Two hundred taels of silver, not to mention everyone, even the Empress thought it was a bit inconceivable.
The tractor weighs 1,300 kilograms, of which the metal products alone exceed 1,100 kilograms, not to mention the supporting rotary tiller.
But Dayao now costs about fifteen taels of silver for a 20-jin steel knife.
Among them, the value of iron is equivalent to ten taels of silver, which can be said to be one tael of silver and two catties of steel.
One thousand and one hundred catties of steel, plus the rotary tiller, would be worth at least six hundred taels.
Not to mention the expensive rubber, the manpower and material resources consumed by this tractor, and the technical content included in it.
Even if this kind of rare thing sells for two or three thousand taels, those Izumo merchants won't even blink.
Although these people don't know what R&D costs are, they still know that rare things are expensive.
But when Ren Baqian actually said two hundred taels, everyone almost thought he was talking about gold.
Ren Baqian spread his hands: "No way, you can't afford it even if it's too expensive!"
"Give me a hundred of these things first...!" Tong Zhenye rolled his eyes, disassembled this thing and sold it for iron, and one could earn hundreds of taels of silver.
Ren Baqian rolled his eyes, this old man was so cunning that he didn't look like a member of the ancient tribe at all.
"Dream, don't even think about it."
You can tell what the old guy is thinking even with your eyes closed.
In fact, the cost is not as high as they thought. A batch of tractors will be produced first, mainly for transportation to and from Izumo. With the improvement of transportation capacity and the reduction of losses, the price of iron ore can further drop. It is expected that it will be no problem to drop by half in a short time.
Such a tractor plus manpower and material resources will probably cost more than two hundred taels of silver.
Ten thousand tractors will cost more than two million taels of silver.
And how long will it take to produce 10,000 tractors? It is not bad to be able to produce sixty or seventy vehicles in the first month. With the familiarity of craftsmen and the application of various assembly lines, it is estimated that the output in the first year will be up to 2,000 vehicles.
Ren Baqian's request was to double the output in the second year, and double it again in the third year.
It took three years to produce 14,000 vehicles. And how much change can 14,000 tractors bring to Dayao
At least 140,000 manpower can be liberated, how much benefit can this 140,000 manpower bring to Ren Baqian
In the simplest way, 140,000 laborers are charged into the factory, which can allow a large number of products to come off the production line, and the output of tractors can be increased again.
Sending these products to Izumo through greatly improved transportation capacity can earn huge profits back.
The common people can also increase their income through extra factory work and long-distance transportation, and increase their consumption power.
Aren't the fresh items in the Dayao Market all from the royal business? Like spices? Like glassware? For example, other series of products to improve people's livelihood that are about to be launched on the market
Tractors lose money, but other things are high profits.
In this way, a large part of it will flow back into his pocket.
In the long run, the lives of some people will improve, and a large number of skilled workers can be trained through the factory, and I can earn back through other aspects, and Dayao will become more prosperous.
All earn.
Of course, these words are not intended to be said to these people.
"It's okay to get two sets to play by yourself, don't even think about it too much. This is to support some people, not to let you take advantage of loopholes." Ren Baqian smiled at everyone. "Your Majesty is willing to use the money to make Dayao's people live a better life, but if you make a wrong decision, you are robbing His Majesty of the money used to support the people... As for the consequences..."
No need to talk about the consequences, everyone immediately understood what Ren Baqian meant.
It is a good deed for His Majesty to subsidize the people with money from his royal treasury. But if they dare to reach out, His Majesty can cut off their claws!
Fenghou and Ge Yihong took the tractor out of the ditch, and Ren Baqian checked it. The quality was indeed the same as his own requirements, strong, durable, and durable.
When it fell into the ditch, only the shell suffered some damage, and it could even continue to drive.
When Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan were fighting over who would drive the steel monster, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhuoyan, had already driven the tractor away. Knowing how to use this thing, he drove all the way back to the east gate of Lancheng easily, and bumped his head against the wall.
When Ren Baqian and others came back, they found that half of the tractor had been scrapped.
"I stepped on the brake you mentioned, but it didn't work, and then I pulled the rein, and the thing came down." Zhuo Yan threw the steering wheel to Ren Baqian, with a rather helpless expression.
Ren Baqian didn't need to think about it, this guy must have stepped on the gas pedal, not the brake.
However, people in this era like to pull the reins, which is still a bit of a headache. Should we add a hand brake to the tractor
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Originally I wanted to introduce the product in front of many people, but the empress snatched it and drove it into the ditch and delayed it for a long time, and then I was smashed into the city wall by Zhuoyan and scrapped directly. The tractor, a steel monster, naturally did not cause the expected sensation. , but it still became a talking point for the people of Lancheng after dinner.
After all, a steel monster that can only run by itself is still legendary enough.
Just like wooden cows and horses are to ordinary people in ancient times.
The people in the court are full of interest in this new product. According to Ren Baqian's words, it only takes six days to travel from Lancheng to Izumo, and it will be much more convenient to rob after that.
And Ren Baqian finally didn't have to be so busy in the following days.
The tractor production line was designed and built by those scholars, and some physics and chemistry scholars also began to touch the rules of this world through some of the equipment he brought back.
And those students who had just entered the secondary school took turns to teach the lower grade students, which also made Ren Baqian spend a lot of energy in the school.
The business department is also going well, and a large number of new products will be released soon, including a product that Ren Baqian is very fancy about, granulated sugar.
This kind of product, which is extremely cheap in modern times, is more profitable than salt in this world!
What excited Ren Baqian the most was the situation of those sword masters.
In one year and two months, these people, who can at most be regarded as relatively well-read and memorized in this world, have reached the level of college graduation.
The amount of knowledge he can absorb is like a sponge absorbing water endlessly. This kind of learning ability can be called terrifying, and it also makes Ren Baqian very excited.
Most of these sword masters were directly sent to the laboratory to help those scholars.
It is estimated that in less than two years, there will be a group of local scholars in Dayao.
A few others were sent back to the school as teachers, and the first batch of highly educated teachers at the school finally appeared.
It is expected that next year's enrollment can be expanded several times!
After finishing all this work, Ren Baqian was finally ready to visit Xinzhe and Lin Qiaole.
However, due to an accident, it failed to make the trip.
Because the first batch of adult magazines from the island country finally appeared on the shelf of the bookstore in Lancheng, causing a huge sensation in just three days.
Then Ren Baqian had his leg broken...