Chapter 248 Settlement of Accounts
"I'll have to ask about that, too." Ferias carefully wrote down Takumi's request, then raised his head in confusion, his large eyes filled with clear stupidity. "But wouldn't glass break more easily?"
Jiang You was silent for a moment. She found that it was difficult for her to explain to these powerful immortals from the Middle Ages. After all, the place where she used to live was too different from this magical Middle Ages.
Resources, technology/magic, immortal species, worldview... these two worlds are similar yet completely different. Modern experience may not be applicable locally, and may even be difficult to be accepted by local people.
"I was just saying that... Anyway, just choose the materials you think are most reliable." Jiangyou decided to leave this problem to professionals. Ferias might not be professional enough, but there must be someone knowledgeable in his troll engineering team, right?
"Okay, I'll come up with a few options for you to choose from!" Ferias stuffed the notebook back into his pocket. "By the way, can I pack some eggettes to go?"
Takumi sighed heavily.
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The sweet and fragrant egg waffles are indeed very popular.
The people of Huntington are more passionate about sweets than anything else. Even though a serving of egg waffles costs as much as fifteen copper coins, many people still flock to it.
Takumi taught Naxia how to make eggettes. After seven or eight attempts, Naxia finally made decent eggettes. Takumi breathed a sigh of relief and handed the job over to Naxia.
Although cooking is a pleasure for Takumi, the fun will gradually fade away if he keeps making the same dish over and over again. This kind of work should naturally be left to the workers!
The heartless skeleton boss thought so.
Jiangyou tried hard to save the failed egg waffles into a state that was barely edible, and distributed them to the employees in the store - the undercooked ones were re-baked, and the burnt ones were peeled off... Although it didn't look very good, Aunt Wolf, Andre and Jericho all loved this sweet dessert with added sugar.
At this rate, Jiang You would soon be able to earn back the money she spent on the molds. She put the molds she didn't need in the kitchen cupboard and added egg waffles to the menu as a permanent dessert in the store.
——Various flavors should be developed in the future. Maybe she should try some red beans and chocolate.
Red beans can be processed and boiled into sweet red bean paste, which is great on its own as a sweet soup or as a filling. With red bean paste, taiyaki can be prepared. And red bean paste toast is something that Yijiangyou also loves.
Soybeans for making soy sauce also need to be restocked, and mung beans can also be brought in. Now that the hottest summer days are approaching, it's time to make some mung bean soup for dessert.
The love of Cantonese people for sweet soup is probably no less than the love of the people of Huntington for desserts.
"Let's go meet Holly tomorrow morning and ask about the progress of beet cultivation." Jiangyou took out a piece of paper and carefully counted the ingredients that needed to be bought: apart from mung beans, yellow beans and red beans, wheat flour and rice were almost used up, and some black beans needed to be replenished, as well as wheat, barley and millet used for malting.
"Tomorrow will be my thirty-first day here... According to the local calendar, it's already the second month," Jiang You thought. "I can send Holly's dividend to him as well. A monthly settlement is convenient and easy to remember."
Since they were going to settle the dividends, they had to keep the accounts straight. Jiangyou sighed and pulled out her business diary to check the accounts. Fortunately, her and Holly's collaborations were calculated based on specific ingredients, so they could be considered separate "projects," such as plum jam and green plum wine. Since they didn't affect the store's other businesses, the calculations were generally easy.
"Although the raw materials are free, there is still an additional investor who shares the profits. If we want to make a sufficient profit, we mainly have to do high-end business with the nobles."
The sauces and drinks made by Jiangyou had no competitors on the market and were of high quality, making them highly sought after by the nobles. These items could be priced exorbitantly, and even if it hurt, the nobles would still buy them for the sake of face.
Expensive raw materials can be made into even more expensive luxury products, making these the perfect 'projects' for collaboration with Holly. As for less affluent customers, Jiangyou can allocate a small portion of the finished product as promotional samples or giveaways. This portion counts as marketing expenses, which are not expensive and can be fully earned back.
As for the cheap dishes sold to ordinary customers in other stores on a daily basis, except for the goods bought on credit when the store first opened because there was no cash, the cheap ingredients later were all purchased with cash and did not need to be framed as cooperation.
Jiangyou had a habit of keeping a journal every day, so summarizing the accounts was easy. He calculated the total revenue and costs, and then listed the money he had already paid to Holly, and he could determine the amount he needed to pay Holly now.
Plum jam has a high premium among the nobles. It costs less than 1 silver coin but can be sold at a price of 1 gold coin. Jiang You has kept this part of the money separately for the convenience of settlement. Now when she took it out and counted it, even she was shocked.
"It's such a great profit..." Jiang You murmured, "It's such a great profit!"
Before she knew it, most of the plum jam and high-proof plum wine made from the green plums that Holly had brought in had been sold, and only a few jars were left in the storage room. The ceramic jar she used to store this money was full to the brim with 67 plums.
Jiangyou calculated that Holly had agreed to invest 100 kilograms of green plums, which were shipped in several batches. The cost price was 1 silver coin per kilogram of green plums. In other words, Holly invested a total of goods worth 1 gold coin.
"Since this is a mutual investment partnership, I have to factor in my costs as well. There are employee wages, labor hours, space, equipment costs like cookware and refrigerators, business taxes, water and magic consumption... Well, Holly calculated the plums at market price, so I should also use market prices for sugar, land, and labor. These are all costs."
After listing all the costs, 30 gold coins were actually deducted - well, the high price of sugar accounted for the bulk of the cost.
With this calculation, Holly can get 22.2 gold coins just for the green plums, and when the other raw material investments are added together, it will be almost 25.9 gold coins.
When Jiangyou put the gold coins into her purse, she was too lazy to count the change, so she simply rounded it up and gave Holly a whole number of 26 gold coins. The difference would be the payment she would pay to Holly when she went to pick up the goods tomorrow.
After settling the bills, Jiang You also asked Auntie Wolf to check the accounts. As Holly's nanny and his collaborator, Auntie Wolf's role was perfect.
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