my grandmother

Chapter 91
"It's not a weaving workshop. What if I buy fine cloth from a weaving workshop, or buy it from other places, such as a shop, and then sell it elsewhere? How much tax will I have to pay?" Li Xiaonan asked again.

"It depends on where you sell it, and it's [-]% when you sell it overseas. If you sell it in Jiangnan, a piece of cloth is only ten dollars in transfer tax. If you sell it in the north, you don't collect tax, but if you want to go north and leave the customs, it is [-]% of the tax. .” Gu Yan answered very generally.

Li Xiaonan listened intently, with a smile on her face, with her arms lying on the table, she looked at Gu Yan and said with a smile: "I have asked, if I have a loom and jacquard with six sheds, I can weave a piece of jacquard muslin in three days if I am familiar with it. Even with the best thread mixed with silk, a piece of jacquard fine cloth is 330 yuan for the thread, which is still a retail price.

"Three days' wages, plus the depreciation of the loom, let's count it as three hundred dollars. The cost of a piece of fine cloth is only 630 dollars. If you count an extra hundred dollars, let's count it as seven hundred dollars. But the jacquard fine cloth in Pingjiang City , the cheapest ones can be sold for [-] yuan a horse.”

Li Xiaonan settled the score with her fingers.

"I just thought, with such a huge profit, why is no one opening a weaving workshop? Now that I know, with the [-]% tax added, there is only a loss but no profit."

"That means the fine cloth business can't be done?" Gu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Li Xiaonan.

This little girl knows how to settle accounts, but she calculates her wages too high.

"No, it's the fine cloth business!" Li Xiaonan smiled.

"What are you going to do?" Gu Yan was full of interest.

"When we were in Kunshan County, my elder brother bought copper tin for paper and ink, and I relied on my three elder sisters to weave cloth. If there were looms and harness boxes, all three of my elder sisters could learn to weave jacquard muslin. I plan to buy looms and harness boxes on credit to people like my sister, and then buy the fine cloth they weave."

Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, and slowly let out a sigh.

That's a good idea.

Since Zhifang was changed to a full [-]% tax, the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River has fallen, and there has been no improvement for decades. This is one of the things he and the prince talked about the most, and he was also most worried.

If she can do business...

But is she a person who can do business?
Gu Yan looked Li Xiaonan up and down.

"What are you looking at?" Li Xiaonan was puzzled.

"This is a big business. Loom boxes are not cheap. How much capital do you have? 25 taels? Or~" Gu Yan trailed off, "Like your preserved egg shop, you move your mouth and it's all your sisters who do the work." Do it, how much money can your preserved egg store spend?"

"The Preserved Egg Store is our family's business. Of course, sister takes care of it. This business is mine and I take care of it myself!" Li Xiaonan gave Gu Yan a white look.

What do you mean she moved her mouth?She didn't even have the chance to talk about the preserved egg business!
"How do you find a weaver? Knock on the door and ask if they know how to weave? Where do you start? Your Lijiaji?"

"The Li family collection is not good. If it is done well, I don't know if it was done well because of favors. If it can't be done well, I don't know if it can't be done well because it's all from one family. Kunshan County can't do it either. The Hong family is in Kunshan County. Woolen cloth.

"Just in Pingjiang City, pick a nearby town, such as Guoxiang Town.

"It's easy to find someone. When it's time for the fair, just set up a stall." Li Xiaonan waved her hand.

Is it road show promotion? She knows this very well!

When Gu Yan heard her talk about coming out of a stall, his eyebrows were raised high, and it took a while for them to fall down.

He felt that her business was only at a stand, and he was afraid that she would not be able to pay for it.

"How many looms can you buy with a total of 25 taels of silver?" Gu Yan leaned back in his chair, with the corners of his mouth twitching.

"I'm going to start with the cheapest three-shed loom first, alas!" Li Xiaonan sighed, "It's only the price of two and a half looms, so let's try to buy two first."

"Have you told your elder sister? Did your elder sister nod?"

Li Xiaonan smiled maliciously at Gu Yan's face, and ignored him.

In the past few days, she has been worrying about how to persuade the elder sister.

