Zhao Cheng did not hold the shelf of a big elder, but greeted Lin Ze warmly and introduced himself.

As an old Jianghu, he deeply knows the truth that everyone carries the sedan chair.

If you don't plan to turn your face and do it right away, it's best to try to put on a calm attitude no matter who you're facing.

Because you don't know if this ordinary person in front of you, who looks humble and sloppy, will be a peerless master of the game Hongchen.

You don't know if the young man you look down on in front of you is an old monster who has reached the realm of martial arts and rejuvenated, or if he is hiding some terrifying hole card that is enough to take Ling away.

These are all the experiences that Mingyue Lou has inherited for many years, and the lessons of the predecessors of the master have summed up with the lessons of blood.

Therefore, Zhao Cheng walks the rivers and lakes with kindness to others, and once he does it, it will inevitably be a dead hand.

What's more, Zhao Cheng came over this time to find Lin Ze to cooperate.

This is a matter of whether he can earn more money and whether he can accumulate merit and learn peerless magic skills, so Zhao Cheng is completely communicating with Lin Ze with an equal attitude.

"It turned out to be Zhao Cheng's senior, the junior Lin Ze, the cousin Ziyi, and I have seen Mr. Boyan."

Lin Ze clenched his fists and bowed slightly in return, very respectful to the old-timers in the rivers and lakes.

As he spoke, Lin Ze relaxed a little.

Removed the mental power covering the rocket launcher in the carry-on space and placed it on top of the gun next to it.

Since they didn't come to find fault, there would probably be no fighting.

Ready to pull out a gun to fight back at any time, it is just out of Lin Ze's usual caution.

At this time, Lin Ze had already roughly guessed the intention of this Mingyuelou elder, most likely because of the coal.

To tell the truth, just now Lin Ze saw that Elder Mingyuelou came to the door, and thought that he had discovered the matter of secretly photographing Mingyuelou, he was ready to take out the rocket launcher directly, and then regardless of the result, he opened the door and ran away directly by the light of the fire.

Now it seems that there is no need to be so embarrassed.

"Mr. Boyan has come from afar, and the juniors should set up a banquet for the seniors to catch the wind and wash the dust, and invite them in."

After saying hello, Lin Ze invited Zhao Cheng and Xu Sheng into the house.

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In the living room, the two sides sat down.

After the servant served the tea and retired, the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the cook brought the freshly prepared meal to the feast.

The three of them began to eat.

This time there was no chicken essence, after all, Xu Sheng had already entertained him before, and he was not very familiar with this Zhao Cheng.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Cheng began to explain his intentions: "Today, I heard what Master Xu's nephew said, Lin Shaoxia opened a coal mining industry, with a daily coal output of more than 20 million catties, I don't know if this is true?" ”

Lin Ze nodded and said: "This is true, because I can't buy the land and pass it on to future generations, so I tried to get this coal mine, and today I gave a large amount of salary to tens of thousands of miners in the entire coal mine, and I lost tens of thousands of taels of silver after calculating the accounts." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Ze sighed, and then continued:

"Now that I'm here, it's not about shutting down the coal mine, and it's not going to keep it open."

"Only when there are more people who use coal, and people develop the habit of using coal instead of firewood, can they make a small profit in the future for many years, and slowly recover the money invested at this moment."

"May I ask Mr. Beyondsoft to buy coal?"

Lin Ze opened his mouth to mean that my blood was lost.

Opening a coal mine is not profitable at all, I am doing good deeds.

Although Zhao Cheng knew that he was most likely.

However, the investment in the early stage of coal mining is huge, and more than half of the silver money from coal sales has to be paid to the miners as salaries, which is indeed a visible thing.

If it was really so easy to make money by digging coal, it would not have passed so many years, and the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have the habit of using coal on a large scale.

Zhao Cheng saw that Lin Ze had the intention of guarding against him, so he opened his mouth to lose blood.

But to be honest, Zhao Cheng did not have the idea of seizing the coal mine.

Although it is said that force is the basis for ensuring security and self-interest, it is not the whole story of standing in the world.

Zhao Cheng clearly knows that many existences that are not as powerful as you may not have the ability to achieve things, but it is very simple to want to harm you.

Lin Ze is confident that it is his ability to open a coal mine to make money, anyway, he asked himself if he has this ability, and he does not have the time to manage the coal mine.

Buying coal honestly is enough to make a lot of money.

"The supply of at least one billion catties of coal per year is possible?"

Zhao Cheng asked.

One billion catties of coal is 500,000 tons of coal.

This is easy because the theoretical annual output of Linze's coal mine is currently 3 million to 4 million tons, and if the number of miners continues to increase, the output can continue to increase.

