“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…”

It was still dark in winter, and my father's old cave yard became lively. There were good lamps in the yard and a few basins of fire were lit to enhance the light. At this time, my father no longer felt sorry for the cost of lamp oil.

The yard of Dawn is filled with baskets of freshly steamed yellow buns.

Uncle Zhao and Uncle Wang, two soldiers from the mansion, Ke Xiaoba Ke thirteen, and two youngsters under Ke Shan Ke Wu, and two eldest disciples under Zhang Chao, including Dad and Zhang Chao, eight of them were busy all the time.

All day yesterday, eight of them were preparing for this morning.

Pull the stone mill to shell the millet, use the stone mill to grind the millet into flour. Then sift the dough and knead the dough, steam the red beans and red dates, and finally make the bean paste and date paste filling. When the dough is fermented, you are busy making it into steamed buns.

One stone of millet, a bit of water, a bit of rice, and a bean paste and date paste, and finally two stones of steamed buns were made.

One stone here is a unit of volume, one stone is equal to ten dou, and one dou ten liters. One liter is equal to three small liters, while one small liter is only two hundred milliliters. Therefore, this large liter is only six hundred milliliters. The density of millimeters is similar to that of flour, and one liter of millimeters is about 520 grams.

After Zhang Chao converted in his mind, the Tang Dynasty's one liter of millet noodles was only 312 grams. The Tang Dynasty's 16 taels were about 680 grams, and the average one liter of millet noodles was only 42.5 grams. In fact, if a liter of millet noodles was changed to a unit of weight, it would be only a little more than seven taels.

After two stones of dosage, Zhang Chao finally made two thousand buns.

The yellow buns made by Zhang Chao and others are not big in size. One bun is about fifty grams, a little over one or two taels. The size is about the same as a white bun in later generations.

A stone of millet noodles finally steamed two thousand yellow buns.

Looking at the baskets of yellow buns, although everyone was very tired, they were very excited.

"A stone of millet noodles costs 3,000 yuan, and steamed 2,000 yellow buns, one bun is combined with a half yuan for one." Ke Shisan said seriously with his fingers.

"Meowa, red beans and jujubes are also capital." Ke Wu taught his nephew that his family was too young.

"Red beans and dates are not worth much. Bean paste is mainly red beans, and red beans are cheap. The bean paste here costs less than a thousand yuan, and even if it is one thousand yuan, a bun is only two yuan."

Beans are coarse grains, which are not valuable than millet. Even big red dates are extremely cheap.

"Sanlang, how much does it cost to sell a bun for each of us?"

Everyone looked at Zhang Chao. Such delicious yellow buns must not be sold too cheaply. But after calculating just now, the cost of these yellow buns is actually very low, even cheaper than ordinary steamed buns.

The price of grain is so expensive now. A dou of millet costs 300 coins, a dou of rice costs 500 coins, and a dou of beans costs 200 coins. Even if you eat a bowl of soup cakes, it will cost 50 cents if you don't get it done.

Usually, I buy steamed cakes in Qiniang’s shop, which are about the same size as yellow buns, and they are sold for five cents per person.

Yellow noodles are so delicious, not to mention selling too much, at least it has to be the same price as ordinary steamed cakes.

The cost of materials is two cents, and if you sell it for five cents, the profit is still very high. However, Zhang Chao is not satisfied, and in his opinion, the cost is more than two cents.

The labor cost is not calculated yet.

Eight people worked for a whole day, and it took one day to sell these steamed buns. Therefore, the labor cost actually has to be counted as sixteen days.

How much should a day's labor cost be calculated?

The Tang Dynasty stipulated that the people needed to serve the country for 20 days for free every year. If those who could not serve, they would need to pay the amount of two-foot silk every day to serve. A piece of silk is now worth five hundred, and two-foot silk is only one hundred cents.

One hundred cents is only two liters of rice, and it can be exchanged for three liters of more millet.

This standard must be higher than that of ordinary people among the people.

Sixteen days of labor is equivalent to 1,600 yuan. If you pay it to 2,000 steamed buns, each of which increases the cost by 0.8 cents.

