At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 549: Internal strife and change of mind
Although the villagers were not very interested, Yuan Ang still asked loudly: "Does anyone know about the glass greenhouse in Chang'an City?"

Jiang Wu, grandson of the village head, said with a smile, "Of course I know. I once bought an out-of-season watermelon. I'm not stingy like those people. If I have to choose, I'll choose a big one. I spent 1200 yuan on one watermelon."

At this time, the villagers burst into laughter and said, "That's right. Eating this watermelon will cost you a lot. Your grandfather will chase you around the village and beat you up."

Then some villagers complained: "You are selling it too expensive. Watermelon is now 50 cent for kilograms, and you dare to sell it for cents. This is a hundred times the price. Even unscrupulous merchants don't do this."

Because the villagers in Zhaoli are relatively wealthy, they are interested in the off-season vegetables in Chang'an City, but they find that the prices of these vegetables have increased by dozens of times, and the prices of high-end varieties such as watermelons have increased by 100 times. It's not that they can't afford them at all, but they are farmers and know the prices of these vegetables and fruits better. The price of one coin and three catties of these things has increased by dozens or even a hundred times just because they are produced in winter. They feel that they are being ripped off and naturally will not buy these vegetables.

Although Yuan Ang could not let such a bad reputation fall on himself, he immediately retorted: "At the beginning, the price of off-season vegetables was thousands of coins per pound, and even so, only the princes and nobles of my Han Dynasty could afford it. Now it has dropped to dozens of coins per pound. This is the credit of our farmers. Of course, I am not here to brag about the credit of my farmers, but to give everyone a chance to make a fortune. Do you know how much our farmers sold one acre of glass greenhouse vegetables for this year?"

"How many?"

Yuan Ang said proudly: "I made 80,000 yuan from one acre of land!"

"Wow!" The villagers of Zhaoli were shocked to hear this figure. They could only earn 100 coins at most from growing crops on one acre of land, and no more than 500 coins at most from growing vegetables. The yield of coins per acre shocked them.

"It's impossible that we have been farming for our whole lives and have never earned so much." No one believed it.

Yuan Ang said calmly, "We sell a watermelon for 1200 coins. Can you sell that much if you plant watermelons all over this acre of land?"

The villagers in Zhaoli shook their heads.

"This is the advantage of off-season vegetables. Vegetables grown in spring, summer, and autumn are not valuable, but if you can eat fresh and delicious vegetables when it snows heavily, they are very valuable. The rich people in Chang'an can spend tens of thousands of coins on a meal. Will they care about vegetables that cost tens of coins? They will only care whether these vegetables are fresh and delicious, and whether these vegetables are scarce."

"That makes sense!" The villagers were convinced. Since they were close to Chang'an City, they naturally knew how many rich people there were in Chang'an.

"Nonsense!" At this time a voice came from behind.

"Master Zhao, you are here!"

Fusu looked at Yuan Ang and the others with disdain and sneered, "Are you from a farming family?"

After Yuan Ang and his men took refuge with Xu Aimin, Xu Aimin naturally treated them well. They wore brocade clothes and Confucian hats on their heads. Anyone in the officialdom could tell that they were Confucian scholars. Fusu thought these people were liars because they kept saying that they were farmers.

Yuan Ang saw that Laozi had an extraordinary demeanor when he arrived and immediately bowed and said, "Although I am a Confucian scholar, I am indeed working for the Wu Yue Master of the Nong Family and establishing a farming community for the farmers. Master, if you have read the monthly report of the farmers in the Han Dynasty, you will know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a farmer who has established a farming community in Guanzhong. I am a disciple of the Crown Prince."

Although this made Fusu let go of some of his grudges, he still said, "I also know about the glass greenhouse you are talking about. Three years ago, the price of glass was more than a thousand coins. I am afraid that it would cost hundreds of thousands to build an acre of glass greenhouse. Moreover, glass is fragile and needs to be replaced frequently. Even if the off-season vegetables are really profitable, I am afraid it will be difficult to cover the cost of building a glass greenhouse."

Three years ago, Zhao Wu funded the renovation of the primary school where he originally studied. At that time, Zhaoli Primary School replaced the glass with new ones. Only then did Fusu know the price of glass. It was hundreds of times more expensive than the current window paper screens. He was deeply impressed.

