Xue Pan had no idea what was happening under the table. I was still talking to Brother Rong about the future business cooperation between the Xue family and Ning Guofu.
Brother Rong nodded to Uncle Pan.
His fingers gently slid over the object in his hand, and he looked across from Xue Baochai who suddenly shrugged.
He smiled and said to Xue Pan: "Uncle, there is no need to worry. Except for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Water Conservancy Camp, all cement sales in other places are handled by your Xue family. If the Xue family has the courage, they can even When cement is transported to Dabazhou, Li Dynasty, Annan and other countries for sale, our Ningguo government does not care."
Xue Baochai's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he even pulled his foot back. Question: "If our Xue family takes one stone of cement from Ningguo Mansion for five hundred silver and sells it to Li Chaoguo for one stone and fifty taels of silver, you won't care?"
As long as the cement from Ningguo Mansion continues to support the imperial court, the cement will definitely be very popular among the people or other countries. Especially since these countries are threatened by waves and typhoons all year round, there is definitely a need for such a thing.
Brother Rong said: "As long as your Xue family can ensure that the cement transported there will not be damaged by moisture, it will ruin the reputation of Ningguo Mansion. How much money do you sell for a stone in other countries? What does Ningguo Mansion care about you? However, there is one thing to learn. I told you in advance that since the Ministry of Internal Affairs will purchase cement, they will also transport it to Li Chao for sale."
Xue Baochai frowned and asked, "Why is there still something going on with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
There is nothing we can do about it. As the royal purse, how could the Ministry of Internal Affairs really not give them any share? Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not only the royal purse, but also in charge of many palace affairs. There are also construction organizations related to the project.
I just don’t know if the cement originally used for royal interior construction projects will be resold to the private sector.
Xue Baochai shook his head slightly and said: "Although there is no regulation yet, after the construction of the project in Gyeonggi is completed, I am afraid that there will be restrictions on the sale of cement to other countries."
"Aunt Bao is worrying too much. If this little cement can be sold in other countries for a few taels of silver and a stone, I and Thirteenth Master will definitely not impose any restrictions."
One thousand stones is no more than two or three thousand bags of cement in later generations. What can three thousand bags of cement do?
Jia Rong smiled, held Xue Baochai's feet, and gently slid them up. Since she didn't struggle to resist, this advantage would be in vain.
He remembered that the cement produced by the fine cotton soil factory in those days was mainly exported abroad. Moreover, in the past few years, the Great Yan Dynasty has just lifted the sea ban, and there is still a lot of money waiting for them outside.
He continued: "If you sell one thousand stones of cement, you can transport nearly ten thousand taels of silver back from other countries. Even today, you can't resist this temptation! In fact, what can you accomplish with one thousand stones of cement? Build a road several miles long. Trail?"
Xue Baochai actually didn't move, letting Brother Rong do whatever he wanted.
Women are such strange creatures. In other words, both men and women are complicated.
If most women let you hold their hand once, it will be natural for them to hold their hand next time. As long as such an opening is opened and as long as no really annoying actions are taken, as time goes by, people will become closer and closer.
Skin-to-skin contact is the biggest secret to bringing people closer.
First hold hands, then hug, then kiss. The distance gradually increases.
As a female writer once said: The passage to the depths of a woman's soul is...
Xue Baochai is now in such a state. For her, there is no need to go to the last step. It can be said that the first intimate contact was due to helplessness and accident. The second and third time, how could there be no complicated emotions.
And because his brother Xue Pan was present, Xue Baochai, who had his feet grabbed, besides feeling itchy, had another feeling in his heart. It was a strange feeling that even a smart person like her couldn't express in words.
Brother Rong held the slightly rounded foot, and carefully explored the soles of the feet, toes, ankles, and calves. But I was sighing in my heart, what a pity, it would be nice to be wearing stockings like this.
The smooth, smooth and delicate feeling is probably hard to experience in this life.
However, even though there are no stockings, they are still very soft and slippery.
Xue Baochai's face turned red, and he tried to calm down and said: "It's really difficult to sell it at a high price in other countries. We'd better focus on operating in each province."
Xue Pan also nodded. The Xue family must first establish a reputation in the provinces. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been reorganized, it is still in chaos. If someone is really brave enough to secretly transport the cement originally used for construction projects by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to various provinces for sale, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs must not be able to take advantage of it.
Brother Rong added: "Actually, I have been thinking about one thing recently, which is to change the cement container to a small bucket. Firstly, it is convenient, and secondly, it is easier to calculate."
Xue Baochai squinted her eyes and looked at Jia Rong. With her natural sense of smell, she felt that things were not that simple. Question: "After changing the container, the cement content per 500 cents will also change, right?"
Jia Rong shook his head repeatedly, pinched Xue Baochai's calf, and said with a smile: "In the past, it was three hundred, five hundred, or eight hundred per stone. In the future, it will be changed to one hundred catties per barrel, and one barrel will be divided into one hundred and twenty cents according to grade. , two hundred articles, three hundred articles.”
Xue Baochai quickly made a calculation in his mind, and found that the price was twice as cheap as before. But her intuition told herself that things were definitely not that simple. Would Brother Rong be so kind?
"Could it be that cement ash has a higher specific gravity, with one stone weighing more than 120 or 30 kilograms?"