This does not include the cost of the exclusive secret seasoning of alkaline noodles.

The cost of secret seasoning is not cheap. Soda stone and other things are sold in pharmacies, so the price is not cheap. Zhang Chao used one liter of alkali noodles for this stone millet noodles, which is equivalent to one percent of the ratio. The cost of the material used for this alkaline noodles is not counted as Zhang Chao's technology and labor, but it also costs 500 yuan.

The exclusive secret method that Zhang Chao also has, it is hard to say the value of this thing.

The only family's top secret makes Zhang Chao okay even if he is worth much.

If we don’t talk about the value of this secret recipe, only the actual cost of the secret recipe, then in the conversion, the millet noodles, starter, alkali noodles, bean paste and labor of each bun, and even including firewood, the total cost is 3,000 yuan for millet noodles, 2,000 yuan for red beans and jujubes, 1,600 yuan for artificial costs, and 500 yuan for alkaline noodles, a total of 7,100 yuan.

All the money you can instinctively get more than half a day of money.

"Why don't we sell one for ten cents?" Zhang Chao said tentatively to his father.

My father put a basket of freshly steamed buns into a steamed bun frame, "It's expensive."

Often, the steamed buns sold outside are sold for five cents each, and everyone dares to be used to this price. Even if there are fluctuations, it will follow the price of grain. If other buns sell for five cents each but you buy ten cents, then everyone will definitely not come to buy yours. Not to mention that the price has doubled to ten cents, even if it is up to one cent and one cents each, I am afraid that everyone will not necessarily come to buy it.

After my father reminded me, Zhang Chao also realized that he had indeed ignored the psychology of his sales target.

"I said, I'll sell one for five cents." Dad said with a word. Dad is the kind of simple person. He would not be as smart as Zhang Chao, thinking about how to maximize profits. He thought that the cost of three cents and a half cents also includes manual labor. If you sell one and a half cents, you can earn one and a half cents. Two thousand cents will make three thousand cents.

If you use one stone of corn and less than half of the red beans to make steamed buns, you can still buy one stone of corn. This profit is already very good.

Be content and always be content.

Zhang Chao is not so simple, but when he considers a new thing, what he needs at the beginning is fame. As long as everyone accepts it and has fame, others will naturally have. Now, earn less, just treat it as an advertisement. People lose money and make a lot of money, and their own profits can reach more than 50%, which can be considered huge profits, and there is nothing else to be satisfied with.

"Okay, just five cents per person."

Five copper plates and one steamed bun, it is estimated that such a sky-high price will not last long. This year, the Tang Dynasty has captured the Central Plains and even entered Hebei. After the pacification of Hedong, the Tang Dynasty took over Hebei, Henan and Hebei. Although Hebei has been recurring now, the Tang Dynasty has occupied most of the northern parts.

This year, Li Jing also followed the royal family member Li Xiaogong to fight Xiao Xian in the south. In just two months, Li Jing assisted Li Xiaogong in pacifying Xiao Xian, the largest separatist force in Jiangnan.

Now, it is said that Li Jing has crossed Nanling and led his army to Guizhou. The heroes and local chiefs from all over Lingnan have all surrendered.

The north and south were almost pacified, and the Tang Dynasty had stabilized, wars decreased, and production resumed. Especially after the Tang Dynasty obtained the Central Plains Hebei, Jingxiang, Jiangnan and Lingnan, a large number of specialty products such as grain from the south must have been continuously imported from the north of the Central Plains, or even directly imported from Guanzhong.

By then, the price of grain will definitely not be able to maintain a sky-high price of several thousand yuan per stone. At that time, maybe as soon as the new grain is on the market, the grain ships from the southeast will go north with Yang Guangxiu's Grand Canal, and the price of grain will definitely drop like a roller coaster.

Now, 500 scoops of rice are now, and then 100 scoops of rice are not necessarily maintained.