Yuan Ang immediately explained, "The price of glass has dropped in the past two years. Last year, the price of a square meter of glass was 10 coins. Then the court established a glass industrial zone in Pin County. This year, the price has dropped to more than coins. Last year, His Royal Highness built a -acre glass greenhouse, which cost a million coins. This year, the price may only be around or coins."

Fusu sneered, "It will only take a year to get your money back. Why don't you do this business yourself?"

Yuan Ang explained again: "With more off-season vegetables, the price will also drop, but even if the price drops, the annual profit is about 30% to 40%, and the investment can be recovered in three years at most. I plan to build a glass greenhouse in Zhaoli because I see that Zhaoli is wealthy. Your Highness wants to benefit more farmers in Chang'an City, so this road to wealth is handed over to everyone."

"This is not a joke!" When the people in Zhaoli heard that the prices of off-season vegetables would drop, they calmed down. It would cost eighty to ninety thousand yuan to build a glass greenhouse for one acre of land, and the glass was fragile. If it was broken by a kid, the loss would be huge. Of course, the most important thing was the high price. Conservative farmers still didn't dare to spend three years' income to build a one-acre glass greenhouse.

Yuan Ang and his men returned with almost nothing.

On the way, Feng Tangyou said angrily: "We are given some difficult things to do, while those dandy boys can do things that can make meritorious deeds. This is obviously discriminating against poor children like us."

Gao Di said: "Farming is also very important. We are all working for the prince, so why should we distinguish between high and low? We should just treat it as learning."

Feng Tang retorted, "We are from farming families, so if we want to study, we should go to Chang'an. On the contrary, the nobles like Liu Heng should do their best in farming. But you see, we came from the countryside and returned to the countryside, while Liu Heng lived in Chang'an and still worked in Chang'an. Is this fair?"

Although Feng Tang did not come from a high-class family, he had a very straightforward temper. His words chilled the atmosphere in the group to the freezing point. Why bother to reveal something that everyone already knew?

Gongshu Qi was unconvinced and said, "It's fine if you say you are from a poor family, but my grandfather was a founding marquis of the Han Dynasty, and my Gongshu family is a wealthy family in the Han Dynasty."

Feng Tang said disdainfully, "A wealthy family that has never produced a founding hero among the Nine Ministers, and a 2000-stone official? If you were really a wealthy family, why didn't Liu Heng and his men try to win you over?"

Feng Tang's ancestors were also wealthy. His grandfather was a general of the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty conquered Zhao, his father moved to Dai. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he moved to Anling. His family was also a family of generals, so he was not afraid of the Gongshu family.

Feng Tang really has a sharp tongue. He immediately hit upon the pain point of the Gongshu family. Although their ancestor Gongshu Chou was highly valued by the emperor, the Gongshu family had no successors. Their family had been operating in the factories and workshops of the Han Dynasty, and had never produced a high-ranking official. In addition to their status as craftsmen, the Gongshu family was the most self-abased among the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty. After his ancestor passed away, the emperor rarely came to their Gongshu family.

Now the third generation of the Gongshu family has gone to the extreme and the more inferior they feel the more they want to show off their aristocratic status. The third generation of the Gongshu family has joined Confucianism, Legalism, Agriculture, novelists, celebrities, and even the School of Enriching the People, but few of them are willing to pick up axes and planes to do carpentry work. The family craft has been abandoned by them.

But the Gongshu family didn't expect that what Xu Fan was interested in was the carpentry skills of the Gongshu family. The three generations of the Gongshu family had aristocratic habits, which made Xu Fan think that the Gongshu family had no successors, and after giving them wealth, he no longer cared about them.

If he had not been chosen by Zhang Pijiang this time, the Gongshu family would have completely declined in a few years. The prince saw Gongshu Qi as coming with the glorious mission of reviving the family. Feng Tang hit him a bit this time, and he hit him in the face. Gongshu Qi glared at him.

Yuan Ang shouted, "We are the weakest people. Do you still want to start an internal conflict and be kicked out by His Highness?"

