Chapter 44: Making Money Depends on the Inside Volume
Wu Zhizao was already mentally prepared after hearing that Ning Chen could customize the holy way according to his needs.
Still shaking his hands in shock, he spilled the tea all over his body.
"Wu Shangshu, please don't get excited.
You have to know that formulating the holy way consumes even greater resources.
Therefore, the cost of formulating the Holy Way is naturally greater."
Customization is customization, but we have to negotiate the price first.
Wu Zhizao forced himself to calm down, and then began to calculate his asking price in his mind.
Ning Chen's intention was very clear. The Wu family had to pay the price first.
If he is satisfied, Ning Chen can skip the auction.
But if he is not satisfied, Ning Chen will auction this holy path.
When the time comes, the Wu family will have to fight with others.
The Wu family is not afraid of competition, nor does it mean they don't have the financial resources to compete.
But if it can be locked in advance, it will not only be a symbol of financial resources, but also give the Wu family an extra layer of dignity.
At the same time, it also allows him, as the Minister of Works, to have more confidence when he becomes the Minister of Works.
There are currently only two bids that Wu Zhizao can refer to.
One is the starting price of 200,000 taels per mu released by Wu Ang, and the other is the asking price given by Wang Lin.
In Wu Zhizao's view, Wang Lin's handing over the soldiers and horses of the two military towns to Ning Chen was Wang Lin's bid for him as the military prime minister.
The other items are the [Huwei] wine purchased from Ning Chen, and the tents and air mattresses that the military is currently purchasing.
In Wu Zhizao's view, these were all Wang Lin's offers to Ning Chen for himself, the military minister.
Regardless of whether the money was ultimately paid for by the imperial court, at least it was now Wang Lin's final say.
After some calculations, Wu Zhizao said to Ning Chen: "Uncle Champion, my Wu family can provide three pieces of holy items, and in addition, I can provide one million taels of silver."
After Wu Zhizao told his asking price, he looked at Ning Chen and found that Ning Chen was not moved at all.
This suddenly made Wu Zhizao feel a little unsure.
Wu Zhizao felt that the quotation he gave was already very sincere.
Three holy items, plus one million taels of silver.
The total value of these adds up to almost five million taels.
This is equivalent to five times the starting price announced by Wu Ang.
Even if the price quoted by Wang Lin is much higher.
Logically speaking, even if Ning Chen disagrees, his expression should change somewhat.
But looking at Ning Chen's expression now, he doesn't seem to care about it at all.
"I would also like to ask Uncle Champion to give me a reference so that I can know what I am missing in my bid?" Wu Zhizao humbly asked for advice.
Wu Zhizao was so modest and had a good attitude before, so Ning Chen also planned to give him a heads up.
"Do you know Taoist Master Yun Xuanzi?" Ning Chen asked Wu Zhizao.
Wu Zhizao nodded and said, "I've heard of him, but I've never met him."
It doesn’t matter if you have heard of it, but it doesn’t matter if you have met or not.
Anyway, Yun Xuanzi is in the city now, I'll just arrange for you to meet him.
"Taoist Master Yun Xuanzi is in the city right now. Wu Shangshu can talk to Taoist Yun first."
Wu Zhizao didn't ask any more questions after hearing this. After drinking tea at Ning Chen's place, he got up and left to go find Yun Xuanzi.
Just after dinner that day, Wu Zhizao came to visit again.
Seeing Wu Zhizao's solemn face, Ning Chen knew that Wu Zhizao and Yun Xuanzi must have a good conversation.
Ning Chen invited people to the tea room again, and the two people sat opposite each other in the tea room.
Ning Chen took a sip of tea leisurely and asked Wu Zhizao to drink tea first.
After taking a sip of tea, Wu Zhizao put down the tea cup and said directly to Ning Chen: "Uncle Champion, except for the conditions I told you during the day.
Our Wu family will also send people into Baijia City to help Uncle Champion build the two trade areas according to Uncle Champion’s requirements.”
Ning Chen is still satisfied with the price, but Ning Chen thinks it's still a bit low.
"Wu Shangshu, I know that the Wu family was founded on manufacturing.
Compared to the residents of our Baijia City, the Wu family are experts in architecture.
So in addition to the two trade areas, I also hope that the Wu family can help build an underground pipeline network."
Wu Zhizao brought it to the door himself, and Ning Chen really had no reason to let it go.
The underground pipe network still requires some professional knowledge and professional teams.
