Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, so you have to be willing to invest." The more money you spend, the less you lose, the more you have. These six taels of silver are just for food, and there are also carriage and horse fares and boat expenses, this one of my subordinates also calculated, about four taels of silver, in fact, it may be more, because we have a large number of people, so the carriage and horse shops and merchant ships can give us the most favorable price, so as to reach the level of four taels of silver. ”

Bai agreed: "This is the same as my calculation." ”

Chen Wenhui continued: "In addition to eating and traveling, these people's tools also cost a lot of money, and each person has an average of five taels of silver. Why five taels of silver? Because some people use a lot, such as soldiers and samurai, they have to be equipped with swords, guns, armor, war horses, etc., naturally there are more, about five hundred taels per person. But there are also some people who have a small cost, for example, the farmer may only ask for a hoe, a sickle, etc., and the full set is about seven or eight taels of silver. There are even fewer women, just a needle and thread, which may only cost a few pennies. In this way, on average, each person is about five taels. ”

Bai nodded.

Chen Wenhui said: "In addition to tools, there are also their clothes. This is actually the most easy to do, because the weather has not changed cold yet, and by the time the winter of Dachu comes, we will almost be able to reach Nanyang. The climate there is hot, and there is no need for the most expensive padded jackets. But even then, I'm going to have four sets of clothes for each of them. In addition, they should also have a few changes of clothes, so that they can ensure that they have the ability to resist the cold along the way, they can have neat clothes to wear, and when they are clean, they are not easy to get sick, which can also reduce the damage. This big order. I'm going to send it to our family's Cuijin Building. I can probably get a good price from my own family, right, mother. So I didn't overcount. but it was counted as two taels of silver per person. ”

Bai laughed and said, "You little monkey, one of the internal and external shopkeepers of Cuijin Building is your eldest girl. One is your milk brother, you say, can they not give you the best price? I'm afraid I don't need to say it, I'll give it automatically. ”

Chen Wenhui also smiled.

Chen Wenlin said: "What my sister said, I'm going to faint, what do you mean by calories?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Don't worry about this yet, I haven't finished talking yet." In addition to these, there is also a house to build in Nanyang. I have to open up the wasteland, build a city to defend against wild beasts and natives, build a wharf, repair roads, build bridges, etc., so I calculate, and the wages for these people alone will cost about eight taels of silver. This is because ordinary people need 500 yuan a month, but those skilled workers need more, for example, the embroidery girls I just got from the palace may cost 10 taels of silver every month. So, an average. It's normal for each person to have eight taels of silver. In this way, when these people arrived in the South Seas, the land had not yet been produced. But relying on workmanship, I can already live. In addition to the salary, I also have to pay for the construction materials, which is about 500,000 taels. This is still the result of mining stones on the spot, cutting down trees on the spot, and needing iron tools and other things to find the black family to use my mine production next year to deduct it, or more if you don't need it. In this way, it will cost each of them twenty-five taels of silver. So I will use about 50,000 people and ask for 1,250,000 taels of silver, and with that 500,000 taels, I will prepare 1,750,000 taels of silver. ”

Chen Wenlin understood now and said, "So we have to prepare so much silver?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Brother. You're wrong, you need more than I do. Wait a minute, I'll tell you. ”

Chen Wenhui continued: "After I arrived in Nanyang. It is planned to reclaim 100,000 acres of wasteland, which is the limit of what a city can protect. Beyond this distance, a new city will probably be built. Of course, these 100,000 acres do not include rivers and mountains. Rivers, mountains I don't plan to sell for the time being. But I have to sell all these 100,000 acres of land. In this way, I will be able to earn 50,000 taels of silver in the first year just by selling land. With these 50,000 taels of silver, I can maintain the normal expenses of my city. For example, road repairs, officials' salaries, military salaries, and so on. Therefore, I plan to exempt the residents of the city from various taxes for three years. In this way, after three years, these people have money in their pockets and food at home, and it is time for development to develop, and I can collect taxes again. It's just that I implemented this preferential policy, and if my brother doesn't follow me, the people in your city will definitely be dissatisfied. ”

Chen Wenlin looked at Chen Wenhui snickering and said, "Hey, I can only learn from you." That is to say, our family also has to prepare 1,750,000 taels of silver, and besides, we can't recover the capital within three years, right? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I can't recover the capital within three years, but my brother doesn't want to prepare 1.75 million taels of silver, but more." I'll do the math with you. First of all, the six taels of food are the same as mine, and then the clothes are the same as mine, but the tools are different. I got the best price for selling 50,000 slaves to the black family, you definitely don't have this, but since the black family thinks that our family is the master, they will definitely give a more favorable price, so they will probably charge you about six taels of silver per person. If the elder brother calculates that it exceeds this number, he will bargain fiercely. That Tang Guanghui is very shrewd. Brother, don't be fooled by him. ”

Chen Wenlin nodded vigorously.

