There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 33 Is it easy to make money through time travel?
  After arranging the Jiazhou branch of the group, which was equivalent to what Fugu was doing in Zhoucheng, Lin Feng immediately returned with the remaining people.

It's been six or seven days since I came out, and I still don't know what the county official named Ding will do, so I have to go back and keep an eye on him.

Since everyone was eager to get back home and didn't bring any big luggage, we walked very quickly and arrived in only three days.

It was already dark when we entered the city, so Lin Feng did not go to the county government office, but went to Lin's house outside. When Li Xiongzhen and others heard the news, they also gathered around.

"Xiong Zhen and the shopkeepers will stay, while the others go to rest first." Lin Feng sat down and spoke first.

"Yuanshan, I heard that there was an attack on the way to transport tax money this time. Are you okay?" Li Xiongzhen asked with concern.

"I'm fine. A brother from the government office of Zhuangban died. Sooner or later, the debt will be settled with them."

"Who did it?"

"There is a group of gangsters in the Gaoliang Mountain north of Fugu City. The leader of the gang is called Fei Feng, but someone in the county government must have leaked the secret."

"It's abominable!"

"Okay, let's not talk about it for now. How is the group's industrial operation these days?" Lin Feng changed the subject.

"The establishment of each industry is relatively smooth. Let's report on each." Li Xiongzhen ordered.

"Brother, oh, it's the president. President, everything is normal in our Sledgehammer Iron Art. We are currently forging the knives you arranged for Zhuang Ban to order. There are a hundred knives in total, 100 taels of silver. After forging, we should earn about 30 taels." Zhang Tiechui was the first to report that he was still not comfortable with calling Lin Feng the president.

"The current main responsibility of the blacksmith shop is not to make money, but to improve the ability to forge things. You must cultivate talents." Lin Feng interjected.

"Okay, we will pay attention." Zhang Tiechui replied.

"President, Li's Grain and Oil Store has opened, and the county government is ordering from us. There is not much in stock at the moment, so we need to make a special trip to Taiyuan to purchase goods." Yang Senhui reported.

"This will be decided by Xiong Zhen." Of course, Lin Feng must authorize the specific business arrangements.

"Sir, oh, President, Sitong Express Carriage and Horse Racing has opened. Currently, we have purchased three taels of carriages, recruited about twenty people, and are organizing training. We have spent almost a hundred taels, and there is no business yet. I'm so anxious." Fang Dashan continued to report.

"Haha, don't be anxious, Dashan. How can any industry rush to make a lot of money as soon as it opens? It's normal for you to be in debt now during the investment stage. Don't be anxious. Aren't the grain and oil companies going to Taiyuan to purchase goods? Don't you have business?" Lin Feng replied with a smile.

"Oh, yes. Shopkeeper Yang, you have to give us this business." Fang Dashan said to Yang Sen anxiously.

"Captain Fang, you don't need to tell me, we will definitely give you our own business, but you can't charge randomly." Yang Sen responded.

"No, no, it must be a preferential price." Fang Dashan rarely had business, and his attitude was very correct.

"Xiong Zhen, where is our Zhen Ming Bank?" This is a financial institution, and Lin Feng is very concerned about it.

"Yuanshan, banks have also opened. As long as you have money, it is very convenient to open a bank. Now Hufang has designated us as a cooperative bank for tax payment according to the president's instructions before leaving. We will be charged 1.5%. The interest rate is small loans for farmers to pay taxes, which is much lower than the interest rates of three to four cents for loan sharks. Now the business is very good and more than one thousand taels of loans have been issued." Li Xiongzhenhui reported.

"Very good, the opening was a success." Lin Feng praised.

"Also, I have followed your instructions. During the purchasing power period, the shops next to the Fugu Farmers Market are very cheap. I bought seven or eight shops and spent less than 200 taels in total." Li Xiongzhen continued to report. "Okay, then our county government can start the agricultural market renovation plan." Lin Feng said.

