Chapter Forty-Nine: Who's Working For, Who's Busy

So Feng Yuanyi, who couldn't hold his face, personally escorted more than 100 fireworks back to Chang'an. Duan Yun couldn't help but go back to watch.

There was a lack of mahjong that night, and Dugu Xinci was very melancholy, so he had to read a book to pass the time.

The next morning, as if the frozen sky finally began to snow, sprinkled all day, Dugu Xinci and Lan Guan Lord Qin Chong were relatively speechless, so they shouted that the big bear and the dog put on their clothes and went into the mountain to play.

The mountains and ravines of the Rim River are all shrouded in clouds and mist, and it doesn't matter if the sky, the trees, or the Gaogang Canyon; In other places, it is faint, like a light veil; In some places, the clouds and mist stay on the mountainside, converging into a vast sea of clouds, the snow-white hills are like islands, and the lonely and benevolent Gongchuan Beiye has entered an elegant and quiet worldly realm.

Dugu Xinci also has no purpose, just walk so casually, when he encounters a ravine, let the bear jump over on his back, and the dog also catches a few scurrying hares, and Dugu Xinci is in a good mood and let it go.

The three of them had a lot of fun in the snowy mountains, and stayed in a house by the lake at night, and woke up feeling that the snow scene was boring and boring, so they returned to Mengchengao to soak in the hot springs at will.

In the evening, Hairpin Hualang brought the news, the fireworks show at the flower banquet the day before yesterday was very successful, Feng Yuanyi was also very excited, a hundred fireworks have been booked tens of thousands, Wang Yuanbao even said that if eighty Wen one, how many he wanted.

Wang Yuanbao again? Dugu Xinci is a little depressed, this is the benefit of mastering the trading terminal, Wang Yuanbao is the richest man in Chang'an, thousands of shops, countless spare money, when he sees novelty things, he thinks about hoarding, the last movable type printing is also, and this time the fireworks are also.

Dugu Xinci didn't bother to ask Feng Yuanyi if he agreed, and he didn't bother to worry about how much Wang Yuanbao could earn, so he shouted to Daxiong and Ah Gou to get some bamboo tubes, cut them into small sections, pour gunpowder to make cannonballs, and go to the rocks in front of Mengcheng Pass to blow up snow and play.

After several experiments, there was finally a cannon fire, the snowflakes of the explosion were splashed, and the hairpin flowers at the gate of the mountain made the envoys also come out to watch, and they suddenly found it interesting, and they also asked for a few to have fun.

Dugu Xinci looked at it with a smile, and was even happier when a few blew up their hands.

A few hairpins who blew up their hands were even more interested, anyway, they didn't care about the rough skin and thick meat, so the snow in front of Meng Cheng Pass crackled non-stop.

Feng Ping'an looked at it and came over with a shy face and asked, can this be made into a sale for money?

Dugu Xinci casually said that of course it is possible, this is the most suitable for children to play, although it is cheaper than fireworks to sell, but it is more profitable than fireworks.

Feng Ping'an was excited, and asked how much it was appropriate to sell, and Dugu Xinci replied that four or five Wen should still be easy to sell.

So Feng Ping'an took two artillery battles, led a horse and ran to Chang'an to report to his father-in-law, Hairpin Tai Sui, General Manager Feng.

Dugu is kind to disturb his head, think about it, whatever they do, anyway, their own share is indispensable, so they can continue to play with peace of mind.

In the evening, Feng Yuanyi, the Duke of Qi, rushed back, with a look of anticipation.

Dugu Xinci is eating hot pot with Qin Chong, if you want to say that Duan Yun is still talking about it, the meal is lively, and with this stuffy goose Qin Chong, no matter how talkative he is, he is not interested in talking.

"Yo, the rich man is back" Dugu Xinci smiled and swallowed a mouthful of tofu, which he made by grinding it with his own hands today.

"Good news, the situation is very good" Feng Yuanyi unceremoniously asked Ah Gou for a pair of chopsticks, and was busy sandwiching the pieces of meat in the copper pot.

"How good?" Dugu Xinci wondered, what is worth rushing over on this snowy day?

"Wang Yuanbao promised the price of 100 wen a tube, and he asked for as much as he wanted."

"Oh, won't you sell it yourself?"

"A certain is not an idiot, a certain let Wuhou shop the goods to the store to sell, and have to paste a dozen dollars, how good it is now, transported to the city gate, he pays the money with one hand and delivers the goods with one hand, how trouble-free"

"Hey, it's not an exaggeration to say that you're an idiot," Dugu sighed.

"What's going on?" Feng Yuan was stunned.

"I've never seen you stretch your neck out like this," Dugu despised with mercy.

"Why did you stretch your neck over and pinch someone?"

"Wang Yuanbao only ordered this year's goods, right?"

"Yes, there will be a price increase next year."

"Increase the price of a hammer, it would be good if this thing could be sold for twenty or thirty cents next year" Dugu Xinci was alarmist.

"Then how can Wang Yuanbao be collected with 100 texts?"

