Lord of Industrialization

As August came, Baron Turgot suddenly found that there were recruitment posters on the streets.

Although the Iris community was mainly composed of Gauls, the Principality of Wessen was a chessboard. There was also a neighborhood committee in the HX district of Wessenburg. The staff used glue to stick the newly distributed posters on the bulletin board.

The background of this poster was red. In the middle, Frederick rode Dawn and led the cavalry to charge with a sword. There were several hot airships flying in the sky. Below it was written in yellow words "We charge together!"

Baron Turgot was silent for a long time in front of the poster. Such posters were indeed very attractive to young people, and he was also a little tempted.

But when he thought that the Wessen army might charge towards the Kingdom of Gaul, his heart suddenly felt cold.

There were also posters posted a few days ago in the bulletin board. In the poster next to it, there was a tractor and a farmer on the right, and a soldier and a car on the left. The position where the two shook hands was on the central axis of the poster, forming a mirror image on the left and right.

You can see without looking at the words that the Wessen army is recruiting tractor drivers to join the army.

Another poster surprised Baron Turgot. It showed a hot airship, and a female soldier in a blue air force uniform was calling on women to join the army.

He had taken a hot airship to escape in Bear City last year, and had seen the female soldiers who drove the airships. They were all talented. He had never expected that the Wesson Army would actually recruit soldiers from the society.

In contrast, the poster recruiting female nurses was not so surprising.

Baron Turgot's hands were shaking a little, and this scene popped up in his mind: At the order of Grand Duke Wesson, all the men, women, old and young in the Duchy of Wesson rushed into the Kingdom of Gaul, broke through the city of Le Havre, and robbed all the bearskin carpets, silver candlesticks and even pots and pans in his home.

"What should I do?!"

He was at a loss for a moment. Now everyone in the Kingdom of Gaul, from the king who was saved by Grand Duke Wesson to Dafranche who came here to sell oysters to make money, could see this clearly.

Baron Turgot walked aimlessly, his mind was already a mess, and he didn't know what to do.

After an unknown amount of time, when he came to his senses, he found himself at the Gazi BBQ restaurant opposite the Textile Road Primary School, a place where he often came to eat lunch recently.

But the BBQ restaurant was closed today, with a sign hanging on it, saying that it would be closed for a long time and would resume business after the World Expo.

Few people were as concerned about the country and the people as Baron Turgot, and everyone was thinking about their own wallets.

Ozcan, who had asked Olive to be his translator at the World Expo last year, came again. This time, he offered a pair of large gold bracelets and a saber with a scabbard inlaid with gems. Olive immediately closed the BBQ restaurant and asked Spike to do business for the boss.

Ozcan made a lot of money last year, and accidentally saved the life of a big shot's son and was rewarded. This year, he planned to make a big move.

At the shipyard in Willibird City, next to the slipway, Ozcan pointed to a boat with water wheels on both sides and said to Olive: "Tell him I'll buy this boat!"

As soon as Olive translated the words to the shipyard's salesperson, a brown-haired lady next to him immediately reacted violently.

"No!" Sir Claire jumped up, "This boat was given to me by Grand Duke Wesson, I can't sell it to you!"

There was also a girl with golden curly hair next to her who nodded.

Olive looked at her and saw that she should be from the south from her skin color. She had already guessed what was going on and could only tell Ozcan that this boat was given to his lover by Grand Duke Wesson.

Ozcan immediately showed a bitter face and said, "Then ask me if I can buy a few ships like the Flying Tulip."

The answer Olive got after asking was no. The Duchy of Wesson currently has only one such ship.

Ozcan was depressed. In the summer, he had seen the Flying Tulip in the Dark Sea. The ship ran very fast against the wind and did not need sails. If he could buy one, he could make a lot of money.

The salesman said to Olive: "Tell the boss that we only have a 100-ton ship now, and it's no problem to sail near the coast."

"300 florins per ship, and I'll give you a 2% commission."

Business people are very clear about the influence of translators on foreign businessmen, and they give kickbacks when they should. The kickback for one ship is almost the annual salary of an ordinary worker here.

After listening to Olive's translation, Ozcan thought that if a big ship doesn't work, a small ship will do. His business scope is the end of the inland sea, where there are usually no winds and waves, so a small ship will do.

He said to Olive: "Tell him to go and see what the ship looks like."

The dock next to it is doing the final paint on several paddle steamers. These ships were built in Amstel City and then shipped here. The bridge and other parts are also made into semi-finished products and can be quickly assembled after the engine is installed.

Ozkan went up to look around the warehouse, then turned around and asked Spike in Pulan: "Brother, how many guards do you think this ship should have?"

If the soldiers of the Wesson Army graduate from the literacy class, they will be arranged to learn one or two foreign languages. Spike grew up in an orphanage and did not have to take literacy classes, so he learned Pulan. Recently, he and Olive learned the language of the Ghazi Empire.

