Chapter 191： A bunch of good things
After understanding the cost of this match, many businessmen have already begun various calculations to calculate how much the maximum profit of this thing can be and how much investment it is worth to spend.
The arithmetic level of these people is definitely the most powerful group of people in this era.
Only businessmen like them need a lot of calculations.
Afterwards, Wu Changqing uncovered a piece of red cloth, revealing a type printing machine and some type models.
The current printing technique is still stuck in block printing, and even movable type printing has not been promoted. Because movable type printing actually still has some flaws, such as the poor quality of printed books and the blurring of handwriting.
In short, the current printing technology has high cost and low efficiency, which is not conducive to the spread of culture.
Wu Changqing simply got out the type printing machine. The technical content of this type printing machine is not particularly high. It is basically similar to movable type printing. The only difference is that it uses type instead of mud and wooden characters.
The typeface on the metal surface is very effective when printing, and the printing is very clear.
Of course, the type printing machine also has its shortcomings, that is, the production of fonts is very difficult. Especially now that it is still in traditional Chinese, carving on a lead block the size of a thumb requires a lot of skill.
If you want to have no obstacles when printing, at least six or seven thousand commonly used Chinese characters must be prepared for a set of printing machines. Moreover, a lot of frequently used characters need to be printed, such as fonts such as ‘De De Di’, and there are dozens less to mention in an article.
For a set of printing presses, 50,000 or 60,000 typefaces must be prepared for the complete printing process.
And the cost of a single type engraving is about one hundred texts, which means that the cost of a set of machine light type is five to six thousand taels. In addition to the machine itself, and the paper used, inkjet, it costs almost seven to eight thousand taels.
In short, the cost of this stuff is very high.
However, after Wu Changqing demonstrated and introduced the type printing machine, many businessmen were moved by it, even more than match.
The reason is also very simple. Scholars make good money.
Although there are often so-called poor scholars and poor scholars, in fact, the group of scholars is richer than the common people by several levels.
First of all, the poor scholars are only a small number. Most scholars are either landlords or gentry. In short, they are not very poor.
Moreover, compared to the officialdom, the little investment in reading is completely worthwhile.
The efficiency of this printing machine is too high, and there are more books printed, and its cost is actually not high even if it is spread. In short, it is very profitable.
Compared with matches, everyone is more willing to choose this type printing machine.
After seeing the type printing machine, Wu Changqing took them to the backyard. There was a pond in the backyard. Wu Changqing wanted to show them the steam engine.
Everyone saw the huge iron lump that was so tall and occupies an area of more than a square meter, all of them looked thoughtful, as if they were speculating about the role of the iron lump.
"Everyone is optimistic, this is a pump made by the students in my university hall."
Wu Changqing gave an order, and then some craftsmen began to operate, adding coal to the boiler and adding water to the pot.
As the coal keeps burning, the water in the pot has boiled and turned into water vapor, which pushes the piston and the runner.
Immediately afterwards, the pool water spouted from a pipe made of cowhide, almost lighting up everyone's eyes. This is also thanks to other novel things that I have seen before, and I am no longer as ignorant as before.
Otherwise, if you see this kind of water flowing to a high place, you shouldn't shout a few words about ghosts.
"This kind of thing is called a steam engine, which can convert internal energy into mechanical energy. If you don't know what internal energy and mechanical energy are, you should go home and ask the children in college.
In short, this kind of thing can greatly save manpower. The power of the steam engine that everyone sees is still small, about 50 horsepower. However, with this horsepower, the pool can be drained in less than two hours. And to operate this steam engine, you only need five or six skilled workers. You can think about how long it will take five or six people to drain the pool in the previous way.
This kind of steam engine has a very wide range of applications, and the first thing I will prepare next is to open up a large number of salt fields on the Songjiang side. "
When Wu Changqing said this, other businessmen immediately understood the value of this steam engine.
The reason why the cost of salt production is so high is that it is difficult to get sea water, and it is difficult to boil sea water, which requires a lot of manpower.
With this steam engine, it only needs to burn coal to continuously extract seawater, and the labor cost will be drastically reduced.
