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Yuan Gang: "Eight buckets is quite a lot. How many nobles are there in the palace, can they finish them all? It's a waste!"
Hu Yanwei waved his hand and said: "It can't be wasted. After this thing is sent to the palace, as long as the quantity is enough to meet the needs of the nobles at any time, others will naturally be divided up. Who can stop those in charge from not tasting it? The palace secretly opened its mouth. He talks a lot, and when he eats something, he turns a blind eye and doesn't say anything. It's not advisable to keep this thing for a long time, it's better than throwing it away if it goes rancid."
"But there is one thing I have to explain first. One thousand gold coins can only be an open account. The person in charge of this matter in the palace, I have to return two hundred gold coins to you. This is what I hinted to you, otherwise things will go wrong. If it doesn’t go so smoothly, it can be regarded as a loss of money and avoidance of disaster, and there will be less trouble in the future.”
Shopkeeper Gao asked suspiciously: "Eight barrels a day, one thousand gold coins a month, isn't it too different from our current selling price?"
Hu Yanwei said contemptuously: "It's only ten thousand gold coins in a year. How can the palace lack such money?"
Yuan Gang: "The price difference between the inside and outside is so big, aren't you afraid that the palace will find out and cause trouble for you?"
Hu Yanwei glared and said, "Can the food in the palace be the same as the food outside? The food for the palace must be the best. Can the despicable things sold outside be eaten by the nobles in the palace?"
Yuan Gang: "I can only do this. I can only sell this kind of tofu. I can't make more noble tofu."
His energy is not used to develop soy products, he will only sell this tofu brain, and he has no plans to do anything else.
"..." Hu Yanwei was speechless, realizing that this person was stubborn.
"Haha!" Shopkeeper Gao couldn't help but laugh. He seemed to understand what Hu Yanwei meant.
Hu Yanwei stretched out his hand to hook Yuan Gang, put his arm around him, and with a beard on his face, he shook his head and said: "Brother, His Majesty the Emperor is not stupid. The price of something so publicly sold cannot be hidden from His Majesty's eyes sooner or later. You know. But it depends on who makes this money. My father was a general and never reached out. Compared with those who easily make hundreds of thousands or millions, no one will say anything about making this small amount of money. , Your Majesty will not say anything."
"I won't talk about anything else. You come from the border army. Some people join forces to resell war horses and want to kill people and silence them. How brave do you have to be? That's huge profits without fear of death. Our business is reasonable and legal. , make some small money that others look down upon, and no one will trouble me. Besides, why should you trouble me? It is normal for the price outside to be low and the price for the palace to be high. It must be necessary to supply food to the palace. It’s better than what’s available outside, who dares to say otherwise?”
"I'm not asking you to make more noble tofu. What you send to the palace must be the freshest, freshly baked, and the workmanship must be clean and meticulous, and you must keep an eye on it. We spent more time on it. More energy and more labor is used, so the product produced in this way is naturally the best. It is reasonable to sell it at a higher price. Who can say anything? If you ask for the same price as the outside price, it is unreasonable. I can smooth the relationship. If you have to spend money, don't you have to repay it? Then why should I ask for a loss and send it to the palace? Do you understand what I mean?"
Yuan Gang is not stupid, how can he not understand when he says this? After going around and talking, there is actually no difference between what is sold into the palace and what is sold outside. It is just an extra explanation. What is sold into the palace is the best!
However, the look in Hu Yanwei's eyes was still a little strange, and I found that this person seemed to be very active in selling tofu. He usually rarely asked about it, and just stayed out of it. With this intervention, a small business was sold to the palace as soon as it was sold. This Not everyone can find a way.
Hu Yanwei naturally wanted to be active. His family had confiscated his profits. Seeing that he could only get 10% from selling such a popular item, he naturally wanted to find a way to increase the sales volume. Naturally, he set his sights on the one in the palace. The biggest tycoon in the world.
To most people, the palace is very mysterious. To him, he knows many people in the palace. Why can't he make reasonable money if it's something convenient
Yuan Gang asked, "Does the General know that you did this?"
The reason why he came to the Huyan family to express his grievances was because he found out that Hu Yanwuhen had a good character, otherwise he would not have dared to go to the Huyan family.
Hu Yanwei asked back: "What do you know? Everyone says delicious food, who can say that people in the palace are not allowed to eat it? The palace has found me and asked me to pay tribute. Can I not obey?"
Come on, Yuan Gang understands, these words must be what this guy used to deal with his father, and Huyan Wuhen probably won’t lose his temper after hearing this!
He finally understood why Hu Yanwuhen only gave his son a sinecure but no real power. He probably knew something about his son's character, so if he was given more power, he would definitely be able to do bigger things.
Shopkeeper Gao added with a smile, "Actually, this tofu, the biggest cost-consuming part is the sugar. Even the sugar sent to the palace can be saved. There is no shortage of sugar in the palace, and the taste is sweet or salty. Think about it. You can add any flavor you want according to your own taste, and we can save a lot of money on the investment!"
