Lord of Rot

Chapter 182 Finally started making money

Grand bought 40 pounds of honey, and he could clearly feel something was wrong with Joe's attitude.

With his face a little burning, Grand admitted that he was bragging, just a little bit... but he really thought that Baron Porcupine was just a certain village baron who accidentally got a swarm of wild bees.

Small buckets of honey were loaded onto the wagon, leaving the remaining space empty.

As long as this bit of honey is sold, Grand can earn dozens of silver months, which is more than what he earned from doing business in Lintawan for several months.

Seeing that the loading was not finished in the distance, Grand moved closer to Joe.

"My friends, what did they buy at Porcupine Collar?" As a businessman, being thick-skinned is the first point.

Joe replied: "Porcupine beer, Porcupine liquor, Porcupine soap, they are from Eastport City."

"Caravan from Donggang City!" Grand was surprised.

At the same time, Grand captured the key information. The things the porcupine brought were very good, and even the large caravan from Donggang City made a special trip.

"What are those wines and soaps?" Grand was only attracted by honey, and his information channels were not on the same level as the caravan.

Qiao smiled: "Come here, let's talk slowly."

After a while.

Before the caravan from Donggang City left, Grand had already left in his carriage.

"Really expensive!"

He bought a small barrel of wine and a dozen bars of soap, and the price almost equaled that of honey.

At the same time, he also looks forward to making a lot of money. Even if he doesn't make a lot of money, the honey will be enough to make up for all his losses.

"It turns out that porcupine collars hold so much honey."

As for negotiating terms with the Porcupine Baron and buying the entire porcupine collar’s ​​honey? Just pretend that you farted with your mouth.

"But I can find a group of people to cooperate. There is honey, soap, and fine wine here." Although Grand hopes that he can enjoy the secrets here exclusively, looking at the large caravan in Donggang City, he knows that this is impossible.

Moreover, if he is used to doing big business, he may look down on his small business. He has to find a group of merchants to join him to avoid being refused purchase next time.

When Li Qi learned that the merchant from Lintawan had arrived, bought a small bucket of honey and left, he was stunned for a moment.

"Just a one-man caravan?"

"Yes." Qiao was also helpless. He didn't expect that he had been deceived. He also thought it was the Lintawan caravan.

If the soap hadn't attracted the businessmen of Donggang City, the porcupine collar would definitely have caused a joke.

"You did very well"

Li Qi said: "Porcupine collars need channels for external sales. We welcome businessmen regardless of size."

You can brag if you want. Anyway, you don't have to spend your own money. You just come to buy things from yourself. It doesn't matter if you brag that you are a projection of the Four Gods.

The porcupine collar welcomes all young men with money in their pockets.

Ten thousand bars of soap have not yet been made, but just wine and honey, as well as cheap pottery, are enough to fill Claude's caravan.

He will send a caravan again in the future, and will also bring the magic materials Li Qi needs.

Especially the materials for making magic gunpowder are much cheaper if purchased in bulk through caravans.

Pig Tail Bay.

Li Qi took a walk with Claude, who was chubby and panting. He was very friendly to the businessman who gave him money.

Just this time, Claude contributed 80 gold days to him. Because the soap had not been produced yet, he could only take away part of it. After the subsequent production of all 200 pieces, Li Qi could harvest another gold days.

Li Qi had to invest about 3 gold days in the construction of the territory every day to get all 2000 people moving. He was spending money every minute and every second. It can only be said that it has just turned from negative income to profit.

I finally started making money, although not much.

Li Qi spent money to pay civilians, and civilians built territories to produce goods. Then the civilians spent money to buy things from merchants, and merchants spent money to buy goods from Li Qi. A cycle was beginning to take shape.

The money went full circle and returned to the pocket, and everyone made money.

"My lord, have you never considered building a port in Pig Tail Bay?" Claude asked while looking at the brig in the distance.

Li Qi nodded: "My father once thought about building a port in Pig Tail Bay, but the war delayed everything. I also want to fulfill his wish during his lifetime."

The Porcupine Collar is trapped in the Pig Backbone Valley. If you want to go out, you have to circle around. There is an Iron Stone City guarding the outside.

But if a dock can be built in Pig Tail Bay and the waterway can be used, the Porcupine Collar will be able to reverse the embarrassing situation of being trapped in the corner of the corner.

Claude immediately said: "If there is a port in Pig Tail Bay, our merchant ships can arrive at Porcupine Territory from Donggang City in two or three days at most."

If the port in the Porcupine Territory is built, the transportation cost will be greatly reduced, and he will not have to carry a carriage and travel hard.

"But we lack craftsmen," Li Qi sighed.

Of course he had craftsmen, and he had recruited a group of them in Shuijiandi. They were just busy with other constructions, so they never had time to build a port.

This does not prevent him from wanting more craftsmen, more talents and more people, but Li Qi has always been his first choice.

