Chapter 83 Sugar
In just three days, Liu Xin refined the beets into sugar. He reprocessed all the frosting sugar and turned it into granulated sugar.
In total, he got more than 2,500 kilograms (small kilograms) of white sugar and put it in the backyard warehouse. There was still a little beet left that he had not used up. This much white sugar was enough. The remaining beet could be used as a vegetable in the winter. He
As long as we can sell more than two thousand kilograms of white sugar, the money will be enough.
With 2,500 kilograms of white sugar, the sugar yield is about 11%, which Liu Xin is very satisfied with. Liu Xin asked his servants to feed all the beet pulp to the cows and pigs.
When Liu Xin got the sugar, she immediately wanted to exchange it for money to buy food or weapons.
We can't think about food. Now all the big forces in the city are keeping an eye on it, and there's nowhere to buy it. We can consider buying weapons.
Speaking of weapons, the largest producer of weapons in the world is Jixian County of Yan State, but Jixian County is too close to Zhuoxian County, and Liu Xin was unwilling to go to Jixian County to buy weapons.
He asked Zhou Tai to hide all the candies, and then left the villa and walked into the city alone. When he arrived at his store, he saw Zhang Xiao and a girl looking after the store.
"Master, you are here!" Zhang Xiao was very happy when he saw Liu Xin coming back and greeted him with a smile.
"Well! Where are the people from Weihai?"
Wei Hai was sent by Liu Xin to help Zhang Xiao, and the little girl next to Zhang Xiao was Wei Hai's daughter.
"He is selling braised pork. Master, since [Thirteen Fragrances] has been used up, many people are not used to the seasonings you prepared, and our business has dropped a lot.
The bean paste was sold out a few days ago, but the taste of the bean paste is even worse. Yesterday we only sold four braised chickens for 2,000 yuan, and the liver soup business is only half of what it was before." Zhang Xiao said unhappily.
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"Well, I get it! You've done a very good job. Let's keep it this way. We are not short of money now. We can sell whatever we can. Have you found the person I asked you to check quietly?" Liu Xin looked at Zhang Xiao and asked
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"I checked. Liu Bei belongs to the first family in Liujia Village in the south of the city. He is 24 years old this year. He has worked as a ranger in various places in Yannan for several years. He married his wife three years ago and now has no children. The family makes straw sandals and straw mats.
Making a living from hemp rope.
Liu Bei was a loyal man. He learned martial arts while studying abroad when he was young. He collected jute, sisal, etc. from the mountains every day. Liu Bei's wife and mother soaked the jute and braided the hemp into ropes to make straw sandals and mats. Because for many years, there was no quality product.
Even if it's not good, the family can survive.
It's just the head of the family. I heard that Liu Bei's martial arts skills are at most about the same as those of Wang Huyuan. Why do you keep staring at a straw sandal seller?" Zhang Xiao looked at Liu Xin with a puzzled look.
"You will know this later, Liu Bei is not an ordinary person. Who are the others besides Liu Bei?" Liu Xin continued to ask.
"I have asked around about Guan Yu, but there is no one named Guan Yu in the city. But I found Jian Yong. He is the eldest son of the Jian family in the city, and now works as a scribe in the inner city. Jian Yong is 18 years old this year." Zhang Xiao told Liu Xin
said.
Liu Xin originally wanted to poach Liu Bei early and bring Jian Yong over, but he gave up the idea after learning that Jian Yong was a child of a noble family. The second master Guan should not show up until next year.
When they arrived at Zhang's shop, both Wang Qingxun and Wang Xiaohua were there. When Peng Chengzong saw Liu Xin, he saluted Liu Xin and called Mr. Liu. Although he was Wang Qingxun's apprentice, he was just a servant who was taken in. Now Wang Qingxun has to rely on Liu Xin.
Damn it, how could he be disrespectful to Liu Xin.