Isn’t it far more than a hundred pounds? Damn it, Brother Rong complained in his heart. He didn't think it through clearly at first and just calculated the price based on the capacity. If one stone of rice is one hundred and twenty kilograms, one stone of cement is nearly three hundred kilograms. Firstly, the greater the weight, the more inconvenient it is to transport, and secondly, there are not so many large containers.
Brother Rong's expression remained normal and he said with a smile: "Although there are some ways out, it's not big and it won't have any impact. Of course, the Xue family helps Ningguo Mansion a lot, and the Xue family's price for the goods is the lowest. The best is a hundred cents. A barrel costs one hundred and sixty cents for the medium grade, and two hundred and forty cents for the best grade."
Profiteer!
When Xue Baochai saw the smile on Brother Rong's face, such a word came to his mind inexplicably. A dignified lord with a fourth-grade official position, how could he be more treacherous than a businessman?
Jia Rong is fearless. Anyway, she only has her own cement in this world, and she can price it how she wants. Of course, the project volume and cost must also be taken into consideration. If the price is too high, the Ministry of Industry and Shuili Yingtian Prefecture will not choose to use cement. Therefore, although Jia Rong sold them separately, they did not increase much.
Xue Pan laughed: "If you ask me, even if you pay one tael of silver and one hundred catties, it's nothing. Outsiders can't make it, and they can't buy it either."
This Xue Bawang really dares to think that one tael of silver can cost a hundred catties. Just building a small canal one mile long costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. Why should the Thirteenth Master take his skin off?
Jia Rong laughed twice. If you sell it like this, no one will probably be willing to buy it. You can't do business like that.
At this time, he also let go of Xue Baochai's feet. Having taken advantage of him, he also thoughtfully put on Xue Baochai's shoes and socks. He glanced at Xue Baochai with a smile, but what he received in return was Xue Baochai's indifference.
Brother Rong didn't care at all.
He gently raised his hand and smelled it.
Forehead……
There is a faint smell.
Jia Rong's frivolous behavior fell in Xue Baochai's eyes, and instantly his eyes were on fire. The most irritating thing was that Brother Rong even frowned and shrugged his nose, which made Baochai itchy with hatred.
Kick your foot towards Jia Rong.
Brother Rong seemed to be on guard and quickly dodged, but instead stepped on Xue Baochai's shoes. Not only that, he also rubbed it with his other foot.
There was a commotion under the table, and Xue Pan next to him also noticed something was wrong. He raised his eyebrows and wrinkled his forehead, looking at Jia Rong and the girl in confusion.
Xue Baochai's expression remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened.
Jia Rong smiled and apologized to Baochai: "Aunt Bao, don't be offended. Maybe my legs are too long and I accidentally stepped on my aunt's shoes."
Baochai replied calmly: "It's okay, Brother Rong didn't do it on purpose."
Xue Pan just started to laugh and said, "It's getting late, and I saw that even people outside had lights on. It's time for us to go back."
Brother Rong stood up, looked outside, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect time to fly by so fast. When uncle is going to Jiangnan one day, I can leave a message at the house so that my nephew can send someone to prepare a trip. Let's make an appointment to set off with uncle."
Xue Pan was happy in his heart. As long as the cement kiln in Ningguo Mansion was built, the Xue family's shop would have another good product that could be sold exclusively.
Jia Rong added: "After uncle and aunt go back, they also ask the provincial supervisors to pay more attention to their places. If there is a suitable place, maybe our Ningguo Mansion will build a second cement kiln factory."
Xue Pan said: "It's easy to talk, let's stop talking today. I'll see Brother Rong again in two days."
Xue Baochai was still thinking about Brother Rong's actions of smelling her hands. Although she followed her elder brother out of the study, she still felt unhappy. He turned around and glared at Brother Rong secretly, not knowing what he had in mind.
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It is advisable to take a bath on the third day of March.
"The schedule goes by quickly, and this project is also fast enough." Brother Rong praised. "It's only been less than a month, and we've almost finished digging the water canals everywhere."
This efficiency really surprised Brother Rong.
Duan Yu said with a smile: "The dry fields in Huangzhuang have been converted into paddy fields. They can only start planting until summer this year. Now everyone is digging canals with hoes. Can it be faster?"
Jia Rong smiled and said, "Are you rich? Can the tenants of Huangzhuang come over to help?"
Duan Yu glanced at Brother Rong strangely. "This time, half of the money was provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the other half by the Shuili Yingtian Government. As for the tenant farmers who worked, they were just doing what they had to do. There was no money left. After the canal was repaired, they also benefited. .”
Brother Rong looked at the speed and estimated that the canal will be built by the end of April. He nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "When it is finished, I will take Brother Yu to Wanhua Building to see Miss Xianmei."
Duan Yu sighed and said, "When it's finished, Miss Xianmei will also leave Beijing."
Brother Rong looked at Duan Yu in confusion. This guy was quite boring. He could still receive inside information about Wanhua Tower by staying with him every day. Ask: "What's going on?"
Duan Yu said: "I don't know what's going on. I just heard rumors that Miss Xianmei, who is flourishing in Wanhua Tower, will no longer be in Shenjing. If you still want to see her, you need to come to support her in mid-March. Just There are only about ten days left."
It's a marketing tool.
Jia Rong secretly laughed, "It seems that Brother Yu can't see Miss Xianmei's face anymore. Have you heard about where she went after leaving Shenjing? Could it be Jinling? Or Yangzhou?"
