webnovelfull Chapter 354: Thresher Price Reduced
Chapter 354: Thresher Price Reduced
"Yes, what mother and sister-in-law said makes sense. But the thresher is different. It is sold to farmers. First of all, not all farmers are as rich as us. Secondly, farmers are most concerned about how to save money or how to make money, and they don’t care who buys the most expensive machine. Or for them, the function of the thresher is worth far more than fifty taels." Shen Wanning explained.
Lin He seemed to understand, but then asked, "But those landlords have money, right? I want to sell these threshers to them. Wouldn't that make them harvest rice faster?"
Shen Wanning shook her head. "Xiaohe, you still don't understand. The landlords don't cultivate their own land; they lease it to farmers. They only care about collecting rent. No matter how long the farmers spend threshing the rice, it doesn't affect their rent. So, why do they spend so much money on threshers?"
Lin He finally reacted this time and said, "So my thresher shouldn't be sold to landlords at a fixed price, but to farmers. In that case, fifty taels is indeed too expensive, and it should be sold at a lower price."
Aunt Zhang earnestly taught her, "Xiao He, I know our lives are getting better and better now, and you may not think fifty taels of silver is that expensive. But for farmers, they only earn thirty or forty taels of silver a year at most. If you ask them to spend more than a year's wages to buy such a tool, they certainly won't buy it. Even in business, you must not forget your roots, do you understand?"
Lin He nodded. "I'll remember that, grandma. Then I'll go to the county town and Fuzhou to try again tomorrow, okay?"
Shen Wanning didn't ask him how much he planned to sell it for. Instead, she patted his shoulder and encouraged him, "Go!"
The next day, Lin He was full of confidence and set off for the county town with two threshers.
Some people had seen the thresher before, but they had originally not planned to see it. After all, it was too expensive, and even if they saw it, they couldn't afford it.
Lin He was demonstrating how to thresh rice with a thresher at the entrance of the milk tea shop, while shouting, "The price of threshers has dropped, the price has dropped!"
After shouting for a long time, someone came forward to ask the price.
Lin He smiled and replied, "This thresher is not expensive, only eight taels of silver per unit."
"Eight taels, this is too expensive. I have to work for three months to earn it back. It's not worth it!" Although the man said this, he still did not leave.
Lin He saw that this was a promising opportunity, so he continued his sales pitch, "Think about it, you only have to pay this price once, and you can use it for a lifetime! Not only can you use it, but you can also pass it on to your son and then to your grandson. Think about it this way, only spending eight taels of silver can last for hundreds of years. Don't you think it's a good deal?"
"Little brother, what you said makes sense. However, although this thing is good, it is not absolutely necessary. I only use it once or twice a year, so it is not cost-effective."
Lin He continued, "You're wrong. Even if you only use it this once, you can rent it out to other people in the village after you buy it! You can charge a few cents each time. If more people use it, won't you make more money? Think about it, in a few hundred years, the money you spent on the thresher will have been earned back long ago, don't you think?"
The more the man listened, the more he felt that what Lin He said made sense, and he immediately said, "Little brother, I want one, but I don't have that much money on me right now, so I have to go home to get some. Wait a moment, my house is just up ahead, I'll be right back."
"Okay! I only brought two today, and I didn't make many myself, so please be quick~" Lin He said with a smile.
Their conversation was overheard by many people. Someone present quickly took out money and said, "Hey, I'll buy one. I'll pay for it now."
"Okay, you can move this one!" Lin He pointed to the one next to him.
Others are still waiting and wondering whether to buy.
Seeing this, Lin He said, "The last one has been reserved today. Please come back tomorrow if you want to buy one. It will still be sold here tomorrow."
Everyone looked regretful, and two people came forward and said, "Little brother, please bring a few more tomorrow. We will definitely come to buy them tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll definitely bring a few more tomorrow."
After a while, the uncle came over with the silver, handed over the money and the goods, and bought the remaining thresher.
Lin He was very happy after selling two threshers today. He kept chattering on the way home, "Second Uncle, I'm going to tell my aunt when I get home that we can make a few more threshers so we can sell them elsewhere."
"Okay, I don't quite understand this. You can ask your aunt when you go back." Lin Jingcheng replied.
When they returned, other families were busy harvesting rice, but Shen Wanning was busy preparing to transplant the newly sprouted rice seedlings.
This is the hybrid rice she just harvested, and she planted it again in order to harvest another crop this year to see if the yield of this rice is stable.
She calculated that rice would mature in four months, so these rice would be ready by November. The weather wouldn't be too cold by then, so the rice should be fine.
When she came back from the fields and saw Lin He's happy face, she knew that Lin He's thresher must have been sold.
"Aunt, aunt, the two threshers I brought to the county town have been sold. And several people have booked to buy threshers tomorrow!" Lin He chattered.
"Lin He is awesome. How much do you sell the thresher for?" Shen Wanning guessed it should be five or six taels.
Lin He chuckled, "Eight taels, eight taels of silver for each thresher."
"Hmm, that's great! I thought you'd sell it for five taels! That's three taels more than I expected. It seems you must have put in a lot of effort!"
"It wasn't very difficult. I just told them that it could be passed down from generation to generation and could also be rented out to fellow villagers. After much consideration, they agreed to buy it, hehe." Lin He said proudly.
"Great! It seems that my aunt was right about you. You are a good businessman." Shen Wanning continued to praise.
"Auntie, do you think we can make a few more and sell them elsewhere?"
"Of course, we can, but shipping it to other places will cost money. Compared to selling it in Fuzhou, we probably won't make as much money."
"That doesn't matter. We can earn as much as we can! If the emperor asks the Ministry of Works to produce it and leaks the blueprints to other places, we won't be able to make any money from the thresher next year. We have to make more money this year!" Lin He pondered.
"Okay, then follow your idea and do whatever you want."