Chapter Twenty-Four: Poor Think Change
But the sentence "romance equals waste" summarized by later generations tells us that romance has to pay a price, when Wang Dalun is proud of the spring breeze every day, the person who stirs up the situation appears, Wu Liang took the account book and appeared in front of Wang Dalun with a sad face.
"Young master, there is no money at home!"
"No money? Steward Wu, you're not joking with me, are you? Wang Dalun said in surprise.
"I really don't have any money!" Wu Liang confirmed: "If you don't believe it, you look at the account book!" As he spoke, he handed the ledger to Wang Dalun.
Wang Dalun turned to the last page of the bookkeeping, and saw that the "balance" on the last page was written with one or two or five dollars. Wang Dalun was taken aback, and looked back at the previous expenditure on money and food.
Wu Liang explained on the side: "Originally, there were still one hundred and ten taels of silver in the family, but young master, you used one hundred and fifty taels of silver for your marriage, and thanks to the fifty taels of silver sent by the Fang Mansion, and one hundred taels of silver were received as gifts later, which does not include the one hundred and fifty taels you returned." There were only a hundred and ten taels of silver left. ”
"That more than a hundred taels of silver won't run out so quickly, right?" Wang Dalun asked suspiciously. secretly said in his heart, it can't be that Steward Wu is sick again and has stained the silver.
Wu Liang looked at Wang Dalun's puzzled eyes, and hurriedly said, "Young master, I haven't done anything in it. If you don't believe me, I'll tell you with a pen!"
"You lent thirty-six taels to the tenants some time ago, and during the spring ploughing period, you paid forty taels for the work and the men, and ten taels of silver for the lady and maid every month, and you used twenty taels during this time, plus other miscellaneous expenses, and there is only this bit of silver left." Wu Liang pointed to the expenditure behind him and said.
Wang Dalun recalled that the twenty taels of silver were all used to exchange seeds, buy strong pills, and rainfall, of which the rainfall was used the most, and after a few rains, there were no sixteen taels of silver.
"Steward Wu, how could I doubt you! Your accounts are well documented, I can rest assured that you do things! Wang Dalun hurriedly comforted Wu Liang.
"Young Master, you didn't hold me accountable for the following faults, but reused me. I took it to heart, how could I do it again. Young master, don't worry, the old man will definitely do a good job. Wu Liang hurriedly replied.
Looking at the pitiful one-tael and half-dollar silver on the account, Wang Dalun was speechless. But Wu Liang seemed to be about to block him, and said very worriedly: "Young master, what about the monthly case at Mrs. next month?" Why don't we sell some food? ”
It's really hard for a penny to be a hero, why is this money so unbearable, hey, thinking about Fang Wen'er not being able to get the monthly example next month, Wang Dalun feels a little speechless, shame, shame.
Thinking of the monthly case, Wang Dalun asked Wu Liang suspiciously: "Then do you and other subordinates send monthly silver?" ”
Wu Liang replied: "My salary is paid at the end of the year, and the same is true for long-term workers and nursing homes, as for other people in the house who have deeds of sale, although they have monthly examples, but not much, they are all paid at the end of the year according to the custom, and whoever uses the money usually comes to me to withdraw it." ”
"Then why is it ten taels a month there?"
"The main thing is the height of the lady, the monthly routine of the lady is eight taels, and the other two maids are one tael. This amount was all explained when the housekeeper of the Fang Mansion brought the silver. Wu Liang replied.
"Oh, I see." Wang Dalun said in his heart, it seems that there is still a price to pay for marrying Bai Fumei, and the monthly pocket money alone is higher than the living expenses of a well-off family for a year. For a while, Wang Dalun felt a little big.
"Young master, do you think you want to sell some grain?" Wu Liang suggested on the side.
"How much food do you have at home?"
"Well, it's not much, some time ago you lent so much to the tenants, and now there are only fifty stone wheat and seventy stone millet." Wu Liang immediately reported the grain stockpile.
"Then you can look at it, sell some turnover first, but don't sell too much." Wang Dalun commanded with a little pain, his heart was dripping blood, the price of food will become more and more expensive in the future, and if you sell it now, you will lose money!
Wang Dalun was in a depressed mood and hid in the study, thinking hard about how to make money.
"The number one killer to make money, making glass. Well, this thing is purely a money grab, Ha Lu Ha, I want to think about the steps to make glass, first find the quartz stone, where is the quartz stone in this place, I don't know the road, what are the next steps? Alas! I can't think of it, and it seems that I can't find a mechanic who can make glass, so it's not feasible, so I want to go next. ”
After giving up the glass project painfully, Wang Dalun thought of making perfume again, after all, a woman's money is the best to make, thinking about Fang Wen'er's silver in August or two, Wang Dalun felt that the prospect was very good. Isn't it just that flowers are distilled and then mixed with alcohol, Wang Dalun thinks it is not difficult, but when he thinks of flowers, Wang Dalun slapped on the table in distress, your sister, how many flowers are there in this northwest border city, all of them are wild flowers, and there is not enough at all, Wang Dalun is distressed to remove the perfume project.