Ning Chen originally planned to hire someone to make it, but now that the Wu family has delivered it to their door, Ning Chen has no reason not to grab a handful.
"Wu Shangshu, the Wu family only needs to send people to guide and supervise the underground pipe network. Let the residents of the city do the work."
Although Ning Chen said this, Wu Zhizao would not just listen to it.
"Champion Uncle, this matter does not need to be so complicated.
Just leave it all to my Wu family.
The underground pipe network is also a learning opportunity for my Wu family."
Seeing that Wu Zhizao was so righteous, Ning Chen reluctantly agreed to Wu Zhizao's request.
Of course, Wu Zhizao was happy, and Ning Chen would not deliberately hide it.
He said directly to Wu Zhizao: "In the next few days, I will start to open up this holy path of manufacturing.
When the time comes, I will put the books in hundreds of academies.
Wu Shangshu can come and watch at any time.
This is the holy way that Wu Shangshu himself understood and opened up.
It should be stronger than the one I created for you."
"Thank you, Uncle Champion."
Although the price is a bit high, the result is still acceptable to Wu Zhizao.
"Wu Shangshu has one more thing. I need to explain to you in advance, Wu Shangshu, that is, all the holy ways written by me.
No matter who is the master of Taoism, they can be regarded as one of my hundreds of academies.
This is a non-negotiable condition.
If Wu Shangshu, you have no objection.
Then we can deliver.”
The conditions that Ning Chen put forward that must be met are not excessive at all in Wu Zhizao’s opinion.
The books are all written by Ning Chen.
Although they spent money, it is common sense to enter hundreds of families.
"Of course I won't have any objection to Uncle Champion."
Ning Chen smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for understanding."
Wu Zhizao hurriedly said: "Uncle Champion is serious. Uncle Champion served in the Wu Dynasty and made such great contributions to the human race. I should be grateful to Uncle Champion."
The money has been spent and the purpose has been achieved.
It doesn't matter if you say a few nice words.
The two of them talked until late into the night, waiting to come out of the tea room again.
The relationship between the two is as close as old friends who have not seen each other for decades.
But in fact, Ning Chen and Wu Zhizao had only two face-to-face encounters.
There were no more than five face-to-face encounters in total.
But the friendship between wise people is so pure.
Even before parting, Wu Zhizao took the initiative to talk to Ning Chen.
Let those who want to find Ning Chen later avoid the auction in advance and buy the holy way.
You can talk to yourself first.
Wu Zhizao will definitely do his best to promote Ning Chen's great achievements to the human race and the Wu Dynasty.
Of course, Ning Chen would not refuse such a request.
If everyone could get involved in advance, Ning Chen wouldn't even have to hold an auction.
Auctions and the like, there are more involutions and they come faster.
When it comes to auctions, everyone will consider their own financial resources to some extent.
At the same time, he will also consider the strength of the family and power he is competing with.
Maybe there will be a situation where you don’t dare to take pictures.
However, if you roll it up in advance, you don’t have to worry about anything.
Just pay a higher price.
After sending Wu Zhizao away enthusiastically, Ning Chen returned to Baijia Academy with satisfaction, taking the banknotes and holy items given by Wu Zhizao.
Ning Chen's mansion has not been completed yet.
So Ning Chen had to stay in one of the hundreds of colleges for the time being.
Wu Zhizao acted very quickly here.
Late at night, they returned to the tent assigned to them by Guo Xin and contacted the family directly.
Ask the family to send people to Baijia City immediately to help them fulfill Ning Chen's request.
The Wu family also acted overnight and mobilized all the skilled craftsmen of the Wu family in the four northern states.
Hurrying on a starry night, heading to Ning Chen's Baijia City.
If these things are done for Ning Chen as soon as possible, the Wu family will be able to start a holy path of the Wu family as soon as possible.
And for the Wu family, assisting Ning Chen in building a hundred cities is not a loss in itself.
Ning Chen's plan for Baijia City has a lot to learn from the Wu family.
If you really learn all these things.
This in itself is not a loss for the Wu family.
When the time comes, the Wu family will be able to apply these advanced road concepts to other cities.
On the contrary, the Wu family may earn more.
As soon as the city gate opened on the second day, the nearest group of craftsmen from the Wu family entered Baijia City in advance.
In the next few days, the Wu family's skilled craftsmen from the four northern states entered Baijia City in large numbers.
