Chapter 9 Candy
Tobacco was a nationally sold commodity in his previous life, and it was definitely a business with a lot of money. Xiao Tianfu discovered tobacco, or a plant that can be used as a substitute for tobacco. A psychedelic secret medicine among the witch doctor's secret medicine, the main ingredient is a plant called Ziyuan, which only grows deep in the mountains and forests of Lingzhou. As a secret medicine for witch doctors, it is secretly passed down from generation to generation, and outsiders cannot know its efficacy.
Chewing and eating purple coriander leaves can make people feel extremely pleasant. However, purple coriander also has strong toxicity. If you eat it directly, you will suffer from diarrhea caused by diarrhea after eating it in small amounts. Eating too much will cause death.
Xiao Tianlei has tried it initially. The smoke produced by drying purple coriander leaves and burning has the effects of refreshing the mind and encouraging the spirit. The pleasure brought by the weakened, but it also avoids toxicity.
Cigarettes made of purple coriander leaves are more comfortable than tobacco in previous lives and can naturally bring huge wealth. Of course, smoking is harmful to health and is also applicable here. However, for Xiao Tianlei, that is completely unimportant. Just write this sentence on the packaging at that time. You have to sell it.
Xiao Tianlei probably remembers that the process of making cigarettes has been baked, added spices, and fermented several procedures. Ziyuan is not tobacco, so he must not copy the procedures for processing tobacco. He still has to explore the specific process of processing it himself.
The next question is the source of purple cypress. The purple cypress in the mountains and forests of Lingzhou is not much, nor is it less. Most of them are in the deep forests, and it is difficult to collect. If you want to produce it on a large scale, you have to plant it manually. So Xiao Tianlei began to cultivate purple hibiscus in the yard of Jiangwu Doctor's house, trying to master its growth habits and planting methods.
Xiao Tianlei can foresee the future of the tobacco business making money every day. However, doing business naturally requires a considerable amount of start-up capital. Xiao Tianlei saved some money when hunting, but it was far from enough, so he had to find a way to make money to earn start-up capital.
Xiao Tianlei had already thought about it and started doing it. The key to this was Zheng Biao. Xiao Tianlei's family was poor and had to borrow some of the Zheng family's shops.
In a few days, several large trucks came to Zhengjiazhuang. The main goods on the truck were brown sugar. Sugar cane was grown in Lingzhou and several nearby states, and brown sugar has a history of producing it. Brown sugar is now a source of home-cooked sweetness, and the price is not expensive. In addition, there are some citrus, salt, sesame, a few large pots, some white cloth, rolling pins and other utensils.
After cleaning up a shack of piles of debris in the Zheng family, various tools were arranged, Xiao Tianlei started to work, dissolved the brown sugar with water, filtered it with white cloth to remove large impurities, then filtered it with charcoal, and beat the citrus into a paste, and then filtered. Then the two were mixed, some auxiliary ingredients were added to season, boiled until the sugar liquid was thick, poured out into a mold made of wood chips, and after cooling, he obtained pieces of citrus-flavored fruit candy like brown amber.
Xiao Tianbao couldn't wait to pick up a piece and stuff it into his mouth, then showed a satisfied expression: "So sweet, delicious!"
Xiao Tianlei’s project is to produce candies, buy brown sugar, and process it a little. Of course, the candies produced are definitely not as good as those in the previous life. However, they are made entirely of natural materials and the taste will not be bad. Originally, there are many types of snacks in this world, mainly some pastries, candied fruits, dried fruits, etc. Many of them taste excellent, but they are only good at being a dignified official and wealthy family. Generally, they are made by these chefs. Each piece is carefully cultivated and exquisitely produced, which is extremely difficult for ordinary people to eat.
The first batch of fruit candy made by Xiao Tianlei was eaten by a group of friends. Then, Xiao Tianlei began to divide the work, and each person was responsible for one link. Because it was his first time doing it, it was inevitable that he would make some fools and jokes. Everyone was in high spirits and noisy, and the first batch of fruit candy was freshly released.
After making this batch of fruit candy, packing it, Zheng Biao asked it to sell it to the Zheng family's store. In order to promote it as soon as possible, Xiao Tianlei also came up with an idea to let them have a free tasting.
