Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 53: If the cook does not steal, the crops will not be harvested

New tea was served in front of Lin Dao.

The tea fragrance is refreshing, and the tender green tea leaves float up and down.

The manager asked with a tentative smile, "What's your name, sir?"

"Lin Dao."

"Mr. Lin." The manager smiled warmly. "I wonder what this wild ginseng is..."

"Bought it abroad." Lin Dao calmly replied, "I got it by chance."

There's no need to make it too clear, the manager already understands.

"This wild ginseng is of excellent quality," said the old doctor beside him, blushing. "Wild ginseng that's a hundred years old is indeed rare these days."

"But the origin is a bit vague~"

The manager who played the good guy looked at Lin Dao with an embarrassed expression.

Faced with the cooperation of the two, Lin Dao went straight to the point and said, "Name a price. If it's not suitable, I will go to Huixin Hall and Huaji Hall to ask."

There are many wealthy people in Harbour City.

They have always been generous in investing in their bodies.

The manager and the old doctor looked at each other and knew that they could not continue singing.

This wild ginseng must be obtained. They can make double the money from those rich people.

The manager held out his hand and spread out four fingers.

"Four hundred thousand."

Lin Dao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. "I heard that the century-old wild ginseng at the auction house was sold for two or three million."

"Mr. Lin also said it was an auction house."

The manager laughed and said, "There are so many complications, fees, competitive bidding, and price manipulation. And it takes a long time."

The auction house is a complicated place, and the price at which something is sold doesn't guarantee its value.

The old doctor also added here: "The source of goods is clear."

Things from Yonghe Time and Space are brought to the modern world and sold.

There is one hurdle that can never be crossed, and that is Lin Dao’s inability to explain the source of the goods.

I can't just tell the truth, I got this by traveling through time and space.

Without a clear source of goods and proof, you will naturally suffer a loss in terms of price.

'Cause! '

Lin Dao put down the tea bowl and tapped his legs with his fingers.

After a moment of silence, he looked up and said, "Six hundred thousand, this wild ginseng is yours."

The manager was well versed in human nature and judged that this was Lin Dao's desired price.

If you bargain again, you will definitely get up and leave.

He immediately nodded and said, "Mr. Lin, do you want a check or a business account?"

"cash."

Back at the valuables warehouse in Yonghe Spacetime, Lin Dao's eyes swept over a dozen ginseng plants of varying sizes.

Three plants were selected from them, which were about the same size as the previous one.

Return to the modern world of Harbour City again and look for several other Chinese medicine shops selling them separately.

When he arrived at the trading company, Lin Dao took out more than two million in cash and arranged for the accountant Lisa to deposit it into the account.

"Send the payment for goods that need to be paid in the near future first."

He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

“Always using cash is not a big deal.”

"We have to arrange overseas channels as soon as possible."

"Try to go to the public sector in the future."

"We arrange warehouses overseas, and then ship the goods to overseas warehouses and then ship them away."

"Nowadays, there are always returns, inventory, and lists. It's easy when the quantity is small, but it becomes troublesome when the quantity is large."

He was also a little tired.

The business of traveling through time and space is not as simple as imagined.

It’s just like what you imagine: if you need any industrial products, you can order them in bulk and have them shipped directly.

You can make a lot of money by bringing valuable items from the target time and space and selling them directly.

After that, you will live a wonderful life with luxury houses, supercars, yachts, beauties, and private jets flying everywhere.

Things are not that easy~~~
If you really do this, it won't be long before countless eyes are watching you.

Under all-round surveillance, once the secret of time travel is exposed, the only way out is exile to another world.

"It feels more tiring than fighting in Yonghe Time and Space."

Lin Dao rubbed his forehead. "One order, and thousands of troops will go to fight."

"It's easier to fight."

"Sometimes I really want to just hand it over."

He sat there, meditating and talking to himself, saying words to comfort himself.

Turn it over?

Even if he had to fight guerrilla warfare in Yonghe time and space, he would not hand it over!
"Lin Sheng."

William, an employee, came over and said, "Excuse me."

Lin Dao opened his eyes and looked at him "William? What's wrong?"

William is a typical white-collar worker in Harbour City and has to use a foreign name when working.

Anyway, Lin Dao no longer remembers his real name.

It seems like some kind of root or something?

"It's about last time when Mr. Lin ordered feed."

"Feed?" Lin Dao sat up straight and motioned William to sit down beside him. "If you have any suggestions, just tell me."

"Lin Sheng."

William raised his hand and pushed his glasses. "The pig feed I ordered last time was a bit expensive."

"The average price per ton is over 1,800 yuan, close to 2,000 yuan."

"I have contacted several feed companies and discussed chicken feed at less than 1,400 yuan per ton."

Don't underestimate the price difference of more than four hundred yuan per ton.

If he bought 10,000 tons, that would be four million, enough for Lin Dao to save dozens of gold bars.

"So cheap?" Lin Dao's expression became lively. "Where's the information? Let me see it."

William took out the tablet, opened it and handed the relevant information to Lin Dao.

What Lindau focuses on is the ingredient formula.

“Soy protein residue, corn residue, distiller’s grains, wheat bran, fish meal, salt.”

