Infrastructure masters in the red building

Jia Fang looked at Shui Xian with a smile and thought: You will have today too.

Shui Xian is a good player in the business field, but he didn't expect that there would be times when he would worry about the word "loss".In Jia Fang's view, this kind of loss is very normal.

Although Shuixian owns a copper mine with abundant reserves, he is bound by the promise and cannot realize the mine——he cannot directly realize the copper mine.In addition, the metal deposits in the hands of Shuixian are limited by the limitations of production technology and transportation capacity, and there is no way for Shuixian to earn large-scale profits like other industries.

As for the fuel resources in the hands of Shuixian—coal and oil, people in this era have not yet found a way to properly develop and utilize them.

However, the water constitution needs to hire people to maintain these places to ensure that they will not be stolen or destroyed by others, which is a very expensive thing in itself.

In the end, this situation was formed. The mines and smelting and processing plants were like a bottomless pit of burning money, constantly filling in the money Shuixian earned from other places.

"Actually," Jia Fang rubbed his hands deliberately, "It's not a particularly smart way to measure the success of your mines by whether you lose money or not."

"You may consider setting up a special team, not looking at how much they earn, but focusing on how much money is spent, how much money is spent, and the more money is spent, it means that they are more serious about their work..."

This contrary statement made the old boy's eyes wide open in surprise. If Shopkeeper Ren was in front of Jia Fang at this moment, he would probably faint from anger when he heard this sentence... On the contrary, Shui Xian was thinking about this in his heart. The words, as if pondering out a little meaning, nodded slightly.

"You mean...I'm going to find a few people to do things that cost a lot of money but don't see immediate results?"

Jia Fang praised again: "Smart!"

"You need a research and development department, which is responsible for research and development—in fact, it's like Baigongfang in Beijing. You spend a high salary to hire the best craftsmen in every industry in the world, and give them a fixed salary to support them. But they are not allowed to make those ordinary furniture, but to make something that does not exist in this world, even if it is a trial production, it may not be successful."

When Jia Fang mentioned Baigong Workshop, Shui Xian and Lao Tong both understood.

But the old boy said with a pale face: "Master Jia, the conscience of heaven and earth, we really dare not waste money for the prince!"

Jia Fang shook his head: "No, of course it doesn't mean that you spend money indiscriminately - but if you want to 'experiment', if you want to try, you must waste materials and your own time - isn't this all money?"

The concept of "time is money" mentioned by Jia Fang, a craftsman like Lao Tong is completely confused, but a master in the business field like Shui Xian can understand it as soon as he hears it, and he nods his head Dao: "The... R&D department you mentioned, the so-called spending as much money as possible is actually to encourage them to try as much as possible and strive to find the optimal solution. Is this true?"

"That's right," Jia Fang said quickly, "Of course it's not to encourage them to waste money."

"To be precise, the assessment of this team is not how much money they spent, but whether they got a reasonable output after spending the money..."

After Jia Fang's explanation, the old boy was still frowning: "Jia Sanye, the villain still doesn't understand. Even if we assign a few people to set up some kind of 'research and development department'...then our Tongfang will still Losing money? At least much more than the iron smelters over there."

The old boy who was in charge of the "copper" workshop obviously couldn't see that his copper works were inferior to others' iron works.

"What have you produced recently?" Jia Fang thinks this sense of competition is very good, so he doesn't mind mentioning the old boy.

"Copper rails everywhere, all kinds of copper pieces on mine carts—it's just that none of them are sold out, and no one buys them outside..." The old boy scratched his head depressedly, "At the ironworks, at least refined iron farm tools are cast. , it sells well wherever it goes.”

"So that's how it is," Jia Fang laughed, knowing why the old boy was so depressed, "When you sent the copper rails to various mines and laid them on the mine docks, you didn't think about collecting money from them. ?”

The old boy had a bitter expression on his face: "They are all from our own family, what kind of money do you charge?"

Jia Fang: "Then you can't blame yourself for losing money, you didn't take any money."