If perfume is not good, then make high wine, Wang Dalun immediately thought of another good project, Xingxian is a border city, there are many Mongolians, ethnic minorities are good wine, with this high degree of wine, should be able to make a lot of money, Wang Dalun is very excited to think.
But when Wang Dalun was preparing to implement the steps, he found difficulties again, first of all, there was no money, how to build equipment without money. Secondly, now that the weather is doing this, there is very little grain, not only is it sold expensively, but the government can also stop it, after all, you have used all the grain to make wine, what do people eat? Although the father-in-law is the county commander, there are still idle guys like Yushi, and it is estimated that Lord Taishan does not dare to support it.
After thinking about it, I finally came back to the question of how to make money. Wang Dalun felt that making money should be an easy thing at first, and after reading too many travel novels, it is very easy for the protagonists to make money. But as he sorted out the main money-making projects of the crossing one by one, he found that it was still very difficult.
"What is so difficult to make money!" Wang Dalun grabbed his hair in distress and said.
"Young master, young master, Master Qian has sent someone here, I have something to look for you!" Wu Liang shouted at the door.
Hearing that Qian Shijin was looking for him, Wang Dalun felt very puzzled, "What is there to find me?" ”
After opening the door and welcoming the person into the house, the person who came came to give a salute and said: "The little one is from the Qian Mansion, my lord is busy with official business, so he sent me to ask you for a few pills, he said that he felt good after taking this medicine, let you give a few more if you have it." ”
"Oh, it turned out that I came to ask for a strong pill, it seems that Qian Shijin is very satisfied with the effect of the medicine. Last time, Qian Shijin helped him a lot, and he gave him five pills, but the money was one or two less. Wang Dalun endured the pain and handed over the medicine to the people of the Qian Mansion.
"Is this medicine expensive? Young Master Wang looked so distressed. Well, I'm going to put it on the road, and it's hard to explain if I lose it. Qian Fu's subordinates muttered to themselves in their hearts, and carefully kept the medicine close to their bodies, and there were many people who were in the medicine.
"This subordinate cares about this thing so much, it seems that Qian Shijin's sex life is very bad, and he needs this thing very urgently, otherwise he will not be so cautious." Wang Dalun said secretly in his heart.
When the person was sent away, Wang Dalun felt funny when he recalled the man's actions just now. Suddenly, he jumped up excitedly and said loudly: "I thought about it, I thought about it, I thought about it, I thought about how to make money!" ”
Wang Dalun was excited, and he finally thought of how to make money, that is, to sell potent stimulants. Rich men, there are too many women, they are all three wives and four concubines, after a long time, it is absolutely not good, if there is this thing, they still don't grab their heads?
Wang Dalun felt that a broad road was placed in front of him, and the future generations of pharmacists who did not make a lot of money, this is the real profiteering industry. Wang Dalun now wants Wu Liang to sell the grain as soon as possible and come back in exchange for more silver, so that he can start his career as an aphrodisiac manufacturer in the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of the pharmacists, the classic routines of the later pharmacists came to his mind again, so he asked the system: "System, how many powerful stimulants do you have here?" ”
"You want as much as you want, because I can order online with the manufacturers of my time and space, and they will ship them to my space."
"Then I won't have a problem buying these things, will there be some time and space police or something to check on me, or cause chaos in this plane?" Wang Dalun was nervous.
"Rest assured, the things I sell are all civilian grade, and the impact is low. For example, sweet potatoes are now available in Guangzhou. This powerful stimulant only temporarily increases the body's potential and has little effect on people. You now know what kind of rain collector is only one kilometer away, and this is all to minimize the impact on this time and space. The system explained carefully.
"Oh!" Wang Dalun nodded reassuringly, and then said: "Can you give this medicine half of the effect, the effect of this medicine is a little terrifying, and besides, I can reduce my cost by halving." Wang Dalun quickly entered the role of a black-hearted pharmacist.
"This, although the manufacturer I ordered is a copycat, it is a high imitation. However, I can find some unlicensed pharmaceutical companies, and the quality can be guaranteed, that is, the efficacy is about one-third poor, and his price is also very cheap, as long as half of the high imitation. "The system is ashamed of Wang Dalun's sale of counterfeit and shoddy products.
"Okay, it's him, you quickly contact the source, I'll prepare the money." Wang Dalun is very undisciplined.
Wang Dalun hurriedly went to Wu Liang and asked him to hurry up and sell grain to raise money.
In the face of Wang Dalun, Wu Liang felt helpless, the grain merchants have not been contacted, and the price has not been agreed, so it is strange that you are in a hurry to pull into someone's store, and not to be slaughtered.
Wu Liang persuaded for a long time, but Wang Dalun just didn't agree. Wu Liang had no choice but to arrange for someone to pull the grain into the car.