"The Pingjiang government office doesn't dare, but the silk shop has money and people with means. Can you handle it?" Gu Yan exhaled and asked angrily.
"I think I can do it." Li Xiaonan thought about the elder sister's explanation and didn't dare to be too confident.
Gu Yan glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan, and for a moment, he let out a long sigh, "You look like this, so a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers."
"I want to be the richest man. The richest man, that is to say, I am the best business person in the world. If I can't even deal with the Pingjiang Prefecture Silk Shop, how can I be the richest man?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan.
, asked seriously.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, blinked several times, lit Li Xiaonan with his folding fan, said nothing, but burst out laughing.
Li Xiaonan picked up another piece of scallion cake, ate the scallion cake, looked at Gu Yan and smiled.
"Do you think they will use dirty tricks? For example, beat me up, beat up my eldest sister, find someone to make trouble in our shop, and force Sister-in-law Yin not to partner with us?" Li Xiaonan
After eating the scallion pancake, I asked.
"If I can force you to quit in business, I certainly won't. After all, you are with me all day long.
"But you are the richest man in Li. If they are pushed into a hurry by you, maybe they will. But~" Gu Yan trailed off, "You have A Wu by your side. Although A Wu is short-sighted, her skills are very good. She can protect you.
Her cousin is also a cruel person.
"As for your eldest sister, you should do your best to capture the thief and the king. If they hurt your eldest sister, they will only anger you. They are all smart people and will not resort to such stupid tricks.
"If that sister-in-law Yin can be forced to retreat by them, then she cannot be reused. You just need to find another shopkeeper." Gu Yan analyzed one by one.
Li Xiaonan nodded while listening.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, "Have you ever thought about what you would do if they followed suit and started a business of collecting fine cloth on credit looms?"
"Then let them do it!"
Li Xiaonan’s tone was cheerful.
"Now, just for our family to do it, even if every household in Pingjiang Prefecture has a heald loom, how many years will it take? How much money will it cost? Alas, maybe it won't take many years, and I don't have that much money.
"If they are willing to follow suit and work together to push the heddle looms to every village, it will be very fast, right? Maybe in a year or two, or even half a year, maybe every household in Pingjiang Prefecture will be able to weave fine cloth. How much more?
OK!"
Li Xiaonan’s eyes are shining.
"In that case, even if Pingjiang Prefecture is the only place, everyone has a heddle loom, and everyone can weave fine cloth. With a loom, a skilled hand can produce a piece of cloth in a day and a half. In that day, we can
How much fine cloth!"
"There are more than 158,700 principal households in Pingjiang Mansion." Gu Yan continued slowly.
"You know so much! If there is one out of ten families, there will be more than 10,000 pieces of fine cloth a day."
Li Xiaonan held her chin with her face looking longingly.
"More than 10,000 pieces! One day! If that happens, I just have to think about how to receive more cloth, how to let everyone weave better cloth, how to make it possible for me to have it when others don't have it.
Excellent.
"Oh, I wish they could imitate this."
Gu Yan listened carefully, then raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly. He was silent for a moment, looked at Li Xiaonan and said: "If that happens, the court cannot let it go, and it will have to collect taxes."
"Yeah! I've thought about it. My cloth is only 20% cheaper than the fine cloth from the silk shop. Logically speaking, it should be half cheaper and still more profitable." Li Xiaonan smiled.
"What's your gross profit now? What's your net profit?" Gu Yan asked.
"It's only 20% profit now. I haven't calculated the gross profit and net profit yet. I can't calculate it now.
"First, the looms are bought at a small price each. The price is high. We have to pay for the porters to deliver the looms. There is a lot of copper in this piece. The fine cloth is made by Awu running around. Awuduo
It’s expensive, and her horse requires a bushel of fine materials a day and eats black beans.
"I don't know how long it will take to repay the money if I borrow the loom on credit. There are also threads for weaving. They buy them at retail at the cloth store. Uncle Datang said it is at least 30% more expensive than Yangzhou Cotton Mill. It's not cost-effective. Uncle Datang
He also said that the tolls for yarn coming from Yangzhou are very expensive. If the quantity becomes large in the future, we can talk to the Yangzhou yarn mill and let them open a yarn mill in Pingjiang City."
Li Xiaonan held her chin and sighed.
"There are many more things to do, such as how to calculate the copper coins required for maintenance and repair of looms as there will be more looms in the future, and how to calculate the copper coins used online. There are not many people who know how to go online. Nowadays, copper coins are not needed to help in vain, and we certainly cannot continue to do so.
In this way, there may be other costs, I don’t know, I will learn as I go.”
Gu Yan listened attentively and hummed, "If this business of yours really goes as you said, not to mention that every household has a loom, even if every ten households have one, for this amount, the court must have a charter. I will write a letter first."
Write the letter back and tell Dad that you have to be prepared."
"I pay 20% of the budgeted tax." Li Xiaonan replied, "I want to do a business with a large volume and a small profit."
"Big quantity, small profit." Gu Yan repeated in a low voice, with no expression on his face. He stayed for a moment, looked at Li Xiaonan and said with a smile: "Perhaps, your business can recreate the grand scene of the buzzing sound in every household in the south of the Yangtze River.
If so, I bow to you and say thank you."
"Oh! Your grandfather~" Li Xiaonan trailed off, "Did you regret it later?"
"You are so smart!" Gu Yan snorted. "I can't say I regret it. At that time, the shipment volume of silk and muslin from Jiangnan was huge, but the court could hardly collect any tax money. In fact, when Hebei suffered a severe drought, the court even raised money for relief.
Not enough.
"Also, the Jiangnan weaving workshops at that time were all based on the apprenticeship system of the Meng family in Yangzhou, but it became more and more harsh and inhumane, so that a large number of women were detained in the weaving workshops like slaves, and the wealth was extremely rich everywhere in Jiangnan. , extremely poor, farmland is abandoned, and people’s livelihood is difficult.
"My grandfather has no regrets, he just regrets not being able to revive Jiangnan."
Li Xiaonan sighed, "Human nature is to pursue profit. You have to think through this charter. I think it is quite difficult."
"When I was young, I was very arrogant. I often said that this thing is easy and that thing is easy. My father and the emperor taught me that when you say you think it is easy, you have already made a big mistake."
Gu Yan paused as he spoke, lowered his eyelids, picked up the cup and drank tea.
In the past, he just felt that everything in the world was easy.
"The Emperor also teaches you, Your Majesty?" Li Xiaonan trailed off, appearing hesitant.
"What do you want to ask?" Gu Yan raised his head and looked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan put her arms on the table, stretched out her head and asked: "What is the emperor like? Does he look like he is not a mortal?"
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows, wanted to laugh but held back, and coughed, "Of course he is not a mortal, the real dragon emperor, with horns on his head."
Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at Gu Yan.
She didn't want to ask clearly, but it was too much for him to treat her like a fool like this.
"In the autumn, the prince will pass by Pingjiang Mansion on his southern tour. I will take you to meet him then. Although he is not the emperor yet, he will be in the future. When he ascends the throne, horns will grow on his head." Gu Yan raised his fingers to his head. Up, gestured.
"That!" Li Xiaonan paused immediately before finishing her sentence.
"What do you want to say?"
"People don't grow horns." Li Xiaonan said slowly.
What she wanted to ask was whether the prince would be able to ascend the throne smoothly, but it was best not to ask.
