Take Taobao to ancient times

"Brother Zhuang, if you have something to do, go back first." Lu Siyu turned his head, looked at Zhuang Jinhan and said.

"Actually, I'm fine." Zhuang Jinhan said.

"Eh..." Lu Siyu was helpless, he always felt that something was wrong with Zhuang Jinhan these two days, but he couldn't tell exactly what it was, "In this case, let's go in and talk about it."

In the inn room, Lu Siyu didn't talk to Zhuang Jinhan, but looked at another person: "I want to know what is your oil extraction rate?"

"How do you know?" The other party was shocked, but he didn't expect Lu Siyu to hit the point.

"Isn't that why you took the initiative to come to me?" Lu Siyu smiled. If you really just want to sell soybean oil, you don't need to look for him.

"If I use my method, the oil extraction rate can reach [-]%." The other party said, with a bit of pride in his eyes.

Using traditional methods, the oil extraction rate of soybeans can generally only reach about 7.5%, but the other party can increase the oil extraction rate to 10%, which is indeed excellent.

"It sounds really good, but let's change the calculation. The price of soybeans is 2 yuan a catty. When it is expensive, it can reach 3 yuan a catty. We use 2 yuan a catty. One hundred catties of soybeans can squeeze ten catties Soybean oil, in other words, [-] catties of soybean oil costs [-] Wen; if it is sesame oil, the price of sesame is [-] Wen per catty, and for the same [-] Wen, you can buy [-] catties of sesame, according to the oil extraction rate of [-]% , two hundred Wen can extract eight catties of sesame oil."

This equation is relatively simple. Calculated at 200 Wen, extracting 10 catties of soybean oil or 8 catties of sesame oil, it seems that this person's method can indeed make money.

"You haven't counted three renminbi a catty yet, what if the price of soybeans is three renminbi?" The other party was not stupid, and quickly guessed what Lu Siyu meant.

"If it costs three Wen a catty, it is still a hundred catties of soybeans, and the soybean oil is still ten catties, but it can be replaced with sesame oil, which can reach twelve catties. Moreover, the oil yield of soybeans is too low. If you want to squeeze a large amount of soybean oil, you have to There must be a lot of soybeans, have you calculated the cost of transportation?" Lu Siyu continued to ask.

"Transportation costs?" The other party frowned.

"Yes, for example, if I want to transport soybeans from one county to another, how many people are needed? How many ox carts or horse carts? How much do these people need to eat, drink and sleep on the road, and how much should they pay? You can answer these questions Have you thought about it?" Lu Siyu asked again, quite aggressively.

"Wages, manpower, transportation costs," the other party muttered a few words, then shook his head helplessly, "I really haven't thought about these things. You are indeed smarter than me. It seems that it is not advisable to extract oil from soybeans."

With that said, the other party got up and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute," Lu Siyu called to stop him, "Have you considered increasing the proportion of soybean oil extracted?"

"Didn't you say it's impossible?" The other party turned around and looked at Lu Siyu in surprise.

"I just said that the ratio of [-]% is still low. It would be even better if it can be higher, or if there is a way to reduce the labor of oil extractors." Lu Siyu laughed.

"What do you mean by reducing the labor of oil extractors?" The other party sat down again and continued to ask.

"For example, use external force to find a way to increase the oil extraction rate. If you use your method, will it be more difficult?" Lu Siyu looked at him.

"Yes, it is indeed very hard, but how to use external force to increase the oil extraction rate, and how to solve it?" The other party asked one after another, making enough gestures.

"Well," Lu Siyu paused, then chuckled, "Actually, I haven't thought about it yet."

"Oh, I knew it would not be that easy." The other party shook his head and said, his expression was full of regret, as if this was what he had been looking for all his life.

"Actually, as long as we can study this problem, we will definitely find a solution. The point is that I will go back soon, so I can't study it with you." Lu Siyu is very aware of the weight of soybean oil in modern society. To extract more soybean oil, as long as you search on Taobao, you will be able to find a solution. The point is that he also needs manpower to do this.

"Go back, where are you going back?" the other party asked.

Lu Siyu said the name of the prefecture and county, and said: "I have money, but I lack people. If the extraction ratio of soybean oil can be increased, it can replace sesame oil."

"Can I go with you?" the other party said suddenly.

"Huh? What about your home?" Lu Siyu asked back. He really recognized the other party's ability, but since the other party was in the capital, he would never go with him. However, the soybean oil incident still gave him thoughts, so he just wanted to go back Afterwards, study slowly and stop the other party, which is also to give the other party an idea, hoping that he can find a suitable way, which can be regarded as repayment.

"Cough," the other party coughed a few times, "Actually, my wife has always wanted to reconcile with me, but because I have nowhere to go, I didn't reconcile. If this young master can give me a place to live, And it just happened to set my wife free."