Nowadays, the use of manpower to make salt is a hugely profitable business. If this kind of machine is used to pump water to make salt, wouldn't the salt price plummet?
Many merchants were shocked to the point of incomparableness. This steam engine was simply a guillotine on the necks of other salt merchants.
With this machine, where can other salt merchants survive?
Many people turned their attention to Pang Yuanming, because among the crowd, he was the only salt seller.
However, Pang Yuanming did not panic like other businessmen expected, but rather calmly.
Pang Yuanming is so shrewd. Although this kind of machine will have a great impact on salt merchants, it is not an opportunity. If you can occupy these machines alone, isn't it possible to use low salt prices to bankrupt other salt merchants?
When the time comes, the family will dominate, even if the salt price is lower, it will still be able to make a lot of money.
Pang Yuanming had already made up his mind that the business of this steam engine must belong to him. Whoever dared to fight with him was an indomitable enemy.
"I want to remind you that investing in a steam engine is a bottomless pit. People in colleges are constantly improving the machine and spending a lot of money. People with insufficient financial resources should not get involved easily, otherwise it will be easy to make money.
Moreover, the steam engines built in the future will also be given priority to the navy and some other places that the military can use, and then can be used for commercial purposes.
Of course, as long as you invest in this project, you can enjoy exclusive salt production rights in the future. I think you should be able to measure the profit in this. "
Wu Changqing said with a smile, he didn't say too clearly in this regard, in order to make it easier to pit them in the future.
After they put the money in and improve the machine, Wu Changqing will issue another standard for the price of salt.
In short, he will make these businessmen make money, but he won't make them rich. What he has is the means to regulate and control, as long as the army is in hand, those businessmen will not be able to help him if they find that they are trapped.
Of course, this is not actually a pit. At least, Wu Changqing will give them a profit of not less than 50%, which is already a pretty good profit.
If you don't cooperate with him, it will be even worse. If Pang Yuanming doesn't cooperate with him, then Pang Yuanming's business will not go bankrupt.
In contrast, working with Wu Changqing to make 50% of the profit is pretty good. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://www.novelhall.com/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.novelhall.com/read/149212/In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 191 A bunch of good things), next Open the bookshelf once to see it! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (www.novelhall.com)
The arithmetic level of these people is definitely the most powerful group of people in this era.
Only businessmen like them need a lot of calculations.
Afterwards, Wu Changqing uncovered a piece of red cloth, revealing a type printing machine and some type models.
The current printing technique is still stuck in block printing, and even movable type printing has not been promoted. Because movable type printing actually still has some flaws, such as the poor quality of printed books and the blurring of handwriting.
In short, the current printing technology has high cost and low efficiency, which is not conducive to the spread of culture.
Wu Changqing simply got out the type printing machine. The technical content of this type printing machine is not particularly high. It is basically similar to movable type printing. The only difference is that it uses type instead of mud and wooden characters.
The typeface on the metal surface is very effective when printing, and the printing is very clear.
Of course, the type printing machine also has its shortcomings, that is, the production of fonts is very difficult. Especially now that it is still in traditional Chinese, carving on a lead block the size of a thumb requires a lot of skill.
If you want to have no obstacles when printing, at least six or seven thousand commonly used Chinese characters must be prepared for a set of printing machines. Moreover, a lot of frequently used characters need to be printed, such as fonts such as ‘De De Di’, and there are dozens less to mention in an article.
For a set of printing presses, 50,000 or 60,000 typefaces must be prepared for the complete printing process.
And the cost of a single type engraving is about one hundred texts, which means that the cost of a set of machine light type is five to six thousand taels. In addition to the machine itself, and the paper used, inkjet, it costs almost seven to eight thousand taels.
In short, the cost of this stuff is very high.
However, after Wu Changqing demonstrated and introduced the type printing machine, many businessmen were moved by it, even more than match.
The reason is also very simple. Scholars make good money.
Although there are often so-called poor scholars and poor scholars, in fact, the group of scholars is richer than the common people by several levels.
First of all, the poor scholars are only a small number. Most scholars are either landlords or gentry. In short, they are not very poor.
Moreover, compared to the officialdom, the little investment in reading is completely worthwhile.
