Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 12 Make Money
"Liu Er, give me two catties of sesame oil."

At Liu's Oil and Salt Shop in Guangping County, a middle-aged man shouted to the shop owner.

"Uncle Wang, we have recently produced another kind of oil. It is soybean oil pressed from soybeans. It is delicious for cooking and cheaper than sesame oil. Do you want to buy some and try it?" said the middle-aged man Liu Erchao.

"Soybean oil, can soybeans be used to extract oil?" Hearing Liu Er's words, the middle-aged man was very surprised.

"Can squeeze oil, can squeeze oil, Uncle Wang, would you like some, a catty of oil only costs [-] Wen." Liu Er said.

"Can such cheap oil be delicious? Are you lying to me?" The middle-aged man was very suspicious.

"How can I lie to you? If you buy it back and it doesn't taste good, I'll pay you." Liu Er said, "Look at how shiny the oil is. It must be delicious. Please have some."

"Okay, then I'll give you two catties." The middle-aged man nodded and agreed.

"Alright, here's the oil for you."

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A few days later, when the middle-aged man passed by Liu's oil and salt shop, he found that the place was full of people.

Looking at the utensils in these people's hands, they all came to buy oil.

"Shopkeeper, give me three catties of soybean oil."

"I want two catties..."

"Give me a catty."

Seeing such a fiery scene, the middle-aged man couldn't help being amazed.

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In Luping County, Qian's Grain Shop.

"Shopkeeper, weigh two kilograms of soybeans for me." A woman came to the grain shop and said to the shopkeeper.

"I'm sorry, my customer. We've run out of soybeans, and they've all been bought. Why don't you buy something else?" the shopkeeper said to the woman.

"No more. Then I'll buy two kilograms of millet."

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Luping County, Zhoujiazhuang.

"Old patriarch, hurry up and organize people to plant soybeans. We will still charge you three cents per catty of beans, as much as you want."

"Are you lying to me? What if you don't want it after I plant it?" The old patriarch didn't believe it.

"How can I lie to you? You don't even know how good our soybean oil is. The three thousand catties of soybeans I bought from you were sold out in half a month. If you are worried, I can pay some deposit first. You see How about it?"

"Then how much deposit do you pay?"

"Thirty thousand dollars, what do you think?"

"Okay, as long as you bring the money, I'll have someone plant my thousand acres of land with soybeans."

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At the same time, the same situation happened in Niujia Village not far away.

"Folks, don't worry, as long as you grow soybeans, we will collect them for three Wen per catty."

"Don't worry, I won't lie to you. We are helping the county magistrate. Who is the county magistrate? How could he cheat you of this money..."

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In many places, people are persuading others to grow soybeans.

On the outskirts of Luping County, there is a large mansion with three entrances. At this time, there are countless people working here in full swing.

Here is the oil-pressing workshop set up by Li Bai and his group.

In the Han Dynasty, the oils were mainly various animal oils, and the only vegetable oils were hemp seed oil, sesame oil, perilla seed oil, and turnip seed oil. No one knew that soybeans could also be used to extract oil.

Soybean oil extraction was not discovered until hundreds of years later. Compared with the above oils, soybean oil extraction not only has a considerable yield, but more importantly, it is easy to obtain raw materials.

Chai Rice Oil Salt Sauce Vinegar Tea, the ranking of oil is higher than that of salt, which shows the importance of oil.

Oil is a daily necessity for every household. In the past, no matter whether it was animal oil or vegetable oil, the price remained high because of the small quantity.

A pound of sesame oil can be sold for a sky-high price of sixty cents. When some thrifty people cook, they can make a meal by adding more than a dozen drops of oil. One pound of oil can last for several months. This is due to the lack of oil in the market. s reason.

When soybean oil came out, it only sold for [-] cents. Although it was not as fragrant as sesame oil for cooking, it was cheaper than before.

Adding oil is a must for the common people, so once it was on the market, it was immediately snapped up after a few days of fermentation.

"How is our oil selling? How much money did we make?"

On this day, Li Bai asked Li Kui, who was in charge of oil extraction.

"Brother, our soybean oil is very easy to sell, and it is very popular in several other surrounding counties. Many people come to our place to buy oil."

"We extract oil. A catty of beans costs three renminbi, but three taels of oil can be squeezed out, and three liang of oil is sold wholesale for seven renminbi. After deducting the cost of raw materials and labor costs, a catty of beans can earn three renminbi."

"In less than two months, we bought more than 2 catties of soybeans, sold more than 30 catties of oil, and made almost [-] yuan."

"30 is only three hundred thousand dollars. This is still too little money." Li Bai frowned.

"Brother, don't worry, we are designing a hydraulic oil extraction machine. As long as there are sufficient materials, it will not be a problem to extract a thousand catties of oil a day." Li Kui explained.

"Okay, I'll wait to see your results." Li Bai nodded, then turned to Li Kui and said, "By the way, give Yang Shen [-] yuan to buy coal and iron. His steelmaking furnace has already been built."

"Okay, I'll send him there in the afternoon." Li Kui nodded in agreement.

"By the way, don't throw away the bean dregs that are extracted for oil. They can be fermented and used to feed pigs. I'm going to start a pig farm to raise pigs. This is the best food."

"Okay, I'll keep the bean dregs."

After leaving the oil pressing workshop, Li Bai came to the foot of a small hill outside the city.

Here, there are also many people busy and busy.

It turned out that this was a porcelain workshop, but now it has been bought by Li Bai.

"How is it? Have you fired good porcelain?"

Li Bai found the person in charge of the porcelain workshop, a junior named Liu Zongyuan.

"Brother, several kilns have been fired, and I will take you to see the finished product."

Seeing Li Bai, Liu Zongyuan said happily.

Then, the two came to a warehouse.

On the warehouse table, there are many shelves, and on the shelves, there are densely packed pieces of exquisite porcelain.

"These are porcelain fired with the teacher's formula and method. There are a total of 380 pieces. These are all good, and the defective ones are destroyed."

"Okay, the goods are enough. Let's sell them in the market tomorrow. I believe such exquisite porcelain will be welcomed." Li Bai said happily.

"Brother, I think we should send some to the county sheriff's family, and go to the county to look for it to see if we can find merchants who sell porcelain, and let them sell it for us. If we sell it ourselves, there will be insufficient manpower, and it may be unsalable. .” Liu Zongyuan said.

"You're right, let's do it this way. You are in charge of firing porcelain. I'll let that kid Lu You go to the county town to find a buyer."

Next, Li Bai watched the porcelain making process again, and then he left.

Two hours later, he arrived at another location.

This is a mountain village seven or eight miles away from the county seat and close to the Yanshan Mountains.

A few hundred meters outside the village, there is a newly built tile house and fire kiln.

Here is a place where glass is fired.

PS: At the end of the Han Dynasty, a catty was about 222 grams, and a catty was 16 taels. This calculation is too troublesome.So let's still use modern standards for a catty, which is twelve to five hundred grams.

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