Sister Liv is going to Phoenix City with the Manu brothers, which makes the brothers a little worried.
On the plus side, although there is no relevant information, judging from the products in the prop shop, Sister Liv is at least a fourth-ring mage. She is the type who can defeat hundreds of bandits alone. Her joining can greatly improve the safety of the caravan. .
The bad news is obviously that she will not continue to collect obsidian from the Manu brothers in the future. The brothers will have to spend more energy and even part of the profits to handle the goods on the return trip.
Sister Liv has provided a lot of help for the two of them in their business careers, and there is no reason to refuse.
The large number of people was indeed useful. There was only one wave of bandits in the whole process, but the Manu brothers still took it with a pinch of salt.
Arrive in Phoenix City and temporarily separate from Sister Liv.
Just after the goods were processed through hawking, someone came to the door.
The night clan who came showed their identity cards and they were from the Urban Management Bureau. Of course Manu, who had been here many times, knew that this was the agency in charge of businessmen and listened respectfully.
"The iron factory wants to do a business with you. Do you want to go there now or go by yourself later?"
"Now!"
He followed the people from the Urban Management Bureau to the iron factory and left his followers outside the door. Someone from the iron factory led the two of them in.
This was the first time that the two of them entered the interior of the ironworks. The ironworks was very strange. There were a lot of furnaces with no one at all. All the on-site work was concentrated up and down in front of a very large and very high furnace.
Afraid of some secret, I just glanced at it and ignored it.
Enter the office building of the iron factory and meet the real owner.
"Mr. Manu? Please sit down, both of you."
Being called sir made Brother Manu, who grew up in the market, a little uncomfortable. The two of them sat down, not knowing how to move their hands and feet.
"I, Li Yunjie, am the director of Tianwei Iron Factory. I invite you two to come this time. I really have something to ask for."
"Ah? Ah! Just give me your orders." Even through the effect of language comprehension, the other party's words sounded really arrogant, as if he had become some kind of big shot.
"I wonder if Mr. Manu knows anything about coking coal?"
"……don't know."
Li Yunjie took out three pieces of paper from the pile on the table and pushed them to Brother Manu: "This is the coking coal refining process. Take a look, how much will it cost to sell it to this city?"
"Oh." Brother Manu picked up the paper and read it. From time to time he raised his head and glanced at the factory director, as if he didn't mean to urge him, so he concentrated on reading.
This coking coal refining method is very simple, just two steps: coal washing and retorting. Coal blending, a wide-area resource allocation method, is meaningless here. In fact, this thing was made by the iron factory itself. Don’t look at most people who have lived in the Stone Age. In fact, many people who have been blacksmithing with adults since childhood still know about coking coal. It took three pages, two of which were about the continuous coal washing plant and the retort kiln structure.
It's simple and the cost is minimal.
There is no coal mine in Pangxuncheng, but there is one next door, and it can be transported along the river, so the cost is not high.
One thousand pounds of raw coal delivered to Pang Xuncheng only cost two silver coins including shipping. Not counting the building of a workshop, the total cost of washing and distilling, including labor and fuel, does not exceed two silver coins.
The total cost is only one-tenth of salt, and it only costs a dime to sell?
This is impossible, because the cheaper the unit weight is, the bigger the freight is. In particular, you have to deal with strong people from all walks of life. The larger the transportation scale, the more guards are needed.
Brother Manu said hello to the factory director, discussed with his brother for a while, and gave a price: "three cents per kilogram."
Li Yunjie shook his head: "We buy by the ton, that is, in units of one thousand kilograms, at least twenty tons a month. If possible, it is best to supply fifty tons a month, and we will also want a hundred tons a year. You guys Please give me a better price, otherwise you will have to find someone else."
The iron price calculated by the iron factory is only one yuan per kilogram. If coking coal is not used as the main fuel, it will account for a lot of costs, and there is no need to smelt the iron.
"..."
Brother Manu was shocked. The two brothers had never done such a large transaction.
But the two brothers are smart enough to know that if they purchase units in this amount, the profit cannot be too high. A penny more expensive is not a small number accumulated in a year. The difference may be only one or two cents, and this order may become popular. On Shicheng bastard.
This requires the brothers to reduce production and transportation costs as much as possible.
"There seems to be coal near Blackwater City. The distance from there is one-third shorter. We hire guards for a long time, and the transportation cost will not be that high."
"But I don't know if the coal in Blackwater City can be refined into what they want."
The paper describes the appearance and texture of coking coal, and it is obvious that not just any coal can produce coking coal.
"What should we do? Should we give it to the bastards from Red Rock City?"
"How about a dime?"
One dime per kilogram, calculated as 20 tons per month, the money is 2,000 yuan, and you can buy 400 kilograms of large obsidian ore. Even if you don't have other people who know the goods and have good connections, you can still get 600 gold coins.
Of course, the conversion of obsidian to gold coins is another transaction, and the profits cannot be overlapped. But even if it is halved to 300 gold coins, it is enough to maintain a production and transportation system. After all, raw coal is such a worthless thing, and production expenditures are also very limited. The main cost is transportation.
"It's less. How can I get my money back if I get robbed?" Brother Manu thought it was inappropriate.
Blackwater City can only make two round trips a month to here. If we want to ensure that people and animals rest, it may still take a few days, which means that at least a team of twelve two-headed oxen must be formed. Three hundred gold coins can only cover daily expenses and ensure a certain profit, but it will definitely not cover the purchase of cows. Three hundred gold coins cannot even buy ten cows.
The two brothers discussed for a while and gave another quotation: "1.40 per kilogram. Please understand, because there are many robbers on the road, and our expenditure on security is very huge."
140 yuan per ton, which is already lower than the upper limit of the purchase guide price given above.
Li Yunjie felt that there was still room for price reduction, but he did not want to delay the time schedule of the No. 2 furnace of the iron plant because of himself.
I mean, let’s try another cut: “One dime, three cents and two cents, 132 yuan per ton. If you can accept it, let’s settle the matter today.”
A dime can cover the cost of a business, so why consider more than a dime and three cents? The profit is not particularly high, but the victory lies in the large quantity.
However, the habit of hanging out in the market made the two brothers pretend to discuss it for a while before reluctantly agreeing.
Li Yunjie took out some other pieces of paper and a wooden sign.
There are two copies of the contract on the paper. There is no magic restriction. If the contract is violated, the city management will deal with it. Most of it has been completed. The price has been filled in and pushed to the eyes of the two brothers.
"There are two places to sign in the contract. My name is already on it. You just need to write your name next to it. This contract is only for half a year. In order to help you establish a trade line, there is no limit on the supply volume. There will be no shortage or slight excess. There are penalties." As the other party watched, the factory director explained, "I hope you can make good use of this time and put some thought into trying to reduce costs. Next time you sign a full-year contract, my quotation will be lower and the purchase volume will be larger. "
After the two of them carefully read the names signed on the contract and took back a copy of the iron factory, the director then pushed the wooden sign and another piece of paper over:
"This is a bearer bank card specially issued by the bank. It can only be used for one over-the-counter transfer. There is one thousand yuan in it to pay for the goods. If we can promise to deliver the first batch of coking coal within two months, I can give it to you now."
One thousand yuan is not a huge amount of money for the Manu brothers today. They bought more than three thousand yuan just after the goods were shipped. This thousand yuan is just the icing on the cake.
But the money was shoved in the face, and the big factory manager was so polite that he couldn't bear to regret it, so he could only reluctantly sign his name and pocket it.
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