Listening to the excited discussions of several people, Zhao Liya also smiled and said: "Let's work hard to extract more sugar. Then I will talk to Brother Zhou and General Zhong Jing and ask them to help.
, they must have channels to transport this sugar to big cities and sell it to rich people, and they will definitely make more money. I will pay bonuses to everyone at that time, and it will be indispensable for safekeeping!"
Qu Yutao and others all laughed and said: "Even if there is no bonus, we still have to work hard! Of course we have to earn money if we have it!"
Several people have a tacit understanding and enjoy themselves every day removing impurities and refining.
Apart from the relatively large amount of charcoal used, there is nothing wrong with it.
It happened that this was the peak season for burning and selling charcoal, so Zhao Liya asked Hu Ling to buy 50,000 kilograms of charcoal in batches and store it in the warehouse of the sugar pressing workshop.
This thing can withstand being kept for as long as possible.
It is useful now, and it will be useful in the first half of next year. Sugar cane can be grown twice a year. Otherwise, if we hire people to burn charcoal, it will be too conspicuous.
Zhao Liya just wants to keep a low profile as much as possible.
If you really can't keep a low profile, then you can divert the trouble eastward, for example, by blaming everything on the mysterious big boss behind you.
Entering the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.
The sugar pressing workshop is still busy every day, and the villagers of Zaihu Village work in an orderly manner.
Part of the yellow sugar produced went into the market, and the other part was secretly used by Zhao Liya to refine white sugar.
Originally, Zhao Liya planned to open up the market for yellow candy, but who knew she didn't need to worry about it at all.
As the only major sugarcane grower in Gaolian County, countless people have paid attention to it since the planting began.
Sugar had just begun to be pressed in the workshop, and merchants came to the door and wanted to buy it.
Zhao Liya did not agree immediately, but asked the other party to taste it and set a price. Then they had to ask the "big boss" for instructions. Only when the big boss said it was OK can they sell it.
As a result, those merchants did not dare to underestimate it, and they were serious and sincere when setting prices.
Some people who originally had the intention of bragging and deceiving basically stopped. The few who didn't stop negotiated with Zhao Liya for a few words, but they were frightened and gave up one after another.
Through these merchants, half of the yellow pieces of candy were sold, and Zhao Liya claimed that the big boss would keep the other half for his own sales. The half of this sold to everyone was for the sake of the local merchants, and they made money together, and harmony made money, otherwise
, he won’t sell a pound.
None of the merchants doubted this.
If the big boss is not strong, he will not be able to create such a large-scale industry.
The big boss is such a good person, it can be seen that he is someone to be friends with. Everyone is very fond of him, and he talks to Zhao Liya in a roundabout way. He leads them to inquire about the origin of the big boss, gives gifts to the big boss, and also wants to invite the big boss.
The boss eats.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were happy, but had to politely refuse.
There is no way to continue like this. Otherwise, when will you ask Brother Zhou to pretend to be someone else?
Brother Zhou can even say a few words to everyone through the screen without showing his face. If it goes too far, he can show his back to everyone.
Brother Zhou has a strong aura, and Zhao Liya feels that even if he only shows his back, he can convince everyone.
Under the mysterious blessing of the "mysterious big boss", no one dares to have any ill intentions towards the sugar pressing workshop. Moreover, there is Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village, which is connected to Zaihu Village. These villages are crowded and powerful.
The crowd is very united, but they are by no means easy to mess with.
It's not worth it to do anything for just a little bit of sugar.
After all, sugar, although it is not produced in large quantities in the Lingnan area, is still quite abundant. It is relatively rare, but it is by no means a rarity that is rare in the world.
The yellow candy produced in Zhao Liya's workshop is of very good quality and sells for thirty-two cents per catty.
And their sugarcane grows very well. For others, a yield of about 3,000 kilograms per mu is normal, and 3,500 kilograms per mu is very good. However, Zhao Liya made a rough estimate, and their sugarcane yield per mu is about 4,670 kilograms.
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It’s half as much as others!
The hard work of fertilizing, watering, weeding and cultivating the soil was not in vain.
Their sugar production rate is also slightly higher than others. With such layers of blessings, they can produce a lot of sugar.
Because everyone was very motivated and worked overtime, by the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, we were basically finishing the work, and the work would be completed in five or six days.
After calculating the accounts at this time, they found that the sugar they squeezed out was about 184,000 kilograms.
Among them, about 100,000 kilograms were sold to eight middlemen, large and small, at a price of thirty-two cents per kilogram.
Just from this one item, I made 3,200 taels.
There are still about 84,000 kilograms left, all of which are planned to be refined into white sugar.
Zhao Liya and others have refined tens of thousands of kilograms of sugar. Bags of sugar are stored neatly in the warehouse, and they are all worth money.
At the end of the day, it’s time to give everyone the rewards.
In addition to wages, all those who worked in the workshops were given a bonus of 200 Wen per person. If you wanted to buy pieces of candy, each family in Zaihu Village could buy two kilograms at the price of 20 Wen per catty.
Even if this sugar is sold to a middleman, it costs 32 cents per catty. Twenty cents per catty is much cheaper. Buying two catties means you only need to spend a little more than one catty on the market.
During the Chinese New Year, we steam some sugar cakes and eat them with rice cakes. The children like it, and so do the adults. It’s a good idea to bring half a pound back to your parents’ house, isn’t it?
So almost every household lined up to buy two kilograms.
After all, I earned so much money in the workshop, so I didn’t feel bad buying just two kilograms.
Some people, when two catties were not enough, bought one or two more catties, selling them to merchants for thirty-two cents per catty.
This price is still cheaper than what's on the market.
There are also a small group of people who are not satisfied and want to buy a few more kilograms at the price of twenty cents. "There are many people in the family, and two kilograms is too little."
There were quite a few people who made such a request. Some people reported it to Zhao Liya, who declined.
The cheap two pounds is a welfare for the whole village. It is of the same nature as bonus red envelopes. It does not take into account the problem of many people and few people. If you want to buy more, the price will be based on the price sold to the middleman. There is already a lot of money in the market.
Cheaper.
Li Zheng, when the clan leader found out, he scolded those people and stopped talking. Two kilograms is already a lot, is this not enough?
If in previous years, there wouldn’t be even one or two!
Most of the villagers think so too, but don't they? The Zhao family and the mysterious big boss behind them are already very kind. If it were any other boss, who would give such treatment?
If there are any more excessive demands, it will really be unsatisfactory.
Zhao Liya had other ideas of her own, so she told Hu Ling, Qu Yutao and the others in private.