"I can introduce you to a group of craftsmen." Claude patted his bulging belly confidently, and the buttons on his clothes were tightened. He was really worried that if he was not careful, the buttons would fall apart: "As long as you can pay enough remuneration. .”

"Thank you for your help, my friend!"

Li Qi patted Claude on the shoulder. Before he could shake, his stomach started to shake.

It's like patting a balloon filled with water.

Now that he has money, Baron Reacher is becoming more and more excited about infrastructure construction. The dock and the previously planned watchtower must be built.

After asking Claude and Qiao to discuss matters such as recruiting craftsmen, Li Qi became the hands-off shopkeeper.

The people under me are already very good. I cannot seize all the opportunities to express myself. I want my people to express themselves as well.

To put it simply, he wants to be lazy.

Claude returned home with a full load and left in a carriage.

Li Qi watched the caravan leave from the castle window.

"High-end soaps must continue to be developed. The aristocrats' sales effect is far beyond imagination. The entire society has a culture of admiring and imitating the aristocrats."

This is only Donggang City, and more territories will come in in the future.

He was not worried about whether the nobles would be angry when they learned that commoners could buy the same soap as his for 2-3 silver months.

Just like on earth, everyone knows how low the cost of ice cream, popsicles, etc. is. Some people eat tens or hundreds of yuan, and some people eat a pack of 50 cents.

People who spend more money will not only not think it is expensive, but will feel superior to others. Is that the taste of food? It's a brand!

You can even find countless reasons to persuade yourself.

On earth, the same woven bags are sold, some are sold for 10 yuan, and some are sold for yuan.

Same goes for clothes, shoes, lipstick, perfume, etc.

The pursuit of nobles by the Lureians far exceeds the pursuit of the upper class by ordinary people on earth.

Give Lurea people a little bit of a commercial jolt.

Look at ordinary soap. It's just an ordinary square with no exquisite carvings, no exquisite box, and no fragrance. It's not as good as the noble soap used by nobles.

Unknown to those who are familiar with it, Li Qi just wants to sell low-priced soaps with small profits but quick turnover. The cost is low and it is like operating without capital.

"Change a few more boxes of packaging." Li Qi's heart moved: "The nobles have money. Although a piece of soap can be used for a long time, you can sell it to them in different packaging and different scents. Wouldn't that mean you buy more? I'm not just doing this for Make money, otherwise it would be embarrassing to find that everyone uses the same scented soap during a party."

Li Qi felt that he was too considerate. In order to ensure the happy social interaction of the noble ladies, he worked hard to research more scents.

The research on scent is very simple. If he hadn't done it, I would have probably come up with more than a dozen scents.

Some are interesting, but useless, and must be screened. But currently, Porcupine Collar can already make soap with new scents. Technological innovation is so fast.

Thinking of this, he returned to his study, picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Red Rose.

"To the beautiful Miss Evangelion"

“After the master’s endless research, Porcupine brand soap has three more fragrances, the citrus fragrance with a fresh breath, the grass fragrance with the earthy smell after the rain, and the sea fragrance with the sea breeze. Type, I will send someone to deliver the soap to Roaring Keep, I hope you like it."

"Your knight, Reacher Clarence."

Li Qi rolled up the letter. He admitted that he was a little boastful and exaggerated, but the soap could really smell, and it was real.

For example, citrus-scented soap is boiled with orange peels. Thanks to the oranges in the products Claude brought, the maids and maids in the castle got a little angry because of these orange peels.

"Every batch of soap needs new packaging."

Anyway, every soap box is handmade, so it is not difficult to change the packaging. New products are constantly being produced so that we can create new dishes.

"What's the name? The ordinary one is called Porcupine Brand Soap, and the expensive one is called Porcupine Brand Noble Soap."

It's not that there isn't a better name. It's still possible to copy the Earth and use some gimmicks, but what he wants is simple and crude, and he must create identity differences.

Not only must there be differences in status, but limited editions are also the most basic.

This is the benefit of monopolizing technological power.

Establishing the brand effect of the Porcupine brand at the aristocratic level can avoid the blow to the Porcupine soap business if someone discovers the secret of the soap one day and successfully reproduces it.

By the time someone cracked the soap production technique and started manufacturing and selling it on a large scale, Porcupine Noble Soap had become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

However, if you want to maintain this advantage, you must have strong enough force. Otherwise, if a certain noble wants to steal business, he may not be able to hold it back and may be in danger of being destroyed.

After making money, you must invest it in military construction.

"The next time Claude brings the craftsmen, build the dock first."

First build a small wharf for currency, and then slowly expand it into a port. Pig Tail Bay cannot reach the port size of Donggang City, but it can still be used as a small port to accommodate small and medium-sized cargo ships.

Good news also came one after another. The 200 soldiers sent to Longship Fort from Shanzhang Fort, as well as craftsmen, food supplies, etc., had also arrived.