Old Tong: ...It sounds wrong but I can't refute it.

Shui Xian interjected: "I already know that even if the copper rails and various parts produced are used by our own people, and the money is not counted, it does not mean that the copper workshop has no contribution. Even if it is within our own people, we should There is a process of price settlement, and there is no need to trade in real money, but you need to keep an account, so that you can know the real profit of each workshop."

Jia Fang: "Ziheng has already understood. This is a matter of internal transactions and settlements. In the future, when your industry grows bigger and becomes a big business house, the industries below you will become sub-industries one by one. These industries When trading with each other, they are settled at normal prices, so that you can know which one is doing well and which one is not doing well, and which one is really making money."

"When you want to look at the accounts of all your properties, these are offset against each other without any effect. Of course, if the properties under your name are located in different places, and the business taxes collected in different places are different, the difference between these properties will be different. When making the settlement, you need to consider the issue of commercial tax..."

Jia Fang kept talking, and Shui Xian listened attentively. He really didn't expect him to come up with such a point of view—this young man is only good at engineering skills, and the business is mediocre in terms of money?

Seeing his strange expression, Jia Fang only smiled and said, "I'm just hearing these principles. I don't really know how to operate them, and I've never tried them, but I believe that once you have experience, you will definitely do better than me. better."

Jia Fang never takes credit or pride in these fields that he is not familiar with.He knew very well that he had never eaten pork, but only watched pigs run.Thanks to the developed information society of later generations, he knows some general concepts, but he also knows that he only has a half-knowledge, and there is nothing to be complacent about.

He would rather use these concepts to inspire people like Shui Xian, and let them continue to explore and expand in their respective fields.

"By the way, if your copper workshop only produces copper rails and copper machinery, it must be even more incomparable. Iron workshops can make farm tools, and you can also copper workshops. Three years ago, those water pumps were made into porcelain because they were in a hurry. Yes, but after all, cupronickel, which is not easy to rust, is more suitable than ceramics, solid and durable."

Jia Fang mentioned it, and the old boy immediately remembered the past, and immediately prepared to discuss with the porcelain burner at the porcelain factory about taking over this "product line" with a smile on his face.

Jia Fang deliberately said: "In fact, I still have a lot of ideas, which can connect the industries here with the lives of the people, but I'm hungry now..."

He doesn't intend to pour out all his ideas at once. On the one hand, the other party needs time to digest and absorb. On the other hand, he is just relying on the knowledge gained from later generations, and there is really nothing to show off. It is better to accept it as soon as it is good. .

So at this time he patted his belly and said, "I'm hungry."

Shui Xian was in a daze after hearing what he said, but at this moment he couldn't help but give him a sideways glance, and said with a smile: "It's time to arrive!"

Just as he was talking, he heard the jingling of cow bells outside, and saw two ox carts rushing to the entrance of the miners' new village.Driving the car were two young men with extremely simple looks. They worked outdoors all the year round, and their faces were tanned.When they saw Shui Xian and his party, they asked, "Which one is Mr. Jia?"

Jia Fang took a step forward and said, "I am—"

The two young men grinned hey.A young man went to the bullock cart and lifted the quilt.

Jia Fang exclaimed "Yeah", and saw that under the quilt there was a slight air-conditioning, and there were more than a dozen wooden barrels, which contained all kinds of seafood...and crushed ice.

"You have made ice!" Jia Fang congratulated the two young fishermen repeatedly.The two fishermen lay on the ground obediently, bowed to Jia Fang, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for teaching us how to—"

In the future, when these fishermen catch seafood, they can use this method to transport them to farther counties. The seafood caught out of the water can no longer only be made into dried shrimps and fish. They can be sold outside in any season. Fresh catch.

Jia Fang hurriedly wanted to give them the money, but the two fishermen refused to accept it, saying that someone else gave it to them.He froze there for two moments.

Shui Xian smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "Lao Ren went there before returning to Beijing, and he must have paid for it. Zi Fang doesn't have to be polite to them."

