Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 456 The Business of Cigarettes

Claude took her sister Anna and her students five days before the New Year’s Eve, and Mrs. Sonia’s mother and son returned to Anna Ranch, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Amphithon. The world of Faslan has no customs of the New Year, but the New Year’s Eve is similar to the New Year. The first three days of the welcome night and the four or five days of the new year are like the Spring Festival of Claude's previous life. It is a holiday for people to relax, visit relatives and friends, and go to the temple to pray.

Xiao Qiaomin’s little mark is very popular with Claude. This is his first son, but he is an illegitimate child. He also follows Mrs. Sonia’s surname. In the future, he will inherit the family of Bird Master and Mrs. Sonia. . Compared with the two mischievous bear children in their own home, Xiao Mark is simply a model for other children. Even the younger sister Anna is full of praise for the small mark, especially the magical talent of Xiao Mark, is the only genius similar to his sister Anna.

If possible, Claude would like to stay in the ranch to accompany Mrs. Sonia's mother and son to this new night. But this year won't work, because Claude's family has just moved out of the Weibulen Manor and stayed in the Warfield Manor built in Clot. The first new night of the relocation of the new home, he had to spend in his new estate. And no accident, there will be many people coming to visit, Claude needs to warmly treat the guests at home...

It is not the case that the status is higher. The greater the power, the more free, and the more time it is bound to all kinds of human relationships. Claude can only reluctantly bid farewell to Mrs. Sonia's mother and son, and return to the mother and wife and children with her sister Anna back to the Field Manor in Lanhu Town.

The new Field Manor is located in the villa estate of Lanhu New Town, which is the highest place in the city. Originally there was a small stone mountain here, but the residents of the original Lanhu Town opened the mountain to take the stone, built the house to repair the road, and the mountain was gone. When Lanhu City was expanded, the planner took a fancy to the remaining terrain of the hill. In addition, the theater transplanted tall trees from the wild, regardless of cost, and turned this desolate little highland into a quiet and beautiful high-end residential area.

Along the spacious and flat horse driveway, Claude and others quickly arrived at the Field Manor on Lake Lanhu. Since Claude's family liked the scenery of Lanhu, the estate address he chose was built on the lakeside. The designer cleverly planned a path leading to the lakeside, and built a small dock. Now the pier is tied with two small wooden boats...

The half-height Snow Dog ran out excitedly around Crowder, bowing his head and sniffing the smell of his pants and body. When her sister Anna came out of the carriage and saw the big snow dog, her eyes lit up and she heard a "small snowball". The big snow dog ran to the fart and went to pay attention and abandoned Claude and ignored it. Instead, he ran a few young black-and-white puppies behind him, yelling at Claude "Wang Wang" and trying to drive away the two-legged beast that invaded their site.

This is a puppy of a black female hound sent by the snow dog Bruto and Mr. Vibron. Claude has already seen it in the letter that Kaffini wrote to him. Originally, Kaffini wanted to give the big snow dog Bhutto a pair. As a result, the mother dog Pluto, who was looking for someone to come over, had no interest at all. I didn’t want to step on it and didn’t let these female dogs enter the manor.

On the other hand, Mr. Vibron and the man went to the hunting rabbit and brought the group of hounds to the front of the door. Just happened to meet Kevni with a big snow dog to accompany his mother. Mr. Weibulun gave a greeting and chatted a few words before he found out. The snowy dog ​​Bruto has been spinning around a black female hound and will not let Mr. Vibron take it away. Mr. Weibulun laughed and left the female hound. Then the female hound quickly became pregnant and gave birth to seven puppies. The coats were black and white.

This is what happened when Claude was on the front line. Kaffini wrote these things as an interesting story to tell Claude. Only after Crowd was busy, he was not busy at home for a few days. This time he was returned to the invaders by the seven little guys. Claude felt that these little guys were very fun, and he squatted down and teased a few times. Sure enough, these little guys immediately forgot the identity of Claude's invaders and were very happy to play with Claude.

