From the gate of heaven

Chapter 83 [Month-end Account Settlement, Mingyue Building Trends]

According to Lin Ze, it is not a problem for Mingyue Tower to use tens of millions of catties of firewood a year.

Xu Sheng subconsciously wanted to make fun of it. Lin Ze's understanding of the Holy Land of martial arts is really too low.

There is only tens of millions of catties of firewood, and the huge forest on Crescent Island can fully meet the consumption, and there is no need to buy it from outside.

There are tens of thousands of people living on Crescent Island. It takes a lot of fuel to make fire for cooking, to smelt iron, to make medicine and alchemy. In order to meet the consumption of the mountain gate, the forests in several counties around the East China Sea have almost been cut down in recent years.

Xu Sheng thought about the time when he was just out of the teacher, he was also a supervisor in the forest farm opened by the teacher for a period of time.

The job is easy, and the only regret is that the salary is not very high. Later, when I saved enough travel expenses, I went to the rivers and lakes by myself.

All the firewood obtained at that time was transported back to Crescent Island to be used by many disciples in the sect.

But in an instant, Xu Sheng stopped the teasing that was about to blurt out.

If I speak so fast at this moment, I may have exposed the secret of the teacher.

Although with the strength of Mingyuelou, there is no need to care too much about the leakage of these small information. The government and other big forces probably know the basic information of Mingyuelou well, but as a disciple of Mingyuelou, he can't just talk about it outside.

If these words were heard later by other teachers of the same sect, they might underestimate his character and blame him for alienating him.

After calming down, Xu Sheng began to think about Lin Ze's proposal just now.

"If what brother Lin said is true, one catty of coal is worth three catties of firewood and the price is cheaper than firewood, then transporting coal from Fengping County on a large scale to Crescent Island by large ship will definitely be cheaper than opening a forest farm in the coastal area now. Logging is more cost-effective and labor-saving.”

"I contacted from it, and it is indeed very feasible to get a stable income."

Thinking of this, Xu Sheng became a little emotional.

If this matter can be done, then he can earn a large sum of money to support his family, and at the same time, it will be relatively safer than starting out in the rivers and lakes.

But Xu Sheng didn't get excited for a long time, and Xu Sheng's expression collapsed. He looked at Lin Ze, sighed and said, "Zi Yi, your suggestion is very good. To be honest, the firewood used in my teacher's school every year is more than you estimated. Many times more, if the coal can be transported back, it will definitely make a lot of profit.

"But I have no money to buy coal, and no ship to transport coal back to the mountain gate. The most I can do is help you pass the news back to the mountain gate."

"Whether Shanmen is willing to switch from logging in a forest farm to buying coal from Zi Yiyi is still an unknown thing."

At this time, Xu Sheng deeply felt his powerlessness as a middle-aged man.

I met a good friend who I had made in years past, and I was willing to think about my future and show me how to make money, but I didn't have the ability to grasp it.

Lin Ze didn't care about Xu Sheng's frustration, and said with a smile: "Since brother Jingguan said that the firewood consumed in the master's sect was many times more than I estimated, it was at least hundreds of millions, or even tens of millions, in that year. Billion catties of fuel consumption, even if we only eat a small portion of it, we can still make a lot of money."

"I can lend you coal first, and I can also lend you money to buy ships, and I can also lend you some extra money to manage the high-level managers in charge of purchasing fuel in the mountain gate."

"Brother Jingguan, what you need to do is to help me sell the coal to Mingyuelou. As for the money owed, you can just return it to me. This is a matter of mutual benefit. If you sell the coal in large quantities, we will You can also profit from it."

Lin Ze explained his purpose, which was purely for making money.

When Xu Sheng heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Lin Ze excitedly. He didn't expect Lin Ze to be so optimistic about him and have such great expectations.

When he was young, his talent in martial arts was only moderate, and his family and elders didn't pay much attention to him. He has been in the rivers and lakes for many years in middle age, and he hasn't made a name for himself, but now Lin Ze is willing to take such a fancy to him. , which moved Xu Sheng extremely.

The blood was surging, and he no longer cared about whether he would fail if he did this thing. He slapped the table and said: "Okay, since Ziyi is so interested in me, then I will definitely live up to the trust and help you with this." This thing is done properly."

"I will set off immediately to take the coal to Shimen. If we can negotiate, I will ask Ziyi to help me a lot."

Seeing this, Lin Ze smiled, it's done.

If Xu Sheng can help him with this matter, then he will have a stable and big client in an instant.

Even if Xu Sheng can't do it, it's no big deal, anyway, it won't cost much, and all the investment right now is just a big deal.

