Jiang Sheng glared angrily, not saying a word, but her face was full of "spendthrift son".
“I’m not a spendthrift, nor do I have to spend every penny I earn,” Zheng Ruqian explained seriously. “I used to sell vegetables and transport things around, thinking it would make money. But when I got into the lychee business, I realized that was just laying the foundation. What really makes money is something unique that is hard for others to imitate.”
For example, lychees that need to be chilled, or mutton from the border regions.
Three years of hard work transporting vegetables doesn't yield as much profit as a single season of lychees.
If it weren't for the Fang family's interference, the siblings could have earned 100,000 taels of silver.
One hundred thousand taels of silver! That's a huge amount of money.
But it's obviously not feasible to put all the business into lychees. The Fang family is short of money this year, so they're competing for business. What if they're short of money again next year and have to continue competing?
Or perhaps other prominent families were tempted and followed suit.
“We are not the Liao family, and we don’t want to use so many dirty tricks to steal business. Ordinary small merchants who make big money will always attract covetous eyes,” Zheng Ruqian said seriously. “Maybe this year, with the Fang family getting involved, other small families didn’t dare to steal the lychee business.”
Good fortune may be a harbinger of misfortune, and misfortune may be a harbinger of good fortune.
Looking at things from multiple perspectives, Zheng Ruqian might actually have to thank the Fang family.
“The lychee business may be taken over, as everyone knows the profits are high and it’s very likely that someone will cut into it,” he said with a sigh. “But mutton is different. The mutton from the border regions has a rare and delicious flavor, and it may become the next lychee.”
But this time, only they can earn the profits.
The 50,000 taels were not only for transporting live sheep, but also for expanding the grassland, hiring manpower, and thoroughly developing the scale of the ranch.
“Jiang Sheng, I’ve just realized that the hardest part of doing business is going from nothing to something, from having no money to having ten coins.” Zheng Ruqian said slowly, “With ten coins, you can earn a hundred coins, and with a hundred coins, you can earn an ounce.”
And going from one tael to a hundred taels, and from a hundred taels to a thousand taels, only becomes simpler and simpler.
Money makes money.
"Second brother has worked so hard for so many years, give second brother some more time, and second brother will let you wear the most beautiful clothes in Fengjing and wear the most lustrous pearls in Fengjing." Zheng Ruqian stretched out his hands and grasped his sister, whose eyes were brimming with tears. "So, will you give me the fifty thousand taels or not?"
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