"Wow, little snowball, is this your child? It’s so cute..." came behind her sister Anna’s exclamation, passing over Claude’s side and putting her hands together The two dogs, who didn’t understand what happened, were hugged in their arms and teased with excitement.

Touching the head of a snowy dog, Pluto, who was smug around, Crowder straightened up and nodded to the Arik housekeeper who came out of the house and said: "Prepare hot water, I have to wash it first. Take a shower and give me and the guards a little bit of food."

"Okay, lord. The hot water will be delivered immediately. The lady and the two young masters have just taken a nap. Do you want to wake them up?" Arik’s housekeeper led the way.

"No, you can send it to my study." Claude said: "Yes, Arik, there is a big box on my carriage. You asked someone to send it to me. Go to the study."

After soaking up in a hot bath, Claude went to the study, and there was a beautiful dining car in front of the desk, filled with rich food. Claude picked up two pieces of white bread and smashed the venison in the middle. All the way to miss the noon meal, this will be really hungry.

There was a big box on the ground, which was filled with the manual cigarette maker invented by sister Anna. Of course, this stuff also passed the guidance of Claude. When he used his boss to go to a private club to deal with clients, he saw an antique handmade cigarette machine in the club. It is said to be left by the famous Nanyang Tobacco Company in modern times. Sometimes the club will use this antique. Handmade cigarette makers make a batch of cigarettes for the guests to access.

Filling his stomach, Claude thought about who is responsible for the sale of this cigarette while drinking black tea. Don’t talk to Claude about what is harmful to health. Tobacco is still a popular luxury consumer product in this era. Without the financial resources, you can’t enjoy the fun of smoking. Even for some pharmacists, tobacco is a herb that has the effect of refreshing the brain and clearing the brain. It has a good effect on mental depression, dizziness and loss of appetite...

McJack? No, he is developing very well in the military. After the post-war evaluation, he can be promoted to the rank of colonel, and he will certainly become a general in the future. Brother Brovik? Claude shook his head, and this kid is definitely not willing to retire from the army. Sister Anna is not good either. She needs to educate her students and let the Field family master a secret magical power. Mrs. Sonia is already in charge of the Blackstone Gunsmithing Workshop, and she simply can't get out.

This highly profitable Claude is not prepared to share with others, so there is no need to consider who Mr. Wibron is waiting for. This tobacco business will give the Field family a wealth of gold and silver. In overseas jurisdiction, Claude believes that his position and ability can shelter his family monopoly of this profiteering industry, but now it is necessary to meet several executors who meet the requirements.

At dinner, the mother began a routine embarrassment, aimed at her sister Anna. My mother said that the snow dog Pluto has seven children. How did you get married with McJean? In the past few years, there has been no movement in the stomach. Both of them should go to the pharmacist to check if there is any problem with the body. Some patients should be sick. Governance has to go to the rule, can not be delayed like this...

Anna's black line on her face, looked at Claude distressedly, and Claude knew what she meant. This is why her sister Anna doesn't like to go home more and more. However, Crowder has no choice but to shrug his shoulders, saying that he can do nothing, love can help.

It was Kevni who helped her sister Anna's busyness and chatted with her mother about her brother, Blovik, which shifted her mother's goal. Claude believes that the brothers Brovik and McJack, who have had a holiday for two days, have a hard time. One will be forced to go to the blind date by the mother, and one will be forced by the mother to engage in the belly of the big wife. ....

After dinner, Claude recruited Kaffini, Arik Steward, and the family's first family member, the retired Sergeant Kester, to the study.

"Arik, I remember that your eldest son, Svensson, is thirty-one years old. Followed by you in the management of the butler technology?" Crowder asked.

"Yes, Master, now I have handed over the stables and kitchens in the manor to him to manage, and exercise his ability to control the servants. Is there anything he has?" Arik’s butler asked with some concern.

"No, he did a good job." Claude shook his head and said, "But I am going to remove your stewardship and let your eldest son, Svensson take over."

The face of Arik Butler suddenly became a bit pale: "Master, I am only 53 years old this year, and I can still do it for more than ten years. And Shi Wensen's experience is not enough, he is now a housekeeper is easy to leak." ...."