Sugar is indeed not a cheap thing these days.
Hu Yanwei's eyes lit up and he gave him a thumbs up, "Lao Gao, I saw you right, you deserve to be named Gao!"
Yuan Gang slightly raised his eyebrows and realized that birds of a feather flocked together, no wonder these two people were in the same group.
Shopkeeper Gao smiled, as if he had been rewarded, and then said: "Third Young Master, recently many people from wealthy families have come over to inquire and ask if we can deliver goods to your door. The meaning is the same as what you just said. The model is similar, but it’s not as frequent as the one in the palace. I hope we can deliver a certain amount to your door every day.”
Hu Yanwei chuckled and said: "Some of my friends also came to me and talked about the same thing. They said that it would be good to eat a little of this stuff for breakfast every morning. They asked me to deliver a certain amount to their homes every day. I am here right now. I want to tell you about this and let you make arrangements."
Shopkeeper Gao said again: "Third Young Master, I have another idea."
"Say!" Hu Yanwei waved his sleeves and felt very cheerful. The key point was that he was in a good mood and had made money.
Shopkeeper Gao said: "I have observed that the capital is so big and our location is so remote. In fact, most people are not willing to travel such a long way to buy because of the trouble! We can transport it in barrels. I suggest setting up points in each section of the capital, and having people send one or two barrels to each point for sale every day. The capital is so big, with so many people and so many restaurants, you can imagine the amount sold. "
Hu Yanwei's eyes shone, and he said with a daydream look on his face: "If the whole capital can eat our tofu, it won't be a problem to make one hundred thousand a year!" Turning around suddenly, he shouted: "Such a good thing, reasonable It's a legal business. If you make money but don't make money, you're a bastard. Why are you dawdling? Get started quickly! Do you know how much money you will lose if you delay for one day?"
He himself seemed a little impatient.
Yuan Gang was puzzled, why did he feel that this person's moral character was a bit like Yuanfang
Shopkeeper Gao said: "Third Young Master, our current manpower can barely cope with the situation at hand. We have to recruit people to deliver it to the palace, let alone sell it all over the capital, which requires more manpower."
"We can recruit people!" Hu Yanwei said, "Do you still need me to teach you?" "We are going to make a lot of money, do we still care about spending these few labor dollars?"
Yuan Gang said: "I will arrange this."
As everyone knows, this is the purpose of selling tofu. His manpower is expected to arrive one after another. He needs reasonable identity arrangements and appropriate methods to arrange them in every corner of the capital to grasp some signs of trouble. In short, no matter whether Master Dao needs it or not, he has to be prepared here in case Master Dao needs it. There is nothing wrong with having one more preparation to be prepared.
He also wanted to find a suitable opportunity to bring it up, but shopkeeper Gao actually brought it up before him, which was better for him!
In fact, he didn't expect this tofu to be so popular at first.
Hu Yanwei asked again: "Is the space enough? This place is remote and the price is cheap. If there is not enough space, I will ask people nearby to move and buy all the surrounding houses. I can find someone to advance the cost first, and wait until there is more space here. Pay it back after you’ve got the money.”
Shopkeeper Gao nodded: "I think it's okay, boss, what do you think?"
Yuan Gang nodded silently, waiting for his people to arrive and need a place to stay.
"Okay, leave this matter to me. Tomorrow I will ask people to talk to the people around me, and try to get them all within three days, so you don't have to worry about it." Hu Yanwei took over the matter with a wave of his hand. Then he asked: "Are there any other difficulties?"
Yuan Gang reminded: "Third Young Master, there are not many people growing soybeans these days. If we make it so big, there will definitely not be enough soybeans in the capital."
Hu Yanwei patted his chest and said, "I will handle this matter. Later I will ask someone to contact soybeans in other places. If it is not enough, we will deal with this year first. Next year I will ask the housekeeper at home to arrange for someone to grow soybeans. How much does it cost?" No matter how much we plant, I don’t believe that no one is planting it even if we pay for it. This is nothing, are there any other difficulties? Let’s talk about it together and deal with it together. I don’t have time to go here every day!”
Shopkeeper Gao reminded again: "Third Young Master, Boss, there is something we have to guard against. The price of our tofu is not high. Only by measuring it can we make a lot of money. We must keep the tofu formula secret! Don't let anyone tell you. He stole business from us."
"Dare! Try it if you are not afraid of death!" Huyan Weibao glared and said with a murderous look on his face: "My tofu has been sold to the palace. Who doesn't know that this tofu is my family's exclusive business? Which bastard dares to steal my business?" Let’s see, if I go out and smash up one house after another, and steal things, is it okay? My Huyan family has always been self-restrained, never reaching out randomly, and doing some reasonable and legal business. Who dares to try to cut off my financial path! I will leave my words here today. Well, this business can only be done by my Huyan family in the entire Qi State. If you don’t know your life or death, you dare to come out to a second family and try it. Do you think that the cavalry of my Huyan family is a vegetarian? "
Yuan Gang glanced at him, he was a typical playboy and a bad boy in the capital! ,.