Yuan Ang was born in a poor family among these people. His grandfather was a thief during the chaotic period at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He happened to catch up with Xu Fan's uprising against the Qin Dynasty. His poor family background turned out to be an advantage. His grandfather joined the Han army in Jiujiang County. If he had kept it up, maybe his family could have become one of the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty. However, his grandfather had a strong habit of banditry and was expelled from the Han army when the Han Dynasty was cutting down the mountains. This became the most regrettable thing for the Yuan family. Xu Fan destroyed the tyrannical Qin Dynasty and established the Han Dynasty, but the Yuan family lost the opportunity to make a breakthrough. It was precisely because of his grandfather's failure that Yuan Ang cherished this opportunity very much.

He looked at Feng Tang and said, "You are short-sighted. What's wrong with farming? Don't you see the attitude of His Highness towards Master Wu? He really regards Master Wu as his own teacher. I also heard that when His Highness was in middle school, the emperor took Master Wu to teach him. If we rely on Master Wu, we will definitely be valued by His Highness."

Then Yuan Ang said: "Now we have to find a way to build this glass greenhouse and complete the task of building a 1000-acre glass greenhouse that His Highness has assigned to us."

Gao Di shook his head and said, "This task is difficult. 1000 acres of glass greenhouses cost nearly million yuan. Where can we find such a large sum of money? Even the richest Zhao Li is unwilling to join. Even if other villagers want to join, they don't have the money."

Yuan Ang suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I have forgotten how Yangshuli was built. It is difficult for the villagers to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars, but for the wealthy merchants of our Han Dynasty, hundreds of millions of dollars are nothing."

Then Yuan Ang looked at the wealthy Zhao Li in the distance and snorted coldly: "If you don't want the wealth and honor given to you, you will regret it in the future."

After this lesson, Yuan Ang felt that it would be best to build the glass greenhouse in one place. With a good demonstration, others would naturally learn from it.

On the 15th day of the seventh month in the 31st year of the Han calendar, at Shanglin Garden in Guanzhong.

As the prince's attendant, Yuan Ang summoned more than a dozen wealthy businessmen from Guanzhong to the Shanglinyuan glass greenhouse base.

Yuan Ang pointed at the glass greenhouse and said, "This is the glass greenhouse that the prince built to solve the problem of Chang'an people eating vegetables in winter. Don't be fooled by its simplicity, but it can provide thousands of kilograms of off-season vegetables and watermelons every day in winter. Last year, this glass greenhouse earned 78 yuan."

Wei Tuo was surprised and asked, "How come you made 78 yuan from just this little bit of land?"

They naturally knew that glass greenhouses could make money, but the amount of money made was too outrageous. You should know that two of these people had seen glass greenhouses before. Of course, they only had a few acres of land in their own gardens for their relatives and friends to use. But based on the situation of their few acres of land, it was impossible for them to make so much money?
Then Yuan Ang took out the account book of the glass greenhouse base and showed it to the merchants. They circulated it immediately and calculated the costs. They were businessmen with rich experience and soon realized that the account book was real. Such a glass greenhouse actually had a profit of nearly 80%, which was almost close to maritime trade.

Yuan Ang said: "The prince plans to build a 1000-acre glass greenhouse base near Chang'an City to meet the winter vegetable needs of the people of Chang'an City. This is a very profitable business. I plan to unite you all to join. Your Highness the prince will provide the land and the farmers will manage it. You will provide million yuan to build a -acre glass greenhouse, and the profits will be divided % and %."

These merchants are self-aware that they will definitely not get a share of the seven, but they can only make 30% profit for their investment, and some of them don't make much money with such a small profit.

Wei Tuo said: "Glass greenhouses are not difficult to build. They have been in Chang'an City for decades. We only contribute 30% of the money. Isn't Mr. Yuan too much?"

Yuan Ang smiled calmly and said, "As you all know, glass greenhouses have only been around for more than a decade. How can anyone make so much money? Your Highness can make so much money by relying on the skills of farmers. Do you have this technology? If you really want to make 80% profit, are the wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City stupid? They have entered this industry a long time ago."

Many wealthy businessmen nodded, the production capacity of the prince’s glass greenhouse was indeed several times higher.

But they calculated that their share was too small and they still didn't make any money. If they could earn 1000 million yuan from 7800 mu, 2300% would be 4 million yuan, and it would take them 5- years to get their money back. The sharp price fluctuations in the Han Dynasty in recent years also told these people a truth: when a luxury item appears in large quantities, its price will definitely plummet like a flood. If this happens, it may not be able to recover for ten years. At this time, there was no business opportunity in the Han Dynasty that could not recover for ten years. Even if it was a bank, people could get % interest a year.

