Ji Nuan took some soybean oil in a clay pot, and picked some green vegetables and handed them to his mother: "You fry a few dishes with soybean oil, remember to wait for the soybean oil to heat before you can finish the dishes, today you can finally eat the vegetables fried in soybean oil, and you don't have to eat meat oil anymore!" She had been waiting for this day for a long time, and her heart was very excited.

After the meal was done, Ji Ruinian and his son squeezed 100 catties of soybean oil, Ji Nuan estimated, with this new machine, the oil yield per 100 catties can reach 17 to 18 catties, and the soybean meal is more than 89 catties, according to the current rate, how can a machine squeeze 1,500 catties to 2,000 catties of soybeans every day, and the net profit of soybean oil and soybean meal is about six taels of silver a day.

When building the oil mill, Ji Nuan planned to place two oil presses and reserve the position of two oil presses, even if there were two oil presses running normally, the net income would be at least twelve taels of silver a day, and at least three hundred and fifty taels of silver a month!

In that case, you don't need to make tofu at home, you can make some vegetarian meat and dried tofu by yourself, get some bean sprouts and vegetables to sell, and you can bring out the usual expenses of the family.

After eating vegetables made of soybean oil, the family praised Ji Nuan's great ability, and the fragrance of the vegetables fried in soybean oil is not as greasy as meat oil, and the color is better than that of rapeseed oil.

"Nuan Nuan, how much should this soybean oil sell for a pound!" Ji Ruinian asked.

"At least 20 pounds a catty, 16 catties of oil per 100 catties of soybeans, we can earn the capital back."

"Isn't that for nothing?" Ji Lianlu asked his sister.

"There is also soybean meal, which is a good feed to be sold to large families to feed livestock and poultry, and it should be sold for three cents per catty or wholesaled in bags like wheat bran, if only it could be contacted by the army." Ji Nuan thought.

In Ji Ruinian's opinion, soybean oil is not cheap for 20 yuan a catty, ordinary people can't buy it at all, soybean meal is even more difficult to sell, ordinary people's families have a problem to eat, how can they have spare money to buy feed for livestock, this business is not as reliable as making tofu.

Seeing the concerns of her family, Ji Nuan promised them to hire a few short-term workers here for the second brother to take them to do, and she would run the sales business, and then officially open the oil mill when there were stable buyers.

"Then how can you do it, you are a little girl, how can you leave the most tiring and worst things to do, I don't study anymore, come down to help you squeeze oil, I believe that the soybean oil made by Nuan Nuan will definitely be sold." Ji Lianduo was reluctant to give up his sister and wanted to help her share it.

"Seventh brother, if you have this heart, I will be content, if you really feel sorry, I will study hard, the reason why we do business every step is so difficult, is because we have no background and no background, even if there is a person in our family, the county order will look at it highly, and it will be much easier to deal with large families."

Ji Lianxi slapped his younger brother, looked back at his sister and said, "We understand what you mean, we must study hard." ”

Ji Ruinian asked her daughter to choose another brother to stay, since the family will listen to her when she promises to do business, she will definitely not regret it. Ji Nuan has always been democratic, let a few brothers choose by themselves, and finally Ji Lianqiu said to let Ji Lianshou stay, and there is no need to get up in the middle of the night to extract oil, except for the fried soybeans and the final pressing, the other processes are not so tired.

The other brothers didn't have any opinions, the matter was settled, and the next day the brothers squeezed oil at home, and Ji Nuan took some soybean oil to visit the shopkeeper Mao first.

"Little girl, what fresh food have you made again?" This girl can really figure it out.

"This time it's soybean oil, the shopkeeper Mao first smells this oil, and then looks at the color, it's best to let the chef use it to make a dish, and then use rapeseed oil and meat oil to make the same dish and taste it before making a conclusion."

Shopkeeper Mao did according to Ji Nuan's words, and came back half an hour later to sit opposite Ji Nuan: "Tell me about the price of your soybean oil." ”

"Retail is twenty-two wen a catty, and buying more than ten catties at a time is considered wholesale, and it is counted as twenty wen a catty."

This price is about the same as rapeseed oil, half more expensive than meat oil, but the taste and color of rapeseed oil are different from soybean oil, and the dishes made are not as fragrant as soybean oil, not to mention the meat oil.

"Okay, from tomorrow onwards, we will send five catties of soybean oil to the restaurant every day, and it will be calculated according to 221 yuan, if the response is good, I will increase the order."

"I can sell it to your restaurant for 20 yuan a catty, and our family will produce some soybean meal in addition to soybean oil, which is a good feed for livestock. But you also know that ordinary people don't buy this kind of thing, they can only sell it to large families. I would like you to help introduce some big customers, and our oil mill can send some to customers to take home, so that they can feed their livestock and try it first. ”

The shopkeeper Mao promised to help Ji Nuan ask, and he also told Ji Nuan that he knew the shopkeeper of the grain store, and he would take someone to the oil mill tomorrow to see the soybean meal. Ji Nuan thanked her and left the restaurant, she asked Nangong Qing to go back and bring some soybean oil and soybean meal, and drove herself to Muyang County to find a grain store to ask about cooperation.

"Girl, you can take these things to Nanchu Cargo Store, soybean oil can cooperate with Nanchu Cargo Store, and soybean meal can be sold by Nanchu Cargo Stores in several nearby cities." Nangong Qing reminded Ji Nuan.

Ji Nuan scratched his head, if Nangong Linyou was okay here, how could the people of Nanchu Warehouse give him, the young master, face to help the Ji family, now that Nangong Linyou doesn't know where he is, is it appropriate for him to rashly go over and ask others for help?

Nangong Qing took out a token from his arms: "This is left by the young master before leaving, he is afraid that he will not accept it for you, so let the slave and maid take it first, and then take it out when you need it." ”

Ji Nuan took the token and looked at it twice: "With it, I want to ask Nanchu Warehouse for help, they will definitely not refuse, right?" ”

"With it, you can not only do business with the Nanchu Warehouse, but the Ji family can ask them for help if they encounter any difficulties."

The decision to save Nangong Linyou was done too right! Ji Nuan asked Nangong Qing to take herself to Nanchu Goods Store, and the shopkeeper saw the token left by Nangong Linyou to warmly entertain Ji Nuan, and readily agreed to help after she explained her intentions.

"You can transport some soybean meal over, there are three Nanchu freight stores near Qinghe Prefecture, your own livestock needs a lot of feed every day, we will help you introduce some dart boards, inns and large households, how much soybean oil can be sent, we use some for our own use, and the rest will be sent to other places to help you sell, to ensure that you will not earn a penny."

"Doing business is a win-win situation, not only I want to make money, you also have to make money, soybean oil I only charge 20 yuan, how much to sell is yours, soybean meal is not profitable, you help me introduce some customers I can send you some free to feed your own livestock."