Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 192 Ambitious, but only 3 minutes
Twenty tons of iron can be smelted in one furnace. This output is not enough in the 21st century, but... this is the Ming Dynasty, when most farmers still used wooden plows!This kind of output is already very shocking to people today.On the way back, Cheng Jixian was extremely excited. He sat in the carriage and kept banging the iron ingot with a hammer, knocking this piece and that piece. He almost picked it up, licked it, and took a few bites.Yang Menglong made him impatient and scolded: "I said, can you be more upbeat? After all, he is a big businessman who has traveled all over the country and has seen a lot. He makes him look like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. What do you mean? Well!"

Cheng Ji chuckled: "I've traveled all over the world, and I've also done business selling iron ingots, and have dealt with steel a lot. It's just that so much good iron can be smelted in one furnace, which is really unheard of!"

Yang Menglong said: "If you say you are ignorant, you are ignorant! Now it is just a small business, and the demand will be huge in the future. I will build a blast furnace that can produce hundreds of tons of iron in one furnace...that is, hundreds of thousands of catties in one furnace. La!"

Cheng Ji gasped: "Hundreds of thousands of kilograms in one furnace!? Oh my god, I don't dare to think about it, I don't dare to think about it!"

Yang Menglong snorted and muttered: "What dare not think about it? In the 21st century, smelting hundreds of tons of iron in one furnace is just scum..."

Cheng Ji finally put down the hammer that annoyed Yang Menglong, and asked tentatively, "My lord, you said you would sell me half of the iron, but are you serious?"

Yang Menglong said: "Nonsense, of course it's true! I don't need that much myself, so I'll sell half of it to you so that you can make a little money too. Do you want to do it? If not, I'll find someone else."

Cheng Ji nodded fiercely: "Just do it, this is a profitable business, and those who don't do it are fools!"

Yang Menglong patted Cheng Ji on the shoulder and said triumphantly, "Do you know the benefits of following me? Follow me, there are many opportunities to make money!" The typical tone of a big brother bragging to a younger brother.

Cheng Ji was confused by him, knocked off his paw, and said a little greedily: "Although this iron is good, there are not a few places where Qian Guo can make iron. , it is called rare, and if you sell it, it will definitely be a huge profit, I don’t know..."

Yang Menglong interrupted very shamelessly: "Don't think about it, I don't have enough steel! Even if I have enough, I won't sell it! Just kidding, I just rely on it to gain an advantage in equipment, you Can it be sold!?"

Cheng Ji also understood and didn't force it.He has been in Wuyang for so long, of course it is impossible for him not to know some things about Wuyangwei. The sharpness of Wuyangwei's sword is unheard of, and all of them are excellent weapons. If he can get some manganese steel to sell, it will be considered a sale It has to be equivalent to gold, and some people rush to buy it, right?It's a pity that Yang Menglong rejected it without even thinking about it. It's a pity that it's such an excellent opportunity to make money!

Yang Menglong seemed to be able to see the regret in his heart, rolled his eyes, and said, "You don't need to be sorry, in fact, there are still many ways to make money!"

Cheng Ji was full of interest: "For example?"

Yang Menglong said: "For example, making soap! This thing is useful. It is used for bathing and washing hands. It is very clean. If you add a little spice to the soap to make soap, you will feel fragrant and refreshed after taking a bath." , if this can be done, it will definitely make a lot of money.”

"Soap?" Cheng Ji was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said, "Your Excellency is talking about pancreas, right? This thing is to tear off the fat from pig pancreas, wash and decontaminate it, grind it into a paste, then add soybean powder and spices, Mix it evenly, and it will be done after a dry bath. It is really comfortable to take a bath with this product, but it is too expensive, and the output is very scarce, and there is no market for the price, let alone ordinary people, even if you are here, you can’t afford it!"

Yang Menglong curled his lips habitually: "That's because you are too stupid! To make a pancreas, you have to kill a pig, isn't it expensive? In fact, soap is not difficult to make, it's nothing more than the neutralization reaction of oil and alkali. It’s as simple as mixing charcoal ash with lard. If you want to be more complicated, you can buy alkali, mix it with oil and cook it, and then add some spices to make soap. It’s very easy to use. How about it? Are you interested? ?”

Cheng Ji's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, of course I am interested! My lord, I will find a way to raise funds when I go back. Let's build this soap factory together!"

Yang Menglong said: "By the way, I also plan to build a sweet potato processing plant."

Cheng Ji was startled: "Sweet potato processing factory? What does it do?"

Yang Menglong said: "What to do? Of course it is to process sweet potatoes! There are many lands that are not suitable for growing wheat and potatoes. I plan to grow sweet potatoes on a large scale in these lands. However, it is difficult to preserve so many sweet potatoes, so I have to use them for processing. Put the sweet potatoes Slice, dry and then ferment, and it becomes a good horse feed... If the sweet potatoes are further processed, you can make caramel, which is very delicious!"

