"Bosses, sit down." Ma Hanshan gave Zhang Zixue 50,000 and Wang Zhitan, the secretary of the bank, and they introduced each other and asked everyone to sit down.

The roles of Si Xingfang and Wang Zhitan are very special, nominally, they are the business managers of the tile pot village or something, but they do not receive the salary of the tile pot village, food and housing, all of them are like outsiders and calculate the money in the village, and their income comes from the difference in orders and shipments. But they are not agents like Shen Wuwan, because the price of their goods is a little higher, and others have to pay agency fees, and they have to pay for the goods first, but they don't use anything, and they will return the money when they have an order.

However, three generations of their ancestors and their families live in the inner village of the tile tank, and in the eyes of others, this is the "advance payment". But they know very well that this is Ma Hanshan's trust in them, at the beginning, it was because of them that several bandit nests around Guogai Mountain all changed their ways and returned to righteousness, and now they have become an important processing and planting cooperation base in the tile tank village, and have become the peripheral safety belt of the tile tank village.

Ma Hanshan, a person who has been a big man in modern society, attaches great importance to the word safety, he knows very well that the official security is now stable, but the security of the community, even if there are a thousand militiamen in the village, it is difficult to ensure that there is no leakage, after all, the stall of the tile pot village is a bit big. There are more than a dozen factories in the two outer villages, and there are more than a dozen factories in the inner villages, as well as oil transportation lines, and several warehouses for dangerous goods and grain, all of which are very important.

Factories, warehouses, oil production points, and residential sites are scattered in several valleys and mountain cols within a radius of more than 10 miles, and relying on 1,000 militia guards and patrols can only prevent pretenders on the surface. Therefore, the surrounding villages and villages, no matter what the nature of the original, have now all become the peripheral safety net of the tile tank village, and if there is any trouble, someone will quickly report to Shen Lang.

Everyone eats on the tile pot village, and now the food is very fragrant, who dares to fight the idea of the tile pot village, they spontaneously fight with whom.

Everyone sat down, Si Xingfang was a little apprehensive, just came back from Xixia a few days ago, and found that the personnel in the village had changed, and when he was stunned, the deputy owner of the village, Feng Chengshan, told him that the owner of the horse village asked him to go to Lin'an.

The person who is most grateful and respected by the Si Xingfang is Ma Hanshan, who is one round younger than him, Ma Hanshan is invited, and he will not delay for a moment, so he didn't even ask about anything, even if he rushed to Lin'an.

"Ahem, Mr. Ma, why are you so serious, what's the matter?" Zhang Zi was a quick receptive to new things, and now even his own trading company has been converted into a company, and the structure is copied from those in Mahanshan Lane.

"Big things, important things, Zhang Caidong don't be impatient." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.

"Hehe, I'm not in a hurry, I'm afraid you're in a hurry, I heard that Mr. Ma has been working all night lately, be careful, you haven't married yet." Zhang Zi said seriously, this is a sincere concern, we are not only business partners, but also friends.

"Haha, Zhang Caidong, don't worry about it, there are so many beauties around Brother Ma, I'm afraid that I would have married a long time ago, so I won't make it public." Shen Wuwan is more familiar with Ma Hanshan, and he speaks very casually.

"Your uncle, then let me tell you, I got married early, you can make up for me as a gift... Discount, silver can be given 1,000 taels or more. Ma Hanshan scolded with a smile.

"Okay, okay, when Mr. Ma invites us to drink the wedding wine, don't say a thousand or a few hundred taels, what about ten thousand or a few thousand taels? Right now... Let's ask Mr. Ma to talk about the topic of this meeting. Zhang Zi smiled and brought the topic back on track.

Well, let's get back to the point, the main topic is a bit heavy, so it's good to make a joke before you start, so you can relax.

"Ahem, in fact, the topic is very simple, first, the drunken immortal wine will reduce production and raise prices. The second is to purchase a large number of fruit wines from all over the world, and you can use fruit wine to offset part of the payment for drunken fairy wine in the future. The third is to purchase a large number of various grains and dried fruits from various places. Fourth, four-wheeled vehicles are on sale. Fifth, the establishment of a passenger transport company under the name of the water and land transport company. Sixth, the acquisition of copper and iron ingots. Ma Hanshan said six topics in one breath, with a solemn expression.

Ma Hanshan's words didn't feel anything when Si Xingfang and Wang Zhitan heard it, but Zhang Zi and Shen Wuwan were taken aback when they heard it, and they were even shocked inexplicably. What shocked them was not the reduction in the production and price increase of drunken immortal wine, but the few things that Ma Hanshan purchased in large quantities, grain, copper and iron, which were all things that affected the strategy.

What does this kid want to do when he buys all this stuff in bulk? If a large amount of grain is purchased to increase the production of drunken immortal wine, they understand. But now the production of wine is decreasing, but the grain is increasing, and he wants to stock up on grain.

Hoarding? But in the past few years, it has been very peaceful, there are no natural disasters, there are no wars, and the grain in various places is also abundant, and this year's grain prices are lower than last year.

Businessmen, of course, are most concerned about profits.

He also went on a buying spree of copper and iron... Well, he didn't want to rebel, he probably wanted to build more four-wheeled carriages, which would be too expensive.