Wei Tuo and the others shook their heads and said, "The profit is too low. We would rather deposit the money into the bank. That way, we can at least get 15 million yuan a year. We want at least 45% of the shares."

Yuan Ang said: "Forty percent is my bottom line. If you are unwilling to cooperate, I will go to Kaifaqianzhuang to borrow money. With the status of the prince, it will not be a problem to lend 100 million yuan."

Wei Tuo and his team quickly calculated that a 2000% stake would mean million coins. Even if the profit dropped a little later, it would not drop too much. After all, Chang'an City is a metropolis with a population of over a million. The salary of most people in this city is more than coins. Even if they only buy a few kilograms of vegetables worth dozens of coins during the Spring Festival, that is still a production capacity of several million kilograms. Thousands of acres of glass greenhouses will not reduce the profit in this market too much.

Wei Tuo said: "We have one last request, which is that this glass greenhouse project must be established as a company and listed on a fair exchange. In an open and transparent manner, we must ensure that our interests will not be encroached upon by the internal affairs department. We must also hold a shareholders' meeting and we have the right to supervise."

Yuan Ang said: "Yes, but you have to act quickly. It is already mid-July. We need to complete the site selection and construction of the glass greenhouse base, and plant watermelon seedlings and other vegetables before mid-August."

Wei Tuo said: "We can act separately. We will prepare to go to the stock exchange for listing, and Yuan Sheren will be responsible for building the glass greenhouse base."

Yuan Ang nodded in agreement.

The 31st year of the Han calendar, July 17th, Guanzhong, Duli.

"Dulili Chief Qin Jiang and Pavilion Chief Huang Lei pay their respects to Mr. Yuan!" Qin Jiang and Huang Lei saluted.

Yuan Ang said: "The court wants to build a greenhouse base of 200 acres in Duli and recruit 200 local farmers to build glass greenhouses and grow off-season vegetables. You are lucky. The farmers recruited will work for the court."

The reason why Yuan Ang chose Duli as the base for the glass greenhouse was because Duli was close to Zhengguo Canal and there was a large amount of land belonging to the imperial court. He did not think about cooperating with farmers for the time being. The key was to do this job well.

"Thank you, Mr. Yuan, for the promotion!" Qin Jiang and Huang Lei were not as arrogant as the common people in Zhaoli. It was a godsend that the imperial court found them a job.

Yuan Ang and his team acted quickly. After Wei Tuo and his team received the money, they immediately purchased glass and steel frames and directed the farmers in Duli to start building a glass greenhouse.

On August 23, after more than a month of working day and night, the Duli Glass Greenhouse was completed. Thousands of acres of land were covered with silvery glass. It even became a scenic spot in Chang'an and attracted many middle-class people in Chang'an to come here for sightseeing.

The people of Duli have not yet reaped the benefits of off-season vegetables, but have reaped the benefits of tourism first, and each family has made thousands of dollars just by entertaining the tourists from Chang'an.

Wei Tuo completed the listing process. The glass greenhouse project was called Nei Shi Vegetable Company. Of the 7000 million yuan raised, Wei Tuo and his team contributed 3000 million yuan, and the remaining million yuan was raised in the stock market. Because of last year's example, many people bought these stocks. Of course, the stock price was not too high. After all, the construction cost of the glass greenhouse was too high, and everyone was afraid of a value collapse like the sugar industry.

After the glass greenhouse was built, under the direction of the farmer's technicians, they began to plant seeds of various vegetables and watermelon seedlings.

In mid-November, when the highest temperature in Guanzhong began to drop to single digits, frost began to fall at night, and Neishi's off-season vegetables began to be put on the market in large quantities. A large number of off-season vegetables began to be supplied in the East Market and the West Market. Even with a hundred-fold expansion, the off-season vegetables in Chang'an were still in short supply. There were even shops in Chang'an that only sold these off-season vegetables. The glass greenhouse project made 3000 million yuan that month. When this financial statement appeared in the stock market, it caused a huge sensation. The stocks of Neishi Vegetable Company soared and doubled.

(End of this chapter)