When Muchuan told Fang Cheng about this, the other party immediately shook his head: "No, no, this floral cloth definitely doesn't have such a high output!"
According to Fang Cheng, this cloth was produced in a small city in the south, and its production capacity could only reach one hundred pieces of cloth per day.
Now Muchuan needs 10,000 horses at a time, which is simply impossible to produce.
"not necessarily!"
Muchuan quickly thought of a way.
You must know that according to the "Law of Prices", prices will rise rapidly when the supply of goods in the market exceeds demand. If the supply exceeds demand, prices will naturally fall.
If the production efficiency of "flower cloth" can be greatly improved, its price can be reduced. By then, won't everyone be able to afford flower cloth?
How to improve cloth production efficiency?
Others might not be able to do anything about it, but Muchuan is the Minister of Household Affairs and a third-rank official in the imperial court. With his power, wouldn't it be enough to just issue an order to mobilize people and horses to produce floral cloth?
The question is how to produce this floral cloth?
Muchuan chuckled and expressed his thoughts, saying, "Brother Fang Cheng, please go to Lingnan Road on my behalf and learn how to make floral cloth."
"ha?
No, no, don’t I still have to take care of Fang’s shop?
How can I have time to travel so far away?"
"Is it really not possible?
That’s such a pity…after all, this is a big business!”
Fang Cheng sneered at this: "What kind of big business is this? It's time-consuming, expensive, and thankless!"
It seems that Fang Guo really had a misunderstanding. He probably thought that he was helping Muchuan work in vain, but this was not the case in fact.
Muchuan then began to analyze the other party. If he could agree to go to Lingnan Road, Muchuan would give Fang Cheng the official seal and grant him the right.
If you want to learn how to make "Hundred Flowers Cloth" in normal times, it is definitely not possible. This is an ancestral skill, but now it is an emergency situation and human life is at stake. In order to make a "medical mask", even if you want to hide Baihua Cloth privately
The skill of cloth cannot be hidden either.
Won't Fang Cheng be able to learn how to make "hundred-flower cloth" by then?
If he could learn it, he could open his own dyeing and clothing workshop and produce floral cloth for purchase.
"So think about it, brother Fang, you will no longer need to buy goods in the future, you can produce and sell it yourself! And... during the plague, the court will buy a large amount of floral cloth from you. You should know how much it costs.
Are you aware?"
"Yep!"
Fang Cheng's breathing was rapid and his heartbeat was pounding. He could tell that this was a huge bargain!
With the power in Muchuan's hands, Fang Cheng can indeed learn the "hundred flower cloth" that is abundant in Lingnan Road, and then sell it to the court, and he will definitely make a lot of money! By then, I am afraid that Fang Cheng will be able to stabilize his business
He holds the title of the richest man in Chang'an City, and even becomes the number one merchant in Gyeonggi Province!
"I understand, you are worthy of Muchuan! Thank you brother for giving me such a good job, I will definitely take it! I am doing my best for the country!"
Fang Cheng laughed and said.
It seems that merchants are indeed merchants, and all hustle and bustle in the world is for profit.
But there is one thing that Muchuande and Fang Cheng must make clear first. If the other party sells floral cloth to the imperial court, its sales price will only be increased by 10% of the cost price.
"ah?
Is that a 10% profit?”
Fang Cheng's enthusiasm was instantly dampened. After all, he now earns a 30% profit when he purchases goods and sells them. But Muchuan actually gave him a 10% profit. This must be too stingy.
Muchuan corrected him: "Don't you think about how much cloth I have to buy?
At least 10,000 horses, a profit of only 10% is enough to kill you!"
"You're right... whatever, as long as I can make money, I'm willing to do it."
"That's it, but you have to be as fast as possible! You never know when the plague will come."
According to Muchuan's estimation, the plague may occur during these two months, because rodent infestations are most severe at the end of summer and autumn, and this is also the time when rodents reproduce the fastest and are most likely to spread diseases.
In order to make Fang Cheng's affairs go smoothly, Muchuan wrote a letter on the spot and stamped it with his official seal, so that officials from all over Lingnan Province would cooperate with Fang Cheng's actions.
Standing at the main entrance of Fang's mansion, Muchuan was saying goodbye to Fang Cheng who was sitting in the carriage.
But it was Fang Cheng who stretched his head out of the carriage and said with a smile: "By the way... remember to visit my sister, she seems to be thinking about you lately."
"ah?"
Muchuan was obviously shocked. After all, he heard that Xin'er moved from Shangshu's residence to Fang's residence, and thought that Xin'er was angry with him, but seeing Fang Cheng's reaction, it seemed that it was not what Muchuan expected.
Just when Muchuan wanted to ask in detail, Fang Cheng had already lowered the car curtain and drove away. Not long after, the other party had disappeared at the end of the street.
Forget it, I didn't even ask Fang Cheng, he probably didn't know much.
Rather than asking Fang Cheng, it would be better to ask Xiner herself.
After half a cup of tea, Muchuan appeared outside Xiner's wing, standing at the door, his heart pounding like a deer, and his breathing became rapid.
After adjusting his breath slightly, Muchuan knocked on the door.
A light voice came from the room, it was Xin'er's voice.
"Who?"
"Xin'er, it's me... I'm Muchuan."
"It's brother Muchuan!"
Xiner who was in the room was very surprised, as if she didn't expect Muchuan to come over.
Afterwards, you can hear the sound of "crackling" in the room, as if something is being tidied up.
"Brother, why are you here?
Please wait for me for a moment."
After about a minute, the door was finally opened, and Xin'er walked out elegantly wearing a floral skirt and braided hair.
"Brother! I miss you so much!"
Xin'er took a light step and threw herself into Muchuan's arms.
Her body was as soft as cotton, and she carried the fragrance of lilies. Seeing her innocent expression made Muchuan's heart melt.
Xin'er was still the same as before, full of sunshine and vitality. Muchuan slowly raised his right hand and touched her shoulder, saying in a hearty voice: "Xin'er, I miss you so much... and it seems that you are not pregnant.
I'm angry."
"Angry with you?
Brother, what are you talking about?
Xin'er is fine, why should she be angry with her brother?"
In fact, Muchuan thought that Xin'er was angry with him, otherwise why would she move to the Fang family's mansion if she was fine?
So I wondered if she had been neglecting her due to her busy work schedule recently, which made her have such a cold attitude.
After all, girls are always sentimental, and some small actions may cause them to misunderstand. If so, Muchuan would have to come over and explain clearly.
Unexpectedly, after Muchuan expressed his thoughts, Xin'er laughed.