"Yuanshan, our industries can only make a small amount of money. To realize the ideal you mentioned, I'm afraid it's not possible. We must produce competitive products." As the executive vice president, Li Xiongzhen has been Think about this again.

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Lin Feng asked. In fact, he has been thinking about this issue recently. What kind of products can be unique in the Ming Dynasty and can make a lot of money.

As a time traveler, Lin Feng has read time travel novels before and knows the three essential money-making artifacts for time travel in ancient times - making wine, making soap, and burning glass.

More than a month after arriving in the late Ming Dynasty, after understanding the situation, Lin Feng could only say that grandma's talk was pure nonsense. Who said it's easy for time-travelers to make money? Come out and take a few steps. I promise I won't beat you to death. It's enough to beat you half to death to vent your anger.

Let’s talk about making wine first. I feel that people who have traveled through time can make a lot of money just by making a distiller. Is it really so simple that the ancients couldn’t discover it?
  After traveling through time, Lin Feng discovered that distilled liquor had already existed in this era. There are professional wine-making workshops in Xiguan and other places in Fugu County. They are famous for Qingshui Ma's liquor and papayayuan Li Baoqi and Baiwang distilleries. The liquor can reach 65 degrees. Others have such complete wine steaming techniques, so what else are they doing?

Let's talk about soap making. The principle is very simple. You can make it by adding alkali to oil. The key is that alkali was not easy to buy in ancient times. You couldn't just send someone out to the streets and buy it in piles. I heard that plant ash can be used instead, but the effect is very poor. The soap produced is dark and cannot be seen.

Moreover, the rich people in ancient times already had soap, soap locust and other washing products, while the poor generally only used water. If the product had no advantages or the cost was high, it would not be sold even if it was made.

The last step is to make glass. Many novels describe that glass can be made by burning some sand and charcoal. It can only be said that the ignorant are fearless. If it were really that simple, even an idiot would know it, let alone the ancients who were so skilled in craftsmanship.

Lin Feng participated in investment projects of glass companies in later generations and knew that the main material for burning glass is quartz sand. Ordinary sand is not enough. Some additives must be added. Lin Feng cannot remember the specifics unlike other time-travelers who have a photographic memory.

The key is that burning glass requires a high temperature of more than 2,000 degrees, which could not be achieved in ancient times by burning firewood, charcoal and the like.

Therefore, it is basically bluffing to make money by relying on these three magic tools. Relatively speaking, making soap is simpler, but the problem of making alkali must be solved first.

It's a pity that all the chemistry knowledge I learned before has been returned to the teacher a long time ago. I only remember the Hou's method of making alkali, but is this useful? Just knowing the name is worse than not knowing it.

"Our valley is close to Shanxi, and there are a lot of coal resources in this area. I wonder if we can make a fuss about this?" Li Xiongzhen said first while Lin Feng was thinking a lot.

"The coal in Fugu is good. If you use it to make iron, the temperature will rise quickly and there will be no smoke." Zhang Tiechui continued.

"Where are the others, have any ideas?" Lin Feng asked.

Fang Dashan, Yang Sen and others shook their heads.

"As the saying goes, we must make good use of local resources. I also read the information at the county government office. Our valley coal has less impurities and high calorific value. It is a very high-quality coal.

But coal is not very convenient to use. Although the coal smoke in Fugu is relatively small, there is still some. Selling coal alone will not make much sales, and the competition is also fierce. We need to process it to make it easier to burn before selling it. "At this time, Lin Feng thought of the coal stove he used when he was a child. This process is relatively simple and should be easier to implement.

"Oh, how to process it?" Li Xiongzhen asked with interest.

"It's not vivid to say. I'll ask Tie Hammer and the others to make one and try it out." Lin Feng said.

Then they talked for a little while, and when they got tired of chatting and spanking, they each had a rest.

　Thanks to book friends such as Fei Yiling, The Farmer’s Son and Farming, No Sign, and Dasha for their monthly support, and book friends such as Xianju Shanke and Yongning Xiao Ayou for their rewards.

　　
  　
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