Chapter 473 Xiao Ying buys rubber to build vehicles
Xiao Ying bought rubber trees naturally for the purpose of making vehicles.
After settling down in Shangjing, she prepared to open a new workshop.
In this world, there are only horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts, donkey-drawn carts and other things, and they are all made of wood. Only very wealthy families use iron.
Therefore, there is still a lot of room for improvement in means of transportation.
This time she plans to make a bicycle and a tricycle.
Among them, tricycles are divided into two types: one is a human-powered tricycle for pulling people, and the other is a cargo tricycle for pulling goods.
With this thing, we can replace the ox cart. It is inexpensive and of good quality, so I believe it will be very popular.
But there was a problem: wooden tires were not easy to use, so she thought of rubber trees.
She actually didn't know whether there were rubber trees in this world. If there were, they would probably grow in the southern part of the country where the temperature was higher.
This young master Nanyu is from the Nan family, so it is perfect to cooperate with him.
So she gave a brief description.
"It's a very tall, green-leafed tree. When you cut the bark, a sticky, milky white sap oozes out."
After hearing the latter sentence, Nan Yu suddenly understood.
"Could it be that the princess is talking about the trefoil tree? We do have this kind of tree in Nanzhou."
"Just like the princess said, if you cut the bark, white juice will flow out, and the juice is sticky."
Nan Yu has a baby face with two dimples on her cheeks, and she looks very cute when she smiles.
This face is very deceptive and can easily make people feel favorable towards it.
At least Xiao Ying had a much better impression of him than Gu Yichen.
"That's probably it."
Xiao Ying actually didn't know what this tree looked like, but the sticky white juice matched.
Nan Yu couldn't help but smile: "There are many trees like this in Nanzhou. I wonder what the princess wants this for?"
He was really curious.
Princess Yingfeng didn't seem familiar with this tree either. How did she know it existed in Nanzhou? And what was its use?
"I'm sorry I can't tell you what exactly they do."
Xiao Ying is not stupid enough to expose himself directly, but once the vehicle is manufactured, it is estimated that it will not be concealed for long.
She has not been able to transplant this kind of tree to Yingfeng Town because the climate is not suitable, so she can only buy rubber directly.
"But I need that white juice. I wonder if Young Master Nan is willing to cooperate?"
Nan Yu's eyes flashed. He would naturally be more than happy to cooperate with Princess Yingfeng.
But you can't agree to it so quickly. You can negotiate the price first. What if you can exchange it for pills?
"My lord, I'm afraid it would be a bit troublesome to obtain the juice inside. Apart from anything else, collecting it is a problem. It is time-consuming and laborious."
“It’s not easy to preserve, and there are also transportation issues.”
"By the way, I don't know how much the princess wants. If the quantity is too large, it will be more difficult to handle."
He looked embarrassed, leaving Xiao Ying speechless.
"The quantity I want is indeed very large. I believe that the troubles that Young Master Nan mentioned can be easily solved by the Nan family."
"Young Master Nan, please make an offer. I am very sincere in my cooperation."
Nan Yu immediately smiled brightly: "The princess is really a straightforward person."
"In that case, why don't we trade the pills for the juice?"
"I know the princess's elixirs are precious. How about one weighing one thousand pounds?"
Xiao Ying frowned slightly: "Young Master Nan, are you teasing me?"
One pill costs one thousand kilograms of rubber, doesn't that mean one kilogram costs ten taels of silver?
If sold to the Nan family, the price would be one catty and fifteen taels.
She didn't know how many kilograms of rubber were needed to make a tire, but she guessed it must be at least several kilograms because it had to go through a series of processing.
Doesn’t this mean that the cost of the tires alone would be two or three hundred taels of silver?
Nan Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that his asking price was a bit too high.
That thing grows in the wild and no one cares about it, and no one wants it.
"How about five thousand pounds?"
He suddenly increased his height five times, but Xiao Ying didn't even glance at him.
The main cost of a wooden bicycle is rubber, which is directly related to the selling price of the bicycle.
She didn't plan to sell this thing too expensively, otherwise it would lose the meaning of serving the people.
"Ten thousand pounds?"
Nan Yu gritted his teeth again. This was ten times the amount.
Xiao Ying glanced at him this time and said directly, "Young Master Nan, please give me a fair price."
"Also, I don't plan to exchange it with elixirs, but I can use another thing to exchange it."
As he said that, he took out a storage bag and placed it on the table.
When Nan Yu recognized the thing, he was shocked and his eyes were full of disbelief.
"This, this is a storage bag? Princess, are you willing to exchange this for a rubber tree?"
That’s a storage bag, more precious to them than elixirs!
Princess Yingfeng is actually willing to exchange it for that white juice. What is the function of that thing?
Xiao Ying said, "Didn't you say that the juice is difficult to preserve and transport? It's very easy to store it in here."
"This storage bag is about six feet long, wide, and high. It can hold at least ten thousand pounds of juice."
"If you are willing to exchange, this storage bag will be yours."
This is the smallest storage bag she has, about ten cubic meters.
When it was first sold to Yu Qianli, it was only ten thousand taels each, but that certainly cannot be calculated that way now.
Nan Yu's eyes were burning with passion, unable to conceal it.
Some useless white juice can be exchanged for a storage bag. If he hesitates for a moment, it would be disrespectful.
"Change, absolutely change!"
"Princess, how about giving you 100,000 kilograms of juice in a storage bag?"
Although he didn't know what the Lord of Yingfeng wanted this thing for, he knew very well that rubber trees did not contain spiritual energy and were useless for cultivation.
Since it is not a resource for cultivation, it is not important to the Nan family.
This time he didn't try any more and gave a very sincere price.
Xiao Ying's mind moved. This was equivalent to lowering the price of rubber to 100 wen per pound.
Although it is still expensive, it is not unacceptable.
"One hundred and fifty thousand jin."
She gave a number, thinking it wouldn't hurt to try.
There was enough rubber for her to make countless tires.
Nan Yu looked at her deeply, then looked at the storage bag in front of him, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Then 150,000 jin."
If the ancestor knew that he could exchange some white juice for such a large storage bag, he would definitely praise him.
The Nan family has only two storage bags, one of which is in the hands of the ancestor. It is probably only half the size of this storage bag and is already very worn out.
So the two parties reached an agreement and signed the contract with satisfaction.
When Nan Yu left with the brand new storage bag in his arms, he felt like he was floating.
He actually owns such a big storage bag!
Xiao Ying was also very happy. The two parties agreed to make the first delivery next month, and she would send someone to Nanzhou to pick it up at that time.
The monthly quantity must not be less than 10,000 kilograms until all is paid.
With rubber, she could start building a workshop.
The workshop was naturally built in Yingfeng Town, after all, that was her territory.
As for transportation, don’t worry, just use the teleportation array.
So the next day, she teleported back to Yingfeng Town with a group of people.
The auction was not far away, and she had to arrange everything before then.
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