Lord of Industrialization

As September came, the entire Principality of Wesen suddenly became restless.

Ozkan went to a factory in the village to discuss business that day, but he didn't expect that the factory's office building was rented out today.

About a hundred young people aged 16 to 22 gathered inside and outside the factory, more than a dozen people gathered in a small group, and everyone was talking and laughing.

Hozhenproz said to Ozkan with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, it just so happens that conscription starts today. Among the surrounding villages, only my factory has a building, so the Military Affairs Department has requisitioned it."

After Olive translated Hozhenproz's words, Ozkan looked at the group of people in front of him who laughed from time to time, and asked in disbelief: "Are they going to join the army?"

Hozhenproz replied: "Yes, they are all here for a physical examination for enlistment."

Ozkan scratched his head. Not to mention the tribes on the grassland where everyone is a soldier, the young officers of the Ghazi Empire went directly to the village to capture people. If they captured ten people, they would be the team leader, and if they captured a hundred people, they would be the centurion. Every time they captured a man, there were tears.

Hozhenproz took Ozkan to the factory cafeteria, where all the office workers came to work.

He brought over a few samples, including a box of spirit pills made from tea extract, two down jackets, and a huge can.

Ozkan originally came to buy spirit pills, but when he saw the down jackets, he couldn't take his eyes off them, and immediately asked excitedly: "Do you have fire down jackets here?!"

After the World Expo last year, someone sold a batch of down jackets to the grassland, and later sold them to the Dashi Empire. Because they were light and warm, they became a news topic in the imperial capital for a while.

Someone opened the clothes and found that there was fiery red fluff inside, so they called them fire down jackets.

Ozkan thought that this kind of clothes were produced by big men, and he couldn't play them in high-end games by himself, but he didn't expect to see them for sale in an ordinary village.

Hozhenproz said: "I opened a down jacket factory with someone in partnership. If you want, I can sell you a thousand sets this year."

There are many mountains here, and the streams flowing down from the mountains have made the water system developed. In recent years, many people have raised summer ducks with red feathers.

Hozhen Ploz opened a factory first. Not everyone can get the start-up capital, and ordinary farmers are not as bold and daring as him, so there is only one factory that processes ducks. In addition to the ducks raised by themselves, they also purchase ducks from dozens of kilometers around for processing.

At the beginning of this year, someone in Langnar City wanted to open a down jacket factory, so the two of them became partners.

A down jacket is expensive, even in the Principality of Wessen, it is a high-end product. Ozcan calculated his funds and the balance of friendship bonds in his mind, which was not enough.

Now he couldn't ask others for money. The fellow villagers were all hoping to borrow money from others to buy more goods. Olive and Spike didn't have to think about it, because they all wanted to expand their own businesses.

The idea of ​​not buying so many ships flashed in his mind. That was the foundation of his future life, and he couldn't move lightly.

Ozcan gritted his teeth and bought fewer nails, kitchen knives and ordinary clothes this time. Anyway, others would buy goods and sell them, so he would take this batch of down jackets and open up the way to the top leaders of the Great Stone Empire.

Suddenly, he thought of a way to save money: "Can I purchase 700 sets of velvet clothes for adults and 300 sets of velvet clothes for children?"

Children's clothes are more economical than those for adults and can be much cheaper.

Nowadays, there are children everywhere who can't survive the winter. If they catch a cold, they will be in the gates of hell. If down clothes can keep children from catching a cold for a whole winter, I don't know how many people will rush to buy them.

Hozhenproz saw that Ozcan hesitated just now, and it must be because he didn't have enough money that he came up with this idea, so he agreed: "That's no problem, we can deliver it by the end of October."

He pushed an extra-large can in front of Ozcan and said: "I will personally give you another 500 duck cans like this."

"It's almost lunch time, let's try this can."

Ozcan has seen a lot of cans since he came to the Principality of Wessen, but it's the first time he has seen a large can that can hold a whole duck.

This can of duck is characterized by honest ingredients. There is a whole duck in the can. The edible parts are duck blood, which is used as seed fertilizer. The duck liver, duck heart, duck intestines, etc. are stuffed into the duck's stomach. At the same time, the inside and outside are filled with white kidney beans, with almost no space. In addition, there is salt water cooked with spices.

Hozhenproz said: "This can of duck is sold to the army. The duck and the internal organs are about two kilograms. Such a can is about half of the standard meat intake of a squad in a day, just enough for one meal."

"This is not bad!" Ozkan tasted a bit of salty duck meat. Salt is also an important material on the grassland. Such salty duck can supplement salt. After it is transported, only the bravest soldiers can eat it.

And this thick hard plastic shell is strong and waterproof. The lid can be unscrewed and tightened, like an extra-large thermos cup, which can be used to hold a lot of things.

After the 500 cans of salted duck from Ozcan were shipped to the grassland, they were very popular. People found that the cans were the best for storing salt, as they were strong and moisture-proof. Hundreds of years later, the bottles used to store salt in this area were all in the shape of a perfect cylinder.

Ozcan and Hozhenproz signed a purchase agreement, but it was not a formal contract.

This year, many people were like Ozcan, who negotiated and signed the agreement before the World Expo and were not in a hurry to sign the contract.

Because the contracts signed at the Expo have tax and tariff concessions, it is better to save as much as possible.

Days passed by, and on the day before the opening of the World Expo, the Wessen Daily published several economic news.

The total scale of friendship bonds this year has increased by 30% compared with last year, and the expected transaction amount is 50% higher than last year.

Now industrial parks and peach blossom stone buildings for workers are being built everywhere in the Principality of Wessen. The nobles of the Rhine Alliance, such as the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bavaria, which have received some downstream industrial transfers, have also built industrial parks.

They brought light industrial products such as ready-made clothes, leather products, processed foods, and daily necessities to the World Expo, and they are all eager to make a fortune here.

In the Principality of Wessen, many "rural factory owners" like Hozhenproz began to appear on the stage of the Expo. Although their products are single, they are also specialized in this aspect, making the quality much better than those large factories that do everything.

There is no cold chain transportation now, and few families have refrigerators to store food. Transportation from rural areas to dining tables will cause a lot of losses due to food spoilage. This problem still existed in Frederick's hometown until the second industrial revolution.

There are not enough magicians here to sterilize the food in transit. The meat on the market is still mainly sausage, bacon, and air-dried meat, and most of the fruits are made into jam.

Therefore, canned food that is easy to preserve and store has become people's choice, and Frederick has been supporting the development of this industry.

Now the Duchy of Wessen is not so arrogant as to use iron sheets to make cans, but the thickness of the cans made of hard plastic contributed by slimes is enough.

Nowadays, canning factories have been opened in many places, and the market competition is fierce.

The salted duck canned food made by Hozhenproz with a whole duck is particularly suitable as the main dish for family gatherings, and it is in line with Frederick's vision of "every family can eat a chicken every day", and it sells much better than canned food with only part of the duck meat.