Chapter 17 Strength Improvement
Wang Zhengqi took a walk outside the city in a new-style carriage, and at first he didn't think it would feel any different, but soon he found out that this new-style carriage was not a little stronger than the old-fashioned one. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The first is fast speed, speed means the same time, you can run two more trips, and you can make a lot of money a year.
Second, the carriage is four-wheeled, and the force on the wheels of a four-wheeled carriage is naturally smaller than that of a two-wheeled carriage. A car of the same size can pull more cargo, which is a lot more profitable.
As for the third one, it's that the car is lightweight. This means that there is less wear and tear on the horse, and the life of the horse is longer, which is virtually more profitable.
This kind of carriage can make nearly twice as much money a year as an old-fashioned carriage. Businessmen are profit-seeking, and of course they are willing to do things that make more money. Of course, he also knew that the price of such a carriage was not comparable to that of ordinary carriages, and it was not clear that this trade was more profitable than the sale of clocks and watches.
Back in the capital, Wang Zhengqi met with Shopkeeper Liu to ask about the price.
"Six hundred taels?!" Wang Zhengqi was overjoyed and surprised to learn this price, happy that the price was not very high, and surprised that the price was not very high.
Originally, he thought that such a carriage would cost a thousand taels, but he didn't expect it to be only six hundred taels. Not to mention those merchants who transport goods outside the customs, even if it is an ordinary merchant walking in the customs six hundred is not a big deal, and the money will come out after two more trips.
"Don't be too early to rejoice, for this carriage, like a clock, will not be made in a moment. After all, this is all new, and there are too few skilled craftsmen. "Shopkeeper Liu has never done such a good business, but the output of this thing is indeed a big problem.
"I didn't think about it." Wang Zhengqi felt that he had miscalculated, this carriage was good, but if it only produced dozens of cars a year, or even a few hundred taels, it would be a bit chicken.
Although the profit of a single carriage may be high, the amount is a problem. For businessmen, the best business is, of course, a business with a lot of people and high profits. This is the most profitable, followed by the need for many people, the profit is average, and the volume is large. If the quantity is large, the profit is thinner, and it is acceptable, but the profit is large, and the quantity is small, it is not a good business.
"Shopkeeper Wang doesn't need to be discouraged, just now the two owners are still discussing to recruit more craftsmen, and the output will be increased." Shopkeeper Liu is also a good person, and when he saw that Wang Zhengqi was overdue, he added at the moment.
"Don't worry, shopkeeper Liu, no matter how much output this year, I will do this business." Wang Zhengqi has always been worried that there are no connections in the capital, not to mention that this business makes money, even if he doesn't make money, it is worth it for him to know two nobles.
One of the two people has a heart and an intention, and they are both businessmen, so naturally the more they talk, the more speculative they become. Wang Zhengqi took the opportunity to propose to go out to eat together, and the shopkeeper Liu also gave face, and the two were on par at the wine table.
Back at the inn, Wang Zhengqi couldn't sleep excitedly, this time the capital came to the right place, not to mention how much money he made, but it was enough to make the lord envious of the main family. Zhang Quan is the real power eunuch in the palace, not to mention that there is Wang Tiqian standing behind.
The main family spent a lot of money in the capital, but they just found the way to a small eunuch, and they almost didn't have much effort to get on the line with a big eunuch like Wang Tiqian. As for Master Wang, it is a great harvest, Liu Yuda is also the shopkeeper of Liu, the real owner of this Wanbao Pavilion is this cattle man who is called a master by the emperor. Today's store opened, and even the emperor came to congratulate him, so you can imagine the position of this master Wang in the emperor's heart.
It is said that there are people in the court who are good officials, and the same is true for doing business, if they are embarrassed in the local area, these eunuchs say that basically not a big problem can be settled. Why can those big merchants in Shanxi be able to ship goods outside the customs, not because they have caught up with the people in the palace. With the relationship between Wang Tiqian and others, it is not difficult for them to ship goods outside the customs.
Not to mention the shareholders of Wanbao Pavilion and the border army and the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, it was not too late for him to go to Wanbao Pavilion today, and he naturally saw the congratulatory gifts sent by the Xuanda Mansion and the Five Military Governor's Mansions. These congratulatory gifts are not given for free, at least to show an attitude, this Wanbao Pavilion has something to do with them. Of course, Wang Zhengqi listened to Liu Yuda's own admit, this can't be faked, and he doesn't have the heart to sleep when he thinks of this. At that moment, I wrote a letter of resignation and sent it to Shanxi to the master's family. Although Wang Zhengqi is only a side branch, he has a very strong clan concept in his heart, and of course this kind of thing must be known to the main family.
Wang Zhengqi couldn't sleep here, and Wang Tao, who was not far from him, didn't sleep. Of course, he was excited, but not because business was good today. For him, it doesn't mean much to have more money and less money, and he is happy because his strength has improved.
It had only been about a month since Da Ming, and he had actually been upgraded from a junior magic apprentice to an intermediate magic apprentice. In the Dragon Continent, magic apprentices are only remarkable in the eyes of ordinary people. However, they are not recognized by the Mage Tower, and in their opinion, magic apprentices are not magicians at all, but just ordinary people with a better affinity for magic elements. After all, many people are only apprentices of magic all their lives, and there is no one in a hundred miles to become a junior mage.
Wang Tao's qualifications are not high, and he is still a magic apprentice after cultivating in the Dragon Teng Continent for more than ten years. The place where he came into contact with the highest concentration of magic elements in the Dragon Continent was only the cultivation place of his mentor, an intermediate mage, and it was still formed using a special formation. Wang Tao has only been practicing there for a month, and he is still envied by many fellow disciples and brothers.
Now the concentration of Da Ming's magic elements is more than ten times higher than there, and practicing here for one month is equivalent to practicing for two years in the master's place, and it is equivalent to practicing in an ordinary place for more than ten years. You know, there is also a fee for the mentor to accept the apprentice. The average junior magic apprentice will not continue to practice magic if he has not made great progress in three years, after all, the cost is high, and it is better for them to do something else if the time is too long.
For example, Wang Tao went to learn puppet making after three years of practice, and it can be regarded as a small achievement in a few years. Unexpectedly, after practicing in the Dragon Teng Continent for more than ten years, the magic cultivation that made slow progress made progress in just one month in Daming.
To become an intermediate magic apprentice, the increase in magic power is one thing, but more importantly, he is more comfortable with the control of magic elements. For example, his previous fireball technique was only about ten meters and the accuracy was guaranteed, and he could only rely on faith beyond ten meters. However, when you become an intermediate magic apprentice, this distance can be doubled to thirty meters.
Not only that, but what made him happiest was the use of the Wind Blade. A junior magic apprentice, using the Wind Blade as a hidden weapon. However, an intermediate magic apprentice can control the wind blade to cut, just like a wind knife. The sharpness of this knife is not comparable to that of ordinary knives, and many puppet makers may not have a high level of magic cultivation, but they can definitely do magic, because the production of many puppets requires the assistance of magic.
For example, Wang Tao's mentor can use magic to make steel less hard, and then use the wind blade to process it. Wang Tao used to envy the teacher's ability, but now he can also sit down, of course, this is only for ordinary metal. Wang Tao's mentor is a junior mage who can work with Mithril, fine iron, and even magic crystals. Daming does not necessarily have this kind of metal, for Wang Tao, it is enough to be able to process ordinary steel!
Now Wang Tao is like a machine tool that can perform general precision machining, and many things that could not be done can now be considered.