On August 14, Li Shen came to Boutique Pavilion. It was originally planned to be sold until today. However, there have not been many sales in the past two days. Fortunately, Li Shen will be closed today.
At this time, Li Shen checked the brewing situation in the backyard of Jingjing Pavilion. The factory building has been built and the house covers an area of two acres. There are still places to build a small factory. After watching it, Li Shen and Wang Hongfu entered the warehouse.
The door to the warehouse was originally a heavy wooden door. Li Shen asked someone to add a large iron gate. This era is not so peaceful yet. Copper coins piled up in the warehouse.
"Your Majesty, we sold for nine days in total, but the sales in the next few days were not very good, so the ordinary gift boxes sold 3,840, totaling 19,200 guan, and the high-end gift boxes sold well.
Several wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan, Luoyang and other places came to me and ordered 300 of them. They promised not to sell them in Chang'an City, so I agreed to ship them back to the local area in advance.
A total of 1,136 high-end gift boxes were sold, totaling 11,360 cans. We sold a total of 30,560 cans.
The cost of an ordinary gift box is about 1 yuan, the high-end one costs about 2 yuan because the gift box and silk are more expensive, and the prince's wine cost is not high because the food is cheap.
Mainly due to the high cost of artificial utensils, gift boxes and the like. The total cost is 6112 yuan. The profit was twenty-four thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars. It’s all here”
"So much" Li Shen was also the first to see so much money in front of him.
It can really be described as Tongshan, and Li Shen was very excited. Walking to the pile of copper coins, the money in the warehouse was placed on the ground. Of course, Li Shen had two layers of wooden boards laid on the ground.
Because of the tight schedule, there was no time for anyone to build the box, but Li Shen soon stopped laughing. It cost more than 24,000 yuan and weighed more than 150,000 kilograms. How to transport it back?
A carriage can transport 700 to 800 kilograms over a long distance, and the distance between Dongshi and the palace is at most 1,000 kilograms, which means more than 150 carriages are needed. Where could Li Shen find so many carriages? Li Shen once again felt troubled by ancient copper coins.
"Shopkeeper Wang, how can you transport this money back to the palace? It's definitely not safe to leave all the money with you." Li Shen asked Shopkeeper Wang.
"Your Majesty, so many copper coins require more than a hundred trucks. The largest car dealer in Chang'an does not have so many trucks on hand. All their trucks are hired to transport. Unless..." Wang Hongfu hesitated at this point.
"Unless what?" Li Shen asked
"Unless the prince can send a car from the palace, when winter comes every year, at least 200 cars will make several trips when the palace comes out to purchase reserves. There must be so many cars in the palace," Wang Hongfu said.
"Cars in the palace? I really didn't know about this." Li Shen really didn't know there were so many cars in the palace. Then he turned around and asked Lan Yuer:
"Yu'er, are there so many cars in the palace?"
"The prince has it, not only in the palace, but the total number of ox carts and carriages owned by the 30 departments of the six departments of the imperial court is almost 2,000, especially the Ministry of Household Affairs. Otherwise, how will the taxes from the east and west cities be transported to the treasury." Lan Yuer replied
Also, the monthly taxes from the east and west cities are definitely more than what he earns. How to transport it back to the treasury without a car, but Li Shen thought it would be more convenient to use a car in the palace. The people driving the carriages were all eunuchs, so it was inconvenient for those in the palace to enter the harem.
Li Shen decided to go back to the palace to find a car after finishing the work. Tomorrow is the holiday, and Li Shen was going to give the workers a holiday. He was worried that no one would be guarding the money by then, so he immediately asked Wang Hongfu to rush everyone into the yard. Li Shen stood on a chair so that everyone could see him, and then said to the workers
"There is no big deal in calling everyone here today. I mainly want to announce a few things. First, our business has been very successful these nine days. This is all your credit. So I applaud you." Li Shen took the lead in applauding. Applause was not popular in this era, but the masters had done it, and the servants followed suit.
"Secondly, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. As the owner, I will give you some Mid-Autumn Festival benefits. That is, benefits. Everyone has one stone of rice, one catty of meat, one custom of reward, five customs of management. Shopkeeper Wang has thirty customs. "After Li Shen finished speaking, he applauded consciously.
"Thanks to the boss for the reward"
“Thank you boss”
There are eight female clerks and four errand boys in Boutique Pavilion, and eleven people from Dahuangzhuang behind them. The total number of employees is less than 70. It's not that Li Shen doesn't want to give more, but sometimes things go smoothly, and Li Shen has seen too many things in his previous life.
After speaking, Li Shen asked shopkeeper Wang to buy rice and meat. If he couldn't carry it, he hurried back and notified his family to come and help. One stone and one hundred and two kilograms of rice, the female clerk would definitely not be able to carry it. And Li Shen returned to the palace in a carriage to borrow a carriage.
After Li Shen returned to the palace, he didn't know who to borrow it from. So Li Shen was going to find Wang De, who was the general manager of the harem. I definitely know where to borrow it. Li Shen met Wang De at the entrance of Liangyi Hall. Li Shimin was discussing matters with the courtiers inside.
"Old Wang, I want to ask you something, who should I borrow a bicycle frame from if I want to use it in the harem?" Li Shen asked directly.
"Your Majesty, aren't there dozens of Sizhaofangs?" Wang De asked in confusion.
"I'm going to pull something this time, and I'm going to use a hundred and sixty racks. Just tell me who to look for," Li Shen said anxiously.
"One hundred and sixty, what is the prince trying to do?" Wang De was curious.
"Don't ask. I'm going to buy some extra things. Just tell me where I can borrow them." Li Shen replied.
"Let me go to the Food Prison with you. How about your Highness? You may not be able to borrow it. This is a rule." Wang De said. Li Shen often gave him things. Don't ask for anything in return. Of course I helped after finally finding something.
In this way, Wang De took Li Shen to the Shangshi Superintendent, who lent him 160 oxcarts and the eunuchs who drove them. Li Shen led the carts and headed straight to the East Market.
The merchants in the East Market thought that someone from the palace was doing the shopping, so they parked their cars next to the Boutique Pavilion to pick them up, and took turns entering the back alley.
Li Shen also arranged for eunuchs and workers to help load the carts. Wooden boards were nailed around the carts and they could be loaded directly. Once the cart was full, he would go out and wait.
When a car came in, it took more than two hours to install it. The total sales volume was 30,560 yuan. Li Shen loaded it with 29,000 yuan, including the cost of more than 6,000 yuan. Of course it was taken back by Li Shen himself.
Only more than a thousand customs were left as working capital, which was not enough for Li Shen to draw money from the palace. Li Shen really felt unsafe leaving it here.
Even if there were more than a thousand people left alone, Li Shen told Wang Hongfu to find two people on duty and pay the usual overtime pay during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Don't think that a thousand dollars is not much, in this Zhenguan world where five cents and a dou of rice are available. (A bucket of rice weighs 12 kilograms) A thousand dollars is a huge sum of money.
Li Shen had another thousand guan sent to Duke Zhao's residence for Princess Changle, and Li Shen took the rest directly back to the palace.
