Sister Liv is going to Phoenix City with the Manu brothers, which makes the brothers a little worried.

On the plus side, although there is no relevant information, judging from the products in the prop shop, Sister Liv is at least a fourth-ring mage. She is the kind of person who can defeat hundreds of bandits. Her joining can greatly improve the safety of the caravan.

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The bad news is obviously that she will not continue to collect obsidian from the Manu brothers in the future. The brothers will have to spend more energy and even part of the profits to process the goods on the return trip.

Sister Lifu provided a lot of help for the two people's business career, without reasons for rejection.

Having more people is indeed useful. There was only one wave of bandits in the whole journey, but the Manu brothers still took it with a pinch of salt.

Arrive in Phoenix City, and temporarily separate from Sister Lifu.

I had just finished disposing of the goods through hawking, and someone came to my door.

The night clan who came showed their identity cards and they were from the Urban Management Bureau. Of course Manu, who had been here many times, knew that this was the agency in charge of businessmen, so he listened respectfully.

"The iron factory wants to do a business with you. Do you want to go there now or go by yourself later?"

"Now!"

Follow the people from the Urban Management Bureau to the iron factory and leave the followers outside the door. Someone from the iron factory will guide the two of them inside.

This was the first time that the two of them entered the interior of the ironworks. The ironworks was very strange. There were a lot of furnaces with no one at all. All the on-site work was concentrated up and down in front of a very large and very high furnace.

I was afraid it was some kind of secret, so I just took a look and ignored it.

Enter the office building of the iron factory and see the Lord.

"Is this Mr. Manu? Please sit down, both of you."

Being called sir made Brother Manu, who grew up in the market, a little uncomfortable. The two of them sat down, not knowing how to move their hands and feet.

"I, Li Yunjie, am the director of Tianwei Iron Works. I invite you two to come this time. I really have something to ask for."

"Ah? Ah! You can order it." Even if the effect of generally communicating across the language, the other party's words sounded a little bit. I felt like I was a big person.

"I wonder if Mr. Manu knows anything about coking coal?"

"……don't know."

Li Yunjie took out three pieces of paper from the paper pile by the table and pushed the Manu brothers: "This is the coking coal refining method. You can look at it. If you want to sell it, you need money?"

"Oh." Brother Manu picked up the paper and read it. From time to time he raised his head and glanced at the factory director, as if he didn't mean to urge him, so he concentrated on reading.

This coking coal refining method is very simple, just wash coal washing and dry distillation. The wide -area resource deployment method of coal distribution is meaningless here. Actually, this thing is made by the iron factory.

In fact, many people who followed the adults have been known to the adults. Many people know that the coking coal is the same. It took three pages of paper. There were two pages of continuous coal washing yards and dry distillation kiln structures.

Very simple, the cost is meager.

There is no coal mine in Pangxuncheng, but there is one next door, and it can be transported along the river, so the cost is not high.

The freight from the original coal to Pang Xuncheng only requires two silver coins. It is not counted as a workshop, and the two parts are added to the two parts.

The total cost is only one-tenth of salt, and it only costs a dime when sold?

This is impossible, because the cheaper the unit weight is, the bigger the freight is. In particular, you have to deal with strong people from all walks of life. The larger the transportation scale, the more guards are needed.

Manu's brother said hello to the factory director, discussed with his brother for a while, and gave a quotation: "three cents per kilogram."

Li Yunjie shook his head: "We buy by the ton, that is, in units of one thousand kilograms, at least twenty tons per month. If possible, it is best to supply fifty tons per month. After a year, we also want one hundred tons. You guys

Please give me a better price, otherwise you will have to find someone else."

The calculated iron price of the iron factory is only one yuan per kilogram. If coking coal is not used as the main fuel, it will account for a lot of costs, and there is no need to smelt the iron.

"..."

Brother Manu was shocked. The two brothers had never done such a large transaction.

But the two brothers are smart enough to know that if they purchase units in this amount, the profit cannot be too high. A penny more expensive is not a small number accumulated in a year. The difference may be only one or two cents, and this order may become popular.

On Shicheng bastard.

This requires the brothers to reduce production and transportation costs as much as possible.

"There seems to be coal near Blackwater City. The distance from there is one-third shorter. We hire guards for a long time, and the transportation cost will not be that high."

"But I don't know if the coal in Blackwater City can be refined into what they want."

The appearance and texture of coking coal are described on the paper. It is obvious that not all coal can be used to produce coking coal.

"Then what should we do? Should we give it to the bastards from Red Rock City?"

"How about a dime?"

One dime per kilogram, calculated as 20 tons per month, the money is 2,000 yuan, and I can buy 400 kilograms of large obsidian ore. Even if there are no other people who know the goods and have good connections, I can still get 600 gold coins.

Of course, the conversion of obsidian to gold coins is another transaction, and the profits cannot be overlapped. But even if it is halved to 300 gold coins, it is enough to maintain a production and transportation system. After all, raw coal is such a worthless thing, and production expenditures are also very limited.

The main cost is transportation.

"It's less. How can I get my money back if I get robbed?" Brother Manu thought it was inappropriate.

Blackwater City can only make two round trips a month to this place. If we want to ensure personnel, the animals may still have a few days to rest, which means that we must form a team of at least twelve two-headed oxen. Three hundred gold coins can only cover daily expenses and guarantee a certain amount.

Profit, but it will definitely not cover the purchase of cows. Three hundred gold coins cannot even buy ten cows.

The two brothers discussed for a while and gave another quotation: "One cent and forty per kilogram, please understand, because there are many bandits on the road, and our expenditure on security is very huge."

140 yuan per ton, which is already lower than the upper limit of the purchase guide price given above.

Li Yunjie felt that there was still room for price reduction, but he did not want to delay the time schedule of the No. 2 furnace of the iron plant because of himself.

I mean, let’s try another cut: “One dime, three cents and two cents, 132 yuan per ton. If you can accept it, let’s settle the matter today.”

A dime can cover the cost of a business, so why consider more than a dime and three cents? The profit is not particularly high, the advantage lies in the large quantity.

However, the habit of hanging out in the market made the two brothers pretend to discuss it for a while before reluctantly agreeing.

Li Yunjie took out some other pieces of paper and a wooden sign.

There were two copies of the contract on the paper. There was no magic restriction. If the contract was violated, the city management would deal with it. Most of it had been completed. The price was filled in and pushed to the eyes of the two brothers.

"There are two places to sign in the contract. My name is already on it. You just need to write your own name next to it. This contract is only for half a year. In order to help you establish a trade line, there is no limit on the supply volume. There will be no shortage or slight excess.

There are penalties." As the other party looked at it, the factory director explained, "I hope you can make good use of this time and put some thought into trying to reduce costs. Next time you sign a full-year contract, my quotation will be lower and the purchase volume will be larger.

"

After the two of them carefully read the names signed on the contract and took back a copy of the iron factory, the director then pushed the wooden sign and another piece of paper over:

"This is a special bearer bank card issued by the bank. It can only be used for one over-the-counter transfer. There is one thousand yuan in it to pay for the goods. If we can promise to deliver the first batch of coking coal within two months, I can give it to you now."

One thousand yuan is not a huge amount of money for the Manu brothers nowadays. They bought more than three thousand yuan just after the goods were shipped. This thousand yuan is just the icing on the cake.
Chapter completed!