Chapter 100: Plan Ahead
Cao Liang has money in hand, and many things can be done freely.
However, Cao Liang is still more cautious in building a repeater, the Grange is very tightly closed, and outsiders generally can't enter, but if you frequently transport iron ingots into the Grange, it will still arouse the suspicion of others.
After all, the amount of iron consumed to build a repeater is extremely huge, and although a grange usually needs to build some farm tools such as plows and hoes, the iron consumption is limited.
Iron is sold exclusively by the imperial court, and if the Grange buys too many iron ingots, it will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested.
Therefore, although the money is not bad now, Cao Liang still did not roll up his sleeves and work hard with great fanfare, but still used the handicraft workshop mode to control the output of repeaters and control the monthly iron consumption within a certain amount.
At the same time, Cao Liang secretly sent people to Yecheng and Qingzhou to buy iron ingots in small batches and batches to reduce the amount of purchases in the Luoyang market.
In this way, the cost of buying iron ingots will inevitably increase a lot, but Cao Liang doesn't need to think about money at all now, how to be safe.
In addition, the repeater is made, but someone must be able to operate and use the repeater, otherwise it will be piled up in the warehouse, it will be a pile of dead things, and when it is really needed, it will be found useless.
It takes at least two to three years to train a crossbowman, not to mention that this is just an ordinary crossbow, and it takes a long time to operate a repeater.
So while building repeaters, Cao Liang had already given birth to the idea of cultivating a group of repeaters.
There are a lot of tenants in the Cao family's grange, but it is obviously impractical to send hundreds of people to train repeaters, and the thousands of acres of land of the Cao family have been abandoned, and my father really can't pass that level.
It's not impossible to recruit, but given that this is a private army, the loyalty of the personnel must be guaranteed, and if the secret is leaked, it will be to the death.
Cao Liang thought about it for a while, and this matter had to be delayed.
The top priority now is to establish and improve the direct sales system of Wushisan, and you can't sit back and relax just because you have earned your first money.
The reason why the direct selling method is developing rapidly is because it can discover downlines, and everyone hopes that they are not the last, and they all hope that they can bring in more people and make more money.
But the reality is cruel, when all the people fall into excitement and blind movement, only Cao Liang is the most sober, direct selling must be developing rapidly in the early stage, but after the middle and late stages, because the market has become saturated, direct selling will inevitably face the problem of lack of stamina.
In direct selling, the bottom of the pyramid is a problem that can never be avoided, even if the middle and upper class develop rapidly, the bottom will always exist, and due to the infinite expansion of the middle and upper class, it will inevitably lead to a larger base at the bottom.
Although Wushisan's direct sales are not the kind of pyramid schemes that buy short and sell short to squeeze the flesh and blood of the downline, but after losing the advantage of making money, the enthusiasm of buyers will inevitably be reduced, after all, the price of Wushisan is an indisputable fact, some people can ignore its expensiveness, but some people will be discouraged by it.
Now what Cao Liang needs to do is to take precautions, don't look at the current sales of Wushisan is extremely hot, but it will eventually decline, but by then, Cao Liang already has enough financial resources in his hands, and it is very easy and simple to change the direct sales model to the store sales model.
What's more, Xiaoyao Wushisan has established a good reputation in Luoyang, and these celebrities have become indispensable to Xiaoyao Wushisan, and the change in sales model will not cause much reaction.
But if the sales model is changed, it will definitely touch the interests of those who have benefited from it, than how Yan, Cao Liang estimated that this moonlight is his rebate, which is enough to reach 10 million yuan.
If Cao Liang said that he had withdrawn the direct sales model now, then He Yan would definitely be red-eyed and would jump out and fight with Cao Liang.
When will this cheese be touched?
Cao Liang can't be easily sure, at least when the time is ripe, he can have a chance to start.
In short, Cao Liang hated Wushisan, and now he is making and selling Wushisan, which is to reduce the harm of inferior Wushisan to people as much as possible, although Xiaoyao Wushisan has the same toxic side effects, but the toxic side effects are obviously smaller than those inferior Wushisan.
Now with Cao Liang's ability, he can't influence people to take Wushisan or not, but he is doing his best to save some lives, so that these addicts can live longer, such as Pei Xiu, Cao Liang must ensure that he will not be poisoned to death at the age of forty-eight.
Alleviating the toxicity of Wushisan is only an expedient measure, and Cao Liang's real wish is to realize the elimination of Wushisan and eliminate this stubborn disease that has been passed down for thousands of years.
And if you want to realize this wish, Cao Liang must reach the pinnacle of power, in this era of the supremacy of monarchy, there is nothing that power can't do, such as banning Wushisan, only an edict from the emperor is needed, it can be done, even if it can't be eradicated, but at least Wushisan will no longer be placed in the market like this, enter the homes of princes and nobles, and even enter the palace.
The inaction of the imperial court in previous dynasties, and even the emperor's ministers taking the lead, will lead to the flooding of the five stones, which has been a disaster for thousands of years.
According to incomplete statistics, from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the number of people who took Wushisan was as high as millions, and at least hundreds of thousands died because of it, which was terrifying.
Fortunately, the long history of Wushisan is just the beginning, if Cao Liang strangled it in the cradle in the future, at least it could save more than 100,000 lives.
Although Cao Liang's production and sale of Wushisan may be criticized by future generations, Cao Liang did not regret it, and slandered his own descendants throughout his life, and it was enough for Cao Liang to have a clear conscience.
If you don't experience labor pains, how can you know the preciousness of life?
After dealing with these trivial matters, Cao Liang decided to go to Shouyang Mountain, after all, his financial path was given by the head of Ziyun Dao, and Cao Liang is not a person who forgets his roots, he should go and say thank you, then he must go.
To be honest, the Purple Cloud Dao Leader is really not bad, the five stone scatters he prepared are enough to kill other five stone scatters on the market in seconds, and Cao Liang's success also has at least half of the credit of the Purple Cloud Dao Chief.
It's just that I don't know, at this moment, the Purple Cloud Daoist comprehended how the Inner Dan Cultivation Method he provided him was doing, to be honest, Cao Liang only knew a superficial thing, not to mention the so-called Becoming an Immortal, it turned out that it was all false, with the degree of Ziyun Dao Chief's obsession with becoming an immortal, it was good not to go mad.