louisehourcade Chapter 431 Chapter 428 Unbelievable
Chapter 431 Chapter 428 Unbelievable
Chapter 431 428 Unbelievable
"Lord Cui really keeps his word." Lin Xuan said with a smile as he looked at the dozens of carriages parked at the door.
The Chinese New Year is less than a month away, and he thought that the Cui family would not be able to send the money over before the new year.
Unexpectedly, the Cui family sent the money early this morning.
The corner of Cui Hao's mouth twitched, and he didn't give Lin Xuan a good face, and said, "This is 50 guan, and it will be delivered in the next few days."
Lin Xuan didn't care about Cui Hao's attitude, and said with a smile, "As long as it can be delivered before the end of the year, it's fine."
"Don't worry, it will definitely be delivered before the year. I still have something to do, so I will leave first." Cui Hao left the housekeeper to meet Lin Xuan, and left directly.
Of the 500 million guan, 200 million guan came from the Cui family. Thinking of this, he still felt a little distressed.
Lin Xuan asked the butler to command the soldiers to count the money and put it into the warehouse first.
The usual money is 50 Wen, and [-] Guan is [-] million Wen. If you count every penny, you don’t know when it will be counted.
It can only be weighed, although there will be some discrepancies, but the difference will not be too big.
"My lord, after these are stored in the warehouse, the warehouse in the house won't be able to fit them." Lin Butler said with a troubled expression on his face.
Although the warehouse where the Lin family puts money is not small, the Lin family's own money accounts for most of it.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Put it in the warehouse first, and I will find someone to take it away later."
All the money should be given to Li Shimin, and it is enough to let Li Shimin take it away later.
If it wasn't for showing off, Lin Xuan would have sent the Cui family to the palace directly.
Seeing what Lin Xuan said, Steward Lin hurriedly made arrangements.
Someone was busy collecting money, Lin Xuan thought about it and came to the palace.
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Li Shimin was slightly taken aback when he heard Lin Xuan begging to see him, and let him in.
In the past few days, he has been hesitant, thinking whether to ask Lin Xuan what kind of business he was talking about before.
But at the beginning, he refused Lin Xuan before he could finish speaking, but now he was asked to find Lin Xuan, and he always felt embarrassed.
"I see Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin waved his hands and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Cui family has already sent 50 guan, and the remaining 450 million guan will be delivered in the near future. The minister's family can't fit it, so your majesty should ask someone to take the money away as soon as possible." Lin Xuan said.
"I thought they would keep procrastinating, but I didn't expect to hand over the money so soon." Li Shimin said in surprise.
500 million guan is not a small amount, accounting for one-sixth of Datang's previous annual income.
Even with the background of the aristocratic family, it is very painful. Based on his understanding of the aristocratic family, the Cui family may have been procrastinating for a reason, but he did not expect to hand over the money so quickly.
"I will let Li Junxian handle this matter." Li Shimin said.
"I will leave." Lin Xuan said with a bow.
"Wait." Li Shimin stopped Lin Xuan and said, "What kind of business did you mention last time?"
Lin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, wondering why Li Shimin asked this suddenly.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the business I said is to produce soap." Lin Xuan said.
"Napse?" Li Shimin frowned, and asked, "It takes so many people to produce pancreas? Besides, there are quite a few workshops producing pancreas in Datang, right? Are you sure this thing can make money?"
"Your Majesty's current production of pancreas can only be used by rich and powerful families. I want to produce a kind of pancreas that can be used by people all over the world." Lin Xuan said.
People all over the world can afford it, so it is very cheap?
"Even if the pancreas you produce can be used by the people all over the world, the people will not buy it?" Li Shimin asked suspiciously.
Soap is nothing more than washing clothes, bathing or washing hands. For ordinary people, they are not willing to buy it at all.
"The way the people wash their clothes is very harmful to the clothes. Washing with soap will cause very little damage to the clothes. Compared with the price of cloth, it is nothing to spend two yuan on soap. You only need to give it to the people. The common people will naturally know how to choose." Lin Xuan said.
"Two cents? Are you sure that the soap produced by two cents can be used?" Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in surprise.
Although he didn't know how much the soap sold for, at the very least it would cost hundreds of dollars.
Before Lin Xuan said that producing a kind of soap that people all over the world could afford, he thought it would cost at least twenty or thirty renminbi.
Unexpectedly, there were only two texts.
"Two pennies are the selling price, and the cost is only one penny." Lin Xuan said lightly.
The cost he mentioned already includes all costs, that is to say, if you sell a piece of soap, you can make a penny.
Many people may find it incredible, but it was like this in ancient times.
Although the production technology was backward in ancient times, the materials were cheap. As long as they were not scarce, the materials did not cost money at all, and they were nothing more than labor costs.
Take the paper mill as an example. The bark of those shrubs can be picked directly by people, and there is no need to spend money at all.
Therefore, in addition to the cost of building the workshop in the early stage, only labor costs are required later.
"This doesn't seem to make much money, does it?" Li Shimin looked down on it.
How much money can you earn a year if you only earn one penny for one yuan?
It has to be said that Li Shimin's appetite has been spoiled by Liuli's income.
"10,000+ hits a year is not a problem." Lin Xuan said.
"10,000+ points?" Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in shock.
Although 10,000+ guns are not in his eyes now, but this is the case when it is sold cheaply, if it is sold for ten yuan a piece?Or twenty cents a piece?
The price increase of five times and ten times does not mean that the profit has only increased five times and ten times.
You must know that the cost is fixed. If you sell it for twenty yuan, the profit will be eighteen times greater.
Isn't it possible to earn millions of coins a year?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's eyes flashed with fire.
To build a city in Chaoyuan, a lot of money is needed, and he is very short of money now.
Lin Xuan saw what Li Shimin was thinking, and said, "If the price is too high, the common people won't buy it at all."
Two Wen a piece, if one is used a month, the family will spend more than 20 Wen a year.
For those with more family members, more than 30 Wen a year is enough.
Compared to making clothes last for a few years, it is indeed very cost-effective.
If the price is too high, it will not be worthwhile. After all, ordinary people will not buy any good fabrics. With this money, it is better to buy new fabrics.
Li Shimin came back to his senses and understood the reason, so he was a little disappointed.
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "If you want to occupy the grassland, you need to build a lot of cities on the grassland. Only in this way can you occupy the grassland forever. But if you want to build a city on the grassland, you need a lot of money, and the profit from producing pancreas is too little. It doesn't make much sense."
"Your Majesty, I have a solution." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin said in surprise, "What way?"
"Encourage business." Lin Xuan said word by word.
"Why?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.
"May I ask Your Majesty, how much business tax has been collected so far this year?" Lin Xuan asked.
"More than 1000 million guan." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan said surprisingly: "If Your Majesty encourages business, within a few years, the business tax will exceed Datang's annual income."
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan in disbelief.
Although the commercial tax has not been popularized to all cities, the rest are some small county towns. Even if it is all popularized, it will not increase much.
According to Ma Zhou's estimate, if all the cities are popularized, the number will be between 600 million and 800 million a year.
Even so, Li Shimin is very satisfied, which is equivalent to half of Datang's previous income.
(End of this chapter)