Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Just when everyone was discussing this and that and couldn't come up with a good solution, Kong Hao spoke up.

"Actually, there's no need to worry so much. In my opinion, the glass factory is where you can make the big money."

"There's a saying circulating abroad that if you want to make money, you have to get involved in people's daily lives."

"In foreign countries, many foreign liquors are packaged in glass bottles, and they are very particular about drinking glasses, which are simply varied."

"There are special glasses for red wine, big-bellied glasses for whiskey, special glasses for brandy, as well as beer glasses, dessert wine glasses, champagne glasses, rum glasses, fruit wine glasses, and so on."

"This kind of glass wine glass is sold at a very high price in bars in big cities like Shanghai and Nanjing. If it is imported from abroad, it costs almost one dollar per glass."

"Moreover, in major cities in China, many wealthy people like to drink foreign wine to show that they are different from others, as if drinking a little foreign wine and eating a little Western food can make them superior to others."

"We can cater to their needs and produce a variety of wine glasses. As long as the quality is good and the price is right, we can sell them to bars or wealthy people."

"Others sell one for one dollar, but we can sell two for one dollar. As for the cost, it's nothing more than some sand."

After hearing this, the director of the glass factory said in embarrassment:

"General Counsel, let me be frank. We are just a bunch of bumpkins. We have never seen such high-end stuff. Even if we want to produce it, we can't do it."

Kong Hao was well prepared for this kind of thing. He had already started planning when he acquired the glass production line.

The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army has very few industries, and even fewer that can make money.

The match production line that was built for the independent regiment some time ago was a rare way to make money in the Taiyue Military Region. This shows the difficulties faced by the Eighth Route Army.

Although the leaders of the headquarters are also encouraging the major bases to open various factories to improve the economic strength of the bases.

But most of them are soy sauce factories, rice and flour factories, paper mills, etc. Although they are useful, their effects are very limited.

This is mainly because the vast rural areas of China are all self-sufficient small-scale peasant economies with very little demand for industrial products. If one wants to increase the strength of the troops, the industry must be strong.

This is also the reason why the leaders of the headquarters attach so much importance to the hundreds of machines and equipment in the arsenal. This is their hope for entering industrialization.

Kong Hao asked Xiao Wu to take out a dozen pieces of paper from his backpack and show them to everyone:

"This is the size diagram I drew based on popular foreign wine glasses. You can take it back and study it and make some samples as soon as possible."

"I will talk to Minister Zhang about this. The products produced will be put on the market through various channels, and then mass-produced based on market response."

It's quite pitiful to say the least. In fact, the Eighth Route Army had relatively strong intelligence capabilities and plenty of channels for transporting supplies, but they just didn't have any good stuff that could be sold for money.

After all, the base is full of agricultural and sideline products, which are common goods on the streets and cannot be sold at a high price.

If we could produce some foreign gadgets and ship them to big cities for sale, we would definitely make a lot of profit, and this would also alleviate the financial constraints on the intelligence front.

Besides, this kind of thing is a consumable. As long as it is good quality and cheap, it can gain everyone's recognition and continuously obtain valuable funds.

The most important thing is that glass cups are not controlled by any forces, so they are very safe and can be sold for profit through formal channels.

After seeing the floor plan on paper, everyone felt that this project had great potential.

After all, this kind of thing is not difficult to produce. As for whether it will be accepted by rich people, Kong Hao is not worried at all.

This was specially drawn by him based on the memory of later generations, and it is a mature design decades later. It will still be a popular thing even fifty years later.

Kong Hao went on to say: "Also, our glass factory can develop thermos bottles, which are also commonly used by ordinary people and are needed by all walks of life in the base."

"In the past, we purchased it from other places, and the price was definitely much more expensive than if we produced it ourselves. In the future, if our glass factory can provide it on a large scale, it will save a lot of money and also reduce some of the burden on the people in the base area."

"In short, everyone should use their brains in the future to produce more things that can make money under the condition of limited production capacity."

After hearing this, the managers of the glass factory also started to discuss the issue.

At this time, one of Kong Hao's secretaries pushed the door open and walked in, saying that Political Commissar Qin wanted to see him about something.

Kong Hao could only leave in a hurry and go to Political Commissar Qin.

When he arrived, he found that the place was hidden in a forest, next to the only river near the arsenal.

When Political Commissar Qin saw Kong Hao coming, he immediately complained:

"Xiao Kong, the place you want is really hard to find. It must have a forest, a river nearby, and it must be flat land."

"I just explored for half a day this morning and found that only this place is suitable."

Kong Hao first looked at a simple exploration map, then carefully observed the surrounding environment with a telescope and nodded with satisfaction.

"Commissar Qin, this place is very good. It is convenient for concealment and there is also enough water nearby to facilitate the operation of the equipment."

"Xiao Kong, this place is a bit far from the arsenal. It will be troublesome to get electricity."

"By the way, you have been keeping this matter secret. What kind of factory do you want to build that deserves your attention?"

"Even when we were building the bullet production line last time, you didn't seem to be so concerned about it."

Kong Hao had not said it before because of safety considerations. The equipment will arrive tomorrow, so it’s okay to talk about it in a small circle now.

"Commissar Qin, we got a set of steel mill equipment from the Japanese train station. The output is not high, only about a thousand tons a month, but this set of equipment seems to be made in the Czech Republic, so the quality should be good."

In fact, there is an industrial country in the world that is completely underestimated, that is Czechoslovakia. Its industrial strength ranks almost seventh in the world.

His annual steel output can reach 200 million tons, second only to Xiaori and far higher than Italy.

His power generation capacity was 340 billion kilowatt-hours, coal output was 3470 million tons, and he had tens of thousands of modern factories. It was a pity that all of them went to Sandezi without him having to fire a single shot.

The famous ZB-26 light machine gun is produced in the Czech Republic, and 2.5 of them can be produced a year. If China had this industrial strength, we would definitely be able to beat the Japanese to a pulp.