After hearing Xu Sheng's introduction about the salary of the escort agency personnel, Lin Ze subconsciously began to calculate quickly.

According to the initial goal, the escort agency must recruit at least 5,000 people.

In other words, if calculated based on the minimum salary, when this escort agency really starts to operate, Lin Ze will need to pay a monthly salary of 25,000 taels.

Taking into account the recruitment of some bodyguards with high martial arts skills and the logistics cost of supporting these bodyguards, the monthly cost of the escort agency will reach a stable level of more than 30,000 taels after it is operational.

"Although it will cost a lot to maintain the existence of this escort agency, it is completely worth it from the perspective of maintaining the large-scale expansion of our gold bank business."

Lin Ze was thinking in his mind.

Once the gold and silver trade business between the two worlds begins to expand on a large scale, the wealth he gains every year will be measured in silver dollars.

Compared with this income, this cost is nothing.

Moreover, with the opening of the escort bureau, the escort bureau itself can also create a certain amount of income, offsetting Lin Ze's costs.

Let Lin Ze achieve the goal of opening a large private escort agency at a lower cost.

"I already know the cost of opening a bodyguard agency. I recently looked at the list of miners in the coal mine. In addition to people from Fengping County, there are also people from several counties including Qingyu County who have come to sign up as miners."
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"While maintaining the current scale of the coal mine's 10,000 miners, at the current rate of increase in the number of miners in the coal mine, about 300 people can be recruited to join the escort agency every month."

"This speed of personnel recruitment will just give you the energy to train them. If we continue at this pace, our escort agency will be able to expand to the planned scale in at least two years."

Lin Ze finished thinking and calculating and responded to Xu Sheng.

The escort candidates for the escort agency must be miners who are bound by their families in Fengping County and usually work in the coal mines.

Only in this way can we minimize the possibility of them getting away with money and ensuring their loyalty.

"Actually, it won't take two years. If Ziyi can keep up with the staff recruitment, I estimate that the staff expansion of the entire escort agency can be completed in one year at most."

"Our ability to train personnel is limited now, but in the future, we can let the first batch of escorts who have already learned a bit to train the new ones. My brothers and I will be responsible for continuing to train and strengthen the first batch of escorts. In this way

You can quickly get the escort agency in shape."

Xu Sheng put forward his own opinions.

After a pause, Xu Sheng smiled again and said: "By the way, Ziyi, there is something I forgot to tell you. I asked Master Zhao to help me get some martial arts and medicine prescriptions from the popular goods. He has already agreed. Apart from that,

In addition, we also agreed to send experts to help protect the wooden rail cars."

"This way, we can help to calm down the situation before our guards are strong enough. They are expected to arrive in two days."

"The font sizes of the Escort Bureau have also been developed. The font sizes of the Escort Bureau affiliated to Mingyue Tower are divided according to the phases of the moon. Other font sizes such as crescent moon and waning moon are already available. We have been assigned the font size of the waning moon."

The moon is missing.

The moon waxes and wanes.

"Okay, it sounds pretty good."

Lin Ze nodded in agreement.

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Regarding the escort agency, we will stop discussing it here for the time being.

What needs to be done next is to screen the personnel step by step in the coal mine, and then put the people into the Yueque Escort Bureau for training. Once they are initially qualified, they can become official escorts.

Subsequently, these rookie escorts continued to grow through experience.

After a few years of this, Lin Ze will be able to completely master a huge force and become a top local power.

At that time, we can say that the magistrate of Fengping County is a smooth man, and Mr. Lin is a tough man.

"Then let's talk about the wooden rail car."

After finishing the discussion at the Escort Bureau, Xu Sheng took out an account book that had been compiled today and said to Lin Ze excitedly.

"You laugh so happily and earn a lot?"

Lin Ze said with a smile.

"Well, today we transported coal from there to Fengping County Wharf. A total of 800,000 kilograms was transported. The freight earned us 120 taels of silver, and our personnel and other costs were only about 30 taels of silver.

Around, a net profit of ninety taels of silver."

