According to the account book in front of him, from making glass in August to now, in less than five months, the cumulative shipment of Shangshanju has been as high as 106,000 catties.

Again, this is the result of the restrictions.

At the beginning, I discussed with Qiao Wang, in order to avoid the price drop caused by too much firing glass, it was necessary to control the output, and it was more appropriate to have about 100,000 catties a year.

However, this year is the first year, although it has been less than half a year, because of the hot sales of freshly baked things, it has accumulated about 100,000 catties, which is also a year's amount.

Let's talk about the price.

There are two main types.

The first type, crude glass products, the price of one tael is about 1 tael of silver, that is, the price ratio of 1 to 1.1.

This part is mainly wholesale.

Of the total sales of 106,000 catties, 79,000 catties are so, which are bought by businessmen from all walks of life inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, and will basically be reprocessed to make a variety of more exquisite glassware.

Since the temperature of the glass for reprocessing is relatively low compared to that of the glass during firing, it is not a problem even if it breaks during transportation.

This part of the wholesale glass, in less than five months, brought the equivalent of 1.391 million taels of silver to Shangshanju.

The second is refined glass products.

This part is mainly sold in the Shangshanju store in Jinling City, and after a few months, it has also sold 29,000 catties, and the price is relatively high, with a total of 692,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to an average of 1.6 taels of silver for one tael of glass.

The total amount of glass sales was 2.083 million taels.

But that's just glass.

And crystals.

Compared to glass, the crystal business is much smaller.

Although the crystal reserves in Haizhou are very large, even if various processing equipment is invented and improved, it is still quite troublesome to process crystal in this era.

Just like some crystal vessels in later museums, they often appear very rough and far less exquisite than various jades, one of the main reasons is that jade is much softer than crystal.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan was looking forward to it, but he obviously didn't pay much attention to it.

As of the end of the year, the cumulative crystal shipments of Shangshanju are only 3,000 catties, mainly crystal beads, crystal brands, crystal buttons, crystal tea sets, crystal stationery and other finished products, as well as a small part of the crystal rough in excellent condition.

Other than that, basically no one buys it.

Actually, it can be imagined.

After buying, it still needs to be processed, however, the problem is also in the processing.

It's too much work.

And it is also a one-time thing, and after processing, it is unlikely to change the shape, and if it fails halfway, it is a complete loss.

Therefore, with the cost of grinding crystal, it is better to buy a set of glass products, glass, now there is more face.

The result is now.

The sales volume of about 3,000 catties totaled 19,000 taels of silver, with an average price of less than 4 taels of silver, which was much worse than glass.

In general, in the past less than 5 months, Shangshanju's cumulative revenue is equivalent to 2.102 million taels of silver.

Then, again, it's net profit.

Excluding labor, materials, taxes and other expenses, this part totals only 196,000 taels, and the result is that in just half a year, Shangshanju earned 1.906 million taels of silver.

Net Earn!

The reason is that the taxes and fees are too low, and the backstage of Shangshanju is hard enough, no one dares to have any other ideas, just An Ansheng needs to do his own business.

Let's talk about profit distribution.

After the previous adjustments, the royal family owned 60% of the shares of Shangshanju, Yinghai Division accounted for 20%, Zhu Yuan only retained 10%, and the remaining 10%...... It is not a real share, but only the right to dividends, which belongs to all the employees of the workshops behind Shangshanju.

The books also mention the total number of employees, including stewards, craftsmen and other laborers responsible for the transportation of materials, totaling only 671 people.

Why do you say 'cai'?

Because, with a turnover of only 376,000 taels, the number of direct employees has reached 729, which is more than Shangshanju.

Of course, if you say indirect, it certainly can't be compared.

Outside of itself, only the charcoal workshop of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for supplying charcoal, and the procurement of other raw materials is not a special thing, so there is no need to be too related.

However, in terms of Shangshanju, the three core raw materials needed for glass, quartz, ash and lime, as well as coke to ensure the high temperature of the furnace, these ...... All of them need to be supplied by the imperial court.

For example, ash alkali is a by-product of plant ash from the Mingzhou baking workshop.

There is also coke, in order to keep the process as secret as possible, Shangshanju has built its own coke workshop, but if you want coke, you must first have coal, and you must have good coal, which is not something you can produce.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan felt that the right to dividends of one percent of employees must not be able to give all the six or seven hundred people in Shangshanju. Otherwise, the average dividend of nearly 300 taels per person is equivalent to the income of the people at the bottom in this era for decades, which is too unfair for craftsmen who have also contributed to other departments and systems.

