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Chapter 52 Shangguan Yuce's Industry

Shangguan Yuce is in Chengjing... No, it's not just Chengjing. Judging from the account books, some of his industries even spread throughout the entire Mahayana dynasty!
Each of the eight industries under his control is extremely profitable.

The first industry that bears the brunt is [Tianqi Tea House] located in the west of the city in Chengjing. Although it is a tea house, Ran Tong discovered that this tea house actually sells tea!

Moreover, the sales volume of tea has taken up [-]% of all tea sales in Chengjing!Tea as a drink originated from Shennong.The history of tea drinking in the Mahayana Dynasty can be described as quite long. Wild tea species can be found everywhere in mountainous areas, and special personnel must be cultivated, and each region has its own category.

The "Apocalypse Tea" bought by this Tianqi Tea House is unique. Although it is only circulated in Chengjing, there are many repeat customers. Looking at these densely recorded purchase records, Ran Tong's pupils widened slightly.

"Uncle Yuce, are you still selling tea?"

"That's right, but Tianqi Tea House doesn't make money, and even lost a lot this year."

Ran Tong didn't ask, she was a little puzzled, tea was a huge profit industry in ancient times, with so many repeat customers and sales, how could it lose money?
Picking up a pencil, Ran Tong gently drew a small circle on the tea industry. Seeing that Shangguan Yuce did not speak, Ran Tong turned the page.

On the next page, another property of Shangguan Yuce is recorded.

[Youyuan Cloth Art] This is a shop that sells silk cloth. It is located in the southwest of Chengjing City. The turnover of this silk shop is much less than that of Tianqi Tea House, but every penny is a lot of money. In the overall In terms of sales, it is not far behind.

But Ran Tong drew a cross on the header of Youyuan Fabric Art with a pen.

The next page is a restaurant.

【Menghua Restaurant】.

Ran Tong's brows stretched again when he saw this page, because the restaurant is not only a place to eat, but also equipped with a wine making industry. Another record of the restaurant is the sales of wine.

"Uncle Yu Ce, you also sell wine at the same time?"

"Well, but the formula is similar to that of other places, and the buyers are all old customers, so they can't make much money."

Ran Tong nodded after listening, and then drew a circle around the tavern with a pen.

next page.

This Ran Tong is not particularly good at it. This page records a special industry: dyeing workshop.

After all, I run a cloth and silk shop at the same time, so naturally there is a dye industry. Cloth needs to be embellished with colors in order to be sold at a high price. Since then, the dye industry has been derived.

This dyeing workshop has no funds, because its main purpose is to serve the existence of Apocalypse Cloth, so that the capital flow of this page is all negative.

Ran Tong still drew a cross.

Go to the next page.

Ironworks.

Ran Tong was a little concerned when he saw this page. Shangguan Yuce owns a factory located in the outskirts of the city, which mainly produces iron products.After all, productivity in ancient times was relatively low, and iron, as an important strategic material for the country, should be strictly controlled by the government.

And the existence of the iron factory is precisely the status of Shangguan Yuce's former imperial historian who has been preserved to this day.

Agricultural production is inseparable from iron tools.Military campaigns consume a lot of ordnance, and iron is also an extremely important military supply.However, the exchange of funds is also pitiful. After all, the iron tools manufactured in the iron factory are now only some farming hoes and shovels. Now, for the Mahayana Dynasty, there is no war to fight, so the private iron factory has also been ordered to stop the production of knives and soldiers. blade.

Ran Tong thought for a while, and drew a circle on the header.

Turn the page again.

【Apocalypse Pawn Shop】

Ran Tong is quite interested in this industry, because there are very few such stores in modern society, and pawnshops are also called "pawn", "pawn shop" and "pawn shop".It is a usury institution that uses the received objects as collateral to make loans.

It's a bit complicated to say, but it's easy to understand, you pawned a knife in my pawnshop, I'll give you an estimate, if you accept the money from me, the knife will belong to our pawnshop, but!If you want to buy it back later, sorry, you probably have to spend several times the money to redeem it.

The main source of pawnshops is this.

But judging from the funds transactions of Tianqi Pawnshop, this place is really a money-losing product. After several months of coming in, there is not much money coming in.

Ran Tong drew a cross.

The other two industries are recorded on the next two pages.

They are a shop that sells spices and a shop that makes handmade toys. Ran Tong thought about it and crossed it.

So far, Ran Tong has read the eight industries one by one.

After finishing all this, Ran Tong took a sip of tea, feeling confident.

Seeing Ran Tong looking at his family's property account books so seriously, Shangguan Yuce felt a little strange, but he couldn't explain why. In fact, the property account books were extremely private business secrets. Even her father, King Kaixun, is not eligible to watch.

But since talking about cooperation, Shangguan Yuce needs full sincerity.

Now that my sincerity is enough, it depends on how this little girl expresses it.

"How does Qing Wan look?" Shangguan Yuce asked with a smile.

"Qing Wan, thank you Uncle Yu Ce for your trust." Ran Tong thanked him first, and then asked solemnly: "But Uncle Yu Ce, I have a few questions, can you answer them conveniently?"

"You have read all the property ledgers. Uncle Yu Ce has nothing to hide."

Ran Tong smiled awkwardly, then asked.

"Uncle Yuce, since you sell tea and cloth and satin, it is reasonable to say that these are profit-making industries, why are the accounts so bleak?" Ran Tong pointed to the first and second pages: "You also said that the tea house is even losing money .”

Shangguan Yuce: "Qing Wan doesn't know that tea does have a lot of profit margins, but... the intermediate procedures are too cumbersome, and each node requires a lot of workers, from planting to picking, from frying to fermentation, to The labor cost of making tea and selling it is definitely not low, even if the quantity of tea sold is not low, it still can’t make up for the consumption.”

He also said: "The cloth is different. The artificial materials used by the dyeing workshops to make the dyes are all deducted from the funds sold, and there are dozens of cloth workshops in the capital. Few people will buy from Tianqi Fabric, most of them are old customers."

After hearing this, Ran Tong thought about it.

"Uncle Yuce, I have a reform method, can I listen to Qingwan's proposal?"

"Oh?" Shangguan Yuce raised his eyebrows: "But it doesn't matter."

Ran Tong chuckled.

"Uncle Yu Ce, have you ever heard the word 'packaging'?"

"Package?"

"Well, or rather, hype."

As Ran Tong spoke, she moved her finger to the tea leaves on the first page, and she tapped the account book.

"Hype up the tea and make something different."

(End of this chapter)