"I want to try the spice business!"
Liu Zheng didn't talk nonsense and directly expressed his thoughts.
"spices?"
Zheng Yueru was dumbfounded when she heard this: "But Brother Liu, where do I get the spices from in Yinzhou?"
She thought this was a bit funny.
Yes, who doesn’t know that spices make money? Who doesn’t know that spices are highly profitable. They say, an ounce of spice makes a ounce of gold, and this is no joke. The main spices in this era were still imported from overseas. Since ancient times, China has of course had its own incense and spices, but those are the benefits that only the royal family and nobles can have.
The earliest spices in ancient China were produced locally, such as Gracilaria, Pizhi, Shenjiao, Guigui, Mulan, Jieche, Duheng, Xinyi and more than ten kinds of herbs. However, after these spices are burned, the aroma is very dissipated. Fast and difficult to last.
Later, agarwood and sandalwood produced in Nanyang overcame this shortcoming. The import of spices from the Silk Road also made the spice market of Chinese civilization become more prosperous than ever before.
The most popular spices on the market are frankincense, ambergris, incense, sandalwood, agarwood, etc. Among them, ambergris is the most valuable, with one or two spices worth one or two gold.
As for the fans of Fengminglou, the spices they use are also the cheapest...
It is not easy to use spices such as pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves in Yinzhou.
And it just so happens that the spice business is indeed what the Zheng family is good at. And the spice business even accounts for a quarter of the Zheng family’s business! It is precisely because the level of civilization of the Longyan Dynasty was actually almost the same as that of the Song Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, people's respect for spices reached its peak.
Zheng Yueru is also obsessed with spices.
"Brother Liu, I know spices are very profitable, but..."
She smiled bitterly and shook her head.
Yinzhou is a place with few crops and barren land. Where can such things that can only be produced in the south be abundant?
“It’s not sowing, it’s doing!”
Liu Zheng chuckled.
"Do?"
Zheng Yueru was stunned and asked curiously: "You mean, bring in the raw materials and mix them?"
This doesn’t work either!
There are already mature recipes for the combination of spices in the world. Could it be that Mr. Liu is still a guy who likes to do small experiments?
Liu Zheng shook his head. Knowing that perfume is something that people of this era may find difficult to understand, he continued with a smile: "Miss Zheng, if I can develop a fragrance that lasts for a long time, it can even last for a day, every time The fragrances come with different fragrances. What do you think, this time we will not use the previous cooperation method, but a dividend system, and I want 70% of the profit?"
"What?"
Zheng Yueru stood up in shock.
Spice that lasts all day? Isn't this a foolish dream? It was quite difficult for the ancients to incense the incense and leave it on the body for an hour or two. Are you here just for the day?
"This is impossible!"
Zheng Yueru said decisively.
Liu Zheng smiled: "You can't wait until I develop it. Now I'm talking about the dividend system. What I want is the promise of profit sharing, 70%!"
He stared at Zheng Yueru closely and said: "Listen, I want 70% of the total profit! 30% of your Zheng family's, including all your costs!"
Liu Zheng explained.
He is so poor! He must do everything possible to generate income, so the previous supply method can no longer meet his needs...
He wants a share!
"Split?"
Zheng Yueru had never heard of this method before. Liu Zheng explained it for a long time before she figured out what was going on.
At this time, her face turned dark.
This method may not be possible...
but……
Seventy percent?
Zheng Yueru cursed Liu Zheng's shamelessness and greed in her heart, but she was still immersed in the shock that Liu Zheng had just described to her.
Gritting her teeth, she made a decisive decision: "If there is such a spice, it's 70%, 70%!"
"Okay! It's a deal!"
Liu Zheng was overjoyed.
70% profit, which is quite a terrifying dividend. After all, in this era, the biggest cost is logistics and transportation, which will be the responsibility of the Zheng family in the future.
Liu Zheng is making money even while lying down!
"Miss Zheng, your words are unfounded, we have to sign a contract!"
Liu Zheng suggested.
Zheng Yueru was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Liu, your spices haven't been developed yet..."
is it necessary?
Liu Zheng insisted: "The contract must be signed!"
Zheng Yueru is also a shrewd businessman. He chuckled and said: "But Brother Liu, once the contract is signed, what if you can't produce the spices? Does it count as a breach of contract?"
Liu Zheng laughed loudly: "Seven days, I only need seven days! If I can't get out the spices, Fengming Tower will give you all! But if I get them out, 70% of the profit will not be less!"
"good!"
Seeing Liu Zheng's persistence, Zheng Yueru also asked someone to bring paper and pen.
"This spice is a high-end ancient water, comparable to ambergris?"
"Guchi water?"
Zheng Yueru couldn't laugh or cry.
In fact, in Chinese history, there was perfume, called rose water, also called ancient thorn water. It was a perfume distilled from rose flowers. It was introduced to China from overseas during the Five Dynasties. This kind of ancient thorn water can be eaten. It can also be applied on the body. Later, based on this technology, people created various scented ancient thorn water. This is the ancient Chinese perfume.
but……
Because there was no alcohol in ancient times, this kind of ancient thorn water is also not long-lasting, and most of the time it is not as good as incense. Therefore, only the real royal family will choose this kind of ancient thorn water.
Zheng Yueru felt happy when she saw Liu Zheng writing such a description on the contract without being humble at all. Aren't you rushing to give yourself Fengming Tower?
After signing the contract, Liu Zheng happily put away one copy, not forgetting to remind: "Miss Zheng, you can prepare it in advance!"
"Of course it's publicity and sales!"
