Chapter 189 What can I sell?

"Then I'll bring the wood."

"I can bring lead. There is also Japanese lead."

Japanese lead is zinc, which is widely used in industry. Especially galvanized thin steel sheets, commonly known as tinplate. It has the advantages of being resistant to rust and corrosion. It can be used to make roofs, rolled pipes and various containers. It is very useful.

Here, Xiong Buyou took the time to negotiate with a deerskin seller. He learned from his mouth that he often went to Taiyuan Port in Taiwan to buy deerskin from the Dutch, and then trafficked it to Southeast Asia for sale. In addition to paying for the goods this time,

Except for the rescue fee, the rest was purchased by the Planning Commission. Sun Xiao specially told Xiong Buyou that it would be best to develop this person into a regular deerskin supplier.

Deer skin is one of the most sought-after animal leathers in East and Southeast Asia. Deer skin transportation and sales have even become a specialized business. Although the travelers do not know why deer skin is so popular, they also need this kind of skin for industrial use.

Manufacturing of indispensable drive belts.

The atmosphere infected the people around who were originally uninterested, and everyone asked what items were needed here and could be sold to get cash. For these small businessmen, although they can make huge profits by doing business overseas like Ba City, they still have to cross the sea.

Shebo is a dangerous journey that lasts for several years and is full of unknown factors. It is much easier when you come to Gao. Although you earn less, you can travel several times a year and the risk is less. In total, it is still

Cost-effective.

Their lives were saved, their money was generally guaranteed, and there would still be opportunities to make money in the future. This group of small businessmen who were still fighting in a frenzy a few days ago were now in a much better mood. Everyone was eager to return home, and they all inquired about what happened in Hong Kong recently.

There is no ship back to Qiongshan or Guangzhou.

"Gaoguang Shipping Company sells tickets to Qiongshan and Guangzhou. There are discounts for cargo consignment. We package it on behalf of customers. The big ship with 400 materials will not be bumpy. We will be escorted by senior bodyguards from the Weiwei Escort Agency throughout the whole journey, so that you and your cargo can rest easy.

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As the salesmen of Gaoguang Shipping Company held paper trumpets and shouted incitingly, the merchants who had received the goods rushed to buy tickets and check in the goods. The navy no longer sent ships to escort the victims home. This was also the reason for the vests.

It is part of the reform of the maritime system. From now on, all such matters will be handled by the private "Gaoguang Shipping Company". People who take the ship will buy their own tickets.

There are also unlucky people who lost everything but left nothing behind. Their tickets were paid for by the Civil Affairs Committee. Charity was originally one of the tasks of the Civil Affairs Department.

There are a few small traders who have absolutely nothing and simply stay in Lingao. Tang Zheng is one of these small traders. He has very little capital and sells coarse porcelain jars. Half of them were destroyed when the ship ran aground.

, when the pirates boarded the ship and robbed it, they destroyed all the rest - the pirates suspected that there were valuable goods hidden inside.

Tang Zheng, who had invested all his wealth in this overseas adventure, was completely desperate, because part of the capital was borrowed from relatives and neighbors, and now he was completely bankrupt. Although the Australians were willing to pay for the ferry tickets on his behalf,

He didn't have the nerve to return to his hometown even though he had no money to pay. He heard that Australians were recruiting workers everywhere and the pay was pretty good, so he simply stayed.

The surviving sailors on the five-masted ship participated in a mobilization meeting chaired by Li Haiping, and most of them were eventually mobilized to join the navy. The remaining resolutely unwilling people were responsible for paying for their tickets to go home. During the pirate attack

The injured fire chief of the five-masted ship received special treatment. After careful treatment at Bairen General Hospital, he was restored to health. In addition to being able to take a boat back to Qiongshan County for free, he was also rewarded with some small items. In addition, Xiong Buyou also prepared

He received a four-color gift and a letter, asking him to deliver it to the owner and cargo owner of the five-masted ship, Hai Shuzu, a gentry from Qiongshan County.

After hearing the results of this transaction, Wen Desi asked: "I am in favor of attracting businessmen to come to Gao to do business. But is there any pressure on our payment situation? Since the Delong Bank was established in Guangzhou, the return of silver has been increasing.

It’s much less. I’m afraid I don’t have enough reserves.”

Foreign merchants definitely don't want circulation coupons, and they have to pay in real money, just like this time when they purchased goods from small merchants.

"There is not much pressure. What these merchants are transporting are low-value products. Our current silver reserves are sufficient. For large payments, we can use Delong's money order, which will be accepted by Delong Bank in Guangzhou." Yan Ming reported.

