This year's supplier's sugarcane harvest would have been a good thing for Baihe.
Two cents per catty, two thousand jins, five thousand taels is 2.5 million jins of sugar cane.
And the sugar cane in his hand is only 1.1 million jins. Where can he go to get the extra 1.5 million jins?
Originally, he only needed to sell 300,000 to 400,000 catties to Liang Xiao, and the excess could be used for dumping to destroy the sugar cane business of Dingguo Hou Mansion!
But now, all of his sugar cane must be compensated to Liang Xiao for free. He won't get a penny, and he must also cooperate and hand over his own purchasing channels!
The key is that he also has to pay for the workers and vehicles that transport the sugar cane!
After calculation, he apparently lost nearly four thousand taels, but actually lost a money tree!
Of course Liang Xiao didn't mean well. According to the contract requirements, if Baihe was short of about one thousand taels of goods, Liang Xiao must forgive him.
If Liang Xiao can only offer up to 4,000 taels and less than 1,000 taels, Bai He can also sell him only 4,000 taels, and he will be forgiven for the same.
But now Baihe is short of more than half, close to three thousand taels, so he can only deliver without money.
This is a huge gamble between the two parties, and the bet is on who the Dingguo Houfu can support.
If Dingguo Houfu really supports Bai He, then Liang Xiao can only keep buying sugar cane at high prices.
Liang Xiao looked at the notary and said, "Sir, you have also witnessed that the head of the Bai family cannot afford five thousand taels of sugar cane, so the contract is valid!"
The notary glanced at Bai He, who was about to cry, and said bravely: "This is natural. It is written in black and white here..."
Bai He gave him a lot of "feelings", but Liang Xiao was now a first-rank imperial merchant and a seventh-rank official in the imperial court, and he didn't want to provoke him.
No matter how Bai He begged, Liang Xiao was indifferent and determined to win the purchase channel.
"Master Bai, as a first-class imperial merchant, I do business for our emperor. I advise you to cooperate and don't end up incriminating yourself for deceiving the emperor."
Liang Xiao's "kind" reminder completely defeated Baihe's remaining luck.
He could look down on Liang Xiao, but the current empress...
Bai He finally admitted defeat, and Liang Xiao immediately sent someone to supervise the arrival of sugar cane.
After the sugarcane is picked, if it has not been exposed to the sun, it can generally only be stored for about seven days. It has been more than half a day since picking and shipping.
1.2 million kilograms of high-quality sugar cane is peeled and squeezed to produce about 700,000 kilograms of sugar water. It requires a large amount of firewood to boil the sugar water and preserve it. In the end, it can probably produce close to 200,000 kilograms of white sugar. It requires Twenty days.
Of these two hundred thousand kilograms of white sugar, half of it was sold at a price of three hundred cents per catty and given to Dingguo Hou Mansion. The other one hundred thousand kilograms were sold on the market at a price of four hundred cents, which could be sold for seventy thousand taels!
This time, he got the sugar cane with nothing, at zero cost. After deducting the cost of labor, firewood, etc., he could earn about 65,000 taels, and then take another 60%. The remaining 10% would be given to the porridge and 30% to the empress. There are nearly 40,000 taels!
This is just the income for the month.
The sugar market is promising in the short term, especially the wealthy households in Jiangnan, who are sure to flock to it.
A mere 200,000 kilograms of sugar is really not enough for the rich in Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Beijing...
If you purchase it yourself in the future, the cost of sugar cane, including transportation costs, may be reduced to five cents per catty, but the point is that you no longer have to rely on others and have your neck stuck.
After the empress learned about this, she couldn't help but marvel at Liang Xiao's shamelessness, and immediately appointed Xuan Wei Bai Qin to assist Liang Xiao in counting.
When Bai Qin was performing tasks outside, he used his identity as a businessman and shopkeeper to show his loyalty. When he learned that Liang Xiao was empty-handed, he was also surprised and rushed to help without stopping.
