Chapter 30 The Liu family is in great prosperity
Liu Bei clapped his hands, and several servants brought in the Quyuanli.
Except for Chen Deng, everyone present had already seen him.
So the servant followed Liu Bei's wishes and placed Qu Yuuli directly in front of Chen Deng's seat.
Chen Deng looked at this somewhat complicated wooden tool curiously, thought for a moment, and said in surprise: "Ming Gong, could this be a shaft plow?"
"Exactly!"
Liu Bei was not surprised that Chen Deng could guess the function of Quyuanli. He just explained it to Chen Deng with great interest: "This thing is called Quyuanli. It is the name of Feng'er." It is an improved version of the shaft plow. "
"I have arranged for people to try it in the past few days. Compared with the straight shaft plow, it is more than three to five times more efficient. It is also very light and easy to turn around. I have already tried it. Order the craftsmen in the city to work harder."
Chen Deng was surprised and couldn't help but confirm: "Is this curved shaft plow so much more efficient than a straight shaft plow?"
Get it. After Liu Bei answered in the affirmative, Chen Deng couldn't sit still and begged: "Ming Gong, I would like to ask you to give the skills of making this thing to the people of Xiapi. The people of Xiapi will be very grateful. Ming Gong has done the work of dogs and horses.”
Liu Bei laughed loudly and comforted him: "Don't be anxious Yuanlong. Bei Zheng has this intention and wants to use Yuanlong to promote this thing in Xuzhou."
Chen Deng was overjoyed when he heard this and repeatedly complimented: "Ming Gong is magnificent The people of Xuzhou will be grateful for his kindness, magnanimity and magnanimity.”
“I originally thought that Ming Gong was good at fighting and benevolent and righteous, but I didn’t expect that Ming Gong would become the leader of the state as soon as he took charge of the affairs of the state. I have given such a great gift to the people of Xuzhou. I think with the promotion of this thing, the people will be able to relax and breathe a sigh of relief."
Liu Bei nodded happily, and then took out a silk book: "Yuanlong, this is the craftsmanship of the Quyuan plow. Please keep it. In addition, you can take this Quyuan plow with you when you leave and send it to Xiapi for imitation. If you have any questions, you can come to the state capital at any time. Find me.”
“Ming Gong is so righteous! The millions of people in Xuzhou thank you for your great kindness.”
Chen Deng hurriedly left the table and bowed down, crying with gratitude.
Liu Bei naturally helped him up quickly, held Chen Deng's hand, and sent him to the banquet.
Then everyone continued the banquet and dispersed after all the fun.
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The night is getting darker, and the moon is shining on the branches.
Mi Zhu stood in the study and thought about the moon.
Liu Feng had already said goodbye and left an hour ago, and Mi Zhu had been taking exams in the study after seeing Liu Feng off.
It's not that Mi Zhu regrets the conditions he just agreed to Liu Feng, but as a mature businessman, he needs to review the entire negotiation process and results.
Especially today's twists and turns shocked him.
To be fair, Liu Feng's request is not too much.
Apart from anything else, there are only a few people in Xuzhou who can provide the material requirements alone. And the only one who can still survive after taking it out is his Haidong Mi family.
Nowadays, troubled times have come, and the prices of various materials have risen sharply. But even based on the low prices twenty years ago, what Liu Feng asked for already amounted to millions.
The price of cattle in the Eastern Han Dynasty ranged from 4,000 to 8,000 yuan. At the lowest price, one hundred cattle cost 400,000 yuan.
A single set of trousers, shoes, and linen socks together cost six to seven hundred yuan, and two thousand sets would cost one hundred, two, or three hundred thousand yuan.
Although iron is cheap, 30,000 kilograms still costs at least 300,000 yuan.
In addition to the millions of money, the total of these wealth and materials is three million yuan and one hundred thousand shi of food.
However, Mi Zhu did not feel distressed at all. In history, when Liu Bei lost Xuzhou, his soldiers were scattered, and they were living in Xiaopei, he did not hesitate to assist the other party with two thousand servants and countless gold, silver, and silk. We can see his arrogance in investment.
You must know that a healthy child servant is worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.
Judging from Liu Bei's subsequent development, the boy servants Mi Zhu sponsored him were all trained into the army. It can be seen that these boy servants were at least strong men, and may even be domestic soldiers who have received basic military training. The price of such a private soldier is as high as 40,000 yuan per person.
Two thousand servants were a total of 80 million yuan. Adding in other food and wealth, the investment at that time was at least hundreds of millions of yuan, but Mi Zhu still dared to make a bet.
In comparison, the three million yuan and one hundred thousand stone grain that Liu Feng asked for today are actually of no importance to the Mi family.
But Mi Zhu unexpectedly fell into trouble.
It is actually interesting to say that if Liu Feng came here just to ask for money, food and materials, Mi Zhu would not be so entangled.
The fundamental reason why he has been brooding so far is because of the snow salt and rock sugar given by Liu Feng.
Just talking about snow salt, Xuzhou has always produced salt, and the price of salt is not high. One stone of salt only costs 800 yuan.
But the price of snow salt needs to be measured in gold. One pound of snow salt is worth one tael of gold.
Han system, one pound is equal to sixteen taels.
One stone of snow salt weighs 120 kilograms, and one kilogram of snow salt is equivalent to one tael of gold.
That one stone of snow salt is equivalent to seven and a half pounds of gold. While one pound of gold is theoretically worth ten thousand dollars, it is actually worth more. This means that one stone of snow salt can be sold for at least one hundred thousand dollars.
The cost is only a thousand yuan, but it can be resold for a huge profit of 100,000 yuan. This can be called a huge profit among huge profits.
But Liu Feng is so generous and willing to share the profits with the Mi family for 82% and give the Mi family 20% of the profit for free. How heroic and generous is this?
Not to mention that Liu Feng gave him all the manufacturing techniques without hesitation, which made Mi Zhu believe that Liu Feng and even Liu Bei behind him had a huge affection for Mi Zhu and the Mi family.
Mi Zhu's heart even surged with excitement that a scholar would die for his confidant.
Mi Zhu still can't figure out why Liu Feng was willing to hand over the production process of snow salt and rock sugar to him.
In his opinion, this kind of craftsmanship should be controlled by himself. Even if he has to rely on his Mi family's sales channels and caravans, he only needs to deliver snow salt and rock sugar on a monthly basis.
Mi Zhu has seen the production process and found that the process is not complicated, let alone difficult.
Furthermore, snow salt and rock sugar are rare and expensive, and they don’t require a large output at all. They only require dozens of people to complete, so there is no need to worry about the leakage of the process.
After thinking about it, Mi Zhu could only feel that the Liu family was repaying their kindness for recommending Liu Bei to take over as the prefectural pastor, and that they wanted to win over the Mi family.
Snow salt, rock sugar, Qu Yuanli.
Everything is a precious skill that cannot be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold.
Liu Feng took out three things at once, which made Mi Zhu feel Liu Feng's fear and gave birth to greater ambition.
Today's meeting with Liu Feng made Mi Zhu more confident in his judgment.
The Liu family is about to prosper.
What Mi Zhu was most proud of in his life was his knowledge of people. He had never seen such a rare person as Liu Bei and Liu Feng, father and son.
He was keenly aware that the Mi family had reached a critical point.
If you advance, you will climb the dragon and attach yourself to the horse, leaping thousands of miles.
If you retreat, you will miss a good opportunity and your family wealth will not be protected.
I don’t know how long it took, but Mi Zhu finally started to move.
Happy New Year’s Eve, readers! Thank you for your great support, and I wish you all a happy New Year’s Eve and a happy family!
(End of this chapter)