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"Mr. Wen, don't worry. Even if you pay real money, I'm sorry they can't bring Lingao away!" Mo Xiao'an said with confidence.

"What are you going to do?" Wen Desi looked at him suspiciously. Mo Xiaoan knew that he had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly explained:

"What I mean is, let them exchange money for goods, so that there is no silver - it is equivalent to barter trade."

"Does the Ministry of Light Industry have this ability? If you want to sell to someone, they don't necessarily want it!" Wen Desi expressed doubts. It was quite difficult to impress Chinese consumers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, overseas materials could be exported to China on a large scale.

, in addition to gold and silver, there are dry goods such as shark's fin, bird's nest, sea cucumber, or some special local products.

From D-day to the present, the only bulk export materials that the Crossing Group can export are salt and sugar.

"No problem." Mo Xiao'an said. They have successfully trial-produced a variety of products and are now expanding the factory and adding equipment. They will soon be able to form mass production capabilities for a variety of products.

"Okay, it depends on you." Wen Desi said, "Our current bulk commodity exports have the problem of a single variety, over-reliance on luxury goods and one sweet and one salty export. This export situation is very unhealthy. Vigorously develop it.

The export of light industrial products is the focus at this stage. You must spend more time on the development of new products. You must take into account different market demands - exports to Southeast Asia, Europe and exports to the mainland must be differentiated. It is best to have a high price in terms of price

Low-end matching. In this regard, you should listen more to the opinions of the Guangzhou Station and the Foreign Commerce Committee. They know more about the market in this time and space."

"I understand." In order to show that he attached great importance to Mr. Wen's words, Mo Xiao'an took notes.

"We need to engage in more deep processing and develop high value-added products. We should not do anything like Liancheng Dried Sweet Potatoes - you can make some for yourself."

"OK."

Mo Xiao'an returned to his office and looked at a pile of new product trial production and development plans on the table. He was not worried about any new products - there were so many new products that were successfully trial-produced recently. But it was difficult to choose which ones to put into production.

matter.

He understood what Mr. Wen meant, but what were the people of the Ming Dynasty interested in? This was no different than the Works Energy Commission, which made things that they wanted to use. The Ministry of Light Industry made things that "may be used."

It doesn't matter if we do trial production now, the worst thing is that we won't be able to sell it for our own consumption. Once it is put into mass production and unsaleable, it will mean a huge waste, and I, the People's Commissar of Light Industry, will have to bear the blame.

Among the major traditional time-travel artifacts, glass products - including mirrors, glassware and flat glass are already on track, with a certain sales volume every month. But in addition to mirrors, the sales volume of glassware and flat glass

They are very limited. Obviously, small businessmen in Laigao will not have any interest in these luxury goods.

Matches are not technically complex. After a large amount of struvite from Dongsha Island arrived, Ji Sixui was already organizing people to make red phosphorus - not for making matches, but for smoke bombs and chemical production for the military.

The Ministry of Phosphoric Acid and Metallurgy plans to use it to trial-produce phosphor bronze, which can be used as a material for making springs and springs. It is a new material that the Industrial Energy Commission focuses on.

In contrast, it is difficult to say whether his matches can be ranked. Mo Xiao'an himself has gone to the countryside several times to do research and other things. He saw the local indigenous people using flint and sickle when making fire, and some simply

There is always fire in the furnace, so it is not difficult to use it. How big the market for my matches is is a question.

"Chief, it's time to eat." The person who spoke was an administrative trainee from the Ministry of Light Industry. He called Mo Xiao'an today's meal. Originally, according to Xiao Zishan's regulations, indigenous personnel were not allowed to enter the traverser's canteen, whether it was to help with the cooking or not.

Delivery is still a meal. But as time went by, this rule was slowly relaxed. Now a small number of "reliable" indigenous personnel are allowed to enter the canteen.

Mo Xiao'an looked at the dishes in the basin and felt that he had no appetite - it was seafood again, and he almost went crazy eating it. Suddenly he saw sea intestines fried with scallion oil on the plate.

"Sea sausage!" He suddenly thought of a book he had read in the past. The protagonist did not make matches or burn glass, but relied on sea intestines to be processed into powder and sold as MSG...

"MSG!" Mo Xiao'an felt that he had made a great discovery. The last time he held a meeting on the comprehensive utilization of sweet potatoes at the food factory, Huang Dashan said that sweet potatoes can be used to make MSG. However, after making kvass, he did not use it again.

Speaking of which, I don't know whether he made MSG or not.

