And everyone in the room also knew that Han Du was a bit cunning in doing this. Regarding this, everyone looked at each other and smiled, but no one said it. It's good for everyone to know some things in their hearts, but it's not beautiful if they are spoken out.
Seeing that no one objected to his proposal, Han Du continued: "If you want to make huge profits through sugar, it is not enough to just use native people to grow sugar cane and then refine the sugar ourselves."
"It seems that the famous philanthropic boy has a clever trick to teach us. If you have something to say, just say it. Everyone is listening." Xu Da was uncharacteristically very concerned about making money. He had no choice. Who made the Duke of Wei poor? Tang He was richer than him, and Xu Dadu could tolerate it. After all, Tang He is still his elder brother, and being richer than him is nothing.
However, the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, came from behind and was richer than the Duke of Wei, which made Xu Da feel a little embarrassed. And he couldn't imitate Fu Youde's generous temper and shamelessly ask the emperor for help.
Naturally, overseas income has now become the only source of income for the Duke of Wei.
"Wei Guogong praised the boy. The boy just has some ideas and wants to ask the big guys for help." Han Du was a little uncomfortable with Xu Da's kindness and replied with a coy smile.
Tang He didn't mean to coy with Han Du, and said directly: "If you have an idea, just tell me, everyone is listening."
Han Du nodded, "That's what I think. Since everyone has land in Luzon to grow sugar cane and refine sugar. As the saying goes, everyone adds firewood to the flames, so we might as well merge and set up a company specializing in growing sugar cane, refining sugar, and selling sugar. A trading company. For the trading company’s shares, everyone uses land to invest in the shares. Those with more land will naturally have more shares, and those with less land will naturally have fewer shares. How about it? "
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Han Du added fuel to the fire, "Do you know what is the most profitable business in the world?"
"What is it?" Lan Yu asked quickly. Lan Yu is quite enthusiastic about making a fortune.
Han Du held out two fingers calmly, "Two words, monopoly. Monopoly business is the most profitable. Monopoly means completely controlling the entire sugar refining industry in our hands. We have land and technology. Once we join forces, we can monopolize the entire sugar market. At that time, we can set whatever price we want. When we get the profits, we will sit down and divide them according to the shares, and no one will suffer."
Everyone didn't understand what they heard, but they all believed that Han Du would not lie to them. The entire Ming Dynasty's noble group is sitting in this room. Except for those in other places, all the princes and marquises in the capital are here. If Han Du dared to lie to them, he would be seeking death.
"Completely monopolizing the entire sugar refining industry is indeed the only way to make a fortune. Han Du, I would like to congratulate you on getting rich."
When Han Du heard the first half of the sentence, he was still looking for who said it, and felt like he had met a close friend. But when the second half of the sentence came out, Han Du's face turned green.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"What? Can't I come? If I don't come, wouldn't it be a pity if I can't hear your talk?" Lao Zhu walked in with an unkind look on his face, looked at Han Du and sneered.
"My ministers, please pay your respects to the Emperor~"
"Forget it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu walked forward with a smile, took the hands of Xu Da and Tang He, and walked to the upper table to sit down. "You two good brothers, we haven't sat together for a long time, and we just want to talk to you today."
After comforting Xu Da and Tang He, he looked up at Han Du and sneered, "But before we reminisce about the past, let's listen to how this kid will lead everyone to make a fortune. Monopoly, I remember you said that monopoly in any industry These are all things that are harmful to Ming Dynasty. What? Now it’s your turn to get rich, so you just turn a blind eye to it?"
Lao Zhu's tone was very slow and cold. As long as it is harmful to Daming, let alone Han Du, his son-in-law, he will not let it go even if it is his own son.
"I, I have never thought about selling sugar to the Ming Dynasty." When the trouble came, Han Du had to find an excuse that was not an excuse.
"Oh? Then where do you want to sell it to?" If it is not sold to Daming, then Lao Zhu can accept it.
Han Du immediately said seriously: "Of course it is the West. Just like the West does not produce tea, they do not produce sugar. The price of sugar in the West is even higher than that of tea. As long as we monopolize all the sugar sold to the West, Then making money is just a no-brainer.”
"So, the sugar you refined would rather be sold thousands of miles away in the West than sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty? Are the people of the Ming Dynasty inferior to the Westerners and not worthy of eating sugar?" Lao Zhu looked at Han Du with an unfriendly expression.
Han Du was going crazy, not knowing what Lao Zhu meant. But who makes Lao Zhu the emperor? Whatever he says is what he says.
Han Du could only shake his head, "No, if the emperor is willing, I can sell the candy to Ming Dynasty."
"And then let you have a monopoly and sell sugar to my people at a high price?" Lao Zhu's voice rose an octave, and the unkindness was permeated.
It won’t work if you sell it, and it won’t work if you don’t sell it.
Han Du suddenly felt that it was too difficult, "Your Majesty, we are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is also the place where ministers are born and raised. Even if we want to sell sugar to the Ming Dynasty, we will not monopolize the sale."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu's expression softened. But he still stared at Han Du, "You kid has too many tricks. Even if you don't have a monopoly, I guess those sugar sellers can't beat you and are no match for you. If you want me to let you go, then you have to Give me a good reason."
Han Du glanced at Lao Zhu speechlessly, is this the trust between our father-in-law and son-in-law? Is this your attitude towards your ministers?
But no matter how mischievous Han Du's expression was, Lao Zhu just stared at Han Du with a sneer.
In desperation, Han Du could only laugh twice, put his fist under his nose and said, "Then the emperor can set a maximum price. No one can sell at a price exceeding the emperor's limit. Of course, the emperor's The price cannot be set too low. We don’t care, the key is that I am afraid that ordinary merchants selling sugar will not be able to bear it.”
Lao Zhu has also read Han Du's The Wealth of Nations, so he naturally knows the harm of setting prices too low. Lao Zhu watched the dispute between charcoal and coal from the beginning to the end. Although the low price has given the people a temporary benefit, it has also had a huge impact on people's lives. If Handu had not immediately introduced briquettes and coal stoves, many people would have been faced with the dilemma of having no charcoal to burn.
