Money, it's all money!

When Lin Ziran saw these kerosene, what he saw was not kerosene, but piles of Hengyuan gold coins!

All this kerosene is money!

Now the refining equipment has been done, even if there is only such a prototype equipment at present, but as long as the follow-up continues to purchase various accessories step by step, you can use the existing people to assemble more refining equipment, and then the large-scale dare not say, but it is still possible to build a small-scale refinery.

As for the cost of equipment for refining kerosene, the cost of surveying oil wells is also large, but these upfront investments are simply not worth mentioning compared to the huge profits of kerosene in the future.

Once it's done, it's a profitable business.

After the trial production was successful, Lin Ziran personally took the refined kerosene sample to Qingshan Commercial Bank, and asked the shopkeeper Sun Guan to sell the kerosene to see the market reaction.

Among the many products operated by Aoyama Commercial Bank, whale oil is included, and kerosene is a substitute for whale oil, so there is no need to worry about how to sell it, just sell it directly like whale oil.

As long as the follow-up pricing is somewhat cheaper than whale oil, there is no need to worry about the market.

The biggest advantage of kerosene for whale oil is its low cost and low price.

A liter of whale oil costs 50 constant cents, and kerosene dares to sell it for 45 or even 40 constant cents.

And not to mention forty constant cents, even if the price is twenty or even ten constant cents, this kerosene can make money, and the profits are still huge.

Sun Guan still had some doubts about this kerosene, but when he saw Lin Ziran lighting this kerosene, he didn't smell any obvious smell, and the light was very bright, and his whole eyes lit up.

"My lord, I don't know how much kerosene there is?" Sun Guan is a veteran shopkeeper who has been in business for decades, and when he saw the burning effect of kerosene, and considering the price of only 40 constant cents, he immediately realized that the market would be extremely large.

Lin Ziran said: "The current output will not be very large, and it is estimated that it will be about 100 liters!" ”

After Sun Guan heard this, he showed a pity look: "This thing is a good thing, but it's not a lot if it's just a hundred liters a month, in this case, there is no need to sell it at a reduced price, and it can be sold at the same price as whale oil." ”

Lin Ziran smiled slightly: "It's not a hundred liters a month, but a hundred liters a day!" ”

"A hundred liters a day? Wouldn't that be 3,000 liters a month? When Sun Guan heard this, he became interested.

If there is only 100 liters a month, even according to the price of whale oil, it is only 50 Heng Yuan, but if it is 3,000 liters a month, then it becomes 1,500 Heng Yuan.

Although this business is still not big, it is not bad for a small business house in a remote place like Aoyama Commercial Bank.

At this time, Lin Ziran continued: "And this is only the output of the early trial production, after a period of time, it is estimated that some more production can be increased, it is difficult to say how much, but it should not be a problem to increase it by four or five times compared to now." ”

If the second oil well is successfully produced, according to Lin Ziran's own estimates, even if the daily output is only about ten barrels, then the production will increase by at least four or five times.

Sun Guan was already a little excited at this time: "Can you increase the output by five times?" If this is the case, then the market in Qingshan Town and several nearby towns is a little smaller, and if we want to sell it, I am afraid we will have to expand the market in other places! ”

At this time, Sun Guan was already drawing and writing with banknotes, and at the same time said to himself: "If you increase the output by five times, it will be more than 7,000 Hengyuan in a month, and this amount will not be digestible by us near Qingshan Town anyway, but when the time comes, we can buy some of it and send it to a few nearby towns, and the rest can be pulled to Sanyang Ferry, and then transported to several ports on both sides of the Luo River for sale." ”

Seeing Sun Guan's appearance, Lin Ziran knew that it was right to find this person to be the shopkeeper of Qingshan Commercial Bank.

This Sun Guan used to be the shopkeeper of a cloth shop in the town, and was later dug up by Lin Ziran to serve as the shopkeeper of the Qingshan Commercial Bank.

Later, after a long time, he also discovered that this Sun Guan was also a wonderful person.

He loves to do business and has fun doing it.

This can be seen from the fact that he was very keen on building the sales channel of the Qingshan Commercial Bank, going back and forth to the nearby villages many times, and even running to several other nearby towns to build branches, this person enjoyed it.

How to sell kerosene, this is Sun Guan's business, Lin Ziran will not interfere much, after all, people are professional, what he is responsible for now is to mine crude oil, refine kerosene, and then provide sufficient supplies to Qingshan Commercial Bank to make huge profits.

Finally, it is used to raise the army and expand the army!

After leaving a kerosene sample and instructing Sun Guan to continue to purchase machinery and equipment from outside, especially the assembly of important parts for the construction of distillation towers, steam engines and other mechanical equipment, Lin Ziran went back.

After going back, Lin Ziran did not rest, he instructed Luo Mazi to take people to find a larger place near the city gate barracks, and prepare to use it as an oil refinery factory.

It was again that Nangong Hou led people to continue to assemble the second distillation tower.

Nangong Hou has a lot of opinions about Lin Ziran continuing to use him as a coolie, saying that he can't always be a mechanic, you must know that he also graduated from Nanhai College and once stayed in school to teach.

He studies tall things, such as perpetual motion machines or something.

How can you knock and beat every day like ordinary technical craftsmen!

Facing Nangong Hou's complaints, Lin Ziran patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Nangong, work hard, when this refinery is built and you make money, I will build a laboratory for you in the future and provide sufficient funds for you to study perpetual motion machines!" ”

When Nangong Hou heard about the laboratory, and then heard Lin Ziran promise to provide sufficient funds for him to study the perpetual motion machine, he immediately said with an expectant face: "I don't know how much money there will be at that time?" ”

Lin Ziran was stunned when he heard this, what he said just now was actually like coaxing a child, saying that he would build a laboratory and approve funds to research a perpetual motion machine, which was just talking and playing.

His brain is not bad, why should he invest money in research on some perpetual motion machine.

But seeing Nangong Hou's expectant eyes, and then thinking that there was only such a scientific research coolie under his hands, he put away his heart and said: "Don't worry, it will definitely not be less, and when the time comes, I will give you eight hundred, no, I will give you one thousand Hengyuan as research funds." ”

Nangong Hou stretched out his greasy hand and shook Lin Ziran and said: "Lord Lin, you are really a good person, when I was in Nanhai College before, I said that I wanted to apply for funds to study perpetual motion machines, but they all regarded me as a crazy person, and I never got a constant point of funding!" ”

"Lord Lin, don't worry, it's just a small oil refinery, and I, Nangong Hou, will build it with people!"

Lin Ziran pulled out his hand a little harder, and said as he turned around: "As long as the oil refinery is built, this research fund is indispensable!" ”

"Also, I'm not a good person!"

Lin Ziran left, leaving only Nangong Hou with a puzzled face: Why are you a good person?