The first batch of fruit candy was not much. The free tasting and some were sold, and the sale was soon finished. However, Xiao Tianlei and others had already made most of the brown sugar they bought into fruit candy and sent it to the Zheng family store one after another. The Zheng family is just a military household with only one store in the city and its sales channels are limited. Even so, as a novel food, many people bought it. In this world, business risks are high, and profits are calculated in multiples. No one can do a business with a percentage of profits. Fruit candy is not conspicuous, and the profits are also several times. In a few days, the cost was recovered.
Seeing that the momentum was good, Xiao Tianlei used up the raw materials he had purchased before, so he used the money he had obtained from the sales to buy more brown sugar and some other raw materials to start making candy of other flavors.
In the following days, the sales of candy increased steadily, and gradually the supply was in short supply. It was impossible to make so many by just a group of kids. Zheng Biao brought a group of slaves from the Zheng family. Xiao Tianlei found his own uncle. In order to encourage production, he settled wages on the same day according to the daily completion volume of each person, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of these people for production.
Afterwards, the shop received some orders one after another. The original shack could no longer meet the production needs. Zheng Biao asked his father to free up two warehouses and hired some people in the village. Gradually, the candy production mobilized many people in the village, and many people in the village joined all aspects of candy production.
The ratio of candy mixing is still controlled by Xiao Tianlei and others, and they took turns to fight. At the same time, Xiao Tianlei has developed more new flavors of candy, flower-flavored flower candies, herbal fragrance, medicinal candies that clear heat and moisten throat, milk candies made of goat milk, glutinous rice and fish glue, and even made jelly, but it was difficult to sell in large quantities because it could not solve the packaging problem.
The candy business was so smooth and smooth, which was beyond Xiao Tianlei's expectations. However, the candy technology content is not high and it is easy to imitate. There is no shortage of smart people in this world. However, candy is not eye-catching and it is difficult to see the benefits in a short time. Once someone finds out and intervenes in it, with the power of the Zheng family, it is probably impossible to continue. Originally, Xiao Tianlei did not intend to do it for a long time, just wanted to make a vote.
"Do you all do it faster and send it to the city in a few seconds! Hahaha!"
Seeing that there were several trucks of candy being sent to the city, Zheng Biao's father, the current Zheng Baihu, couldn't help but shout, "It's all money!"
Zheng Biao went home and told Zheng Baihu that he wanted to do business with Xiao Tianlei and others. Zheng Baihu didn't care either. He just thought that his son was nervous with several wild boys in the village. However, he did not object and let Zheng Biao go to trouble. He knew that doing business was better than doing nothing. He didn't have to pay any money for business anyway. Later, he heard that a group of kids were doing something sugar, how much money can sugar make? Unexpectedly, one day when the housekeeper reported the accounts, Zheng Baihu was also shocked. A car of candy was sold, and the money and water flowed into the pockets of a group of kids. Those helpers and their housekeepers all made money because of it. Although there were also one of their own kids, Zheng Baihu still couldn't sit still.
Although the Zheng family is a military household, it is just a small family. Now the Zheng family is very expensive, so how can the little land in the field be enough? Moreover, although the military households are passed down from generation to generation, they are indispensable for some filial piety to Shangguan every year. Especially now that their son is not as good as a martial arts, he needs more money to handle it. If he completely takes this business into his hands, the Zheng family will not have to worry about generations!
"Biaowaer, come here, I'll ask you!" So, Zheng Baihu called his son on that day, and he was rarely very kind.
My father spoke to him with a kind look, and Zheng Biao was stunned when he saw it: "Dad, what's the matter? Tell me quickly, I'm going to go out to play."
When Zheng Baihu heard this, he became angry and cursed: "You guy, I only know how to play every day. I'll ask you, how can you share the money with Lei Wazi and others?"
"This... I don't know, anyway, I will definitely not suffer any loss." Zheng Biao didn't care.
"You guy... I want to anger you so much!" Zheng Baihu beat his chest and stamped his feet.
"Hey! Dad, did you say that you can do whatever you want at first? Now I think about it. Have you seen that you have made too much money and have bad intentions? I am the first one who cannot agree."
