"Build a wharf here because the river beach is huge, and the boats used to lean on the beach, and then rely on the Lifu to carry the goods ashore. This time and effort are needed, so many ships are placed directly on Fuzhou Port. From there, they have to go back. In fact, it is not economical. It is better to get ashore from us. It is because it is not easy to get close to the river beach, so the big ship does not go here."

Fu Qian and Kong He have been back for more than ten days. The most important task every day is to build a single-pedal machine. At the same time, they start to call up the peasant women in Guanzhuang. According to Xu Zixian's plan, they will work hard for several days, and then charge spinning according to the price. If a peasant woman takes five hours a day to make two chunks of money per month, it is very stable.

In addition to housework and serving the elderly and children a day, you also have to work ten hours to earn two chunks of money, which is equivalent to less than 600 yuan in later generations. Of course, it is very hard and the income is also low.

But at this time, an ordinary farmer in the Wei Dynasty might not be able to save much money in a year. In a normal age, two strong men and women, two elderly people, one or two underage men, planted 30 acres of land, and the family was not sick or disaster, without any accidents, so that they could save about six cents of money.

If a man goes out to take on work during the slack season, he can save more than ten yuan of money in a smooth year.

But this is the most smooth situation. There will always be various unexpected losses and sudden expenses in life. Headache and fever are inevitable. It is impossible for adults and children to wear clothes for a few years. Bedding, salt, and iron tools. These expenses involving cotton, salt and iron are inevitable and quite expensive.

The characteristic of the specialty of salt and iron is the word "expensive". Private salt is only a dozen cents per pound, and it is still a selling price of private salt dealers at the risk of beheading. The worst official salt is 50 to 60 cents per pound, and it is still a rotten product mixed with gravel.

Of course, this is unfair and unreasonable. It is also because the people were cheated by the government after all the harsh and miscellaneous taxes, but as long as they can survive, they can still bear it.

Xu Zixian's merchandise is sent to each household for free. As long as the spinning is submitted according to regulations, it will be calculated that there is still a monthly income of two chunks. What is ten hours? In this regard, Xu Zixian still has a common problem of traveling through time and is willing to use the thinking of later generations to measure people in this world.

According to the estimates of Li Yi and Kong He and others, in addition to the necessary time for food, drink, defecation, many families must have the whole family to work, and the spinning machine is constantly being stopped. Many men will not leave home to work, because the income from working with their wives at home is much more cost-effective than working in a short-term job.

If this is the case, Xu Zixian's estimate is still too conservative. It is estimated that farmers can earn three stakes, and the Hou Mansion can earn more than three stakes on each machine.

The machine is distributed household by household, and the speed is not fast. This thing is quite delicate and there are some losses during transportation. Fortunately, Fu Qian was able to dismantle and repair it, and also brought a lot of parts back, and he taught each family to maintain and use it. Then he signed a contract and asked those happy farmers to take the machine back.

Xu Zixian pulled Fu Qian and others to plan to build a dock by the river. If it succeeds, the passenger flow here will increase at least. While increasing the passenger flow, it also means that the revenue will increase exponentially.

There are certain benefits, and Li Yi and others have strong support for the construction of the wharf from doubt to acceptance.

Under Fu Qian's planning, to save time and manpower, you have to build the pier that docked on the ship into the water in the middle of the river. Otherwise, it would not make much sense to change the soup or the medicine, and it would be better to build the pier.

"How much manpower does this require?" Li Yi frowned, feeling that the prince's steps were too big.

Xu Zixian did not rush to respond, but patted the hem of her robe and stood up.

"Lord Lin, Lord Yang, Shopkeeper Zhang..." Xu Zixian said to Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and Zhang Mingliang respectively.

The three businessmen looked flattered and returned the salute to Xu Zixian one after another.

Xu Zi first asked Fu Qian to come over and drew out the three of them a trestle, dock, and temporary storage area. Fu Qian took the branches to draw pictures on the soft beach by the river, and the three merchants stared at them carefully.

"The idea of ​​the prince's temporary storage area is wise." Lin Dingyi complimented: "Many merchants from Xinghua Army and Tingzhou went to Jianzhou and even western Zhejiang to handle goods, and then the goods were transported over to wait for Fuzhou's cargo to be transported together. In the past, they were transported to Fuzhou Port, where there were many sea ships, and it was not easy to get ashore. If there was a large area of ​​storage space here, many merchants would temporarily place the goods here, so it would be much more convenient and quick to get on board and put them in the foreign market."

Yang Shizhi and Zhang Mingliang did not speak, but their faces clearly agreed.

Lin Ding paused, with a look of embarrassment on his face, but continued: "Building this pier is not easy. According to the prince's idea, he wanted to cross the shallows and go to the water. I'm sorry to say that it is too difficult to set up a stake in the water. You should know that before, no one wanted to build a dock here, but it was half the effort with twice the effort, and it was too much, and it was almost impossible to set up a stake under the current, so this matter has not been done..."

