Chapter 1168 Big Ship
Youweili Daqianzhan believes that this cotton field in the Western Regions will become a great help for Youzhou's development, and it will also become a key force in maintaining restraint with the countries in the Western Regions.
These are the investments he can think of in the Western Regions, as a guarantee to make up for the insufficient cotton production in the south.
As for vigorous development, there is no such idea. After all, it is limited to geographical location and environment. In the future, Jingjue will disappear due to the influence of the natural environment. This is impossible to change.
After the caravans heading to the Western Regions left, the merchants continued to look for their business opportunities. Many wealthy merchants had long found their targets.
The docks near the Fishing City have now begun to manufacture large ships for commercial use. Three of the large ships built at the same time were built by Zheng Yucheng.
Each ship is worth 300,000 yuan, and three ships are worth 1 million yuan plus the maintenance cost can be said to be spent on one million yuan.
Zheng Derong made up all his wealth and put all his wealth on three large merchant ships, a new merchant ship with long-distance voyage capabilities and huge warehouses.
The merchants who operate sea freight have been waiting for three years. Now the large ships built are finally going to be launched, especially the three large ships of Zheng Derong, which can bring the benefits of the past ten medium-sized merchant ships.
One million guan seems to be a lot, but it is difficult to make a return on the cost, but it is still easy for the Zheng family who is shipping to give them time to pay back the cost.
If you want to say that you can make a profit after using the existing merchant fleet for a few years, the value of large merchant ships is not only in offshore transportation, but its function is to carry out long-distance voyages.
The Luzon and other places that Li De once told them were inexhaustible rice, and it would bring huge benefits to let merchant ships in Youzhou visit those islands.
The benefits are so great that they are beyond the phenomenon.
Zheng Derong did not forget what Li De described to him. How could the Governor say something is fake? With three large ships following some medium-sized merchant ships, it would definitely bring back huge wealth.
Zheng Derong is a dreamer, and he is really talented to be able to transport good ships to such an extent.
Not only do many merchants in the Zheng family who are engaged in maritime transportation hope to buy large merchant ships, but whether they have money or not, those who invested in new docks in those days will get priority construction rights for ships.
Even if a businessman wants to invest, he can only wait in line.
Li De has been paying attention to the docks. After all, the shipbuilding cycle is too long and it cannot be completed today's investment tomorrow.
So many times there is basically not much work in the dock, basically recruiting craftsmen to build it.
Youzhou ships already have very strong combat power and can face them calmly no matter what kind of enemy they encounter at sea.
It’s just that there are three flagships. As the saying goes, tigers cannot hold up wolves. Only three ships cannot do it. If you encounter a large number of pirates, there is still a great danger.
Adding medium-sized ships to assist can perfectly solve dangers, and the governor who produces medium-sized ships is much faster.
The new dock is now under construction of merchant ships. He cannot regret it even if he promised it before, so he can only wait for this batch of merchant ships to be replenished after the completion of the ships.
The artillery on ships still needs to be developed. It is not enough to strive for excellence and to be able to innovate more practical and powerful weapons.
Li De looked at the navigation report of three flagships in Youzhou when they returned from Lingnan.
Laying the foundation for long-distance voyage, we even tested ship-based weapons in Lingnan, and secret matters involved were transmitted and reported separately.
Li De had to prevent technology leaks, so the three flagships were very hidden when experimenting.
In order to load more cargo without delaying the transportation of materials to Lingnan, the artillery carried by the three flagships are all of different types and are loaded on three ships for testing.
This will save a lot of weight and transport it to place more goods.
The results of the returned report were very successful. Currently, only one of the three flagships will continue to be tested and trained.
The other two flagships remained in Lingnan to transport goods and normal cruise.
The next thing to develop is the Lingnan region, and infrastructure construction begins. If you want to move the businessmen in Youzhou, you need to give them more benefits.
Businessmen attach great importance to the construction of Lingnan, which is also a means to increase the population.
The last time the family saw the construction project, they wanted to join in, so they really took 30,000 construction workers to Lingnan.
Some businessmen in Youzhou went to Lingnan one step ahead of time to undertake the project and then directly recruit workers in the local area.
Their results were very effective in half a year. When the first businessman came to Lingnan and saw a village scene, he did not look down on it but laughed wildly from the bottom of his heart.
This situation means that he has many business opportunities. He has long been unable to see wolves in Youzhou. The temporary accommodation conditions for the people in Lingnan are really too poor.
In order to win the most profit, I will start recruiting workers immediately after confirming the construction project with He Bida.
In three days, eight thousand people were found to work, and the businessmen were responsible for food, clothing and expenses, but the wages would be less.
Are the benefits maximized? Businessmen are not really so generous. No one’s money is not as careful as the wind blows.
With the joining of merchants, the construction team arrived in Lingnan one after another.
Several projects have begun to be constructed. If you have money, the construction efficiency is faster, and early is the advantage.
Those families from the Tang Kingdom wanted to do these projects well, but they really had many businessmen in Youzhou in terms of commercial competition.
When they arrived in Lingnan, they had already seen several construction projects that had started, and they had already suffered losses in selecting people if they wanted to hire local people.
Most of the young and strong men have been hired, and those left to the aristocratic families are some older ones.
To be precise, middle-aged uncles are all very popular, but no one from the aristocratic family can rob them, so they can only hire some older ones.
Even so, they were very happy to join the Lingnan project.
When they saw the huge ship in Lingnan, their eyes lit up. After inquiring, they found out that such a large ship could only be produced in the docks in Youzhou.
Each ship is worth 300,000 yuan and is not currently sold to outsiders.
Many people from aristocratic families already want to change their household registration. If they can, they really want to settle in Youzhou directly so that they can enjoy better treatment when doing business.
But as a family, people are destined to be unable to easily change their household registration. A family is not only doing business but also wants to control rights.
Without their supporters, Youzhou would not be able to shake the management of Youzhou City Guardian just because of support.
Chapter completed!