Chapter 32 The Guest Come From Afar
Time passes by, a month passes in a blink of an eye, and the weather gradually becomes colder. The nectar and jade liquid are becoming more and more popular, and it is selling farther and farther. From the beginning of the daily income of a thousand gold, to a month later, the target will be sold out every day! The daily net profit can reach a thousand gold!
"The No. 1 Paper in the World" has been improved again and again. The paper produced now is almost the same as what people use in later generations. However, Zhao Feng was not in a hurry to sell it. First, Zhao Feng is not short of money now, and second, Zhao Feng is still waiting for good news from Cheng Yu. If he takes down the name "The No. 1 Paper in the World", will the sales of this paper still be worrying?
As for Zuixianlou, the first one has been completed in Xiangping. It is so large that it can be called the largest restaurant in Liaodong. Zhao Feng specially taught the dishes that were popular among the people in the recipes of later generations to the chef of Zuixianlou.
However, the intelligence system mentioned by Zhao Feng has not been established yet and Cheng Yu has not come back. Zhao Feng handed over this work to Xi Zhong, and Xi Zhong also tried his best to do this. However, in Zhao Feng's heart, there is only one person who is suitable to control this intelligence system, and that is the "poison soldier" Jia Xu!
Speaking of Jia Xu, the most impressive thing is the one that ordered Zhang Xiu to pursue Cao Cao twice! However, in order to protect himself, he offered advice to Li Jue and others to attack Chang'an, which not only accelerated the demise of the Han Dynasty, but also caused chaos in the world. It is not an exaggeration to call him "the world's number one poisonous man".
But at this time, where is Jia Xu? Zhao Feng didn't know, maybe he had just entered Dong Zhuo's camp! However, Zhao Feng didn't force it. In the future, Dong Zhuo was destroyed and he would be taken over to the Chang'an Rebellion. Even if he couldn't get it, it didn't matter. Anyway, life was not satisfactory. If all the best is smooth, wouldn't the Three Kingdoms be too boring?
"Sir, someone is here to visit!" Just as Zhao Feng was immersed in his thoughts, a servant came to report.
"Huh?" Zhao Feng was stunned. Who would come to visit except for his ministers? "Who is here?"
"When I say that, the person who comes to call himself Zhongshan Wuji Zhen Yi!" said the lower man.
"Zhen Yi? You said Zhen Yi!" Zhao Feng was overjoyed. This Zhen Yi was the head of the Zhen family, one of the four major merchant families at the end of the Han Dynasty! "Hurry up and invite me! No, I will go with you to welcome Zhen Yi!"
Zhao Feng jogged all the way to the front hall, "Meet Mr. Zhen!"
"Sir, you are just a commoner, you can't be like this!" Zhen Yi replied with trepidation.
"Haha, who doesn't know the Zhen family in the world? Who doesn't know that Mr. Zhen is the number one merchant in the Han Dynasty?" Zhao Feng said.
"Sir, it's serious!" Zhen Yi said. In the late Han Dynasty, merchants were actually a profession that people looked down upon, and even their status was not much different from that of craftsmen. It was strange that Zhen Yi was not afraid of being treated like this by the prefect!
"Haha, I wonder if sir is here this time..." Zhao Feng asked.
"That's right, sir, Yi was in Jizhou. He accidentally learned about nectar and jade liquid. After asking, he found out that this nectar and jade liquid was actually produced in Liaodong. Therefore, Yi Gongyan has come to this point and hopes to cooperate with him!" Zhen Yi said.
"Mr. Zhen, don't call me, sir. Just call me Zihu!" Zhao Feng said, "I don't know what you mean by cooperation?"
"That's better to obey than respect. Zihu, I want you to sell nectar and jade liquid to our Jizhou. The Zhen family can be this middleman!" Zhen Yi said.
