Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 148 Has a Faint Smell

Xue Pan had no idea what was going on under the table.He was still talking to Brother Rong about the business cooperation between the Xue family and Ningguo Mansion in the future.

Brother Rong nodded to Uncle Pan.

His fingers lightly slid on the thing he was holding in his hand, only to see Xue Baochai suddenly shrugging his shoulders.

He smiled and said to Xue Pan: "Uncle, there is no need to worry. Except for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Water Conservancy and Land Management, the sales of cement in other places are all represented by your Xue family. If the Xue family has the courage, they may even be able to Our Ningguo Mansion doesn't care about transporting cement to Dabazhou, Li Chao, Annan and other countries for sale."

Xue Baochai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he even forgot to pull his foot back.Question: "If our Xue family took five hundred cash for a stone of cement from Ningguo Mansion and sold it to Li Chaoguo for one stone and five taels of silver, would you not care?"

As long as the cement in Ningguo Mansion continues to support the imperial court, the cement will definitely be popular among the people and other countries.

In particular, these countries are threatened by waves and typhoons all year round, and they definitely welcome such a thing.

"As long as your Xue family can ensure that the cement delivered in the past will not be damaged by the damp and damage the reputation of the Ningguo Mansion. How much money do you sell in other countries for a stone, what does the Ningguo Mansion care about you? However, there is one thing I have to tell you in advance. , since the Ministry of Internal Affairs will purchase cement, they will also be transported to Li Chao for sale."

Xue Baochai frowned, and asked, "Why is there still something about the House of Internal Affairs?"

This is also impossible.The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the royal purse, how can it really not give them any points?Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not only the purse of the royal family, but also in charge of many internal affairs.There are also construction agencies related to the project.

It's just that I don't know whether the cement originally used for the royal house construction project will be resold to the private sector.

Xue Baochai shook his head slightly, and said: "Although there is no regulation yet, after the construction of the Gyeonggi project is completed, I am afraid that there will be an order to restrict the sale of cement to other countries."

"Aunt Bao, that's too much to worry about. If this little cement can be sold for a few taels of silver a stone in other countries, today and Thirteenth Lord will definitely not restrict it."

A thousand shi is only the amount of two or three thousand bags of cement in later generations.What can three thousand bags of cement do?Moreover, if cement really wants to play a military role, it will not work without iron bones.

Jia Rong chuckled, held Xue Baochai's foot, and gently slid it up.Since she didn't struggle to resist, this advantage was not taken for nothing.

He remembered that the cement produced by the fine cotton soil factory was mainly exported abroad.Moreover, in the past few years, the Great Yan Dynasty has just lifted the sea ban, and there is still a lot of money waiting for them outside.

He continued: "If you sell a thousand stones of cement, you can bring back nearly ten thousand taels of silver from other countries. Even today, you can't refuse this temptation! In fact, what can you do with a thousand stones of cement? Build a few miles long Trail?"

Xue Baochai didn't even move, letting Brother Rong do whatever he wanted.

Women are really strange creatures.In other words, both men and women are complicated.

If most women let you hold hands once, it will be natural to hold hands next time.As long as you make such an opening, as long as you don't make really annoying actions, as time goes by, people will become closer and closer.

Skin-to-skin contact is the biggest secret to close the relationship between people.

Hold hands first, then hug, then kiss.The distance gradually increases.

As a female writer once said: The passage to the depths of a woman's soul is...

Xue Baochai is in such a state now, for her, there is no need to go to the last step.It can be said that the first intimate contact was forced by helpless accidents, and the second and third times, how could there be no complicated emotions.

And because of the presence of his own brother Xue Pan, Xue Baochai, whose feet were grabbed, had another feeling in his heart besides itching.It was a strange feeling that even someone as smart as her could not express in words.

Brother Rong held his slightly round feet, and he carefully poked around the soles, toes, ankles, and calves.But in my heart I was feeling, what a pity, how nice it would be to wear silk stockings like this.

The smooth, delicate feeling is probably hard to experience in this life.

However, although there are no stockings, they are also very soft and slippery.

Xue Baochai blushed, and tried to calm down: "It's really hard to sell at a high price in other countries, so let's take control of the provinces."

Xue Pan also nodded, the Xue family had to establish a reputation in the provinces first.Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been rectified, it is still in chaos.If someone is really brave enough to privately transport the cement originally used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the provinces for sale, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be able to seize the opportunity.

Brother Rong said again: "Actually, I have been thinking about one thing recently, and that is to replace the utensils that hold the cement with small buckets. First, it is convenient, and second, it is easy to calculate."

Xue Baochai squinted at Jia Rong, feeling that things were not that simple with her innate sense of smell from a merchant family.Question: "After changing the container, the amount of cement per [-] wen will also change."

Jia Rong shook her head again and again, pinched Xue Baochai's calf, and said with a smile: "In the past, it was three hundred, five hundred, and eight hundred per stone, but later it will be changed to one hundred catties per bucket, and one bucket will be divided into one hundred and twenty coins according to the grade. , two hundred texts, three hundred texts."

Xue Baochai quickly made a calculation in his mind, and the price was twice as cheap as before.It's just that her intuition told herself that things were definitely not that simple.Brother Rong would be so kind?
"Could it be that cement ash is relatively heavy, and one stone is far more than one hundred twenty or thirty catties?"

