Zhu Hao discussed a business deal with Su Xigui, which subverted many of Zhu Niang's ideas.
When I return to the small courtyard where I rent, I will tell Aunt Li the details... The profit from twenty silver mirrors alone is as high as three hundred taels per month. With myopia and far-sighted glasses, the monthly income is more than six hundred taels.
One hundred taels, if you add those bottles and cans, the monthly profit reaches one thousand taels, and the net income for a year is nearly ten thousand taels...
Aunt Li was speechless: "My dear, didn't you say you were going to discuss business? You are going to rob a money shop... Even a money shop doesn't have that much money."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Auntie, this is only based on the most optimistic estimate. Now only the fifty taels obtained can be seen and touched, but just like this, we haven't even made back the money we invested, and we are still losing money for the time being.
Status. If Boss Su takes our goods and cannot sell them, he will not purchase them again in the future, or we will choose to sell them at a lower price."
Aunt Li smiled happily: "That's great. I can earn fifty taels for nothing just by going there. It's too late to laugh at such a good thing, so why bother so much? It's basically equivalent to Mr. Su giving us the opportunity to build a workshop and purchase materials."
Give money and do business with other people’s money... Tsk tsk!"
Aunt Li is a real person. No matter how much she owns, she can earn a fortune from others.
"If twenty mirrors are not enough to sell, we sell one hundred at a time. Does that mean we have one thousand five hundred taels per month? What kind of mirror is it?"
While Aunt Li was dreaming about getting rich, she was wondering what it was that made Su Xigui so willing to pay for it.
Then Zhu Hao took out two mirrors from his arms, which were larger than the ones given to Su Xigui, one each for Zhu Niang and Aunt Li.
Not to mention Aunt Li, even Zhu Niang couldn't put it down. Finally, Zhu Niang handed the mirror back to Zhu Hao: "We'd better sell it to Mr. Su, this is... fifteen taels of silver."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mom, actually, I can make as many mirrors as I want every month. Now I tell him that he can only make twenty mirrors a month. In fact, it is hunger marketing. I just can't control whether he is full...
"It is said that things are rare and expensive. If it is on the street, who will pay a high price to buy this thing? The supply is low every month, so in big cities like Beijing and South, Jiangsu and Hangzhou, mirrors are tribute-level existences
, let alone fifteen taels, even if we sell fifty taels, one hundred taels will still be in short supply."
Aunt Li swallowed her saliva after hearing this: "Either way, Master Hao is good at doing business. Sister, I think we need to learn more from Master Hao in the future."
Zhu Niang rolled her eyes at Aunt Li, why did she run away to talk to the child again? Just because he gave you a mirror, are you so unprincipled?
"Okay, mother, the supply agreement will be signed tomorrow morning. Shall we have something good to celebrate tonight? My taste has been very bland recently, so I want to eat something good..." Zhu Hao protested.
Recently, whether in the palace or at home, most of the time there is not enough water in the soup.
The palace values diligence and frugality, but the family has to use deceit to deceive the Zhu family... If the old lady knows that the family in this small courtyard can make a fortune after handing over the house, won't she have bad intentions again?
But the problem is that now that the second spring of my career has been extended, I still pretend to be poor, which can't be justified no matter what.
"Okay, Auntie will make you dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage." Auntie Li put the mirror in her arms, thinking that this was a good thing that could only be bought for fifteen taels of silver, she even became more motivated to cook.
Zhu Hao said with a bitter face: "Auntie, can we change the taste to something else?"
Aunt Li glanced at Zhu Niang: "How about we change it to pork and leek filling?"
Zhu Hao said: "If I want to eat something big with meat filling, it doesn't have to be dumplings, steamed buns are also fine. Or bake me a bunch of meat pies and I'll take them back to the palace to eat."
Zhu Niang rolled her eyes at her son: "You are the only one who can eat...it doesn't matter. I have cooked all the pork for him at home. If it is not enough, buy some and ask Butcher Shen to leave some bones for us. Xiao Hao is growing taller."
When the time comes, you need to make up for it at this time.”
After finding that her career was back on track, Zhu Niang felt that she would no longer sit back and do nothing, and she also had the motivation to do things.
She just forgot about pretending to be poor.
"My mother still loves me."
Zhu Hao smiled with a flattering look on his face.
Aunt Li imitated Zhu Niang and rolled her eyes at Zhu Hao: "Your mother loves you, but my aunt doesn't love you, right? My aunt is cooking for you today."
Zhu Hao grinned: "It hurts the same, it hurts the same."
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Two more days passed.
Mother Zhu and her son signed the supply agreement with Su Xigui, and the workshop officially started selling glass products to external parties.
Su Xigui didn't stay long in Anlu this time and left in a hurry. Perhaps he knew that there was nothing worthy of nostalgia in this small place except Zhu Hao. He didn't even remember to ask for the painting that Tang Yin owed him.
, took the samples Zhu Hao gave him and ran back to the provincial capital.
"Dongzhu Su is leaving a little hastily."
Zhu Niang delivered the first batch of goods and received the payment of 600 taels. Her heart was surging when she learned that Su Xigui had left without leaving any inspector.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mother, you don't know this, right? Huangfantai, who is standing behind Dongzhu Su, won a commendation from the court for proposing the salt-drying method in the memorial, and will soon join the court as a capital official. It should be from
Beginning as a Minister of the Sixth Department...
