Guan Ping was not a professional engineering dog in his previous life, nor was he a high-ranking authority.

Guan Ping's time travel to this era was just an accident, a terrible accident. So Guan Ping didn't have any preparation before this, he didn't know what he was going to do.

He just hugged Liu Bei's thick thighs and wanted to be a second ancestor. Since Beibei died, his father Guan Yu succeeded to the throne, and he also drove ducks to the shelves and became a little prince.

In order to avoid the heads of the father and son, they inserted the bid and sold the head to Xu Du, and was tied to the city gate to deter everyone.

Guan Ping had to work hard to develop himself.

After the plot of Ma Tan, a little clever ghost, Guan Ping seized the only opportunity in front of him to expand his territorial strength and invaded Fangling County, three counties and nine counties, with a population of more than 100,000.

And because of Ma Liang's courage and proper operation, he won 70,000 or 80,000 mountain people. At present, the population of Fangling County is approaching the 300,000 mark.

As long as Fangling's autumn harvest can be fruitful this year, it can attract some mountain people who are watching to go down the mountain, and even the government can go up the mountain to recruit.

It was only a matter of time before the population exceeded 300,000.

In such a thriving, methodical situation. Guan Ping freed up his hands to engage in a side business and set up a factory to generate income, which also enriched the people.

Engaging in pinyin, hoping to get out the printing technology, reform the papermaking technology, get out the thread-bound books, and build the cultural undertaking of Fangling, is not only to eliminate illiteracy, but also to integrate Bayi, and also to pave the way for future rule.

Guan Ping did not systematically consider his own development, which was a shortcoming. It's like a crappy carpenter, east and west.

But this is also normal, Guan Ping was just an ordinary person in his previous life.

Guan Ping was cautious, and he never had arrogance, just like choosing the next target, Liu Biao and Zhang Lu, Guan Ping chose Zhang Lu, a soft persimmon pinch.

And the Guan family and the Liu family are not in harmony, and the matter of the Guan Liu family is one of them. Liu Biao married a domineering niece and granddaughter, disgusting him.

Liu Yan, the second and fifth boy, took five gangs south to defect to Liu Biao, and even planned to take Gan Ning away.

And Guan Ping himself reciprocated the favor by going south and attacking the three counties.

The two sides have bitter hatred for each other.

But Guan Ping let go of this little hatred and chose to deal with Zhang Lu first, which is a sign of prudence and stability.

As long as you are steady enough, as long as you are cautious enough, actively listen to the opinions of your subordinates, and then engage in inventions and side jobs in your free time, it is not difficult to go on.

I should be the Duke of Qi Huan.

A middle father.

The second is the middle father.

Three middle fathers.

So much for.

So after letting Ma Sheng improve papermaking, let Li Zhong buy silk and hemp, and let Ma Jian steal the intelligence of Hanzhong, Guan Ping had nothing to do again, mingling with his concubines all day long, playing with Deng Ai, and of course he didn't forget to practice martial arts diligently.

Taishou is really idle in this job.

However, although Guan Ping is idle, his every move will also affect the surroundings, which is the pattern of the entire world.

Basic necessities of life.

Clothes come first.

The cloth and silk cloth of the Han Dynasty were the hardest currency, harder than copper coins. Copper coins also depend on the copper content and fineness.

The good money sells well, and the bad money goes unnoticed.

For example, the coins currently circulating in Jingzhou were minted by Liu Biao's order, which is good money. Therefore, in the Jingzhou area, the money of Jingzhou must be used, and the traders do not collect copper coins from other places.

Under such circumstances, taking the silk cloth south to settle in Jingzhou is unimpeded, and it is much more effective than the copper coins in the north.

The Shu brocade produced by Bashu is the best in the world, and it has enriched the skilled Bashu family.

The cloth business is the first business in the world.

Guan Ping found five local merchants in Fangling, and promised a profit of 30%, and the merchants did not need to go out of the venue, did not need to think about how to recruit employees, so they only bought cooked silk thread and sold cloth enough.

Because Guan Ping was short of money, the money for the purchase of cooked silk thread this time required five merchants to come out together.

Five merchants smashed pots and sold iron, plus borrowed debts, a total of 3,000 gold, led by Li Zhong, and sailed east to Xiangyang County.

Cooked silk thread is raw silk that has been threaded, processed by a special workshop. Silk cloth is actually silk.

The price of cooked silk thread is generally relatively stable, and one pound of cooked silk thread costs four hundred and fifty yuan. 3,000 gold is equivalent to 90 million yuan, and you can buy 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread.

A piece of cloth weighs 20 catties, and 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread can produce 10,000 pieces of cloth

However, the weaving factory planned by Guan Ping and Li Zhong could produce 50,000 pieces of cloth a month according to the efficiency of the new loom and the production capacity of 5,000 female workers.

The money needed to produce 50,000 pieces of cloth a month and to buy cooked silk thread would be 15,000 gold. At present, the government and businessmen do not have so much money, so they can only spend 3,000 gold to buy cooked silk thread, and then sell it after it is made into cloth, so as to maintain a balance between purchase and shipment.

Li Zhong and these merchants had already calculated that if they could buy cooked silk thread at a low price, they could sell silk cloth at a low price, and pay the female workers a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, and then remove other expenses, and the net profit in a month might be as high as 1,000 gold.