When he heard that this sweet potato processing factory can process sweet potatoes into horse feed and caramel, Cheng Ji's eyes became brighter... These are all small money!He hurriedly said: "This sweet potato processing factory counts me in!"

Yang Menglong said: "I also plan to build a glass factory! Damn it, it's really inconvenient without glass. I can't even make a beaker for experiments... With glass, you can make glass doors, glass windows, glass bottles, glass jars, glass mirrors Glasses, telescopes, magnifying glasses, microscopes...ah, there are so many uses, and the cost of making glass is still very low. If you don’t make it, it will be in vain!” He stretched out and said with high spirits: “I also want to build a brewery and alcohol. Factory, phosphate fertilizer factory, gunpowder factory, quilt factory, cannery! Not only do I want to build my own factory, but I also want to attract many, many people to my site to invest and set up factories. I will provide them with some technology and then collect taxes from them! I want to turn Nanyang into the richest city in the country! Ah, I’m so excited, why didn’t I think that I could achieve such a great cause before!?”

Cheng Ji snickered.With your unreliable urination and 3-minute fever, you still want to achieve such a great cause?However, Yang Menglong was in high spirits, and he didn't dare to spoil his interest. The most important thing is that he found that investing in a factory is indeed more profitable than selling grain through untold hardships, such as his sulfuric acid factory that Yang Menglong forced to set up. , have not yet been put into production, the plant and equipment are all ready, and production can be ignited soon. There is no need to worry about the raw materials at all. A lot of pyrite ore is delivered to the door, and there is no need to worry about sales. Yang Menglong wants as much as he has. There will only be too much, not too little.There is also phosphate fertilizer. He has already seen the power of phosphate fertilizer. He can be sure that there is no limit to the demand for this thing. As long as it can be produced, some people will rush to buy it, and they may have to rush to buy it!If we can set up a phosphate fertilizer plant, we will not have to worry about eating and drinking in this life!He said with a smile: "My lord, let's put aside the quilt factory and so on, let's discuss how to cooperate and invest in a glass factory?"

Yang Menglong squinted at him: "It's better not to be too greedy as a human being, can you afford the money to set up a glass factory?"

Cheng Ji smiled: "If you can't take it out, you can borrow it. Anyway, as long as the product is produced, you can earn back the capital with interest soon."

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Hey, your heart is so big!"

Cheng Ji said: "Don't say these are useless, let's discuss the feasibility of investing in a glass factory!"

Yang Menglong leaned aside: "Not interested."

Cheng Ji's face darkened: "Why?"

Yang Menglong said: "Tomorrow is Saturday. I've been tired for a whole week. It's time to rest for two days. I want to talk about business. Let's wait until next week!"

Only then did Cheng Ji remember that this kid had to play two days out of every five days of work, and expecting him to be busy all year round might as well expect a sow to climb a tree.However, as a businessman, he clearly saw a business opportunity, but he had to wait for another two days. It was as uncomfortable as killing him. He wanted to fight hard: "My lord..."

Yang Menglong insisted on the principle: "You don't need to yell so nastyly, it's useless, it's a big deal, let's talk about it next week! By the way, I'm going to take the little kids from the school for an outing tomorrow, will you go?"

Cheng Ji's eyes widened: "Go on an outing!?" This kid is simply crazy, to put aside such an important business opportunity, and take a group of kids in open crotch pants for an outing!
Yang Menglong stretched again: "It's spring, of course I have to go out to relax. Tell me, are you going or not?"

Cheng Ji had no choice but to say, "Go, of course I will."

Yang Menglong said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, don't mention business matters to me during the outing, or I will turn my face off!"

Cheng Ji smiled wryly.Now his mood is like someone holding a delicious cake in front of him. The tempting fragrance makes him salivate, his index finger moves, and he can't help but want to eat a big meal, but that bitch is so cheap He said: "I can't eat it now, I have to eat it in two days!" To put it bluntly, he is too greedy to die, and this feeling drives him crazy!
Returning to Wuyangwei with this crazy feeling, well, there are a lot fewer vehicles coming and going on Wuyangwei Avenue now, and the hundreds of thousands of shi potato noodles have almost been sold out, so naturally there are fewer people coming.But it doesn't matter, Wuyangwei has planted more than 8 acres of potatoes, and in at most three months, the long car queue will appear again, and it will still be the kind that can't see the end.With the lessons learned from last year, Cheng Ji wisely wrote letters to several well-connected Huizhou merchants, borrowing money to expand his potato processing plant, otherwise he would be overwhelmed by then.Yang Menglong led people to send the iron ingots to the barracks. It was a forbidden area, and Cheng Ji couldn't go there. The two said goodbye and went back to their respective homes.Watching the motorcade drive to the barracks, Cheng Ji said in his heart: "One day, I will also take down the steel business!" Pulling himself together, he strode back to his house.

(End of this chapter)