Li Yinguang picked up the brown sugar cubes on the drying board, first looked at its color, and then put it in his mouth to taste it. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, the smile on his face became more intense.
"good!"
He raised his head and asked Song Changsheng: "How much brown sugar like this can be boiled and dried every day?"
Song Changsheng scratched his head, feeling embarrassed on the spot, but Mu Yunying, who was standing next to him, answered and said with a smile: "If the various supporting processes are not neglected, we can get thousands of kilograms of these 'brown sugar cubes' in a day.
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"Thousands of pounds?"
Li Yinguang muttered this number and analyzed the sugar content of 'Sweet Grass Vine' in his mind. There were more than 500 people in the wild camp. With so many people and the cooperation of mechanical equipment, the excavation work should progress very quickly.
That's right, coupled with the processes of washing, grinding, juicing, boiling, etc., one can obtain thousands of kilograms of brown sugar every day?
To be honest, Li Yinguang is not very satisfied with this number!
"How many sweetgrass vines can be dug out every day?" Li Yinguang looked up at her and asked.
Mu Yunying hesitated and said: "Hundreds of people participated in the excavation today, and probably tens of thousands of kilograms of 'Sweet Grass Vine' rhizomes were excavated."
The harvest is not very low, perhaps more losses occur elsewhere.
"You will be the general manager of the 'camp sugar factory' from now on. Song Changsheng will be responsible for the security and field excavation work. You will be responsible for leading people to boil sugar. In addition to the amount of sugar produced, you must also ensure that the 'brown sugar cubes' are cooked
It should be clean enough and there should be as few impurities as possible, especially for the final step of boiling the sugar and making it tang-free. Try to use someone you can trust, do you understand?"
Li Yinguang looked at the other party and said word by word.
Mu Yunying nodded: "Understood! No one will poison it, make sure it is foolproof, and the workers will eat the prepared candy first!"
Li Yinguang suddenly smiled. He was a smart man with a bright heart. He looked carefree but was delicate in his heart.
"Good job!"
Before leaving, he patted the other party on the shoulder.
In addition to the temporarily formed escort team, Li Yinguang will ask Saipan to send people to take over to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Turning 'sweet grass vines' into 'brown sugar cubes' is a strategic step forward for the Castle. At least from now on, the wild coolie camps are no longer a matter of money.
"Brother, you've made some sugar, why are you so depressed?"
On the way back, Xiaoman leaned into Li Yinguang's arms and tilted his head to express his puzzled question.
Li Yinguang smiled bitterly, raised his hand and scratched her little nose: "Boiling sugar is only the first step. We use sweet grass vines to boil sugar, but we have to sell the sugar to be considered successful, otherwise it will always be
Sugar cannot be turned into money."
Xiaoman blinked: "So you are worried about how we can sell the candy?"
Li Yinguang nodded: "Yes, once produced, we will sell it and turn it into cash."
"Can't you just take it to the market and sell it?" Xiaoman tilted his head and said, thinking.
Li Yinguang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's too low-end. For us, 'brown sugar cubes' are a good product. A good product must be matched with a good price. Although it can be sold in the market, it will definitely not be sold."
The price will be too high!”
A piece of red sugar cube boiled from the sweet grass vine may only be sold for ten copper ox coins in the market, and a pound may not be sold for half a silver ox coin. Obviously, this low-end sales channel is not Li Yinguang's.
want.
What he needs is ‘goods’, not dumping, or even small profits but quick turnover. How many people are there in Manbach Town? How many copies can be sold by dumping brown sugar cubes!
Back in the Iron Armor City, Li Yinguang thought hard all night and finally decided to take the 'high-end route'.
"Why do you let me drink this?"
Alma looked at Li Yinguang in confusion. Her belly had already swelled very high. She was no stranger to Alma, the place where red cube sugar was produced.
Li Yinguang smiled and said: "Tonic, a cup of brown sugar water every day can replenish various minerals you lack in the body, and it can also replenish blood and Qi. There are many benefits."
What kind of people is ‘brown sugar water’ suitable for?
There is no doubt that for women, especially women who are about to menstruate, followed by the elderly and children, brown sugar water can be sold as a 'tonic'. It is also suitable for stewing soup and boiling water. Anyway, it has many benefits.
Alma whispered: "I feel like you're acting weird this morning!"
Li Yinguang pretended not to hear anything. After breakfast, he called Sophia and Lan Ling, and led several guards to the town of Manbach.
No. 18 Zhongbao Street, Gubao Store.
Li Yinguang's arrival was a bit unexpected by the clerks.
"Boss, why do you have time to come to the store today?"
"Our store is almost bored to death with no one visiting it all day long. When will the business be as hot as when we first opened!"
Listening to the complaints from the shop assistants, Li Yinguang said with a smile: "Isn't it better to leave you idle? You are all just cheap people. Go and find some containers. They can't be too small or too ugly."
After a pause, he directed the clerk to place tables, chairs and benches outside the door, and also made several exquisite small coal stoves and placed them outside.
The clerk looked at Li Yinguang in confusion and asked curiously: "Boss, what are we doing?"
