Chapter Twenty-Six: Early
To say that the most profitable business since ancient times is undoubtedly the four major industries of "clothing, food, housing and transportation".
Other things may have booms and wanes, but the market demand for these four things has been surprisingly high. The rich have to eat and drink, to have clothes to cover their bodies, and to go out to move, but what is not money? The rich have spent more money in this regard, they have to eat well, drink well, wear well, and have a bigger shelf to go out. In every case, there are amazing gold mines, containing countless riches.
It can be said that as long as there is its own product, as long as it can stand on its feet, the money will definitely not be less.
But after Rossi went around the street, he found that he had thought of the shopping malls of this world as simple, whether it was clothing, food, housing, or transportation, the form and form of the current existence were completely different from those of the mature commercial society on the earth.
In the case of clothes, the aristocracy would keep tailors and make clothes for themselves or for their own families, and they looked down on the clothes that were placed on the counters on the street, and they looked down on the tailors who made clothes for many people. And the next class, the budding capitalist class, whose clothes are often the work of such and such a master, although they are not able to keep first-class tailors, but they only wear the handiwork of those masters.
After that, most of the clothes worn by such people were made by themselves, not looking good, but only being warm or practical. Occasionally, if you have money, you will use it elsewhere.
Walking around the inner city of Lyme, I only saw a dozen tailor shops, but I never saw a ready-to-wear store.
As for the food, there is indeed a market, but there are countless bakeries and bacon shops on the street, but it is difficult to find restaurants. Even if there is, it is a lot of money.
As with clothing, aristocrats and wealthy merchants kept their own chefs, and they rarely dined in restaurants outside. And the common people don't have much money to taste the food, they are looking for a full stomach rather than enjoying the food.
So where does the money come from?
Rosie was just a hard-working little white-collar worker before he crossed over, and he didn't know much about business, and he thought that he could crush this "ancient" similar to the embryonic period of capitalism with a culture and experience that transcended the times, but he didn't expect that he couldn't find a business that could make money!
It's just incredible!
When Rosie brought the question to Bishop Jason, Jason was also at a loss.
The wealth of the nobles came from their domains, such as the Marquis of Lyme, and the wealth of the Marquis' Mansion came from the taxes of the towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Lyme and Lyme, and some of these taxes were handed over to the royal family in proportion to the transfer, and the other part was kept by themselves. In addition, the Marquis Palace has many mines and farms, and the ore that is constantly excavated and the annual grain harvest is also a large input.
Down, there are the capitalists, who rely on large caravans to circulate goods and resources to make money, transporting a kilogram of grain from Lime City to other places, selling them for dozens of coppers, and earning the difference. Either transporting ore, or smuggling and selling goods from other countries, a few people will choose to process and open factories, but Rossi does not have these ways, let alone start-up capital.
How to make money has become a big problem.
Part of the church's funds are donated by believers, and the other part comes from some gray income. Rossi didn't know much about this, but he felt that the Templars might play a lesser-than-honorable role.
Now the key question is how to make a lot of money on his own.
In fact, Rosie is not without profitable deals, but he now has small arms and legs, and those deals are too big for him to control at all, and in the end he can only make a wedding dress.
It's a nerve-wracking question.
So he set his sights on Santos again.
Santos has been rampant in Lyme City for so many years, and he has swallowed a lot of wealth. There were no banks or anything in this world, and it was an open secret that all the gold and silver were hidden in his manor on the outskirts of his estate.
The money is there, you have the ability to take it. Santos didn't care that his secret was leaked, and in Lyme City, in Greenland Province, the only person who could threaten him had become his master, and he had no scruples for a long time.
In a situation where nothing happened, the first early shop belonging to the church opened.
The things sold are also quite simple, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk and baked cakes. It was an attempt, a reluctant attempt.
Early in the morning, at several major intersections in the outer city, a modified carriage suddenly appeared. The carriage was removed, and there were two round pots left on the board, one containing boiling hot oil, and a dozen steamers on the other pot, which were emitting steam, and a small oven next to it.
There are several tables set up around, and some curious people are gulping down freshly baked buns and gulping down soy milk.
Things are not expensive, buns and fritters are one copper, two coppers and three baked cakes, and two coppers and a bowl of soy milk. The buns are full of meat, and the baked cakes are very large, and an adult can eat enough for five coppers.
This strange food and the unsmelled aroma that permeated the air soon attracted the attention of passers-by, who, sniffing the tempting aroma, could not help but take out a few coppers and buy a fresh food or two, sat down on the prepared stools, and nibbled around the small round table.
When it comes to eating, all intelligent beings in the universe are similar, they all like to eat delicious things, and they all like to try new things.
Soon these early shops were full of people.
Bishop Jason's face was not very good-looking, he felt that Rosie was simply messing around, and the profit of buying and selling one or two coppers was pitifully small except for the cost. If you have the time to arrange for people to do these transactions, you might as well do something else, such as fundraising.
Fundraising is one of the few ways for churches to make money, and some wealthy believers tend to give generously and give a few silver coins at a time, or even dozens of silver coins, which is more profitable than the early shop.
But Rossi has a different view.
The restaurant industry in this world is lagging behind, and this is also an opportunity. In his 12 years of life, apart from bread and bacon, there was no wonderful food culture at all.
And what he did early immediately caught people's appetites.
In less than two hours, the food prepared by several early shops has been sold. When the eight cash boxes were put together and Hano counted them, even Jason was shocked.
In addition to the cost and insignificant labor, in addition to the cost and insignificant labor, he actually earned seventy-one silver coins in one morning?
In the Holy Light, there are many people who complain that they are late and do not eat the delicious food that people have been talking about, and they lose their temper because of this. If there are a few more shops, and some more food is prepared...... Jason doesn't have enough brains.
The church in Lyme City has fifty gold coins a year, which Jason can only say is enough when he is in charge, but he is not rich.
But in this short day, I earned almost one gold coin, and wouldn't there be thirty gold coins in that month? Not four hundred gold coins a year?
At this time, the turtles in the church have only one thought, and that is to get rich!
Rosie was also shocked, he suddenly found himself digging a huge gold mine, which was an early market for nearly three million people, and now he was the only one, which could be regarded as a unique business!
To be honest, there is nothing technical about these early dishes, and all kinds of bread in the Western world have existed for thousands of years. All Rossi did now was take the leavened dough out of the oven and fill it on top of the steamer. A simple change that brought such a huge profit gave him more ideas.
Since you can make money early, is fast food okay? Is it okay to box lunches? Is instant noodles okay?
These things, which have been eaten to the point of vomiting, have fascinating prospects and huge markets in this world, and Rossi is suddenly ready to move.
However, what he didn't expect was that the businessmen with a keen sense of smell also discovered the business opportunity at the same time and had already come to the door.