Chapter 790 Harvest
"Please get up quickly. I'm glad to help you. As long as you're back, it's fine." Shen Qingqian dodged his greeting and immediately gave him a fake hand.
After hearing what these people said, Liang Cheng and others were also very sad. They didn't expect that the situation outside the Great Wall had become so bad. No wonder those foreigners were determined to gather together to attack northern Hubei.
Zheng Shicheng remained calm. After everyone calmed down, he asked, "Who has the account book this time?"
The captain of the caravan slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I actually forgot such an important thing. The account book is here, please review it, General and Military Advisor."
As he spoke, he fished out three thick account books from his bosom and handed them over. "The top one is the sales list of the goods we brought with us. The two books below are the accounts of our purchases and sales along the way. The last dozen pages record the goods that were left when we returned to northern Hubei."
If traveling merchants want to make money, they will definitely not be particularly rigid. Whenever they see a business opportunity, they will quickly sell the most profitable things they have, and then buy back goods that may also make money.
The profits from traveling around and doing business like this are often unimaginable.
Zheng Shicheng flipped through the books roughly, then waved to Shen Qingqian, "Sixth Miss, can you see if these account books can be used to make tables for statistics using the method you taught?"
Although he remembered it clearly, it was too tiring to read. Zheng Shicheng had been learning this method since he saw Shen Qingqian use a table to count medicinal materials and medical records.
But maybe he just lacks a bit of talent in this area. He can do simple things, but he can't do anything more complicated.
Shen Qingqian didn't want to touch the military account books, but was very curious about the profits of the Hubei Northern Army's trade this time. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped forward to take the account book and said, "Then I am overstepping my bounds this time."
"Giving it to others is presumptuous, but giving it to you is what I should do." Liang Cheng looked at her speechlessly, "It was you who brought up the business idea, do you still want to distance yourself from it?"
The corners of Shen Qingqian's mouth twitched, and she really wanted to roll her eyes at him.
Is this really her biological uncle? No, he is her biological uncle, there is a layer of separation between them. No wonder he is so deceiving to her.
She tried to find a solution for him, but he was eager to take on the task for her.
Shen Qingqian seriously suspected that Liang Cheng felt that she had not been to the Military Medical Department much recently and thought she was bored, so he wanted to find something for her to do.
God knows, her schedule is pretty full lately, okay?
Shen Qingqian complained in her heart, but it didn't stop her from looking through the account book.
These account books were recorded in great detail, but Shen Qingqian had a good mind. After reading the first one, she gasped in shock.
At the time, she estimated that the goods brought out by this caravan were worth about 50,000 taels, but just by selling these things, their total sales had soared to 150,000 taels!
How on earth did this get sold for three times its original value?
Even after deducting the costs and the manpower and material expenses, the net profit of the first account book alone is about 70,000 taels!
Shen Qingqian didn't even look at the account books at the back, because this caravan took the northwest route. There was a country called Dayuan about 2,000 kilometers away, and the fur products there could definitely be sold at a high price in Dajin.
The key is that they are also making money on the road. If you don’t think about it, you won’t know. It’s really scary when you think about it.
No wonder, no matter how the imperial court forbade caravans from doing business outside the Great Wall, there would always be people who would risk sneaking out - such huge profits were enough to make anyone take the risk.
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