"Mom, you are the best~"
Han Jingyun and Han Shu, feeling the dark side of things, hugged Mrs. Liu tightly, one on the left and the other on the right, as if they were afraid that their mother would regret it.
Han Du was also very happy. It was a joy to be able to do it without having to do it himself. And he hasn't had a big meal in a restaurant yet. The one he and Zhu Biao went to last time was not a restaurant at all. It was considered a relatively good restaurant. The food tastes average, not as good as cooking it yourself.
"Mom, how much is the profit of the workshop?" Han Du asked casually.
Hearing this, Mrs. Liu said without thinking: "This time I sent more than 600 guan. I didn't expect that in just a short period of time, there was a profit of more than 600 guan. This briquette looks inconspicuous, but the profit is really a lot. Shopkeeper Gao said that this is just the beginning, and the profits may be even greater in the future.”
"I made back all the money I spent to buy the workshop in one go, which is pretty good." Han Du nodded and thought.
Briquettes seem to be cheap and the profits are slim, but they can't sustain large sales. The briquette business is inherently a volume-based business. Coupled with Lao Zhu's arbitrary pricing for Han Du, Han Du is now able to almost double the profit. It would be strange not to make money.
Since you have money, there is no reason to wrong yourself. Han Du waved his hand and decided to go to the top restaurant in the capital to celebrate.
After hearing this, Mrs. Liu originally wanted to object, but when she saw Han Jingyun and Han Shu cheering for joy, she had no choice but to hold back her words.
The Han family was very happy to have a meal in the restaurant, and even Han Du felt that the trip was worthwhile. The steamed fat sheep and the roast duck with fruit and wood are all dishes that Han Du has never eaten before. And after the vigorous development in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, these dishes can now be regarded as full of color, flavor and flavor.
The most important thing is that there are no chemical flavorings added to the dishes at all, and they all have a purely natural taste, making it a very enjoyable meal.
...
Han Du came to the banknote bureau and called Mr. Huang and Xiong Shi in front of him.
"What are your orders, sir?" Xiong Shi and Huang Lao asked in unison.
Han Du nodded and said: "I called you here, of course there is something important." Then Han Du told the two of them his proposal and the result that the emperor agreed to his idea.
"Sir, is this true?" Mr. Huang was very happy. He did not expect that such a good thing would happen to the craftsman. You Zi asked in disbelief. Strictly speaking, Mr. Huang is also a craftsman. If Mr. Han's idea can be realized, then he is also qualified to be allocated a residence.
Who could not be happy when a house fell from the sky and fell into his arms for no reason?
Han Du nodded calmly.
However, compared to Huang Lao's sudden joy, Xiong Shi showed a sense of worry.
"Sir, although our banknote collection department now has enough money, it is impossible to build more than a hundred houses. Moreover, the banknote office is not big, and there is simply not enough space to build it. Even if there is enough space to build it, That lumber is also a huge expense. My subordinates are worried that even if we can build the house, all our money will be consumed. And we don’t have any source of income now..."
The current money of the Baobao Lifting Department was all earned by Han Du from his last business in the work department. But it is impossible for the Ministry of Industry to have such business every month. This kind of business is almost a one-time deal.
The current monthly expenses of the Baochao Lifting Company, not counting the expenses of various raw materials, the salaries of the craftsmen and the expenses of the two canteens, are a large sum of money.
There are nearly a hundred craftsmen, and in one month, they can produce one hundred pieces. The expenses for the canteen are not small, reaching almost eighty or ninety dollars a month.
Just these two items are an expenditure of 200 yuan.
Moreover, Han Du also paid rewards to craftsmen from time to time. He rewarded craftsmen twice in a row, and Han Du paid out more than a thousand guan.
At the beginning, Han Du earned about 70,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Industry, and all the money was transferred to the account of the Baobao Collection Department. However, due to Han Du's various expenses later, more than 20,000 taels of money had been spent, leaving less than 50,000 taels of silver.
If we go by the current expenses of the treasure bank transfer department, it will naturally last for several years without any problem. But if it is used to build a hundred houses, that may not be enough. Even if we mobilize the craftsmen to build it themselves, after the construction is completed, I am afraid there will be nothing left with the money.
You must know that the wood, bricks and stones used to build a house are not cheap.
When Lao Zhu built the capital, the cost of building a brick on the city wall alone was two to three hundred yuan, and it was just a brick.
Tens of thousands taels of silver seemed like a lot, but Xiong Shi didn't know if he could buy enough materials to build the house.
Han Du heard Xiong Shi's worry, but Han Du had his own plans and didn't care at all.
"Not that much, and the house I built this time is different from the house you know. Not only does it not require a large space, but it also does not require any wood, bricks, stones, etc."
Don’t need them all? So how should this house be built?
Xiong Shi and Huang Lao looked at each other, and they didn't understand how Han Du could build the house without using these things. However, when they meet adults, they are always able to think about things that others don't think about and things that others have never thought about. What he says and does is different from ordinary people, but he is able to do things surprisingly well every time.
Therefore, neither of them expressed any preconceived objections, but quietly waited for Han Du's next words.
"I decided to use steel, cement, and sand to build a house, oh, a house. Among these things, we can make steel ourselves. The price is very low. There are almost no other expenses except the cost of iron ore. The same goes for cement. Sand is also easy to deal with. You can just have people dig it by the river, and you can even save money."
After Han Du finished speaking, he looked at the two people.
Xiong Shi pondered for a moment and replied: "If this method can really be achieved, the cost will be much smaller, maybe ten thousand taels of silver will be enough."
Han Du heard this and sneered, "What ten thousand taels of silver? According to my estimate, five thousand taels is enough." What Han Du planned to build was the Tongzi Tower. What is the biggest feature of the Tongzi Tower? In addition to being able to accommodate the largest number of people on the smallest floor space. That is, building a tube building saves the most materials. The top, bottom, left and right sides of a family's house are shared with other people. Just this, the raw materials used to build one family can almost meet the needs of four families.
