"The number of people in the camp outside the town has exceeded 1,200, including about 300 women. Today, in the slums for only half a morning, nearly 400 people came to the slums on their own initiative, willing to sign contracts and work as coolies. In the afternoon, the town did not dare to recruit any more people.
There is no room left in the outer camp!”
Lao Gou said helplessly that when he came back, it was already dark outside. He stayed in the camp outside the town all day today, and he was more in charge of things there.
But it can be seen that he seems to be a little more bored. Taking care of thousands of refugees is far less comfortable than being a guard beside Li Yinguang. Things are almost doubling every day.
Li Yinguang thought about it and said: "If we stop recruiting refugees first, how big an impact will it have on the refugees in the slums?"
The old dog thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It won't have much impact in a short time. The reserved whole grains for cooking porridge will be enough for them to survive for half a month."
"Half a month?"
Li Yinguang repeated the timeline, and then sighed: "Then let's stop recruiting refugees first and arrange the camps outside the town first."
It's not that they want to reduce the number of refugees recruited, but there's no way. There are already more than 1,200 people in the temporary camp outside the town. With so many people, they can form a sizable village.
Although it is the cold winter season, it may not be very safe in the wild, although the temporary camp in the wild is not very far from the town of Manbach.
With so many people, it is easy to be targeted by humans or animals.
But although these things can be predicted in advance, there is no ability to change them. Even if we know that the wild is unsafe, can the camp be moved back to the town of Manbach? Obviously impossible!
"Sugar factory, how are you today?" Li Yinguang changed the topic to the 'sugar' business. As the main 'product' of the temporary camp in the wild, not only did they need 'sugar' to cash in, but the labor coolies also needed it.
The old dog said: "The yield of sweet grass vines can reach 20,000 kilograms, but this is basically reaching the limit of mining, unless we purchase machinery and equipment and increase investment. According to your requirements, part of the sweet grass vines excavated will be used as food.
, most of the juice is squeezed to make soup. For every one thousand kilograms of sweet grass vine juice, one hundred kilograms of brown sugar cubes can be boiled.
Today's output is stable at around 1,000 kilograms, but it takes a certain amount of time to dry. Generally speaking, if nothing unexpected happens in the future, the daily output of brown sugar cubes can be stable at around 1,000 to 1,200 kilograms."
Li Yinguang did some calculations and found that this was probably the limit for sugar cooking in a temporary camp in the wild. Even if a thousand kilograms of brown sugar were sold for only 1.5 silver cattle coins per kilogram, the net income would not be lower than the previous silver cattle coins.
"Has the scale of Sweet Grass Vine been explored?" Li Yinguang thought of something and couldn't help but ask.
The temporary camp in the wild is now basically supported by the roots of the 'Sweet Grass Vine'. If this thing is dug out, the group of people will have to disperse on the spot. They will never be able to support it just relying on the financial resources of the Castle.
There are so many people alive.
The old dog smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. We have already found someone to explore it. The rhizomes of the sweet grass vine can go down tens of meters. The deeper you dig, the stronger the roots become. There are at least five million kilograms of storage under that forest."
The amount is enough for us to dig for a long time."
After a slight pause, he continued: "Moreover, Song Changsheng and the others have sent people to conduct exploration and searches in other places. In addition to this forest, other areas where sweet grass vines grow on a large scale have been discovered."
Li Yinguang breathed a sigh of relief. If the 'Sweet Grass Vine' was dug up, that would be the most fatal thing.
"Don't throw away the sweet grass vines after squeezing the juice. Some of them are soaked in water to ferment and make wine, and some are dried and ground into powder to accumulate more reserves. Pull them back. This stuff is an excellent material for making spices."
Brewing takes time, and Li Yinguang has not yet figured out how to promote and sell spices on a large scale, so he can only accumulate them first.
"There are suitable personnel in the temporary camp outside the town. You can focus on observation and sign a long-term contract to absorb them into the Iron Armored City. You don't need to take care of me recently. Just focus on digging sweet grass vines and sugar production. I promise.
If the temporary camp is safe and the sugar production business is not interrupted, I will give you a great credit!" Li Yinguang said with a smile.
The old dog opened his mouth, hesitated several times, and finally smiled bitterly but did not dare to say anything.
"We don't have enough manpower. Let Saipan give you a few people. If you can't solve anything, go to the housekeeper. If it doesn't work, just report to me directly."
Everyone can see that Li Yinguang is now more interested in the temporary camp outside the town.
"You have to know that there are not many 'profitable' businesses in our castle, Ironclad City. This sugar-making workshop in the wild must hold on in a short period of time, and there is no room for failure!"
When Li Yinguang spoke, his face was full of seriousness.
After telling the old dog, he looked at the butler Goda. He was in charge of the 'Tang Shui' marketing team, recruiting and promoting people. Although it was only the second day, it should have achieved some results.
The housekeeper Geda smiled bitterly, knowing what Li Yinguang wanted to ask when he looked at him, so he shook his head and said: "Master, please give us a few more days. The restaurants and catering institutions in the town don't recognize our 'sugar water' too much, and
Many people think the profit is relatively low and are unwilling to engage in it!"
"Low profits?"
Li Yinguang frowned, thought for a while and asked: "What if the price of sugar water is raised to 18 copper ox coins?"
The butler Goda smiled bitterly and said: "It doesn't seem to be a question of how much we sell, it's a lack of market recognition and diners are not very willing to pay."
‘Sugar water’ is still a new thing in Manbach Town, but it takes time for new things to be recognized and accepted.
What's more, there is really no technical content in making sugar water!
Li Yinguang gritted his teeth and said: "Recruit more people. If it's not possible, let's promote it for free first. Cooperate with those big restaurants, restaurants, restaurants, and by the way, there are also Pimp Inns. Each store provides two hundred cups of brown sugar water for free every day, at half price or simply give it away.
Cultivate a customer base first!”
Water is not an expensive resource in Manbach Town, and hot water is easy to obtain. Now Li Yinguang controls the source of sugar production and has a lot of sugar cubes available, so the promotion of 'sugar water' is crucial.
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"Is this possible?" Butler Goda scratched his head. It was easy to deliver it for free, but no one could guarantee whether this would win customers.
Li Yinguang smiled: "Let's try it. You won't lose much money, but 'sugar water' must be promoted, and the people in Manbach Town must develop the habit of drinking sugar water."
Before there were epoch-making drinks, sugar water was definitely the best product with high quality and low price, which contained huge profits, especially after the market was formed.
In accordance with modern people's business thinking, Li Yinguang gave the housekeeper some marketing strategies. He could be more generous at the beginning, and even pay for it. First, cultivate the 'sugar water market', and then the channels. Every catering institution must pay attention to it.