After saying this, Lu Siyu's address directly became a son.

"Why did your wife reconcile with you?" Lu Siyu asked curiously.

"It's not... I've been tinkering with soybean oil and wasting a lot of money." The other party was a little embarrassed. It took a lot of courage to say this. It was definitely not a waste of money to spend money to the point where the husband and wife wanted to reconcile. For less money, he was afraid that Lu Siyu would refuse to let him help after he said it.

It's just that there are some things that must be said clearly, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable.

"Well, I'll go with you later and clarify this matter." Lu Siyu said, the ancient times were not as good as the modern times, the transportation was so convenient, and divorce is not as easy as the modern times, so what needs to be said must be said clear.

"Okay, then trouble your son."

"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Siyu."

"Hi Mr. Lu, little Baoyou, Baozi's Bao, friend's friend." Baoyou said.

Zhuang Jinhan listened to the whole process, his mood was really hard to describe, he wanted to tell Lu Siyu before, let him keep a low profile and stop messing around, but now it seems that it is better not to say this.

If the oil extraction rate of soybean oil can go up, it will be a good thing for the court.

But he was sure that if Lu Siyu went on like this, the emperor would notice him again sooner or later, even if he stopped him, the emperor would try his best to meet Lu Siyu again, but he didn't know what it would be like Condition.

When going out this time, Lu Siyu specially took Lu Siyue and the others with him, and bluntly said that when he came back, he would take them to the market and the surrounding area, and he would go back tomorrow, so he had to go shopping.

Bao You's family lived in a large common civilian area, Lu Siyu and the others followed him to the place, and saw a woman standing at the door.

"You still know to come back?" The woman cursed as soon as she saw Bao You.

"I have something to say." Bao You said seriously. If it was usual, he would have smiled with a shy face, but today, he really can't laugh.

The woman looked up and looked at several people: "Come in."

No matter from the decoration outside the house or the situation inside the house, it can be seen that this family is really poor, but all the things in the house are neatly arranged and everything is clean, so people walk in the first thing. It doesn't feel that this home is poor, but that this home looks refreshing.

"You have all seen that my family is very poor, and I can't entertain you, so just say what you have to say." The woman said casually, her tone very casual.

"It's like this." Baoyou explained the matter clearly from beginning to end, and finally concluded, "I'm leaving, and I don't want to delay you any longer. Didn't you always say that you want to get divorced, so I think..."

"Heli? Don't even think about it!" the woman said angrily.

"But..." Baoyou interrupted.

"Go if you want, I won't make peace with you." The woman said, what she said was really unexpected.

"That's fine," Lu Siyu said, "Just treat Brother Bao You as a part-time job to earn money to support the family, and you two don't have to divorce."

"Based on his situation, it's good that he doesn't spend your money, and he works part-time to make money." The woman said coldly, if she hadn't been at odds with each other before, she would have thought she was such a cold person.

In the final analysis, I still can't bear it. The reason why I took the initiative to reconcile before is because I hope that Bao You can restrain himself. If he is really indifferent, he can just drive Bao You out of the house. It is really a little bit of a reason for Bao You to be homeless. funny.

"Sister-in-law was joking. Brother Bao You is indeed capable. This is a fact. How about this? I will pay Brother Bao You's salary for one year first." Lu Siyu said, took out ten taels of silver and put it on the table.

"This is too much, no, Mr. Lu, take it back." Bao You picked up the money and was about to stuff it into Lu Siyu's hand.

"This is for Mrs. Bao, and it has nothing to do with Brother Bao You, but the salary for one year has already been paid. Brother Bao You only includes food, drink and lodging at my place, and will not pay extra wages. Of course, I will also solve the problem of clothes. Brother Bao You won't?" Lu Siyu looked at Bao You with a smile.

"No, no, I..." Bao You sighed, and stuffed the money into his wife's hand, "Take it, take good care of the house, I will come back to see you when I have time."

"Don't worry, I will come back every once in a while, just be my carriage." Zhuang Jinhan said, his home is in the capital, so he will definitely come back, and when the time comes, he will bring Baoyou with him, and he doesn't care about one more person .

Bao You's wife was still a little dazed. It seemed that a big change had taken place in just a short while.

"Brother Bao You, accompany Mrs. Sister-in-law. Let's go out for a stroll. We will set off at six o'clock tomorrow and wait at the inn." Lu Siyu instructed, giving the couple a time to say goodbye.

After leaving Bao You's house, Lu Siyu took the three children to some more famous places, and then took them to the market, but the last three of them didn't buy anything.

Lu Siyue bought some fabrics, Lu Siyun bought an abacus, and Lu Sile bought a few books, which were not expensive, but all three of them claimed that it was something they liked.