At night.

It was very windy outside.

Everyone squinted for a while, and soon the time was close to observing the final setting of the cement, and Wang Chen was woken up and struggled to get up.

"You made it shout. ”

"Bu Zhouzi, don't blame us for calling you up. ”

"Yes, Bu Zhouzi. ”

Chen Daxue and the girls were all a little trembling, even if Wang Chen's attitude was very friendly before, they were still a little afraid, it was the natural oppression of the social class. When Wang Chen first came during the day, this group of people was still called "Brother Bu", but now that they know Wang Chen's awesomeness, they all changed their official titles, from "Brother Bu" to "Bu Zhouzi", and their attitude is very good.

The ancient aristocracy could be polite to the commoners, but the commoners could not be uninteresting, otherwise the consequences would be serious.

Xue Yatou hurriedly poured a glass of warm water and handed it over, "You drink saliva first." ”

"Thanks, don't bother, I'll do it myself. Wang Chen said politely.

Chen Er smiled tightly: "By the way, Buzhouzi, the kiln master came just now, you are sleeping, we didn't dare to wake up, he said let you see how the cement is." ”

Wang Chen hummed, "Okay, let's go over and have a look, where are you kiln masters?"

"I should have been looking at the cement outside. Chen Da smiled and said, "Let's go out, he can't understand it, so I have to ask you." ”

In fact, they respect Wang Chen, not only because of Bu Zhouzi's identity, but also because of the process of cement production, craftsmen, they must admire people who have ability, just right, Wang Chen meets the requirements of "ability" in their eyes.

The crowd went out as they spoke.

I saw Cui An and several people in charge of the kiln squatting over there to see how the cement was condensing, and seeing Wang Chen being hugged out by the front and back, several people hurriedly abandoned the cement, stood up and greeted the same person, no way, they knew that Wang Chen was not only a nobleman, but also knew that it would be their owner in the future, and how could they mix it up if they didn't even bother with it?

"Bu Zhouzi, do you look at the cement situation?" Cui An smiled: "If it is feasible to burn cement today, then we can start firing on a large scale, the number will not be less, there is no problem with how many people participate, 50,000 catties and 100,000 catties a day is a piece of cake, the key is that we have to start looking for a market, once the firing is successful." ”

Do you need to talk about sales?

Wang Chen has a market, the key is to see the quality of cement.

After a while, he saw the cement block, under the light of the lantern, observed for a long time, took out the standard needle brought from the modern society and inserted it, and found that the penetration into the surface of the mold test was only 0.5 mm, and it was only six hours before the cement block was formed, indicating that it was in line with the firing quality of modern cement.

He was very satisfied, turned around and told Chen Dachen and the others that they would continue to fire according to today's firing method in the future, and then left the kiln factory and went home to sleep.

……

The next day.

Early in the morning, I didn't sleep for a few hours.

Wang Chen called several people in charge of the cement factory to the Wang family's mansion for a brief meeting.

Den.

Cui An and several other responsible persons stood there respectfully.

Wang Chen, who was sitting behind the desk, said with a smile: "The cement is basically qualified, and in the future, I will have people send it over with raw materials, and you will be responsible for firing and filling." ”

"What about pricing?" asked a middle-aged man.

"Yes, we don't know how much it will cost, Buzhouzi, the pricing is going to trouble you. Cui An also said.

Wang Chen looked at the price recorded in the notebook, according to the normal production process of cement, the production of one ton of cement will consume 1.3 tons of limestone, two hundred kilograms of coal, and some other materials, about 1.5 to 1.

It's just that he also added some raw materials that are not part of the cement formula to mix in it, such as yellow sand and stones, so he calculated according to the comparison of raw materials and clinker at 2 to 1.

If you only calculate the cost of materials, it will cost about 150 yuan to produce a ton of cement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and if you count the labor, it is expected to be no more than 180 yuan, after all, the more you produce, the lower the proportion of labor costs.

After determining the cost of one hundred and fifty wen.

