Zhao Yan couldn't help but think that the cotton cloth market would definitely have huge profits. This thing is like salt, which everyone needs to use, and it can be sold more widely than salt.

If the maritime trade can be opened up, the profit will double.

The development of the British textile industry is largely related to the decline of the Central Plains after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. You should know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Western textile industry was always suppressed. If it was suppressed, it would not have formed such a great thrust. However, this is not a decisive factor. After all, there are many overseas colonies in Britain.

Nowadays, Jenny machines, hydraulic spinning machines, hydrolooms, and no mule machines have appeared, but Zhao Yan all knows the structure of these things.

With these machinery, if you manage well, you will naturally be able to make huge profits.

It is already the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which is early summer. There is still some time before the cotton is mature this year, but you have to make arrangements early.

In addition, Zhao Yan also conducted a survey on the salt market on the street.

As for Jinan, the price of salt is relatively high. A tuft of salt can be sold for six taels, which is even more expensive than cotton cloth. At the price of official salt, the quality of Huai salt sold by private salt is quite good, a tuft of about four taels.

Different regions have different salt prices, mainly depending on the region. In places with inconvenient trafficking, the salt prices are generally high, because there are fewer people selling salt. In places with convenient trafficking, the competition will be more intense and the prices are relatively not that high.

Zhao Yan stared at the fat piece of private salt for a long time and said that he was about to move at this moment. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were cheap labor everywhere, so it was just right for them to dry salt.

...

Generally, the military officers cannot arrive in just a few months, but for military officers like Zhao Yan who are recruiting appeasements, the documents come faster.

The Zhaojia Fort was filled with joy, and the brainwashing effect was initially revealed. Especially for the Zhao family's private army, they have become official troops at this moment, and it is legitimate to go out to suppress bandits in the future.

As soon as the pre-emptive document arrived, Zhao Yan immediately sent an invitation to the Shandong merchants. The pre-emptive guerrilla warriors naturally had to hold a banquet, and then discussed with them the production of nitrate soil.

Outside Zhaojiabao, a technical team for regulating nitrate has been formed. They constantly urinate against the smelly mounds every day, and then collect the nitrate.

The production speed is quite satisfactory. A group of 100 people has enough urine supply and can produce 500 kilograms of nitroso soil a day.

If you can produce 10,000 kilograms in twenty days, you can replace it with a mirror of 1,200 taels of silver. The cost will not exceed 200 taels if you die.

Of course, the amount of urine is a huge factor in checking and balancing yield.

Therefore, although the profit is high, the scale is likely to be subject to checks and balances.

Wang Wenyue returned from the bandit suppression in early April. This time, the bandit suppression was killed in total, and more than 2,600 bandits were captured, which was more than Zhao Yong captured when he suppressed the bandits last time. However, Wang Wenyue did not encounter any tough roles in the bandit suppression this time, and more were bandits who disappeared after a fight.

At the same time, he also missed the opportunity to fight Wu Anbang, which made him deeply depressed.

After returning to Zhaojiabao, I led the newly recruited soldiers from the first battalion, and I really buried my head in the camp to practice hard.

At this moment, the two battalions in Zhao Yan's hands have been initially constructed.

Each infantry battalion has 5.00 spearmen, 600 musketeers and 300 longbowmen. With more musketeers, more gunpowder is consumed and more musketeers is consumed.

Training these musketeers is like smashing them with silver. They shoot live ammunition every day, and each soldier has to shoot 30 times a day.

On average, more than 100 muskets have to be scrapped every day, and the gunpowder consumed every day has reached thousands of kilograms. Fortunately, I recently bought some gunpowder from several prefectures and counties.

The number of craftsmen in the Military Weapons Bureau has expanded to more than 1,000 people, most of which are building muskets. The turbines have been expanded to more than 100, and they are still expanding.

Most craftsmen who build muskets are still apprentices, so they are practicing craftsmanship. Only a few simple procedures are operating, and those procedures that are related to blow-up require strict assessments to take up their posts.

Currently, this kind of musket weighs seven kilograms and is made of cooked iron. It is a relatively bulky musket. However, for infantry, weighing seven kilograms is nothing.

...

On April 15th, many guests came to Zhaojiabao. Most of the Shandong Dashang who could take time almost all came. Some Shandong Dashang even rushed back from other places, which was very conspicuous.

If it were ordinary martial artists, these businessmen would naturally not value it so much. The problem is that Zhao Yan is an important member of the Shandong Business Gang, and everyone makes money by him.

Shandong businessmen are usually not as good as other business groups. Zhao Yan made a glass mirror and became an advantageous industry for Shandong businessmen.

Monopoly industries naturally have great advantages.

The seventeen-year-old Denglai guerrilla was unique in contemporary times. When everyone came to congratulate, they brought a generous gift. In addition to these Shandong merchants, the people who came to the banquet were Chen Zhongsheng, the governor of Dengzhou, Tang Xianming, the magistrate of Huang County, and Zhang Wenju, the governor of Shandong.

Zhao Yan also sent an invitation to Zhu Dadian, but the other party did not come. The Laizhou magistrate Sun Yaoguang also did not come.

It would be fine if these people didn't come, but Zhao Yan didn't care.

Chen Zhongsheng, the governor of Dengzhou who attended the banquet, and Tang Xianming, the magistrate of Huangxian County, were shocked when they came to Zhaojiabao. Naturally, so many Shandong Dashang came to congratulate him.

The energy of these Shandong merchants is definitely not immeasurable! Moreover, the Shandong governor also came and he was close to Zhao Yan's attitude during the meal.

For a moment, Chen Zhongsheng's attitude became humble and did not pose as a civil servant who was higher than a military officer. Needless to say, Tang Xianming was just a county magistrate.

After the wedding banquet, the Shandong merchants, under the arrangement of Zhao Quan, went to visit the local law to make the nitrate, and showed the profits of the local law to make the nitrate.

If they are interested, the Zhao family will send technicians to provide guidance.

Zhao Yan and Dengzhou magistrate Chen Zhongsheng entered the living room and discussed the maritime ban with Chen Zhongsheng alone.

Zhao Yan's meaning was to ask the Dengzhou prefect to submit a memorial to request a memorial to open the Shandong sea ban. If the Shandong sea ban can be opened, then Shandong's sea trade can be carried out openly.

But it is only 900 kilometers from Shandong to Japan to Xiaoyao Port to Nagasaki. If you go down with the wind, it will only take three or five days.

At this time, the Japanese trade was nominally monopolized by the Dutch. Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch had an agreement that Zheng Zhilong's goods were transported to Japan by the Dutch.

However, Zheng Zhilong did not abide by this agreement and was still transporting goods to Japan.

Trade to Japan can be said to be the highest profit in maritime trade, and the profits of lying back and forth are at least ten times.

"If the Shandong sea ban can be opened, merchants in the world will inevitably gather in the three eastern prefectures. Why worry about not being rich in the three eastern prefectures? This is the official who can submit a memorial to the point of making a try, but it is hard to say whether it will succeed or not." Chen Zhongsheng pondered for a while and said.

"Whether it is a ruling of the emperor. As a minister, we should do our best!" Zhao Yan smiled, not having too much hope for this, but it is always good to try it.

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