Chapter 31 Do you want to invest in individual stocks?
"Eunuch Xiao, the cost is not easy to calculate. Although we can do the work quickly, it requires people and materials, and there is no need to spend money. If it is left to outsiders to do it, it will be expensive..."
Liu Fuhai squinted his eyes, pinched his fingers and calculated for a long time before he said carefully: "If it is the size of about ten rooms in our record keeping hall, the cost and labor will be added up, and it will not be more than a thousand taels of silver?"
"How much?" Xiao Chen frowned, obviously not satisfied with this answer.
"Of course, this is just a rough estimate. If the calculation is more precise, eight hundred taels of silver would be enough. In addition, if it is a separate house, it will be even less." Liu Fuhai said hurriedly.
"Hahaha, Fuhai, if you do the math, don't you think it's too expensive if you don't count too much?" Xiao Chen laughed.
"No, the people outside who pay small wages know that the cost of raw materials is small, and they are always close to the same." Liu Fuhai felt that he had not missed anything in his calculations, and he was a professional in this area.
"You haven't considered the technical cost. This heating system is easy to build, but knowing how to build it is the key! Is all my hard work of lighting a lamp and boiling oil all in vain?"
Seeing that Liu Fuhai was so stubborn, Xiao Chen couldn't help but speak more straightforwardly.
"Oh wow, that's not true!" Liu Fuhai slapped his thigh, "I always feel like something is wrong... I remembered it when my father-in-law said this. Yes, yes, yes, technology is the most important, and cost must also be considered.
In this case, the cost will be doubled."
My mind is still too rigid.
"Fuhai, don't decide this matter yet. I'll think about it later. Besides, since you know the importance of technology, you can't let it out."
"Don't worry, father-in-law, this little one still understands. As for the people under him, they all work according to their own division of labor. They don't understand the specific principles."
Liu Fuhai is not too stupid. Although he does not understand what 'professional technical protection' is, he also knows its importance.
"You go back and think about it carefully to see if you can make a few small mechanisms or something to prevent others from imitating it in the future. Also, think about the system we have installed and what else needs to be improved. Go ahead."
After sending Liu Fuhai away, Xiao Chen came to Kunning Palace again, not to find the queen, but to find Zhang Zifang and Huan'er.
"Buy shares? What kind of shares? What is a share?" The two of them listened to Xiao Chen's words for a long time, and they were all stunned for a moment when he actually came to ask them for money.
"It's just a share, which means joining in the share." Xiao Chen explained.
Oh... Only then did the two of them realize that they just wanted us to pay for it.
"What kind of deal are you talking about just now? Can you make money and you dare to ask us to pay for it?" Zhang Zifang slept late last night on duty and just got up. She hasn't heard about the record keeping hall yet.
Xiao Chen had to explain it to him in detail again, and emphasized one point: "You will definitely make money, it's just a matter of making more and making less. In short, if you invest more money, you will make more, and vice versa."
"Oh, that's right. It sounds like you can do it well. Then our family will give you two thousand taels of silver. Whether you make money or not is not a big deal. Just join in the fun." Zhang Zifang said.
I understand, but it doesn't feel like there's much oil or water in it.
The two thousand taels of silver were given to Xiao Chen in order to save his boss's face. I would definitely not be able to compensate him anyway.
"Two thousand taels? How dare you, Eunuch Zhang, take this small amount of money? It's too stingy." Xiao Chen shook his head repeatedly.
"You kid, are you going crazy?" Zhang Zifang was so angry at him.
"Little Eunuch Xiao, I don't even have two thousand taels. If you are in a hurry, you can get more than one thousand taels." Huan'er said that it was quite difficult. She really didn't have much money, but she wanted to help Xiao.
Chen.
So these two haven’t figured it out yet!
"Can't you? You can't even get two thousand taels of silver out?" Xiao Chen first expressed doubts about Huan'er's financial situation.
You are the queen's confidant maid, a serious fourth-grade Fengyi female official. Although your rank is false, your official position is real. Besides, you have been with the queen for more than a year, and you don't even have two thousand taels of silver.
Believe it?
But what Huan'er said is really the truth.
As a female officer of Fengyi, the total monthly salary of grain and rice she received was only twelve taels of silver, which was only more than one hundred taels a year.
Of course, there are some other incomes besides this, but they are nothing more than the personal gifts from the queen, and the rewards from the concubines. In addition, when there are any happy events in the palace, there is also a reward as usual.
For example, at the Lantern Festival a few days ago, Xiao Chen defeated Wanyan Pingqiu and helped the Great Zhou Kingdom obtain five cities. Emperor Li Wanjiang was so pleased with Long Yan that he gave her a reward of silver, which was just a small amount in her hands.
Only a dozen taels.
Furthermore, although Empress Murong Danqiu was a lady and the daughter of a general, she lived an extremely simple life and had strict supervision. Naturally, Huan'er did not dare to do anything wrong or collect money from others.
So it is not easy to save more than one thousand taels of silver.
Of course, Zhang Zifang is different. He is one of the three chief eunuchs in the palace and a close confidant of the emperor. Now he is also the chief of the Kunning Palace. Theoretically, the entire harem is under his control, so he has a very high position.
Not only did the eunuchs and maids fawn over him, but the concubines also gave him a lot of filial piety money every year.
In addition, all the officials tried their best to curry favor with him. Not to mention anything else, the Bing Jing and Tan Jing sent every year cost tens of thousands of taels of silver...
"I really don't have one. How about I ask someone to borrow some?" Huan'er only wanted to help.
"Xiao Chen, how much money do you want?" Zhang Zifang asked.
"Of course the general will order troops, the more the merrier. I think Eunuch Zhang, you can take 20,000, and Sister Huan'er 10,000." Xiao Chen opened his mouth wide.
"Twenty thousand taels? Are you kidding me?" Zhang Zifang was shocked to hear this and almost sat down on the ground.
I thought you were here to collect money, but I didn’t expect you were here to steal money!
"Eunuch Zhang, let me say it again, this is a business that is sure to make money without losing money. Think about it, all the twenty-four eunuchs in our palace have to pretend. Even if we have some discounts for our own people, each family will have to pay thousands of silver. Add it up.
It’s not like there are tens of thousands taels!”
"That's just a gross profit. There's not much left after including the cost. The capital of 20,000 is too much." Zhang Zifang didn't think this was a big deal.
He can earn two to three thousand silver even if he reaches Tian'er. For him, it is just a small profit, so he might as well let it out to collect interest!
"Hey, Eunuch Zhang, do you think this is a one-and-done deal? No! Think about it, if the twenty-four prison guards have pretended to be fake, then should other yamen in the palace pretend to be fake?"
"The palace has already installed it. Do the princes and ministers have to install it in their homes? Do the government offices with six ministries and nine halls need to install it? Do the big families in the city want to install it? And..."
Before Xiao Chen finished speaking, Zhang Zifang reacted and slammed the table and said loudly: "Twenty thousand is only twenty thousand, when do you want the money?"