Chapter Twenty-Six: Let's Go to Tokyo
Wang Xiao bought a courtyard with his reward for fighting tigers, which was not too big, but it was enough as a workshop.
Then a group of people were hired to help. If it is sold in Yanggu County alone, Wu Dalang is fortunate that Wang Xiao is helping the handle, and he will be able to hold it up. But if you want to expand your business, a helper is indispensable.
In the Song Dynasty, the hired workers were not cheap, and the starting price was basically about 100 wen a day.
Wrapping up is for sure, wrapping up depends on the situation. And you have to give benefits during the New Year's holidays, and you have to add money after working for a long time.
Of course, there are benefits.
The Song Dynasty still attached more importance to the craftsmen, and after hiring workers, they registered in the yamen, and once there was a matter of stealing the master's craftsmanship, they could go directly to the yamen to file a complaint.
But it also depends on the connections and the small money in hand. It's nothing more than a rational word.
There are not many employees, only eight or nine people. Mainly do some boiling pots and water, picking firewood and miscellaneous work. Wang Xiao, the core technology of making baking soda, will not teach them.
"Big brother, this matter must be firmly remembered." Wang Xiao taught Wu Dalang the technique of making baking soda, and specially told "No one can hand it over, even if my sister-in-law wants to." ”
Wu Dalang nodded again and again, "Erlang, don't worry, I know it in my heart." This is your craft, how can I spread it. ”
Wang Xiao picked up the raw materials bought from the pharmacy and began to make them, "When you go to the pharmacy to buy materials, you have to buy more varieties of each variety, so that people who are interested will not be able to trace back to the source." Those things are braised in a pot and then poured out, and they must not be added indiscriminately. ”
"Erlang, don't worry, I know."
Although Wu Dalang is ugly and short, he and Wang Xiao seem to be completely different species.
But this person is a typical good Chinese man, the Gu family is good to his wife, and he is also a very good person, and his tone is naturally very tight.
He demonstrated it in front of Wu Dalang hand in hand, and then let him operate it himself.
"You don't have to make too much at a time, it's enough for three or five days. It's not difficult, it's just the simplest chemistry. ”
It was indeed a simple matter for Wang Xiao, after all, he had consulted the materials before taking chemistry class. But Wu Dalang doesn't recognize a few big characters, and chemistry or anything is unheard of. If you want to learn well, you can only write it down by yourself.
Before dawn the next morning, Ximenqing personally brought someone to pick up the goods.
The reason why he chose Ximenqing, in addition to Wang Xiao's preparation to pit him to build a good relationship first, is very important is that this guy really has a little face in nearby states and counties. There is also a group of helpers under his hands who can do the work.
Don't look at just selling steamed buns, but if you are really stunned to carry a basket of steamed buns to other counties to sell, it is estimated that you will not even be able to enter the city gate.
Ximenqing's advantages as a land snake can be reflected here. With his way, you can sell these steamed buns outside. Although he wants to give Ximenqing money, as long as he has figured out these connections and connections for a long time, it is just a simple matter to take over.
"Brother Wuda, I have admired the name for a long time." Ximen Qing looked down on Wu Dalang, an ugly and short poor bottom, but who let the family have a good brother. When we met, I still had to laugh and salute.
Wu Dalang is a typical low-level person, and the most common thing is the owner of a tea shop. Today, seeing the intersection of a big official like Ximenqing and his face, he didn't know where to put his nervous hands, so he could only nod his head again and again.
Ximen Qing looked disdainful when he saw this, until Wang Xiao came over.
Wang Xiao stepped forward and arched his hand, "The big official actually came in person, and he was shining." ”
looked at Wang Xiao, who was neither humble nor arrogant. Ximenqing was very puzzled, these two people are really brothers? Just kidding, the tiger and the earth dog actually became brothers.
The reason why Ximenqing came was because he had a very keen sense of business.
After eating the snow-white and sweet steamed buns, compare them with the hard, yellowed and sour steamed buns on the market. Ximenqing, who was constantly doing business here, concluded that this thing must be a big hit.
If it weren't for Wang Xiao's momentum, which brought him great pressure, and although the identity of the head of the capital was not in the stream, he would always be an official. He, Ximenqing, couldn't help but want to rob the formula for a long time.
"If there is no Wu Er, you can fiddle with these three inches of Ding Lao Tzu as much as he wants." Ximenqing thought in his heart that it was a pity to have to share half of such a good business, and then he saw Pan Jinlian.
There is a word called heavenly thunder to stir the earth and fire, and there is also a word called looking at the right eye.
Pan Jinlian and Ximenqing may be born to see each other, and the two of them looked at each other so much and directly sparked sparks with their eyes.
Although Ximenqing is lustful, he is not a fool. What kind of person can move his mind, what kind of person can only be seen from afar, he actually knows it very well in his heart.
If Pan Jinlian was Wang Xiao's woman, he would never dare to have any thoughts. Because he could clearly feel that Wang Xiao seemed to be able to suppress himself in any way. It is impossible for Pan Jinlian to abandon Wang Xiao and fall in love with him.
But if it was Wu Dalang's three-inch ding, the flame in his heart began to burn.
"cough~cough~"
Wang Xiao clenched his fists to cover his mouth and walked between the two without squinting.
It's not that Wang Xiao doesn't know how to guard against Ximenqing, but he deliberately gave the two a chance to meet.
It is not difficult to kill the greedy and lustful Ximenqing, but there is no Ximenqing and Ximen blowing snow.
For Pan Jinlian, who naturally likes handsome and golden men and wants to live a luxurious life, she will not hang herself from a tree in Ximenqing, and there will still be danger in the future.
