Chapter 87 Don't panic
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Emperor Wanli showed unprecedented enthusiasm for making money, and his speed of action was simply staggering!
On the same day, Emperor Wanli asked Zhu Changluo in detail about the basic situation of refining colored glaze from river sand.
When he heard Zhu Changluo say that river sand melted directly in a high-temperature coal furnace and turned into white colored glaze, Emperor Wanli couldn't believe it was true.
So, Emperor Wanli and Zhu Changluo rushed to the Xishan Imperial Manor without stopping, and under his own witness, he finally saw a basket of river sand being refined into a golden viscous liquid under high temperature, and then under the skilled glass workers' hands.
Under the operation, it was pulled into white and transparent glass bottles.
Emperor Wanli exclaimed: "What a wonderful skill!"
I never expected that such precious colored glaze could be refined from such humble river sand!
Emperor Wanli could not help but breathe heavily. Looking at the mountains of river sand, he seemed to be seeing mountains of gold and silver.
But then I thought that this method is too simple, and it would be extremely difficult to hide it. It is better to take advantage of this method to cash out. What's more, according to what Zhu Changluo said, when the price of colored glaze drops, the price of Fairy Happy Water will also.
If the sales decline, the sales volume will also increase sharply, and the benefits will be considerable.
Moreover, Zhu Changluo also said that he would deposit the money he earned into his internal funds. Thinking of these Wanli emperors, the blood in their bodies couldn't help but boil.
Because Emperor Wanli clearly remembered that Xishan Coal Mine would transport 500,000 taels of silver into his internal funds every year! In addition to the 20% mineral tax paid by Xishan Coal Mine every year, Xishan Coal Mine would give him 50,000 taels of silver a year.
Six hundred thousand taels of silver, Emperor Wanli almost woke up laughing when he thought of this number.
In fact, what Emperor Wanli didn't know was that the profit from the Xishan Coal Mine that Zhu Changluo handed over to him every year was only one-fifth of its real profit, and the bulk had long been hidden by Zhu Changluo's accounting.
However, these five to six hundred thousand taels of silver per year have already made Emperor Wanli very excited. Now there is a new way to make money. Emperor Wanli seems to see hundreds of thousands of taels of silver waving at him again. Can he not be excited?
?
I wish I could just pick up Zhu Changluo and kiss him hard!
After calming down his excitement, Emperor Wanli returned to the Qianqing Palace and immediately summoned Sun Xian.
Sun Xian is now in the limelight. In addition to Dongchang, he has also taken over the mining tax matter left by Zhang Cheng. Now Sun Xian is also red and white, and he looks like a wealthy person at first glance.
After Sun Xian saw Emperor Wanli, he immediately knelt on the ground to pay his respects to Emperor Wanli and said, "This slave is here to see you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Wanli looked at Sun Xian's chubby appearance and felt like it in his heart. He looked so good-looking.
Emperor Wanli said to Sun Xian: "I have a big event to arrange for you. You must do it well as soon as possible."
Sun Xian said: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders. I will do my best to help you."
Emperor Wanli secretly slipped a folded piece of paper out of his sleeve.
Emperor Wanli whispered to Sun Siam: "Sell this secret recipe on the black market in the capital. Remember, don't sell it too expensively. Fifty thousand taels of silver is enough. We will sell it to whoever buys it, the more we sell.
The better.”
Sun Xian carefully took the piece of paper handed by Emperor Wanli, and the smile on his face froze instantly. Is the emperor crazy about money? What formula can sell for 50,000 taels of silver per serving, and he also said not to sell too much
Expensive, this is too expensive, this is simply a sky-high price, okay?
Sun Xian was confused. He felt that Emperor Wanli must have been thinking about the money he had saved so hard, otherwise he would not have thought of such a dangerous move. This was obviously asking him to pay the bill, and it was up to him whether he would get it or not.
Got it.
When Sun Xian unfolded the paper with tears in his eyes, his eyes almost fell out.
He looked up in disbelief and glanced at the expectant Emperor Wanli.
He asked carefully: "Your Majesty, is everything you said true?"
Emperor Wanli said: "When have I ever lied to you?"
Sun Xian was frightened and quickly kowtowed, "A slave is guilty of death, a slave is guilty of death."
Emperor Wanli's mind was not on this at all. Emperor Wanli waved his hands impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, hurry up and sell the secret recipe. Remember, the more you sell, the better, the faster you sell, the better, Wanli
Once the secret recipe is revealed, it will be worthless."
Sun Xian nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, and he immediately said: "I remember this, your Majesty, just wait for the good news from me."
Emperor Wanli was in a good mood and said: "Don't be stunned, go quickly. According to Chang Luo, time is money, and if you delay for a quarter of an hour, you are wasting a quarter of an hour of money."
After Sun Xian heard what Emperor Wanli said, he stood up in a panic and said, "I'll leave you."
Then, Saya ran away. From a distance, it looked like a round meat ball rolling rapidly on the ground.
Seeing Sun Xian leave, Emperor Wanli was in a good mood. He couldn't help but think about how much money Sun Xian could sell.
As he thought about it, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but laugh.
This money comes so easily. I am so happy!
Sun Xian was also a cautious master. He modified a blast furnace overnight according to the secret recipe given to him by Emperor Wanli, and then conducted a trial. When he saw with his own eyes that the river sand really changed from sand to white colored glaze, Sun Xian
Siam feels that this secret recipe is really real!
Therefore, Sun Xian began to make arrangements, and privately asked Dongchang's contacts in the black market to contact the big players in Beijing to buy and sell the secret recipe.
All of a sudden, all the wealthy families in the capital received the news quietly handed over by Dongchang.
They all unanimously concealed this huge news from each other, and then quietly went to the black market to verify the authenticity.
Sun Xian was also prepared. They traded at different times, and then they took each other one by one to watch the refining process of turning river sand into colored glaze.
After seeing this process with their hearts pounding, they couldn't help but want the secret recipe.
As a "good guy" who keeps his word, Sun Xian promised when he sold them the secret recipe: "Dongchang will never use this secret recipe to refine colored glaze."
After receiving this promise, the restless wealthy people could no longer hold back their fiery hearts. They generously donated 50,000 taels of silver to buy the secret recipe in Sun Xian's hands.
Sun Xian also swore to them one by one, "Dongchang will never refine a piece of colored glaze during his tenure! If he violates this, he will not have a little brother in his next life!"
Now, everyone who bought the secret recipe thought they were getting a huge advantage.
Sun Xian couldn't stop laughing as he counted the banknotes they sent him.
Then in the capital, a large number of glass bottles that had been hoarded before started to be sold without any warning. The original price was 2 taels per glass bottle, but now some people are selling them for just 1 tael!
Some foreign businesses who did not know the truth thought that this was a huge bargain, so they began to eat these glass bottles, and then prepared to transport them to other places and sell them to rural tycoons.
However, what I never expected was that all the big stores in the capital were selling them, and now both the bottle collectors and the bottle sellers couldn't help but start to panic.
As a result, within three days, the price of glass bottles dropped to less than five cents. This market reaction was something Zhu Changluo never expected.
Therefore, his previous concern was that he was overthinking it. It turns out that the market economy really cannot lie, and the relationship between supply and demand will really quickly affect the market price. This does not make people blame them for selling Xishan Huangzhuang at a reduced price.
Fairies happy on the water.
Chapter completed!