"Gongzi Zhang, it's good that you are here today, otherwise the old slave will have to go to Zhuo's mansion."

Zhang Yuan looked away from the ledger and looked up to find the owner of the voice, and saw that it was the slave of the county commander Wang Ji's family who came every day to bring back the dishes and talk to him.

"I wonder what you're looking for?"

The dogs in the official's family are much more expensive than ordinary people, although this person is only a slave of Wang Ji's family, Zhang Yuan still behaves very respectfully.

"Gongzi Zhang, tomorrow my official hopes to have a banquet here for some nobles, and then please don't open to pick up guests."

It's not a big requirement, Zhuojia Restaurant is always closed for one more day, and everyone will not have any opinions.

"Please also go back and tell Wang County Order, the kid will ask the people below to do what he asks."

"My official father hopes that you will also come to the banquet tomorrow, and I hope you don't shirk it."

"The boy will be here tomorrow."

The old slave's wrinkled face became more and more ugly because of the smile he revealed.

"Hehe, the old slave will leave first, and after sending the dishes back to the house, he will invite Sima Gongzi."

Zhang Yuan is speechless in his heart now, he is like this Sima. The county magistrate Wang Ji is afraid that he will regard himself as a young talent in Linqiong, so he will be his companion.

After keeping this matter in mind, Zhang Yuan picked up the cash on the counter and the two account books and planned to return to Zhuo's mansion.

"Xiaoqing, let's go."

As soon as he came here, Xiaoqing slipped into the back kitchen and didn't know what to do.

Zhang Yuan felt a little funny when he saw that the corners of her mouth were covered with fat. I am in charge of this restaurant on behalf of the Zhuo family, but I am afraid that this little girl is the happiest.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Xiaoqing hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth clean, and twisted embarrassedly without answering Zhang Yuan's question.

"Let's go, Childe, I still have some things to do with the head of the family."

After returning to Zhuo's mansion, Zhang Yuan went directly to the inner courtyard to see Zhuo Wangsun, and the matter of the restaurant and the iron pot still needed to use some of Zhuo Wangsun's influence.

"Master, this is the profit and account books of Zhuojia Restaurant in recent days, and the villain will bring it back to you to have a look."

Zhuo Wangsun looked light-hearted, picked up the account book and simply glanced at it and put it down, Zhang Yuan didn't think that in such a short time, he could understand something.

Pretending to look like this is probably to make Zhang Yuan feel that he is very good.

"Okay, you come to the old man, I guess there is more than this one thing to say."

"Master, more than 500 iron pots have been built in the workshop over the past few days, and the villain will go there in a few days.

In about seven days, a large number of finished products will be made, and the boy would like to ask you how you plan to sell these iron pots. ”

After shifting the topic from the restaurant to the iron pot, the expression on Zhuo Wangsun's face was no longer flat.

For him, even if he opened restaurants all over the territory of the Han Dynasty, he could not satisfy the real desire in his heart. The Zhuo family has been engaged in the smelting industry for generations, and if they can use metal products to make the Zhuo family go further, it can be regarded as a non-disgrace to their ancestors.

"The Zhuo family naturally has its own shops, and these iron pots will be sold in those shops."

The business method of the Han Dynasty is so simple and rude, even if Zhang Yuan has done enough, it still hasn't changed Zhuo Wangsun's concept in a short period of time.

"Master, I don't know how much you plan to sell an iron pot?"

"Ten taels of gold."

Zhang Yuan finally knew why Zhuo Wangsun didn't care about the income of the restaurant at all, but he still underestimated this ruthless person.

In fact, what Zhang Yuan didn't know was that the purchasing power of gold now was far less than that of later generations.

Because in this era, the gold of the Han Dynasty was not made into handicrafts and was not lost overseas, and the output of silver was not so high.

Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang rewarded Qu Rebellion Marquis Chen Ping with as much as 40,000 catties of gold once.

There must be a lot of gold reserves in the homes of these rich people.

But compared to the price of other iron tools that lasted half a tael of silver, Zhang Yuan still felt that Zhuo Wangsun was a little greedy, and the price had almost increased tenfold.

"Isn't it a bit expensive for the head of the family to set the price like this?"

Zhang Yuan saw Zhuo Wangsun's expression and knew that ten taels of gold was nothing to him at all.

"This is already the price that the old man took into account when you said that this iron pot can make my Zhuo family famous in history, but it is twice as high as the cost, so it is not expensive."

......

Is wrought iron so expensive? And how much gold is that steel worth?

Zhang Yuan decided that after this matter passed, he must make up for the prices of the current era, before he felt that the impact of the private minting of copper coins was too great, and the people basically bartered, so he didn't care about the prices of the Han Dynasty, and now it seems that he was wrong.

After all, the money used by the nobles and the common people is not the same thing, and even if gold and silver are minted privately, they are purchased according to their weight.

"The head of the house doesn't know how much worse the production of wrought iron in the workshop is compared to cast iron?"

Although Zhang Yuan has been in the workshop for some days, the specific output is information that these handymen cannot touch.

"To smelt one pound of wrought iron, you have to consume ten pounds of cast iron."

Zhuo Wangsun has been looking forward to Zhang Yuan being able to surprise him again, so he took the trouble to explain.

"The villain heard that there is a new smelting technology in the Central Plains, which requires continuous stirring of molten iron, and then increases the output of wrought iron and even steel, I don't know if you know this method?"

Zhuo Wangsun's face was very solemn, and then he nodded.

"The old man does know, but how can he easily tell the old man the secret of other people's families."

At present, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has not yet ascended the throne, and the salt and iron decree has not yet been promulgated, and the smelting workshops in various places are controlled by private hands, so naturally they cannot communicate with each other.

Zhang Yuan has decided to help Zhuo Wangsun get the steel frying method first, this time not to make steel, but to increase the output of wrought iron, reduce the price of wrought iron, so that the common people can also use iron pots like hoes and iron plows. Because the output of wrought iron is not high, Zhang Yuan first swallowed the plan he had already made in his heart into his stomach for the time being.

"Don't hide it from the head of the family, the villain knows how this skill is operated, if the head of the family trusts the villain, after the villain deals with the things at hand, he can experiment with this technique for the head of the family."

Zhang Yuan watched Zhuo Wangsun's expression change from solemn to surprised, from surprise to excitement, and finally from excitement to hysteria.

"Ah Yuan, if you can really help the old man, the good things between you and the little girl will not be far away."

......

Just as he was talking about business, this old guy mentioned Zhuo Wenjun again, do you want to marry your own daughter again.

"Ahem, don't get excited, the villain has to go to the restaurant tomorrow to attend a banquet in Wang County's order, and after this matter is over, he will go to the workshop to handle this matter."

Hearing Zhang Yuan talk about this matter, Zhuo Wangsun really calmed down, and it seemed that he knew something.

"Ah Yuan, after you go tomorrow, remember to be cautious.

Those people are not ordinary people. ”

ps: Kavin, the idea is clear, come back and change it, sorry.