Now Li Zhi has recruited 4,000 new soldiers and spends more than 19,000 taels of silver on these recruits every month. There is a deficit of about 10,000 taels per month on the books.
Of course, once the four thousand recruits have rifles and the rifle workshop no longer makes new guns, the material cost for making new guns will be reduced by four thousand taels per month, and the monthly deficit will be reduced to six thousand taels.
The land rent will be paid in Xintian in two years, and the income will be 32,000 taels a year, and the monthly income will be 2,600 taels. At that time, the monthly deficit will be reduced to more than 3,000 taels.
Li Zhi has more than 200,000 taels of savings, and Li Zhi can sustain a deficit of this size for several years.
But no matter what, Li Zhi's accounts showed a deficit, which reminded Li Zhi to develop new financial resources.
Li Zhi first thought of expanding the output of the current industry. Among the soap, glass wineware and textile industries that are now profitable for Li Zhi, soap has the most potential. It has been almost three years since soap was launched on the market, and the demand is getting stronger and stronger.
As word of mouth spreads, more and more people are learning about the benefits of soap, and more and more people from all over the country want to buy soap.
The 500,000 pieces of soap Xu Mince sells to Jiangnan every month is said to be sold out in the same month. The 100,000 pieces of soap Cui Wending sells to the capital every month are also sold out in the same month. He has never accumulated any.
The selling price of a piece of soap has risen to 30 yuan. The 100,000 yuan that Li Zhi sold at the Lijia store in Tianjin was sold out as soon as it came on the market. The cheap soap was peddled by some vendors to the prefectures and counties near Tianjin for 30 yuan.
The text is resold at a high price.
Because the price was too low, merchants bought it in large quantities, and the people in Tianjin could not buy soap.
Li Zhi understood the sales situation of soap and knew that the soap industry still had great potential. He decided to double the soap industry and produce an additional 700,000 pieces every month.
Five thousand yuan per box means an increase in production capacity of 140 boxes.
Not only that, Li Zhi also raised the price to sell soap to those who needed it most.
On December 25, Li Zhi visited his father-in-law's house and found Cui Wending and his brother-in-law Cui Changwu to discuss expanding soap sales with them.
"I haven't seen Taishan for two months, and I feel more energetic!"
Cui Wending smiled and spat: "Li Zhi, you are getting better and better at talking. But it's no use just being able to talk. I almost got unlucky because of you! When you and Luo Zhending fought last month, Luo Zhending sent people to destroy my house.
They surrounded me and almost broke into my house to cause trouble!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I have frightened Mount Tai, and Li Zhi feels guilty!"
Cui Wending snorted, knocked on the coffee table and said, "What, you want to see me for something?"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I come to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. I'm here to discuss expanding soap sales with Taishan."
When Cui Wending heard the words "expand soap sales", his eyes lit up and his face became happy. However, Cui Wending was a very dignified person, so the happy expression on his face only flashed by. Cui Wending tapped with his fingers.
On the coffee table, the old god said on the ground: "What kind of expansion method?"
Li Zhi said: "I plan to sell an additional 200,000 pieces of soap to Taishan every month."
Cui Wending's pupils dilated with excitement when he heard the words two hundred thousand yuan. He currently sells one hundred thousand yuan every month and has a monthly profit of more than one thousand taels. If he adds two hundred thousand yuan every month, that's not
Do you want to increase his profit by more than two thousand taels? What day is it today? Why did Li Zhi come to deliver such good news to him?
Cui Wending didn't believe that Li Zhi would take the initiative to bring him such a good thing. He glanced at his son, thought for a moment and said, "How can I sell these two hundred thousand yuan?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "In addition to the 100,000 yuan I originally gave Taishan, all the 300,000 yuan will be delivered at a price of 23 yuan!"
It turns out that Li Zhi wants to increase the price, so no wonder he comes to the door in person. Although the price of soap is almost 30 yuan, which is almost the limit. If it is much more expensive, ordinary people will not buy it. Cui Wending’s price cannot go up anymore. But Cui Wending made some calculations and knew how to get it.
