In short, the original weird customs in society, such as men applying powder, applying facial masks, incense, and women's clothing, have not been completely wiped out, but at least they have returned to normal levels.
The feeling for people like Cai He is that history has gone through cycles and it has become the same as that of our ancestors, and the norms of a gentleman have returned to what they were in the earliest days, that is, they have restored their original meaning that does not include morality. Once merged with the early Tian Xingjian.
The original meaning of the so-called "Heaven moves vigorously, a gentleman strives for self-improvement, the terrain is good, and a gentleman carries things with kindness". From the beginning, the original meaning is not that complicated. Since the Zhouyi, the original meaning can refer to the movement of heaven being strong and powerful, so A gentleman should be as strong and powerful as the sky, and the earth is generous and gentle. Then a gentleman should also carry external things with morality.
Without adding any extended meaning, to put it bluntly, the requirement for a gentleman is to first stand strong and powerful in the world, and then talk about human morality to support others.
After all, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, living was already a matter of hard work. Those who could stand tall in the world and help others were undoubtedly the best.
It’s just that with the development of the times, there are more and more requirements for a gentleman, and more and more conditions are attached. But let’s talk about it from the very beginning, the prerequisite for a gentleman is just one sentence, Tian Xingjian, which requires this Man is as powerful as the movement of heaven!
From the current point of view, major aristocratic families have really embarked on this realistic path, so it is very difficult to make a living in luxury goods these days, so professional personnel began to engage in arms and fighting, and the latter lived a good life. good.
Although it is inevitable that they will be rounded up by the officials for going too far, this is not a big deal. If they can still survive to promote again after being rounded up, it shows that they are strong. Even if they are wild, they can still survive after being rounded up by the authorities several times. It can also be recognized.
It’s just that Ms. Cai is really too weak to make weapons, let alone fighting. So after returning to reality, Ms. Cai decided to buy some special snacks. Anyway, as long as the food can be eaten, the upper limit is very high, especially this thing is delicious. If so, it would be higher.
Obviously, sago is really delicious, and it doesn't seem to be available anywhere else. This is a pretty good business, so after Cai He and his elder brother wrote letters to discuss for a while, Cai Mao felt it was necessary to join the supply and marketing cooperative.
As far as Cai's business is concerned, it's okay to do it on a small scale. But if they really want to engage in food sales, this depends on quantity. A little adds up, so there needs to be a channel, and currently the best food sales channel has nothing to do with it. The question is that Chen Xi managed the supply and marketing cooperative.
As for the disadvantage, there is only one. Generally speaking, you cannot enter the purchasing scope of the supply and marketing cooperative, which is very embarrassing.
However, the great thing about Cai Hao is that he can't get in, but he can find people who can enter this channel. For example, Zhou Yu's fruits can enter this channel, so if Cai Hao wants to cooperate with Zhou Yu, the price is not important, the important thing is to get through channel.
As long as they enter, the Cai family will be crazy about shipping. As for farming on Sailan Island, they are scattered. The price of grain these days is subsidized by Chen Xi. Just looking at the full amount of grain in the strategic reserve, the Cai family will There is no desire to farm.
Without Chen Xi's subsidy, according to calculations by the Central Plains Chamber of Commerce, the price of food would probably have dropped to about five cents per dou. This is simply crazy.
By the way, this is why Chen Xi fully opened up the wine industry and no longer restricted the people from making wine. After all, the grain output was quite high, so there had to be some added value.
Similarly, the life of grain merchants is quite strange these days. Currently, grain merchants are mainly engaged in the grain processing industry, and some have withdrawn from the grain industry and turned to the grain transportation and warehousing management industries to earn other profits. As for making money from selling grain, it’s really hard-earned money now.
On the contrary, the wine industry is very prosperous. Chen Xi, who is so prosperous, has begun to think about whether human beings are wine vats. Sixty million people across the country have consumed about one billion liters of wine after the deregulation of winemaking in the fifth year of Yuanfeng. If you count The consumption of home-brewed alcohol by ordinary people was about 1.2 billion liters. Chen Xi was really confused when he looked at this data.
However, the reason for this data is not because the wine industry has reached the limit of consumption, but is more realistic. Even if Chen Xi moves everything to make wine, he will not be able to mobilize enough human resources to make various calculations. There are more manpower to continue to engage in the wine industry.
According to statistics compiled by Liu Yanxian, if the Han Dynasty fully liberalized the supply of alcohol and provided alcohol to the subordinate ethnic groups, it would need to produce 3 billion liters of various types of alcohol in a single year.
On average, it reaches about forty liters on the head of each person. This scale is basically nonsense for the Han Dynasty. Chen Xi is willing to open up the food industry to engage in wine industry, but Chen Xi cannot invest so many manpower, so he will make do with it for now. As for Making money or something, it’s actually really profitable.