"Boil water!"
Li Yinguang smiled and said, to be precise, he wanted to boil brown sugar water and give it to passers-by for free.
"This is a good thing. It's nourishing brown sugar, especially for you girls. Drinking it regularly can replenish your blood, improve your physique, and make you look better and more beautiful."
First, turn several female clerks in the old castle store into loyal users of 'Nourishing Brown Sugar'. Even if you don't recognize the efficacy of 'Nourishing Brown Sugar', no one else will.
"What's this?"
“Tonic sugar water, try it for free!”
"Don't you charge me? Then I'll have a drink!"
"Does it taste good? This nourishing brown sugar is prepared from ancient recipes purchased in our store. Each piece has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the skin. It is a rare tonic for women!"
"And the price is not expensive. A pound of 'nourishing brown sugar' only costs nine silver ox coins. You can drink it for a long time!"
One pound of brown sugar can weigh about twenty-five or six pieces, and each piece of brown sugar weighs about twenty grams. Li Yinguang specially asked the sugar factory to cut it into this shape.
One cup a day can basically last for a month, and the price cannot be said to be very cheap, at least it can be accepted by the middle and upper class.
The castle store itself has a certain reputation, and with the promotion at the door, more than forty kilograms of red sugar cubes with the name of 'nourishing' were sold in just one morning.
The overall effect is pretty good, but if you sell in pieces like this, even if you can sell a hundred catties a day, the path is still too narrow.
"How about opening a 'sugar water shop' specifically?" A girl in the shop suggested to Li Yinguang.
Maybe she just said it casually, but to Li Yinguang's ears, she thought it was a good idea. As the name suggests, the sugar water shop is a shop that sells sugar water. You must know that the supplies in Manbach Town are relatively scarce, especially in terms of food and drink.
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It may not be practical to open a store selling sugar water by yourself, but now that we have a ‘product’ in hand, we can definitely cooperate with others.
Restaurants, restaurants, barbecue restaurants, even bars, pimp inns and other places may have a demand for 'sugar water'.
Making sugar water is simple enough. Boil water with brown sugar cubes. If you want to adjust the taste, you can also add some dried flower petals, fruits, etc. Anyway, the main raw material is 'brown sugar water'.
As for the price, if a cup costs half a silver bull, how about ten copper bulls?
It’s just a matter of sweetness. Put more brown sugar cubes and put less brown sugar cubes. Even if it’s ten copper bull coins per cup, if you can sell 10,000 cups a day and give half of the profits to those stores, you won’t gain anything.
How bad will it be?
‘Brown sugar cubes’ cannot achieve small profits but quick turnover, but ‘brown sugar water’ can.
"Set up a sales team and go run the business!"
After Li Yinguang determined that the 'brown sugar water' could be sold, he made a prompt decision and called the housekeeper Geda over and asked him to prepare a 'sales team'.
Go to the major stores in Manbach Town that have sales scenes. Even the castle store can provide "sugar water" for sale in advance.
There are also various cooperation models. You can purchase brown sugar, share the sugar water, or even boil the sugar water!
In the afternoon, Li Yinguang asked someone to use a good wooden box to pack a full ten kilograms of red sugar cubes. The package was high-grade and the carrier went to the Lord's Mansion.
When Andi Fei saw Li Yinguang, she was a little surprised. She looked at the red and black sugar cubes in the box and asked curiously: "What's in here?"
"Brown sugar cubes have the effect of nourishing and beautifying the skin. Princess, you might as well drink more!" Li Yinguang said with a smile.
Andy Fei looked up at him and asked curiously: "Is this thing made from the rhizome of 'Sweet Grass Vine'?"
Li Yinguang was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, it is boiled with the rhizome of sweetgrass vine and tastes good."
"Isn't there a lot of profit in it?" Andy Fei asked thoughtfully.
Li Yinguang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Yesterday there were more than 500 people in the camp outside the town. Today there will be at least 800 people, and tomorrow there will be 1,000 people. With so many people digging sweet grass vines, how many must be dug out every day and then sold.
How much can they need to feed and clothe them for a whole day?
If I tell you that I can’t make money, the princess will definitely not believe you!”
Andy Fei smiled and said calmly: "Yes, I really don't believe it!"
Li Yinguang spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Believe it or not, for the time being, we are losing money. The more refugees we recruit from the slums, the more holes there will be."
"Then why recruit? Wouldn't it be better to let it fend for itself?" Andifi asked with a smile.
The words made Li Yinguang tremble in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh. He is a pure superior. He can not care about the life and death of poor people and refugees, or even just use these people as tools, but he can't do that. He is not a superior.
, I’m just a human being, a fairly conscientious person.
Li Yinguang didn't want to have too many discussions with the other party on the issue of poor refugees. The purpose of his visit this time was also very simple. He wanted to send new products to the other party to taste, showing his due goodwill.
As for the management of 'Red Cube Sugar', I have no intention of cooperating with the other party. This is the exclusive business of the Castle and Iron Armor City. At least for now, I have no intention of giving the other party a share of the pie.