Seeing Liang Xiao again, Bai He suppressed the jealousy in his heart and greeted him with a smile.
"It seems that Boss Liang has made a fortune and can buy both sugar cane and land from me."
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "It's also thanks to the Bai family's willingness to sell high-quality sugar cane that I can make a small profit."
"How much did you earn?" Bai He asked anxiously.
Liang Xiao suddenly looked sad and replied: "Only your sugar cane has a higher sugar yield, which can barely make my sugar mill profitable. The money earned from sugar production is used to pay wages, buy land, and reserve Part of it is used to buy the next period of sugar cane. The actual profit is less than one hundred taels. According to this profit, it will take at least two years to earn back the cost of equipment and land!"
"Where's the sugar? How much more is there?" Bai He asked again.
Liang Xiao said: "There is not much production left, and we can probably sell it for three to five days. So I urgently need the Bai family to continue supplying sugar cane. Only the Bai family's sugar cane has a high enough sugar yield."
Bai He said doubtfully, "Please explain your purpose clearly!"
Liang Xiao said: "I want to go bigger. I want all the sugar cane from your Bai family in the next period. The price of sugar cane is still 20% higher than the standard price of Guohou Mansion. This time, I will buy sugar cane with a total price of 5,000 taels!" "
"What if you can't eat it?" Bai He frowned.
"Of course I will use five thousand taels to collect all the receivables. If my capital is less than five thousand taels, according to the contract, I will also make an IOU to you." Liang Xiao replied.
Bai He stared at Liang Xiao with burning eyes: "I also want your ancestral home, your sugar workshop and the secret sugar recipe!"
Liang Xiao said without thinking: "Yes! If you cannot supply sugar cane with a total price of five thousand taels, you must give me the channel to purchase sugar cane for free. From now on, I, Liang Xiao, will replace your Bai family in purchasing sugar cane." ."
Bai He hesitated for a moment, looked at Liang Xiao again, and said, "This is a big deal, I need to think about it for a quarter of an hour."
Liang Xiao happily agreed.
Bai He immediately summoned everyone in the house for discussion.
"Master, this person has been trying to please Dingguohou's Mansion, and he might join forces with Dingguohou's Mansion to trick us!"
"Master, please don't forget that every time Dingguohou Mansion wanted to empty Liang Xiao's stall of sugar, Liang Xiao's people never refused."
Everyone was trying to persuade Bai He to think twice.
Bai He gritted his teeth and said: "This Liang Xiao is an idiot! He can come up with a new thing like sugar, but only sells it for 400 wen per catty. It is a waste of natural resources! If I can seize his workshop, by then, The sugar mill I run is slowly growing big enough to monopolize the country's sugar business! This is a risky transaction, but even if the price of sugarcane at Dingguo Marquis Mansion is reduced, it won't be much lower, right?"
Everyone suddenly realized and changed their words: "The master of the house is still wise! If Dingguo Houfu cooperates with Liang Xiao, we will lose dozens of taels at most. If we cooperate with us, we can make more profits! After Liang Xiao is the guilty minister, Ding There is no reason for the Guohou Mansion to want to support him!"
"I don't believe that Dingguohou Mansion won't be tempted by the offer of a thousand taels of profit!" Bai He sneered.
"The master of the house is wise!"
After Bai He came out, he said to Liang Xiao: "The next batch of sugar cane will arrive in early August, and we will trade five thousand taels then! If I can't supply the goods, from now on I will leave the sugar cane purchasing channel to you. If you can't buy it, Come on, I don’t need those five thousand taels, but give me your ancestral home, sugar-making secret recipe, and workshop!”
Liang Xiao agreed immediately.
The two went directly to the government to sign the contract, each depositing one copy and leaving one copy with the government as a certificate.
After returning home, Bai He immediately urged people to notify the sugarcane supplier: "Raise the price so that it will be difficult for the Marquis Dingguo Mansion to purchase it!"
It was already night when Liang Xiao returned home with the contract.
He is waiting.
That night, Mu Qinxue signed a contract with him to reserve sugar. The content was clearly stated, including how he would supply sugar cane and how it would be priced.
If the House of Dingguo Hou must cooperate with Bai He to trick him, then he and the House of Dingguo House will each lose half.
Coupled with the relationship of "Eunuch Lin", Dingguohou Mansion will not be short-sighted.
This was the basis for his bet with Bai He.
As for the relationship between Dingguo Houfu and him, he didn't care.
The guard came to report: "Mr. Lin is visiting!"
The visitor tonight is Duan Yunxiu disguised as Lin Duan.
"Mr. Liang, it is not convenient for Miss Mu to go out, so I will deal with you on her behalf. There is no need for a contract. If you have any plans, you can tell me and I will tell you. Dingguo Hou Mansion will do what it says. arrive."
Liang Xiao said: "In the future, I will probably be able to refine 13,000 kilograms of white sugar, of which 7,000 kilograms can be priced at 300 wen per kilogram and secretly sold to the Marquis of Dingguo Mansion."
"Sugar cane can only be stored for seven days at most. Your total number of workers is only over 100. How can you extract so much sugar in half a month..." Duan Yunxiu said in shock.
"This is the wonder of sugar making." Liang Xiao looked mysterious.
Duan Yunxiu saw this and felt happy instead of worried. Then he nodded and said: "I believe you! You can also trust Dingguo Hou Mansion. After all, it is a big deal that you can provide low-priced sugar for a long time." Business opportunities, Dingguo Houfu knows how to weigh the trade-offs!"
Liang Xiao finally felt relieved and explained: "The purchasing channels for sugar cane must be in my hands, or at least in the hands of Dingguo Houfu, to prevent others from asking for high prices, such as Bai He, who always want to empty my money. capital."
"If you don't have a businessman, you won't be a traitor. If you don't have any means, let alone officialdom, you won't even have a place in the shopping mall!" Duan Yunxiu reminded.
Liang Xiao smiled and looked at Duan Yunxiu: "In this big capital, apart from my Xue'er, Eunuch Lin is the only one I can rely on."
Duan Yunxiu curled his lips and said, "Actually, Miss Mu is not bad. If you achieve success in the future, it is not impossible to bring a beautiful woman back to you. You don't have to care about what her parents think."
Liang Xiao smiled and said nothing.
"You left so gracefully that day because you couldn't bear to ruin their mother-daughter relationship, right?" Duan Yunxiu asked curiously.
Liang Xiao was stunned, nodded and said: "Eunuch Lin can actually see through my thoughts."
"Because I believe in your character!" Duan Yunxiu blushed, and soon realized that he was a little anxious, and added, "So, I hope you will not betray my trust..."
Liang Xiao was silent.
Duan Yunxiu looked a little disappointed and said, "If you want to focus on business, just do business..."
Liang Xiao finally spoke and sighed: "Eunuch Lin, before I came down from the mountain, I looked at the world and thought there were heroes in large numbers. After I came down from the mountain, I looked at the world again and it turns out that there are swarms of rats!"
Duan Yunxiu's face turned red and he was at a loss.
Only she and the empress understood that Liang Xiao was right.
Today's Great Zhou Dynasty is surrounded by powerful enemies, but there are warlords separatist regimes, the ruling and opposition parties are fighting, and there are many clans...
But... am I also a rat?
Liang Xiao then took Duan Yunxiu's hand and said seriously: "I don't know, but the person who knows me and understands me is Eunuch Lin."
Duan Yunxiu was surprised and happy, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.