"MSG? Of course I did it, otherwise what do you think you ate in the canteen?!" Huang Dashan said angrily on the phone, "Are you considered the People's Commissar of the Ministry of Light Industry? Food factories rarely see you.

A human figure!"

"This...because I'm very busy...in meetings..."

"Stop being official, you'd better go to the food factory and have a look before talking about it. Who can make a fuss over the phone when talking about export commodities?"

I haven't been to the food factory for more than ten days, and Huang Dashan has been managing it for the past two weeks. This is a bit regretful - Huang Dashan's job is to cultivate bacterial strains, and he also works in a pharmaceutical factory, and then he is working in this food factory.

If you don't catch it, you may not be able to do your best.

I also thought that as the People's Commissar of the Ministry of Light Industry, the food factory is a key subordinate enterprise of this department and is closely related to the lives of the people. If the results are achieved, everyone can see them. If there is a problem, the reputation will be ruined...

Mo Xiao'an's expression became serious when she thought of this: she neither understands the food processing industry nor the business management of a food factory. It's not a good idea to sit down and eat without food. It's better to find a full-time factory director to take charge. Even if you don't understand food processing technology, it doesn't matter.

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After thinking about it for a long time, I thought of Xun Suji. Because this person has a chef certificate, he has been working in the canteen since he logged in. He was assigned to the Agricultural Committee because he also grows vegetables part-time. This person is quite versatile - Mo

Xiao An remembered that when he was in the canteen, he made homemade salted duck eggs and bad eggs, and also made pickles and kimchi. His skills were quite good. Since he is a chef and can make snacks, he is certainly not an amateur in charge of a food factory.

So Xun Suji was dispatched to the food factory with just such a transfer order. The sudden appointment as director of the food factory surprised Xun Suji. He was so happy that he had become a leading cadre from an ordinary member of the public, and he had an informal official title on the executive committee.

On the hierarchy scale, the director of the food factory is equivalent to a third-level boss. He is also the head of a small department. I am shocked that I am a boring otaku. I have always been managed and represented, but now I have to manage.

It seems a bit more difficult for others to represent others. Not only is it a bit daunting.

However, I thought that once I became the head of the department, according to the rules, I would be able to have a separate office, a separate electricity consumption quota, and if I was lucky, I could even get a secretary. Not to mention other things, this single electricity consumption quota alone was worth thousands of dollars.

At least the computer can be used until 0 o'clock. Thinking that a box full of personal goods will finally see the light of day, the otaku Xun Suji's face burst into laughter. Colleagues in the cafeteria also came to congratulate one after another. At noon, Xun Suji

He cooked a few dishes himself and bought a bottle of rum from the cafe. When Xiao Zishan sent someone to deliver the dispatch order, he thoughtfully attached a special supply coupon, which allowed him to buy a bottle of rum.

Rum and several packs of cigarettes.

Promotion is always a happy event and must be celebrated. It is always good to have some icing on the cake. Xiao Zishan's favor was free of charge. The thing belonged to the executive committee, but the favor became his. Until many years later, many people's "

"Revolutionary Memoirs" often mention "unforgettable special supply coupons".

Everyone had a good time eating and drinking. Xun Suji had to go to the factory in the afternoon and was afraid of leaving a bad impression on Mo Xiaoan, so he stopped after just a few drinks. It made everyone lively.

The canteen was not far from the food factory, so Xun Suji decided to go and see the situation in the factory before moving.

When Xun Suji came to the food factory, the starch workshop here had been completed and was in operation. The potato washing machine designed and manufactured by Jiang Ye was rolling. Hundreds of kilograms of sweet potatoes were floating in the water as the rollers fluctuated up and down in the cement tank.

Not far from the potato washing machine, there are several different machines installed, all of which are making rumbling sounds. Above his head, a transmission shaft that has been carefully machined into a standard round is rotating rapidly, using

Belts drive machinery and equipment in the workshop.

The belt on the drive shaft is connected to the gearbox next to the machine, and the gearbox uses the belt or gear transmission to drive the flywheel of the machine. Through the gearbox, the operator can easily adjust the operating speed of each piece of equipment, and can also adjust the speed of each piece of equipment at any time.

Stop the machine.

"You! Be careful, don't touch the belt!" Xun Suji was looking around. Someone shouted from behind. He was trembling with fright, and turned around to see it was Huang Tianyu. He was sitting in front of a large window in the workshop, with two people squatting behind him.

Two apprentices were wearing blue cloth overalls, each carrying a large tool bag. One of them was carrying a large enamel teapot, and the other was carrying a thermos.
To be continued...