Ozkan saw him delivering soda to Olive at the World Expo last year, and he was not surprised to see Olive bring him this year.

Ozkan saw that he was tall and strong, so he wanted to recruit him.

To do business on the grassland, you sometimes have to convince people with physics. When a two-meter-tall big guy stands on the grassland with an average height of about 1.6 meters, the other side will definitely be much more polite when talking.

And Spike was once a soldier under Metzger, the most famous "Emperor Killer" in the Wesson Army that dominated the inner sea. This was enough to make people on the grassland become good at singing and dancing.

Spike was not interested in fighting and killing now. He just wanted to live a stable life. He pretended not to notice Ozcan's hint and said to him this time: "I am not familiar with naval battles. If you need it, you can consult the Black Iron Security Company. They can give you a complete plan. There are many veterans working there."

Ozcan's eyes lit up and he immediately patted his shoulder to thank him.

"Olive," Ozcan said to Olive, "you told the shipyard that I want to order ten ships. 300 is too high. You can bargain for a lower price and I will give you half of the difference."

Olive heard that this was a big business. With this income, he could open a barbecue restaurant in the old city, and the business would be better.

Spike smiled and put his arm around her shoulders and said, "No hurry, let me do it."

After he finished speaking, he pulled the salesman into a cabin, closed the door and started to discuss.

Ozcan saw that there must be something fishy going on, but he had seen this kind of thing before, and it was his ability to bargain down the price. If he negotiated it himself, he didn't know how much he would be ripped off.

Spike had heard that this kind of ship was sold to the Kingdom of Gaul for 260 florins, but the salesperson said that the current ships were painted with anti-bacterial paint, and the price had increased.

"How much does it cost to buy a chicken in your shipyard cafeteria?" Spike took out his business card mysteriously, "I'm the owner of the New Start Chicken Farm. Ask your leader if you can get a discount. I can give you a thousand chickens at a price of 37 copper coins per month."

The shipyard is a physical job here. The workers must have enough meat to supplement. It has always been a large meat consumer, and chicken also needs to be purchased in large quantities.

There are still many villages where a farmer raises more than ten to thirty chickens. The chicken collectors go to one village a day to collect them. Not to mention the price, the quantity is unstable.

Spike is one of the pioneers of large-scale chicken farming. For large chicken eaters like shipyards, the advantage is that there is a stable supply of goods, and there is no need to worry about the chicken collectors not coming one day.

The salesman quickly asked them to go to the office to discuss. Ozkan and Olive were drinking tea in the reception room, and Spike, the two factory leaders in charge of logistics and sales, were muttering there.

"Three thousand chickens a month!" The leader in charge of logistics said, "Those who do big business should be more generous."

Three thousand chickens a month is only one hundred a day, which is barely enough for a large factory with hundreds of workers and a large number of family members.

Spike thought for a while and said, "My chicken farm can produce four thousand chickens a month. The day before yesterday, I negotiated a business of one thousand five hundred chickens with the textile factory. If I sell all of them to you, I can only get two thousand five hundred."

"We are all doing long-term business. If we sign a contract for two thousand five hundred chickens first, I can immediately take the contract to apply for a loan for expansion. It will not be a problem to give you six thousand chickens next year."

The shipyard did some calculations. Usually, the chicken collectors can only deliver twenty or thirty chickens a day at most. After all, the chickens in a village cannot grow up at the same time. The price of these chickens is two copper coins more than Spike.

If you buy all 100 chickens a day from the chicken collector, it will cost 200 more copper coins than buying them from Spike. It will cost one more florin gold coin in ten days, three more florins in a month, and thirty-six florins in a year.

The shipyard is now expanding, and the more chickens will be needed in the future, the more money can be saved.

After some bargaining, Spike signed a contract with the shipyard to sell chickens, and at the same time agreed to buy 10 paddle steamers that can sail near the coast at a price of 275 florins each.

Ozcan was very satisfied with the price he could get, and immediately signed the ship purchase contract and went to the Wesson-Bockner Shipyard Branch of Wesson Bank with the shipyard's financial staff to transfer the money. In total, 125 florins were saved, which could be used to import a lot of goods to sell on the grassland.

Spike found a stable big customer for the chicken farm, and the price was not low, which could keep the chicken farm stable and borrow money to expand the chicken farm.

Olive got two points of commission from the shipyard and Ozcan's bargaining reward, so he got 180 florins, which was enough to open a store in a prime location in Weissenburg.

The shipyard didn't lose money, because the base price of the ship was 270 florins, and there was 5 more florins. The contract with the chicken farm was cash on delivery, so if Spike didn't deliver the chickens, it would be the same as before.

The only one who got hurt was the salesperson who received Ozcan's group. He didn't have anything to do with the business later, so naturally he didn't get any commission. In the end, he just got a pat on the shoulder from his leader to encourage him.