From the gate of heaven

Chapter 85 [Big Order Achieved, Peerless Master's Asylum]

Zhao Cheng did not put on airs of the elders of the Dapai, but greeted Lin Ze enthusiastically and introduced himself.

As an old Jianghu, he deeply understands the truth that everyone carries a sedan chair.

If you don't plan to turn your face and fight immediately, it's best to try to put on a peaceful attitude no matter who you are facing.

Because you don't know if this humble and slovenly looking ordinary person in front of you is a peerless master at playing the world of mortals.

You don't know if this young man you look down upon in front of you is some old monster who has perfected his martial arts and rejuvenated his youth, or if he is hiding some terrifying trump card that can take you away.

These are the experiences summed up by the bloody lessons of the seniors of Mingyue Tower during the years of Mingyue Tower's inheritance.

Therefore, Zhao Cheng is always kind to others when he travels in the rivers and lakes, but once he makes a move, he will definitely kill him.

What's more, Zhao Cheng came here this time to seek cooperation from Lin Ze.

This is related to whether he can earn more money, whether he can accumulate credits and learn peerless magic arts, so Zhao Cheng communicates with Lin Ze with an entirely equal attitude.

"It turned out that it was Zhao Cheng's senior, Lin Ze, his junior, who was nicknamed Ziyi, and met Mr. Bo Yan."

Lin Ze cupped his fists and bowed slightly in return, very respectful to the elders in the world.

While speaking, Lin Ze relaxed a little.

Remove the mental power covering the rocket launcher in the portable space, and put it on the gun next to it.

Since they didn't come to find fault, there probably wouldn't be a fight.

Ready to draw a gun to fight back at any time, but because of Lin Ze's usual caution.

At this time, Lin Ze had roughly guessed the purpose of the Mingyuelou elder's visit, most likely because of the coal issue.

To be honest, when Lin Ze saw an elder of Mingyuelou coming to the door just now, he thought that he had been caught secretly taking pictures of Mingyuelou. He was ready to take out the bazooka and shoot it, and then opened the door and ran under the cover of the fire regardless of the result. road.

Now it seems that there is no need to be so embarrassed.

"Mr. Boyan came from a long way, the younger generation should hold a banquet to clean up the dust for the older generation, and please come in."

After saying hello, Lin Ze invited Zhao Cheng and Xu Sheng into the house.
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In the living room, the two parties sat down separately.

After the servants served the tea and left, the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the cook brought the newly prepared meals to the banquet.

The three started to eat.

This time, no chicken essence was added. After all, Xu Sheng had served him before, and he was not very familiar with this Zhao Cheng.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Cheng began to explain the purpose of his visit: "I heard what my nephew Xu said today, Lin Shaoxia opened a coal mining industry, and the daily output of coal exceeds 2000 million catties. I wonder if this is true?"

Lin Ze nodded and said: "It's true, because I can't buy land to pass on to future generations, so I tried to get this coal mine, and today I paid a large amount of salary to the tens of thousands of miners in the entire coal mine. Ten thousand taels of silver."

Having said that, Lin Ze sighed, and then continued:

"Now put it here for me, it's not right to close the coal mine, and it's not right to continue to open it."

"Only when there are more people using coal and people develop the habit of using coal instead of firewood, they will be able to make a small profit in the future and slowly recover the money invested at this moment."

"Excuse me, Mr. Boyan, do you want to buy coal?"

Lin Ze's opening his mouth is my blood loss.

Opening coal mines does not make money at all, I am doing good deeds.

Although Zhao Cheng knew that he was probably talking nonsense.

However, the initial investment in coal mining is huge, and more than half of the money earned from coal sales must be paid to the miners as salaries. This is indeed something that is visible to the naked eye.

If mining coal was so easy to make money, it wouldn't have been so many years, and the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't have the habit of using coal on a large scale.

Zhao Cheng saw that Lin Ze had the intention of guarding against him, so it was a blood loss for him to open his mouth.

But to be honest, Zhao Cheng had no intention of seizing the coal mine.

Although it is said that force is the basis for ensuring security and self-interest, it is not the whole of being in the world.

Zhao Cheng clearly knows that many beings who are not as powerful as you may not have the ability to accomplish things, but it is very easy to ruin things for you.

Lin Ze is confident that it is his ability to open coal mines to make money. Anyway, he asks himself that he does not have this ability, and he does not have the time to manage coal mines.

Honestly buying coal is enough to earn a lot of money.

"Is it possible to supply at least one billion catties of coal per year?"

Zhao Cheng asked.

One billion catties of coal is 50 tons of coal.

This is easy, because the theoretical annual output of Linze's coal mine is currently 300-400 million tons, and if the number of miners continues to increase, the output can continue to increase.

