I don’t know if it’s because the heat is unbearable, or if the time has come.
The fifth prince had a fever for two days and three nights and finally retreated. Seeing that his life was saved, only his body was getting weaker and weaker.
In this regard, all palaces expressed regret.
Some people appear to feel sorry for them, but in reality they regret not burning this little brat to death.
Someone was so considerate that they sent me a lot of good things.
Some people are wary and suspect that it is just a new method in the palace.
But these are not important. The fifth prince only needs to close the palace door and live in seclusion, which is enough for the world to forget his existence.
Wen Zhiyun went back and forth between the hospital and the Wu Mansion every day, and it goes without saying that he studied medical skills conscientiously.
Xu Mo also gradually became familiar with it in the Hanlin Academy. He went to Wenchang Pavilion from time to time, and the poems he left behind were passed down orally. The reputation of Mr. Qingzhu became stronger and stronger, attracting countless people.
Everyone is nice, except for the two brothers Zheng Lao and his sister who are busy in the lychee business in Jiuzhenfang.
They still overestimated the family's influence on business.
I originally thought that sending lychees to the Imperial City in time would stabilize the high-profit lychee business, but I didn't expect that the Fang family was so domineering, and the lychees they brought directly occupied half of the Fengjing Family's market.
In fact, you can understand it if you think about it this way.
The transportation cost of lychees is high, and the price is comparable to gold. Only the Fengjing family, a well-established family, can afford it.
And the Fang family leads nearly half of the Fengjing family. It is impossible for the Zhu family, the Tao family, and others to leave the lychees from the leading family and buy the lychees from Jiuzhenfang.
As a result, the market for Lingnan lychees has been greatly reduced, leaving only the Jiang family, Yao family and other close friends buying it.
You can still make money, but it can't be compared to the Liao family's monopoly profits.
In response to this, Zheng Ruqian thumped his chest and said, "Why are you targeting me? My eldest brother is in the Hanlin Academy, so I am causing trouble for you."
Xu Mo, "..."
After you finish hanging your feet and square your chest, you still have to think of something to do.
A good businessman will never allow profits to be lost before his eyes.
He rolled his eyes and remembered the lychee ice that Master Kong taught him last year. He immediately froze it and sold it at Jiuzhenfang when the July sun turned hot.
Unexpectedly, the Fang family had seen how popular lychee ice was, so they also froze it and promoted it for sale.
In this regard, Zheng Laoer once again received a lot of swear words.
There was no choice but to send people to Sichuan and Sichuan to transport lychees again, to capture the mid-range market and make money for the small family.
This time the Fang family didn't keep up, probably because they didn't care about such a small profit, or they didn't want to lower the family's profile, so Zheng Ruqian could barely breathe.
In September, he settled an account with Jiang Sheng.
"The Liao family has a monopoly on the lychee business. From May to September, they can earn 15,000 taels of silver a month, and 60,000 snowflakes of silver in four months." Zheng Ruqian fiddled with the abacus, "This is just a rough estimate. If the transportation manpower is It’s yours, the ice is yours too, and the profits can still increase.”
Now that half of it has been snatched away by the Fang family, it’s no wonder that I’m heartbroken and trembling.
Even though this amount of money is comparable to his total profit over the years, it is impossible for an ambitious person to feel satisfied.
Sometimes I don’t know whether ambition leads to success, or whether success fuels ambition. Perhaps the two should complement each other as long as they don’t go astray.
The only good thing is that the Fang family only divided the business and did not compete viciously like the Liao family.
They are not coveting a monopoly, more like they are short of money and want to make some money to spend.
"One hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver." Jiang Sheng thought of something and suddenly raised his head, "The Fang family donated one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver."
So they really are out of money.
For a wealthy family, one hundred thousand taels of silver would not be a big deal, but it could not be taken out at will. It must have taken away some of the liquid gold and silver, and now the lychee business is needed to fill the hole.
They were making a lot of money, but Zheng Ruqian was extremely unwilling to have his profits taken away alive.
But he had to swallow it unwillingly, because they were not strong enough to resist the aristocratic family, let alone face a behemoth like the eldest prince.
