Dahan Pirate Air Force

Chapter 299 The expedition falls

Zhang Bai heard someone calling him, and when he saw it was Zhuge Qiao, the two immediately walked together.

After taking over the land deed from Zhuge Qiao, Zhang Bai felt so happy!This is a truly safe home!

"Brother Enpei, what do you want with this big snow pond?" Zhuge Qiao looked at Zhang Bai's face full of joy and felt strange.

Zhuge Liang obviously gave this snow mountain to Zhang Bai in order to please him, but Zhuge Qiao always felt that using this method to win over Zhang Bai was a bit blind. Who knows if Zhang Bai really likes it? He just asked a few more questions during the banquet. Just a sentence!

But now it seems that Zhang Bai really likes this snow mountain.

"To be honest, brother Enpei, this snow pond is the highest mountain within hundreds of miles around Chengdu. Since ancient times, not many people have been able to climb it. Legend has it that there is an ice lake on the mountain peak, with snow falling all year round and no sunny day, so it is chosen It’s called the Big Snow Pond. The peak is surrounded by cliffs hundreds of feet high, and even monkeys can’t climb up it. You probably only want to see this mountain!”

"No, I'm of great use."

"There was an iron mine at the foot of the Big Snow Pond, but the output was very poor and it was abandoned long ago. Other than that, I really can't think of what its use was."

Zhang Bai smiled awkwardly, thinking what should I say?Cultivation or spaceship?Even if I tell you this, you won't believe it.

"Brother Bosong, I don't want to hide it from you. Now that the time has not come, you won't believe me if I tell you. Soon, when the time comes, I promise to be the first to tell you. How about it?"

Zhuge Qiao touched his bare chin and thought for a moment, "Okay then! I believe you. I wonder when the time will come?"

Zhang Bai's eyes suddenly showed a hint of sadness, and he said, "I'm anxious too! My elder brother is about to arrive, and the rice harvest should be arriving soon, too. There's not enough time!"

"It is indeed related to your brother, but who is Daolao?"

"That's one of my subordinates. Don't ask. As you said, it is indeed related to my brother, and it is also related to whether I can return to Shu from Wu as soon as possible."

"Go back to Shu," Zhuge Qiao thought for a moment, smiled and said, "It seems that you have made up your mind to stay in Shu as a minister, good! But you will have to go to Soochow after all. The journey is far away, and I don't know. When can I come back?"

"It does take a lot of time, and it won't be smooth sailing in the middle, but since I promised you, I'm sure to come back."

"Okay! A man's promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold." Zhuge Qiao praised, "So what you are doing now is related to this, right? Is there anything I can help you with?"

When Zhang Bai heard this, he suddenly became excited. It was indeed possible to ask Zhuge Qiao to help.

His current goal is clear. His long-term goal is to revive and transform the Han Dynasty. He cannot allow the corrupt Sima family to come to power, and must avoid the tragic scene of the Five Husbands' chaos in China from happening again.

The mid-term goal is to save Mu Jing. The spacecraft must be prepared in advance to fly across the ocean, and the departure point can only be in the Kingdom of Wu, which is closest to the East China Sea. Once it sets off, it may take one to two years to come back. The foundation in the country must be Thoughtfully crafted.

The short-term goal is to make first-hand preparations in Chengdu, consolidate the industry here, operate the supply of money and food equipment, and build a batch of spaceships capable of long voyages.

During this period, we have to help the Shu Kingdom, win the battle in Nanzhong, and then help them straighten out their rule there.

To do these things well, there are still many things missing, the most important thing is talents.

His eyes rolled around and he looked Zhuge Qiao up and down, and he saw that Zhuge Qiao was a little fussy.

"I think you're a good fit." Zhang Bai said in a confused manner.

Zhuge Qiao was confused, "What is suitable?"

"It's suitable... to be my business partner!" Zhang Bai changed his tone, "How about you and I start a mine together?"

"What?" Zhuge Qiao felt that Zhang Bai's thinking had jumped to the extreme, and he couldn't keep up at all.

"Brother Bosong doesn't know. Before I came back from the Western Regions, I did a lot of big business there and had quite a bit of savings. Now that I'm preparing to revive the Han Dynasty in Shu, I'm thinking of buying more properties near Chengdu. And this way, I have an excuse to stay in Chengdu, and my eldest brother can't force me to stay in Wu County. I am the youngest son, so dividing the family is not a bad thing for me. "

Zhuge Qiao nodded his head when he heard this. He himself was adopted by his biological father Zhuge Jin to Kong Ming. In fact, it was considered a separation of families, and the situation was very similar.

"But you have also seen that I have no helpers, only a general, and I am busy both inside and outside. So I just thought, why not come with you and let's start some industries together?"

When Zhuge Qiao heard this, he felt that it was okay. Although doing business was not a big road, buying some property was a serious plan to settle down.

"That's good, but Brother Yu is not good at business and knows nothing about mining. So what should we do?"

"No problem, there is an iron mine at the foot of the mountain in that big snow pond, isn't it? I have a big customer. He doesn't need as much good iron as he needs, but he only needs as much slag as he needs. So we just need to put the iron in When refining, it doesn’t matter how much iron you produce, as long as you make a profit, you won’t lose any money. What do you think of this business?"

"Ah? Who is so weird that he doesn't want iron but only dregs? Isn't he buying a coffin for a pearl?" Zhuge Qiao frowned.

"Hey! What do you care about him? Of course, the price of slag cannot be the same as that of iron, so people have their own reasons for buying it. We sold the slag and kept the pig iron, but we are afraid that we can't sell it? This is a huge profit!"

Zhang Bai was a businessman in his previous life. How could Zhuge Qiao withstand his deception? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this business was reliable, so he asked, "How much capital does it cost to open a mine?"

Zhang Bai didn't think about this either. He actually just wanted to arrange a good supplier for his cement production.Especially for this iron slag, if it were not deliberately mined in large quantities, the iron smelting scale of the Shu Kingdom at this time alone would not be able to guarantee the supply.

So how much capital is appropriate?

He pondered for a while and suddenly had an idea, "I think it will cost about 200 taels of silver."

"200 taels?" Zhuge Qiao was a little trembling. Even though he was Mr. Zhuge, he usually lived a good life. But at that time, there was not so much silver in the Shu Kingdom. Many large-scale transactions relied on copper coins. At that time, there were many coins called "Zhibai". "Five baht" copper coins, these copper coins replaced the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty and were used for large transactions.

But in this way, it is equivalent to "quantitative easing" actually over-issuing currency.As a result, prices have skyrocketed over the past few years.It was only in the past year or two that prices have just stabilized because production has gradually recovered and there has been no war.

At this time, ordinary people still used Han five baht coins, because this money had the most stable currency value.

As for money, such valuable things must be prepared for fighting.

"How about this! I'll ask a few friends to get together. For something like this, we can all pool funds. We are all noble nobles who want face. When the time comes, we will make money, so why don't we all share the accounts?"

"That makes sense!" Zhang Bai's heart trembled. Isn't this a joint-stock system?Maybe we can set up a stock market in the future. "Brother Bosong is truly worthy of being the successor of the Prime Minister, and he is indeed full of wisdom."

"It's ridiculous!" Zhuge Qiao laughed loudly: "I will gather people right away. In a few days, everyone will go to the Shihuayuan to drink and discuss."