Lord of Industrialization

When Frederick was young in his previous life, he often heard that to get rich, one must first change his mindset. Only when the mindset changes, there is motivation to get rich.

This idea did not fall from the sky, but was formed by the massive cases around him.

The northern and coastal areas of the Kingdom of Sardinia are prosperous in commerce. Many people in the city have watched people around them get rich by doing business and investing since they were young, and they have the idea of ​​doing business if they want to get rich.

People in the countryside see that some people go to the city to work and live a life where they can eat enough every day, and they also hope that people in the city can help them.

In such an atmosphere, the business of 400,000 pieces of clothing a year shocked the entire Duchy of Milan.

Edwards's estimate of the market size is not as good as those merchants fighting on the front line. The merchants calculated at the banquet and came up with the market size only within the scope of merchants in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Among these 400,000 pieces of clothing, half are ordinary clothes such as pullovers, straight pants and shirts with lower profits, with a profit of about 3,000 gold coins a year.

The rest are coats and skirts for urban citizens. This type of clothing has higher profits and shorter replacement time.

If socks, underwear and hats are added, the net profit of the entire clothing industry exceeds 15,000 gold coins a year.

This is only the scale of the Kingdom of Sardinia. If the market in the forest sea of ​​the southern continent is opened up, it is not a problem to double it.

Unless people don’t wear clothes, this is a stable income every year, and even if there are fluctuations, it will not be too big.

After the businessmen announced this result at the banquet, Edwards drank two bottles of antihypertensive drugs to recover.

Someone left immediately and told his friend who was a reporter about this news.

The newspaper reporter asked the businessmen who had been to the Principality of Wessen, knocked on their doors at night to interview them, and asked them to tell what the garment factory there was like.

The next morning, when Frederick read the newspaper, he was sure that many of the people interviewed had never seen a garment factory, but used what they saw in steel mills, machinery factories, canning factories and other factories as garment factories. For example, someone said that the owner of a certain garment factory had four wives, and the people in Weissenberg knew at a glance that it was actually Hoffman from the Clover Hinge Factory.

After breakfast, Aleppe came to report: "Master, the carriage is ready."

Frederick asked: "Have those people been sent back?"

Aleppe replied: "They have been arranged to leave."

The merchants here knew Frederick's character and sent someone to inquire about more detailed information last night.

Frederick naturally painted a pie in the sky and talked about a bright future.

Now the merchants are discussing three options. Frederick's plan to build a factory with full capital was first ruled out because the Duchy of Milan could only collect land rent and taxes. Now the debate is whether to build a factory with full capital or let Frederick provide machines and hold 30% of the shares.

Big businessmen naturally wouldn't just apply what they heard from others like reporters did. They found people who had actually seen the garment factory and asked them how the factory operated.

Frederick was not in a hurry. He let them discuss slowly and went to the arena to watch the registration competition for the real sword competition.

Although he lived in a place that could be directly reached from the back, he still had to make a show and took a carriage to go around from the main entrance to the main entrance.

In the box, Frederick was listening to the person in charge of the competition talking about the schedule and how to bet. After listening, he asked: "Will the betting prize money be given to the contestants?"

The person in charge replied: "They will get 20% as a reward to avoid fake matches as much as possible."

He further explained that it was because someone asked Grand Duke Wessen to play a fake match when he participated in the competition in Wanjing City a few years ago, but he took the money and ran away with a bucket and distributed flyers everywhere. Since then, the arenas along the Inland Sea have racked their brains to avoid fake matches.

Frederick smiled and asked, "Is there a contestant named Shitou who was originally a sparring partner in the training ground?"

The person in charge knew Shitou and knew that he had some conflicts with the head coach for some reason. He wondered if he was a subordinate of Grand Duke Wessen or someone he valued?

So the person in charge told him everything about Shitou.

Frederick said to Aleppe, "In the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, bet 1,000 ores on him to win in each game."

Aleppe took the order and did it right away.

The person in charge was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Sir, do you want to bet 1,000 ores on each game?"

Frederick said as a matter of course, "Yes, 5 games, 1,000 ores on each game, a total of 5,000 ores, do you have a betting limit?"

The person in charge immediately replied, "No... there is no limit."

There are many rich people in the Duchy of Milan, but betting 500 gold coins is already a big gamble that can be discussed for a month. Such a large order is unheard of.

Frederick waved his hand and said, "There is no limit, so let's do it."

Before leaving, the person in charge asked curiously, "Do you think highly of that person?"

Frederick replied, "The night before yesterday, I was robbed when I came back from drinking, and he knocked the gangster down."

The person in charge was speechless. Is there really a gangster in the world that can scare him?

Frederick's whereabouts were not hidden, and soon someone asked to see him.

The one who came was the bald businessman he met on the road. He asked to see him with a try mentality, but he didn't expect Frederick to actually meet him.

Frederick didn't know his name yet, he only knew that everyone in the tavern called him Baldhead the night before, so he called him that too.

Frederick pointed to the chair next to him and asked him to sit down, and then asked, "Baldhead, what do you want to see me for?"

The bald man asked cautiously: "Sir, is it true that you want to build a clothing factory in Milan?"

Frederick said: "If the Grand Duke of Milan and others are willing to build it, I will help."

"Why, you want to build one too?"

The bald man shook his head and said: "Sir, you are joking. That is the business of big people. We can only pick up some side dishes."

"The few people who drank together the night before yesterday went to the south to do business. They have that... oh, have channels, and want to form a partnership to monopolize the business in a place."

Frederick understood what he meant.

The clothing industry has profits to be made in the entire chain from raw materials to consumers. These small businessmen can't eat meat, so they can share some soup.

For those who want the sales agency rights in a certain place, Frederick can only say: "It is not known how the factory will be built now. If I have a little control, I will open the agency rights to bidding."

The bald man didn't have any hope for this matter. Not being kicked out is considered a success. Now it is enough to confirm that the sales rights will not be determined.

He asked again: "Sir, what are the conditions for working in the factory?"

"Many of us have relatives in the countryside, and it would be nice to have them work in the factory."

Frederick said: "Ask all the questions you want to ask."

The bald man continued a little embarrassedly: "The owner of the bar wants to ask if he can open a canteen."

"My wife's elder and younger brothers are farmers. They want to ask if the factory canteen can buy oats, beans and vegetables from them in the future."

"Someone wants to ask if a store can be opened in the factory dormitory area. The workers also need to buy things."

"Oh, and there is also a night snack street in front of the factory. My neighbor wants to sell scones."

"My sister wants to open a laundry there. I don't know if it's possible."

A clothing industrial park not only feeds shareholders and workers, but also the secondary and tertiary industries.

The bald man talked for a long time, almost including the service industry around a factory.

Frederick had to marvel at the strong business sense of the people here. When he opened the factory, few people thought of doing this. It was still an administrative order to open a pilot project. Some people dared to follow up after seeing that they made money.

He waited for the bald man to finish speaking and said: "In principle, I agree to open these industries, but when it comes to someone, I tend to compete fairly under the same rules."

"Workers are required to be obedient. Don't think that there will be no deaths in the garment factory. There are disobedient people who die in the factories of the Principality of Wessen every year."

"These people died because of violating safety regulations. Not only do they not have to pay compensation, but if they cause losses to the factory, their families will also have to pay compensation to the factory."

The bald man carefully wrote down Frederick's words. There were still many people in the tavern waiting for him to go back.