The efficiency of this printing machine is too high, and there are more books printed, and its cost is actually not high even if it is spread. In short, it is very profitable.
Compared with matches, everyone is more willing to choose this type printing machine.
After seeing the type printing machine, Wu Changqing took them to the backyard. There was a pond in the backyard. Wu Changqing wanted to show them the steam engine.
Everyone saw the huge iron lump that was so tall and occupies an area of more than a square meter, all of them looked thoughtful, as if they were speculating about the role of the iron lump.
"Everyone is optimistic, this is a pump made by the students in my university hall."
Wu Changqing gave an order, and then some craftsmen began to operate, adding coal to the boiler and adding water to the pot.
As the coal keeps burning, the water in the pot has boiled and turned into water vapor, which pushes the piston and the runner.
Immediately afterwards, the pool water spouted from a pipe made of cowhide, almost lighting up everyone's eyes. This is also thanks to other novel things that I have seen before, and I am no longer as ignorant as before.
Otherwise, if you see this kind of water flowing to a high place, you shouldn't shout a few words about ghosts.
"This kind of thing is called a steam engine, which can convert internal energy into mechanical energy. If you don't know what internal energy and mechanical energy are, you should go home and ask the children in college.
In short, this kind of thing can greatly save manpower. The power of the steam engine that everyone sees is still small, about 50 horsepower. However, with this horsepower, the pool can be drained in less than two hours. And to operate this steam engine, you only need five or six skilled workers. You can think about how long it will take five or six people to drain the pool in the previous way.
This kind of steam engine has a very wide range of applications, and the first thing I will prepare next is to open up a large number of salt fields on the Songjiang side. "
When Wu Changqing said this, other businessmen immediately understood the value of this steam engine.
The reason why the cost of salt production is so high is that it is difficult to get sea water, and it is difficult to boil sea water, which requires a lot of manpower.
With this steam engine, it only needs to burn coal to continuously extract seawater, and the labor cost will be drastically reduced.
Nowadays, the use of manpower to make salt is a hugely profitable business. If this kind of machine is used to pump water to make salt, wouldn't the salt price plummet?
Many merchants were shocked to the point of incomparableness. This steam engine was simply a guillotine on the necks of other salt merchants.
With this machine, where can other salt merchants survive?
Many people turned their attention to Pang Yuanming, because among the crowd, he was the only salt seller.
However, Pang Yuanming did not panic like other businessmen expected, but rather calmly.
Pang Yuanming is so shrewd. Although this kind of machine will have a great impact on salt merchants, it is not an opportunity. If you can occupy these machines alone, isn't it possible to use low salt prices to bankrupt other salt merchants?
When the time comes, the family will dominate, even if the salt price is lower, it will still be able to make a lot of money.
Pang Yuanming had already made up his mind that the business of this steam engine must belong to him. Whoever dared to fight with him was an indomitable enemy.
"I want to remind you that investing in a steam engine is a bottomless pit. People in colleges are constantly improving the machine and spending a lot of money. People with insufficient financial resources should not get involved easily, otherwise it will be easy to make money.
Moreover, the steam engines built in the future will also be given priority to the navy and some other places that the military can use, and then can be used for commercial purposes.
Of course, as long as you invest in this project, you can enjoy exclusive salt production rights in the future. I think you should be able to measure the profit in this. "
Wu Changqing said with a smile, he didn't say too clearly in this regard, in order to make it easier to pit them in the future.
After they put the money in and improve the machine, Wu Changqing will issue another standard for the price of salt.
In short, he will make these businessmen make money, but he won't make them rich. What he has is the means to regulate and control, as long as the army is in hand, those businessmen will not be able to help him if they find that they are trapped.
Of course, this is not actually a pit. At least, Wu Changqing will give them a profit of not less than 50%, which is already a pretty good profit.
If you don't cooperate with him, it will be even worse. If Pang Yuanming doesn't cooperate with him, then Pang Yuanming's business will not go bankrupt.
In contrast, working with Wu Changqing to make 50% of the profit is pretty good. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://www.novelhall.com/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.novelhall.com/read/149212/In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record of this time (Chapter 191 A bunch of good things), next Open the bookshelf once to see it! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (www.novelhall.com)
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