"Oh?" Zhao Feng was very surprised. He had to admire Zhen Yi. He even said the word "middleman"! "So, I'll tell you the truth. This nectar is indeed my business. I bought 200 yuan per pound, which is indeed a bit high. However, my wine is indeed brewed with grain or fruit, and does not contain a trace of false ingredients! So the cost is about 100 yuan, and Brother Zhen came from afar, and I was embarrassed to ask for it. I only charged you 125 yuan per pound. As for how much you sell it, that is your ability. I don't care. What do you think?"
"This..." Zhen Yi was surprised. Unexpectedly, Zhao Feng was so kind to him for the first time when he met, and actually gave him such a low price! You know, in other places, nectar and jade liquid had been sold at a sky-high price of one gold per pound or even two or three gold per pound! If the Zhen family sold this wine, it would definitely be more than 200 yuan per pound! What a huge profit margin!
"Zihu, since you said that, I can't look for you too much. How about you selling me 150 per pound?" Zhen Yi said.
"..." Zhao Feng was speechless. In fact, the cost of 100 yuan per pound he said before was also high. In fact, what is the cost of this nectar and jade liquid? It is just the original cost of brewing wine? Even if it is sold for 100 yuan, Zhao Feng would make a big profit. Zhen Yi gave him a low price, but he actually wanted to raise the price. It is really unheard of!
"Zihu, if you don't agree, Yi will have to leave. Yi doesn't want to take such a big advantage!" Zhen Yi said.
"Okay, since that's the case, Feng agreed!" Zhao Feng nodded helplessly.
"I wonder how much the output of this nectar and jade liquid is, and how much it can be sold to Jizhou every month?" Zhen Yi asked again.
"Uh..." Zhao Feng thought for a while, "Now, the daily output of nectar and jade liquid can reach 50,000 kilograms, which is 1.5 million kilograms per month! I plan to leave 500,000 kilograms for Liaodong, and give the remaining 1 million kilograms to Brother Zhen for sale!"
"One million pounds!" Zhen Yi's eyes lit up. Even if he only earns 100 yuan per pound, it would be a profit of hundreds of millions. Even if he disposes the transportation fee, he can earn more than 90 million yuan! This number is exciting to think about! "That is only 150 million yuan!"
"Well, is there any problem with Brother Zhen?" Zhao Feng asked.
"The problem is that Yi's family doesn't have that much money!" Zhen Yi said awkwardly. Although he is the number one merchant in the Han Dynasty, he doesn't have that much money on hand.
"In this way, Brother Zhen, if there is really no, you can exchange grain or iron ore for equivalent exchange!" Zhao Feng thought for a while.
"Grain and iron ore?" Zhen Yi said, "Okay, I will pay 400,000 jin of money, that is, 40 million yuan. For the other 600,000 jin of wine, I will exchange half of the grain and half of the iron ore. Zihu thinks this is good?"
"So good!" Zhao Feng answered without hesitation, why did he need food? Because the army needs it, why did he need iron ore? It is also because the army needs it! In this way, the Liaodong Army's military capital is basically no longer worried!
"In this way, this matter was settled. This is my portable jade pendant, so I gave it to Zihu. It is a meeting gift for our cooperation, or a deposit!" Zhen Yi said.
"Haha, okay, I'll accept it!" Zhao Feng didn't blink for a moment and put the jade pendant in his arms. "It's impolite to come but not to go, I'll give Brother Zhen some good things too!" As he said that, Zhao Feng took out a few pieces of "the best paper in the world" and handed it to Zhen Yi.
"Is this..." Zhen Yi looked at Zhao Feng in confusion.
"I named this paper 'The No. 1 Paper in the World', and it was also created by my Liaodong craftsman based on Cai Lun's method." Zhao Fengdao.
"Don't you know if you plan to sell this paper?" Zhen Yi saw the business opportunity at a glance.
"Sell, of course, but not now!" Zhao Feng smiled mysteriously.
"Oh?" Zhen Yi looked at Zhao Feng in confusion, "Zihu, when you sell, you must think of me, brother!"
Chapter completed!