Beloved Concubine

Chapter 42
One evening a few days later, Zhou Huiqin came again.

She came to tell Chen Xiao about the rubber.

According to what she learned from Gao Can, rubber is produced in Jinghe County, and the locals call it tree milk.This thing has a waterproof effect. They use tree milk to coat straw hats and shoes, and they can be waterproof in rainy days.Especially for shoes, if you apply tree milk, you won't get your feet wet when you walk in the rain.

Gao Can and the others plan to make this kind of shoes, but there is a problem with the shoes, the coating will be damaged after wearing for a long time, and they have to be repainted.As a result, the shoes cannot be sold in other places, but can only be painted and worn locally.

As for the toy balls, they found that the tree milk is elastic after solidification, and they are just for children to play with.

Chen Xiao understood that they wanted to develop "rain boots", but the technical problems had not been solved yet.

She was relieved to know the progress, even if they developed rain boots, it would not conflict with what she was going to do.

Just, how many rubber trees are there?Zhou Huiqin didn't ask this question, she didn't think about it.But she felt that the number should be quite a lot.Because Gao Can originally planned to sell them, they were doing bulk business, and the amount of tree milk needed to be enough for them to make shoes in large quantities.

In the end, Zhou Huiqin asked Chen Xiao: If she wants to do business, please bring a small stone as a helper, and she will try to help as much as possible.

Zhou Huiqin is not stupid. After asking Gao Can, she felt that Chen Xiao seemed to want to do tree milk business.I don't know what to do specifically, but Aunt Shen told her that the two may have some origins.

Aunt Shen saw Fang Yu and Chen Xiao for the first time. Although they were dressed as mountain people, one was wearing a gold bracelet, and the other had thin skin and tender flesh.As soon as he made a move, he took out 600 taels of Xiling official silver notes.Aunt Shen felt that the two of them seemed to have "eloped", maybe they had some kind of rich family background behind them.

To be honest, Fang Yu and Chen Xiao, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, are indeed very eye-catching.

When others see them as a couple, for most ordinary people, they just look at them and talk about them behind their backs, and they don't do anything out of the ordinary.

Including the young shopkeeper of Ruyi Building, although he was attracted by Chen Xiao's appearance, the more he was a businessman, the more he had to be careful.This is Nanyue Kingdom, not Xiling.Even in Xiling, he would not do things like bullying men and women.

red garden.

Gao Can drank tea with Boss Lu, while Gao Xiang sat aside.

Gao Can said: "Boss Lu, we are just doing things for Mr. Liu. To put it bluntly, this business is not for our Sheng'an. Let alone five or five points, even if it is four or six points, Master Liu will not agree. His side But he's not the only one."

Boss Lu pondered for a while and said, "Sanqi, this is the bottom line."

Gao Can smiled and said, "Boss Lu, what do you think, [-]%? Is it possible? We all only get [-]%."

"Then how much did you say?"

"Master Liu also likes the Red Garden as a ready-made garden, and if we allow some time, we can also build a new garden.

"Your wrestling and fighting cock can't be driven anymore! County magistrate Ding knows what Mr. Liu means, so he will let you drive it?"

After finishing speaking, Gao Can chuckled and shook his head, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Before Gao Xiang talked with Boss Lu about buying Red Garden, it was actually for this matter.Mr. Liu wanted to do some private business and open a brothel, but it was inconvenient for him to come forward, so he asked Gao Can to do it for him.Gao Can had no time outside, so he asked Gao Xiang to inquire first.

Boss Lu sighed: "I understand! Just say it, how much?"

"One percent."

"Impossible, too little." Boss Lu shook his head.Even if Yuanzi earns 2000 taels a year in the future, he can only get [-] taels of silver.

"Boss Lu, Mr. Liu found him, and we did the work. Mr. Ding will take care of any problems. Apart from creating a garden, what else do you have?
"There is no garden as big as Hongyuan in the county. But there are smaller and exquisite gardens. At worst, I will persuade Mr. Liu to change places. But your garden may be difficult to operate in the future."

This business is not the cooperation between Sheng'an and Master Liu, but the cooperation between Gao Can and Master Liu.The business of the Sheng'an was exclusively controlled by the imperial court, and neither court officials nor the treasurer Gao Can dared to step in easily.If it is discovered, it will be a "death" word, and it will be copied and executed.

However, opening a brothel, which requires some relationship but is not so important, they can personally participate in, even if they are discovered, it's okay.What's more, Gao Can has already made up his mind to report to his boss.The owner doesn't care about such a small business as a brothel.At the beginning, Sheng'an opened Ruyilou to allow them to eat their hometown food in a foreign country. In other words, the owner didn't care how much money Ruyilou could make.

"Boss Lu," Gao Xiang said, "I suggest you sell the garden!"

He had made an offer before, 3 taels of silver.

"Hey!" Gao Can waved his hand to stop his nephew: "Don't persuade people to sell their properties."

He turned to Boss Lu and said, "We don't buy Red Garden, we only talk about cooperation."

Boss Lu is in trouble now.Either promise them [-]% or run it yourself.He also knows the consequences of offending Mr. Liu and County Magistrate Ding, and it may be difficult to continue his business in the future.

Gao Can said: "Think about it and give me an answer within two days. Master Liu is in a hurry."

Master Liu really urged him.The imperial court investigated and dealt with a group of criminal officials, and many female relatives were about to be demoted to slave prostitution.

Boss Lu gritted his teeth: "I'll promise you now. Everything is done."

If they don't buy Hongyuan, who can he sell it to?Running your own business is also difficult.

Afterwards, the two parties reached an agreement, and immediately cleaned up the Red Garden and began to renovate it. It should be completed before the end of the month, and the prostitutes will arrive soon.

……

Chunji Snack Restaurant.

The goal Chen Xiao set at the beginning was to sell 180 bowls a day to protect his capital.Now, at least [-] bowls can be sold a day.

On the last day of May, the business was closed, and four people checked out.

Throughout May, the operating income was actually 290 seven taels of silver.Excluding costs, the net profit was 110.

Chen Xiao added a fraction, Chunhong and Xiao Shitou each got 12 taels.

Little Shitou took the silver, thought for a while and said:
"Sister, this month's salary is quite a lot, but I'm tired. Can you hire two more people?"

"I also thought about increasing the manpower, but there is no spare place to live."

Chen Xiaozao met Cao Yong and Erlong who Xiaoshitou called to help, they knew all the things in the store, and they did it very well.However, their family lives in Caojia Village, which is fourteen miles away from the county seat, so they can come here every morning and evening on market days, and running every day is unrealistic.

Fang Yu moved closer to Chen Xiao and said, "We live together, so we can free up a room?"

Chen Xiaobai rolled his eyes at him.

"I mean, let's get married!" Fang Yu's eyes were burning.

"You want to fart!"

Fang Yu touched Chen Xiao's butt.

"If you must give it, I will follow suit."

Chen Xiao was speechless.

(End of this chapter)