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

In addition, a large amount of wool and cotton was transported back to the country by Kong Hao via cargo ships. After large-scale mechanized processing, the prices of cotton and wool fabrics dropped significantly. Even ordinary people could afford clothes, and they didn't need too much. At least one set could be guaranteed for each person. Unlike before, the whole family had only one pair of pants, and only those who went out were qualified to wear them.

Moreover, sweaters, scarves and socks made of wool are both fashionable and warm. People no longer have to worry about catching a cold in winter because they don’t have cotton clothes.

In the Kangaroo Country, wool is extremely cheap and can be shipped back to the country on a large scale to provide benefits to the people. The farmers should be grateful, after all, it is a buyer's market now.

Of course, our base will also find ways to provide jobs for the people. For example, we will organize a large number of young and middle-aged people to build roads. The roads don’t need to be very good, just dirt roads that can pass bicycles will do. Basically, every village must be connected by dirt roads.

If each household contributes one worker, the wages they receive can allow the whole family to live well, which is better than anything else.

Another thing is to build new water conservancy projects and renovate all the irrigation ditches in rural areas, which will also increase grain production.

However, these are all long-term processes that require a lot of manpower and material resources to achieve, and cannot be achieved in a short period of time.

Kong Hao continued, "This special bicycle is a little more expensive, it costs fifteen dollars a piece."

Upon hearing the price, Director Tang and Captain Jiang immediately showed excitement in their hearts. The main reason was that the price was too cheap, so cheap that it even made people doubt whether it was a scam.

You should know that an imported bicycle now costs at least fifty dollars, and you can only buy it in small quantities. There is no stock for large-scale purchases. The main reason is that all foreign import channels are closed, causing the prices of imported goods to rise sharply, and local production is impossible, resulting in a complete state of supply exceeding demand.

It's fifteen dollars a car here, and it's an enhanced version. If we ship it back, in addition to meeting the needs of the army, we can sell it to those who need it on the market and get at least several times the profit.

As Director Tang, who is in charge of logistics for the war zone headquarters, he has strong arithmetic skills and is well-informed about the prices in his jurisdiction.

They can buy a large number of these bicycles. For example, if they buy 10,000, they can put 3,000 of them on the market and sell them at a price five dollars lower than the market price. The profit obtained from this can allow the army to get 6,000 bicycles for free. This is a cost-effective deal.

However, he was not satisfied with this. Instead, he asked curiously, "Director Kong, when we came here, we found many three-wheeled bicycles and two-wheeled bicycles on the market. I wonder how much they cost?"

"The regular ones are cheaper. A three-wheeled one is about ten yuan, and a two-wheeled one is eight yuan."

The price Kong Hao offered was already a bit unscrupulous. In the market of the base, that kind of two-wheeled bicycle only cost four yuan. If ordinary people did not have that much money on hand, they could buy it on credit or pay it in installments without any interest.

In fact, he doesn't want to make money from these things. He wants to give the people more benefits and allow many people to have a means to make a living. This is a good thing for the entire country.

Kong Hao also knew the price of bicycles in other places. If he offered 20 yuan per bicycle, the Gui army would also buy it, but the quantity would not be that large.

But then again, many things are not calculated in this way. We will not and cannot enter the territory of the Guangxi clique for the time being, so it is better to give some benefits to the people there. After all, the Guangxi army is ruthless in fighting the Japanese. Improving the strength of their army is equivalent to improving our overall national strength.

As long as our prices are low enough, we can squeeze those imported bicycles out of the Chinese market and turn bicycles from luxury goods into convenience items.

For example: If a bicycle can improve China's national strength a little, it may be insignificant, but if ten thousand, one hundred thousand or even one million bicycles are combined, the improvement in our overall strength is obvious.

With our current industrial strength, it is not difficult to produce even 10 million bicycles. Even so, only 40 ordinary people will share one bicycle, which is actually nothing.

If 10 million bicycles were put on the market, it would generate huge economic benefits. Apart from other things, at least 10,000 families could rely on pumping air into the air, repairing tires and maintaining bicycles. This would mean that 10,000 families would have a stable income, and the whole family could live well in this troubled world.

This is only the most direct benefit, there are many indirect benefits, such as smooth logistics, personnel flow and saved time. Moreover, once a bicycle is purchased, there will be no problem using it for ten or eight years. This means that a one-time investment can bring long-term benefits. This is also one of the benefits of a country's strong industrial strength.

Director Tang thought about it in his mind and then said decisively: "We will first buy 1,000 modified tricycles, 5,000 ordinary tricycles and 5,000 two-wheeled bicycles. If the effect is good, we will increase the purchase amount."

Judging from the situation here, this kind of industrial product can be mass-produced. They don’t have to worry about being out of stock. They can buy it in small batches and put it on the market to see the effect. If it is popular, they can buy it in large quantities.

In the areas controlled by the Guangxi clique, even deploying 100,000 bicycles would be an easy task.

"The total is a lot of money. So, I'll just draw a whole number, just 100,000."

"Thank you very much."

Director Tang was extremely happy to see that he had received a discount of 5,000 yuan. This was not a small amount of money. He could have bought 500 more bicycles. The selling price of these bicycles was already low, and now he could get 500 bicycles for free. Anyone would be happy for a long time.

At this time, Kong Hao suggested: "You two, why don't you take this opportunity to go up and feel it and let it go. This is very simple."

After hearing this, Director Tang asked doubtfully, "Director Kong, I've never ridden a bicycle before, but I've heard it's not easy to learn. You can't learn it without a week and falling a few times. I think we should just forget it. Now we have to get down to business."

"Director Tang, you're talking about a two-wheeled bicycle. This three-wheeled bicycle is very stable and won't tip over. Besides, the testing area is so large that you can stop at any time by just holding the brakes."

Captain Jiang on the side had already become impatient waiting. Director Tang was a logistics staff member and usually was self-conscious about his status. He basically would not do such things. But he was different. He was a front-line combat commander and he had to experience the quality of a piece of equipment himself before he could feel at ease.