Take a ten thousand step back and say, Xu Sheng can still be his bodyguard, Lin Ze is not at a loss.
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Persuaded Xu Sheng who was about to go back to Mingyue Tower, after all, Xu Sheng had worked hard all the way, and it would be too unreasonable for him to run around without a moment's rest. Besides, even if he wanted to leave immediately, Lin Ze was prepared to It also takes time.

We talked for a while, and we were full of wine and food.

Lin Ze arranged for Xu Sheng to rest in the guest room, and also arranged for two top technicians from the Cuihong Building in the city to relax after a long journey.

The next day, Xu Sheng got up for morning exercises and had breakfast, and then took a large boat with a load of about [-] tons that Lin Ze had rented from Cao Gang Shan Xuliang, and headed towards the direction of Crescent Island at the gate of Mingyue Tower.

The big ships of this era are actually quite capable of loading them. Lin Ze previously estimated that the unit of measurement used by Erdao dealers to sell coal, a ship of [-] to [-] tons, can only be regarded as a small ship.

The deadweight of conventional offshore merchant ships is generally about [-] tons, and some relatively large sea-going ships can even reach thousands of tons.

Lin Ze arranged [-] tons of coal on the merchant ship that Xu Sheng was on last night.

I will follow Xu Sheng to send it to the gate of Mingyue Tower as a sample, so that the high-level executives in charge of fuel procurement in Mingyue Tower can see the excellence of this fuel.

"This afternoon, Xu Shengneng went to Linhai County, and then informed the mountain gate that he wanted to send coal there."

"If it goes well, I will probably get news tomorrow afternoon, and I will be notified whether the coal can be sent to Mingyue Tower. If not, the [-] tons of coal can be sold to the Cao Gang of Linhai County on the spot. Anyway, it will not lose money if you control me Money."

Lin Ze bid farewell to Xu Sheng, and watched the ship loaded with coal set sail and leave the pier, thinking in his heart.

When the ship completely disappeared from sight, Lin Ze returned home.

First, I studied for a while the lesson of secretly filming from the Mingyue Building, and then I made up for the morning exercises that I missed because I wanted to avoid Xu Sheng.

It has been a while since he completed Tongmai, and Lin Ze is still in the stage of rapid growth of energy and spirit. After the training, Lin Ze can clearly feel that his inner breath has increased again.

In the afternoon, Lin Ze took a nap and rode in a carriage towards the coal mine.

Today is August 8th, and there is still 30st in the main world, but it is the end of the month in Fengping County, so today is the day to pay salaries to many miners in the coal mine.
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In the coal mine, in the office, Lin Ze was doing the accounting.

On this crucial day today, three officials who have shares in the coal mine also came.

"Since August 2214th, the coal mines have been dug, and until the [-]th, [-] tons of coal have been dug in three days. The wages have been paid."

"In the follow-up, the daily output has been stable at 800 tons. By August 8800th, there were a total of [-] days here. After deducting the two days of rest, the coal production was [-] tons, and the wages have not been paid."

"Then from August 23th to August [-]rd, there were [-] new miners in the four days, some of them went to repair supporting buildings, and the other part joined in coal mining. The daily output increased from [-] tons to [-] tons. thousand tons, a total of [-] tons of coal."

"From August 24th to now August [-]th, the average daily production has increased day by day. At first, some miners couldn't bear the physical exertion and took shift breaks, and finally stabilized at a daily production of [-] tons. A total of [-] tons of coal will be produced in seven days."

"That is to say, a total of about 111014 tons of coal was produced last month."

At this point, Lin Ze showed the data to the three shareholders around him: "A total of 2 million and 2220 catties of coal were produced, and the miners' salary expenditure was 2800 taels of silver."

Then, Lin Ze continued to calculate other costs.

"There are 170 cooks. Because this is part of the benefits of the miners, it will be calculated as one month if it is less than one month, so the unified salary will be 200 Wen per person, and 34 taels of silver."

"There are 100 accounting scholars, with an average of 200 taels per person. The normal expenditure is 82.6 taels. Because some of them joined the job later, some will be deducted, so the total salary expenditure is [-] taels of silver."

"The mine protection team consists of 100 people, the salary is 10 taels of silver, and the tuition fee for martial arts training is 30 taels, for a total of 40 taels."

"The miners spent more than 800 meal tickets, and counting the coal mine guard cooks and briquette workers and other food staff, there is no need to make too many statistics this month. The total cost of pure ingredients is [-] taels of silver."