Wang Chen converted the weight unit of modern society and the Northern Song Dynasty, if the Northern Song Dynasty produced two thousand catties of cement, the cost was about 216 Wen, he thought about it and said: "One thousand catties and two hundred and twenty-five Wen." ”

When Cui An heard this, he said with a sigh: "It's so cheap? ”

"yes, the price is a bit low. ”

"With such a low price, will we lose money?"

"Even if you don't lose money, it doesn't seem to be profitable. ”

Four or five people began to talk.

Looking at them, Wang Chen explained: "I have just calculated, the cost of producing 2,000 catties of cement and raw materials is about 216 Wen, and if the price is 450 Wen 2,000 catties, the kiln can earn 234 Wen per 2,000 catties, as for the profit you said is small, I think you want to fork it, let me tell you this, if you start a house, the size of my two study rooms, you will have to use 6,000 catties of cement." ”

His study is about 50 square meters in size.

"Only 6,000 catties of cement are used for such a big house?" another young person in charge said a little disappointed: "It seems that we really can't make any money." ”

Cui An was also worried: "Don't even be able to pay labor money when the time comes." ”

Listening to their words, Wang Chen was a little speechless.

6,000 catties of cement from the Northern Song Dynasty system is not enough for a 100-square-meter house? I'm afraid you don't know how huge the consumption of cement will be when it is completely applied to the house!

Not to mention the whole world.

In the three years from 2011 to 2013, China consumed an average of 6.4 billion tons of cement per year!

There is no doubt that the map plate of the Northern Song Dynasty is much smaller than that of modern China, but the key is that the cement market of the Northern Song Dynasty has never been developed, and it is an exclusive business on its side.

If cement is fully promoted, how much money can be made every year?

Not to mention that you can earn hundreds of millions of dollars!

Of course, this premise is that cement is fully promoted, otherwise it will definitely not make so much money, even so, is it difficult to earn hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars a year?

It's easy!

You must know that the highest financial income in the history of the Song Dynasty was only 160 million yuan!

If Wang Chen can completely open the cement business in the Song Dynasty, he can earn more money on cement every year than the entire Northern Song Dynasty court!

The main business is a monopoly.

However, Wang Chen knew in his heart that it would take a lot of time to make the entire Song Dynasty completely accept cement, but no matter what, he knew what the future of the cement business was, so he naturally would not be as worried as Cui An and others.

Wang Chen explained again, and he said step by step: "Do you think that only one or two houses will use such a good thing as cement?"

An old man in his fifties said: "We really don't know about this, because cement has just appeared, and no one knows how many people can accept it." ”

"Yes, Buzhouzi. ”

"Why don't we discuss the price?"

"We can't sell it so cheaply! ”

Several people persuaded bitterly.

Wang Chen wanted to roll his eyes, how can cement be sold expensive, this thing relies on small profits and quick turnover, that is, it is to make the people affordable, otherwise how much money can a large family make?

Besides, if the price is too high, will the government be willing to use it to build roads in the future? How much cement it will cost to build a road is something that anyone can imagine.

Therefore, the price of cement must not be expensive.

This is called in the Northern Song Dynasty, the profit can exceed 100 percent, but in modern society, the profit is only about 40 percent.

Wang Chen bit the price and said: "At this price, you don't have to worry about other things, I'll figure out what to sell." ”

Cui An's eyes lit up and said, "You can find a way to sell it?"

Wang Chen said in an astonishing voice: "Well, I guarantee that the monthly sales will not be less than five million catties." "It's about 3,000 tons in modern society.

Cui An was startled and said, "Five million catties? Who would want so much cement!"

Seeing everyone look at it, Wang Chen smiled dumbly, is three thousand tons a lot? After all, a 100-square-meter house will consume almost 3.5 tons of cement, like some communities, a house with two units, each unit has 18 floors, and a floor has four rooms, that is to say, a house has 144 rooms, not counting the shared area, according to the calculation of 100 square meters per house, and it takes more than 500 tons of cement to build an 18-story residential building.

To tell the truth, selling 3,000 tons of cement every month, Wang Chen really didn't pay attention to it.

Is this going to stump me? I'm going to be the king of cement...... A man who becomes the king of the world!