Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 302

According to the account book in front of us, from the time the glass was made in August to the present, in less than five months, the cumulative shipment of Shangshanju has reached 10.6 jin.

This is the result of restriction.

At the beginning, I discussed with Qiao Wang that in order to avoid the price drop caused by too much fired glass, the output must be controlled, and about 10 catties a year is more appropriate.

However, this year is the first year. Although it has been less than half a year, because of the hot sales of new products that have just been released, they have accumulated about 10 catties, which is also considered as a year's amount.

Let alone the price.

There are mainly two types.

The first type is crude glass products, the price of one tael is about 1 tael and 1 silver, that is, the price ratio of 1 to 1.1.

This part is mainly wholesale.

Of the total sales volume of 10.6 catties, 7.9 catties are like this. They were bought by businessmen from all sides inside and outside Daming, and they will basically undergo secondary processing to make all kinds of more exquisite glassware.

Because compared to firing, the temperature of the reprocessed glass is relatively low, so even if it breaks during transportation, it will not cause serious problems.

This part of wholesale glass, in less than five months, brought Shangshanju an income equivalent to 139.1 million taels of silver.

The second type is refined glass products.

This part was mainly sold in the Shangshanju store in Jinling City. After a few months, it also sold 2.9 catties at a relatively high price. The accumulated silver was 69.2 taels, which is equivalent to an average of 1.6 taels of silver for one tael of glass.

Combining the two, the total amount of glass sales is 208.3 million taels.

It's just glass, though.

And crystals.

Compared with glass, the crystal business is much smaller.

Although the crystal deposits in Haizhou are large, even with the invention and improvement of various processing equipment, processing crystals is still quite troublesome in this era.

Just like some crystal utensils in museums of later generations, they often appear very rough, far less exquisite than various jade wares. One of the reasons is that jade is much softer than crystal.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan was looking forward to it, but he obviously didn't pay much attention to Shangshanju.

As of the end of the year, Shangshanju's cumulative crystal shipments were only 3000 catties, mainly crystal beads, crystal brands, crystal buttons, crystal tea sets, crystal stationery and other manufactured products, as well as a small part of excellent crystals rough stone.

Other than that, almost no one bought it.

In fact, you can imagine.

Bought, but also processing, however, the problem is processing.

Too much trouble.

And it's a one-off, once it's processed, it's unlikely to change its shape again, and if the processing fails halfway, it will be a complete loss.

Therefore, with the cost of grinding crystals, it is better to buy a set of glass products, glass, how face-saving it is now.

The result is now.

About 3000 catties were sold, with a total of 1.9 taels of silver, and the average price was less than 4 renminbi a tael, much worse than glass.

In general, in less than five months, Shangshanju's cumulative revenue is equivalent to 5 million taels of silver.

Then, again, net profit.

Excluding labor, materials, taxes and other expenses, this part totaled only 19.6 taels. The result was that in just half a year, Shangshanju earned 190.6 million taels of silver.

net!
The reason is that the taxes and fees are too low, and the backstage of Shangshanju is strong enough, no one dares to make any other ideas, just need An Ansheng to do his own business.

Let's talk about profit distribution.

After several previous adjustments, the royal family holds [-]% of Shangshanju's shares, the Yinghai Division holds [-]%, Zhu Yuan only keeps [-]%, and the remaining [-]%... It is not a real stock, but a dividend right, which belongs to Shangshan. All the employees of the various workshops behind Shanju.

The account books also mention the total number of employees, including stewards, craftsmen, and other laborers responsible for material delivery, which totaled only 671.

Why do you say 'only'?
Because Zhiyongzhai, with a turnover of only 37.6 taels, has 729 direct employees, more than Shangshanju.

Of course, if it is indirect, it must not be compared.

Apart from Zhiyongzhai itself, basically only the charcoal pencil workshop at the Ministry of Industry is responsible for supplying charcoal pencils. The purchase of other raw materials is not a special thing, so there is no need to be too related.

However, in terms of Shangshanju, the three core raw materials needed for glass, quartz, ash and lime, and coke to ensure the high temperature of the furnace, these... all need to be supplied by the court.

For example, ash alkali is a by-product of plant ash from baking workshops in Mingzhou.

There is also coke. In order to keep the process as secret as possible, Shangshanju has built its own coke workshop, but if you want coke, you must first have coal, and it must be high-quality coal, which is not something you can produce by yourself.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan felt that 700% of the employees' dividend rights must not be given to the 300 people in Shangshanju.Otherwise, the average dividend of nearly [-] taels per person is equivalent to decades of income of the bottom-level people in this era, and it is too unfair to craftsmen who have also contributed to other departments and systems.