To 300,000 yuan, even if Li Zhi increases the price, his total profit will increase a lot, and he is very happy.
Although he was happy in his heart, he pretended to be angry. He slapped the table and said loudly: "Li Zhi, you are just raising the price!"
Li Zhi said with a smile: "Nowadays, the supply of soap exceeds demand, and people in Tianjin City who really want soap cannot buy it. I am going to increase the price across the board to sell soap to those who need it most. The soap I sell to Xu Mince will also increase.
When it reaches twenty-three cents, I sell it in Tianjin shop to twenty-five cents."
Cui Wending snorted and said nothing.
Li Zhi smiled and said: "My father-in-law, let's do the math. You sold it at thirty cents per dollar in the capital. The original profit from the sale of one hundred thousand dollars was one thousand two hundred taels. Now it has expanded to three hundred thousand dollars. Even if I increase the purchase price,
You can still make two thousand one hundred taels, and the profit is much more than before!"
When Cui Wending heard Li Zhi's words, he stroked his beard and said nothing.
Li Zhi looked at his brother-in-law Cui Changwu and said, "What do you think, brother?"
Cui Changwu smiled and looked at his father Cui Wending.
Cui Wending closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Li Zhi, we can't sell it for 300,000 yuan in the capital. I will definitely have to go to other big cities in Gyeonggi to open new stores. It will be very troublesome! You can't raise the price so much all at once. It's so cheap."
a little!"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "What's the trouble in opening a few more stores? It's just a matter of sending people to rent a few shops. Now the reputation of soap has spread to various states and counties, and the soap can be sold as soon as it arrives. To be honest,
Father-in-law, I am very short of money now, and I am waiting for the price of soap to increase to make up for the financial gap. If Taishan refuses to increase the price, I will sell it to Taishan at the original price of 100,000 yuan. The extra 200,000 yuan, I will sell to others!"
After a pause, Li Zhi said: "There are many people waiting to buy soap worth twenty-three cents."
When Cui Wending heard this, he quickly said: "Don't give it to others, don't give it to others! I will definitely want it!" After a pause, Cui Wending said, "The price cannot be less at all?"
Li Zhi shook his head.
Cui Wending slapped the coffee table and said, "That's it! Then I'll take your 23 coins and 300,000 yuan! Changwu, let's not celebrate the New Year this month and go to the states to open stores."
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The new production capacity of 200,000 pieces of soap was given to Cui Wending, and the remaining 500,000 pieces of soap were decided to be handed over to Xu Mince by Li Zhi. Xu Mince is now active in the capital with He Shishou, leaving only five shopkeepers and dozens of helpers in Tianjin.
Business. Li Zhi wrote a letter to Xu Mince, saying that he would sell him another 500,000 pieces of soap, but the price would be raised to 23 cents a piece.
Xu Mince transported the soap to Suzhou via water transport, and then sold it in Hangzhou. Although the price was 30 cents a piece, selling it through the Grand Canal required freight for the canal workers. After taking into account the freight and labor, his original soap only cost 10 cents.
The total profit is 5,000 taels a month. The selling price of a piece of soap, which is 30 taels, cannot be increased any more. If it goes up again, it will be difficult to sell. Li Zhi has raised the price, and Xu Mince’s profit from each piece of soap is only
More than five cents. Although Li Zhi doubled the soap he gave him, his total profit only increased by a few hundred taels.
However, He Shishou is no longer the governor and can no longer protect Li Zhi. After all, soap is an easy-to-sell product at the current price. Li Zhi is still doing business for Xu Mince, which is considered righteous. Xu Mince is a cheerful person. After receiving
The letter didn't say anything, but he quickly sent back a letter saying that he agreed with Li Zhi's suggestion.
In this way, Li Zhi solved the problem of selling new soap production capacity.
After planning to double production capacity and increase prices, Li Zhi plans to sell 1.4 million bars of soap a month, and the profit is expected to increase from 8,200 taels to 23,000 taels. As long as the delivery can be smooth, Li Zhi's books will
There will no longer be a deficit.
Li Zhi began to recruit two hundred new workers to expand the production capacity of the soap factory.