"I will beat you an unfilial son to death!" Zheng Baihu's expression darkened, and he changed several times. He picked up a broom and beat him.
Zheng Biao would not be foolishly standing and being beaten. He hurriedly avoided it. Zheng Baihu did not give up and said angrily: "I'm not for you, a baby. If you don't tell me clearly today, I want your baby to look good!"
The two of them chased and fought in the yard. Such a drama was already common in the Zheng family, and no one came to persuade him. Zheng Baihu chased him a lot and was out of breath. Zheng Biao had no choice but to say, "Forget it, forget it, I tell you, Brother Lei said that this business can't be done for a long time, and when others follow us, we won't be able to earn so much now. The money we earned this time, Brother Lei said he wanted to use it to do a big business."
"Big business, what big business?" Zheng Baihu suddenly felt energetic, and he was not breathless, and asked hurriedly.
"I don't know, I won't tell you!" Zheng Biao said, then ran away.
Zheng Baihu stood there in a broom. When he recalled the words of Xiao Tianlei that Zheng Biao reposted, he felt that it made sense. If he was a small military household, he could not keep his previous thoughts. At the same time, he also recalled that everyone in the village said that Xiao Tianlei was a fool. Now he was the first to believe that, can a fool say those words? Can a fool make his son bow his head?
But he was still very concerned about the big business that Zheng Biao mentioned. Zheng Baihu couldn't figure it out, so he could only sigh: "Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings..."
After that, Zheng Baihu did not ask any more questions, but asked the butler and others to do their best. Needless to say, the butler, the cargo shipper, the shopkeeper, and the guy all got a share of money, and they all worked very hard.
Xiao Tianlei learned about this from Zheng Biao, but he didn't care much. The interests were touching, but so. If Zheng Baihu did anything and Zheng Biao was affected by this, at most he wouldn't do business and share the money. Anyway, he had many ideas for making money, and this matter was also a verification of Zheng Biao.
As the New Year is approaching, various candies are in short supply. There are already hundreds of workers in the candy workshop, and they are producing in shifts. On the road from Zhengjiazhuang to Fucheng, there are several convoys transporting candy and raw materials every day.
Xiao Tianlei no longer needs to stare at candy production and sales, and spends most of his time with his friends every day practicing martial arts. It is rainy in Lingzhou. In order to practice martial arts on rainy days, he built an indoor martial arts training ground in a barn of the Zheng family, which was covered with a thick meadow and beat it on it. He would not be injured easily. He could also wear vine armor and fight with bamboo swords and bamboo swords. The martial arts training ground is actually a classroom. During the rest, Xiao Tianlei would teach some common sense, arithmetic, and answer some questions from his friends.
Red banners to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings are hung at the doors of each household. It is coming again.
Because of the candy workshop, many families in Zhengjiazhuang have made some money, and each household is full of joy.
The New Year Festival is like the Spring Festival in the previous life, but the customs are slightly different. You can eat some good food and wear new clothes on the New Year Festival. Adults and children are very excited about it, but they are not attractive to Xiao Tianlei and are just annoying. Every time this happens, he can't help but think of some scenes of the festival in his previous life, and his parents and relatives in his previous life, and he can't help but feel lonely.
In addition, the children from the Xiao family will come back, and a large number of relatives make him dizzy. Xiao Tianlei, who is the same uncle as his father, still has some difficulty understanding. The only one who impressed him is his cousin Xiao Qingyang, who is the only warrior in the clan. He is now working in a guild in the city. The guild is similar to an escort agency. A group of warriors are formed, mainly doing things like guarding the house and escorting goods. Every year when he comes back, Xiao Qingyang will talk about some experiences in the world, and therefore is more popular among children.
What bothered Xiao Tianlei the most was that his aunts, aunts, aunts, aunts, etc. always like to tease him, because of his appearance. He looked average in his previous life, but now he looks good. However, Xiao Tianlei hoped that his facial features would be ridges and tougher, rather than the handsome feeling of today. So far, Xiao Tianlei has not seen any benefits, which is a lot of trouble.
"Isn't this our thunder? Oh! Hey! Hey, the older he grows, the more handsome he is! Come here quickly and let Aunt Seven take a closer look!"
Chapter completed!