Chapter 355 What happened to Su Mu and the others?
Shen Qing summarized the needs of Xiashenzhou.
Sugar, this sugar includes maltose, and maltose is probably the most popular.
Cold regions need more heat, and maltose can provide heat while being nearly half as cheap, so the three families of Mr. Jiang and his family can still produce more and send another batch before the weather gets warmer.
As for my family, I probably won't need to deliver brushes in the next one or two years, but soap is still possible. I can "group the order" with Mr. Jiang and his men, and the two parties can form a caravan to deliver the goods.
As for the return trip...
Jiang Xiangbei continued to talk about his observations: "Mom, I've thought about it. Chenzhou has a lot of sheep fat and is short of soap, but they don't have the skills or crafts. We do. We can buy the sheep fat, make it, and then sell it to them.
Their mutton is not fishy or smelly, and has a sweet taste. It is delicious whether stewed or boiled. It tastes better than ours! If I open a shop in the capital later, I will send mutton to the capital.
As for wool, the demand for brushes in Chenzhou is not very large. They were able to consume more than two months' worth of goods this time because there was a big gap before. I estimate that they can only consume half a month to one month's worth of our goods in a year at most. We still have to open up a larger market.
But their wool is excellent, and the leather can all be shipped back to our village, so supplying the brush workshop is no problem."
Just as Shen Qing was thinking about the issue of bringing goods back, he heard Jiang Xiangbei's plan. Well, when he returned to the city, he would probably bring more mutton fat and mutton than when he left.
As for building a workshop in Shenzhou? Before you have absolute strength, it's safest to keep your skills and techniques somewhere you can master and control.
There are bad people everywhere, and there are also people who want to get something for nothing. But we cannot test human nature with huge benefits.
It doesn't matter if it's a little troublesome, these are the foundation of our livelihood.
Thinking of the brush market, she said, "The brush market should be further developed towards the capital and to the west."
Bamboo is abundant in the south, and the world is dominated by bamboo joints.
Moreover, the South was wealthy, with many talented people, and the imperial examinations were even more demanding. The bamboo-jointed brushes had already been curled up to the point of blooming. Going to compete with them was not only a matter of whether one could curl up or not, but also of the long journey and the obvious expense.
All of these must be attributed to the cost. Once the cost is too high, the price cannot be lowered, the shop profit is small, the willingness to sell is not strong, and the competitiveness is much smaller.
The market in Beijing is large and inclusive. Whether it is bamboo joints or precious wooden poles, there are corresponding groups of people. They are close to Beijing, and the round trip takes only about twenty days, so they can pass on the discount to the shops. The shops have high profits, so they will naturally distribute the goods and sell them in large quantities.
The shops are selling well, and the quick-witted merchants in the south will naturally see business opportunities and be willing to ship the goods back to the southern cities to try them out. It is equivalent to the capital being a large transit station and the company being the supplier.
It saves manpower, material resources and financial resources, and you can just focus on making brushes.
There are fewer scholars and candidates in the west, so the market is obviously much smaller. However, no matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. Besides, they are closer than the south, so they can still develop it. I guess in the future it will be similar to Shenzhou, supplying goods once or twice a year, and they can choose a free time to deliver the goods.
Jiang Xiangbei had no objection.
Whatever he could think of, his mother had already thought of it. But he might not be able to think of what his mother had thought of, so he did what his mother said, and thought about what his mother did not say on her own.
Shen Qing thought of Su Mu and asked, "What's going on with Su Mu and the others?"
Speaking of Su Mu, Jiang Xiangbei looked at his third brother.
Shen Qing realized that this was the friend made by the third brother, and she also looked at the third brother.
Jiang Xiangnan's eyebrows immediately lit up with joy, "Mom, Sumu is really amazing, his grilled lamb skewers are so delicious!"
Shen Qing: .....Okay, one is delicious and the other is well-cooked.
"Later I learned that Sumu's family owned a large ranch. He wasn't Chinese, but his mother was, and his father's business involved dealing with Chinese people, so he could speak Chinese and was literate!
He came out this time because of last year's flood. Didn't many victims go to Chenzhou? Their ranch also took in a lot of people, and it was not easy to feed them. He came out to find other ways to sell more beef and mutton. "Jiang Xiangnan finished speaking with a focus.
Then he slapped his forehead, wondering how he could have forgotten the most important thing!
He hurriedly said, "Mom, do you know? It turns out that beef can be eaten! And beef is so delicious!"
Not only can it be eaten, it can also produce milk. Milk is delicious, and the dairy products made from it can be carried around. When you’re hungry, a small piece is more filling than two bowls of rice!
It is against the law for them to eat beef. Even if there are cows that die of old age or disease, they have to report it to the government and have people specializing in slaughtering them. They cannot afford beef, so it is not something they can eat anyway.
He never knew beef was so delicious!
Shen Qing looked at his son's inexperienced look and found it a little funny. He actually laughed, but he still kindly explained: "Ours are plough cattle, of course we can't eat plough cattle;
You can eat beef from specially raised cattle, but the beef is expensive, has little fat, and doesn't provide much oil. It's mostly eaten by wealthy families who don't lack oil, so it's normal that you haven't seen or eaten it.
The beef you ate at Sumu's place was probably from dairy cows. They produce milk, and the meat is more tender and tastes better, but it's probably not cheap."
It is said that the Sumu family has a large ranch and raises large livestock such as cattle, sheep, and horses. It should be that Chenzhou is close to the Inner Mongolia grasslands. Maybe there is an intersection. After all, how can the territory of this dynasty be exactly the same as that of China?
The beef and mutton from the grassland are indeed of good quality. No wonder the horses they ride are so tall and mighty.
Su Mu and his group were also very heroic, even more heroic than her two sons. Children raised on the vast grasslands are free and easy...
"It's not expensive! Mom, it's the same price as pork here, and even cheaper than fat!" Jiang Xiangnan said happily.
He made a special effort to find out clearly.
Shen Qing was slightly surprised.
The price of lean pork is about 28 wen per pound, pork belly is 35 wen per pound, the extra fat is about 38 wen per pound, and pork fat is over 40 wen.
The price of oxen that died of old age or illness, as well as specially raised beef cattle, is at least 48 wen and above, and even then they have to be reserved. The quantity is limited, so you can't buy them whenever you want.
This is the situation in their small Jincheng. If it were the capital where dignitaries gather, wouldn’t the demand be even greater?
After all, they have no shortage of oil and fat, and they dislike greasy food and fatty meat. They prefer beef and mutton with firm, chewy and slightly sweet meat.
The third brother said that it was not as expensive as fat meat, which was between thirty-five and thirty-eight cents. The purchase price per pound alone was at least ten cents higher in Jincheng!
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