Chapter 34 The prince is going to drink the northwest wind
Emperor Jiajing is a very controlling person, and he does not have the indifferent and lofty spirit that a monk should have. Jinyiwei and Dongchang were fully exploited by him , but it was his son and important officials of the court who were under surveillance.
After leaving the capital, Emperor Jiajing was not interested in spending any more energy to understand, because he felt that as long as he could control the hearts of the people in the center, he could do whatever he wanted in the world. Seize?
But is this really good?
The subjects within the Ming Dynasty respected him as their king and father, but what about the people outside the Ming Dynasty?
Clearly a crisis is brewing here.
But now not everyone is qualified to worry about this kind of thing.
Just like Zhu Zaijing now, when he wakes up early in the morning, apart from continuing to practice "Xiantian Kung" to strengthen his body, he can't think much about other things.
After all, the palace's finances are now in jeopardy. If we don't make money quickly, we will be embarrassed.
After Zhu Zaijing practiced a big Zhou Tian and regained his strength, Meng Chong also came over happily.
Meng Chong said: "Your Majesty, the servants have prepared breakfast for you."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, "I will take a shower and go."
Meng Chong is sorry. He shouted, but he still followed Zhu Zaijing. He still couldn't hide the smile on his face. He wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
Zhu Zaijing turned around and said, "Is there anything else?"
Meng Chong glanced at the other people in the yard carefully, and whispered: "Baby in the backyard, this slave has followed the instructions last night The prince’s orders have been divided.”
Zhu Zaijing stopped and looked at Meng Chong's anxious look, and immediately smiled.
Zhu Zaijing said: "We will wait until the king has finished his breakfast."
When Meng Chong heard this, he suddenly became excited, as if he saw the money coming to him. wave.
Meng Chong rushed in front of Zhu Zaijing, snatched the job of the little eunuch who brought Zhu Zaijing water to wash, and waited beside him personally, waiting for Zhu Zaijing to finish washing, and then diligently served Zhu Zaijing. Zai Jing was serving Zhu Zai Jing for breakfast.
Zhu Zaijing wanted to laugh when he saw Meng Chong being so attentive, but he didn't say anything about Meng Chong.
After all, Meng Chong was sincere for him, and to be honest, he wasn't too good either.
After Zhu Zaijing had eaten, Meng Chong came in front of Zhu Zaijing again, waiting for Zhu Zaijing's order.
Zhu Zaijing rinsed his mouth, then got up and walked outside to the yard. Meng Chong hurriedly followed him into the yard.
Zhu Zaijing said: "Has it been divided? Are they all one or two?"
Meng Chong was immediately excited when he heard this and quickly replied: "It has all been divided. , the slave didn’t sleep all night!”
Seeing the bloodshot eyes and Meng Chong's excited spirit, it was really hard for him.
Zhu Zaijing asked: "How many shares were divided?"
Meng Chong quickly replied: "Seven hundred and fifty shares were divided!"
Zhu Zaijing After silent calculation, I can divide it into seven hundred and fifty parts. According to the conversion unit of one pound equal to sixteen taels in the Ming Dynasty, it means that the loss of brown sugar decolorization into white sugar is not very much, about one pound.
Because before I found the correct method, I wasted a pound or two in my experiments.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing seems to be quite satisfied with this result.
Zhu Zaijing asked: "How are you going to sell these sugars?"
After Meng Chong heard this, he became more energetic.
Meng Chong said: "According to the current market price in Shuntian Prefecture, the price of a pound of snowflake candy is about 600 Wen, the price of one tael is 37 and a half Wen, and 750 servings can be sold for 28,125 Wen, converted into silver It’s 28 taels, 2 cents and 5 cents.”
“How much is it?”
Zhu Zaijing only made 28 taels after working for so long in one day, and these 28 taels did not exclude labor and raw material costs. Zhu Zaijing suddenly became uneasy. Isn’t it said in online novels that sugar is expensive? Why do you have so little money after working hard for so long?
Meng Chong said: "Your Majesty, twenty-eight taels is a lot. A first-rank official's annual salary is only one hundred and eighty-two taels, and an ordinary family in the capital only earns one to two taels a month. ."
Zhu Zaijing snorted, "I won't talk about it, a first-grade official. But this price is really too much for me. "Disappointed."
Meng Chong also knew that Zhu Zaijing had never made any money, so he quickly said: "The price of rice is only about 30 Wen per catty, and the price of snowflake sugar." But it’s twenty times the price of rice! It’s already very expensive.”
After Zhu Zaijing heard this, he took another breath. Is this true?
How can it be so different?
But what Zhu Zaijing said next stunned Meng Chong again.
Zhu Zaijing asked: "How much money does our palace spend per day?"
Meng Chong replied: "About thirty taels."
When Zhu Zaijing heard that the palace had to spend thirty taels a day, and his busy work yesterday could not support the palace's expenses for a day, how could this not make Zhu Zaijing heartbroken?
Zhu Zaijing continued to ask with a dark face: "What's the price of brown sugar?"
Meng Chong replied: "Brown sugar is cheap, 60 cents per pound, which is cheaper than snowflake sugar. Ten times.”
It is precisely because of this ten times price difference that Meng Chong is so happy.
However, although the ten-fold price difference is high, for Zhu Zaijing, the psychological gap is still too great.
Originally, he thought that no matter how cheap the sugar was, he could sell it for a few hundred taels.
After all, I saw the protagonists of those online novels before traveling through time. This is how they make money.
Why is it so difficult when it’s your time?
There must be something wrong.
Either the world that I traveled through was wrong, or my knowledge and common sense were maliciously distorted, leading me to think that money in ancient times was easy to make, and the units were very large.
Zhu Zaijing calmed down and felt that this matter couldn't be calculated so simply. If it were so simple, wouldn't his labor be in vain?
Zhu Zaijing said: "Let me think about it, don't move yet."
Meng Chong looked at Zhu Zaijing's thinking, and his heart skipped a beat. He originally thought this was a good thing, but why did it suddenly become like this?
It seems that the prince is not happy. . .
After thinking for a while, Zhu Zaijing looked at Meng Chong again, "Have you tried our sugar candy? How does it compare to the snowflake candy outside?"
Meng Chong quickly replied: "Ours is sweeter."
After hearing Meng Chong's answer, Zhu Zaijing's eyes lit up instantly.
Sweeter? Doesn’t that mean the product quality is better?
Since it’s better, we definitely can’t just sell snow candy at the regular price outside.
We must engage in differentiated marketing with them, targeting the princes, princes, ministers, six ministries and hundreds of officials in the capital, as well as those merchants.
Otherwise, how can you make money?
Zhu Zaijing ordered: "Go to the Liulichang to customize a batch of small and exquisite glass bottles. I will repackage these sugars, otherwise I will be at a huge loss!"
When Meng Chong heard that Zhu Zaijing asked him to go to Liulichang to customize a glass bottle, he did the same. The glass bottles in Liulichang were very expensive. An ordinary one cost several hundred Wen. Really? Ordering a batch of glass bottles doesn't mean losing all the money you've earned, it also costs a lot more.
Now that the money in the palace is about to bottom out, it can no longer be built like this.
Meng Chong quickly hugged Zhu Zaijing's thigh and said anxiously: "My lord, you can't do it! If we really spend all this money, we will have to drink the northwest wind."
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