Straight man of steel

Chapter 19 Not an Ordinary Person (Please recommend a ticket)
"Mr. Zhang, it's a good thing you are here today, otherwise I would have to go to Zhuo Mansion."

Zhang Yuan looked away from the account book and raised his head to find the owner of the voice. He saw that it was the servant of the county magistrate Wang Ji's family who came to bring dishes back every day, talking to him.

"I don't know what you want to do with the boy?"

Dogs in an official's family are much more expensive than ordinary people's. Even though this man is just a servant of Wang Ji's family, Zhang Yuan is still very respectful.

"Mr. Zhang, my official wants to entertain some noble people here tomorrow. Please don't open the business to receive guests then."

It's not a big request. Zhuojia Restaurant is always closed for one more day and everyone will not have any opinions.

"Please also go back and tell the magistrate Wang, the boy will ask the people below to do what he asks."

"My family official hopes that you will come to the banquet tomorrow, son, and I hope you will not shirk."

"The boy will definitely arrive tomorrow."

The old slave's wrinkled face became even more ugly because of the smile he showed.

"Hey, the old slave will go first, and after sending the dishes back to the mansion, he will invite Mr. Sima."

Zhang Yuan was speechless in his heart now, and he could be regarded as on the bar with this Sima Xiangru.The county magistrate Wang Ji probably considered himself a young talent in Linqiong, so he was allowed to accompany him.

After keeping this matter in mind, Zhang Yuan picked up the cash on the cabinet and the two account books and planned to go back to Zhuo Mansion.

"Xiaoqing, let's go."

As soon as he got here, Xiao Qing slipped into the kitchen and didn't know what to do.

Zhang Yuan felt a little funny when he saw the corners of her mouth covered with fat.I am in charge of this restaurant on behalf of the Zhuo family, I am afraid that this little girl is the happiest.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Xiao Qing quickly wiped the corners of her mouth clean, twisted her face in embarrassment and did not answer Zhang Yuan's question.

"Let's go, son, I still have something to do with the Patriarch."

After returning to Zhuo's mansion, Zhang Yuan went directly to the inner courtyard to meet Zhuo Wangsun. The restaurant and the iron pot still needed to use some of Zhuo Wangsun's influence.

"Master, here are the profits and account books of the Zhuo Family Restaurant in recent days. I will bring them back for you to take a look at."

Zhuo Wangsun looked calm, picked up the account book, glanced at it briefly, and then put it down. Zhang Yuan didn't think he could understand something in such a short time.

Pretending to be like this is probably to make Zhang Yuan feel that he is awesome.

"Okay, if you come to this old man, I guess there is more than one thing to talk about."

"Patriarch, the workshop has built more than 500 iron pots in the past few days, and the villain will go there in a few days.

There will be a large batch of finished products in about seven days. The boy wants to ask how you plan to sell this batch of iron pots. "

After changing the topic from the restaurant to the iron pot, the expression on Zhuo Wangsun's face was no longer dull.

For him, even if he opened restaurants throughout the territory of the Han Dynasty, he would not be able to satisfy his true desires.The Zhuo family has been engaged in the smelting industry for generations. If the Zhuo family can make further progress with metal products, it will not be a disgrace to their ancestors.

"The Zhuo family naturally has its own shops, and these iron pots will be sold in those shops."

The management method of the Great Han Dynasty is so simple and rude. Even though Zhang Yuan has done enough, Zhuo Wangsun's concept has not been changed in a short period of time.

"Patriarch, I wonder how much you plan to sell for an iron pot?"

"Twelve taels of gold."

Zhang Yuan finally understood why Zhuo Wangsun didn't care about the restaurant's profits at all. He still underestimated this ruthless man.

In fact, what Zhang Yuan doesn't know is that the purchasing power of gold now is far less than that of later generations.

Because in this era, the gold of the great man was not made into handicrafts and was not lost overseas, and the output of silver was not so high.

Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang rewarded Qu Nihou Chen Ping with as much as [-] catties of gold once.

There must be a lot of gold reserves in these rich people's homes.

But compared to the price of other iron wares that cost half a tael of silver, Zhang Yuan still felt that Zhuo Wangsun was a little greedy, and the price had almost doubled by ten times.

"Isn't the price of the owner a bit more expensive?"

Looking at Zhuo Wangsun's expression, Zhang Yuan knew that ten taels of gold was nothing to him.

"This is already the price I'm thinking about after you said that this iron pot can make my Zhuo family famous in history. It's just twice the cost, so it's not expensive."

Is wrought iron so expensive?How much gold is that steel worth?

Zhang Yuan decided that after this incident, he must make up for the prices of the current era. Before that, he felt that the private casting of copper coins had too much influence, and the common people basically bartered. Concern, now it seems that I was wrong.

After all, the currencies used by nobles and ordinary people are not the same thing. Even if gold and silver are privately minted, they are purchased according to their weight.

"The owner of the house doesn't know how much the output of wrought iron in the workshop is different from that of cast iron?"

Although Zhang Yuan stayed in the workshop for some days, the specific output was information that handymen like them could not touch.

"It takes ten catties of cast iron to smelt one catty of wrought iron."

Zhuo Wangsun has been expecting Zhang Yuan to bring him another surprise, so he took the trouble to explain it.

"The villain heard that there is a new smelting technology in the Central Plains. It needs to continuously stir the molten iron, and then increase the output of wrought iron and even steel. I don't know the master, do you know this method?"

Zhuo Wangsun nodded with a serious expression on his face.

"The old man does know, but how can he easily tell the old man about the secrets of other people's family?"

At present, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has not yet ascended the throne, and the Salt and Iron Order has not yet been promulgated. The smelting workshops in various places are all in private hands, so naturally it is impossible to communicate with each other.

Zhang Yuan has already decided to help Zhuo Wangsun figure out the method of frying steel first. This time it is not for steelmaking but to increase the output of wrought iron and reduce the price of wrought iron, so that ordinary people can use hoes and iron plows as well. Use an iron skillet.Because the output of wrought iron was not high, Zhang Yuan swallowed the plan he had already made in his heart for the time being.

"To be fair to the owner of the house, I know how this technique works. If the owner of the house trusts me, I can try out this technique for the owner of the house after I finish handling the matter at hand."

Zhang Yuan watched Zhuo Wangsun's expression change from solemn to surprised, from surprised to excited, and finally from excited to hysterical.

"Ayuan, if you can really help the old man, the good things between you and the little girl will not be far away."

While talking about business, the old guy mentioned Zhuo Wenjun again, do you really want to marry your own daughter again?

"Cough cough, Patriarch, please don't get excited. The villain has to go to the restaurant tomorrow to attend a banquet hosted by Wang County Magistrate. After this matter is over, he will go to the workshop to handle the matter."

Hearing Zhang Yuan talk about this matter, Zhuo Wangsun really calmed down, it seemed that he knew something.

"A Yuan, after you go tomorrow, remember to be cautious.

Those people are not ordinary people. "

ps: Calvin, the thinking is clear later, I will come back and change it, sorry.

(End of this chapter)