After chatting until late at night, Li Shimin was finally willing to let Li Mu go and let him go back to his room to sleep.
But even if Li Mu returned to the room, he couldn't sleep. Wang Pu had been waiting for a long time. Li Mu was not surprised at all that he would be here. Taiyuan has coal. The Wang family in Taiyuan is the major shareholder of Datang Mining. Honeycomb briquettes and other
It is impossible for him to let go of this divine object.
Li Mu motioned him to sit down. Wang Pu quickly poured tea for Li Mu. Li Mu took a sip and asked with a smile: "How is it? Is this coal lotus root okay?"
"That's great!" Wang Pu gave a thumbs up and said, "This thing can even cover anthracite, it's almost the same as charcoal."
"It's still not as good as good charcoal." Li Mu smiled and said, "At least I like the taste and sound of silver charcoal."
"Well, there is indeed a difference. But the common people cannot afford silver charcoal. For the common people, coal lotus root is more practical."
"Haha, that's true." Li Mu smiled and said, "Stop beating around the bush, tell me what you mean."
Wang Pu swallowed his saliva and asked eagerly: "Master Hou, I wonder if you have any plans to transfer or lease this Coal Lotus Root patent?"
Li Mu was stunned and looked at Wang Pu with some surprise. He did not expect that Wang Pu would speak from this angle.
Patented?
Li Mu did not answer the question and asked, "The process of making coal lotus root is very simple. It is so simple that there is no recipe at all. You can tell what is going on at a glance. You can imitate it at will. Why do you need to ask me?"
Wang Pu said sincerely: "Master Hou, don't tell lies in front of people. If it hadn't been for your invention, Mr. Hou, I'm afraid this would have been done. But since it was the method that Mr. Hou came up with, even if you give the Taiyuan Wang family a few
Shan Zi, I would never dare to treat you like this. The official just thought that you set up the patent office just to resolve similar disputes? Why not just follow the rules of the Marquis, so that everyone can be happy. The Taiyuan Wang family was very happy and took the coal
From the profit of the lotus root, half of the profits will be given to the Marquis——" As he said, he paused and changed his words: "The Marquis will give 70% of the profit, and the Taiyuan Wang family will only need 30%."
Li Mu laughed, patted Wang Pu on the shoulder, and said: "Finally, I have learned a little smarter and understand my intention." Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to continue talking when he suddenly heard Li Mu say: "But you
Why do you regard me as a mercenary villain?"
Wang Pu hurriedly said: "Master Hou, how dare you do this? It's just that I just don't know how to express it——"
"Don't be surprised." Li Mu waved his hand and asked Wang Pu, who was almost kneeling, to stand up and said: "You are very ambitious and can see the huge market for coal lotus root. But there is a saying that a gentleman loves money.
There is a way to get it, take what is desirable, and don’t give away what is not desirable. Is it the wise man to let himself fall into passivity for some money?"
Wang Pu's expression changed. He knew that his little thoughts could not be hidden from Li Mu's eyes.
At this time, all the unnecessary explanations had become sophistry. Wang Pu knelt on the ground, banging his head on the ground, waiting for Li Mu's comment.
"I told you that it doesn't have to be like this. You are plotting for your family, which is reasonable. If I don't see it, you deserve it. If I see it, there's no reason to blame you." Li Mu helped Wang Pu up and said: "Coal
Your Taiyuan Wang family can do the lotus root business. But there are two conditions, you must agree to me first."
"Master Marquis, please give me your instructions."
"I request that this business cannot be done by the Wang family in Taiyuan, but by Datang Mining. This is also for your own good. Eating alone has never ended well since ancient times."
"That's what the Marquis admonished." Wang Pu agreed without thinking. Now he was not qualified to bargain with Li Mu. Although coal lotus root was easy to imitate, as long as Li Mu lived, he said no, and no one could make it.
"Another request is that 10% of the profit from Meilian every year should be donated to the Salesian Bureau."
Wang Pu was a little surprised, but he agreed without hesitation. Compared with the price he planned to give Li Mu, it was only 10%, which was like giving nothing.
Li Mu was very happy to see that he knew what he was doing, and said, "Then let me tell you how this coal lotus root makes money."
When Wang Pu heard this, he almost died of joy. Li Mu taught him how to do business. What is the difference between this and the arrival of the God of Wealth?
"What do you think is the appropriate price to sell this coal lotus root for?"
Wang Pu thought for a while and said: "The practicality of coal lotus root is similar to that of Taiyuan coal, but better than anthracite. If I were to do this business, I would price it accordingly."
