Crossing Wu Dalang starts from selling cakes

Chapter 384 Payment in installments?

Wu Zhi said with a smile: "It's natural. There must be a market for ice cubes. At that time, not only the courtiers will buy them, but also the people of the Song Dynasty. There are so many people in the Song Dynasty. If we can sell ice cubes to them, not only It can solve their burning problem and make a lot of money."

"However, we have to make enough money from these officials and rich merchants from Bianjing to make money from the common people."

Song Huizong: "What are you going to do?"

Wu Zhi: "If we sell together, the price for the common people will be much lower, and the price for the officials will be more expensive. If the officials know that I sell to the common people cheaply, they will not buy from me. They can buy ice cubes from the private sector. So I'll do a pre-order sale on them first!"

"Secondly, there are those merchants. There are still many rich merchants in Bianjing, and they can also be sold to them at the same time."

Hearing Wu Zhi's words, Song Huizong nodded: "At that time, you can earn a lot of money again!"

Wu Zhi: "This summer, there are at least tens of millions of taels of ice alone, not to mention that I also made mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes!"

"Oh? And this thing, how is the effect?"

"Very good!" Wu Zhi took out a plate of mosquito-repellent incense, lit it and showed it to Song Huizong. After hearing it, Song Huizong was a little surprised: "King Yan, this is for repelling mosquitoes? This is clearly incense!"

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "So this product is also easy to sell, not only repelling mosquitoes, but also very fragrant!"

Song Huizong held the mosquito-repellent incense, and the mosquito-repellent incense was circled in black. Song Huizong exclaimed: "King Yan, you really have it, and you can make it out! I really admire it!"

Song Huizong spoke the truth. Since he came into contact with Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi has been refreshing his understanding of the world.

He sometimes doubts whether Wu Zhi is human or not.

Or whether he is in this world or not.

However, Song Huizong felt that this possibility was unlikely, and he could only say that Wu Zhi was a strange person.

"Your Majesty, these are all small gadgets, and there will be more things that can change Da Song in the future."

"Well, well, King Yan, I will support you in everything you do, as long as you want to do it."

Song Huizong affirmed Wu Zhi.

With Song Huizong's words, basically Wu Zhi can do whatever he wants in the future.

Anyway, the Department of Commerce has a lot of materials, craftsmen, and various materials, and has gathered many high-end talents in the Song Dynasty.

They were all controlled by Wu Zhi for his use.

Wu Zhi can let go of it.

Next.

All Wu Zhi had to do was wait.

When the courtiers run out of ice, they will naturally find Moo-sik.

Now some courtiers have approached Wu Zhi to discuss the matter of ice.

However, after distributing the first batch of ice cubes, Wu Zhi said that there were fewer ice cubes.

In short, it's all about his words.

Some courtiers asked for ice and were willing to pay.

Seeing this, Wu Zhi said the price.

Some courtiers were also a little startled.

After all, this is really a lot. Ice on the river in winter is very worthless. After all, isn’t it just water?

It's just that there is no ice in summer, so when there is such demand in such a season, the price will naturally be higher.

A courtier said: "King Yan, can this ice be cheaper! In fact, our Song Palace and the people also have ice cellars!"

Ok?
Hearing this, Wu Zhi also nodded, he understood this.

There were ice cellars in the Song Dynasty, but Wu Zhi's products are still popular, why?

Because he has a large amount.

It was produced in summer, while those in the Song Dynasty were stored in winter, which ordinary people could not afford.

In the Song Dynasty, there were underground ice cellars and ice wells.

Not only that, the Song Dynasty also had a lot of ice cellars, and the palace had large ice cellars, and in summer, the officials would give ice to concubines and ministers.

But it is limited after all!

There are small ice cellars among the people, and the owner of the ice cellar hires people to break ice in the river in winter, carry it back to the ice cellar, and store it in the ice cellar, and then transport it out and sell it for money when the weather is hot.

The ice cubes will melt soon after leaving the ice cellar. In order to solve this problem, the cold drink shop in the Song Dynasty also has a double-layered large wooden barrel with a base on the bottom and a round lid on the top. Once released, it will not melt for two or three days.

When the cold drink is ready, use this large wooden barrel to refrigerate.When not refrigerated, the wooden barrel can also be used as an air conditioner.

Put one in each of the four corners of the room, and open the lid to let air-conditioning come out to cool down.What needs to be explained is that this double-layer large ice bucket was not the first creation of the people of the Song Dynasty. It existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was called Bingjian at that time.

The storage of ice was indeed because the summer in the Song Dynasty was too hot.

Ye Mengde, a native of the Song Dynasty, wrote in the book "Summer Records": "It's very hot this year, and I heard that there are many people who fainted and died on the roads and cities." This sentence means: This summer is very hot, some people walk He suffered from heat stroke and fell to the ground with a "plop", unable to wake up again.

Ye Mengde is not exaggerating. According to "Chinese Meteorological History", the temperature in the Song Dynasty was higher than it is now. The average temperature in the Song Dynasty for 300 years was two degrees Celsius higher than today, and the highest temperature in summer can reach 45 degrees Celsius.

If a person's resistance is too low and there are no protective measures, it is entirely possible to die of heat.

Speaking of the high temperature in the Song Dynasty, there is another evidence.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin soldiers frequently invaded the south of the Yangtze River, burning, killing and looting, committing all kinds of crimes, and the crimes they committed are too numerous to write down.But in terms of time, there is a rule for this group of golden soldiers.

Rarely attack in summer, why?Afraid of the heat!In fact, the summer in the Kingdom of Jin is also very hot, but it is dry and hot, which is easy to resist. However, the Southern Song Dynasty is located in the south of the Huaihe River, with a lot of water vapor, which is humid and hot. The heat is unbearable, and the breathing is difficult, as if several layers of soggy sweaters and pants are tightly wrapped around the body.

