eurekapd Chapter 157 Deadline
Chapter 157 Deadline
"Hmm..." Fu Ming thought for a moment, "It should be possible. Those 10,000 small bottles can be counted as 10 coins each, which is 100 taels of silver. My subordinates sent nearly 500 bottles of snake oil today. How much should this be counted as?"
"How much money did you spend on the acquisition?" Zhou Chang had no idea.
Fu Ming stretched out three fingers from his sleeves.
Zhou Chang understood that it meant three hundred taels, but after all, it was difficult to calculate, so he could only say, "If we increase the price by ten times, how much is one bottle? It's not too much, right?"
"Then let's calculate it based on the cost price of ten taels of silver per bottle. I understand." Fu Ming agreed without any hesitation.
“However, the five hundred bottles will have to be mixed into this batch of snake oil, otherwise we may not be able to get enough to make ten thousand bottles.” Fu Ming added in a low voice.
"Of course, but it's not that different, right?" Zhou Chang was worried. Although he was just making up the numbers, he couldn't really treat the soldiers fighting on the battlefield in the front badly.
"No. I have already estimated it yesterday, so these 500 bottles will be enough." Fu Ming was very sure.
"That's good." Zhou Chang finally felt relieved.
Fu Ming bowed and was about to leave: "In that case, I will leave first. I still need to hand over the snake oil that was shipped here today."
"Ah, Manager Fu, we still have some stock of this snake oil, right?" Zhou Chang asked.
"The inventory of Jade Skin Cream has never been moved. There is always enough." Fu Ming had a confident smile on his face.
Zhou Chang also laughed with satisfaction: "That's great. After this, I'm sure the Jade Muscle Cream will make a fortune. From now on, the marketing rights of snake oil in the entire Lin Kingdom will belong to us."
"Yes, Your Majesty is wise." Fu Ming praised Zhou Chang sincerely.
After Fu Ming left, Zhou Chang sat down and silently calculated the income in his mind.
He earned a total of 30,000 taels of silver. After deducting the 6,000 taels he had to pay to the Yuan family for the snakes, the remaining amount was for labor. On the first day of killing the snakes, he actually only spent 30 taels of silver. The imperial guards and experienced craftsmen each spent 10 taels, totaling 600 taels.
The next day, including the day and night, there were sixty imperial guards and masters in total, and each person received forty taels of silver, totaling two thousand four hundred taels of silver.
Today is the third day, and the total number of people has increased to one hundred, and each person gets twenty taels. No, it can't be calculated that way. People who have worked for two consecutive days cannot be given only twenty taels.
Just as he thought of this, Zhou Chang saw that a group of imperial guards were about to leave from the direction of the oil refinery on the west side.
"Hey, where are they going? Monkey, hurry up and stop them." Zhou Chang called the skinny monkey to stop them quickly.
The skinny monkey quickly ran down the stands and ran to the west.
After a while, the imperial guard supervisor Tang Mao ran over following the skinny monkey.
As soon as Tang Mao stepped onto the stands, he scared Zhou Chang.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yi." Tang Mao had dark circles under his eyes and a scruffy beard, making him look much more aged.
Zhou Chang also knew that this was tiring, but there was nothing he could do, and he didn't beat around the bush: "Tang Duwei, don't let your people go back, let them hold on for another day. One day should be enough, this is the last day."
"Your Highness Prince Yi, Commander Sun has already transferred a group of people here to allow the soldiers to have a short rotation. Otherwise, the soldiers really can't hold on any longer." Tang Mao just wanted to go back and take a short rest. Even in a war, there are breaks from time to time. There is no reason to fight for two consecutive days and a whole night.
"I understand and I understand, but the court is in a hurry and there is nothing I can do." Zhou Chang was also conflicted. "Tang Duwei, you can rotate, but you can only take a short break and can't just leave. Without manpower, this batch of snake oil cannot be completed on time. In addition, I will give fifty taels of silver to each of the soldiers who have persisted for two days today, so that they can hold on a little longer."
Fifty taels of silver?
Prince Yi's reputation of "leaving traces when the wind blows and plucking feathers when the wild geese pass by" has spread far and wide.
Tang Mao began to feel like he was dreaming. His tired and lifeless eyes lit up again: "So, so, Your Highness..."
I didn’t know what to say for a moment.
My body is exhausted and I just want to lie down and have a good sleep, but my spirit is refreshed and ready to work again.
Zhou Chang understood: "Tang Duwei just needs to convey the message, and then take the people to rest for a while, the silver will be distributed later."
Tang Mao had no doubt about this. The silver Zhou Chang promised yesterday was paid out the very next day. At night, Zhou Chang said a word and the other twenty taels were also paid.
The entire imperial guards, regardless of whether they had heard of Prince Yi's reputation before, looked at Zhou Chang with new eyes.
"Yes, I'll do it right away." Tang Mao bowed deeply and left with a much lighter pace than when he came.
Zhou Chang looked at Tang Mao's back and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What she did was somewhat of an overcompensation, but the money did not compensate her for being a worker in her previous life.
But no matter what, this way I can feel at ease.
Zhou Chang turned around and counted on his fingers.
In order to speed up the work, labor expenses continue to increase, and I don’t know if there will be any profit if this continues.
After calculating over and over again, I still can't figure it out. Either I feel it's enough, or I feel it's exceeded.
Finally gave up with mixed feelings.
If you want to accomplish something, you can't be too concerned about money.
Zhou Chang squinted his eyes, put his hands on the pergola and looked into the distance.
Fifty big black pots were already burning on the parade ground.
The "math idiot" had unknowingly spent the entire morning in a daze. The progress of refining snake oil on the West Campus had obviously accelerated, but by noon, there was still no sign of being completed on time.
The skinny monkey went to the imperial kitchen for a walk, and when he came back he brought back several large boxes of food, but he was quite dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, you have been very generous these days, throwing money out like water. But you know what people outside say, that you are just being generous to His Majesty, and that you can be so generous with money, and we don't know how much you have hidden away."
"They have big mouths, and we can't stop them. Let them talk." Zhou Chang was already tired from not getting enough sleep. He was in no mood to care about anything, and he had no appetite. "I need to take a rest. If you're hungry, eat first."
Gao Yuan still didn't say much and glanced at the skinny monkey.
Skinny Monkey also knew what the situation had been like in the past two days, so he didn't try to persuade him much.
Zhou Chang half-lying and half-leaning on the chair, listening in a daze to the sound of the skinny monkey wolfing down his food. In a trance, he actually felt a little envious. People who can eat, drink and sleep are truly blessed people.
She couldn't do it in her previous life, and she still can't do it in this life.
Before I knew it, I didn’t know how much time had passed, and I didn’t know whether I had fallen asleep or not. When I looked up again, I suddenly saw the red sun beginning to set in the west.
I vaguely heard a group of people coming from the west gate.
Zhou Chang was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. He stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.
Deadline reached? "Take it one step at a time, and if it doesn't work out, give up halfway;
If you write one chapter, it counts as one chapter. If you really can’t do that, write half a chapter.”