Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 120: A Small Business Can Make You Rich (5k, there will be another chapter in the evening!)

Su Yun glanced at Ah Hui and said with a smile, "Writing lyrics can earn you a few bucks, but this egg-filled pancake can earn you a lot of money."

"That can't be true. Yesterday morning we went to eat various breakfasts, and most of them cost no more than fifteen cents.

Let me think about it, a Hu Bing costs two cents, a Long Bing costs seven cents, a Sour Filling (Vegetable Bun) costs six cents, and a bowl of pork soup noodles costs fifteen cents.

There are fewer customers who pay more than 15 wen. How many wen can a stuffed pancake sell for?"

Ah Hui was obviously a little unconvinced.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Then just watch."

The first one to come back was the bald man, who pulled a confused and swearing old man with him. There were a lot of sawdust on the old man's body, and it seemed that he was pulled here while he was working.

The bald man pushed the old man onto the chair, and then said to Su Yun: "Sir, this is my uncle. Although he never married or had children, he is an excellent carpenter."

As soon as these words came out, the old man jumped up and pointed at the bald man and cursed: "You unfilial son who will have no descendants, it's good enough that you say I'm a good carpenter, but why do you bring up the fact that I don't have a wife and children? I'll beat you to death!"

As he said this, he was about to go over and beat the bald man.

The bald-head folded his arms and sneered, "Uncle, you scolded me for not having any descendants, but you should think carefully. If you say that, I will learn from you and not marry."

The old man's momentum suddenly dropped by 70%, and he snorted, "It's up to you whether you can make love or not. If you don't get married, I can save a sum of money for the bride price."

The bald-headed man smiled and said, "That's fine. I won't send you back. I was planning to do something big this time, but you don't support me. I'll just hang out on the streets. If I get beaten to death one day, don't collect my body. The government will take care of it, and you'll save the cost of the funeral."

The old man glanced at Su Yun when he heard this, then looked at his nephew and said, "You want to do something big with someone who looks like a painting, what for?"

The bald-headed man quickly explained, "We are going to make something called egg-filled pancakes. The outside is made of dough, and the inside is filled with egg liquid. Then we fry it. It smells so good that you can almost fly away with the fragrance when you take a bite of it!"

The old man nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's a good little business. Are you in partnership with this young master?"

The bald-headed man quickly said, "No, no, it's the young master who is leading us to do this. The money and everything else are all paid by the young master. When the time comes, the young master will pay us."

The old man said, "Shut up, I'm talking to this young man, please stand aside."

The bald-headed man quickly looked at Su Yun. Su Yun smiled and said, "Ali, please stand aside. I will have a good chat with your uncle."

The old man nodded and said, "Ali has never been very reliable. I wanted him to learn carpentry from me, but he just couldn't calm down. Since he wants to work with you, I will assume that he has calmed down. If he fails in the future, he can learn carpentry from me.

Sir, let’s put it this way. Ali said he wanted to build a stall cart. I can build one, but if that’s the case, Ali can’t just be an employee…”

The bald-headed man said anxiously, "Uncle, why are you saying all this? Do you want to fight or not? If you don't want to fight, forget it. Just go back quickly."

As he said this, the bald man pushed the old man out.

The old man cried out, "I'm trying to help you get benefits. The biggest expense of setting up a stall is the stall cart. We paid the bulk of the expenses, so it's not too much to ask for a share! You silly boy, you're being sold and you're still helping others count the money!"

The bald-headed man was furious and said, "I followed you because of loyalty. You always talk to me about money. You have talked about money all your life. Now you are still alone and have to rely on me to support you in your old age. If I were like you, how could I have a future?"

The old man was stunned when he heard this. Tears suddenly fell down. He turned around and pushed away the bald man's hand, shouting in a crying voice: "Who the hell am I doing this for!"

The bald man was frightened by the sudden outburst of momentum from the old man and stood still.

