the city, but the palace of the Prince of Chu had millions of dollars in savings, but nothing was removed. In the end, Zhang Xianzhong stormed the city, and the entire family of the King of Chu was killed.

Zhang Wu has heard too many such stories, so in such troubled times, wealth is not important, strength is the most important.The easiest way to improve your strength in this troubled world is to expand your army and save food and grass.

But Jingzhou only has such a small area and a limited population. Recruiting adult men to expand the army will affect production, so the number of troops cannot be increased.

Since quantity cannot be improved, it can only improve quality.

The so-called quality improvement refers to the improvement in morale, equipment, training and other aspects.

The Zhennan General's Mansion ordered that the entire army should increase food, and eat enough meat every ten days to improve food, but at the same time increase the amount of training, and the training unit that ranks first in daily training results will be rewarded with food.

The infantry must be fully equipped with weapons and armor. Although the entire army cannot wear full-body armor, at least half armor must be guaranteed for junior officers, and full armor for officers above the colonel. Ordinary soldiers must also have helmets and leather armor to protect their heads and chests. , abdomen and other vital parts.

The navy could not wear heavy armor to fight, so they made fine leather armors of lighter quality, distributed a large number of bows and crossbows, and allocated huge sums of money to various shipyards to vigorously build warships and large ships.If the materials are not enough, go to Jiangdong, Yizhou and other places to buy wood.

Zhang Wu also ordered to improve the treatment of craftsmen in the army, stimulate their enthusiasm and enthusiasm for work, and encourage them to improve various weapons and equipment. Craftsmen with inventions and creations will not only be rewarded, but also be awarded the title of master craftsman, master craftsman, or master craftsman. Wait for the title and enjoy certain benefits.

The quality responsibility system is implemented for the weapons and equipment made by craftsmen. Each craftsman will engrave his own name on a piece of work, and if there is a quality problem, he will be held accountable.

Although the money is enough, so much equipment and materials needed cannot be produced in ten and a half months. Now the entire Jingzhou has 12 main troops, including [-] infantry and [-] navy.The daily food and drink expenses of so many people are also astronomical, and some officials in the Governor's Mansion and Zhennan General's Mansion alone can't keep busy.

Therefore, Zhang Wu planned to leave some equipment manufacturing and material procurement to some trusted aristocratic families.

Zhang Wu asked Liu Ba to notify the heads of the major families or those in charge to hold a meeting at the Governor's Mansion.

The major families had already gotten wind of it beforehand, so they all excitedly sent people to the Governor's Mansion. This was another big money-making business!Although they made a fortune by selling books, they made quick money. The current profit is far from what it was at the beginning. At most, after another year, after everyone buys books that day, they will stop making money up.

But now the business released by the Metropolitan Government can last for a long time, and the profits are also very generous.Fang is fighting endlessly today, and this troubled world will last at least ten more years. During this period, every time a war breaks out, a massive amount of supplies will be needed.Whether it is weapons, armor, grain, grass and arrows, the amount consumed is incalculable. If a war lasts for a year or two, both sides will have to spend their entire wealth.

Since ancient times, making war fortunes is the most profitable.

After some discussions, Zhang Wu handed over the making of ordinary weapons and armor, the production of military uniforms, and the purchase of grain and grass to the Jingzhou aristocratic families represented by the Pang family, Huang family, Kuai family and other families.In order to ensure quality, the Metropolitan Government will send relevant personnel to conduct supervision and inspections. If any company is found to have lied about the quantity and passed it off as quality, not only will its cooperation qualifications be revoked, but it will also be severely fined.

In this way, the major families have made money, while the Metropolitan Government has saved costs such as personnel and transportation. At the same time, the major families have been further tied to their chariots. In order to earn more money, they will also Find ways to make yourself win every battle.

There is also good news that the new warship that Zhang Wu designed and has been developing has finally been successfully developed and can be launched for sea trials.

Zhang Wu summoned Gan Ning, Ding Feng, Wen Pin and other generals who were proficient in water warfare and rushed to Jiangling quickly, and joined Feng Xi who was stationed in Jiangling to participate in the sea trial and combat test of the new warship.

The new warships did not use oars to propel themselves, but instead installed a runner on the bottom of the ship. The person driving the ship used pedals to turn the wooden wheel to provide power, allowing the ship to be maneuvered more flexibly.

Since it was the first warship used for testing, it was not very big. It was much smaller than a tower ship, but it was similar to an ordinary stern warship.There are many pedals installed on the bottom of the ship, and dozens of sailors are standing in the sealed cabin on the bottom ready to step on the wheel.

Two small catapults are installed on the upper deck, and more than 200 soldiers can be arranged there.

Zhang Wu, Gan Ning and others boarded the warship to experience for themselves whether this new type of warship has any advantages compared with the existing warships.

(End of this chapter)