Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 80, this is really hard money
"All of them have been put into the warehouse. The first batch of briquettes is [-] pieces of briquettes."

Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were also full of energy. They kept counting the briquettes collected in the warehouse until the last piece of briquette was moved into the warehouse. The two of them also counted the quantity of the first batch of briquettes.

"If a honeycomb briquette is sold for 2 yuan, the first batch of honeycomb coal can be sold for 33 yuan, which is almost [-] taels of silver if it is converted into silver."

"God, it's only 33 taels of silver. For this briquette, our brothers have already invested thousands of taels of silver. Now it's only 33 taels of silver a day."

Zhang Yanling is a master at counting, after careful calculation, he couldn't help but his eyes went dark.

Originally thought that the briquette business was a very profitable business, but there was news from Xishan Coal Industry that it could earn millions of taels of silver a year.

This news is definitely not false, because this is what they heard from their elder sister, Empress Zhang, from the palace, and they also went through some investigations beforehand.

The briquette actually doesn’t need too much cost at all. Coal is like dirt on the coal mountain. There is a lot of it. If you dig it casually, this briquette, that is, the coal that is bigger than a palm, sells for 2 yuan. This business is sincere. It is profiteering.

But when my two brothers came to do it in person, they bought a coal mountain, invested in the construction of a briquette workshop, and hired thousands of villagers to do the work. The briquette produced in a day was only worth 33 taels of silver.

Immediately, the two brothers couldn't help crying, and this time they really cried.

After investing thousands of taels of silver back and forth, now it can only sell 33 taels of silver a day. You must know that the cost of these 33 taels of silver has not been deducted.

Among other things, the thousands of villagers hired alone cost 10 Wen per person per day, which is tens of thousands of Wen per day, and if the loss of other things is counted, the 33 taels of silver is estimated to be discounted.

"33 taels a day, even if it's all profit, this month is still less than 1000 taels, and you can't earn [-] taels a year. Liu Jin really didn't lie to us. This is really hard money."

Zhang Heling counted carefully with his fingers, and immediately remembered what Liu Jin said.

Some time ago, when I asked Liu Jin for the method of making briquettes, Liu Jin said that the sale of briquettes is hard money. He didn't believe it at the time, but now he really believes it.

The sale of this briquette is really hard money.

The two brothers immediately looked like roosters who had lost their fight. At first, they had hoped that the briquette business could make a lot of money, but now they were like deflated balloons, deflated and listless.

After all, the two brothers are uncles of the country, they are relatives of the emperor, they also have titles, and they also have a lot of land under their names. In addition, the two brothers have always been brazen, and they will try their best to intervene in any profitable business.

To be honest, this year's income is quite good, tens of thousands of taels of silver a year is still there, and I immediately feel that the briquette business is tasteless and a pity to discard.

"Go back to the capital, I haven't looked for sister for a long time."

Zhang Yanling was listless and had no intention of staying here anymore. Originally, in order to earn money, he didn't care whether he was hungry or cold, he was very energetic.

I get up very early every day, constantly patrol the various workshop areas, and run up and down the mountain. Several pairs of shoes have been worn out these days.

Now, he doesn't have any thoughts, he just wants to go back to Beijing, go to the palace to find his elder sister for a meal, have a good meal, and then have a good sleep.

"What are you looking for, sister, don't sell these tens of thousands of honeycomb briquettes. If you don't sell these dozens of taels of silver, you will be gone for a day. No matter what, you still have 33 taels of silver a day, and you can make a lot of money in a year." A few thousand taels of silver is considered an additional important source."

Zhang Heling kicked his younger brother. Although he was very disappointed in his heart, after doing the math, the profit was actually not bad, but it was far from what he had expected.

This is the saying that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Originally, I wanted to make a lot of money, but now I can only make a small amount of money. The gap is too big.

If they didn't say that they could make a lot of money at the beginning, the two brothers would definitely not let go of the business that earned thousands of taels of silver this year.

"Yes, yes, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat."

When Zhang Yanling heard this, he nodded again and again, and then said to his subordinates: "You dog, what are you doing in a daze, work, hurry up and load the briquettes to the capital for sale."

"Be careful, everyone. This briquette costs 2 Wen. If a piece is broken, I will deduct your wages."

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Not only the Zhang brothers found out that the briquette was not as profitable as imagined, but several state officials from the Sangong Coal Industry, the two brothers from the Zhou Coal Industry, and some other people who mined the briquette.

Everyone moved at the same speed, and they all produced the first batch of briquettes within a few days. As soon as the briquettes came out, everyone would naturally calculate an economic account.

After this calculation, almost everyone who participated was similar to the Zhang brothers, feeling extremely disappointed in their hearts. The news they heard was that the business of honeycomb briquettes could earn millions of taels of silver a year.

But the reality is that even if the manpower I hired is similar to that of Xishan Coal Industry, no matter how I calculate it, this year is a matter of earning tens of thousands of dollars. I really don’t know how to get millions of dollars. of.

In Chongnanfang, Langdong, Beijing, the storefront of Zhang's Coal Industry was specially chosen to be opposite to Xishan Coal Industry.

"Honeycomb briquette, briquette briquette, honeycomb briquette from Zhang's Coal Industry ~ everyone, come and buy it, everyone, come and buy it~"

As soon as Zhang's Coal Industry opened, it immediately started beating gongs and drums. Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling specially asked a few guys to beat gongs and drums at the entrance of their store to attract customers to come to buy briquettes.

With the beating of gongs and drums, many customers were quickly attracted to buy briquettes. The first batch of more than 2 briquettes were sold out in less than an hour.

"Brother, our briquettes are all sold out, out of stock~"

The briquette business was very hot, and it was sold out quickly. Zhang Yanling finally had a smile on his face, and excitedly found Zhang Heling and said, "We killed a chicken today, and we haven't eaten chicken for a long time."

"No, I always feel that something is wrong~"

Zhang Heling didn't answer Zhang Yanling's words. In fact, he had been watching the business of the Xishan Coal Industry Coal Store, and soon he discovered a big problem.

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