Mingyuelou bought 500,000 tons of coal, which was not only used as daily fuel, but also used to accumulate or refine armor and weapons.

Firewood should not be stored for too long, but it is okay to store these coals for a long time, and buy more to keep on Crescent Island in case of emergency.

"It's not difficult, and the amount of coal produced every day in the coal mine is extremely stable."

Lin Ze nodded.

"Okay, let's sign the contract, I will arrange for someone to come to Fengping County Wharf to transport coal starting tomorrow."

Zhao Cheng said directly.

After completing this business, there will be hope for him to learn peerless magic skills in the coming year.

"Mr. Beyondsoft won't go to my mine to see before making a decision? What if I'm talking gibberish? ”

Lin Ze reminded.

"No, firstly, the sample coal you asked Senior Nephew Xu to bring is 200,000 catties, secondly, when I came, I saw a large number of piles of coal guarded by the Cao Gang on the dock, and thirdly, Lin Shaoxia, you are a calm person, if you don't have sufficient production, you won't easily agree to the old man."

Zhao Cheng shook his head with a smile.

After a pause, Zhao Cheng half-admonished: "Besides, although our Mingyue Tower can be regarded as a famous and decent family, we will not easily do anything to suppress and bully our fellow Jianghu people, but we will not be merciful to those who dare to deceive us." ”

Lin Ze didn't care about the admonition in the second half of the sentence, and nodded with a smile: "I see, Mr. Boyan is really careful." ”

At that moment, without much delay, I began to write the contract.

It was agreed that Lin Ze's Heishi Village Coal Mine and the Mingyue Building represented by the deacon elders Zhao Cheng and Zhao Boyan were placed, and an order was placed for a total of one billion catties of coal at a price of one penny and five catties.

The settlement method is one hand to pay and one hand to deliver.

"If you don't help us load the ship, won't you send it to the dock?"

Looking at the content of the contract, Zhao Cheng frowned.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Boyan, the ex-factory price of our coal is already very low, and there is not much profit after deducting operating costs, and the distance from the Heishi Village Coal Mine to the wharf is more than forty miles, and if we help deliver it to the wharf, we will really lose money."

Lin Ze said apologetically.

He is telling the truth, these days the carriage and horses are very important means of production, not ordinary people can afford to buy.

Pulling coal to the wharf by car, the forty-mile road is basically a transportation cost of five catties and a penny.

This is still a flat road, if you climb the hill, the transportation fee is likely to increase.

Generally, a car and horse can transport 3,000 catties a day and earn more than 600 yuan.

It seems like a lot, but livestock need to eat a lot of concentrate feed and salt to make up for the physical exertion, and in addition, the car will also wear out, which is converted into three hundred yuan a day.

Before, the villagers of Lianghe Village helped him send matsutake mushrooms to more than ten miles of mountain roads at a price of forty catties and a penny, which was a friendly price for a small amount of transportation and could not be calculated as a normal situation.

One billion catties of coal transportation costs 200,000 taels of silver, and Mingyuelou only paid 200,000 taels to buy these coals, which is really a welfare gift that can't be used as a big business.

In this way, the freight is the same as the price of the product itself, or even more expensive, which can be said to be a norm in an agrarian society.

Even in the more capable world, shipping costs are one or two percent of the cost of transporting fruits and vegetables.

Hearing this, Zhao Cheng frowned.

He thought that the coal mine was not far from the wharf, at most two or three miles away, so he proposed to let Lin Ze send the coal to the wharf, if the distance was more than forty miles, it was indeed impossible to send it.

"600 million catties of coal, a budget of 400,000 taels of silver, then one billion catties of coal, it is not too much to find a sect to ask for a budget of 700,000 taels of silver, and the sect will also have a huge profit to get these coals to refine more armor weapons."

"After deducting the money of 200,000 taels to buy coal, it will take about 200,000 taels to transport it from Fengping County to Crescent Island, load it on the ship and get off the ship."

"It is very expensive to hire outsiders to transport from the coal mine to the wharf, but it is estimated that it can be solved within 150,000 taels by organizing the carriage and coachman by myself, and when the time comes, I will do the accounts to cover up the excess budget, then I have 150,000 taels left, which is more than estimated before, and this business is done."

After thinking a little, Zhao Cheng turned his gaze to Xu Sheng on the side:

"Senior nephew Xu, it seems that this matter is going to trouble you."

"Next, you don't need to buy a boat to pull the coal back and forth between Fengping County and Linhai County, you are responsible for recruiting people in Fengping County to pull the coal from the coal mine to the wharf, and hand it over to my ship from Mingyuelou."

"This matter will not let you be busy in vain, I will give you 150,000 taels a year for transportation expenses, if one billion catties of coal are delivered safely at this time next year, the old man will apply for you to practice superior martial arts."