"Baiwen collection? If Ben Langjun wasn't too lazy to work, would he dare to accept your goods for two hundred words? ”

"Ah, what the hell is going on? A certain halo"

"There are only more than a month before the Yuan Day, and it is only a month and a half before the Lantern Festival, and the fireworks can only be released on these two festivals. So how much can you produce in this month and a half? How many people are you working now? ”

"Four or five hundred"

"Four or five hundred people are producing 10,000 per day, that is, about 400,000 tubes, and 400,000 tubes are 400,000 tubes. You believe no, he dares to sell 500 wen. ”

"Then you still let someone order a hundred papers?" Feng Yuan was in a hurry, he sold it for 100 yuan, and others sold it for 500 yuan, so wouldn't he lose 400?

"He definitely won't sell them all, at least half of them will be left for himself to play, I don't believe you look at it, only his family has fireworks on the first day, and it is a big special release, he set off a million eight thousand tubes of inappropriateness, but what will others think when they see it? Naturally, he is desperately looking for goods, where are the goods to him, doesn't he sell as much as he wants? Because it's not available on the market. ”

"I was confused, how could he dare to put eight thousand tubes?"

"Forget it, I can't explain it to you, now you have two ways, one is to quickly gather people, increase production, and produce 108,000 cylinders a day, see if he dares to accept it? No, he must have had other ways, where did you get your saltpeter and charcoal and brimstone? ”

"Saltpeter is Longyou, sulfur comes from Hanzhong, where is charcoal?"

"Hurry up and send someone to collect it, I'm afraid that the price will rise, what did Wang Yuanbao rely on to make his fortune?"

"He made his fortune selling glass"

"Kuye, he must have a large amount of saltpeter sulfur in his hands, did you buy it directly from your own mine in Longyou and Hanzhong?"

"I bought it directly, there are a lot of places in those places."

"Multiple hammers, most of the people who buy these things are Daomen, right? Does Wang Yuanbao have anything to do with Daomen? ”

"Why did you get to the Daomen again?" Feng Yuanyi was puzzled.

"Wang Yuanbao once worshiped the master of Xuandu Guanguan, Jingyue debuted as a teacher," Feng Ping'an added.

"It's over, the saltpeter and sulfur production areas in Longyou and Hanzhong must be controlled in the hands of Daomen," Dugu Xinci was satisfied.

"How can you be so sure?" Feng Yuanyi was still ignorant.

"That's true" is his righteous son Feng Ping'an's dismantling again.

"You will go and see if the price of these raw materials has increased now" Dugu Xinci Yue ordered on behalf of Feng Ping'an, Feng Ping'an took a look at Feng Yuanyi.

"Go quickly" Feng Yuanyi was impatient, and his enthusiasm was upset by Dugu Xinci. "By the way, mobilize more people to make fireworks"

"These materials were used in the Daomen before, what virtues do you not know about the Daomen?" Dugu Xinci sneered.

"Originally, taking advantage of the lack of preparation this year, I made a windfall and paved the road by the way, but you thought, if all the shops are connected, then you will not sell whatever you want to sell in the future? The result is good, cheaper Wang Yuanbao? ”

"Do you explain it? "Feng Yuan was in a hurry, he couldn't care about eating, and put down his chopsticks.

"Far Eastern Hou means to take advantage of the high profits of fireworks now, sort out the shops in Chang'an, and if there are other things to sell in the future, there will be no place to sell them," explained Xiao Yu'er who came back from Chang'an.

"Got it? The profit of fireworks is now a hundred times, and it is not difficult for you to go out and win over thousands or hundreds of shops, how can there be such a good thing in the future? Dugu Xinci also had a sad face, why is he so miserable, and he will have to be busy in the future?

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Feng Yuanyi complained.

"Can I unsubscribe?" Dugu is compassionate and has illusions.

The saint was also present, and praised Wang Yuanbao's pride? Praise him for sharing the worries of the country? Xiao Yu'er muttered, and Feng Yuan glared.

"Well, this business is also this year, don't think about it next year, it's not a scare to you, in a few days, the price of saltpeter and sulfur will rise, so you can't wait to jump off the building."

"They dare" Feng Yuan was ruthless, but he was immediately deflated, he was the head of the Lijing Gate who made the child stop crying, but he was right? Forget it, it's not cost-effective for such a thousand dollars.

"Then so-and-so endured like this?" Still youthful, Feng Ping'an said indignantly.

"Some can earn it, anyway, I can get one or two thousand gold this year," Dugu Xinci said lazily.

"How dare a pariah behave like that?" Feng Yuanyi actually looked down on businessmen, and he was still thinking about making 180,000 yuan before? Now it's 120,000.

"You are also a merchant now," Dugu Xinci glanced at him.

"No, you already have shares in it, you can't make wedding clothes for others, you have to find a way to deal with this dog thief" Feng Yuanyi was indignant.

"During the banquet the day before yesterday, did anyone still inquire about fireworks?" Dugu Xinci continued to ask.

"There are quite a few, by the way, Princess Jingshan also asked, and asked who is presiding over this matter?"

