"It's not a weaving mill. What if we buy fine cloth from the weaving mill, or buy it from other places, such as a shop, and sell it elsewhere? How much tax do we have to pay?" Li Xiaonan asked again.
"It depends on where it is sold. If it is sold overseas, it is also 50%. When it is sold to the south of the Yangtze River, a piece of cloth is only worth ten dans in passing tax. If it is sold to the north, there is no tax, but if you have to go north to clear the customs, it is a 30% tax.
." Gu Yan answered very generally.
Li Xiaonan listened attentively, her smile bloomed, her arms were lying on the table, she looked at Gu Yan and said with a smile: "I asked, if I have a loom, six-harness jacquard, a skilled hand can weave a piece of jacquard muslin in three days.
Even if the best fine thread mixed with silk is used, a piece of jacquard muslin only costs 330 yuan for the thread, which is still the retail price.
"Three days' wages, plus the depreciation of the loom, let's count it as three hundred dollars. The cost of a piece of fine cloth is only six hundred and thirty dollars. If you add another hundred dollars, let's count it as seven hundred dollars. But in Pingjiang City
The cheapest jacquard muslin is sold for one thousand yuan a piece."
Li Xiaonan settled the accounts with her fingers.
"I just thought, with such a huge profit, why doesn't anyone open a weaving workshop? Now I know, if you add the 50% tax, you will only lose money but not make any profit."
"That means we can't do this fine cloth business?" Gu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Li Xiaonan.
This little girl is good at settling accounts, but her wages are too high.
"No, it's the fine cloth business that can be done!" Li Xiaonan smiled.
"What are you going to do?" Gu Yan was very interested.
"When we were in Kunshan County, my brother bought copper coins for paper and ink in exchange for my three sisters weaving cloth. If there were looms and heald boxes, my three sisters could all learn to weave jacquard muslin. I
I plan to buy looms and heald boxes on credit to people like my sister, and then buy the fine cloth they weave."
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan and said slowly and leisurely.
This is a good idea.
Since the weaving mills were converted to a 50% tax, the prosperity of Jiangnan has declined and has not improved for decades. This is one of the things that he and the prince talked about the most and were most worried about.
If she can start this business...
But is she a person who can do business?
Gu Yan looked Li Xiaonan up and down.
"What are you looking at?" Li Xiaonan was confused.
"This is a big business. The looms and healds are not cheap. How much capital do you have? Twenty-five taels? Or~" Gu Yan trailed off, "Like your preserved egg shop, if you move your mouth, all the work will be done by you.
As a sister, how much capital can your preserved egg shop spend?"
"The preserved egg shop is our family's business. Of course, sister is in charge of it. This business is mine and I will take care of it myself!" Li Xiaonan rolled her eyes at Gu Yan.
Why should she use her mouth? She doesn’t even have the chance to use her mouth in the preserved egg business!
"How do you find weavers? Knock on doors and ask if they know how to weave? Where to start? Your Lijiaji?"
"Lijiaji is not good. Even if it is good, I don't know if it is because of favors. If it is not good, I don't know if it is because we are all members of the same family. Kunshan County is not good either. The Hong family is in Kunshan County."
What?
"Just stay in Pingjiang City and pick a nearby town, such as Guoxiang Town.
"It's easy to find people. When you catch up with the market, you can just set up a stall." Li Xiaonan waved her hand.
Is it just road show promotion? She is very familiar with this!
After hearing what she said, Gu Yan set up a stall and came out. His eyebrows were raised high, and they fell down after a while.
He felt that her business was limited to just setting up a stall, and he was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to pay for it.
"How many looms can you buy with a total of twenty-five taels of silver?" Gu Yan leaned back in his chair and pulled down the corners of his mouth.
"I plan to start with the cheapest three-heddle loom first, alas!" Li Xiaonan sighed, "That's the price of two and a half looms. Let's buy two and try them out first."
"Have you told your eldest sister? Your eldest sister nodded?"
Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan's malicious smile and ignored him.
She has been worrying about how to convince the eldest sister these days.
"I'm waiting for your business to open!" Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan with a sad face and laughed out loud.