"Liu Xin, you are here. Xiaohua was still talking about you just now? Are you coming to the cloth store to buy cloth today?" Wang Qingxun looked at Liu Xin and asked with a smile.
"I don't have one..." When Wang Xiaohua heard her father say this, she blushed and went to the backyard.
In the past three months, Liu Xin bought more than 20 pieces of cloth from Zhangjia Cloth Village. Only then did he prepare clothes, bedding and other daily necessities for more than 500 people in the village. He spent more than 100,000 yuan and almost caught up.
The construction cost of Qilin Villa has been paid.
This had to make Liu Xin lament how expensive things were in this world. He had only taken in 500 victims. If he had to raise 500 soldiers, it would be unimaginable how much it would cost.
"Uncle Wang, I came here today to ask you something!" Liu Xin said.
"Then let's talk in the backyard! Chengzong, you are optimistic about the shop." Wang Qingxun said and took Liu Xin to the backyard.
"I have some sugar in my hand and I want to sell it. Uncle Wang, do you have a way?" Liu Xin asked.
"Sugar? Is the amount large?" Wang Qingxun asked curiously.
"Thousands of catties!" Liu Xin whispered back.
"...How come there are so many! All the sugar business in our Zhuo County is in the hands of the aristocratic family headed by the Lu family. If it is less than ten kilograms, it is okay, but if it is more than a thousand kilograms, it can only be sold to other places!
Ji County cannot use so much sugar, Jizhou has always been wealthy, but selling so much sugar will definitely cause changes in market sugar prices." Wang Qingxun frowned.
"Yes, that's why I came to ask Uncle Wang if there is anything you can do." Liu Xin asked.
"I know some people who can take over white sugar, but it's only a few kilograms at most. Can you tell me where this sugar comes from?" Wang Qingxun asked solemnly. He is also a stable person, so Liu Xin came to ask him.
"I did it myself!" Liu Xin said.
Wang Qingxun was silent, lowering his head as if thinking hard, and Liu Xin was not in a hurry to wait.
"If you don't want to cause trouble with this sugar, there are only two places where you can take action." Wang Qingxun thought for a while and said.
"Uncle Wang, please tell me!"
"The first one is the Zhen family in Wuji County, Zhongshan. Although the Zhen family has done business all over the world for the family, and although the ranking of the four wealthy businessmen is not as good as that of the Wei family, their wealth is the highest in the world. If you have long-term business cooperation with the Zhen family, it is best
suitable.
The second is the Mi family in Qu County, Donghai County, Xuzhou. They are also one of the four richest merchants in the world. They mainly do business in cloth, tea, and sugar. If you cooperate with them, the price of your sugar will not be too high." Wang Qingxun said.
"If I want this sugar, it will be easy to get hundreds of thousands of kilograms of sugar every year in the future. It would be best if we could cooperate for a long time. Uncle Wang, which one of these two companies do you think is better to cooperate with?" Liu Xin knew that his understanding of the world was different from that of Wang Qingxun.
It was far from enough, so he asked directly.
"The Zhen family is mainly involved in the horse and iron business. The Mi family in Xuzhou is far away from us. It would be safer if we trade with them." Wang Qingxun thought for a moment and said.
"Thank you Uncle Wang for your advice. I will go to Qu County, Donghai County, Xuzhou tomorrow!" Liu Xin said.
"Liu Xin..., you are developing very rapidly now, so you still have to be careful.
The background of the various aristocratic families in the city is beyond your imagination. If they want to target you, you will not be able to survive in Zhuoxian County.
This time... let me accompany you to Xuzhou! None of your generals or nursing staff can handle this matter." Wang Qingxun said.
Liu Xin nodded, 2,500 kilograms of white sugar, this is not a small amount. If he successfully connects with the Mi family or the Zhen family, it will be of great significance to Liu Xin in the future, but establishing a relationship with the Mi family will not be ignored.
Chapter completed!