The old man burst into tears and pointed at the bald man and cursed: "Your mother died of complications during childbirth, and your father died while repairing the Bianshui Dam in order to support you.

How old was I at that time? Sixteen!

I have to raise a one-year-old child when I am sixteen years old. Who dares to marry me?

Okay, I’ve raised you for more than ten years, and you’ve grown up now, but you still don’t behave yourself. You fight with people on the street every day. What else can you do except come back to ask me for money?
You always say that I am stingy, but have I ever let you go hungry over the years? Look at all this muscle on your body, how could you have maintained it without having enough food to eat?
Over the years, I have seen that you are useless. You always say that I am relying on you to support me in my old age. Bah!

I am less than 40 years old, but I look like I am 50. How do you think I aged?

Not only do I have to save money for my retirement, I also have to save money for your betrothal gifts and retirement! Fuck you! You are all wasted! "

After saying this, the old man burst into tears in grievance.

The bald-headed man stood there, looking confused and at a loss as to what to do.

Su Yun sighed, then went over and supported the old man... Oh, no, he just looks old, he is actually very young, about 30 years old, alas.

Su Yun half-supported and half-forced the bald uncle to sit on the chair, then made him a cup of tea and said, "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet. Listen to what I have to say, okay?"

The bald uncle sighed and said, "What a sin! This brat will be my lifelong disaster!"

Su Yun nodded and said, "There is no doubt that you are a good uncle. You have taken on the responsibility of being Ali's father. Ali should be filial to you like a father. Ali is actually a very kind person. He admires the unparalleled filial piety of Guan Yu. This child will definitely be good."

The bald-headed uncle looked at the bald-headed boy and nodded, saying, "Although he fights, gets tattoos, and goes to brothels, he is a good kid. I know that too."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Ali is sensible now. He just wants to do something, so he came to me."

The bald uncle didn't say anything and just looked at Su Yun.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Uncle, I asked you to come here to build a stall. Don't worry, I will charge you the right amount and I will never let you pay less."

The bald uncle shook his head and said, "I am not a stingy person. I am just afraid that Ali will be cheated."

Su Yun nodded and said, "I understand the love of parents in the world.

I was originally going to discuss this matter with the parents of several brothers, and since you're here today, I'll talk to you first.

There are eight of us working together now, and what we are making is egg-filled pancakes..."

The bald uncle was surprised and asked, "How can a small stall run by eight people support people?"

Su Yun smiled and said, “Of course it’s not that simple, this stall is just for us to try.

First, check whether the layout of the stall is reasonable, whether the appearance can attract diners, and whether it is convenient to use.

Secondly, we also need to try whether the egg-filled pancakes are popular before we can decide on the next step of expansion.

Once this egg-filled pancake becomes very popular, we will quickly copy it, with two people per stall.

There should be an egg-filled pancake stall at Daxiangguo Temple, the night market in the middle of the street, Zhouqiao night market, at the entrance of every big restaurant, at the Imperial College, the Imperial College, and at the entrances of all major government offices.

There are more than one million people in Bianjing City, and there should be an egg-filled pancake stall for every 5,000 people, so there should be at least 200 to 300 stalls.

At that time, the eight of us will set up a business, and each of us will be given a certain amount of shares according to our contributions."

Uncle Baldy was a little confused and said, "Can a breakfast stall be used to set up a business? Also, how many people are needed to open so many stalls? Where can we find so many people? And how much money can this stall make? Is it worth opening a business?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the long term, let's just talk about the eight of us. This egg-filled pancake tastes pretty good. We started selling it at Daxiangguo Temple. This stall usually sells a thousand of them. On the opening day, it's normal to sell a few thousand. Let's say we sell a thousand a day.

We sell each stuffed pancake for ten cents, and all the costs plus labor add up to six cents. We can just make a small profit of four cents.

That is to say, this stall can earn 4,000 coins a day, 120,000 coins in 30 days a month, or 156 strings of cash, and 1,870 strings of cash a year. Two people, one stall, and a profit of 1,870 strings of cash a year, do you think it's feasible?"