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After lunch, Li Xiaonan sat next to Li Yinzhu, holding her chin up and watching Li Yinzhu spinning.
"If you don't read a book, what are you doing reading this? Do you want to learn?" Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan and said with a smile.
"Sister Third, I've asked everything clearly and figured it out. The business of collecting fine cloth will definitely make money." Li Xiaonan smiled.
"Where are you going to collect muslin? I can't even get jacquard muslin in the store." Li Yinzhu motioned to Li Xiaonan to hand over the cotton sliver basket.
"I've thought about this carefully. First of all, the price of jacquard muslin in the shop is too low. Counting the cost of looms, heald boxes, and expenses, one piece of cloth can't earn a few copper coins.
"Secondly, the heddle loom is too expensive. If the pattern, heald box, and pattern are changed, they are not cheap. People who can afford the heddle loom, like Mr. Gao's family, weave the jacquard muslin for their own use.
Most families who cannot afford jacquard muslin cannot afford a heddle loom."
"Well, it's too expensive." Li Yinzhu sighed as he thought about the beautiful four-heddle loom.
"Wouldn't it be okay if we first lend looms to people who can't afford them and collect the fine cloth they weave?" Li Xiaonan looked at Li Yinzhu with bright eyes.
Li Yinzhu frowned, "You said the day before yesterday why no one is trying to earn such easy-to-earn copper coins. Have you found out why?"
"Yeah! Because the fine cloth business in the shop is based on the tax calculation of the weaving mill, and they have to pay 50% tax on the fine cloth they handle."
"Then if we charge like this, we don't have to pay taxes?" Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan.
"Hmm." Li Xiaonan said "Hmm" without daring to exert any force.
Her distributing looms to various houses cannot be regarded as a weaving workshop, but it cannot be regarded as a complete collection and sale of cloth. If it really becomes big...
Let’s wait until we get bigger. Let’s start the business now.
"Do you really want to do it?" Li Yinzhu stopped the spinning wheel and looked at Li Xiaonan.
"Hmm!"
"Then you have to tell the eldest sister and the second aunt that the cost of buying looms for your business is too high." Li Yinzhu shook his head, "I think the eldest sister will definitely not agree. Besides, our preserved egg shop is too busy with business.
Coming."
"Let's do this business secretly." Li Xiaonan said with a flattering smile.
"The two of us? Where did we get the capital? My dowry?" Li Yinzhu responded very quickly.
"No, how can you move your dowry! I have a little money." Li Xiaonan rubbed her fingers.
"Where did you get the money?" Li Yinzhu's eyes widened.
"I went to class and stayed a little." Li Xiaonan spoke vaguely.
"Ah? You paid more than five taels of silver for your trip? How much did you keep? What? Ten..."
Before Li Yinzhu screamed, Li Xiaonan reached out and covered Li Yinzhu's mouth.
"I know, I know!" Li Yinzhu opened Li Xiaonan's hand, "Twelve taels? One trip? Is that prince crazy?"
"How many times have I told you, he is rich, as rich as any country! The horse he rides, the price of black beans for a month is ten taels of silver. He has a group of horses like that, hundreds of them!
"Li Xiaonan rolled her eyes at Li Yinzhu.
"Then you have saved twenty-five taels of silver?" Li Yinzhu asked breathlessly.
"Yeah." Li Xiaonan nodded reservedly.
"Just focus on how much money that prince can make, and stop doing the fine cloth business." Li Yinzhu sighed with envy.
"His family is from the capital, and he might go back in a few days. What will happen if he leaves?
"Third sister, look, the eldest sister doesn't know about these twenty-five taels of silver. Let's secretly buy two looms, and we will directly credit them out after buying them. The eldest sister must not know, right?
"When the fine cloth is woven, let's find a buyer first, then go get the fine cloth and send it over, and get the money back. The eldest sister doesn't know, right?
"When we make money, we can talk to the eldest sister..."
Li Xiaonan bit her ear next to Li Yinzhu.
Li Yinzhu was moved after hearing this.
Grandma is right. The two of them will work on this business first, and then talk to the eldest sister when it is done.