Isn't it far more than a hundred catties?Damn it, Brother Rong complained in his heart. He didn't think about it clearly at the beginning, and directly used the capacity to calculate the price.If one stone of rice is one hundred and twenty catties, one stone of cement is nearly three hundred catties.First, the heavier the weight, the more inconvenient the transportation, and second, there are not so many large containers.

Brother Rong's expression was as usual, and he said with a smile: "Although there are some outlets, they are not big and will not affect them. Of course, the Xue family has helped the Ningguo Mansion a lot, and the price of the Xue family's goods is the lowest. Waiting for a hundred cash A barrel, medium one hundred and sixty Wen a barrel, the highest grade 240 Wen a barrel."

Profiteer!

Seeing the smile on Brother Rong's face, Xue Baochai inexplicably thought of such a word.A majestic lord with a fourth-rank official position, how can he be more treacherous than a businessman.

Jia Rong is fearless, anyway, she has only one piece of cement in this world, and she can set the price however she wants.Of course, the amount and cost of the project must also be considered. If the price is too high, the Ministry of Industry and Shuili Yingtian Government will not choose to use cement.Therefore, even though Jia Rong sold it separately, there was no price increase.

Xue Pan laughed, "If you want me to say, even if you set aside one tael of silver and a hundred catties, it's nothing. Outsiders can't make it, and they can't buy it."

This Xue Bawang really dared to think, one tael of silver and one hundred catties.It would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver to build a small canal that is one mile long, why should the Thirteenth Master take his skin?
Jia Rong laughed dryly.It is estimated that no one will be willing to buy it if it is sold like this, and the business cannot be done like that.

At this time, he also let go of Xue Baochai's feet, taking advantage of enough, and thoughtfully put on shoes and socks for the other party.He looked at Xue Baochai twice with a smile, but what he got in return was Xue Baochai's indifference.

Brother Rong didn't care about that either.

Gently raised his hand to smell.

amount……

There is a faint smell.

Jia Rong's frivolous behavior fell into Xue Baochai's eyes, and his eyes were about to burst into flames in an instant.The most exasperating thing is that Brother Rong even frowned and shrugged his nose, clearly disgusted.

Making Baochai's teeth itch with hatred, he lifted his foot and kicked Jia Rong.

Brother Rong seemed to have been on guard for a long time, and hurriedly avoided, but stepped on Xue Baochai's shoes instead.Not only that, but he rubbed his other foot on it.

There was a commotion at the table, and Xue Pan, who was next to him, also noticed something was wrong, raised his eyebrows and frowned, and looked at Jia Rong and his sister suspiciously.

Xue Baochai's face remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened.

Jia Rong smiled and apologized to Baochai: "Don't be surprised, Aunt Bao, maybe my legs are too long, and I accidentally stepped on Auntie's shoes."

Baochai replied calmly: "It's nothing, Brother Rong didn't do it on purpose."

Xue Pan just laughed, and said: "It's not early, and I saw that there are even palm lights outside. It's time for us to go back."

Brother Rong got up, looked outside, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. When uncle is going to Jiangnan someday, he can leave a letter at the mansion so that nephew can send someone to prepare a Make an appointment to set off with uncle at a certain time."

Xue Pan was happy in his heart, as long as the cement kiln in Ningguo Mansion was built, Xue's shop would have another good product for exclusive sale.

Jia Rong said again: "After Uncle and Aunt go back, please ask the supervisors of the provinces to pay more attention to their places. If there is a suitable place, maybe our Ningguo Mansion will build a second cement kiln factory."

Xue Pan said: "It's easy to say, let's talk about it here today, and come to see Brother Rong in two days."

Xue Baochai was still thinking about Brother Rong's behavior when he heard the hand, even though he followed his eldest brother out of the study, he still felt unhappy for a while.Turning his head and glaring at Brother Rong bitterly, he didn't know what he was thinking.

…………

On the third day of March, it is advisable to take a bath.

"The schedule goes by quickly, and this project is fast enough." Brother Rong praised. "It's only been less than a month, and the places where the canals are repaired are almost dug."

This efficiency really surprised Brother Rong.

Duan Yu said with a smile: "The dry fields in Huangzhuang have been replaced with paddy fields. They can only start planting this year in summer. Now everyone is digging ditches with hoes. Can you not go faster?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Are you rich? Can the tenants of Huangzhuang come to help?"

Duan Yu gave Brother Rong a strange look. "This time, half of all the money was paid by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other half was collected by the Ministry of Water and Farm. As for the tenant farmers who work, they are just doing what they should do. There is no money to get. The canal is repaired, and they will also benefit .”

Brother Rong looked at the speed and estimated that the canal would be completed by the end of April.Nodding in satisfaction, he said with a smile: "When the work is finished, I'll take Big Brother Yu to Wanhualou to see Miss Xianmei."

Duan Yu sighed: "When the work is finished, Miss Xianmei will leave Beijing."

Brother Rong looked at Duan Yu suspiciously, this guy is boring enough, he can still receive inside information about Wanhualou when he stays with him every day.Ask: "What's the situation?"

Duan Yudao: "I don't know what's going on, I just heard that Miss Xianmei, who was rumored to be in the sky in Wanhualou, is no longer in Shenjing. If you still want to see her, you have to go to support her in mid-March. There are about ten days left to work."

It's a marketing tool.

Jia Rong laughed secretly, "It seems that Brother Yu can't see Miss Xianmei's face anymore, but have you heard where she left Shenjing? Could it be Jinling? Or Yangzhou?"

(End of this chapter)