Uncle Baldy, Baldy, and Ah Hui were all stunned.

Two people, one stall, earned 1,870 strings of cash a year, which means each person earned 900 strings of cash a year!

Good guy!
Baldy Head and Baldy Head's uncle were both natives of Bian Jing. They knew that the lower-class people in Bian Jing earned only 200 coins a day, and 6,000 coins a month, less than 10 strings of cash, and only 100 strings of cash a year!
This small stall can earn 900 strings of cash, which is not a small amount of money.

Su Yun was quite satisfied with their reactions, but he hadn’t actually figured out what was coming next.

This thing is made on a large scale. There is no problem in opening two or three hundred stalls in the city of Bianjing, so the annual profit will be about 560,000 strings of cash.

And this is just the profit of Bian Jing. Bian Jing can also cover the counties under Kaifeng Prefecture. Kaifeng Prefecture has 16 counties under its jurisdiction. Most of the counties now have small populations, but most of the counties under Kaifeng Prefecture are large counties, with a population of at least 200,000 people.

Therefore, Kaifeng Prefecture, excluding Bianjing, can at least support two or three hundred stalls. Its consumption may not be comparable to that of Bianjing, but it can at least be 60% to 70% of that of Bianjing.

Therefore, there is definitely no problem with an annual profit of eight or nine hundred thousand strings of cash, after all, this covers a population of nearly three or four million.

Of course, this can only be a rough calculation. When actually operating the business, various additional costs, consumption, accidents, etc. will erode a lot of profits, but there will definitely be no problem in keeping four or five hundred thousand strings of cash every year.

The bald uncle said, "My dear, you said you would recruit many more people to do this business together and open hundreds of stalls. In this way, you would make tens of thousands of strings of cash every year, right?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "That's right, without a profit of several hundred thousand guan, it's not worth my effort, right?

Uncle, don't worry. Your nephew will work with me and I will definitely not treat him unfairly.

Just wait for him to respect you well in the future, buy you a big yard, and let you eat and drink delicious food."

Uncle Baldy looked at Su Yun carefully, nodded and said, "A man with your appearance must be rich or noble, and he would not cheat my baldy.

Okay, I believe you, I will take care of this stall, and you don’t have to pay for it, I support you.”

Su Yun hurriedly said: "The money that should be given still needs to be paid..."

The bald uncle waved his hand and said, "I'm not a stingy person. I'll give it to you if I say so!"

Su Yun nodded and didn't bother about it. There would be hundreds of cars to be driven in the future, and this bald-headed uncle would naturally make some money then.

As they were talking, Ah Hu and the others came back one after another, bringing back a charcoal stove, charcoal, flour, rapeseed oil, various seasonings, and a flat iron plate. This was something Su Yun asked Ah Hu to buy from the blacksmith shop. It was most suitable for frying egg-filled pancakes.

As soon as they came back, Su Yun said, "Come on, let me try this egg-filled pancake for you first."

Su Yun started to arrange things for Ah Hu and the others. Some quickly set up the stove, some quickly started the fire, and Su Yun began to knead the dough and mix various seasonings.

After some preparation, Su Yun placed a prepared egg-filled pancake crust on an iron plate coated with rapeseed oil, and a squeaking sound was heard.

After a while, a bulge began to form in the middle of the crust and it kept getting bigger and bigger.

Then Su Yun poked a hole with chopsticks and poured the egg liquid with seasoning and chopped green onions into it.

After a moment, the aroma suddenly emerged and penetrated into the mouths and noses of the onlookers. The aroma of bread, eggs, chopped green onions, and various seasonings mixed into a mouth-watering fragrance.

Several people swallowed their saliva.

Su Yun used a tin sheet to shovel under the egg-filled pancake, then gently turned it over, and the other side made another squeaking sound. After a while, Su Yun used the tin sheet to split the egg-filled pancake into small pieces, shoveled it into the plate next to him, and said with a smile: "Come on, each of you have a small piece, try it."

