With just a slight pressure from his hands, the people who were kneeling beside him and shouting "Long Live the Mountain" immediately became quiet.
"I know there are still many people who have doubts about whether this thing can be turned into food. Today, I am here to fulfill the promise I made to you. As long as you complete it according to quality and quantity, how many copies will you produce? How much will the king buy! Just follow the price we agreed on before, two pounds per can and twenty copper coins!"
While Liu Deng was talking, he took a clay pot from a vendor.
This kind of clay pot is specially made for canning production.
Each clay pot can hold two kilograms of fish meat. According to the price Liu Deng set before, each pot is worth twenty copper coins!
Don't underestimate the price. Even if this is where the raw materials are produced, the final price of dried fish has reached five cents per pound.
In addition to the one-cent clay pot, one pound of fish costs about three cents in firewood, seasonings, and labor.
In each can, in addition to fish, there will also be some kelp mixed in, so if you fold it back and forth.
The cost of each can is about thirteen cents, and the net profit per can is seven cents.
A workshop with about thirty people can produce about one thousand to two thousand cans of this kind every day!
If calculated this way, their profits would be considerable.
At the end of the day, you can earn about a dozen dollars.
If they expand, the price of this cost may be further compressed.
This year it was over a thousand dollars, and it was a sure-fire business.
For these ordinary people, this is a good deal that is hard to find even with a lantern.
"Your Majesty, this is a different city now. Even if you hold copper coins, you can't buy food. Can we just convert the copper coins into food?"
Seeing that Liu Deng had reached this point, a small merchant took the courage to speak.
"Of course there is no problem with this! The price of food is also calculated according to the market price in Jinyang. What is the market price in Jinyang now?"
As Liu Deng spoke, he turned to look at the quartermaster on the side.
"Reporting back to your Majesty, the current price of food on the streets of Jinyang is about thirty cents for a pound of fine polished rice, twenty cents for medium rice, and about eight cents for inferior rice!"
The quartermaster on the side did not dare to delay and immediately spoke loudly.
"Okay, let's convert it based on this price. If you need food, you can exchange it for food! If you need copper coins, you can also exchange them directly for copper coins! From now on, I will transport food from Jinyang twice every month until there is no need to transport it. As long as the food lasts!”
Seeing Liu Deng agreeing so happily, the remaining vendors suddenly became energetic.
Liu Deng calculated the price for them. In fact, Liu Deng suffered a big loss.
After all, the consumption along the way is really not small.
You must know that people eat horse chews along the way. For every stone of grain transported, at least ten kilograms will be eaten on the way.
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the king!"
The cry of long live the mountain rang out again. Looking at the scene here from a distance, Ou Zhenming was a little dumbfounded.
"Is this thing really edible?"
"Second Young Master, the younger one just got a jar. How about giving it a try, Young Master?"
Seeing the shocked look on Ou Zhenming's face, Fang BuTong hurriedly brought over a small jar.
Full of doubts, Ou Zhenming opened the mud seal on the jar.
After opening the jar, an alluring fragrance hits your nose directly.
Ou Zhenming frowned, stretched out his hand to twist a small piece, and then stuffed it into his mouth.
Although the original flavor of the fish was lost, it was still manageable even for him.
You must know that he has been accustomed to eating delicacies from all over the world since he was a child.
As the younger brother of King Dongou, he has never enjoyed any glory or wealth.
Even in the recent period, when I go out, there are never less than a dozen cooks around me.
He also led troops to conquer Fujian and Guangdong, and also had some minor frictions with Chu.
The poor food in the military camp has left a deep impression on him until now.
If he compared this thing with military rations, even he had to admit that this thing was a rare delicacy.
Thinking about everything he had seen in Buqi City during this period of time, he finally understood.
Liu Deng, this guy, has clearly laid out a complete industrial chain here.
Everything is done to produce this thing, and in the production process, except for people who fish at sea, all the people used are the old, weak, women and children.
With this alone, Liu Deng was able to revitalize the entire Buqicheng situation.
The people near Buqi City have lived by the sea since childhood, and collecting fish and meat is just a piece of cake for them.
Just by doing such a simple job, you can earn dozens of pennies a day.
Coupled with the price Liu Deng set this time, if you calculate it this way, if you only buy the worst brown rice.
For an ordinary family of five, as long as two women and children work at home, it is enough to support the whole family.
Moreover, the things they produce can also be directly used as military rations.
No matter how much they produce, it will be completely consumed by the huge collective of the army!
Just for Daiguo's army, the demand is already in short supply. If you add in the Han troops in the interior, the demand will be even higher!
Now, even Liu Dengzai did not have any other operations, and all the people in Buqi City were able to be self-sufficient.
And more importantly, in just one or two months, Liu Deng absorbed tens of thousands of people for nothing.
In recent times, Dongou has been doing maritime trade.
Ou Zhenming is very aware of the virtues of those businessmen. As long as they can make money, those people will definitely penetrate every corner!
Once the reputation of canned food spreads, it will probably attract more businesses soon.
Then the population of several nearby cities will flow here on a large scale.
If it were in the past, there would be strict household registration policies to prevent it, and even if those people were greedy for this place, they would not be able to abandon their homes and careers.
But this situation is different now!
Throughout Jiaodong Kingdom, several nearby cities were all in a state of abandonment.
All the officials are guilty at this time, and their own lives are at risk. How can they have the energy to take care of these miscellaneous things.
By the time the imperial court reacts, I'm afraid Liu Deng's Buqi City will be able to gather at least hundreds of thousands of people!
All the actions they took to fuel the flames are now free publicity for Liu Deng.
This is the real deal!
Not only did they not knock down Liu Deng’s momentum, but they gave him a lot of fat for free!
