After the cotton was completely picked, it was already mid-to-late September.
Autumn is slowly getting stronger, and the peanuts, sesame beans, etc. harvested in autumn are slowly being put into the warehouse. However, these big guys don't plant much, so they can finish it in three to five days.
Cheng Wanwan has something important to do here, which is collecting chili peppers.
In the late autumn season, the peppers are hanging on the seedlings one by one, fiery red and very attractive to look at.
Whether you are making chili sauce or chili powder, you must use red chili peppers. Arrange for people to collect them all, dry some of them to make chili powder and chili noodles, and cut some directly into mixed salt or pickled beans to make sauce... All of a sudden , the entire mansion was filled with the pungent smell of chili pepper.
During this less busy time, Li Zheng called a meeting with the whole village.
Today, the area around the big locust tree has become increasingly flat and has become a meeting place in the village. Some people have placed many stones of different heights nearby to make it easier for the elderly or pregnant women to sit and participate in the meeting.
"I'm calling everyone here today because it's about the market." Li Zheng cleared his throat and said loudly, "At the beginning of the year, we raised funds and jointly established the Dahe Village Market. After half a year, the development of the market has everyone It is obvious to all that the twenty shops are all rented out. It is very convenient for everyone to buy anything. You don’t have to get up early in the morning to go to the city. We won’t talk about the convenience, but the main reason is that we make money!”
When they heard about money, the people in the village became more serious.
When raising money at the beginning of the year, many of them followed the trend, because Dashan Niang contributed money, Li Zheng also came out, and some refugees also came out. If they didn't come out, they seemed to be out of tune with the other people in Dahe Village, so they all gritted their teeth and could They took a little bit, and the least they took was half a tael of silver, and then they raised all the money to build the market.
After half a year, will they get their money back?
"Tie Zhu, come up here and give us the account."
As soon as Li Zheng finished speaking, Zhao Tiezhu jumped onto the big rock with the account book.
"Hello everyone, I am Tiezhu. I have been recording all income and expenditures in the village in the past six months." He spoke very calmly, "First let's talk about the village's income, including three aspects, income from the market and inn, The income from the rental of the shop, and the income from receiving tourists, the income from the inn is four hundred and twenty-one taels..."
The people in the village took a breath of cold air.
They don't know much about settling accounts. They only know that because of the existence of the soap workshop, there are merchants from outside the village almost every day. When a merchant comes to the village, he will bring at least six or seven followers with him and then stay in the village for one night. They think they don't have much money. , I didn’t expect that after half a year, I actually made four hundred and twenty-one taels?
"There are twenty shops in total. They are cheaper in the first three months, at two hundred cents a month, and then it goes up to five hundred cents a month. The income in half a year is more than seventeen taels."
"Receiving tourists officially started in June. In the past three months, we have received tourists an average of 20 days a month. The daily income is between 20 taels and 50 taels, totaling more than 1,853 taels. .”
"The total of the three incomes is two thousand two hundred ninety-one and one hundred and twenty-three cents."
After the words fell, the whole place was silent.
The next moment, things started to boil and an astonishing amount of discussion broke out.
"Oh my god, more than two thousand taels of silver, is it real?!"
"I only knew that the village was making money, and I thought it was a lot of money to make two hundred taels, but I didn't expect it was two thousand taels!"
"Our Dahe Village is going to get rich, oh my God!"
"Old man, how much money did our family raise in the first place? How much can we divide after this calculation?"
"..."
"Quiet, everyone!" Li Zheng shouted loudly, "This is revenue without removing costs. After removing costs, there won't be so much!"
Everyone suddenly became quiet.
Zhao Tiezhu continued: "The cost is mainly the cost of materials plus labor costs. The materials include the cruise ship in the river. It cost two hundred taels of silver to order from the Cao family. Plus some usual tea tools, etc., the material cost totals three One hundred and fifty-two fen, the manpower includes those who take care of the shop, those who receive tourists, and those who protect the safety of tourists. The total amount is 216 fen, which adds up to 568."
"After deducting costs, the profit is more than 1,723 taels."
The old people in the village raised their hands in celebration.
"One thousand, seven hundred taels is a lot. I have never seen so much money in my life."
"Our family originally raised half a tael of silver. Judging from this, can we get our money back?"
"Hahaha, my wife, Zhu, paid fifty taels of silver back then, and now she's got her capital back with interest!"
Seeing everyone's happy expressions, Li Zheng said in time: "I called you here today, not to distribute dividends, but to ask for your opinion."
"Everyone has seen the prosperity of the market. After discussion with Dashan Niang, I believe that the market should be expanded as soon as possible. If it is expanded, the money just earned will inevitably be used. This is everyone's dividend. The market It is also a market for everyone, this is something that all of us in Dahe Village have in common, and everyone needs to express their opinions.”
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
The money has not been received yet, so it must be spent immediately, which will make no one happy.
However, they did see the market's ability to make money. They can recover their capital in just half a year. After the expansion, the income will only be more. Those of them who have raised funds will naturally receive more dividends. This is a sure-fire way to make money. A losing trade.
Cheng Wanwan stood in the crowd, looking at everyone's thinking faces, and knew that most people would choose to expand the market.
It's not because everyone has a high level of awareness, but because they have indeed seen the speed at which the market is making money, and so far, everyone is indeed not that short of money, and it will be okay to get dividends later.
Just when everyone was making a decision, a discordant voice sounded.
"Li Zheng, I have something unpleasant to say. I know I shouldn't say it, but I have to say it." The patriarch of the Xu family stood up, "We have more than a thousand people in Dahe Village, two hundred households... Oh no, last year After the refugees were organized into a village, there were almost 300 households. Of these households, most of them were named Zhao, so the Li Zheng of our village was also Zhao Lizheng..."
Li Zheng frowned: "Old Xu, what do you want to say?"
"I just want to say that whether it is a market or an inn, these are all in the hands of you people named Zhao. How much income, cost, and profit are all decided by you people named Zhao." Patriarch Xu went straight to the point, " How do we know that this account book is true? How do we know if the Zhao family has embezzled some of it? After all, money is very attractive to people. I don’t think anyone would be indifferent to putting so many thousand taels of silver at home... "
Li Zheng seemed to have been lit on fire, and his whole body was furious.
He works on these things every day, and the whole family has been helping out for free. He does not ask for gratitude from the villagers, he just hopes that everyone can make money and live a good life. He never dreamed that someone would have such thoughts!
It's like he did these things just to be greedy for money!
In the conscience of heaven and earth, he has never thought this way! Never done this before!
