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"Three stones!"

When he heard Zigong's offer, Zhao Wuxian almost bit his tongue, and said that the benevolent and righteous Confucian merchants were really black-hearted, and he only had this word left in his heart.

He had already said that a bucket of white wheat flour was made of no more than one and a half buckets of husked wheat. Add livestock, manpower, wear and tear of equipment, transportation, city taxes, etc., and the final cost is at most two buckets of wheat.

But now, Zigong wants to sell thirty buckets per bucket...... More than 15 times more profitable!

Zigong had an innocent expression: "Don't look at me like this, the benefits of cultivating the fields are also ten times, and the Han family's pearl and jade wins can even reach a hundred times." Making only fifteen times the profit is already the ultimate in benevolence and righteousness! ”

This person is really in business, Zhao Wuxian secretly said in his heart, how can it be so exaggerated as you say.

It would be nice to have five times as much of the farmer's profit from ploughing the land as it was exploited by the landowners, the aristocracy and the government. How can it be compared with the fact that he is working hard but has no warm clothes and food?

As for Jewel...... It is indeed a hundredfold benefit, but it is also a hundred times more difficult to obtain than the wheat that can be found everywhere, and it is easier to monopolize it, which is not something that a small lord like him can involve, let alone say it.

The reason why Zigong shouted such a seemingly extremely expensive price was because he used to do business, and he also took the road of "good waste and transfer of goods in time". That is, buy cheaply and sell expensively, and change the type of goods according to the different seasons, since this thing is only produced in Chengxiang all day, it is not too expensive to sell.

Zhao Wuxian and Zigong discussed, of course, wheat flour should be sold as a luxury item, and the original buyers were naturally looking for those nobles who were tired of eating corn and rice. At first, Wuxian was worried that the scholars would not buy it, but Zigong assured that in order to satisfy their appetites, those nobles often paid hundreds of gold to ask for delicacies from all over the world, and he had seen a lot of similar businesses in the past few years.

Not to mention the patterns of the rest of the meat, fish, and vegetables, just the staple food, there is a saying that "the beauty of rice, the grass of Xuanshan, the millet of Buzhou, the bare of Yangshan, and the black millet of the South China Sea". Since you can go to great lengths to find these, you will definitely choose wheat flour nearby.

As for whether they will increase the oppression of the people under their rule in order to exchange corn for wheat flour, that is not a question that Zigong and Zhao Wuxian need to consider for the time being.

In fact, Zhao Wuxian also hopes that the more expensive the better, because this business will not last long.

Although the stone mill is now on Zhao Wuxian's territory, the principle of this thing is not complicated.

Ordinary Chinese people who have no experience in stone making in Chengxiang can't do it even if they use it every day. But if you are an experienced stonemason, you can imitate it if you can study it for a few hours before the stone mill, or if you have a sketch.

The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, although Zhao Wuxian asked the three elders of the township to become witches to warn the people of the country, such as keel waterwheels, stone mills and other things, do not spread them. But he can't plug all the loopholes, and every time he goes to Gongyi City, he can still build a fence to prevent people from entering and exiting?

Besides, Zhao Wuxian also remembered that in order to please his sister Ji Huan, he also sent a hand-pushed mill to the palace kitchen, I don't know how many people have seen it a long time ago, although it is a long process from seeing the imitation......

Therefore, Zhao Wuxian had a showdown with Zigong, and he estimated that the stone mill would be popularized in the aristocratic territories around the capital within a year, and some shrewd businessmen would even make it within half a year.

So, it's a business that kills if it's addictive.

Zigong also put forward his own suggestion: wheat flour as food, with the preservation method and transportation speed of this era, it is not realistic to want to transport it to distant places, such as Hexi, Hewai and other places, so it can only be farmed around Xinjiang within a one-day trip.

First of all, it is necessary to test the water in Xiagongyi City and nearby towns, hold the Zhao Fu Festival, and be exempted from commercial taxes, and after selling on the road, it is not too late to enter Xinjiang Market.

Speaking of this, Zhao Wuxian showed a hint of a playful smile.

At that time, wheat flour should also sell quite well in the territory of his three elder brothers, especially Zhongxin and Shuqi.

In this way, even if they collide with luck in two places and have a bumper harvest in a row, but this year's plan, Zhao Wuxian has already won the game!

According to Zhao Wuxian's knowledge, the currency of the current Jin State is the gold or gold cake imported from Chu with the greatest purchasing power; The second is the coin silk, that is, the cloth cut to a certain size; It is again a bronze cloth coin, but only a small amount, after the decline of the power of the Jin State Office, the government has not minted new money, but the sword coin of the Qi State is widely used outside the Taihang Mountain.

But the most common hard currency is actually grain, especially corn, which has always been the medium and standard of exchange. The Qing clan issued a fortune to the officials, in fact, it was to distribute corn, and when the king's grandson and the officials were in the palace, they could have four or five hundred stone corn a year.

This is also what Zhao Wuxian needs most urgently at the moment. First, over the years, the most important thing is whether corn production has increased; Secondly, he also wants to let the two hundred soldiers in Chengxiang be fed and eat well!

In addition to corn, he also needed a large number of cattle and horses, as well as raw materials such as copper, tin, and wood.

After negotiating the relevant matters, the two of them found the three elders of the township to become witches, and made a bloody alliance in the temple. made an oath of "you are the goods, I am the proprietor, you will not betray me, I have no strong Jia", and agreed on the proportion of sharing.

Zhao Wuxian, who was responsible for providing raw materials and making goods, accounted for ninety percent, and the Zigong caravan, which was only responsible for transportation and sales, had one percent, which would be adjusted according to the situation in the future.

After the incident, the master's remarks and writings that Zigong carried in his arms did not take out and offer them to Zhao Wuxian, as if he was hesitating about something.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "I look at the gentleman's territory, and I find that the gentleman is very attentive to food, and if he meets my master, he will definitely meet and hate to be late......"

Zhao Wuxian became curious: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zigong smiled slightly: "Master is also a person who is particularly particular about the taste of food, and he claims to be never tired of eating and not getting tired of being fine; If you don't cut it properly, you don't eat; If there is no sauce, you will not eat it...... When I return to the country of Lu, I will definitely bring some delicacies to my master. ”

"I see."

Zhao Wuxian responded, looking at the idyllic evening scene of the people of Chengyi returning from work, and stood side by side with Zigong.

He muttered silently in his heart: "It seems that Confucius is also a big foodie......

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The time slowly came to the beginning of May, and a wave swept around the lower palace.

There is a city in the lower palace, which is larger than the township city of Chengyi, and smaller than the seven cities of Xinjiang. It is a trading center of more than 10 small towns in the surrounding area, and the market is open every Wednesday, Saturday and September every month.

First of all, a Wei Ren merchant who held the Zhao family's tax exemption charm came to the city, and he also held a handwritten brochure of Ji Zhiqiao.

After the city officials in the lower palace looked at it, they suddenly knew that this person had the background of the gentleman Zhao Wuxian, so they arranged a good position for him.

The crowd was also curious about what kind of goods the merchant had brought from Chengyi, which had been in the middle of nowhere, half a year earlier. As a result, when the kudzu sacks were opened, they saw that they were amazed.

The wheat flour, which was as delicate as river sand and as yellow as clouds and snow, suddenly caused a sensation.

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