"When Mr. Su gets our good stuff at this time, of course he has to go back to Huangfantai to see if he can offer it as a tribute to the emperor, or to take care of the dignitaries in the court."
Zhu Niang looked disbelieving: "It's just a few pieces of glass, can it be used as a tribute? Besides, how can I do it?"
Zhu Hao analyzed: "Are there any favored nobles around your Majesty? Are you rare for a mirror that can clearly reflect the beautiful face of the moon? There are many old ministers who are dim-sighted, right? Don't they need reading glasses? The Hanlin Academy and the Sixth Section of the Imperial Academy are suffering from the disease.
There are many people who are short-sighted. If you come here, you can’t say a few good words for Huangfantai during the court meeting? These are all favors..."
After hearing what her son said, Zhu Niang was shocked.
Ordinary glass products, which break when touched, can actually be used to make friends with powerful people, or even be given as tribute to the emperor?
"Okay, mother, the first business is completed. I believe that Boss Su will not sell these goods, but will give them away as a favor...
"If there is something that is not available on the market, he will deliver it if there are not enough designated ones. He will ask us for a batch later... We must first ensure the supply of bottles and cans, so that we can have an income of at least two hundred taels per month, mother."
But we have to supervise the workshop and not slack off..."
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he rushed back to the palace before sunset. In fact, he was going to see the operation of the theater troupe.
"By the way, mother, since you have made some money, can you share it with me? I'm... a little tight lately." Zhu Hao wanted to get some money from Mother Zhu.
After hard work, although making money for the family is equivalent to making money for yourself, the hard work cannot be in vain, right? Zhu Hao also invested in it in the early stage, and of course it didn't add up to twenty taels.
Zhu Niang frowned: "How many are needed?"
"One hundred taels."
Zhu Hao blurted out without thinking.
Zhu Niang frowned: "One hundred taels? How do you spend so much money? If you need money, you can always ask mom for it, but I can't give you so much at once."
Zhu Hao hurriedly said: "Mom, I have started to spend money recently, okay? Research things, buy materials, etc., don't you need money for these? And make sure that the children in the village study and learn crafts, money is used everywhere... I don’t want to spend money randomly, so just give it to me..."
Zhu Niang said: "Xiao Hao, it's not because my mother doesn't give it to you, it's because there are real bad examples around us... Your eldest brother, look at how he spends money lavishly. Mom, this is for your own good."
Zhu Hao curled his lips: "But mother, I also have to spend money in the palace. Does Mr. Lu have to do something about it? He usually hides to complete the silver plating of mirrors and grinding lenses for farsightedness and myopia. It all requires money... Highly confidential technology cannot be leaked easily, otherwise once the craftsmen in the workshop are bribed by Dongzhu Su..."
"Okay, okay, you don't have to say anything. I'll give you the money, but where will you put it?" Zhu Niang agreed quickly.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I will put some on my body and some on the palace... These one hundred taels are a necessary investment. Don't feel bad, mother. I have my own sense of discretion."
Zhu Niang thought for a long time before she entered the house, took out a sum of six hundred taels of cash she had just brought home, and stuffed it into a bag: "You can count a few envelopes of silver ingots. If they are not enough, come back and ask for them. There should be some here." More than eighty taels."
Zhu Hao stuck out his tongue: "One hundred taels discounted to eighty taels, which is a bit small."
"Not satisfied?"
Zhu Niang said that Dayou came over and took away the silver.
Zhu Hao quickly took the bag with the money into his arms and said with a smile, "It's better for you, mother. The kid will go first."
After saying that, he ran away in a flash.
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When Zhu Hao went out, Zhu Niang looked at her son's back, feeling lost.
Aunt Li came over and asked: "Sister, how much money did you just give Master Hao?"
"He asked for one hundred taels, and I gave him more than eighty taels," Zhu Niang said.
Aunt Li was stunned again: "So much? Isn't sister afraid of him spending money randomly? Such a young child has so much money on him..."
Zhu Niang sighed: "He didn't tell me, but I also knew. How could he have gotten this prescription from some ancient book by himself? It was probably the prescription given by Mr. Lu...
"Now that we are using other people's prescriptions to make money, shouldn't we repay the favor? Xiao Hao knows generally, he will definitely find a way to get Mr. Lu or the person who gave him the prescription to accept it. Besides, he does need to spend money in the palace. Take care...the Zhu family is in the palace, what if we are not careful?"
Only then did Aunt Li know that Zhu Niang also had a "pattern".
The palace had previously helped the family when Zhu Hao went back to study... The palace naturally knew why the Zhu family stayed in Anlu. If they only wanted to get feedback from the palace without paying, the result would probably be a family. The child has nowhere to rely on.
"By the way, sister, I found a goldsmith from other places and bought a batch of gold from them. It's all pure gold. Let's beat the gold and make some jewelry or something. You share one share and I share one share. Normally, I don't need any gold. Wear it and keep it with you for personal use."
Aunt Li couldn't help but be happy when she heard this.
While the wife didn't treat her son badly, she didn't treat herself badly either.