Liu Zheng smiled mysteriously: "My kind of ancient spices must be supplied to the royal family first, and then to the noble families! You can use the Zheng family's caravan to spread the word along the way that a top-quality spice is about to be born, to catch everyone's attention and get enough Can Miss Zheng understand this stunt?"
The concept of advertising does not exist yet, and Liu Zheng can only explain it in simple terms.
Only then did Zheng Yueru realize that Liu Zheng wanted to take advantage of the Zheng family's connections with the Queen and the Zheng family's caravans all over the country. She immediately shook her head and smiled: "Brother Liu, don't worry about the sales. As long as you can make it..."
She didn't say anything to offend anyone, was it reserved for the royal family?
Just kidding!
Real spices like ambergris are pretty much the same. Every year, the Longyang Dynasty receives a lot of high-end spices from overseas as tribute. She felt that Liu Zheng was a little overconfident.
"Okay, I've said it all, Miss Zheng can make her own decision."
Liu Zheng turned around and left without talking nonsense.
Zheng Yueru looked at it with a wry smile, but did not take Liu Zheng's words seriously. In fact, if she really took it seriously, she would definitely not agree to Liu Zheng's 70% profit!
Therefore, she didn't know at this time that in a few days, she would regret it so much that her intestines would turn green.
He rode his horse to his own workshop. Today's workshop has completely changed. It is no longer the small iron smelting workshop before. The workshop is backed by a big mountain. At this time, Liu Zheng ordered someone to do it. Develop the God's Workshop into the mountains, that is, dig caves, dig tunnels, and open workshops.
This mountain was originally called Jitou Mountain, but Liu Zheng almost burst into tears when he heard it, so he changed its name to Fengming Mountain.
Fengming Mountain is endless. Although it is not as good as Taihang Mountain and Shu Mountain, it is a rare deep mountain in Liangzhou.
Liu Zheng's idea is very simple. The entire Fengming Mountain will become his own rich production pole!
Therefore, most of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver borrowed from the Chen family this time were invested in the construction of Fengming Mountain.
"Master!"
As soon as Liu Zheng arrived, Wei Tiezhu ran out. Now he is the counselor of the Ministry of Industry. He is dressed in official uniform and has several counselors in his hand. He is mainly responsible for the God's Workshop and coordinating the industrial development of the entire Yinzhou.
"Are you ready for what I want?"
Liu Zheng dismounted and asked.
Wei Tiezhu said: "Sir, according to your order, a large number of bitter roses have been shipped!"
Liu Zheng smiled with satisfaction.
Although Liangzhou is barren and rough with few crops, it has a special product due to its unique climate and environment that must be mentioned! That is the Kushui Rose. This kind of rose produced in Kushui Town will be famous in later generations. Its characteristics are plentiful and succulent flowers with pure fragrance. In later generations, because of this kind of rose, Kushui Town was called the "No. 1 Rose Township in China", which is no joke.
Bitter water roses are mainly used for making food and refining essential rose oil. The essential oil extracted from this kind of rose is even more valuable than the same amount of gold!
In Liu Zheng's memory, the bitter rose in his previous life was during the Qing Dynasty. A scholar who was rushing to take the exam brought back a few roses on his way back and planted them in the courtyard. Unexpectedly, due to the unique climate and environment in Liangzhou, the roses grew vigorously. , the flowers are juicy and fragrant, and they are deeply loved by people, so large-scale planting began.
Unexpectedly, in this world, bitter water roses had already been in Liangzhou, and people planted them for ornamental purposes. This surprised him. At this time, it was the rose blooming season, so he immediately sent Wei Tiezhu to lead people to purchase these roses. Planting roses, I didn’t expect that this purchase would bring back more than a dozen cars!
"so much?"
Liu Zheng was stunned.
Wei Tiezhu chuckled and said, "Sir, the rose season is about to end, and they are eager to sell them! But Tiezhu doesn't understand, what does the master want with so many roses?"
Liu Zheng smiled mysteriously: "You must know that you are the young master!"
Wei Tiezhu scratched his head, thinking so, and quickly followed Liu Zheng.
According to Liu Zheng's instructions, the workshop responsible for producing perfumes has been prepared for a long time, as well as the distillers specially supplied to the perfume workshops. At this time, Liu Zheng had already replaced his gun with cannon. He no longer needed cow intestines as distillation tubes, and had long since replaced them with ceramic tubes.
With a still, high alcohol is no longer a problem.
Then, perfume is naturally not far away.
Liu Zheng suddenly felt ambitious.
Instruct the craftsmen to bring in the carts of roses and make perfume. It is best to pick the roses in the best flowering period. When is the best time?
Liu Zheng feels that roses are the best when they are about to wither!
This season is when roses are at their best!
"Sir, what are you doing?"
"This is both a flower and a wine. Could it be that the young master wants to make flower wine again?"
"Probably!"
None of the craftsmen in the Shengongfang could understand.
Liu Zheng first ordered the roses to be dried in the shade, and then placed in a still to distill the rich rose essential oil, while the high alcohol content was prepared by the distillery.
And at this time.
The story of Young Master Liu traveling thousands of miles to bring several carts of roses once again spread in Yinzhou.
Many people are thinking, what is this young master of the Liu family trying to do?
For a moment, I felt itchy, but no one dared to go to the divine workshop to explore.
After all, next to Shen Gongfang is the newly built military barracks of the County Marquis Mansion!
"Is he really doing this?"
Zheng Yueru, who returned home, couldn't laugh or cry when she heard the news.
At this point, she still didn't take it seriously.