"The cost of labor protection gloves, wooden helmets, mining picks, and poles and baskets add up to 523 taels of silver a month, but because many of them are one-time investments, the amount used in this area will probably be reduced next month. To within 200 taels."

"To sum up, the expenditure part of this month is a total of 12581 taels of silver."

After a pause, Lin Ze continued: "As for the coal produced this month, a total of 2324 million catties was sold, and 4648 taels of silver were recorded, with a net loss of 7933 taels of silver. Then, because mining requires taxes, we still need to pay taxes of about 3333 million catties of coal, or a tax of 6666 taels of silver based on the selling price."

"My suggestion is to give coal, which is equivalent to paying only about 1666 taels of tax. If we calculate this way, our net loss will be about 9600 taels."

"The government can make a lot of profit if it can be sold, or it can be used for its own use if it can't be sold."

"Then in the warehouse, after deducting the tax and the part that has been sold, there are still 1 million catties of coal left."

Lin Ze only counted the expenses of the coal mine, and did not count his own small expenses during the preparatory period. Lin Ze paid for all the money.

For Lin Ze, he directly lost almost 1 taels.

But hearing from Lin Ze that the coal mine had a net loss of 9600 taels a month, the expressions of the three officials present did not change.

This number is similar to the output observed by their confidants in the coal mine.

Because the use and sales of coal have just picked up recently, next month will be the time when coal mine sales will increase significantly.

At that time, it is the day when the real money will be made.

Theoretically speaking, the remaining 6000 million jin of coal in the warehouse can be regarded as their profit.

This is a profit of more than 3000 taels of silver.

And if the profit is calculated based on the output of [-] million catties of coal next month, it is estimated that their income can be doubled or tripled.

"Seeing that we have lost so much, I am relieved. In fact, I was worried that after we made money, other coal mines would spring up like mushrooms after rain."

"At present, even if other coal mines are opened, the number will not be very large. If we continue to claim that the coal mines are not making money or even losing money, it is purely because of people's food and clothing, which will dissuade many forces who want to open coal plants. .”

"In this case, it would be a lot to have more than five large coal mines in the whole Dazhou."

Gao Fei drank his tea and said with a smile.

This huge investment of pure losses in the early stage is not something that ordinary landlords have the courage and capital to do.

Lin Ze has the confidence to turn losses into profits, because internal management is relatively good, and there are many external means to open up the market. Others follow Lin Ze's approach to engage in coal mines, and it is likely that they will continue to lose money.

And if other people do not engage in such large coal mines, they will not lose so much and even make a small amount of money if they only operate small coal mines, but the small output cannot impact the market too much, and there is no pricing power to speak of.

"Zi Yi has worked hard. I look forward to the time when our profits will continue to flow into the account next month. Go ahead and get busy."

Li He said with a smile.

Next, Lin Ze will be busy paying salaries to everyone in the mine, and he will have to be busy for a while.

Liu Pei and Gao Fei also need to lead people to maintain order to ensure that the scene will not be chaotic. Only he, the county magistrate, can sneak in for a while.

Lin Ze nodded and got up to get busy.

The silver taels and copper coins that had been prepared in advance were transported out of the warehouse by carloads, and then Lin Ze led the accountants to start paying the miners salaries.

Everyone who receives the wages will press their fingerprints on the receipt to ensure that they have received it.

Lin Ze spent all his money after being busy until dusk fell.

Starting tomorrow, the entire coal plant will be on holiday for two days. By then, these miners will go home, and it will be time for the coal mine to expand its influence.

This can facilitate coal mines to recruit miners to expand production, and it can also let people know the benefits of coal and continue to expand the use of coal.

And just when Lin Ze was very busy.

On the other side, Xu Sheng, who was in charge of going to Mingyuelou to develop the coal market, had already arrived in Linhai County by boat at this time, and met an elder deacon in Mingyuelou who was in charge of supplying fuel to the mountain gate in a forest farm on the outskirts of the city.

In Mingyue Tower, the disciple status is divided into three types from low to high: outer disciples, official disciples, and inner disciples.

Above this is the middle and high-level elders of the sect.

In addition to the punishment elder who is in charge of enforcing the rules of the sect, the elder who is in charge of teaching martial arts to the disciples of the sect, the elder Baigong who is in charge of the logistics of the sect's industry, and the four absolute high-level elders, the master of Mingyue Building.

The other elders are uniformly deacon elders, who are responsible for listening to the orders of the four senior leaders.

For example, the elder deacon that Xu Sheng is meeting now belongs to the elders of Mingyuelou Baigong.

(End of this chapter)