"In one month, I will make a net profit of 2,700 taels. In a year, I will earn a net profit of more than 30,000 taels. Now that I have become rich, Ziyi, we can buy some medicinal materials that are less expensive to assist in martial arts practice. Maybe you haven't reached the top level yet.

If I reach the realm first, I will reach the first level."

Xu Sheng said with a smile.

Today the wooden rail car started running at 8 a.m. and ended at 6 p.m. What Xu Sheng is talking about right now is the revenue data for ten hours.

In principle, the follow-up income will be almost the same every day, because time needs to be set aside for track maintenance, and wooden rail cars will not operate in the dark at night.

The only pity is that the materials needed at the coal mine are limited, and the return mine car cannot operate at full capacity, so the benefits are almost negligible for the time being.

"It doesn't cost the same to build wooden tracks."

Lin Ze complained.

"Including materials and construction labor, the total cost is only 1,300 taels of silver. I can make it back in less than half a month."

"Besides, we can continue to build more tracks in the future to speed up the efficiency of material transportation until all the coal produced by the coal mine every day can be delivered to the dock. At that time, we will calculate based on the daily transportation volume of 20 million kilograms of coal.

You can earn three thousand taels of silver."

"After deducting costs, I can earn more than two thousand taels a day."

"No, that's not right. After deducting the amount of one billion kilograms of coal transported to the division at a preferential price, we can definitely increase the transportation cost to transport the coal purchased by others, and we can earn even more by then."
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Xu Sheng calculated with gleaming eyes.

He has been in charge of wooden rail cars recently and knows these details very well.

Compared to the escort agencies that don’t know when they will be profitable, this wooden rail car has now started making money on the first day of official operation. The positive feedback is really too strong.

"It is indeed quite profitable, but since it is so profitable, we must be more careful about the safety of the rail cars. If someone sets fire to cause damage, the losses will be huge."

Lin Ze reminds.

"Don't worry, I will speed up the training of the escort staff, and usually patrol more in batches with a few brothers."

Xu Sheng nodded solemnly.

Lin Ze's family has a big business and doesn't care about the loss of one industry, but this wooden railcar transportation is Xu Sheng's entire business.

It is not easy for people to achieve success in middle age, but they cannot have problems at the beginning.

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After talking about the business, Lin Ze was ready to leave.

But instead of going through the gate, I left through the tunnel.

Underneath the shop in the front yard, a tunnel opened, and Lin Ze walked down the stairs.

Soon, I saw a spacious vault.

Behind the money bank was a heavy iron door. Lin Ze took out the key and opened it, then entered the road towards Lin's house. He turned around and locked the door, so that next time he could only come from Lin's house to open the door, and Qian

However, Ku can no longer open the door to Lin's house.

Although there were ventilation holes in the underground passage, the air was still a bit dull. Lin Ze quickly reached the end of the tunnel, where there was another heavy iron door.

Take out the key again and open it, then lock it.

Lin Ze walked out of the underground stairs and came to a secluded courtyard in the middle courtyard of Lin's house.

Lin Ze turned around and locked the last large iron door leading to the underground.

"This door is designed to guard against gentlemen but not villains. A first-class expert or above can destroy the door with some effort, but ordinary people will not be able to pass through without a key. Once an expert violently passes through this tunnel, the three tunnels will be blocked.

In the case of an iron gate, you can find it quickly."

"At this time, we can deal with it according to the situation."

"At present, the gold bank's shop, as well as the supporting gold bank shopkeepers, guards, and security personnel have been fully equipped. The gold dumping channels in the main world have also been established, so it is time to start the gold bank's business.

It’s done.”

"In the next period of time, if you prepare more silver, you can open a gold bank."

Lin Ze was thinking.

I was not in a hurry to go out. I first went back to the main world to process the information.

Then he opened the courtyard door and walked out, falling into the servant's sight.

Compared with when he first came to Fengping County, Lin Ze's family only had about 20 servants, but now there are more than 50 servants, all of whom are innocent people with family ties.

"Master, you are back."

Along the way, the servants greeted each other.

Lin Ze glanced at them slightly, then responded, and soon came to the lobby.
To be continued...