I'm full of rebellion against fate

The exchange rate between silver dollars and US dollars during this period was 2.5. One silver dollar was approximately equal to 0.4 grams of gold. Based on the gold price of 500 yuan per gram, it was equivalent to 200 yuan.

Chang Ningchen used to work in a big restaurant. Nowadays, the average salary of an ordinary person is only a few dimes. Ten silver dollars' worth of mung beans is equivalent to 10 RMB, and the price of mung beans here is only 2000 cent per pound.

The Zhao family, with about 200 people, drinks 20 kilograms of mung bean soup every day. That's only 30 silver dollars for 6 days a month. The mung beans cost 10 silver dollars, which is the Zhao family's daily expenses! With that much money, they could buy a truckload of mung beans every month. Is the Zhao family planning to open a green mood factory?!

To put it another way, based on the prices in large restaurants at that time, a 10-yuan banquet would include: four kinds of fresh fruit, four seven-inch cold dishes, a large fish dish, a pair of ducks, a large dish of mixed shark's fin in clear soup, a large dish of eight-treasure rice, eight stir-fries, one dim sum dish, and four bowls of rice! Ten silver dollars back then could buy you a luxurious banquet!

After listening to Chang Ningchen's analysis, Dongfang He realized that his manager had indeed gone too far in embezzling money! Dongfang He appeased Chang Ningchen and said, "I'll shoot him with a gun later!"

Uh... After Chang Ningchen calmed down, he found that Dongfang He was still taking a bath. The water in the bathtub was cold at this moment. Dongfang He stood up directly from the bathtub. Chang Ningchen's eyes widened when he saw his muscular body. This figure is definitely what all men dream of!

Chang Ningchen couldn't help but touch his belly which didn't have much flesh. He angrily put his hands on his hips, trying to make himself look more muscular!

Dongfang He turned around in his clothes and saw Chang Ningchen like this, then immediately turned back. Chang Ningchen's appearance made his waist look even thinner. Then he said to the servant outside the door: "Go get another set of clothes for Mr. Qiao."

Chang Ningchen changed his wet clothes. Halfway through, he saw Dongfang He put on his clothes, picked up his gun and walked out the door. Remembering that the man had just said he wanted to kill the manager, Chang Ningchen hurriedly chased after him.

Dongfang He pointed his gun at the old steward and said, "Since you are an elder in the mansion, I turned a blind eye to your behavior. I didn't expect that you are so greedy that you have deceived me now."

"Commander, please spare me! Commander, please spare me!"

The old steward thought the commander would come out and tell Mr. Qiao not to manage the accounts, but he didn't expect Mr. Qiao to find out about the discrepancies and report the matter directly to the commander! Looking at the black muzzle of the gun, the old steward was so scared that he fell to the ground and trembled.

Chang Ningchen didn't even have time to put on his pants before running out to grab Dongfang He and saying, "Isn't it even more unfair for you to kill him like this?! During a famine, to catch a mouse, you have to find its nest and dig out all the food it has stored. If you just shot him, wouldn't that mean you're done for him?"

The old steward thought Chang Ningchen came out to stop Commander Zhao from killing people and wanted to show him some mercy, but he didn't expect that he was even more cruel and wanted to take back everything he had taken! It would have been better to let the commander kill him!

Dongfang He felt that Chang Ningchen was more thoughtful, so he hugged Chang Ningchen and said to the servants in the mansion: "From now on, everyone in the Zhao Mansion will listen to Mr. Qiao. Mr. Qiao is like me in the mansion. If anyone plays tricks on Mr. Qiao like the old steward, don't blame my bullets for not having eyes!"

Chang Ningchen quickly said, "Just don't take what you shouldn't take. I won't let you down with the benefits you deserve! Now find a few people to go settle the accounts with the old steward."

In this way, Chang Ningchen became the new manager of the Zhao Mansion, and managed the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner. However, he felt that in addition to the Zhao Mansion, there seemed to be a bottomless pit that was constantly throwing out money, so Chang Ningchen went to Dongfang He to ask about the situation.

Dongfang He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Being a warlord requires money to recruit soldiers and buy horses. Purchasing weapons and ammunition is also a huge expense. We have to buy these things from abroad..."

Simply put, arms expenditure is the biggest expense, and the warlords' income is also unstable.

Chang Ningchen searched Qiao Ningchen's memory. The Qiao family had been in business for generations, so they should be more familiar with ways to make money in this era. Then he found that doing business in their era was still quite difficult. Most warlords either oppressed the people or robbed the robbers, or became tomb raiders or D owls.

Chang Ningchen didn't want to touch any of these. Chang Ningchen checked his own plot and found that he would become a powerful arms dealer in the future. Selling arms in troubled times would definitely make money.

Then he began to ask the system: "Do you have any super-invincible and domineering weapons manufacturing arsenal or something like that?"

The system checked and said, "Do you want a Starship Arsenal?"

Chang Ningchen immediately shook his head and said, "Let's do something more basic."

The system took another look and said, "Zhuge Crossbow Workshop, requires 5 damage points."

Chang Ningchen said: "Uh... give me something suitable for me to change into."

The system replied: "The weapons of this period are basically all foreign-made. Since they can't be made domestically, why not get the weapon production blueprints yourself! With the blueprints, you can set up an arsenal and make weapons yourself!"

Chang Ningchen exchanged the abuse points he had accumulated for several worlds for weapon blueprints, then handed them to Dongfang He and said, "Let's sell arms!"

Dongfang He was instantly enlightened when he heard Chang Ningchen's words. He was also busy and dizzy. Selling arms in this world is really a good idea! Then he said to Chang Ningchen: "But I'm too busy here and can't leave. I'm afraid I need your help to sell it."

Dongfang He can ask the system to create a simple arsenal. The drawings given by Chang Ningchen are indeed useful. As long as they can produce arms themselves, many warlords will not have to spend a lot of money to buy them from foreign countries. By then, money will not be a problem!

If you want to eat watermelon, you must first plant it and then wait for it to sprout, grow, bloom and bear fruit. Before the fruit is ripe, you must continue to invest energy and time. The same is true for building an arsenal. You can't get it immediately when you want it.

If you can't increase revenue, then cut costs first! This time, Chang Ningchen also went with Dongfang He to buy arms. Dongfang He has a language advantage and can help Chang Ningchen with translation.

This time they were going to buy arms from an American arms dealer. Dongfang He and Chang Ningchen explained his purchasing process: "First, both parties greet each other, then state the quantity of arms they want, the other party makes an offer, we pay, write a contract, sign it, and leave."

Chang Ningchen touched his chin and asked, "Whatever they quote, do you give them? Is the price the same every time?"

Dongfang He replied guiltily: "The other party's quotation is different every time, and each time it is more expensive than the last time."

Chang Ningchen said with a frown on his face, "Don't you bargain? Don't you compare prices? They're just taking advantage of you!"

Dongfang He directly showed him the arms account book. Chen Haolin had also shown Qiao Ningchen the arms trading account book of Chen County.

Chang Ningchen compared the two account books in his mind and found that not only did Hong County spend less money than Chen County on buying more arms, they were also being taken advantage of!

Dongfang He looked at Chang Ningchen with an aggrieved look on his face and said, "I don't know how to bargain."

"You loser! Watch my gaze this time! If those profiteers dare to bully you, I'll show them how many eyes the Bull King has!"

Chang Ningchen is unhappy that his good brother is being treated like a pig by those unscrupulous arms dealers! He plans to help his good brother out!

Dongfang He looked at Chang Ningchen, who was very angry and was about to stand up for him, and felt that he was very cute.