When Su Hao returned home, he saw his mother Yang Gendi and his sister Lu Xiuer sitting in the main room. They both looked a little relieved when he came in. When Su Hao inquired, he found out that his mother and sister were waiting for him when they saw that he had not returned home late at night.
He was worried. Hao Tong had also asked before, saying that he wanted to go find him, but he didn't know where he had gone.
"I'm with Clerk Dai from the workshop, and I'm going to the homes of the county magistrate, the bookkeeper, and the historian. You don't have to worry," Su Hao said.
Yang Gendi has been living in the county town for almost a month. She usually chats with her neighbors and learns about some of the official structure of the county government. Su Hao said that the people she went to were all the homes of high-ranking officials in the county government. Although she did not understand her son
No matter what I was going for, I was still a little happy. After all, being able to visit a high official’s home was also a symbol of qualifications.
"Hao'er, I want to visit these masters. You can go during the day. It's not peaceful at night. What happened to you and Xiu'er this afternoon scared mom," Yang Gendi said.
Su Hao said: "This matter should be almost settled. Although I don't know who is behind this group of bachelors, I and Dai Shuli visited the county magistrate and these people today. There shouldn't be anyone who will have trouble with us in the future.
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"So, I can still sell tea eggs?" Lu Xiuer was still thinking about her great career of making money.
Su Hao sniffed and said with a smile: "I smelled the fragrance of your boiled eggs as soon as I entered the door. If I say that this matter has not been resolved, then do you still want to sell the eggs you boiled?"
Lu Xiuer said: "Of course I want to sell it. Brother Deng and Brother Hao have said that they will take turns coming with me from now on. Whoever dares to cause trouble will be beaten."
Su Hao patted his forehead with his hand: "Xiu'er, have you made a mistake? Just to sell a few tea eggs, you asked General Deng's soldiers to be your bodyguards? Do you think the little money you earn is enough?
Pay them both."
"They are idle anyway." Lu Xiuer said with a smile. Deng Kui and Hao Tong went to the rescue today, which made Lu Xiuer have a good impression of them. She felt that they were her brothers, and she spoke more casually.
Already.
Su Hao said: "Speaking of this, I just have something to tell you. Xiu'er, don't sell tea eggs in the future."
"Why?" Lu Xiu'er asked dissatisfiedly. The income of seventy or eighty cents a day was a great sum of money in the eyes of the little girl, and she was not willing to give it up casually.
Su Hao said: "Today I discussed with Secretary Dai and planned to open a business and do some business. I am from the county government, so it is not appropriate to directly become the shopkeeper. But if someone else is to be the shopkeeper, I am not at ease.
After much deliberation, it is most suitable for you to be the shopkeeper."
"How can a woman be a shopkeeper?" Yang Gendi interjected from the side, "As a shopkeeper, you have to deal with customers. It is not appropriate for Xiu'er to show her face."
Su Hao said: "It doesn't matter, right? Now that Xiu'er is selling tea eggs, isn't it also a public appearance? Being a shopkeeper is much more glorious than selling tea eggs, right?"
"I don't know how to be the shopkeeper." Lu Xiuer shook her head like a rattle and clasped her hands behind her back, as if she was afraid that Su Hao would force the power of the shopkeeper into her hands, "I don't know how to settle accounts, nor do I know how to settle accounts.
Doing business."
Su Hao said: "I have thought about it. You are just the shopkeeper. Let Chen Guanyu be the accountant. That old Taoist can settle accounts and deal with people from all walks of life. You only need to take care of him. You don't have to do any specific things."
Yang Gendi had some knowledge in this area. She frowned and said: "Haoer, what kind of business are you planning to do? You are a scholar, how can you do business? Don't turn around and lose all your capital."
Su Hao smiled and took out a dozen pieces of silver from his body, put it on the table, and said to his mother: "Mom, look, this is the money I earned from the first business I did. The business I did was very simple.
The people in the workshop built a stove for every household in the county, just like the stove I built at home. I paid one cent of silver for each stove, and in the end I had an income of several hundred taels. These were the first things I took.
The pen is divided and smooth."
"How can you make so much money with just this stove?" Yang Gendi picked up the silver and weighed it in her hands. Knowing that there were seven or eighty taels, her heart was really beating. She was both happy and a little uneasy. The county
The government promoted Han's stove and also promoted it to Longkou Village, so she knew about it, but she didn't expect that it was related to her son, and that his son could earn so much money from it.
Among them, the money Su Hao showed to Yang Gendi was not all the commission on Han's stove. It also included the bribes from the countryside that he had brought to the county office in the morning to hand over to Han Wen, as well as the bribes from Nanchang prefect Fan Lai.
Su Hao was too lazy to explain so much about the silver reward given to him. He only needed to use this to prove to his mother that he had the ability to do business.