Even if Chen Xi's drinks are sold very cheaply, because like beer and fruit wine, the shipment volume in spring, summer, and autumn is calculated in hundreds of millions, the supply and marketing cooperative's wine will never stop, and they can be piled up no matter how cheap it is. Horrible data.
Of course Cai Hao doesn't know these things, but Cai Hao just wants to get involved with the supply and marketing cooperatives. Even if a supply and marketing cooperative sells a pack of sago a day for a penny, there are more than 30,000 prefectures, counties, and villages across the country. If you can lie down, you can get 10 million yuan.
What's more, when this kind of thing is in season, it is shipped in batches, and it's a penny job. That's why Cai Hao took the initiative to ask Zhou Yu for help. Zhou Yu's fruits also go to the Southern Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but Their Cai's dry sago products are durable and can be shipped nationwide, making you a sure profit!
"This is not a problem. We will load it together when the time comes, and I don't have much time management. Cai's transportation can also be done." Zhou Yu said calmly.
Cai Mao's desire to take advantage of the supply and marketing cooperative was not taken seriously at all. Anyway, Chen Xi had agreed at the time that as long as it was tropical fruit, no matter what it was, give me some and I would pay through the weighing scale.
After all, Cai Mao is also a key member of his own system. They discovered a new type of fruit. Forget it, it doesn't matter whether it is a fruit or not. Anyway, they just bought a new edible thing on their own island for free, pretending It's just fruit.
Anyway, as long as it can be imported, it costs 1,200 yuan per ton. As for going to the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhou Yu doesn't pay much attention to business at all, and can just make a simple and crude delivery.
"One ton, two thousand jin?" Cai Hao was a little confused. How to say this price? It was a little different from what Cai Hao thought. Cai Hao's original idea was that one ton and two thousand jin would earn him two thousand fen, and one tree would produce almost the same amount. Two hundred kilograms, and Sailan Island has hundreds of thousands to nearly one million of these things. I can lay flat and transport goods in ballast for a year, and I can get 100 million yuan a year. There is no problem with 200 million yuan.
Now it suddenly felt like it was half the price. Thinking about rice, which cost more than a hundred yuan per stone, Cai Hao started to scratch his head. This was food for him. Even supplementary food and snacks should be one-tenth of the price. Why? It has become one-twentieth.
"What else do you want with the money you picked up for free, let alone this." Zhou Yu took out a book from his arms and handed it to Cai Hao, "If you go through this channel, this money will be used to purchase supplies." The price is the price of this book.”
Chen Xi was also afraid that he would run away after cheating Zhou Yu for five years. After all, the price of 1,200 yuan per ton was too deceiving.
Theoretically, according to the price of grain, one ton should be around 4,000 yuan, not to mention that Chen Xi anchored the price with bananas, and in the climate of Southeast Asia, the price of bananas does not matter.
As a result, the price of relatively precious tropical fruits was also driven down very low. Chen Xi thought that after he opened his mouth, Zhou Yu would pay at least 3,000 yuan in return. Then the two parties bargained for a price of 2,200 to 2,500 yuan. As a result, Zhou Yu After receiving a thousand and two yuan in return, Chen Xi couldn't even raise the price.
So Chen Xi gave Zhou Yu a customized supply list, all of which were 40% off or 50% off. Zhou Yu was a little confused when he saw it, thinking that this was the greatest benefit the Han Dynasty could give to the feudal country. In fact, Chen Xi was just afraid that after two years Zhou Yu discovered the problem and ran away.
This shit is too sinister and a bit embarrassing. If Zhou Yu just breaks up with each other, it will be embarrassing for both parties, so Chen Xi gave a supply list, indicating that the money you earned from selling fruits will be linked to Chang'an Bank. If you buy supplies, it will be given to you. This price.
Cai Mao opened the book without knowing why. He only glanced at it. His eyes almost rolled out. He looked at Zhou Yu dumbfounded. Isn't the price a little too outrageous? The flagship-level semi-seventh generation currently used by the Han Dynasty costs 4,000 yuan. Five million dollars, is this crazy?
"Of course you can also go through other channels. If you use other channels, this is the price." Zhou Yu took out another price book. Cai Hao only glanced at it and closed the price book. This is still a preferential price for each feudal country. It’s over 100 million, but this price is reasonable.
"Everything on this can be bought? Compared with the previous price book, is there anything missing?" Cai Hao grabbed the price book in his hands. Seeing this price book, he didn't want to use the previous thing at all. .
"Not only is there nothing missing, but there are a lot of other things, please turn to the end." Zhou Yu said calmly. Cai Hao quickly turned to the end, only to find that there was actually a process for leasing a processing plant, and his cheeks began to glow red. I simply have no friends.
"This is the only channel." Cai Hao agreed decisively.
One thousand and two hundred coins per ton, just one thousand and two hundred coins per ton. Ever since I saw this special price book, I really don’t want to sell it at a high price. That’s it. How can I, a person who supports the Han Dynasty like me, make money from the Han Dynasty? Room money! Impossible, absolutely impossible.