As for Zhu Yuan taking [-]% for himself, although he also felt that it was a bit much, he was not guilty.If there is no self, there is nothing else.

If anyone disagrees with this, then there is another one with a bigger head, who will take [-]% of it!

The conversion is a full 114 million taels!

Find him first!

After flipping through the account books, Zhu Yuan was thinking about what to do next when the sedan chair stopped.

Has come to the East Pavilion in the imperial city.

Zhu Yuan got out of the sedan chair with two books, and Lao Zhu's courtiers were already waiting. Instead of going to the study, he walked to the conference room beside him.

Enter the door.

In addition to the old Zhu at the top, there are also Li Shanchang, the prime minister of the left, Kang Maocai, the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Deng Yu, the doctor of the right censor, and Chang Yuchun, who just returned victorious yesterday.

On the day of Lao Chang's triumphant return, as usual, he unloaded the burden of the deputy general who conquered the captives. His current position, like Zhu Yuan's, is from Yipin Zhongshu Pingzhang's political affairs.

Then, in front of the blackboard at the end of the conference room, Tu Xiao, a surveyor and mapper, was talking about some drawings.

Seeing Zhu Yuan come in, Old Zhu motioned him not to be restrained, and pointed to a place under Li Shanchang's head.

Zhu Yuan used to sit on the right seat opposite Lao Li, but now Chang Yuchun was sitting.

Nodding to everyone, Zhu Yuan walked over silently, put the two account books in front of him, and turned to Tu Xiao who continued to speak after a short pause.

It turned out that Tu Xiao was reviewing the wars in the past few months.

It was not the Northern Expedition that started last year, but the battle of Dadu after Lao Zhu's personal conquest, then to Shanxi, then to Shaanxi, and even the subsequent entry into Shu, including the process of the first raid on Kaiping.

Zhu Yuan just listened to it for a while, and at the same time he couldn't help but understand why Lao Zhu asked Tu Xiao to explain.

This surveying and mapping envoy is really worthy of his title.

From the beginning when I rushed to the north with the arch guard at the time to inquire about the news, and then followed the army thousands of miles away, I was drawing, drawing, and drawing...I don’t know how many pictures I drew, including standard maps and topography. Sketches, and even realistic drawings in the Meticulous style of some key locations.

For example, Chang Yuchun’s battle to open up the Micang Road from north to south, which is being described at the moment, only captured Bazhong, and six pictures of different styles were hung on the blackboard at once.

Coupled with the eloquent explanation, it is really immersive.

Zhu Yuan was still thinking about his own affairs, but at the moment, listening to Tu Xiao's explanation, he quickly pulled out of the emotion just now, and temporarily immersed himself in his eyes.

After another quarter of an hour, when Tu Xiao talked about the army taking Chongqing, he did not forget to show a batch of drawings along the river from Chongqing to Jinling, and finally stopped.

Old Zhu listened with great satisfaction, and when Tu Xiao stopped, he was obviously unsatisfied, and then turned to Zhu Yuan who came in halfway: "Yuan'er, this is the disciple you taught, how do you think it now?"

Zhu Yuan didn't expect that Lao Zhu would click on the section that Tu Xiao is his "disciple". He didn't pay much attention to it, but he didn't refute it right away. After thinking about it, he said: "These materials are very precious. It just so happens that Jinling Universities and national universities need teaching materials for the 'geography major', but Tu Xiao has provided a ready-made batch. In addition, at the military university, these materials can also be made into cases and taught to students."

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, before Lao Zhu could respond, Li Shanchang said: "Pingzhang, these... are all secrets, how can you show them to others so easily?"

Zhu Yuan really wanted to blurt out, "The times are different, you can't cherish yourself with a broom".

Still, just thinking about it.

I still want to give Lao Li a face, so I said seriously: "If these things are hidden in a secret room and shelved, then no matter how confidential things are, they will only become a pile of useless waste. In comparison, teaching students, Only by passing it down from generation to generation and applying what they have learned can their true utility be brought into play. And, frankly speaking, everyone who draws by Tu Xiao is just surprised at first glance, because there is no such information in the past, but, Zuo Xiang, these materials...in fact It’s all just relatively superficial things. If we are satisfied with this, and stop here, and be complacent, then, to put it more broadly, Daming will only fall into the cycle of history again, and will not be able to enter a new era.”

(End of this chapter)