Chapter 335: General Nangong (1)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“As for the cabbages, we will try our best to collect all the cabbages in the next two days. Then, I’ll get someone to ride a carriage to the nearby villages to collect them.”
Lin Xiaoyue frowned slightly. “We are building a workshop. Zhao Kang and Zhao Qiang can’t leave for the time being.
“Ask Erya to ask Shuanzi if he is interested in continuing to do business with Lai Shun.”
“Just say that we want 10,000 catties of cabbage, and we’ll pay one wen per catty. We don’t care how much they buy them for.”
Cabbage was the most common vegetable. Families with land would usually plant some.
At this time of the year, cabbage was produced in large quantities. 1 wen per catty was considered a high price. If she went to collect them door-to-door, or even harvest them herself, she could even get it for 1 wen per 2 catties.
One could earn a few taels by selling 10,000 catties of cabbages in two to three days.
Zhou Shi’s eyes lit up. “Sure! Then I’ll go see Erya now!” She quickly said.
“No rush.” Lin Xiaoyue called out to Zhou Shi. She stopped and looked at Lin Xiaoyue, waiting for her to speak.
Her godsister was simply too amazing. With her around, they would definitely be able to make a lot of money.
Lin Xiaoyue stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Shi’s hand. Then, she pulled her to a chair to sit down. “You weren’t there when I was discussing the collaboration with Young Master Liang and Third Master Zhou today. 1’11 tell you what happened so you know what’s going on.”
“Alright.”
Lin Xiaoyue then told her the details of her cooperation with Liang Yu and Third Master Zhou.
“Spicy cabbage is 8 wen per catty, so 20,000 catties is 160 taels of silver. The profit from this batch is calculated after deducting the workers’ wages and the cost of the cabbage and jars.”
“I’ve already received 160 silver taels. When you arrange for the workers to finish making the goods, we will get our first profit.”
She estimated that the profit from this batch of goods would be close to 100 taels. Her portion would be about 40 taels of silver.
The raw materials cost about 15 wen per catty. Hence, she could easily get 40 taels of silver from this batch of goods.
Compared to the tens of thousands of taels of silver that she received in one go and the two villages that she had gotten for free, this bit of money was indeed little.
However, this was only the beginning. The workshop had not been built yet, and the workers were not skilled in their work and were not efficient enough.
When the workshop opened she would receive a continuous stream of income.
Zhou Shi pondered for a while and roughly calculated the profit of this batch of goods.
Then, she calculated the approximate amount of money she could get from the 30% share.
“In seven or eight days, this batch of goods will be ready. The profit is not low.”
On average, she could earn nearly 4 taels of silver a day. It didn’t sound like much, but it was more than 100 taels a month. And this was only the beginning.
When the workshop officially opened, the profits would definitely be bigger.
Lin Xiaoyue nodded. “Keep track of the accounts. After this batch of goods is done, we’ll settle the accounts. 1 would need to show the accounts to Manager Liang and Third Master Zhou.”
Since they were working together, they had to go through the process.
When Zhou Shi heard that Manager Liang and Third Master Zhou would see her accounts, she became nervous.
“I’m just casually listing them down. 1 didn’t do it previously.” She said awkwardly.
Lin Xiaoyue smiled. “It’s fine. Give your notes to Uncle Fu and let him sort them out and enter them into the accounts.”
Zhou Shi immediately heaved a sigh of relief. “Alright.”
“Don’t worry. Before we start work, 1’11 hire an accountant. By then, you don’t have to worry about bookkeeping.”
“That’s good. However, we have to hire someone we can trust!” She quickly said.
Lin Xiaoyue nodded. “We’ll ask Third Master Zhou to help us keep an eye on the candidates. In addition, we have to be aware of some expenses. In addition, we can get someone from outside to check the accounts. This should be reliable.”
“Yes.”
Lin Xiaoyue looked at Zhou Shi. “I’ll have to trouble you for the next few days, but once this batch of spicy cabbage is done, there won’t be much to do for the time being..”