Therefore, from this perspective, historical experience has told Zhang Chao that there is actually a lot of potential in doing this steamed bun business now. Turning steamed buns into copper coins, and when the grain falls, the copper coins will restore their original value. At that time, Zhang Chao had a lot of copper coins earned by selling steamed buns, but it would greatly appreciate, which would be equivalent to being able to take advantage of the opportunity to increase the value.

It was dawn, and Zhang Chao and the others prepared two thousand buns, all of which were filled with willow baskets covered with wheat tangerines, and covered with jackets to keep them warm.

Dad assigned everyone a job, Ke Xiaoba and Ke Shisan in group, Ke Shan in group, Uncle Wang in group, Uncle Zhao in group, Dad and Zhang Chao in group, each group brings 500 steamed buns.

My father and Zhang Chao went to Chang'an, while the other three groups went to Ningmin County, Yushan and Lantian to promote sales respectively.

It was agreed that this time it was mainly to go to the door to sell it to various hotels, hotels and inns, and also sell it in the street markets, and try to make the name of yellow buns.

In order to encourage their enthusiasm, Zhang Chao first gave each of the six of them a day's wages. Each person costs 100 cents, which is a lot of money, just as it was the money for making buns for a day yesterday. He also agreed with them that he would go out to sell buns today, and he would also come back with a hundred cents.

Uncle Zhao, Uncle Wang, Xiao Ba and Shi San and Fourteen were both appointed to serve by their father, so they didn't have to pay them wages, but Zhang Chao gave them, and their father did not object. The four of them refused for a while, and finally accepted them happily.

As for Ke Shan and Ke Wuliang, he listened to his master Zhang Chao and asked them to accept it.

However, after getting a string of yellow copper coins, the effect was still very obvious, and the six people were obviously more motivated.

However, for Zhang Chao, this money was originally included in the cost and did not affect the final profit. Moreover, he felt that the salary of three liters of millet noodles a day was actually very cheap. It is worth spending a little money to make everyone so enthusiastic. This is his veteran employee.

Zhangjiagou is only thirty miles away from Chang'an City.

However, in this era, there was no car or horse in these thirty miles, so I could only walk over with my feet. Zhang Chao and his father carried more than 200 steamed buns, and even the basket was 20 to 30 kilograms.

My father carried the basket on his back and didn't bring his own iron spear, but only carried a horizontal knife.

The soldiers of the government are qualified to travel with a knife, and no one can make things difficult for them.

"Dad, you are also a military officer now. Let's make money by selling steamed buns and buying a horse for you first."

"There is no hurry to do this. If you make money, you will first prepare the new kiln."

He carried nearly thirty kilograms of things on his back, but his father was as relaxed as empty-handed.

When promoted to the team deputy, my father was actually qualified to get the court to give him a horse. However, the court would not give him a horse directly, but would give him 25,000 yuan directly. This money is to buy horse money, and my father had to buy horses and put saddles on his own. In the future, there will be a monthly subsidy for horse materials.

The current price is not much 25,000 yuan, but you can still buy a horse, but you can only buy a relatively ordinary horse. Nowadays, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks in the grassland is still good.

When the Tang Dynasty revived, it reached an agreement with the Turks. The content of the agreement was a bit humiliating. The tribute to the Turks was supported by the Turks, and they exchanged their children for the support of the Turks' war horses and cavalry. Moreover, the Turks went to the Central Plains to fight, and the money and grain people all belonged to them in the places they fought, and only the land belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

The humiliating agreement was, but in order to compete with the rebel kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the only way was to compete for the world. At that time, it was not only Li Tang who reached an agreement with the Turks, but many families. The Turkic Khan followed the example of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, and also wanted to use the civil strife of the Han people in the Central Plains to support the Han people in various places to fight each other, so that the Central Plains would be disintegrated, and the Turks would like to reap the benefits of fishermen.

Therefore, nowadays, a large number of Turkic horses flow into the Tang Dynasty every year.

It is easier to go to Chang'an than to return to Zhangjiagou, so it takes a long period of time to go down the plateau, and the downhill road is much easier.

After walking for a long time, Chang'an was already in sight.

Zhang Chao couldn't help but feel excited.
Chapter completed!