"No, sorry, Arik, you misunderstood, I am not going to chase you away." Claude reached out and told Arik the butler not to be so excited. He forgot that the Arik butler had once been served by the three generations of the grandparents. Adults are particularly sensitive to this matter when they drive out of the family.

"You have become the most trustworthy person in our Field family. Arik, I have been watching your loyalty and diligence in recent years. You have become our family and we will not drive you away." Lord comforted the road and saw that the Arik housekeeper quickly calmed down. He nodded and continued to speak.

"Remove your stewardship and let your eldest son, Svensson take over, because I have a more important thing to account for. It is related to the fate of the Field family a hundred years later. I can’t think of anything other than you. The person who can satisfy me."

Claude pointed to the big box in the middle of the study: "Sergeant Kester, take the things in the box to the desk."

Sergeant Kester, standing aside, stepped forward, opened the box, and moved the cigarette machine in the box to the desk.

"You are all coming." Claude greeted Kaffini, Arik butler, and the three of Kester came to the desk. This introduced: "This machine is called a cigarette machine, which Anna just invented. It The role is to use cigarettes. What are cigarettes you are still not clear, but I will understand if you demonstrate them."

"The small wooden box above is filled with shredded tobacco. There is a switch here. When you squat down, some shredded tobacco will fall to the bottom, which is exactly the weight of a cigarette. This thin white paper is used for cigarette paper. The cigarette is rolled. We put this cigarette paper on this curtain and put it in this way. Then apply the clear lake in the small bottle to the edge of the cigarette paper, shake the switch, and the tobacco on it falls. In the middle of the cigarette paper. Now we turn the crankshaft of this curtain. As you can see, the curtain is automatically rolled up and then released, and a cigarette is automatically rolled up..."

Claude picked up the cigarette: "You should know what to do with the tobacco roll up, Sergeant Kester, you like to use a pipe, now you taste the taste of this cigarette. Right, I am still here. Have a cigarette holder, insert the cigarette into it, take the match and ignite the other one, and you **** it."

Sergeant Kester was soon immersed in the nicotine of cigarettes: "Master, this is much more convenient than using a pipe, and the smell of tobacco is very rich, so fascinating, too enjoyable."

At this time, Kaffney and Arik Stew had already understood the meaning of Claude. Kevni asked: "Claude, do you want Arik Butler to be responsible for this cigarette business?"

"Yes, this will be the biggest source of income for our Field family." Claude nodded and said, "Don't underestimate this tobacco business. You think, if you become an army supply, even a cigarette will make a black. Iron pennies, if 100,000 people consume one person a day, that is 100,000 cigarettes, but they can't just consume one cigarette. The person who likes will smoke twenty or thirty cigarettes a day. Then you count, three years a year. How many cigarettes do you need to consume in one hundred and sixty-five days? How much income can our family earn?"

The bodies of Kevini and Arik’s housekeepers trembled involuntarily. They naturally figured out the huge benefits contained in Claude’s words. This is still a supply in the military. If it is promoted to the public, smoking More people, the income will be greater. On the contrary, Sergeant Kester is not good at ignorance of mathematics, so he is only immersed in smoking.

“This, how many cigarettes can such a cigarette machine produce in a day?” Kevny asked.

Claude replied: "Anna has measured it. If it is fast, it can reach at least ten in one minute and six hundred in one hour. If you work ten hours a day, you can produce at least 5,000. If you are skilled, you can even turn one. Double..."

There is no eight-hour work system in this era, and a week off. The average hired worker in a private workshop has to work for at least 12 hours. Only the technicians will be treated preferentially, but most of them work for about ten hours.

Like the workers of the Black Stone Gun Manufacturing Workshop, Mrs. Sonia originally wanted to work day and night, and it would be fine for two classes of workers. Or Claude said that he said that it is easy to go to work to reduce production efficiency, and to prepare technical workers for the expansion of the workshop in the future, and then convinced Mrs. Sonia and recruited three classes of workers to implement an eight-hour work system. Being regarded by those workers is the most stupid and softest boss.