"You didn't say so-and-so, did you? Hey, don't ask, Princess Jingshan now knows that it was So-and-so's idea, too, why did So-and-so let you wait for the others to start a workshop here? ”

"Even so, so what? You are also the Marquis of the Far East who was personally sealed by the royal mouth, "Feng Yuan is hard."

"You don't know how terrible it is to be remembered by the princesses of Yantang?" Dugu Xinci sneered, "Princess Jingshan will definitely come to get a piece of the pie, if she asks you to wait, you will say that if she wants a certain thirty percent of the shares, she can exchange it for 100,000 yuan."

"100,000?" Feng Yuanyi was stunned for a while and then relieved, if the trading of fireworks is long-term, it will definitely be promising, and if it is exclusive, it will be 300,000 yuan, not to mention 100,000 yuan, and some people will be tempted. Xuan and angry: "You want to retreat? ”

"What if you don't go back? I advised you not to eat alone, but now it's okay, and this one will come soon."

"It's not that you haven't said it yet," Feng Yuan stiffened.

Dugu is speechless.

Feng Yuan paused and said, "Why don't you also give some shares to Princess Jingshan and let her terminate the contract with Wang Yuanbao?" ”

"You are still really naΓ―ve, since Wang Yuanbao has opened his mouth, he is naturally not afraid of you and others to terminate the contract, this is a must-do, but well, how to do it is a bit particular"

"How?" Feng Yuanyi became interested.

Dugu Xinci took out a cigar and lit it, pondering for a while before speaking

"First of all, the princess of Jingshan will let her enter the game, Princess Jingshan is behind the entire royal family, offending her is equivalent to offending the saint, but it depends on her appetite?"

And all the people listened.

"If she only wants to dry shares, she will divide her two shares, but she can't give them for nothing, let her take out 100,000 yuan, this is estimated that she can agree, but the offer can't be 100,000 yuan, first quote the price and pay it back on the spot"

Feng Yiyuan nodded in understanding.

"If it is her, she will ask for the recipe "Dugu Xinci often takes a cigar and spits out green smoke" with her, but let her pay 200,000 yuan, give her 40% of the shares, a certain share of 20%, you will divide 20%, a certain 100,000 yuan can not be less, and your remuneration will be fought for by yourself"

"Why do you want to make a recipe with her?" Feng Yuanyi asked.

"Hey, the recipe will be leaked sooner or later, so buy some while it's still worth a little money" Dugu Xinci sighed, "If you can't steal it, she will rob it?" Just a fireworks recipe sage accounting compared? ”

"What if all it was the recipe?" Feng Yuanyi asked again.

"You're really incompetent, as long as the formula is given to her, 100,000 yuan"

Everyone's eyes are solemn, the formula is still the absolute core of Lijingmen, and 100,000 yuan is really cheap.

"Princess Jingshan must have to produce the formula herself, so we have to delay it first, we can make a little more money."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Why does Princess Jingshan want to produce the formula by herself, naturally she sees Wang Yuanbao's order, so the first step should be to finalize Wang Yuanbao's order first, and set the number first."

"Yes, how much is the right promise?"

"How many cylinders can be produced from today's inventory?"

"Uh, almost four or five hundred thousand," replied Feng Ping'an.

"There are still orders on the way or not yet shipped," Xiao Yuer added.

"Well, then discuss with Wang Yuanbao about 800,000 to 1 million," Dugu Xinci said after a while.

"How are there so many?" Feng Yuanyi was also stunned: "A certain can't produce so much in a month and a half?" ”

"You know, it should be no problem to produce 500,000 a month and a half now, right?"

Feng Ping'an nodded.

"Then the rest will be distributed to Princess Jingshan, of course, if she is not satisfied, ask you for materials or something, you will light the gunpowder yourself and blow up the workshop."

This idea is really strong, if it is Dugu Xinci's own business, it is estimated that it will really be done.

Feng Yuanyi secretly made up his mind that selling the formula was the final bottom line.

"If that's the case, it's really cheaper for them, how about giving you another idea?"

"Far Eastern Hou, please speak" Feng Yuanyi rarely uses the word please.

"There are still raw materials on this road, and there are still those that have not been shipped, don't send them to Chang'an, send them to Luoyang or Taiyuan, and open a workshop anywhere, of course, they must be kept secret, and they will be produced in a muffled voice before the first day, and after the first day of the year, see how much Wang Yuanbao sells, and you will follow how much you sell, or it is so much lower than him."

"This is a good idea" The eyes of several people from Lijingmen lit up, this Yin person is a specialty.

"Go do this immediately, Xiao Yu'er will preside over it personally," Feng Yuanyi ordered.

"Can't let him go, now the possibility of being in Gongchuan is being targeted, send an inconspicuous one to go" Dugu Xinci reminded, everyone woke up, and secretly reminded that someone is a professional, how to make such a low-level mistake.

"You wait," Dugu is kind and hateful, and iron is not steel, "You and others are underestimating this business, shopping malls are like battlefields, and it is natural to take out the strength to deal with the Turkic sticks on weekdays."

The rice is connected to the green and yellow with the turn, and the money is fortunately repaid. February New Silk May Valley, for whom is it hard and who is busy?

(End of chapter)