Chapter 743: The idea of building a brothel
"General, don't worry, please listen to my analysis." Zhang Yi smiled and then looked at Zhang Youcai.
"Zhang Yuanwai, don't you think that poetry and poetry can be taught, music, chess, calligraphy and painting can also be taught, singing and dancing can also be taught, but beauty can't be taught, can't you teach it?"
Zhang Youcai suddenly understood and said, "If you find a beautiful woman earlier than anyone else, then your brothel can become the number one brothel in Jiuquan County."
Han Xin heard this and said, "Is it feasible? The more beautiful a woman is, the less likely she is to go to a brothel, right?"
Women who go to brothels are usually poor people. How can ordinary people go? More importantly, people's lives are getting better and better now. Who wants their daughter to go to a brothel?
Zhang Youcai said: "The general's words are wrong. Nowadays, the brothels in the capital only sell their arts and not their bodies. On the contrary, many people are happy to have their daughters marry into rich families as concubines.
Therefore, there is no shortage of women in brothels, but there is a shortage of beautiful women. "
"I see." Han Xin said, "What do you mean, this brothel can be opened?"
"Not only can we do it, we can also make it bigger. The problem now is women, beautiful women." Zhang Youcai said,
"I have a solution for this," Zhang Yi said.
"What can we do?" Zhang Youcai and Han Xin said at the same time.
Zhang Yi replied: "The first thing we need to do is to find a beautiful woman near Jiuquan County and sign a ten-year contract with her.
In addition to women from the Qin Dynasty, you can also look for women from the Western Regions, especially Persian women. Those women have blue eyes and yellow hair.
Last time when envoys from various countries arrived in Xianyang City, there were many women from the Western Regions. But the men in Xianyang City are strange.
So I found an opportunity to inquire about the woman from the Western Regions with several envoys, and learned that she was given to His Majesty the First Emperor.
So I asked them to bring more women over the next time they come. I want them all, but I need these women to be white and beautiful.
For this reason, I gave them a deposit of three hundred taels. "
"Three hundred taels of deposit?" Li Youcai couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "I didn't expect shopkeeper Li to be so rich and courageous, so I just made a deposit of three hundred taels." Kanshu La
"Because this is a sure-profit business, why not do it?" Zhang Yi asked rhetorically.
"Aren't you afraid that those messengers will never come again?" Zhang Youcai asked again.
"Don't be afraid." Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "There is no way they will not come. Even if they no longer serve as envoys, they will not stop coming, because Da Qin is full of magic and full of unlimited business opportunities.
Unless those messengers are idiots and don't want more benefits. "
"Being able to become envoys shows that they are capable. After returning, they will definitely increase trade. By then, there will be countless merchants from the Western Regions in Da Qin, and there will be countless merchants from Da Qin in the Western Regions.
The most important thing is Jiuquan County, which will become a transit point between Daqin and the Western Regions.
Once it becomes the largest brothel in Jiuquan County, it goes without saying that the business will be booming, but what you can think of, others can think of, how do you compare with other brothels? "Zhang Youcai poured cold water on Zhang Yi again.
"How do you compare with others when the two hard conditions of capital and connections are insufficient?"
"Cooperation." Zhang Yi said, "I will find a stronger person to cooperate with, such as Mr. Li Si's Chamber of Commerce, or anyone else.
I have a group of women from the Western Regions, and there will definitely be people rushing to cooperate with me. Even if not, I believe I can find collaborators with the prestige of General Han Xin. "
"Okay, you win. I am the collaborator you are looking for. Regarding the brothel, I will help you contact a businessman who specializes in brothels.
But even if this reaches one million, I’m afraid it’s not enough. "
"It's really not enough. The brothel makes 300,000 yuan a year. This should be the case."
"Yes," Zhang Youcai said, "I also have half a million, but the maximum I can give you is two hundred thousand."
"Two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand. So it adds up to four hundred thousand.
"Zhang Yi said.
"There are still six hundred thousand left."
Han Xin's heart on the side was beating violently at this time. The 400,000 and 600,000 taels, when spoken by Zhang Youcai and Zhang Yi, seemed to be only 40 taels or 60 taels.
It seems that the one million is not money, but just a series of numbers.
"There are also restaurants and inns. I should be able to earn a hundred thousand taels from these two."
"Yes. We are still short of five hundred thousand taels." Zhang Youcai continued.
"Open a shop that specializes in selling southern items, such as sugar, canned fruits, dried fruits and other items. Can you make a hundred thousand taels?"
"Yes, if you operate it well, you can earn more. But this is now calculated as one hundred thousand taels. There is still a shortfall of four hundred thousand taels." Zhang Youcai said again.
"Form up a caravan and go to the countries in the Western Region. Do you have 400,000 taels a year?"
"It depends on what kind of goods you take to sell. Some goods are priceless, and some are worthless.
However, I believe that what you took is definitely priceless goods. "Zhang Youcai said.
"Thank you for your compliment. Can I earn one million taels a year?" Zhang Yi asked.
Zhang Youcai nodded and said, "Yes, you can indeed do it. But the prerequisite is that you have money. How much money do you have now?"
"More than fifty thousand taels." Han Xin said first.
"Is that just a little?" Zhang Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth. This was too little.
Han Xin also twitched the corners of his mouth. When did more than fifty thousand taels become less?
Zhang Yi said helplessly: "This is one of the reasons why we asked Zhang Yuanwai to cooperate. We have no money, and these more than 50,000 taels are not for investment in breeding farms."
"Are you going to be penniless?" Zhang Youcai said.
"Yes." Zhang Yi replied, "I know we are going too far, but the only people who can breed on the grassland are the original Huns herdsmen and the generals under Marshal Meng Tian.
This is our advantage. Secondly, we can cooperate with the Xiongnu tribe to raise sheep. This can not only expand our breeding farms, but also obtain manpower from the Xiongnu tribe.
Their shepherding skills are definitely better than ours. "
Zhang Youcai nodded and said, "I agree with this. I originally planned to cooperate with them."
"Thirdly, I have the skills to clean wool, sheepskin, and cowhide, as well as the skills to make milk powder and dried meat.
There is also the beef cattle, which is the breeding method of beef cattle. These beef cattle cannot do the work of plowing the fields, but they can eat. The meat quality of the beef cattle is very good.
At the same time, beef cattle grow very fast. It only takes half a year from calf to slaughter, and a little faster than five months is enough.
Not only beef and mutton, I also recommend raising chickens. Currently, chicken is also in short supply. Especially after Dishi launched fried chicken, the demand for this chicken is actually higher than that of beef, sheep, and pig.
We have these three advantages. Mr. Zhang, do you still need us to pay? "
