Yunling took the seafood as she wished. Thinking that she would need to hire some people to handle wool and dye cloth the next day, she and Gangzi went to the market to buy fruits, vegetables and some meat. The two of them came with big bags and returned with big bags.
Back home, Gangzi helped Zhang prepare the seafood and chatted with her. Yunling brought out a pot of perilla drink and a salted egg yolk glutinous rice ball from the kitchen, and then pulled out a piece of paper and a pen from Yunchu's room. She then sat in the yard to think.
Since bras and panties are currently trending due to the marriage between Yun Ruochun and Qin Yu, she'd better seize the opportunity quickly, but the price...
Yunling took a bite of the green rice dumpling, her mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.
Now, these 10,000 bolts of dyed cloth were transported from Jiangnan to the two towns below. The price was 530 copper coins per bolt. The rent for a warehouse was 200 copper coins per day. Five warehouses were rented in total. One warehouse was rented every two days, so the total cost was 6 strings of copper coins.
A horse-drawn carriage was hired to transport the cloth from the two towns to Dongtou Village. One thousand bolts of cloth were transported daily. Five horse-drawn carriages were hired, each carrying one hundred bolts of cloth at a time. The carriages made two round trips a day. Including the broker's earnings, the total was six hundred copper coins a day. In ten days, the total was six strings of copper coins.
The cost of renting the warehouse and hiring the horse-drawn carriage was allocated to the unit price of dyed cloth, so each bolt of dyed cloth cost 531.2 wen.
Yunling took another bite of the green rice dumpling, drank a cup of perilla tea, and began to write.
This bolt of cloth can make eighty bras. The cost of the raw cloth for one bra is six to seven wen. This wool, two hundred catties, is priced at forty-seven guan at the Bianxi Salt Bureau. Two fast horse-drawn carts were hired to transport the goods from the Salt Bureau to the warehouse of the Lu Family Trading Company. Each cart cost two hundred wen, so two carts cost four hundred wen.
The cost of occupying the Lu family's warehouse and the cost of transporting goods from Bianjing to the two towns below were unknown. Yunling was somewhat annoyed that Lu Yinghuai didn't seriously discuss the matter with her, so she calculated it according to her own figure and tentatively estimated it to be ten strings of copper coins.
The goods were transported back to Dongtou Village from the two lower towns. Two fast horse-drawn carriages were hired, each costing thirty coins, for a total of sixty coins.
Adding up all the expenses, the two hundred catties of wool cost a total of fifty-seven strings and four hundred and sixty cash.
Yunling had previously estimated that 100 jin of wool could make 2,000 pairs of breast pads, so 200 jin would make 4,000 pairs of breast pads. Thus, the cost of raw wool for one pair of breast pads would be about 14 to 15 wen.
As for the cowhide, the cowhide thread used to make bras is much more than that used to make panties. Normally, one piece of cowhide can be used for one bolt of cloth, but to make a bra, two pieces of cowhide are needed for one bolt of cloth. Therefore, the cost of cowhide for one bra is about six coins.
Even if the cost of these raw materials has been calculated, the processing fees and profits are what are giving Yunling a headache. She feels her scalp itching again, as if a brain is about to grow out of it.
Sewing bras is not as difficult as sewing panties, but Yunling still thought of paying the Fan family the same amount of money as panties, eight coins per pair. As for sewing breast pads, which is more difficult, Yunling directly paid fifteen coins per pair.
As for those who hammer wool and beef tendons... Yunling immediately stood up, found the beef tendons, put all two hundred-plus pieces into the long vat directly opposite the gate, and then asked Gangzi to pour in several basins of cold water to soak the beef tendons.
Yunling decided to have the women who had previously helped them wash cotton do these tasks, paying them 25 coins a day, including food and drink.
The processing fee plus cost is about fifty-six coins per piece. If she can't make a 50/50 profit, then all her efforts will be in vain. Therefore, Yunling also wants a profit of fifty or sixty coins per piece.
Moreover, we had previously agreed with Tang Ling and the others that they would receive a commission, so by adding ten coins to the profit, each of them would receive one coin for every item sold.
Therefore, the price of a bra is 122 coins.
The bras were sold together with the panties, but because the panties were made of dyed fabric, they were more expensive than the solid-color panties made of natural fabric.
After some recalculation, Yunling concluded that the price of the panties was 35 coins each, and with the bra, it would be 157 coins for a set. She decided to round it down to 160 coins for a set, which was easy to remember and calculate.
As for packaging, Yunling is thinking of using the same packaging method as that used for buying medicinal herbs at a pharmacy. If the quantity is more than six pieces, she will use gift boxes. If the quantity is large, they will not lose money.
After Yunling finished calculating the numbers, she discussed the packaging with Yun Ruoxia. Yun Ruoxia had no objections, so she went to the Fan family next door. Bingniang and Fan's eldest sister-in-law also had no objections and even asked Yunling to reduce the price a bit, but Yunling refused, and the matter was settled.
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The next day, when the villagers heard that the Yun family was hiring people for 25 coins a day, with food and drink included, they rushed to the Yun family's gate. Given the Yun family's rising status, they would be willing to pay 20 coins a day, or even 5 coins a day, let alone 25 coins.
"I knew it! Ling'er has been smart since she was little. Look, she can go to Qingcheng and Bianjing. She's very capable. If my daughter had even one of her abilities, my life would be so much easier."
“I said before that the third branch of the Yun family was lucky to have four daughters, and now it’s just like that. Each one is more successful than the last. The ancestors of the Yun family can rest in peace with a smile.”
"Hey, Ling'er's mother, I wonder what kind of young man Ling'er likes? Does she prefer an honest and kind one? Or does she like tall and handsome ones?"
When Zhang was asked the question so suddenly, all she could think of was the young master Lu who was a good match for Yunling. She knew nothing about anyone else. However, there was no need for anyone other than her family to know about this, so she just smiled slightly and did not respond.
After Yunling and Gangzi carried the wool out of the house, they heard a commotion at the gate. As soon as Old Lady Lin saw Yunling, she waved and called out:
“Ling’er, how many people are you going to recruit this time? Let Grandma help you pick some.”
"Grandma Lin, are you here to do some work too?"
“I’m just sitting here doing nothing anyway. How many people do you need? Grandma will pick out a few honest and hardworking ones for you.”
Old Lady Lin shamelessly took charge of things for Yunling. Yunling wasn't afraid of others slacking off; if she was afraid, it was this old woman who was cheating and trying to take advantage of the situation.
"No need for Grandma to trouble herself," Yunling said happily as she walked to the door and saw several familiar faces. "Sisters, come in quickly. This time we're not washing cotton, but hammering wool and cowhide tendons. It's tedious work, are you willing to do it?"
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