"Brother, is the business we are going to open to help people build stoves?" Lu Xiuer asked. Although she verbally refused to be the shopkeeper of the business, she began to enter the role unconsciously.
Su Hao shook his head and said: "It's better to let the people from the county government do the work of building a stove. I just need to take my share of the profits. The business I want to open can do a lot of things. I'm going to mine coal."
, burn lime, smelt iron, make glass, make cement, etc. In short, do whatever you want to make money."
"Coal mining, lime burning, iron smelting... when did you know these things?" Yang Gendi was very surprised.
Su Hao said: "Some of these things I read in books, and some I plan to ask the office workers to help with. As long as the business is done, you can just ask others to do the things you don't know how to do."
"Then...how much money can we make from doing these businesses?" Lu Xiuer asked. It seems that Su Hao really made the right choice when he wanted her to be the shopkeeper. This girl is definitely a money addict.
Su Hao smiled and said: "It depends on how well it goes. According to my estimation, some investment is required in the first year. You may not earn much money, which is only three to five thousand taels. Wait until..."
"Three to five thousand taels!" Lu Xiuer lost her voice. Yang Gendi quickly covered her mouth to prevent her from shouting. Otherwise, just by the sound of her voice, half of the county would know that Su Hao was going to get rich.
"Let's just talk about coal mining. The current price of 100 kilograms of coal is 2 yuan. If 10 million kilograms are mined a year, it is 10,000 taels of silver. The mining tax will cost about 1,000 taels, and hiring workers will cost 2,000 taels. Various materials
The consumption is calculated as 2,000 taels, and the rest..." Su Hao calculated the accounts for Lu Xiuer.
"The remaining one is 5,000 taels." Lu Xiuer rushed to say.
"Don't you know how to count?" Su Hao said depressedly. Lu Xiu'er has never received compulsory education. How come she can calculate four-digit subtraction so quickly?
Lu Xiuer said: "Of course I can't count, but I can count money."
"Uh... Okay." Su Hao was defeated by Lu Xiu'er, and he said: "You are right. You see, coal mining alone has an income of at least 5,000 taels a year. Is it possible to do such a business?
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Yang Gendi said: "Hao'er, I have heard about this coal mining thing. In the mountains south of our Zhegui Township, there are people who dig holes to mine coal. Our family has bought their coal in the past, but I have never
I have never heard that they can earn so much money. When I went to buy coal, I asked them. They said that a coal well can only produce tens of thousands of kilograms of coal a year. You said you want to mine 10 million kilograms, how can you do it?
Woolen cloth?"
Su Hao said: "Mom, you don't have to worry about this matter. Since my son dares to say this, he is sure that he can do it. If you think about it, I can dig wells. I can do it wherever there is water underground and where there is no water.
You see, the same is true for coal. Others can’t find coal, but I can, so what’s 10 million kilograms?”
Ten million kilograms is equivalent to only 5,000 tons. Which of the coal mines in later generations does not have reserves of hundreds of thousands or millions of tons? If it were placed in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, if the reserves were less than one or two hundred million tons, you would not
I'd rather say it's a coal mine.
Fengcheng is an important coal-producing county in the south of the Yangtze River. In later generations, the proven geological reserves of coal reached 600 million tons. At this time, due to the limitations of exploration methods, it was difficult for people to find large coal mines. They only mined coal based on experience, and the output was natural.
There will be restrictions. Although Su Hao does not have the surveying equipment of later generations, with his rich geological experience, it should be no problem to find several large coal mines.
Lu Xiuer was tempted when she heard that she could earn at least 5,000 taels of silver from coal mining alone. She went out early and returned home late selling tea eggs, earning only a hundred and ten cents a day, which was less than 1 tael of silver. If that were true in a year,
She can earn 5,000 taels, no, even if it is only 500 taels or 50 taels, it is still worth her efforts.
"But, brother, if I become a shopkeeper, will others laugh at me?" Lu Xiuer began to evaluate the feasibility of becoming a shopkeeper.
Yang Gendi hesitated and said: "Hao'er, if the business you mentioned is really that big, it cannot be left to outsiders to manage. It must be managed by our own family. However, Xiu'er went to be the shopkeeper, a girl's family
, will people bully her?"
Su Hao said: "I have also thought about this problem, but besides her, who else can be the shopkeeper? We don't have many relatives in our family, and I really can't think of anyone who can be asked to help."
"I have a good idea!" Lu Xiuer suddenly jumped up, clapped her hands and said to Yang Gendi and Su Hao.
"What solution?" Su Hao asked.
Lu Xiuer said: "Brother, can we call Xiaohu to the city to help? I will be the big shopkeeper, he will be the second shopkeeper, and let Mr. Chen Laodao be the accountant. If there is anything outside, let Xiaohu handle it, and I will