Chapter 353： Female champion VS dandy 18 ┃ How much is a husband worth?

Feng Ming had government affairs to deal with, and Zhuang Li had to go back to see his sister, so the two parted in front of the Zhuang Mansion.

"Tomorrow I'll go back to the study to read." Zhuang Li stood on the steps and waved.

Feng Ming looked at him reluctantly.

"I have a very poor memory, and I can't memorize an article with a few hundred words for hours. You have to urge me." Zhuang Li smiled brightly.

Feng Ming was stunned for a while, and then he laughed.

"I won't let you go home until you finish memorizing the book." He took the boy's hand.

Zhuang Li stood on tiptoe and quickly kissed the corner of his raised lips, then ran into the house.

Feng Ming stood at the door for a long time before turning back and leaving.

In the yard, Tan Lao was drying the medicine. When he saw Zhuang Li's slightly unnatural gait and the red marks on his neck, he immediately snorted: "Where did you go to be happy yesterday?"

"Have a good time with Feng Ming." Zhuang Li didn't hide it.

Old Tan's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked up and down at his apprentice, with a very surprised tone: "You small body, you and Feng Ming?"

Zhuang Li felt insulted. His skills are at SSS level, and I don't know how stronger he is than Feng Ming. The person who can't stand it is obviously Feng Ming!

Feng Ming almost died on him yesterday.

However, before he could defend himself, Mr. Tan hurried back to the house, took out a white porcelain jar, and instructed: "Go back and wipe yourself. In the future, wipe a little before going to bed every day, so that you can suffer less pain. You are not forced to right?"

"No, I'm with Feng Mingzheng's Bajing, and no one is forcing anyone." Zhuang Li explained seriously.

In this era, a master is equivalent to a father, and he naturally has nothing to say about his father.

Only then did Old Tan breathe a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "That's good, or I'll give you a fake death medicine as a teacher and send you out of Beijing."

Zhuang Li walked forward with a smile and gently hugged Old Qin.

Old Qin pushed him away with disgust on his face, and couldn't help but laugh.

It's good that these two worrying children went together.

After Zhuang Li returned to the room, he fell asleep and woke up at noon. As soon as he got up, he heard his sister's whirring voice, "Brother, brother, give me an idea."

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Li put on his robe and opened the door lazily.

"Brother, did you have a good time last night?" Zhuang Xiaohui pointed at his neck full of red marks.

"Yes, I found a sister-in-law for you, and I will bring it back for you to take a look at." Zhuang Li was afraid of scaring his sister, so he only revealed a little bit of tone.

"Is my sister-in-law so powerful?" Zhuang Xiaohui swallowed.

Through these chaotic traces, she can fully imagine the unrestrained and enthusiastic sister-in-law. Ordinary women don't do this, do they?

"I'm much more powerful than your sister-in-law. He was almost leaked by me—"

Zhuang Li's browsing description was interrupted by Zhuang Xiaohui in time: "Brother, please stop! I'm a girl, are you sure you want me to listen to this?"

"Cough, what's the matter with you coming to me?" Zhuang Li took a sip from the teacup and asked seriously.

"This is a post sent to me by the textile trader. They invited me to go to Liuyunzhai to drink tea and watch a play this afternoon." Zhuang Xiaohui put a beautifully made post on the table.

Zhuang Li immediately guessed the intention of the Chamber of Commerce, and sneered: "They want to collectively pressure you to increase your prices?"

"Yes, our cotton cloth is of good quality and cheap. Almost everyone can afford it. It's been selling like crazy recently. Not only people from all over the city came to our shop to buy cloth, but people in the surrounding towns also heard the news. When I came here, there were a lot of people who had been on the road for a few days and nights. When they bought it, they were carried back in bundles, and some were towed by ox carts. The threshold of our store has been trampled down several times."

Zhuang Xiaohui was both proud and distressed: "In this case, other shops in the city will have no business, so they united to want me to increase the price."

"What do you think?" Zhuang Li did not advise his sister, but guided him step by step.

"I don't raise the price. Our cloth is produced by machines, with large output and low cost. We can still make a profit at this price. Although I can earn more after the price increase, many poor people cannot afford cloth. Seeing that autumn is coming, and winter is coming soon, I want everyone to buy cloth and make clothes to keep out the cold. I want to make money and be worthy of my conscience. "

The more Zhuang Xiaohui spoke, the firmer her tone became, and she had already made a decision.

"If you don't agree with the price increase, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely make moves. Can you guess their next move?" Zhuang Li continued to guide.

"They should join hands to monopolize my supply, and order all the cloth workshops or weaver girls not to sell me the cloth in their hands. But they never imagined that our cloth is produced by machines, and we don't need to go out to buy goods at all. Their monopoly is right I don't work, I'm not afraid of them."

Zhuang Xiaohui sneered disdainfully.

"You don't want to fight back when they attack you?" Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Peace should be the most important thing in doing business. They can't do anything about me, and gradually they give up." The more Zhuang Xiaohui said, the lower her voice was, because her brother's eyes were sharp, and she obviously disagreed.

"When they dealt with you, they didn't think that peace was the most important thing. Their purpose is to kill you. So, why can't you kill them? As long as you operate properly, you can completely destroy 100% of the capital in this confrontation. Seventy or eighty stores."

"Breaking down seven out of ten stores in one go?" Zhuang Xiaohui was startled.

She didn't even dare to think about such a big hand.

However, after the astonishment, she felt a strong sense of pleasure in her heart, as if she would not be able to live without it.

