Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 549 Pour cold water on

According to Gu Wenxuan's estimation, the amount was far more than this, otherwise he would have been able to buy more land and expand his workshop like a nouveau riche.

If the money is not spent soon, it will create the illusion that the dowry has been used. If the paper mills are not divided up, there will sooner or later be conflicts with the Gao family.

It was only because the gentleman gave him timely help, otherwise, no matter how his wife cooked the accounts, she couldn't explain the source of her assets, and the young lady of the Gao family would have been suspicious.

Unless no matter how much money is earned, no property is purchased and it is not displayed openly, it is possible to conceal the total annual profit of several workshops.

At this point, Gu Wenxuan had to pour cold water on Zhou Banxia again. In his opinion, the amount given to the young lady of the Gao Mansion was still too much, and it would be more appropriate to reduce it.

Still reducing?

The dividend here is basically a two-component dividend, based on the monthly net profit of three to four thousand taels of silver in the first half of the year and six to seven thousand taels of silver in the second half of the year.

Adding the fact that it was exactly one year ago as of December last year, that means the dividends from the pancreas workshop for this year were only 15,000 taels of silver.

You should know that even before May of the first half of the year, the pancreas workshop had not yet moved to this workshop, the average monthly net profit was seven or eight thousand taels of silver.

Zhou Banxia looked at Gu Wenxuan uncertainly, "Fifteen thousand taels (of silver) is still too much, do you want to reduce it to less than ten thousand taels?"

"Yes! Take spices for example. This is a crucial link. The quality of the fragrance depends on the spice extraction technology.

Don't forget that the Gao family has been purchasing goods all year long, and the amount they purchase is not much less than that of Zhao Laosan and Mrs. Qian, and their market pricing is not low either.

Putting aside the fact that ordinary pancakes have low profits, if we only count the fragrant pancakes, based on the amount they took away from us?"

As he spoke, Gu Wenxuan did the math again in his head, confirmed it was correct, and reported a total amount, "So far, the Gao Mansion has earned almost 100,000 taels of silver."

almost.

Basically, they purchased goods at a cost of 10,000 taels of silver every month. In particular, the purchase volume has increased dramatically in the past six months. The largest amount they purchased at one time was more than 20,000 taels of fragrant soap.

Based on the market prices set by the three companies, they can basically triple or quadruple the purchase price. Even after deducting the shipping costs, shop rent, labor and other expenses, they should have at least double the profit.

The Gao family is especially wealthy. They are from the capital and Jiangnan area and have a strong background. Their scented soap is easy to sell, and their purchase volume accounts for the largest among the three families.

The second is Master Zhao San, but according to his father-in-law's calculations, Master Zhao San has earned at least 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver just from her soap business this year.

By analogy, the Gao family's profit of one hundred thousand taels of silver so far is not an exaggeration. It is no wonder that my uncle submitted a memorial to the current emperor so early on.

"Listen to me first."

Gu Wenxuan knew from Zhou Banxia's expression that her mind was wandering again. He waited for a while, and when Zhou Banxia listened carefully, he began to continue.

"For example, spices are a crucial craft in the entire process of making fragrant soaps. It can be said that fragrant soaps on the market are almost priced by their fragrance.

Here comes the key point, listen carefully, you have to know that you have a golden finger, not every workshop can produce finished products immediately after developing a new type of fragrance soap. Even if it is you, after successfully refining and configuring it with chemical instruments, did you also let the fragrance making room try it? The loss here can be greatly increased.

Precious spices like agarwood, musk, etc. can significantly increase the loss and increase the cost. Who else can find out this except you?
It's not that I'm cruel, but it's unacceptable for you to not make fake ones. The fragrance is crucial to the recipe. Otherwise, the loss will increase significantly, which is not a good thing.

First, two percent of the dividend is 15,000 taels of silver, so how much is your 80%? 60,000 taels of silver, hush, no need for you to explain, I know you have settled the account.

As for the accounts, even without opening them, I know that in terms of accounting, you have a way to evenly distribute the 60,000 taels of silver to the stockpiled raw materials.

And you let the eldest lady of the Gao family think you are kind, giving her all the cash flow, while you yourself make profits from hoarding raw materials——"

"No, not all of it is spent on stockpiling raw materials. There are also expenses such as buying land to build a workshop, hiring people and equipment to stockpile food, and other workshop expenses."

"Don't worry." Gu Wenxuan patted Zhou Banxia comfortingly, "This is not the point. The point is that no matter how you balance the accounts, you have earned 60,000 taels of silver from the pancreas workshop alone this year.

This is really scary. The three of them triple or quadruple the purchase price and pay the market price. They also need transportation, shop staff, and background. How much can they earn?

Take the Gao family's annual income of 100,000 taels of silver as an example. You alone make a net profit of 60,000 taels of silver. If you were the young lady of the Gao family, what would you think?
Even if she doesn't dare to offend you for the sake of your husband's face, she might be grateful to you for giving her two points for free, but now she has no gratitude at all.

They might even feel that you are using the three of them as support and feel resentful towards you. When the resentment gets deep, they might resort to using others' strength to gain advantage over you and kill you with a borrowed knife.

After all, 60,000 taels of silver a year is not a small amount. No matter how you balance the accounts, as long as the eldest lady of the Gao family gets 15,000 taels of silver?
What's the use? Even if you spend it all this year and have nothing left, there will still be next year and the year after. It will be an endless supply. Where else can you find such a good wallet as yours?

Madam Gao once wanted to give you to that sickly cousin. How can you ensure that her eldest granddaughter-in-law won't sell you out to someone else to gain greater benefits?
Then, let the master fight with the emperor's grandson and the prince?" Gu Wenxuan imitated Zhou Banxia and blinked, "Am I exaggerating?"

Zhou Banxia sighed and slumped his shoulders: "So when Aunt Lian Lan asked me how much money I would give to the Gao family for free, I said I hadn't figured it out yet.

In all honesty, fifteen thousand is actually very little. It seems that it is still too much. Forget it, let's proceed according to another account."

Gu Wenxuan raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Banxia smiled awkwardly, let go of the pillow he was hugging, reached inside, and pulled out a large thread-bound book and handed it over with both hands, "Help me take a look."

"One?"

"This is the general ledger." Zhou Banxia thought about it and explained, "I originally thought that an annual income of 60,000 taels of silver was a lot, after all, I was busy in my own backyard in the first half of the year.

At that time, there were few people, low production and little profit, which was understandable. But next year, looking at the momentum of these three companies, the purchase volume will definitely increase.

Our oil press workshops have been moved out and now we have a larger space. We are going to expand the scale and start recruiting people for the outsourced female workshop.

In this way, the shipment volume has increased unanimously. Even if the three companies cannot handle it, many people want to cooperate with them, so naturally the profits will be greater.

Plus, my annual income is too high, so I also used up my master's dowry. But in my heart, I always feel that I was too harsh."