Chapter 204: The Most Profitable Industry

"Chen joined the army, if you want to say that the most profitable industry is the industry that is most related to the lives of the people. Because the common people are the most numerous, although it seems that there is not much money on each of them, but once the wealth is concentrated, it is amazing. Even if you get a little bit from each person, it is a very huge amount, so if you want to make money, the best way is to find a way through the places that are most relevant to the lives of the people. Ma Zhou said.

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "What is most relevant to the people, that is, food, clothing, housing and transportation?" So are these four aspects the most profitable? ”

But Ma Zhou immediately added: "Chen joins the army, what you said is not right. Regarding food, clothing, housing and transportation, this cannot be said to be the most profitable. Everybody has to wear clothes, so that's normal. However, ordinary people help weave cloth and make clothes with their wives, so they don't need to buy too many clothes from outside. People who need to buy clothes, that is, dignitaries, because they are not satisfied with ordinary clothes, naturally want exquisite clothes. As for food, the people in the world are all farming, and they are all in the ranks of food, and at most it is an inn restaurant, but the inn restaurant does not have a high profit. As for accommodation, this one is even more out of tune. You only need to build a thatched house yourself, at most it is a few brick houses, but these brick houses are used by wealthy people. As for the line, many people have never left the county they belong to in their lives, so they don't need to go out, so they can't □ it. On the whole, food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be used to make money. ”

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Chen Fei's face turned red, he actually made a bureaucratic mistake. He ignored that this era is not the afterlife, and clothing, food, housing and transportation are actually not able to make money. In ancient times, men and women were particular about weaving, and almost many peasant women were able to weave their own cloth and make their own clothes, and they did not need to buy clothes. As for grain, male cultivators are responsible for food, and there is no refining of food in ancient times. As for those restaurants and inns, the industry is not very profitable, and the money-making cycle is very long. It's not a quick way to get money. As for accommodation, in ancient times, it was not like the era of real estate in later generations, and if you wanted to stay in ancient times, you just built a thatched house on your own land. As for the land and real estate in the city, this was not the mainstream in ancient times. Therefore, in ancient times, real estate could not be developed, and accommodation could not be profitable. Moreover, transportation has not developed in ancient times, and the people do not have much need to go far away, and even very few people enter the city, and there is no need to travel. Therefore, there is no market for travel, and Chen Fei cannot use it for profit.

Chen Fei found that the ancient times were completely different from the later generations, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the later generations were all profiteering industries. But in ancient times, there was no market, which made Chen Fei extremely depressed. But what is the next way to make money quickly, and it must be profitable enough? First of all, don't choose those luxury industries, because this kind of industry involves a lot of rich and noble families, and if those rich and noble families know that Chen Fei is making money for the Cui family, then I'm afraid they won't need to purchase urgently. Therefore, it is not possible to use luxury goods, that is, the people need it. But what the people need is clothes and food, and of course it is impossible to eat food, after all, it is good that the people of this era can afford to eat ordinary steamed buns. Do you expect them to be able to eat anything too good?

As for raising chickens and ducks, Cui Xiuxiu has already arranged for others to do it, and now the first batch of broiler chickens and ducks are about to be slaughtered. But this money is still not enough for Cui Fu, so a second source of wealth must be opened. Chen Fei is also helping Cui Fu establish a source of wealth. It is necessary to make a fuss from the words "food and clothing". But with meat, chicken, and duck, the people don't need any food for the time being, and they can only find a way on their clothes.

"I think there's still some trouble with clothes!" Chen Fei said.

"Clothes? Isn't it now that wives weave cloth for their husbands and make clothes? Ma Zhou asked.

But Chen Fei immediately said, "The wife weaves cloth for her husband. The cost is not low! From spinning, then to weaving, and finally to making clothes. That's probably a very high price. Especially the time spent, how can the weaving of a family be compared to mass production? So we have to weave on a large scale so that we can reduce costs. Once the cost of cloth is reduced, won't that make clothes affordable for more people? If the clothes you buy can be lower than what your wife makes, won't it bring huge benefits? It all depends on the cost, and as long as the cost is low enough, it is not impossible to do this business. ”

Of course, Chen Fei knew that the textile industry was a profiteering industry, and it belonged to the category of light industry in later generations. Light industry makes money, heavy industry is strong, this is a truth that many people in later generations understand. It is conceivable how the light industry in this can make money. If the production of cloth can be organized on a large scale, it can also be used to reduce the cost of clothes, so that more people can afford to buy clothes. As long as the cost of buying is cheaper than making it yourself, then of course everyone chooses to buy clothes. It's like in later generations, not many people choose to make their own clothes, because the cost of clothes has been reduced by industrialization in later generations, so those individuals have rarely made clothes.

All this is the reason for whether it is mass-produced or not, as long as it can be mass-produced, then everything is not a problem. Chen Fei also hopes to reduce the cost of raw materials for these clothes through large-scale production, and finally let ordinary people be able to use this cheap clothes. As for Cui Fu, they can also obtain a lot of wealth, after all, this kind of textile industry is very profitable. If Cui Fu can fight for the position of the head of the Cui family, then the next will be very beneficial to Chen Fei, after all, Cui Fu will owe Chen Fei a favor.

Although the Cui family belongs to the scholar clan and Chen Fei belongs to the Han family, where can political matters be completely clear? In many cases, even strategically hostile sides can cooperate on certain details, which is also politics. Politics is hardly distinct, it's all mixed together, and it's very difficult to distinguish. Although Chen Fei represents a poor family, Chen Fei and Cui Fu may as well cooperate in the details