When shopkeeper Ren returned to Beijing, it was rare for him to go around the fishing village by the sea first, probably not only for Shui Xian's future "ice seafood" plan, but also for Jia Fang, a foodie.

With these fresh seafood, the food in Miner's New Village that night was plentiful.

Young men from two fishing villages volunteered to help everyone cook and tidy up the seafood.Another craftsman from Beijing prepared a charcoal stove and prepared a small seafood barbecue for everyone.

Jia put it aside and looked dumbfounded: "This charcoal stove..."

"That's right, Mr. Jia, it's the kind of food stall oven used for barbecue in the small building opened by your family."

Jia Amnesty's small building has served shabu-shabu, hot pot and self-service charcoal grilling in a small copper stove, but in summer, the most famous is the barbecue stall.Even Jia Fang's famous sentence "If the sky has love, the sky will grow old, it's better to have a small barbecue" was even written as a couplet and posted on both sides of the door of the small building. When it was the hottest, there were three times in line, waiting for a seat. .

The food stall oven is different from the small copper oven used for roasting and eating by oneself. It is a long iron trough with a charcoal fire in the trough. Then sprinkle with a handful of spices - the taste is called a stick.

How could the craftsmen of Baigongfang not know the shape of the oven? ——When I came to this mine where birds faded out of my mouth, the artisans were bored, so they built their own charcoal ovens, and today they waited for the freshest seafood, and a group of people suddenly became excited .

Use an iron skewer to put on the shrimp clams, and spread the sea fan clams and fresh razor clams on the iron grid, turn on the fire, and watch the shrimp clams turn pink little by little, and the clams and razor clams slowly Open it up, sprinkle a handful of garlic paste on it, drop two drops of clear oil, and wait until the soup in the shell starts to boil slightly, then carry the iron grid together from the fire.

The greedy guys reached out to snatch it together, and then they were all burned, and they reached out to touch their earlobes whimpering.

Sitting next to Jia Fang, Shui Xian seemed to have begun to understand what Jia Fang meant by "something is missing" earlier.

In his few mines, the workers are all confined to work in the mountains, which is indeed less humane.It is human nature for the workers to be homesick for a long time and to be bored with the irritating and heavy work.

However, with only a small seafood barbecue, the emotions that permeated the work shed all day long disappeared suddenly. Everyone talked, laughed and played together, as if they were brothers and family members.

Naturally, Jia Fang was also feasting, looking at Shui Xian next to him from time to time, his eyes seemed to ask: "Old iron, are you okay?"

Shui Xian's injury is not yet fully healed, according to the Dieta doctor, it is not easy to eat "fat", and it is not suitable to drink alcohol.Therefore, for the time being, he has no fate with these "little barbecues" in front of him and the spirits poured by the workers during the banquet.

The toast came in front of Jia Fang, and the workers who made the toast did not allow him to be ungrateful.So Jia Fang took a sip, and was scorched on the spot, from the tip of his tongue to his throat.Then he opened his eyes wide in surprise, and asked, "Is this a burning knife?"

This burning knife is quite different from the rice wine in Taoyuan village in the south. This wine lives up to its name, it smells fragrant, but it tastes like a knife in the mouth, which shows the high alcohol concentration.

Jia Fang was pleasantly surprised because alcohol is also an important industrial raw material, and it is also widely used in medical treatment. Obviously, the people in the north have mastered the technology of brewing alcohol to produce alcohol.

Unexpectedly, his surprise was misunderstood.The workers decided that Jia Fang was definitely a well-informed "Jiu Xian", and immediately lined up to pay their respects.Jia Fang was used to drinking rice wine, so he suddenly switched to the spirits channel, and couldn't get used to it at all. After three cups or two, he started talking loudly with people, lest the other party couldn't hear him:

"Master Jia, tell me about the drinking order!" I don't know who made the suggestion.

"Okay! The jade bowl filled with amber light, drink straight to the top of the plum shoot moon, and return drunk..."