Yang Shizhi also said at this time: "Water flows, and it is difficult to stand with wooden stakes. Even if they barely stand, they will tilt them until they collapse. In addition, even if the wooden stakes are painted, they may have to be replaced in a few months, which is too uneconomical."

"It's a pity that our place is a soft beach." Zhang Mingliang said: "If the stone walls stand up, like some places in Lianjiang or on the beach, it would be much more convenient to build trestles and wharfs..."

A good harbor is rare, mainly the terrain.

When a boat is docked, if it is on a gentle beach or a river beach, the boat can only be parked in the water. It has to use a small boat to pull the cargo to the beach and then carry the cargo to the ashore with manpower.

A good port is a port with deep water and a place where it is easy to ask ships to dock on the shore. There is no need to spend a lot of effort to transfer goods. If a decent dock can be built on this beach, it will have a great impact on the commerce of several surrounding towns.

There will definitely be more and more customers passing through the border, and there will be no fewer people storing goods, and there will be many people buying goods nearby. After all, a sea boat wants to be full of goods when going out to sea, but things are hard to get what they want. Many times, merchants cannot buy the amount of raw silk or cotton, porcelain, and tea they need, and can only buy some cargo basins at will. Even if it is not very profitable, it is much better than a mid-air ship to sea.

Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and Zhang Mingliang must be very interested in this matter. Judging from the current situation, the three of them are not very confident in this port.

"Don't worry about the wooden stake..." Fu Qian said: "It's okay to put on multiple paint and soak it in a year to two years. It's not as difficult as you think. It's really difficult to set up a stake, but our prince has his own ideas for this."

Xu Zixian said in time: "It is very difficult to drill deep piles, especially in the river water halfway, silt and water flow are a big problem. Since this is the case, I consider using glutinous rice to condense stone piles as the base, placing the stone piles underneath, and inserting the wooden piles into the stone piles, so that the problem of fixing the wooden piles can be solved..."

"I have considered this idea..." Fu Qian continued: "You can try it."

Several businessmen looked at each other, and Lin Dingyi said, "This matter is very important. Please consider it by Prince Rong."

The three businessmen hid aside and discussed, and came back after a while. Yang Shizhi asked first: "If the work is really started, how much labor, how much materials does the prince need, how much food is, how much food is spent every day, and how long does it take to complete it?"

Xu Zixian said: "The labor force is at least 2,000. In addition to those who work hard, there must be someone who helps prepare materials on the shore, someone who needs to cook and prepare the camp, so about a thousand people is the minimum budget. As for the materials, a large amount of wood, stones, iron nails, iron blocks, bricks, tiles, and beams are all required. Kong Xuanping calculated that the total expense is about 150,000 jin, and it takes three months."

Several owners took a deep breath and felt that the person in front of them was really a big deal.

I just spent 30,000 yuan to buy a large number of workshop machines and came back, and wanted to build a decent wharf in Jiangkou. It was really decisive and even gave people a very urgent feeling.

"I wonder why the prince is so anxious?" Lin Dingyi asked, "In another half a year to a year, the prince will have enough money on hand, right? If you borrow money, you will always have to pay interest. I'm so blunt. We are doing business and it's hard to explain if we don't charge interest."

All three businesses have strong capital, but they can’t borrow more than 100,000 yuan at once. After all, they are not money banks that specialize in loan sharks.

The Pu family is rich, not to mention tens of thousands of guan, even if it is 1.5 million guan, the Pu family can easily take out this money. But Xu Zixian will only borrow Lin Dingyi and others, and the Pu family will never support it, and will only make trouble. Xu Zixian can only find these big trading companies in the town to borrow 150,000 guan, and tell these people about their plans and future returns to attract the consent of the merchants.

Yang Shizhi also said, "At the end of the year, all families are busy, so it is difficult to recruit more than a thousand people, right?"

Xu Zixian said: "Manpower is easy to handle... There are thousands of refugees on the other side of the Minjiang River. I plan to use refugees as the main job. The idle men in the town can do their jobs, and everyone has to make money together."

Everyone nodded, and Zhang Mingliang praised: "The prince's kind heart is equivalent to giving relief to these refugees for several months."

Before the New Year, the government and wealthy households would go to both sides of the river bank to provide relief, giving refugees food and clothing for the New Year. The money was allocated among the wealthy households. Thousands of refugees from tens of thousands of households would also have a considerable burden and expense to the wealthy households in various prefectures.

If you work more than 1,000 yuan, many refugees can get a stable income within a few months. With the virtue of the government, they will probably save the relief money. It is really a joy.

"As for why I am so anxious..." Xu Zixian said: "The times don't wait for anyone. If the dock was built early, the number of donations in the group training would double, and local businesses would also be prosperous. This is a favorable thing for everyone. I think it is necessary to make sure that it is profitable. Since I think about it, do it, and there is no need to be timid and look forward to it..."
Chapter completed!