As for Zhu Yuan taking one percent himself, although he also felt that it was a bit much, he was not sorry. If you don't have yourself, you don't have anything else.

If anyone disagrees with this, then, there is a bigger one, and he took sixty percent!

That's a full 1.14 million taels!

Find him first!

After flipping through the account books, Zhu Yuan was thinking about the follow-up, and the sedan chair stopped.

I have come to the East Pavilion in the Imperial City.

Zhu Yuan came out of the sedan chair with two books, and there were already old Zhu's courtiers waiting, so he didn't go to the study, but walked to the conference room on the side.

Door.

In addition to Lao Zhu, there are also Li Shanchang, the left minister, Kang Maocai, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Deng Yu, the right imperial historian, and Chang Yuchun, who just triumphed yesterday.

On the day of Lao Chang's triumph, he unloaded the burden of the deputy general as usual, and his current position, like Zhu Yuan, is from the Zhongshu Pingzhang political affairs of Yipin.

Then in front of the blackboard at the end of the conference room, Tu Xiao, a surveying and mapping envoy who was talking about some drawings.

Lao Zhu saw Zhu Yuan coming in, signaled that he didn't have to be formal, and pointed to a position under Li Shanchang's head.

Zhu Yuan used to sit on the right opposite Lao Li, and he was sitting in the spring at the moment.

Nodding to everyone, Zhu Yuan walked over silently, put the two account books in front of him, and turned to Tu Xiao, who continued to speak after a short pause.

It turned out that Tu Xiao was reviewing the war in the past few months.

It is not the Northern Expedition that began last year, but from the battle of Dadu after Lao Zhu's personal expedition, to Shanxi, to Shaanxi, and even the subsequent entry into Shu, including the process of the first raid on Kaiping.

Zhu Yuan just listened for a while, and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh, he also understood why Lao Zhu asked Tu Xiao to explain.

This surveying and mapping envoy is really worthy of his title.

From the beginning of rushing to the north with the then Gong Weisi to listen to the news, and then later following the army to fight thousands of miles, he was drawing, drawing, and drawing along the way...... I don't know how many drawings have been drawn, including standard maps, topographic sketches, and even some real-life drawings in the style of gongbi in key locations.

Let's just say that the battle of Chang Yuchun to open up the rice cang road from north to south is being told at the moment, just to capture the Bazhong section, and hang six pictures of different styles and styles on the blackboard at one time.

Coupled with a well-spoken explanation, it is really immersive.

Zhu Yuan was still thinking about his own affairs, but at the moment, listening to Tu Xiao's explanation, he quickly pulled out of the emotions just now and temporarily immersed himself in front of him.

After nearly two quarters of an hour, Tu Xiao talked about the army taking Chongqing, and did not forget to show a batch of various drawings along the river from Chongqing to Jinling, which finally stopped.

Lao Zhu listened with great satisfaction, and when Tu Xiao stopped, he was obviously unsatisfied, and then turned to Zhu Yuan, who came in halfway: "Yuan'er, this is the disciple you taught, what do you think of it at the moment?" ”

Zhu Yuan didn't expect Lao Zhu to click on Tu Xiao as his 'disciple' in the middle of the meeting, he didn't pay much attention to it, but he didn't refute it at the moment, thought about it, and said: "These materials are very precious, it just so happens that the 'geography major' of Jinling University and National University all need textbooks, and Tu Xiao provides a ready-made batch." In addition, at the military university, these materials can also be made into cases and taught to students. ”

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, Lao Zhu hadn't reacted yet, and Li Shanchang had already said: "Pingzhang, these ...... But it's all confidential, how can it be easily revealed? ”

Zhu Yuan wanted to blurt out 'The times are different, you can't cherish yourself'.

Just think about it, though.

still has to give Lao Li a chance, so he said seriously: "If these things are hidden in the secret room and put on the shelf, then no matter how confidential things are, they will only become useless waste products." In contrast, it is taught to students, passed on from generation to generation, and what they have learned can be truly effective. And, frankly speaking, these drawings by Tu Xiao are just amazing at first glance, because there has been no one before, but, Zuo Xiang, these materials ...... In fact, it's just a relatively shallow thing. If we are satisfied with this, and stop there, and keep complacent, then, to put it bigger, the Ming Dynasty will only fall back into the cycle of history, and will not be able to step into a new era. ”

(End of chapter)