At the end of August, the lychee season ended, and the Fang family really stopped happily.
Zheng Ruqian didn't know whether it was because the pain was numb, or because he realized that every gain must come with a loss, but he became familiar with Mr. Gou, who was picking lychees, and unexpectedly learned that the end of the year was Tianjia's birthday, and Guanglu Temple was looking for fresh and unique ingredients.
An idea struck him and he remembered the sheep he had placed in Shangjun.
The lambs that were once raised for my sister's appetite are now fat and strong, and some of the ewes have even given birth to lambs. The flock of ten sheep has expanded into dozens in half a year.
Jiang Sheng still has endless aftertaste for the varieties that are unique to the grassland and the delicious flavor produced by livestock raising with enough exercise.
At first, they joked about taking the sheep to Fengjing for sale, but they were forgotten because the sheep were still small.
Now, it's time to ship.
"Jiang Sheng." Zheng Ruqian deliberately tempted his sister, "Want to eat mutton from the border area?"
The unique deliciousness, firm meat, elastic bones and fragrant bone marrow.
Jiang Sheng quickly covered his saliva and asked enthusiastically, "Second brother, are you going to bring all the lambs back?"
"Yes." Zheng Ruqian nodded, "I'll get up and go to Shangjun and bring all the sheep back. You can get me some money and use it."
"Okay." Jiang Sheng agreed sweetly and hurriedly took out the banknote, "How much do you want?"
"It's fifty thousand taels."
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The wind blew through the pastry shop, and the sweet little girl was petrified on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.
When I bought a small piece of grassland and hired people to raise sheep, I didn't even use 5,000 taels. Why did I need 50,000 taels to transport the sheep this time?
They only made 50,000 taels during the entire lychee season!
Although it’s quite a lot, it would be too painful to spend it all.
Jiang Sheng's eyes widened with anger and he didn't say a word, but his face was full of "prodigal son".
"I'm not a prodigal, and I don't have to spend it when I make money." Zheng Ruqian explained seriously, "I used to sell vegetables and transport things around and thought I was making money. But when I really got into the lychee business, I realized that it was just laying the foundation. What really makes money is the uniqueness. It’s something that is difficult for others to imitate at will.”
For example, lychee needs ice, or mutton from the frontier.
Three years of hard work transporting vegetables is not as profitable as one season of lychees.
If the Fang family hadn't caused trouble, the brother and sister could have earned over one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver.
One hundred thousand taels, what a concept.
But it is obviously not possible to put all business on lychees. The Fang family is short of money this year, so they are grabbing business. They will continue to grab business if they are short of money next year.
Or, other aristocratic families are tempted and imitate.
"We are not the Liao family, and we don't want to use so many dirty tricks to steal business. Ordinary small businessmen who make big money will always be coveted." Zheng Ruqian said seriously, "Maybe this year the Fang family will intervene, and other small families will not dare to Stealing the lychee business."
Blessings lie where misfortunes lie, misfortunes lie where blessings rely.
Looking at things from multiple angles, maybe Zheng Ruqian has to thank the Fang family.
"The lychee business may be robbed, and everyone knows that the profit is high, so it is very likely that someone will get involved." He said with emotion, "But mutton is different. The sheep from the border are delicious and rare, and they may become the next lychee."
But this time, only they can make the profit.
The fifty thousand taels are not only to transport live sheep, but also to expand the grassland, hire manpower, and completely expand the scale of the ranch.
"Jiang Sheng, I just discovered that the most difficult thing about doing business is to start from scratch, from no money to ten cents." Zheng Ruqian said slowly, "If you have ten cents, you can make a hundred cents. For a hundred coins, you can earn one tael."
And from one tael to a hundred taels, from a hundred taels to a thousand taels, it will only become easier and simpler.
Money can make money.
"Second brother has been working hard for so many years. If you give me some more time, second brother will let you wear the most beautiful clothes in Fengjing and the roundest pearls in Fengjing." Zheng Ruqian stretched out his hands and held his tearful sister. , "So 50,000 taels, will you give it or not?"