"I have the production drawings of this cigarette machine here, I can find someone to copy it." Claude picked up the leather bag and took out a folder from it. Open the folder, in addition to the production drawings of the cigarette machine, there is a plan.

"Master, I feel a little dizzy after the pumping," said the sergeant Kester.

Claude knew at a glance that it was drunk. In the past, Sergeant Kester had smoked two cigarettes in his pipe. It was like smoking a cigarette like this today.

"This is the tobacco that Anna has refined, and the two goods of Kester. This mouth is covered with the pipe that you usually stuffed. You will certainly feel dizzy when you smoke a dozen or so pipes in a single breath. It will be good to lie down for a while. Claude could only shake his head. He just wanted to let the sergeant Kester taste two flavors. He didn't expect that he would completely exhaust a cigarette from the side.

Clicking on the plan in the folder, Claude said: "There are five tobacco formulas that are all tested by Anna. There are minty, suitable for women, and there are four types of tobacco quality. High to low, we can produce five kinds of cigarettes. The highest quality tobacco can be used to produce cigars. It is like this, handmade, this kind of green bark paper needs to be customized, and the packaged appearance is different from cigarettes, but this kind of It can be sold at a high price and sold as a luxury consumable.

The next four can be made into cigarettes, twenty packs, and the prices are different. The cigarettes made with tobacco residue are the most spicy, the strongest, and the lowest price, but the cigarettes rely on the volume. I believe it will be very popular with the bottom people. The other three types of tobacco can be used in some medicines to reduce the smell of smoke and make smokers fragrant. The formula ratio has been written here, and it can be made according to this formula. ”

Claude handed the plan to Arik Steward, and Arik’s housekeeper was very excited: "Master, this, is this really going to be responsible for me?"

Claude nodded. "Of course, you are the most trusted person in our family. This business is related to the prosperity of our Field family for the next 100 years. Who will not be handed over to you?"

"Master, madam, I promise to do my best to complete this mess and not let you down." Arik Steward expressed his determination.

"Kevney, how much is the family?" Crowder asked.

Kaffney replied: "There are more than 34,000 gold krona."

"I will go to the bank tomorrow to transfer you 70,000 gold krona, to organize this cigarette production workshop, our family will invest 100,000 gold krona first." Claude thought to say: "You are responsible for finance, Arik butler is responsible Coordinating the production management outside, all the required funds will be reviewed and processed by you, and Kester will let him take care of the security of the cigarette production workshop. Yes, and the old man named Zha Karasen, what is he doing at home now? ”

This Zakalasen was the old messenger who was sent by the governor of Tilsim to convince Claude. The result was that the big man had three big slaps and was **** by Claude to Tilsim. Directly under the jurisdiction. After the three direct jurisdictions were brought under the jurisdiction of the theater, the old man saw the opportunity early and voted for Claude. He also made a small contribution in the purging operation of the Nikancha people who were forced to send three directly-administered leaders.

Later, when Claude left Tilsim’s ruling party, he made this Lacala’s old man an administrative civil servant under the jurisdiction of Tilsim, ready to let him eat a public meal. I didn't expect this old man to rely on a single mouth. He couldn't bear the hand, and he was old on the official business. He couldn't stay any longer, and he resigned to go to Claude. Because he can talk, usually can accompany his mother to chat, Crowder will simply raise a guest, but he is not bad for him.

"Master, Zacharasen is playing chess for the young masters this time." Arik the butler replied.

"Tsiore will have a temper to learn to play chess?" Claude said: "You will simply say that Zacharasen’s old man is playing with Tesiore. Tomorrow, you let Zakakarasen report to you, this old man. The mouth can tell the truth, let him go to Atulas to take over the tobacco purchase. Yes, I remember that there is a lot of tobacco stored in the dock warehouse area of ​​Decobicus Port. You let Zhakarasen go to General Scrian and ask. The theater is willing to sell the tobacco there..."

"Okay, lord, I will let him go to work tomorrow." Arik butler said.

Claude waved his hand: "That's not necessary, let him go through this welcome night and go to work, you are the same."