Li Mu had already calculated carefully, and when he said it at this time, he was naturally confident: "One hundred pounds of good Taiyuan coal can be sold at an average price of 1,780 yuan in winter... If we make it cheaper, it will only be 160 yuan."
Ten coins and one hundred catties."
"One hundred catties..." Wang Pu asked: "How many coal lotus roots are there?".
"The weight of coal lotus roots can be customized. My suggestion is two and a half kilograms. If it is too small, it will not resist burning. If it is too big, it will be inconvenient to carry."
"That's four cents for a coal lotus root!" Wang Pu was good at arithmetic and gave the answer quickly. However, this answer did not satisfy him. It was too cheap, costing only a few cents.
How can one gain his discernment? How can one accumulate huge wealth?
When Li Mu saw Wang Pu's look, he knew that he was not good at arithmetic and could not calculate this account.
"A piece of four cents." Li Mu brought a piece of rice paper, Wang Pu hurriedly polished the ink, and Li Mu wrote on the paper: "A coal lotus root is two and a half pounds, containing two pounds of coal powder, and half a pound of loess...use the most common
Coal will do it.”
"The cost of that coal lotus root is..." Li Mu listed the cost of pulverized coal next to him. Wang Pu silently calculated it in his mind and looked at Li Mu with shock on his face: "It can't exceed three cents?!"
"Not bad!" Li Mu nodded. Before making this deal, he had done a strict cost calculation.
On the premise that the initial investment is not included, the cost of each coal lotus root generally includes three parts, raw materials, labor and miscellaneous expenses.
Among the raw materials, loess and water do not cost money, and are inexhaustible on the river beach. Slaked lime and sawdust are extremely cheap things, and the dosage is extremely low. When spread into each coal lotus root, it is even less than zero.
A penny is almost negligible.
Therefore, the cost of raw materials is basically two cents for two kilograms of coal. In coal mining areas such as Taiyuan, it can be as low as less than two cents!
As for labor, Li Mu planned to pay one penny for every ten workers at Dunmei Lotus. As well as coal powder, the workers for transportation basically followed this standard, so the total labor cost for each coal lotus root was 0.3 cents.
The last miscellaneous expenses include the remuneration of the management sales staff, the thirty-one tax for entering the city, the workers' meals, and the labor insurance expenses. Although they add up to a lot, it is definitely 0.7 cents per piece of coal.
More than enough.
Therefore, as Wang Pu estimated, the cost of each piece of coal lotus root would not exceed three cents at most.
When the selling price is four cents, each coal lotus root sold will make a net profit of one cent, with a profit margin as high as one-third!
Earning one penny from four dollars doesn’t seem like much. Just like earning one dollar from four dollars doesn’t seem like much. But what if you earn ten thousand from forty thousand, or ten million from forty million? Such a high profit is enough to make people take risks.
!
Some people may think that, to put it nicely, how can we guarantee shipments?
Please, don’t forget that this is coal. In winter, this is a necessity! Do you still need to worry about the volume?
This business is like an iron rice bowl, the kind that can be delivered every year!
…
Wang Pu's arithmetic was still good, but he just didn't think about it. With Li Mu's little hint, he could immediately clearly calculate how broad the prospects of this deal were...
He secretly calculated in his heart that Chang'an City uses two to three million kilograms of coal every day. Nowadays, the coal mines are owned by Datang Mining. There are no competitors in this industry, and the so-called opponents are just those who buy firewood and charcoal. They are crowded with coal.
Pressing down, their proportion is decreasing day by day. If it is replaced with cheap briquettes, it should not be a problem to sell three to four million yuan a day. In this way, the daily net profit will be three to four thousand yuan.
After one month, it’s almost 100,000 yuan!
100,000 yuan a month, and 300,000 yuan in three months. This is just a city in Chang'an. How many cities were there in the Tang Dynasty? Even if it is not as easy to mine as Taiyuan coal, the key is that the production of coal lotus root does not require picking coal.
It’s a mine and you can dig it!
A big city like Chang'an and Luoyang can earn 340,000 guan a year. In a small city, tens of thousands guan is not a problem, right? As long as there are people, it can be sold. The territory of the Tang Dynasty is so vast. If this is promoted,
How much does it cost?
Hundreds of thousands, no, isn't this millions?
Wang Pu is such an open-mouthed boss, what kind of business can be so profitable?
Li Mu saw his expression and knew that he had reacted. He thought to himself that this was because I had increased the cost out of charity, otherwise I could have made more money.
