When Zhao Feng said that these bricks would be sold for two cents each, everyone couldn't help being shocked.
"Mr. Zhao, are you kidding us? In terms of labor costs, these bricks shouldn't be sold so cheaply!"
"Yes, Mr. Zhao, and if these bricks are transported to other places, they will also face high transportation costs. If they are sent to the farthest place, the transportation fee alone will cost at least ten cents per brick. Is this Isn’t it a loss?”
"Mr. Zhao, the price of two cents per brick is too cheap!"
Even the brick-burning workers couldn't help but persuade after hearing this. After hearing their persuasion, Zhao Feng showed a smile on his lips and nodded directly.
"If even you think this brick is too cheap, then I'll be relieved."
The workers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. They looked at the bricks they had finally fired with complicated expressions on their faces.
They also want to be able to sell the things they make at high prices like other workers, but the bricks are sold so cheaply that the business will go bankrupt soon.
After seeing the expressions on their faces, Zhao Feng laughed directly and said to them.
"Don't forget that we made these bricks so that people all over the world can have warm houses to live in!"
"How many people are there in the world? It must be at least tens of millions, right?"
"If we cannot make this brick so that all people can afford it and use it, then what is the purpose of making this thing? Is it still making a lot of money as before? If this is the case, there is no need for us to work hard. Make this thing!”
Hearing Zhao Feng's words, the workers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then they all felt that Zhao Feng was right.
There are so many things that can make a lot of money in Zhou Tong's fief, such as those glass products.
If Zhao Feng only wanted to make money, there would be no need to produce these bricks. After all, although the brick production process is not particularly complicated, it still requires a lot of workers.
Seeing the expression on Zhao Feng's face, these workers didn't know why Zhao Feng made this brick, nor why he set the price of this brick so cheaply.
Zhao Feng sighed softly and said.
"Let me calculate the cost for you. A worker's daily wage is 50 cents. A skilled worker can make at least 500 bricks a day!"
"In this way, the cost of a brick is actually five cents. Even if the transportation cost is added, the cost of a brick is probably close to two cents. If the transportation cost exceeds this, we will not consider it for now."
"In this way, we only need to ensure that each brick can make a penny, and the huge sales volume can bring huge profits, and we will not lose money at all."
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, these workers carefully considered it and felt that this was indeed the case.
Although they are not as fast as Zhao Feng in calculation speed, they still know a little bit about calculating wages and other things in business.
As long as the transportation cost can be controlled, then this brick can indeed earn a lot of money. After all, the cost of making bricks is only some soil. The cost of bricks mentioned by Zhao Feng is the wages of workers digging soil and the cost of burning bricks. All the wages are included in it, otherwise, the cost of a brick is only one cent!
Under such circumstances, as long as they can control transportation costs, they can achieve small profits but quick turnover. After all, almost everyone can afford bricks for two cents. Even if they cannot repair all the houses and build a A house only requires thousands of bricks.
One tael of silver is 1,000 Wen. That is to say, with only two taels of silver, those people can build a very strong and warm house to live in. If they spend a little more money, such as four taels of silver, or five taels of silver, For two silver dollars, you can repair the entire house to be very beautiful and sturdy!
In this era, everyone can build a house. They used to build adobe houses, but now they have replaced them with bricks. In fact, it is no different. They can build it by themselves without hiring a construction team.
According to the calculation, a common person in the Zhou Dynasty needs to spend about five or six taels of silver a year, which means that one year's expenditure can allow them to build a very stable and warm house to live in. Of course, some common people will rush to come over. If you buy it, even if it is made of bricks and covered with earth, it will be much better than the previous adobe house!
Even using bricks covered with soil would allow them to purchase fewer bricks. For a moment, these workers seemed to understand something.
"Mr. Zhao, it turns out you want people all over the world to be able to live in good houses!"
Zhao Feng nodded slightly. He created these things just to benefit the people all over the world. Otherwise, how could there be any change?
But there are still some people who don't understand it very much.
"But Mr. Zhao, what you are talking about is to ensure that the transportation cost is relatively low, but these bricks are so heavy. If we calculate them based on the transportation cost of less than two cents, we may not be able to transport them too far. It can’t even be transported to the capital!”
"What's the point of making it affordable for people all over the world? If you really want to transport it to the whole world, will there be some additional costs in remote places?"
Hearing this, Zhao Feng smiled slightly and shook his head.
"Have you fallen into a misunderstanding of your thinking? Who said that this brick can only be produced here?"
The workers were startled for a moment, and then their eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, the cost of this brick is not unique to this area, it just requires some soil.
Since they can't transport bricks to farther places, they can open a brick-burning factory in a distant place. If they expand step by step, won't they be able to gradually make bricks available to people all over the world? ?
Moreover, this can also drive people everywhere to increase their income, which will definitely make more and more people rich and live in good houses!
Suddenly, these workers all understood what Zhao Feng wanted to do. It turned out that Zhao Feng made these bricks not to sell all these bricks, but to let the common people know about this thing. Then Build a brick-burning factory step by step.
After Zhao Feng finished explaining the matter, he smiled and waved.
"Don't worry, you can continue to work here. The demand for this brick is still very large. It will not take more than a few years to saturate the market."
