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Chapter 94

It was not because Cheng Jinzhou was hot-headed that he handed over the affairs of the maritime firm to Shi Yan.He was only 13 years old, and he didn't have any useful candidates. Shi Yan had followed him for a while, and he had a contract of betrayal. Speaking of which, he was also a very loyal person.Since ancient times, emperors have liked to use eunuchs. It is often not because the eunuchs are excellent, but because they are around, so they are more trusted.

What's more, in Cheng Jinzhou's view, the Maritime Trading Company is not a big deal. There are many chambers of commerce in the Great Xia Dynasty that can trade, and they are not bad.Of course, for Shi Yan, this is an opportunity, but he himself is not fully aware of it.

Early the next morning, Cheng Jinzhou took Mengda to the Chengxi Wharf, then called out the independent trading platform in the rented warehouse, bought 100 tons of sugar and put it away, and then quietly withdrew it back. The whole process only took half a day time.This can be regarded as his attempt. If he can control the source of goods and channels, it doesn't matter if he doesn't participate in the specific transaction.In fact, most aristocratic families have basically the same process for their business operations, but after they become bigger, they usually let the person in charge and the main family break away from the contractual relationship-the rules of the Great Xia Dynasty, except for being landlords, nobles are not considered as landlords. Other activities are permitted.Cheng Jinzhou hadn't had the opportunity to get in touch with the Cheng family's method of receiving money before, and now he can only ponder it slowly.

Shi Yan didn't know Cheng Jinzhou's arrangement, but he was somewhat apprehensive, hesitantly approached the maritime firm, and carefully observed the attitude of his third brother.

Xiao Cheng didn't talk to him, just set the time and price, and let him talk. Just the matters related to the star warlock can make him burnt out, not to mention that Hongwen Museum still has a lot of things to do.Fortunately, he has become a one-star warlock. Although the professors will not flatter him, they will not demand him as ordinary students. On this point, Dr. Cheng Da has successfully obtained the privilege again.

It seems that Cheng Jinzhou has been able to obtain privileges in school, so although he feels much more comfortable, he doesn't even express the slightest thanks.Now, he basically treats the Star Warlock Association as a classroom, reporting on readings on time every day, and at the same time checking the contribution points in his certification stone.

Of course, the latter is the most important.

从4个贡献点到8个贡献点，程晋州等了1个月；从6个贡献点到23个贡献点，他又用去了一个月；但在接下来的一些日子里，他每天都能获得10个以上的贡献点。去掉支出的52个贡献点，程晋州手上赫然还有76个贡献点。

Sitting on the spacious seat of the Star Warlock Association, Cheng Jinzhou has already begun to think about his life as a two-star warlock.

"Morning, Mr. Cheng." As usual, astrologers who don't know him will greet Cheng Jinzhou. There are always more than a dozen astrologers like him who come to the association's archives to report every day. If it is really counted, he is naturally the oldest. .

However, it is Cheng Jinzhou who is most famous now.

From the outer peninsula to the court, there are more and more debates about geometric optics. Although these debates inevitably tend to be abstract, which makes fewer and fewer people cite the results, in terms of reputation, many astrologers have He recognized Cheng Jinzhou's work.

For arrogant gentlemen, this is already very rare.

Cheng Jinzhou pretended to smile when he heard the greetings, and occasionally said "Hello", then he would continue to lower his head and read a book. Compared with these gentlemen who claimed to be elites, and were really elites, he always felt a sense of alienation.On the other hand, sitting in the Star Warlock Association's library, he often felt a sense of pride, or arrogance, in his heart, which actually made his expression more like a normal Star Warlock.

Two astromancer apprentices pushed a squeaking cart and classified a book on the bookshelf.One of them seems to have mastered the gravity technique. Just by waving his left and right hands, he can make the book fly up and down automatically, and the landing point is precise, which shows that he has practiced it carefully.The association's bookshelves can be up to two stories high. If you don't have some skills and can't fly, reading will be difficult.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyes with envy. Among the archived books, geometric optics naturally had the largest number. This is a subject that has not yet established authority. Regardless of whether there is research content on hand, everyone will still pay attention to it.Half of the books borrowed by everyone are newly submitted achievement reports in the field of optics.

However, the more lively the theory is, the harder it is to maintain its vigorous vitality. Now few people cite the process of optical derivation in articles. With the increase of everyone's familiarity and recognition, it is enough to use the conclusion directly. Cheng Jinzhou's increased contribution now Point, has probably been written many days ago.

The "Record of the New Nature of Light" submitted by Xiao Cheng himself was copied and placed in the lower column on the left.Presumably other dungeons are also on the way to other cities. If Jiang Huang star warlocks are in the position, their new achievement reports must be spread through the star array at the first time, but because of this, their new achievements are often You have to think it over and over again, the speed is far from being comparable to that of the newly promoted star warlocks.

An astrologer who got up to read a book soon found Cheng Jinzhou's name on the spine and said "Congratulations" with a smile.Cheng Jinzhou stood up and cupped his fists. There were no more than 30 people in the room, which was quite relaxed.