After calculating over and over again in his mind to make sure that he had calculated correctly, Wang Pucai cast an admiring look at Li Mu with a wry smile and said: "The villain actually thought that the Marquis made a mistake this time, but it turns out that I am a stick! Now the villain
I understand why the Marquis said it was for the Taiyuan Wang family. With such a big business, the Taiyuan Wang family really can’t afford it, and they don’t dare to take it!”
"Hahaha..." Li Mu laughed loudly and said: "You are also very good. You can control your greed. This is much better than your elder brother!"
Li Mu asked Wang Pu to come over and said: "If you make money, everyone will make it. This is definitely a good word. Keep this sentence in your heart. I will teach you the details of how to make coal lotus root now."
"Coal lotus roots mixed with sawdust are used to ignite fires. You don't need to produce too much. Just make a pile of ten ordinary coal lotus roots and one pile of ignition coal."
Wang Pu nodded and was about to record it. Li Mu patted him and said: "Can this thing be written on paper?" He pointed to his head and whispered: "It is safest to exist here.
If you can’t remember anything, you’d better stop messing around in the future!”
Wang Pu nodded vigorously, indicating that he could remember it.
"The most important thing is slaked lime. Only by adding this stuff, can the quality of coal lotus root be good. Its proportion is like this -"
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, the villain will not leak it even if he dies!" Wang Pu couldn't help but burst into tears for Li Mu's trust, and immediately came up with a secret plan: "The villain suggests getting soil from another place, mixing the loess and hydrated lime, and then transporting it.
Come in."
"Yes, you are an expert!" Li Mu nodded approvingly and said, "But do you think you can hide it this way?"
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to hide it." Wang Pu thought for a moment, then said with a grimace: "It's easy to say at first, but when the business gets bigger, I don't know how many people will start to think about us, and sooner or later we will be able to figure this out."
"Of course." Li Mu nodded, but to Wang Pu's surprise he said: "You don't have to take special precautions. If people know about it, just copy it. It's okay."
"Ah?" Wang Pu had just felt at ease for a while, but he was full of question marks again. "What does Mr. Hou mean by this? It is most comfortable for our family to make money, right?"
Wang Pu's arithmetic was still good, but he just didn't think about it. With Li Mu's little hint, he could immediately clearly calculate how broad the prospects of this deal were...
He secretly calculated in his heart that Chang'an City uses two to three million kilograms of coal every day. Nowadays, the coal mines are owned by Datang Mining. There are no competitors in this industry, and the so-called opponents are just those who buy firewood and charcoal. They are crowded with coal.
Pressing down, their proportion is decreasing day by day. If it is replaced with cheap briquettes, it should not be a problem to sell three to four million yuan a day. In this way, the daily net profit will be three to four thousand yuan.
After one month, it’s almost 100,000 yuan!
100,000 yuan a month, and 300,000 yuan in three months. This is just a city in Chang'an. How many cities were there in the Tang Dynasty? Even if it is not as easy to mine as Taiyuan coal, the key is that the production of coal lotus root does not require picking coal.
It’s a mine and you can dig it!
A big city like Chang'an and Luoyang can earn 340,000 guan a year. In a small city, tens of thousands guan is not a problem, right? As long as there are people, it can be sold. The territory of the Tang Dynasty is so vast. If this is promoted,
How much does it cost?
Hundreds of thousands, no, isn't this millions?
Wang Pu is such an open-mouthed boss, what kind of business can be so profitable?
Li Mu saw his expression and knew that he had reacted. He thought to himself that this was because I had increased the cost out of charity, otherwise I could have made more money.
After calculating over and over again in his mind to make sure that he had calculated correctly, Wang Pucai cast an admiring look at Li Mu with a wry smile and said: "The villain actually thought that the Marquis made a mistake this time, but it turns out that I am a stick! Now the villain
I understand why the Marquis said it was for the Taiyuan Wang family. With such a big business, the Taiyuan Wang family really can’t afford it, and they don’t dare to take it!”
"Hahaha..." Li Mu laughed loudly and said: "You are also very good. You can control your greed. This is much better than your elder brother!"
Li Mu asked Wang Pu to come over and said: "If you make money, everyone will make it. This is definitely a good word. Keep this sentence in your heart. I will teach you the details of how to make coal lotus root now."
"Coal lotus roots mixed with sawdust are used to ignite fires. You don't need to produce too much. Just make a pile of ten ordinary coal lotus roots and one pile of ignition coal."
Wang Pu nodded and was about to record it. Li Mu patted him and said, "Can this be written on paper?" He pointed to his head and whispered: "