She wanted so much to see the group of men in the Chamber of Commerce who looked down on her kneeling at her feet and weeping bitterly, which reminded her of the scenes of beggars holding her legs and begging when they were dying.

It was at that moment that her spine slowly hardened and straightened.

"Brother, what should I do?" Zhuang Xiaohui's eyes were frighteningly bright.

"The cloth in the shop comes from the cloth workshop, and where does the cloth in the cloth workshop come from?" Zhuang Li pointed out.

Zhuang Xiaohui's eyes became brighter and brighter: "The cloth in the cloth workshop is made of cotton. I understand my brother, they monopolize the source of the cloth, and I can monopolize the cotton! Anyway, we have our own factory, and no matter how much cotton we buy, we are not afraid of wasting it. We can weave it all into cloth and sell it!"

Zhuang Xiaohui banged on the table with her fist, and said in a very excited tone: "I have a monopoly on cotton, so I can continue to produce high-quality and cheap cloth. But the Chamber of Commerce is not sure.

"The quality of the cloth they go to various workshops or the hands of the weaver girl is uneven. The more they buy it, the more rare it is, and the more expensive the price will be. Their cost will be twice, three times, or even more than mine. Ten times. They can't lower the price to sell the cloth, that will only lose all the money. But if they don't lower the price, the people will not go to their shops, because I have enough supplies here, and the people don't have to worry about not having a place to buy cloth.

"After a stalemate for a month, two months, three months, I will only make a lot of money, and the chamber of commerce will have a hard time. Without cotton, the workshops can't produce cloth, and they can't buy goods. , if I don't sell the cloth to them, they will only go out of business! Except for a few shops selling high-end silk, it is very difficult for the rest of the workshops or shops to survive."

Zhuang Xiaohui clasped her palms excitedly: "Brother, after this battle, I will become the most powerful cloth dealer in Beijing, and no one will want to fight with me in the mall in the future!"

She laughed happily for a while, and then her face collapsed: "Brother, the plan is very good, but the problem is that I don't have so much money to monopolize the cotton on the market."

"Brother can borrow money from your sister-in-law, but you will have to pay back a third of the profits to your sister-in-law in the future, will it work?" Zhuang Li spread out the pen and paper.

"Is my sister-in-law so rich?" Zhuang Xiaohui was very surprised, and then shook her head: "No, you and sister-in-law didn't say a word. It's hard to talk about money, it will affect your relationship."

"Your sister-in-law is rich enough to rival the country, this amount of money is nothing to him." Zhuang Li chuckled and whispered while writing on the long note: "I have already met your sister-in-law's elders, don't say eight characters, I Even the raw rice is cooked. If I borrow money from him, he will only be happy because I don't treat him as an outsider."

Zhuang Xiaohui hesitated, "Really?"

"Really, just wait at home and wait at ease."

Zhuang Li handed the note to the concierge.

The concierge immediately rode a fast horse to the palace.

Zhuang Li spread out a piece of paper and said slowly: "It is a very laborious job to peel off cotton seeds by hand. A worker can only handle a few catties of cotton a day, which will greatly slow down your production speed. The machine I am designing now. It is called a cotton gin, which is driven by water and can peel cotton seeds for more than 900 kilograms of cotton a day, but only one person needs to operate it. With it, your production cost will be further reduced, and your production efficiency will be doubled. In such a situation Under the circumstances, ordinary handicraft workshops cannot compete with you at all."

Zhuang Li drew the parts on several sheets of paper, and warned, "Find different carpenters and blacksmiths to build them, and don't let them see the clues. If someone learns from them, your factories and shops will go out of business."

Zhuang Xiaohui nodded again and again, looking at her brother with fervent admiration in her eyes.

On the other end, Feng Ming, who received the note, hurriedly took out the cipher stick and wrapped it around it. After seeing the words that were put together, he couldn't help laughing: "Husband, can you give me some household use?" 】

How much is a "husband" worth?

The answer Zhuang Xiaohui soon knew.

She stared dumbfoundedly at the ten large boxes that Jia Ding carried into the yard. After each box was opened, it would burst out with bright golden light, and it was actually full of gold ingots.

The housekeeper asked Zhuang Xiaohui to count, but she was so frightened that she waved her hands again and again, lest she couldn't bear the huge number.

"Brother, it turns out that my sister-in-law is really rich, but you didn't brag!" She patted her chest and sighed.

After reading the letter sent by Feng Ming, Zhuang Li pointed to the burly men who were carrying the box and said, "These are all the staff lent to you by your sister-in-law. They also have a group of heroes under their command, all of whom are retired soldiers and are very skilled in martial arts. Gao Qiang. With their protection, you can go to major producing areas to buy cotton with peace of mind, without fear of encountering robbers on the road. You can use this batch of gold as you like, but after two years, you have to return it to your sister-in-law with interest. It's not easy for him to run that big business."

"Of course! I will definitely pay back the money to my sister-in-law as soon as possible. It turns out that my sister-in-law is also in business, which is great!" Zhuang Xiaohui immediately rolled up her sleeves and said, "Come on, everyone, help me a little, so I can keep an account and write A loan."

After counting the huge sum of money, Zhuang Xiaohui put on a luxurious dress and went to Liuyunzhai to attend the meeting with great interest.

"What kind of business does a woman do? Showing up all day, being greeted and sent to you, don't be afraid of shame! If I were your father, I would directly break your legs and marry you to a beggar!" This is the face-to-face abuse of the stinky men in the chamber of commerce her words.

She is going to let these people know today that women are not born to marry, and women can also be the richest businessman in Dayan!

Her sister-in-law is her role model!