Several people who had been unable to hold back reached out their hands, each picked up a piece, blew it slightly, and then threw it into their mouths impatiently. The next moment, they all widened their eyes.

Su Yun observed their expressions and nodded with satisfaction. In fact, the combination of the pancake, eggs and chopped green onions alone was enough to give his egg-filled pancake a satisfying taste.

Su Yun was not satisfied with this, so he added asparagus, amomum, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, star anise, cumin, costus root, angelica dahurica, galangal, dried ginger, etc., and ground them into powder to make the seasoning, which is what later generations called the thirteen spices.

Some of these things are quite expensive, and many small vendors are simply reluctant to use them, but Su Yun feels that in order to open up the market, this cost must be added.

In fact, making egg-filled pancakes does not require a lot of spices. Just add some as appropriate to get a very wonderful aroma.

Some people say that spices in the Song Dynasty were very expensive. If you dare to use these spices that cost only a few cents to sell egg-filled pancakes, you don’t understand history at all.

But after Su Yun's observation, he found that there are actually differences among spices.

The expensive ones are agarwood, ambergris, musk, sandalwood and other spices that are popular among royal aristocrats. As for these spices that are used as daily seasonings, many of them are actually medicines.

As a frequently used medicine, although it is expensive, it is not unaffordable.

Of course, the main thing is that you don’t need to use too much egg-filled pancake. Just a little bit as embellishment can achieve an obsessed and amazing effect.

Now looking at the expressions of Ah Hu, Ah Hui, Baldy Head and others, the effect is indeed outstanding.

"Sir, can you give me a few more? It's too few. I feel like I haven't really grasped the beauty of it!" Ah Hu said.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Watch how I spread it out. I'll spread out another one, and then you can try them one by one. You must master them all. In the future, you will be the ones to do it first."

As he spoke, Su Yun slowed down and made another one. Everyone shared it. Ah Hu rushed to make one. It was not as good as Su Yun's, but good ingredients only needed simple cooking methods and it still tasted great.

Afterwards, Baldy Head and others also tried to make the pancakes and ate one after another. In the end, they were all very satisfied.

The bald-headed man said with longing: "If we run this business ourselves, we can eat egg-filled pancakes for every meal in the future. Oh my god, this life is so damn happy! Uncle, you can also eat egg-filled pancakes for every meal in the future."

The bald uncle nodded repeatedly and said, "Ali is indeed a filial child. From now on, we will eat egg-filled pancakes for every meal!"

Uncle Baldy was already conquered by the taste of egg-filled pancakes. He had no doubt that the business of egg-filled pancakes would not be successful. He just lay down for a while, then stood up and said to Su Yun, "Sir, I will go back and make a stall cart. I'm afraid one cart is not enough. I will make four carts for the eight of you!"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Okay, let's make four. You should figure out how to make the main structure first.

The car needs to be equipped with a charcoal stove that can hold thousands of bread cakes, a day's worth of charcoal, and thousands of eggs.

As for the exterior decoration, I'll think about it, but it won't affect you just making the car first and improving it later."

The bald uncle nodded and said, "Then this car can't be small. After all, if so many things are to be loaded into one car, it will probably be very big."

Su Yun thought about it and said with a smile: "Then don't make it too big, just a little bit bigger. Then I will organize people to transport consumables such as dough and eggs and distribute them throughout the city."

The bald uncle nodded and said, "That's much easier. Give me two days, and I'll show you the finished product."

Su Yun nodded and said to Ah Hui: "Ah Hui, first pay your uncle ten strings of cash to buy the wood."

The bald uncle quickly shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "I've already told you, this is a gift from me."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Let's put it this way. We still have hundreds of cars to make in the future. Can they all be given to us? So, there's no need to be fussy about it."

The bald uncle nodded and said, "That's right. I'll be making hundreds of cars here in the future, so isn't it reasonable for me to make a sample car for you?"

Su Yun burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)