Chen Wenhui continued: "In addition to this, as for the cost of traveling, as well as wages and so on, they should be similar to mine, so that you can have 50,000 taels of silver more than me." And the cost of materials for building the city, you can probably be about the same as me, because you can also use local materials and advance next year's mine income to the black family. However, you have one more big expense than mine, and that is that you need to pay me 50,000 people for the purchase of people. ”

Chen Wenlin patted his head and said, "How did I forget this." Okay, let's talk, sister, how much are you going to ask? By the way, how much money did you ask for from the black family? If I am given the price of the black house, what additional conditions are required? ”

Chen Wenhui giggled and said, "Second brother, you are really on the road." I gave the Hei family a price of ten taels of silver per person, so the Hei family had to pay me 500,000 taels of silver. I'll give you this price, and you can just pay me 500,000 taels of silver. However, I have two conditions. ”

Chen Wenlin was immediately reluctant and said: "Why is there one condition for the black family, but I have two conditions?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Where did I say that the black family is a condition? The black family is two conditions, in addition to giving me the first production tools and giving me the most favorable price for the tools, but also give me some apprentices of the black family, the masters will design the house for me, design the city, build the workshop, and send the people of the alchemy hall to give me the city use. Of course, I pay for everything. ”

Chen Wenlin immediately nodded and said, "Wait a minute, when I go to negotiate with the black family, I will also bring up this article." ”

Bai said: "Hui'er, where did you learn these words, how can you say that your brother is on the Tao? ”

Chen Wenhui stuck out her tongue and said disapprerovitically: "Brother, the two additional conditions I give you are that one is to let the eldest brother give me only as much food as possible, and overseas food is cheaper after all." In this way, I can ensure that these people will not only have something to eat when they go to Nanyang, but also have seeds. The second is to give me half of the 10,000 craftsmen you found, and of course, I will pay the wages of these 5,000 craftsmen. ”

Chen Wenlin was immediately reluctant and said: "Although these craftsmen I am looking for are not highly skilled, just plasterers, civil engineers, stonemasons and the like, but they also spent money to find them, you said you want to go?" ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Because you spent money, did I say it was a discount?" Is it an additional condition? Be decisive, give it to me. ”

Chen Wenlin said helplessly: "Okay, I will never be your opponent. ”

Bai looked at it with a smile and did not intercede for his son.

Chen Wenhui said: "In this way, I will keep 50,000 of my 200,000 people. Sell it to the black family for 50,000 taels and get 500,000 taels of silver, and sell it to you for 50,000 taels of silver for 500,000 taels of silver. I was going to sell it to fifty thousand of those families, but they didn't have what I needed, so I couldn't give them such a cheap price, twelve taels of silver, so that I could get six hundred thousand taels of silver. In this way, my 1,750,000 taels of silver will be able to raise almost all of them in a long time. With such a gap of 150,000 taels of silver, I can still take it out lightly. No, didn't I get a bonus of 60,000 taels of silver when I went to the black house today? When I arrive in Xinguang City, my brother can still give me dividends, and I can probably get more than 200,000 taels. Because I've used some of them before. In this way, not only will I not have the pressure of money, but I will also have some surplus as liquidity. Of course, I still have the bank's income, which is to be withdrawn when passing through Shanghai City, and I can probably have * 10,000 taels of silver. That's because I extracted it before. There is also the dividend of my sister-in-law's treasure mirror workshop, I also withdrew some of it before and spent it, but after arriving in Nanyang, a few months have passed, and I can probably get about 100,000 taels of dividends. In this way, my rich funds can be more than 300,000 taels of silver. Brother, how much liquidity do you have in store? ”

Chen Wenlin scratched his head and said, "This, I'm going to ask my mother." ”

Bai sighed and said, "All your eldest brother's property and other things are taken care of by your sister-in-law, and your sister's family calculates it well, so you need me to calculate it for you." ”

Chen Wenlin smiled embarrassedly. Chen Wenhui said: "Mother, if you hurry up and find a virtuous and capable sister-in-law for my second brother, won't my mother be able to shake her hands?" ”

Bai Shi smiled and said, "This is true. Looks like I'm going to hurry up and show your brother the girl's house. ”

Chen Wenlin was even more embarrassed. (To be continued)