Give a fixed price of 150,000 taels, obviously save tens of thousands of taels of transportation costs than normal.

When Xu Sheng heard this, a bewilderment appeared on his face.

It's a good thing that you can learn superior martial arts if you do a good job.

The question is whether the transportation fee of 150,000 taels can really successfully transport more than one billion catties of coal to the wharf?

Subconsciously, Xu Sheng set his eyes on Lin Ze on the side.

At this time, he also suddenly understood that the reason why Zhao Cheng entrusted this matter to him was actually to let him, a fellow disciple who could be trusted, be a liaison in the middle, and arrange to complete this matter with Lin Ze, a local snake.

"You can do it."

Lin Ze didn't speak, and nodded slightly in response to Xu Sheng.

If you want to transport it yourself, you can buy a lot of oxen, horses, and wagons, and then hire a coachman.

An oxen cart used to pull goods is at most twenty taels of silver, and according to the calculation that a cow works for more than 300 days a year and transports more than 3,000 catties of goods every day, a thousand cows are enough.

Counting the unplanned wealth, 1,100 oxen and carriages were more than enough, and the total cost here was 22,000 taels of silver.

Then there is the wear and tear of the feed and parts of the cattle and horse carts, and the cost can be greatly reduced in the case of bulk purchases, and the maintenance costs of 260 Wen a day are up to the sky, and the cattle and horse carts do not have to be damaged too much feed and parts when they rest.

So the cost of this part is about 85,000 taels.

Finally, the driver's expenses, three taels a month is already considered a high salary, no need to worry about food, about 39,600 taels of silver a year.

After deducting the cost, Xu Sheng still has an income of three or four thousand taels of silver left in one year, and when he arrives in the second year, he does not need to buy a carriage or horse, and the income is much higher.

In addition, you can also learn superior martial arts for the sect meritorious service, and get progress in your career, which is indeed a business that can be done.

And these cost calculations, Zhao Cheng had already done it in advance, so he gave Xu Sheng an offer of 150,000 taels of silver a year.

"Then thank you for taking care of your uncle, my nephew will definitely live up to your trust and transport all the coal to the dock."

Xu Sheng bowed and saluted, and responded to this errand.

Seeing this, Zhao Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

He dispatches in the middle.

In the end, he only needs to supervise the smooth completion of the whole thing, and let one billion catties of coal be transported to Crescent Island, then the profit of 150,000 taels of silver per year and the future peerless divine skill cultivation qualification will be stable.

This is more comfortable and stable than fighting, killing, and making money.

"Without further ado, the old man won't stay long, so I'll go back and dispatch the ship."

"Farewell, Ziyi, wait and see, I hope I can move coal directly at the dock tomorrow morning, and if you encounter trouble, you can take my letter to Linhai County to find me."

Zhao Cheng gave up his hand and said goodbye, not caring at all that it was already early in the morning at this moment.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Lin Ze on the spot, which meant that Lin Ze must maintain the supply of coal, and if there was any trouble that could not be solved, he could go to him to help once.

After all, whether the coal can be successfully transported to Crescent Island is closely related to Zhao Cheng's interests.

"Okay, then thank you Mr. Boyan for your kindness."

Lin Ze took the seal letter and opened his mouth in surprise.

After observing and studying Mingyue Tower these days, Lin Ze has already learned that martial arts starts from the introductory solid foundation Peiyuan, followed by several levels of Qi cultivation, Tongmai, Condensation, Yunshen, Gangqi, and Heaven and Man.

Nourishing qi and veins, belonging to the level of second- and third-rate martial artists in the rivers and lakes, Ning Zhen is a first-class master, Yunshen is a super-first-class master, Gang Qi is a peerless master, and the realm of heaven and man is the only legendary existence in the world.

In the Mingyue Tower, if you want to become an elder, you must at least be a martial arts level who has just entered the Gang Qi realm, which is what people usually call a peerless master.

Although Lin Ze doesn't know how to train to such a level, he already has enough understanding of what kind of combat power the masters of this level have, and this is an existence that can be the head of tens of millions of troops.

This may be a bit general, but let's make a more obvious comparison.

Relying on the face of the peerless master, even the emperor will change you from death to life before this peerless master dies.

Otherwise, the emperor himself may not be afraid, but he needs to be careful about the safety of his close subordinates and concubines' families.

Therefore, for peerless masters, no matter what big forces they are, they all have an attitude of not being able to offend to death until they are sure that they can solve the other party.

And such a powerful combat power promise can solve a trouble for Lin Ze, which is naturally an extremely pleasant surprise, and it can be said that the sense of security is full.

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