Chapter 898: Big Orders Make Big Money
There is a saying that it is difficult to tolerate money without making money, which is what Li Feng is facing now.
The Central Army’s grain supply does not have to be solved by itself, especially the Tang Army is also a direct army in Chongqing, so their grain does not have to be solved by itself.
But those who are officials have to deduct some money from the middle. If they can’t get any money, then what else can this official be the one who is in charge? Wasn’t it just to get promoted and make money?
There are a lot of things in the compressed dry food of the little fat man, and some nutritious things can be added to it, such as tree roots, bone powder and leaves. Most of them are grain and dried meat, which can also be used as military rations together.
Anyway, their food will definitely taste better than the food of the Central Army itself, and it can be enlarged by boiling it in water.
What the troops lack now is rice, flour and other food. I don’t know how much salted fish has dried, so it can be added to dry food. They have also made a lot of dried vegetables and pickles before, which comes in handy at this time.
"I said fat man, the Central Army will not lose money by using grain for our food without money?" The old lady didn't know the story of it. She only knew that compressing dry food seemed a little more, but why did she exchange it for rice and flour of about the same weight? If a fat man doesn't make money in business, he would lose money. When would he do such a affordable transaction?
Of course, the fat guy would not tell him that there are some mixed things in the compressed dry food, and the cost of these things is almost negligible, so the profit is also very considerable.
"Don't worry, sister, we have a profit to keep this custody this time, and it can alleviate some of the food crisis. Just let Song Yi go to talk to the Central Army and try to increase the price as much as possible. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to stuff a few oceans."
As long as you don’t suffer any losses when you go through the back door, what is it worth a few dollars? As long as you can get food back, it’s a great achievement.
Song Yi lived up to expectations. He felt that the price of a fat guy was not authentic enough. Our Eighth Route Army was a particular person in business, so he increased the price by 30%...
The Central Army's business dealer agreed happily and accepted a jar of good wine given to him by the Eighth Route Army. They were all mixed with medical alcohol. I thought I would not kill anyone, but when I left, the ocean inside was shaking.
The landlords and old wealth nearby are all rich people. To put it bluntly, they are a little stingy, so they may not necessarily take out their own food if they hit their guns.
These people have too many limitations and think that wealth is a certain amount. If others take a little more, I will definitely take a little less. Therefore, landlords and wealthy want to get as much as possible. As for whether others will starve to death, it is not the scope of their consideration.
However, they dare not be careless about the major issues of collecting grain in the Central Army, not because they really want to give the grain to the army, but because these people are their backers. If they offend the backers, if someone robs their family’s food in the future, there will be no army to help.
So the fat man easily received many orders because the people of the Central Army felt that buying food from Li Feng was not only cheap but also delicious. The most important thing was that after the brothers under his command all applauded after eating and would not rebel!
Since you can earn more and eat better, why do you have to live a hard life? Isn’t it better to embezzle military pay?
The troops nearby don't know how much wealth they have gathered. The fat man really wanted to suck a tube of blood from them, but these people are definitely doing well when fighting a civil war, not to mention that they are protecting their own private property.
For this reason, the fat guy gave up the idea of robbing them and chose a more economical and smarter approach.
For example, take their grain orders and exchange all the complicated military rations for them, so that the profit can reach at least half.
Li Feng's compressed military rations have everything. They look very heavy and very full, but in fact they don't use much food, and there is still a lot of bone powder, and there is even locust powder that they haven't eaten before.
Locusts are good things. They have been catching them for a while recently. After the capture, they are dried and ground into powder and added to the compressed military rations. If it weren't for insufficient food, he wouldn't be willing to give these compressed military rations to the Central Army.
Locust powder sounds not easy to find, but the actual effect is very good. If it weren't for the lack of rice and flour, who would have liked to mix such a good thing into compressed military rations and exchange it for the Central Army?
The officers of the Central Army were also very happy. Because they bought Li Feng’s food, their military pay this year could be destroyed by 20%. So much money is enough for them to collect several concubines, so their days will definitely be getting better and better in the future!
Li Feng didn't know if the Central Army was happy. Anyway, he knew that he must be very happy now, because the Central Army's food was sent over, and I hope Li Feng could deliver the compressed dry food as soon as possible.
These Central Army did business in a real way. They actually dragged most of the food over, so they didn't worry about Li Feng repenting.
The little fat man didn't want to go back on his word. After all, he still wanted to continue doing this business, and his profit was 50%, which was a huge profit.
Moreover, Li Feng’s favorite thing is to catch people from the Japanese and sell all these prisoners to the Central Army.
The Tang Army Group people are known as long-legged troops, and they are very unstable in fighting. They have very strong combat effectiveness but want to make people vomit.
But they also wanted to prove to others that they were also an army that had won battles, but when they looked back, they found that they were not fighting well. Not to mention that they were not captured yet, how could they prove themselves?
Li Feng is a kind and generous man. Since friendly troops lack captives, they should be sold to them, but at this price... I have to say it carefully.
Seeing her sister being silly and happy, Li Feng felt that it was necessary to pour a basin of cold water on her to save her from laughing foolishly all day long, so she told her about Xiao Wen's kidnapped by the Japanese. Unexpectedly, her sister wanted to rush over to save people on the spot.
The little fat man grabbed the sister and explained helplessly:
"Sister, don't worry, Xiao Wen has been rescued. If he hadn't been rescued, I wouldn't have come back so soon, right?"
"Really?" Xiao Wen still disbelief and asked with great concern.
"Really, it's even more true than Pearl! When I was there, I came back because I saw him come out safely."
"Then you scare me." Xiao Wen patted her chest and decided to reduce the fat man's meal for two pieces of beef tonight, and add him a plate of pickles.
Chapter completed!