That's 12,000 gold a year.

The five merchants got 30% of the dry shares, and they had another 3,600 gold, but it was unbelievable. After all, they are only businessmen in Fangling County, and each person's family property is only a few hundred gold.

All in all, this business is going to be a big business.

In the longing for this business, Li Zhong came to Xiangyang by boat. When the ship docked, Li Zhong disembarked and took a few entourages to Xiangyang by car.

If a person who doesn't know anything comes to Xiangyang to do business, he needs to find a dental merchant as a middleman first, which is a lot of money. Li Zhong is familiar with the way and found a Chen Mansion.

Li Zhong himself sat in the carriage and ordered his entourage to knock on the door. Because it was a regular customer, I was immediately invited in and went straight to the lobby.

After entering the lobby, Li Zhong saw Chen Chuan sitting in the lobby.

Chen Chuan is in his forties, his appearance is ordinary, but his clothes are not bad, his temperament is good, he is a philistine businessman like Li Zhong, there is nothing to say.

And this Chen Chuan is one of the largest silk and linen merchants in Jingzhou, and he heard that he has a close relationship with Liu Biao, so he can do this good business.

Li Zhong had bought cooked silk thread from Chen Chuan before, and the two sides were very familiar, so after sitting down and greeting for a while, Li Zhong said bluntly: "Mr. Chen, I plan to buy cooked silk thread."

The so-called silk and hemp merchants are engaged in silk and hemp business at the same time.

Compared to cooked silk thread, twine is a small business.

The cost of hemp is low, but the sackcloth is not cheap, mainly because of the high labor cost.

Women weaving cloth to make linen cloth and silk cloth make about the same amount of money, but of course silk cloth must be more profitable.

Therefore, for silk and hemp merchants like Chen Chuan, cooked silk thread is the main commodity, and twine is only incidental. Therefore, Chen Chuan smiled at Li Zhong and said: "Mr. Li is here, I just got a batch of cooked silk thread here, and you need a few thousand catties here?" ”

Four hundred and fifty dollars for a pound of cooked silk thread

A thousand catties will cost 450,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 15 gold.

In the past, Li Zhong came to buy cooked silk thread, which is this level. It's just a few thousand catties every time, after all, although he has hundreds of gold in his family property, it is impossible to put his business in one basket.

"How much is a pound." Li Zhong asked.

"Do you need to ask? Four hundred and fifty dollars for a pound of silk linen. It's been years since you bought cooked silk thread from me, and the price hasn't changed. Chen Chuan said a little strangely.

"If you buy a lot, can it be cheaper?" Li Zhong asked again.

Chen Chuan smiled, glanced Li Zhong up and down, and then said, "What, does Mr. Li plan to invest all his family property in the cloth business?" You must know that this business is not easy to do, if the cooked silk thread, or the cloth produced is not well stored, you will lose all your money. ”

That's true.

An intermediate cloth merchant like Li Zhong is very profitable, and a piece of cloth can earn about 800 yuan. But the risk is also high, if the cooked silk thread and silk cloth are not stored well, there will be no return.

So it's fast in and fast out.

After purchasing the raw materials and transporting them back to Fangling, they immediately sold the raw materials to the housewives below to weave the cloth. After the cloth is released, it immediately comes to Xiangyang to sell.

All in all, there are risks involved in doing this business.

Especially for a small businessman like Li Zhong. But at this time, Li Zhong is very confident, and they will naturally do a good job in the preservation of familiar silk threads and cloth.

If there is a case, I am not afraid, after all, there is Fangling County Taishou Guan Ping behind him.

This cloth production business is so big, it's impossible not to do it.

The key question now is whether you can buy cooked silk thread at a low price.

"I'm going to buy 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread." Li Zhong straightened his sitting posture and showed a reserved smile.

This is something to be proud of.

There are many giant businessmen in this world, and there are even more super-rich. Those great scholars, big nobles, have a mountain of wealth at home. But despite this, there are not many people who spend 3,000 gold to buy 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread at a time.

Or rather, it was like no other before.

Because this was the case in the cloth business of this era, merchants were responsible for buying cooked silk threads, and women like Zhang Yu weaved cloth and sold it back to merchants, who then took it out and sold it.

This significantly limits production capacity.

For example, a woman like Zhang Yu, who bumbles and spends her leisure time weaving, can produce a piece of cloth in a month, consuming twenty catties of cooked silk thread.

That is to say, you have to find 10,000 pieces of rain to consume 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread in a month.

And there is a cost to make silk cloth, and a piece of cloth needs 9,000 yuan to buy cooked silk thread to weave back. Ordinary peasant women in the countryside are looking forward to the ocean, and peasant women generally make linen.

The woman who makes silk cloth must be from a well-off family, a woman who is free, and the representative figures are Zhang Yu and Liu.

Such people are rare, and the smaller the city, the fewer such women. Besides, if you calculate that if you do this business in Xudu, you can easily consume 200,000 catties of cooked silk thread.

But many of the people who do this business only have one family? There must be a lot of competition from each family, and each of them has divided its customers.

All in all, the business of taking out 3,000 gold at one time to buy cooked silk thread is unique.

Chen Chuan has been in the silk and hemp business for half his life, and it is the first time he has heard of such a thing.

Super huge business.