The reserves of silver and gold in Guogai Mountain are large, but copper and iron are very small, so Mahanshan had to buy them from all over the country. Of course, buying copper and iron is not to make carriages, mainly to make weapons, a gun and a few catties of copper and iron are enough, but a cannon needs a lot of copper and iron.

What Ma Hanshan built was not the tiger squat cannon invented by the Dasong people before, what he wanted to build was a fixed cannon, a cannon in the real sense. Of course, for the time being, only smoothbore guns, rifled guns, remains to be studied.

Although, a lot of things, a little bit of a level seems to change a little bit, but that little bit often requires the accumulation of a lot of things, and a lot of other technical support. For example, hot rolled pipes can be driven by water as a power source, and even human and animal power can be used. However, cold-rolled pipes, not to mention human and animal power, seem to be difficult to use water power, and it seems that it is necessary to use more powerful steam engines, internal combustion engines or electricity.

Therefore, many things, for Mahanshan, a traverser, are just a little bit of an upgrade, but in this world where everything starts from scratch, it requires a lot of manpower and financial resources to research and experiment.

Knowing the principle does not necessarily mean that it can be implemented in this world.

Horse-drawn carriages are built to make money, guns and cannons, of course, are also made to make money, what is more profitable than weapons? Therefore, Mahanshan had to buy a large amount of copper and iron and make gunpowder in large quantities.

"Owner of the village, Drunken Immortal Liquor has been sold for a long time, and the sales have been growing, why do you want to reduce production and raise prices now." Xixia, Beimeng, and Donghu big merchants are directly with the tile pot village to take the agent or by Yelucai and Ruyi Warehouse, the company can only do those more remote and smaller state capitals, so, the order he ran, it really took a lot of work, although the drunken fairy wine has been sold for nearly two years, but his business has just started.

Therefore, the impact of reducing production and raising prices now is very great.

"Mr. Si, there is no reason, you just need to remember that you will not be wrong to listen to me." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.

Of course, Mahanshan will not tell them that the drought there is serious, and it is estimated that the grain harvest will be poor, and there may be people who have no grain in the future, so the tile pot village will have to hoard grain, so the production of wine will be reduced.

In fact, for the time being, within two or three months, the output should not be reduced much, after all, this season, it is just the time when a large number of fresh fruits are ripe, and some people buy fruit wine, and those fruit wine workshops will naturally make it with all their might.

"Yes, I listen to the owner of the village." Si Xingfang thinks about it, he has always listened to Ma Hanshan, so he has today.

Today, he is no longer a bandit leader, but a rich man in this part of Guogai Mountain.

"Brother Ma... You reduce production and raise prices... Be... is to the detriment of the interests of our agents...... Shen Wuwan said.

"Shopkeeper Shen, don't say it so seriously, I have calculated for you, the drunken immortal wine sold in the Ruyi Warehouse in the past has already made a lot of money. Only half a year has passed this year, and Ruyi Building has already begun to make a profit even after deducting agency fees and annual expenses. That is to say, in the next half year, if you sell one catty, you will make a net profit of one catty, even if you reduce production and raise prices, it will not hurt you. Besides, you can also raise the price. We ship a few percent, and you can also get a few percent. Ma Hanshan paused for a moment and then said, "That's good, starting in July, the retail price of drunken immortal wine will be released." ”

Prior to this, in order to ensure stable profits and sales, and to ensure the interests of retailers, Mahanshan made rigid regulations on agency prices, wholesale prices, and retail prices. Now that it is liberalized, it is equivalent to being priced by the agent.

"Alas, Brother Ma can't say that... We have invested a lot of ...... upfront. Shen Wuwan's old face turned red, and Ai Ai said.

"Let this be decided, but although the price is released, I hope you will not be viciously inflated." Price gouging ultimately hurts more than just end consumers.

"Is the Drunken Immortal Brew also reducing production and raising prices?" Drunken Immortal Liquor is better than Drunken Immortal Liquor, the price is more expensive, and if the price is raised, it is really to drink silver.

"Drunken Immortal Brew is temporarily suspended...... supply." Drunken Immortal Liquor is actually a cellar array of wine, and Mahanshan will stop selling it, and it will not stop falling into the cellar.

"Ah......h The crowd shouted in unison.

"Okay, let's talk about wine, and if you have any questions about other topics?" Ma Hanshan said and waved his hand.

"Mr. Ma, can you tell us why you buy so much grain?" The impact of the reduction in wine production and price increase on Zhang Zi is not so great, he sells to overseas markets, and there is no price limit, but grain, if it is shipped back from overseas, .......

"It's very simple, the tile tank village is going to expand, and the factory in the special zone will start soon, so many people want to eat." Of course, Ma Hanshan would not tell them the real reason, but he immediately thought of one thing, and said to Zhang Zi with some excitement, "Zhang Caidong, did your merchant ship go to Zhancheng and Java?" ”

"Champa often goes, but Java rarely goes." Zhang Zi smiled and said, "Doesn't Ma always want to bring grain back from overseas?" ”

"Hehe, if you can buy a large amount of grain from overseas, Zuixian wine may not need to reduce production." Ma Hanshan looked at Shen Wuwan and said, "Shopkeeper Shen, do you want us to invest in the company to do this business?" Forget it, it's better for you and Zhang Caidong to do it, there are too many projects invested by investment companies. ”

Tojo, Java and other places have rice that can be harvested three times, and the grain production is very abundant, and if grain can be brought back from these places, the situation will be completely different.