Mingyue Building bought 50 tons of coal. Apart from using it as daily fuel, the other part can be accumulated or used to refine armor and weapons.

Firewood should not be stored for too long, but these coals are fine no matter how long they are stored. Buy more and put them on Crescent Island for emergencies.

"It's not difficult. At present, the daily coal production in coal mines is extremely stable."

Lin Ze nodded.

"Okay, come and sign the contract. I will arrange people to come to Fengping County Wharf to transport coal starting tomorrow."

Zhao Cheng made a decision directly.

After completing this single business, there is hope for him to learn peerless magic skills in the coming year.

"Mr. Boyan, won't you go to my coal mine to have a look before making a decision? What if I'm talking nonsense?"

Lin Ze reminded.

"No, firstly, the sample coal you asked Nephew Xu to bring was 20 catties, secondly, when I came here, I saw a large amount of coal piled up at the pier, guarded by people from the Cao Gang, thirdly, Lin Shaoxia, you He is a calm person, and he would not easily agree to this old man if he does not have sufficient production."

Zhao Cheng smiled and shook his head.

After a pause, Zhao Cheng half-warned again: "Besides, although our Mingyue Tower can be regarded as a decent family, we will not easily do things to suppress and bully fellow Jianghu, but we will not dare to deceive us. Merciful."

Lin Ze didn't pay attention to the second half of the warning, and nodded with a smile: "I see, Mr. Boyan is really as careful as a hair."

Immediately, without further delay, I began to write down the contract.

It was agreed that Lin Ze's Heishi Village Coal Mine and Mingyue Building represented by the elder deacon Zhao Cheng and Zhao Boyan placed an order for a total of one billion catties of coal supply at a price of one penny and five catties.

The settlement method is payment on hand and delivery on hand.

"If you don't help us load the ship, don't you send it to the dock?"

Looking at the content of the contract, Zhao Cheng frowned.

"Sorry, Mr. Boyan, the ex-factory price of our coal is already very low. After deducting the operating costs, there is not much profit. The distance from the coal mine in Heishi Village to the dock is more than [-] miles. If you help deliver it to the dock, yes Really going to lose money."

Lin Ze apologized.

He was telling the truth. These days, carriages and horses are very important means of production, and they cannot be afforded by ordinary people.

Using a cart to pull coal to the wharf, the road of forty miles is basically a transportation cost of five catties and one penny.

This is still a flat road. If you climb up a hill, there is a high probability that the transportation fee will increase.

Generally, a cart and horse can transport three thousand catties a day and earn more than 600 Wen.

It looks like a lot, but livestock need to eat a lot of concentrated feed and salt to make up for their physical exertion. Besides, the car will also wear and tear. If it is converted into three hundred yuan a day, it is not bad.

Before, the villagers of Lianghe Village helped him send matsutake mushrooms to the mountain road for more than ten miles at the price of [-] catties and a penny.

The transportation fee for one billion catties of coal costs 20 taels of silver, and Mingyuelou only paid 20 taels of coal to buy these coals.

In this way, the freight is equal to or even more expensive than the price of the product itself, which can be said to be a norm in the farming society.

Even in the main world, where the transportation capacity is stronger, the freight cost will be lost by [-] to [-] percent when transporting fruits and vegetables.

Hearing this, Zhao Cheng frowned.

He thought that the coal mine was not far from the pier, at most two or three miles away, so he proposed to ask Lin Ze to deliver the coal to the pier. If the distance was more than forty miles, there was really no way to deliver it.

"A budget of 40 taels of silver for 70 million catties of coal, and a budget of [-] taels of silver for one billion catties of coal is not too much. The sect can also obtain huge profits from these coals to refine more armor and weapons."

"Deducting 20 taels of money to buy coal must not be less, and then transported from Fengping County to Crescent Island, loaded on the ship and disembarked, it takes about 20 taels."

"It is expensive to hire outsiders to transport the coal from the mine to the wharf, but if you organize the coachman yourself, it is estimated that it can be solved within 15 taels. When the time comes to cover up the excess budget, I will have 15 taels left. More than previously estimated, this business is done.”

After thinking for a while, Zhao Cheng turned his attention to Xu Sheng who was at the side:

"Nephew Xu, it seems that this matter will trouble you."

"In the future, you don't need to buy a ship to pull the coal back and forth between Fengping County and Linhai County. You will be responsible for recruiting people in Fengping County to pull the coal from the coal mine to the wharf, and hand it over to Mingyue Tower boats will do.”

"I won't keep you busy with this matter. I will give you 15 taels of transportation fee every year. If one billion jin of coal is delivered safely at this time next year, I will apply for the qualification for you to study high-level martial arts."