In the third year of Song Gaozong Jianyan, it is said that an inexperienced army from the Kingdom of Jin crossed the Yangtze River in the sixth month of the lunar calendar and was about to attack Nanjing. As a result, 2000 people died of heat on the road.

The remaining Jin soldiers were terrified, and hurried back home, and 700 people died of heat on the way back.

One can imagine how hot the weather is!

Although the palace has an ice cellar, it is not enough to be honest.

And it's not the hottest time yet, so Song Huizong didn't mobilize. He didn't know that Wu Zhi could actually make ice until Wu Zhi's ice cubes were delivered.

Now the ministers are enough, as long as they can buy.

You know, those ice cubes in the ice cellar are not enough for so many people to use up a summer.

If you want to use ice for the whole people, you can only use the mass-produced products made by Wu Zhi in the summer, and there is not enough storage in winter.

So many courtiers still look for Wu Zhi to buy.

After all, there are ice cubes at home, so my wife, relatives, and myself can enjoy a cool summer.

Although the conditions of these officials are good, even if there is no ice, they will be much better than ordinary people, but a better life is the enjoyment that people pursue.

The ministers approached Wu Zhi one after another, so Wu Zhi proposed another plan, that is, all the ice cubes in the summer for the next five years will be wrapped for them.

Of course, some courtiers really might not be able to come up with so much cash after cheating them before, and these Wu Zhi had already thought about it.

Those who can only take out a small amount of money can pay on credit and pay in installments. This account is calculated on the court's account, which means that what they owe is the money from the court. Don't worry if they don't pay it back. It's simple, it's directly deducted from the salary, and besides, who really dares to owe money to the court?

No one has ever been so bold.

And there is interest on these. People who can't pay the money have to pay four points of interest per year, which is already very low.

Wu Zhi also considered their situation enough, some people didn't want to pay more interest, so they would do it all at once.

Of course, this time there is no official name of offering to heaven, so they will not offend the official, this is truly free.

The last time the watermelon was sold, it was a cooperation between the government and the bookkeeping. This time, Wu Zhi bought and sold freely.

If they don't want to, forget it.

It's just that other officials have made a decision, but your family doesn't have one. Is it embarrassing?

They are also officials in the court, or even a level. They are used by others, but you can't afford it?It will inevitably be inferior to other people when it is spread out. You must know that officials are also very particular.

It doesn't matter if your superiors have it, but your subordinates don't. We are all at the same level, and we can't lose this invisible comparison.

It's like if you have a car, I also need it. If you have a house, I also need it. Why do you have ice cubes?I can't be worse, can I?

Wu Zhi wasn't afraid that they wouldn't sell it, and besides, the weather in the Song Dynasty was really hot.Standing on the palace square on a hot day, looking at the scorching hot sun in the sky, if you stand for a long time, you will be sunburned to death.

This made Wu Zhi sympathize with the guards standing around, sweating profusely, wearing thick armor, holding weapons to guard the safety of the palace.

Dedicated!
As the king of Yan, Wu Zhi naturally didn't have to suffer this kind of suffering.

In this kind of weather, if they don't buy it, Wu Zhi won't sell it. It depends on who can survive. Anyway, Wu Zhi is not short of money. He does this with the idea that more money is better. That's right.

Of course, Wu Zhi would not really let them go, so he found Cai Jing, Cai Jing, who was caught by Wu Zhi's tail, how dare he not listen to him.

I had no choice but to book another five years, Cai Jing really wanted to cry without tears.

A group of people saw that Cai Jing had made reservations, and rich officials who were not short of the money also made reservations, which formed a custom of making reservations.

"King Yan, I have ordered ice for five years!"

"Yan Wang, I also want five years!"

"Uh... King Yan, I'm short on cash, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford five years' worth of money, can you give me less?"

"It's easy if you can't take it out, you can take a loan and pay in installments..."

"Loan? Pay in installments?" Wu Zhi said modern vocabulary, and these people could understand it roughly, but they didn't know how to make a loan.

In the end, Wu Zhi would tell them what to do, and many people were willing to accept it.

After all, they were senior officials of the Song Dynasty!
Even if they don't have it now, they won't be short of money in the long run.

So they mostly paid.

In one case, some officials did not dare to offend the King of Yan, but bought it with others in their arms, and they could not let go of the idea of ​​offending the King of Yan.

This led to Wu Zhi's revenue of at least 2000 million or more.All costs excluded.

Song Huizong was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Moreover, when Wu Zhi was promoting these things, he even sold mosquito coils, but the mosquito coils earned a little less.

But it is also a reservation model, so it also brings in several million taels of income.

Don't think it's easy for Wu Zhi to make money, it's because of his own status here, there are such channels.

Ordinary people, even if you have good things, you don't have such sales channels.

Furthermore, Wu Zhi's ice cubes and mosquito coils are all beyond the age, and it is violent to catch one, and the key is that no one else has it.

So for Wu Zhi, making money is quite simple.

Wu Zhi was a little funny when he thought about it, he was the majestic King Yan of Song Dynasty, but he sold watermelons, ice cubes, and mosquito coils in the court, acting like a salesman.

Moreover, this performance is well sold!

In short, Wu Zhi will also produce ice cubes and mosquito coils on a large scale next, and then gather a group of wealthy businessmen in Bianjing in his name.

Some rich merchants came here when they heard that King Yan had summoned them, wanting to see King Yan's face.After all, if you want to get close to King Yan, there are not many opportunities.

(End of this chapter)