"I'm waiting for your business to open!" Gu Yan looked at the sad Li Xiaonan and laughed.

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After lunch, Li Xiaonan sat next to Li Yinzhu, watching Li Yinzhu spinning with her chin resting.

"You don't read books, what do you do with this? Want to learn?" Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan and smiled.

"Sister San, I've asked all the questions, and I've done the calculations. The fine cloth business will definitely make money." Li Xiaonan smiled.

"Where do you collect muslin? You can't get jacquard muslin in the store." Li Yinzhu motioned Li Xiaonan to hand over the sliver basket.

"I've thought about this carefully. The first point is that the price of jacquard muslin cloth in the store is too low. Counting the cost of looms, harness boxes, and flower books, a piece of cloth can't earn a few coppers.

"The second is that the heald loom is too expensive. If you change the pattern, the heald box and the flower book are not cheap. Those who can afford the heald loom, like Mr. Gao's, weave the jacquard fine cloth for their own use. People who can’t afford jacquard muslin probably can’t afford a heald loom.”

"Well, it's too expensive." Li Yinzhu sighed thinking about the beautiful four-shed loom.

"If we first credit the looms to those who can't afford them, and collect the fine cloth they wove, wouldn't that be all right?" Li Xiaonan looked at Li Yinzhu with bright eyes.

Li Yinzhu frowned, "You said the day before yesterday, why no one earns such an easy-to-earn copper coin, why, have you found out clearly?"

"Well! Because the fine cloth business in the line is taxed according to the weaving workshop, and the fine cloth they handle has to pay [-]% of the tax."

"Then we charge it like this, so we don't have to pay taxes?" Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan.

"Mmm." Li Xiaonan said yes, but did not dare to use force.

Her way of distributing the looms to various households can't be considered a weaving workshop, but it can't be considered a complete collection and sales of cloth. If it becomes bigger...

Let's wait until it grows bigger, and start the business now.

"Do you really want to do it?" Li Yinzhu stopped the spinning wheel and looked at Li Xiaonan.

"Ok!"

"Then you have to tell the elder sister and the second elder sister that you need to buy a loom for this business, and the cost is too high." Li Yinzhu shook her head, "I think the elder sister will definitely not agree, and besides, our preserved egg store is too busy. coming."

"We do this business secretly." Li Xiaonan smiled flatteringly.

"We two? Where did we get the capital? My dowry?" Li Yinzhu responded very quickly.

"No, how can you move your dowry! I have a little silver." Li Xiaonan rubbed her fingers.

"Where did you get the money?" Li Yinzhu's eyes widened.

"I'm going to class, I saved some time." Li Xiaonan spoke vaguely.

"Ah? You paid more than five taels of silver for a trip? How much did you keep? What? Ten..."

Before Li Yinzhu screamed, Li Xiaonan put her hand on Li Yinzhu's mouth.

"I know, I know!" Li Yinzhu broke Li Xiaonan's hand, "Ten taels? One trip? Is that prince crazy?"

"How many times have I told you that he is rich, incomparably rich! The horse he rides is worth ten taels of silver for a month's fine money and black beans. He has raised a group of such horses, hundreds of them! "Li Xiaonan gave Li Yinzhu a white look.

"Then you have saved 25 taels of silver?" Li Yinzhu asked breathlessly.

"En." Li Xiaonan nodded her head reservedly.

"Just stare at that prince to make money, don't do fine cloth business." Li Yinzhu sighed enviously.

"His family is in the capital, and he might go back in a few days, what should he do when he leaves?
"Third Sister, look, Eldest Sister doesn't know about the 25 taels of silver, let's go secretly to buy two looms, and then sell them on credit, Eldest Sister must not know about it, right?

"When the fine cloth is woven, let's find a good buyer first, then send the fine cloth over there, and get the money back. Eldest Sister doesn't know, right?

"When we earn money, we will talk to Eldest Sister..."

Li Xiaonan bit her ear next to Li Yinzhu.

Li Yinzhu's heart was moved.

What Ah Nan said was quite right, the two of them will do this business first, and then tell the elder sister when it is completed.

　Strive for the third change to pay off the debt!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)