Given a fixed price of 15 taels, it is obvious that tens of thousands of taels of transportation costs will be saved compared to normal.

Xu Sheng was at a loss when he heard this.

It is a good thing that you can learn superior martial arts if you do well.

The question is, can the transportation fee of 15 taels really successfully transport more than one billion catties of coal to the wharf?
Subconsciously, Xu Sheng turned his attention to Lin Ze who was at the side.

At this time, he also suddenly understood that the reason why Zhao Cheng entrusted him with this matter was that he wanted his trusted nephew from the same sect to act as a liaison in the middle, and arranged with Lin Ze, a local snake, to do this matter. become.

"can do."

Lin Ze didn't speak, but nodded slightly in response to Xu Sheng.

If you transport it yourself, you just need to buy a lot of horses and carts, and then hire a driver.

An ox-drawn cart for pulling goods costs at most 20 taels of silver. Based on the calculation that one ox works more than 3000 days a year and transports more than [-] catties of goods every day, [-] oxen is enough.

Counting the unplanned wealth, 1100 oxen and horses are more than enough, and the total cost here is 22000 taels of silver.

Then there is the wear and tear of the feed and parts of the cattle and horse carts. In the case of bulk purchases, the cost can be greatly reduced. The maintenance cost of 260 yuan a day is the sky, and there is no need for excessive feed and parts damage when the cattle and horse carts are resting.

So the cost of this part is around 85000 taels.

Finally, there is the driver's expenses. A monthly fee of three taels is considered a high salary, regardless of food, the cost is about 39600 taels a year.

After deducting the cost, Xu Sheng still has an income of 4000 taels a year. In the second year, he does not need to buy carriages and horses, and the income is much higher.

In addition, you can also make contributions to the sect, learn superior martial arts, and make progress in your career. This is indeed a business that can be done.

As for these cost calculations, Zhao Cheng had already done it beforehand, so he gave Xu Sheng a quotation of 15 taels a year.

"Then I would like to thank my uncle for taking care of me. My nephew will definitely live up to your entrustment and transport all the coal to the pier."

Xu Sheng bowed and saluted, and accepted the errand.

Seeing this, Zhao Cheng nodded in satisfaction.

He mediates.

Let the subordinates help with everything, and finally just need to supervise the smooth completion of the whole thing, let one billion catties of coal be transported to Crescent Island, then the annual profit of 15 taels and the future qualifications for practicing peerless magic arts will be stable .

This is more comfortable and stable than fighting and killing to make money.

"It's not too late, the old man won't stay any longer, and I'll go back to dispatch the ship."

"Farewell, Ziyi, wait and see. I hope that I can move coal directly at the pier tomorrow morning. If you encounter trouble, you can take my seal to find me in Linhai County."

Zhao Cheng bowed his hands and said goodbye, completely ignoring that it was already early morning.

Before leaving, he wrote a seal letter to Lin Ze on the spot, implying that Lin Ze must maintain the supply of coal. If there is any trouble that cannot be solved, he can go to him for help.

After all, whether coal can be successfully transported to Crescent Island is closely related to Zhao Cheng's interests.

"Okay, then I would like to thank Mr. Boyan for his kindness."

Lin Ze took the seal and spoke in surprise.

After observing and studying Mingyue Tower these days, Lin Ze already knows that martial arts starts from the entry level of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the essence, and then there are several levels of nourishing qi, unblocking the veins, concentrating the truth, accumulating the spirit, qi, and heaven and man.

Nourishing Qi and Tongmai belongs to the level of the second- and third-rate warriors in the Jianghu. Ningzhen is a first-class master, Yunshen is a super-class master, Gang Qi is a peerless master, and the realm of heaven and man is the only legendary existence in the world.

In Mingyue Tower, if one wants to become an elder, one must be at least at the level of martial arts that has just entered the Gang Qi realm, which is what people usually call a peerless master.

Although Lin Ze still doesn't know how to train to such a level, he already has enough understanding of the combat power of a master at this level. This is an existence that can be the leader of thousands of troops with one ride.

It may be a bit general to say this, let's change to a more obvious comparison.

Relying on the face of the peerless master, even the emperor will change your death sentence from death sentence to indefinite term before the death of this peerless master.

Otherwise, the emperor himself may not be afraid, but he needs to be careful about the safety of his close subordinates and his concubine's family.

Therefore, for peerless masters, no matter what kind of power they are, they always hold the attitude of not offending death until they are not sure that they can solve the opponent.

And such a powerful promise of combat power can solve a trouble for Lin Ze, which is naturally an extremely surprising thing, and it can be said to be full of security.

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