Chapter 470 Cooperation and joint property purchase
"Squeezing sugar from sugar cane?" Bai Manshan was really shocked.
Sugar has always been a precious commodity, even more expensive than salt. However, salt is controlled by the court and cannot be contaminated, but sugar can.
But precisely because gold is precious, who doesn’t regard the people who make a living like pressing sugar as more important than their wealth and life? How can you say it so easily?
The Bai family has been in business for generations, and Bai Bancheng, who is undoubtedly the richest man in Southern Capital, has dealt with many sugar dealers, but he never knows what to use to squeeze sugar or how to make sugar!
The eldest sister and Jindi either went through a lot of hardships or learned about it by chance, but no matter which way, how could they tell him so easily!
Shui Qing hummed and said, "When people from Zhulin Village came to deliver toothbrush handles earlier, they said that the sugar cane harvest was larger than expected;
I thought, Brother Bai, if you are willing, we can plant it together, harvest it and make it into brown sugar and white sugar, and then form a team to sell it together. Wouldn’t the transportation cost be reduced by half? "
Different from the demand for medicinal materials, regardless of brown sugar or white sugar, the demand in the entire Daming country is huge!
She can't take advantage of such a big market, so why not cooperate with Brother Bai? It is better to make money with your own family than with outsiders.
Moreover, even if there is no war in this dynasty, going out to deliver goods is still a high-risk task. When small commercial banks have large quantities of valuable goods, they will pay high prices to hire escorts to escort them, while large commercial banks will form their own teams to travel all over the country to do business.
The number of people in Shanshui Village is limited, and transporting toothbrushes and medicinal materials has taken up all the time, leaving no room for transporting sugar. Zhulin Village currently only has more than a hundred people, and it is difficult for them to form a strong transport team on their own, but adding It's totally fine for more than 200 people to come to Baijiazhuang!
Bai Manshan couldn't help but swallow when he heard that people in Zhulin Village were also making toothbrush handles. He picked up the tea made by Fan Jin on the table and took a sip to calm down his shock.
The big girl really uses everyone to the fullest.
But I have to say that when I have work to do and money to earn, my mentality is completely different! No wonder everyone he saw when he went to Zhulin Village was in high spirits. It turned out that they were also making money quietly.
And he was really strict. He didn't say anything about sugar cane extraction, nor did he reveal anything about making toothbrush handles.
It's right not to reveal it, how can you say it so boldly like a big girl!
"Sister, do you know how important the business of crushing and making sugar is? Others treat it like a family heirloom and pass it down from generation to generation. How can you tell an outsider so easily?"
Fan Jin corrected me gently: "Brother Bai, you are not an outsider."
Bai Manshan: ....I'm so touched. Why?
Shuiqing added: "And it is not without risks. To be honest, we are not sure whether sugar cane can be grown well and sugar can be successfully produced. If it fails, your hundreds of acres of land will be equivalent to no income next year;
Brother Bai will also have to worry about the transportation and distribution of goods later, and there are a lot of things to do. "
Bai Manshan was very moved after hearing this. It had just begun, but the elder sister and Jindi were already thinking about him! Afraid that he would feel the kindness was too heavy, the two of them explained it carefully.
He said boldly: "Not to mention no income next year, even if there is no income for many years! Then I won't be polite to you. Let's work together to make sugar and strive to sell brown sugar all over the Ming Dynasty!"
Shuiqing was puzzled: "Why brown sugar?"
Does Bai Manshan have any obsession with brown sugar?
Bai Manshan was even more puzzled: "White sugar is more expensive! It must be harder to make. It will be a few years before we can successfully make brown sugar, so we don't want white sugar."
Shui Qing breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be the reason.
But she can't say yet that she knows how to make white sugar. It just requires one more step than brown sugar, but she can't say it clearly yet.
She continued: "Okay, let's try to sell brown sugar and white sugar to the whole country! White money is pouring in like a tide!"
Bai Manshan was full of pride and suddenly remembered the main purpose of his trip: "By the way, I came here mainly to purchase toothbrushes. The response from Bai's shop was particularly good, becoming an exclusive supplier, and also promoted the sale of other goods.
In addition, from the north of Jinling to Beidu, fields, shops, and houses were sold off in large numbers, and the prices dropped repeatedly. Didn't you ask me to inquire about the selling prices before?
I've asked about it, are you still planning to buy it now? "
Shui Qing's eyes shone, he sat up straighter, and asked cautiously: "Brother Bai, where are you asking about? I want to hear about Beidu!"
"I can only find out that the weather in the northern capital is worse than that in the southern capital." Bai Manshan laughed.
His merchant ship went directly to Beidu, where all the potatoes were unloaded at the dock and transported to Beidu. He saw notices in the city selling a large number of houses and fields. As for other places, he heard from the shopkeepers of the city's merchants.
Their area was in chaos for several months due to floods, but Governor Ling took action and things immediately improved;
In other places, the areas to the south of Jinling that were not affected by the disaster are generally in good condition, but the situation to the north is completely different!
People are panicked and fearful. Those who sell their belongings sell their belongings and those who flee are fleeing.
In fact, he could understand it. After all, Jinling occupies the orthodox position. If King Yan were defeated, the entire Beidu would be afraid that the eggs would be shaken to pieces and the earthworms would be chopped upright!
Under such circumstances, it is human nature for most merchants to be unfavorable and think about escaping.
Upon hearing that the drop in Shui Qing was even worse than that in Nandu, he quickly calculated the cash on hand and the income of the toothbrush shop and medicine shop in the next few months, and said to Bai Manshan: "Brother Bai, when are you going to Beidu? Can you help me?" Buy?"
Bai Manshan wanted to persuade him, but he saw Jindi's obedient expression of complete trust. What's wrong with him? His husband agreed. What can he say?
"Ship your toothbrushes back to Nandu, and you can immediately ship the fresh potatoes from Baijiazhuang and your Zhulin Village to Beidu. It is estimated that they will arrive in early December. Which ones do you want to buy?"
Shui Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't have much cash on hand for the time being. You should buy a house first. The location must be good!
Then buy as much land as you can. Let Dajiang arrange people to plant potatoes. Please tell Dajiang that we don't want the harvested potatoes. We will give them all to King Yan for free as military supplies!"
Beidu became the capital under the feet of the emperor. The price of houses with good locations will inevitably rise. No matter which dynasty, houses with good locations are the most valuable.
Not to mention the land, how can living expenses in the capital be small? You have to buy some industries nearby as additional income.
But now that he can't take care of it, why not do a favor, plant potatoes from his own home, and plant his own fields, this favor is still very sincere, right?
Bai Manshan suddenly understood!
It's so smart, why didn't he think of it.
He can also do the same as the eldest sister, buy a field and transport potatoes to plant, isn't it better than simply transporting potatoes?