The dregs left after soybean oil is extracted. Mainly corn cobs, ground corn dregs.

The grains left over from brewing wine and the bran left after wheat processing.

Fish meal is made from crushed unsold small fish, fish bones and internal organs.

A bag of salt costs two yuan.
No wonder the price is so cheap, they are all recycled scraps.

As Lin Dao's understanding of Yonghe Time and Space deepened, his bottom line was broken down again and again.

At the beginning, rice was provided there.

Gradually switch to cheaper corn in the medium term.

Now, I can feed the food without any psychological burden.

Even cheap pig feed is about to be replaced by even cheaper chicken feed.
Sure enough, the bottom line is meant to be broken.

"it is good."

"From now on, the list of feed will be changed to chicken feed."

Lin Dao was determined to continue saving money.

He praised William but never mentioned a salary increase.

He was even assigned a new job.

"The company intends to expand its overseas business."

"Search for information on abandoned gold mines worldwide and give it to me after you've compiled it. It'll be useful."

"Abandoned gold mine?" William was surprised. "What's the use of it?"

An abandoned gold mine is a mining area that has been abandoned after the ore vein has been mined.

There are still some remaining gold mines, but the difficulty and cost of mining and refining have increased significantly.

This is a mining area where the input and output are not proportional.

In the hands of others, a scrap gold mine is of little use.

But in Lin Dao's hands, it is very useful.

There should also be many damaged and abandoned mining vehicles in the abandoned gold mine.

As we all know, these mining vehicles are big, thick and hard.
After the repair, steel plates were welded for modification, and when it drove to Yonghe Time and Space, it was directly crushed.

Invincible armored cavalry?

Then let’s meet each other~~~
Yonghe Time and Space.

Lin Dao asked with concern about the food supply in the city and whether the military households and civilians had any complaints about it.

"Master." Wang Meng said sternly, "A group of those who embezzled food have been arrested."

"Please advise me, my lord, what should I do?"

Wang Meng was very sensible and knew what matters he could decide on his own and what matters had to be ordered by the Lord himself.

"Ah~" Lin Dao was a little dazed. "Well, what do you think?"

"It should serve as a warning to others!"

Wang Meng explained, "If we don't use severe punishment, discontent within the army will grow, and more people will follow suit."

Zhou Shuren once said, "What worries us is not the scarcity of wealth, but the inequality of wealth."

When everyone's expenses were the same, some people were cutting back on food supplies.

They secretly took away the eggs, meat, oil and grain to take home and eat.

This is bound to cause public outrage.

Who wouldn’t be angry if someone took away the food that should have been eaten by them?
Especially in an era when food is more precious than life.

Having food and supplies withheld is more painful than losing your life.

If the punishment is not severe, more and more people will do this and people's morale will collapse.

"Well," Lin Dao hesitated, "I'll do as you wish."

After Wang Meng left, he prepared to behead those who were corrupt.

Lin Dao then remembered that he had wanted to ask if everyone was satisfied with the food after switching to extremely cheap chicken feed.

After all, he is a person from the modern world, and he still has a little bit of conscience.

If someone feeds people, in the modern world, his ancestral graves would be dug up.

The previous pig feed, anyway, also included corn and other things.

Now that chicken feed has been changed to corn cobs, Lin Dao himself feels embarrassed.

"I'm really not a qualified capitalist."

Lin Dao self-deprecatingly said, "If I open a factory or company, it will fail sooner or later."

I looked at the time and it was almost time for lunch, so I decided to go to the cafeteria to check it out myself.

A group of bodyguards surrounded Lin Dao and brought him to a cafeteria.

When everyone saw the young master coming, they all bowed.

Lin Dao stepped forward and came to the big pot.

Looking at the mushy porridge in the pot, he asked the laborers who had already received their food, "How is the food?"

The man who was asked was flattered and said, "To answer my master, I have never eaten anything so delicious in my life."

"When we were outside the city, we couldn't even eat grass roots or tree bark."

"Thanks to the Master's kindness in taking us in, we were also given ample food to eat."

At this point, Minfu choked up and burst into tears, "My whole family starved to death."

"They are unlucky and didn't meet the Lord's kindness."

"My dear Lord, you have shown me a great kindness. I don't know how to repay you."

"As long as the Master has orders, we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

The people around shouted that they were willing to go through fire and water for their master.

Lin Dao touched his nose and signaled everyone to continue eating and get their food.

He looked at the nervous cook and asked, "How do you think the food is these days?"

The cook trembled like a sieve, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

"Master, I have never withheld food from you. It was all done by Yao Dagen and the others."

"Lord, please spare my life~~~"

Wang Meng arrested more than a dozen cooks who had withheld food ingredients, and it was said that they were all to be executed.

Even their families will suffer.

There is no doubt that this greatly shocked all the cooks.

Lin Dao frowned, feeling dissatisfied as he looked at the cook with a greasy face and a big head and neck.

"If the cook doesn't steal, the crops won't be harvested."

"You may not have skimped on food, but you certainly ate more and better."

"From now on, even the cooks have to be rotated!"

(End of this chapter)