"Miss Su, is this Meishan?"
Zhao Xu got off the carriage, looked at the dark land in front of him, and frowned.
As for Meishan, most families in Su City know something about it.
However, for a farming society, only land that can grow crops is good land. No one is willing to take the land in Meishan for free.
"Um!"
Su Yingxue nodded slightly and led everyone towards the depths of Meishan Mountain.
Along the way, many victims could be seen transporting coal. When they saw Jiang Yifeng, they would stop and say hello.
When they came to the edge of the mine, they could see a dense crowd of miners at the bottom of the mine, working hard to dig coal.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu suddenly understood and asked in surprise: "Miss Su, the business you are talking about is not selling coal, right?"
"Exactly."
Su Yingxue nodded lightly.
Zhao Xu frowned and asked, "Miss Su, don't you know that when coal burns, it will produce toxic gases that can kill people?"
"I know."
"Since you know this, why do you still sell coal? This business can't make any money?"
"If I say there is a way to burn coal without producing toxic gases, do you think you can make money selling coal?"
After hearing this, the expression on Zhao Xu's face froze and he asked excitedly: "Miss Su, do you have a way to make the coal burn without producing toxic gases?"
Su Yingxue smiled slightly.
When Zhao Xu got the affirmative answer, he immediately felt that his heart was going to beat out of his chest, because he could already imagine how profitable this business was.
Jiang Yifeng looked at the shocked Zhao Xu with a smile on his lips.
Firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea!
The fact that firewood ranks ahead of rice and oil is enough to prove the importance of firewood.
The so-called firewood is actually firewood for cooking pots. In ancient times, there was no natural gas, so firewood could only be used for cooking.
but……
In a city like Sioux City with hundreds of thousands of people and more than 100,000 households, the amount of firewood burned every day is quite terrifying.
Over time, almost all the trees around Sioux City were cut down.
Therefore, modern people think that there were trees everywhere in ancient times, which is a misconception in itself. It is easy to see from old photos of the late Qing Dynasty that there were basically no trees around the capital.
Under this situation, a profession was born, that is, woodcutter.
The woodcutter went to far away places to cut wood, and then picked it up in Sioux City and sold it for money.
However, if coal is not poisonous, then there will be no need to burn firewood, just coal.
More than 100,000 households in Sioux City use five copper coins of charcoal every day, which is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of copper coins, or several hundred taels of silver.
After one year, it can easily be sold for two to three hundred thousand taels of silver.
Of course, this is not the largest consumption of coal. The real consumption is for heating in winter.
Before there was no charcoal, charcoal was needed for heating, and charcoal had to be burned from large trees, and it was difficult to make, so it was very expensive.
The price of charcoal in Sioux City last winter was more than ten copper coins per catty. In the coldest days, the price was more than twenty copper coins per catty.
It can be said that there are not many people in Sioux City who can really afford charcoal.
However, if pebbles are used instead of charcoal, the price is much cheaper and the consumption is huge. In one winter, you can easily earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
The most important thing is, this is just Sioux City.
There are dozens of decent big cities in Jiujiang County. Even if it only covers a few surrounding cities, you can easily earn more than two million taels.
"Based on a yearly profit of two million taels, one achievement is two hundred thousand taels."
Zhao Xu also calculated the profit, and his whole body trembled because he found that the five hundred thousand taels of silver he invested could be recovered in two and a half years.
Oh My God!
It turns out that 100% of 500,000 taels is not only not expensive, but also cheaper, because even if 10% of 600,000 taels is used, it is still a successful investment.
When he thought of this, Zhao Xu could no longer calm down and asked loudly: "Miss Su, I will pay you one million taels of silver and take 20% of it. What do you think?"
Su Yingxue knew that Zhao Xu had seen the money-making potential of Meishan. After thinking about it, she shook her head and said, "Master Zhao, you should know that such a profitable business is not something that our two families can afford."
Zhao Xu was stunned and nodded slowly, "If we don't find a stronger backer for a business that makes millions of taels a year, it might not be ours."
He worked his way up from the bottom, so he understands the rules of the game better than anyone else.
For example, the Zhao family's weaving business may seem to outsiders to be based on their own abilities, but in fact the most important thing is that they have a strong backer.
However, even so, the annual profit from their weaving business was only two hundred thousand taels.
A business that makes two million taels of silver, even if the backers of the Zhao family and the Su family are tied together, they probably won't be able to protect it.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu asked: "Who are you going to find?"
"Sheriff!"
Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows and reminded: "His appetite is not small. It is not easy to feed him."
"Thirty percent!"
Su Yingxue held out three green-white jade fingers and said, "I plan to use 30% of the profit to feed him."
Zhao Xu felt a pain in his body, "Is it too much?"
"It's a bit much, but it's worth it." Su Yingxue continued: "The remaining 60% is 10% for the Wang family, 10% for the Song family, and 40% for the Su family."
"Wang family? Song family?"
Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment.
At this time, Jiang Yifeng explained: "The Wang family and the Song family are my sworn brothers. Now there is a profitable business. Naturally, I, the eldest brother, cannot forget them."
In fact, this is only one reason. The more important reason is that with one more family to shoulder the responsibility, Meishan's business will be more secure.
"You can get a 10% share as a sworn brother. My son is a disciple of Su Shikui. Even if it doesn't work out, I can get a half percent share!" Zhao Xu kept winking at Zhao Bingfang.
Zhao Bingfang hesitated and planned to pretend not to see Zhao Xushi's look.
However, he misjudged the extent of his father's shamelessness and stepped forward directly, pressing his head and kneeling down to Su Dongchu.
Jiang Yifeng was Zhao Bingfang's elder after all, so he quickly stepped forward to stop him, "Zhao family master, it's not necessary. I'll give you half a percent evenly, but the half percent will cost three hundred thousand taels of silver."
"no problem!"
Zhao Xu kicked Zhao Bingfang away, who was in the way, and the smile on his face was extremely bright.
To him, 300,000 taels of silver is nothing. What matters is the share he can occupy. At 1.50%, the annual profit is 300,000 taels.
The eight hundred thousand taels of silver invested can be repaid in less than three years, and I still make a lot of money.
"Miss Su, I have one more thing to ask for." Zhao Xu looked at Su Yingxue.
"whats the matter?"
Zhao Xu sneered and said, "That's right. When you talk to the Wang family and the Song family, don't tell them what the business is. I want to try to buy their share."