With the participation of these skilled craftsmen from the Wu family, the overall construction progress of Baijia City has been accelerated by more than ten times.
Although the original residents of Baijia City were quite large.
But after all, I am not a professional.
Many skills need to be learned first and then used.
Now that we have the skilled craftsmen of the Wu family, we can't even think about improving the speed.
Seeing this situation, Ning Chen discussed it with Guo Xin.
The entire construction of Baijia City was handed over to the Wu family.
All the residents of Baijiacheng went to help the Wu family free of charge.
Except for the two markets and the underground pipe network, wages are paid by the Wu family.
Ning Chen will pay for the rest of the construction.
Although Wu Zhizao has repeatedly stated that all workers' expenses can be paid by the Wu family.
But Ning Chen still has the basic spirit of contract.
There is nothing else in the conditions. It is up to Ning Chen to do it himself, and Ning Chen must do it.
It is estimated based on the current progress and the Wu family craftsmen who will continue to enter in the future.
Originally, Ning Chen thought that it would take at least two to three years to complete the construction of Baijia City.
It only takes a few months now and should be completed.
Almost all of Baijia City are one-story bungalows, so they were built very quickly.
With a labor force like warriors that is comparable to large machinery, it is really fast to build a house.
For example, a top-notch warrior can carry a beam weighing several hundred kilograms and complete the task easily.
When it comes to carrying bricks, a top-grade warrior can move at least 100,000 bricks a day.
To build a house of more than 100 square meters, more than 20,000 bricks are used.
Ultimately, in this fantasy world, if practitioners are really allowed to participate in its construction, the efficiency will be very, very high.
It is very easy to build a house of more than 100 square meters with a yard of more than 100 square meters in one day.
Only large courtyards such as Baijia College, County Government, and Ning Chen's residence in Baijiacheng require more time.
The construction of Baijiacheng has completely entered a high-speed channel.
Ning Chen should also start planning how to make money quickly in Baijiacheng.
Today, Baijiacheng relies solely on its own personal financial resources for blood transfusions.
This is an unhealthy city.
You have to let Baijiacheng have the ability to form blood.
Manufacturing is definitely an option. Ning Chen can talk to Wu Ang about tent manufacturing.
Let Wu Ang arrange part of the production for Baijiacheng.
However, the current residents of Baijiacheng are obviously not suitable for this kind of manual work.
And Ning Chen doesn't want Baijia City to turn into a OEM city for the time being.
Baijiacheng should still develop some monopolistic industries.
"The resources of the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom."
This is what Ning Chen thought of as the best monopoly resource.
There are elixirs, spiritual herbs and some special ores from the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom.
They are all indispensable and scarce resources for the Wu Dynasty.
If you can find a stable and large-scale supply method.
That Baijia City will definitely become a prosperous trade capital.
This is the best for the development of Baijia City.
Although the principle is simple, if you really want to take action.
But it is very difficult.
The demon clan over there in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom are not fools either.
What Ning Chen can think of, those monsters can also think of.
Therefore, in large areas where elixirs and ores grow, demon tribes must establish kingdoms.
These things, even if they are not used by the demon clan.
They also don't want these things to fall into the hands of humans.
If it falls into the hands of the human race, the country of monsters will inevitably fall.
So if you want to get these things, you either have to buy them at a high price, or you are willing to pay some price to grab them.
And the price paid is often human life.
There are not many people in Baijia City who can die now, so it is definitely not possible to rob this matter.
As for high-price transactions, Ning Chen doesn't want to do that.
If you really want to trade, wouldn't there be a trading town?
"If Fang Xiong leads people to rob it, the price paid can indeed be lower.
But Fang Xiong couldn't stay in Baijia City forever.
And once I have the ability to protect myself, Marquis Dingguo will probably not send anyone to protect me anymore.
This road is not a long-term solution, we must think of a long-term solution."
After thinking for a long time, Ning Chen couldn't think of a way to get the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.
"If you don't think about it for now, let's call Fang Xiong here first to see how he has figured out the situation in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom in recent times."
After the last victory, Ning Chen took advantage of Yun Xuanzi's time in Baijia City and asked Fang Xiong to first get a feel for the basic situation in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom.
Ning Chen took out the transmission talisman and contacted Fang Xiong.
After a while, Fang Xiong gave Ning Chen a reply.
Fang Xiong's hearty voice came out from the transmission talisman, and Ning Chen knew that the demon clan was probably going to be in trouble again.