"Dingguo Hou Mansion actually helped Liang Xiao to harm Bai He??"
Everyone in Zhenyuan Hou Mansion was shocked and angry when they received the news.
Nangongtian frowned and said, "Ning Ning, tell me, is it possible that Mu Qinxue has fallen in love with that kid?"
Nangong Ning sneered and said: "Dingguo Hou Mansion is a distinguished family that even we can't reach. How can we like a businessman?"
Nangong Tian was speechless.
In fact, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion also went to the Dingguo Marquis Mansion to propose marriage for him, but was rejected.
Later, Nangong Ning could only do the next best thing and set up a matchmaking relationship with his future eldest brother Duanmu Yuncheng, giving Duanmu Yuncheng a chance to get close to Mu Qinxue.
But Mu Qinxue obviously has no feelings for Duanmu Yuncheng, and his brother Mu Lingxiao makes no secret of his disgust for Duanmu Yuncheng.
Nangong Lei sighed: "Dingguo Houfu must have taken a fancy to Liang Xiao's sugar. Although the Bai family is protected by the Duanmu family and us, in front of Dingguo Houfu, they are indeed no different from ants."
Nangong Ning was silent.
Outsiders didn't know that her relationship with Mu Qinxue was actually very ordinary, and she had always been the one to take the initiative.
Mu Qinxue has never been to Zhenyuan Hou Mansion.
Ever since Mu Qinxue spoke for Liang Xiao, their so-called relationship as best friends has ceased to exist in name only.
Now, she can only pray that the Duanmu family and other aristocratic families can follow suit and deal with Liang Xiao.
Nowadays, the Duanmu family is not feeling well either. In the past, the pastry shop could bring a lot of income to the family, but now due to the shortage of sugar, the business has been crushed by the new desserts of the Mujia pastry shop.
"This Liang Xiao is not willing to cooperate with us in making and selling salt, nor is he willing to sell us sugar in bulk? Is he determined to go against our family?"
Everyone in the Duanmu family gathered together to discuss, their faces ugly.
Losing the pastry shop business is not painful for the whole family, but Liang Xiao gave them a very dangerous signal.
"Will this kid go against us in other ways in the future? If we want to find a way to dig a hole for him, make him break the law, and let the foolish king take back his privileges, it would be best to confiscate his house!" Duanmu Yun said with a livid face. .
The two brothers were publicly humiliated by Liang Xiao in the Prime Minister's Mansion. They were so disgraced that they are still embarrassed to go out to meet guests!
As soon as they go out, others will ask about Liang Xiao when they see them.
What a shame!
And that ant who was not even worthy of being looked at by them at the beginning has now transformed into a first-class imperial merchant, the representative of the emperor!
"Master, just now, all the remaining refugees in the capital were recruited by Liang Xiao. There were about 500 households, and they were all recruited by Liang Xiao!"
Duanmu Cao was taken aback: "The emperor even praised this son for doing work in the early morning. It seems that he intends to support him to enter the officialdom. You must be careful!"
Duanmu Yuncheng suddenly smiled and said: "Dad, isn't there news recently that there is a small group of refugees near the capital? We can send people to sneak in and be his workers..."
"Wonderful! I wonder if I will still be able to get his sugar technology by then!" Everyone praised him one after another.
Liang Xiao has been extremely busy these two days.
He had recruited all the original refugees in the capital, with a total of 550 workers.
But in his opinion, it is far from enough!
On average, he spends more than 1,800 taels in salary and benefits for a working-class family every month, which is nothing compared to his monthly income of tens of thousands taels.
Recruiting ordinary workers in the capital may be infiltrated by the enemy...
At this moment, Xuanwei commander Gu Pingxiu came to report.
"Boss, I have received information from my Lord. There is a group of refugees twenty miles northwest of the capital, and they are being sent to the capital..."