So Wang Xiao decided to secretly give the two a chance to get in touch to stimulate the ambiguous relationship between them, and wait until Ximenqing was killed before using Ximenqing's death to deter Pan Jinlian. Let her know what the end of being a red apricot will be!
Pan Jinlian is just an ordinary woman, if she really uses life and death as a deterrent, she doesn't dare to dream of it.
To deal with Pan Jinlian, it can only be done by combining soft and hard with coercion and temptation.
In fact, according to Wang Xiao's heart, if Pan Jinlian really doesn't want to give money to let her go, she will be out of sight and out of mind. But who let Wu Dalang not let go of her.
Wang Xiao has always been very generous to the wishers, because they can bring him physical enhancement that is the envy of countless people, and if he performs well, he can also have what he has learned all his life. In addition, Wang Xiao has always wanted a world anchor, so he has always tried his best to meet the requirements of his employer.
Ximen Qing came back to his senses, Wang Xiao was still there.
Pan Jinlian came back to her senses, Wang Xiao was still there.
The two of them didn't care about Wu Dalang on the side, because the sense of oppression brought by Wang Xiao was too strong.
After all, he is a person who has been an emperor before, and his words and deeds have an inexplicable momentum, which makes people involuntarily pay attention.
"There are 2,000 white-flour steamed buns today." Wang Xiao pointed to the basket of steamed buns that were made before dawn, "It's troublesome to the Ximen officials." ”
"Little things." Ximenqing laughed, beckoned his helpers and hired workers to step forward, and hurriedly went out to sell them in nearby neighboring counties and towns with baskets of steamed buns on his back.
"The price varies depending on the filling, but on average, the price of each steamed bun is about four cents. If you sell them all, you'll be able to recycle them all. After deducting the cost, a family can divide more than two times and less than three times. ”
Don't think it's too little, it's a lot of money.
"Before Xi and Feng, there were only six or seven hundred rice stones." This is the price recorded in the history books.
One stone of rice is only six or seven hundred yuan, and more than two yuan is already four or five stone of grain.
Converted into the familiar silver taels, because the Song Dynasty lacked silver, the price of silver was very expensive, about one tael could be exchanged for two thousand wen. That is, more than one or two a day. And the monthly salary of the county order is only fifteen taels. This is already the period of the highest income in all dynasties.
The income from this business is higher than that of the county order, and of course Ximenqing is smiling. Looking at the basket of white-flour steamed buns, it was like looking at a mountain of copper coins.
"How good it would be if this business was all made by yourself." Ximenqing pretended to be casual and glanced at Pan Jinlian not far away, "And this beauty." ”
If there is no Wang Xiao, Ximen Qing can now find a way to get rid of Wu Dalang and get the secret recipe of white-flour steamed buns and the beauty of Pan Jinlian.
But with Wang Xiao here, this thought was extinguished by himself when it floated.
It's not that Ximenqing is not ambitious, but Wang Xiao's inadvertent momentum, as well as the eyes that he looks at casually, make Ximenqing, who thinks he is a character, feel pressure.
This is not because Wang Xiao has a special function, but because of the strong psychological confidence that naturally exudes after killing the king of beasts with his bare hands.
If you fight the tiger alone and win, you have to drag it to 2580,000. Of course, tigresses don't count.
It was this kind of aura suppression that made Ximenqing dare not act rashly, and even peeked at Pan Jinlian cautiously. This is simply incredible for Ximenqing, who is known as the tiger in the color.
Wang Xiao watched all this playfully.
During this time, he was not fake to the dedicated Pan Jinlian, and Pan Jinlian, who was disappointed, really saw the right eye when she met Ximenqing. The two of them quietly flirted with each other, maybe Wu Dalang couldn't notice anything, but it definitely didn't work here in Wang Xiao.
"Big brother, take your sister-in-law back." When the people who carried the steamed buns left, Wang Xiao first separated Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian. After that, he smiled and stopped Ximenqing's shoulder, "Let's go have a drink." ”
Feeling the explosive power in Wang Xiao's palm, Ximen Qing nodded with a dry smile, even though the sky had just opened at this time, the restaurant didn't open at all.
It doesn't matter if the restaurant hasn't opened yet, you can go to Ximenqing's house to drink.
It was still the beautiful plum bottle that led the maids to serve food and wine.
"Two thousand steamed buns, almost to the top."
Wang Xiao ate a side dish, "That is, the mountain. The eastern boundary is densely populated, and the distance between the neighboring states and counties is not far. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say two thousand. ”
Ximen Qing poured wine with a smile, "It's a lot, and you can make a few dollars a day." Dutou is full of confidence, thinking that these two thousand can be sold? ”
Wang Xiao has never done market research, so of course he doesn't know. However, in front of Ximenqing, he said with an indifferent "um", and picked up the wine glass, "It's as easy as a palm." ”
His confidence comes from Wu Dalang's popularity when he was selling in Yanggu County. Even if it's just for the sake of getting a taste of it, to the mountain. The population of the Eastern Realm is still fine.
After a few drinks, the wine came up. Wang Xiao half-squinted his eyes and said casually, "No matter how big it is in Yanggu County, how about it, one or two taels of broken silver is too much?" ”
Ximenqing smiled bitterly, "Brother, there are really not many businesses that can earn one or two taels of silver a day these days." ”
Wang Xiao leaned closer and dug a pit silently, "There is a place in this world where you can earn one or two hundred times a day." ”
Ximenqing glared, "Where?" ”
"Tokyo, Bianliang City."