Jia Fang immediately raised the wine cup to the sky, as if inviting the moon to drink, and raised his voice so loudly, it seemed that Chang'e could hear it even in the moon.

Others booed and applauded together: "Mr. Jia is so talented!"

Shui Xian heard it from the side, moved his ears, and thought: What Jia Fang said...is it a drinking order?Really very literary.

He didn't know that this was the only thing Jia Fang had to say about drinking.

But most of the workers are rough people, they don’t follow what Jia Fang said at all, they ask to guess the boxing game when they come up, and if they lose the guess, they will punish themselves with a cup.

Jia Fang had good luck in boxing guessing, and won several times in a row, but two fists were no match for four hands, and no matter how good his drinking capacity was, he was no match for a wheel fight.When it was time for Xi San, Jia Fang had a red face and staggered, almost unable to stand still, but he still stood and did not fall down.

Shui Xian ordered people to help Jia Fang into his car and drive back to his residence in the mine. Along the way, he could only hear Jia Fang humming and singing, but he couldn't understand what he was singing. Guy was singing "so crazy" "so young" over and over again.

Shui Xian couldn't help but also wanted to laugh, thinking: It really is a young heart, it's good to be heartless.

"I've always been proud of you②—" Jia Fang hummed a complete sentence, completely out of tune, but leaned close to Shui Xian, stretched out one arm holding Shui Xian, and sang quite proudly, shaking his head .

Shui Xian heard it, and sat in the dark carriage, gritted his teeth, and said inwardly: Why is there no literary talent at all by this time.

After arriving at Shui Xian's residence, the old boy took over the task of taking care of Shui Xian left by the shopkeeper, and asked, "My lord, do you want to arrange another room for Mr. Jia to sleep over? Tonight... I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep well." Health, disturb the prince's cleanliness."

Shui Xian frowned immediately, and said: "Before this king was seriously injured, he was able to take care of him for more than a month without taking clothes off. Why didn't he take care of him overnight as King Xing?"

"Send him to my king's house and help him to bed!"

"Yes—" The old boy hurriedly directed his staff and sent Jia Fang to bed, but he was full of regrets for Jia Fang in his heart, and secretly said: It is the prince who ordered the villain to wash you and send you to the chopping board, but the prince is also sincere. You, you just follow it.

Shui Xian ordered someone to bring hot water, soaked the towel himself, and put the hot towel on Jia Fang's forehead. Suddenly, Jia Fang yelled to Kong: "I really want to go back to Beijing! I want to go back to the Grand View Garden."

Shui Xian's expression changed.

Jia Fang continued to mutter, "I still want to go back to Taoyuan Village."

The hot towel returned to the copper basin, and was immediately picked up again, twisted until it was completely dry, and not a single drop of water could come out.

I'm really afraid of something—— Shui Xian wrinkled his nose, thinking: This guy still doesn't belong to me, and he still has to leave after all.

"It seems that there is no reason for you to stay here." Shui Xian sat by the couch, and gently wiped Jia Fang's forehead with an almost dry towel. I’m going to get some. I’ll send you back to Beijing in a few days.”

"Being able to stay with me for a month is the utmost gratitude." Shui Xian looked at the beautiful face beside him, and his voice returned to its natural tone.

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang did not return to nature, he suddenly opened a pair of innocent eyes like a child, looked at Shui Xian, then squeezed Shui Xian's wrist, and said loudly: "Do you know——"

The dry towel fell gently on the couch.

"When I get in touch with Daguan Garden and Taoyuan Village, I can build this place into the greatest industrial base. Let it produce modern industrial equipment and fully automatic machinery, so that the productivity will be greatly developed and the products will be greatly enriched. This is all in the world. The common people can eat and afford clothes..."

It turned out that it was because of this - Shui Xian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: This sounds really young and frivolous.

"I also want to...let the sharpest firearms and the strongest defenses be produced here. I swear that I will never let you protect me with flesh and blood. I will protect you for the rest of my life."

"I'm still young, I still have time, and I'll do what I say."