After sitting down, Cheng Jinzhou inserted the certification stone into the metal groove, secretly waiting to see the number change.In fact, it doesn't make much sense to do so. Except for people like Cheng Jinzhou, who can read a paper in the morning and write another one in the afternoon after changing hands, but in his heart, he inevitably has some expectations and some apprehension.

Young's double-slit interference is famous because it is a very simple and clear experiment. It well proves the existence of interference of light, thereby indirectly proving the wave nature of light. Over a long period of time, , this experiment dominated the entire scientific society’s understanding of optics.If he waits for a while, Cheng Jinzhou believes that with this experiment alone, he can get the title of a two-star warlock, although it may take some years of accumulation.

But now, it is difficult for him to estimate how much people will agree with him.

Throughout the day, copies of "Records of the New Nature of Light" were circulated in the hands of astrologists. Since the content is not much, when an astromagist who wants to read cannot find the book, he can also ask the association's The apprentice astrologist copied another copy, and at night, there were more than a dozen copies on the bookshelf.

Of course, the contribution points will not increase because of this.

When it was time for dinner, Cheng Jinzhou paced out.Shi Yan lowered his head and waited absent-mindedly. He jumped up when he heard footsteps, and said hello with a green tea face.

"How's the matter?" Cheng Jinzhou himself got into the carriage and spoke through the curtain, quite poised.

"I met the second shopkeeper of the commercial bank. It went well. According to the price you negotiated, 60 taels of silver per ton. It only depends on when the delivery is made. You can pay by air ticket or Kuping silver." Although things went well, Shi Yan's mood was not at all relaxed.Being a bookboy by Cheng Jinzhou's side, no matter how hard it is or not, you don't have to worry about anything.It would be different if he was released, and he was worried that his master would not like it, so it was inevitable that he would get angry.

Moreover, such a large amount of 6000 taels of silver was completely beyond Shi Yan's expectations.This amount of money can buy almost 300 mu of ordinary slope land, and the Zhuangzi with poorer land is only a few hundred mu of land in total. Thinking that this money will pass through his own hands, Shi Yan's mouth is even more teasing.

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged nonchalantly, it was expected that the deal could be negotiated.Although sea merchants can bring back cheaper sugar from farther places, in terms of purity and sweetness, it is definitely not comparable to the white sugar he traded, even though he bought the cheapest fourth-grade sugar .

In his opinion, even if the price is raised, the Maritime Trading Company will agree, but it is of little significance—sugar basically exists as a high-end product in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the market capacity is limited. To increase the price, it is necessary to reduce the supply in the end. Quantity, this is obviously putting the cart before the horse.He is already making excess profits, and it is impossible to reduce shipments by one-third or one-half in order to get one-sixth or one-fifth more profits.

In fact, just look at the capitalists from the colonial era and you will know. When they sell clocks, opium and other unique materials, why don't they know to reduce the shipment volume and increase the selling price?If there was still competition in the Chinese market at the end of the Qing Dynasty, then the East India Company's operations in Nanyang were a complete monopoly. Even so, they had to swing endlessly and constantly weigh between increasing selling prices and increasing sales volume.Cheng Jinzhou, who has almost unlimited supply, naturally has no interest in making white sugar a luxury product in the sugar market.

Thinking about it like this, he asked Shi Yan first: "If you were given the right to set the price, how much do you think these candies can sell for?"

Shi Yan was shocked and whispered: "Maybe one ton can be sold for 65 taels of silver. I will go and talk to them again."

"No, but your job is to sell more money and spend less money. The price of sugar should be set like this, and it will be delivered on a certain day." Cheng Jinzhou thought about it: "Then the time will be traded by flying ticket. The amount is relatively large, and the Let's go with Meng Er."

Flying tickets need to be exchanged through the government, similar to the existence of bank checks instead of promissory notes, which can be regarded as an extra layer of protection.

Shi Yan responded in a low voice.

Cheng Jinzhou asked again: "What is the price of the linen that I showed you last time?"

"The merchants in Xiajing don't distinguish between the types of ramie, and each piece costs around 400 Wen. However, for some larger merchants, if the ramie is directly collected from the place of origin, the variety is basically certain. The amount of ramie you want is like Not much, the most used here is jute, which is shipped directly from the north, and several families are specializing in it."

"Order 2 pieces of linen." Cheng Jinzhou stopped talking after giving an order, and hid in the carriage proudly.

6000 taels of silver can buy 3 pieces of linen, which can be exchanged for 6000 star dollars, and this money can buy 1200 tons of sugar. After one transaction, he will make 12 times the profit. If the trade volume is not restricted, he will soon You can accumulate a large fortune.

While imagining, Dede remembered the sound of the horse's hooves, Meng shouted, and the other party shouted: "Cheng Jinzhou, I'm Shen Cong."

"Stop the car and let him come over." Cheng Jinzhou had a bad feeling.

The carriage came to a slow stop. As soon as Cheng Jinzhou opened the curtain, Shen Cong rushed forward, took the reins abruptly, jumped off the horse, and said in a deep voice: "I just received the news that in the afternoon, the servant of the Ministry of punishment It is suggested that the Menxia Province will re-determine the candidates and leading party to go to Shaonan for investigation in three days' time."

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(End of this chapter)