Chapter 744 Decided to cooperate
"Do you really have skills in dried meat and milk powder?" Zhang Youcai asked excitedly.
"Of course, but it's not just me who knows it. Lord Meng Yi and the people he brought here also know it. That means all the shopkeepers in the more than a dozen breeding areas in the prairie know it." Zhang Yi replied.
Zhang Youcai said: "It doesn't matter. I know that the technology of this jerky is not the most mature yet, and the taste can still be changed."
"How did you know?" Zhang Yi asked.
"Because a chef told me, he said that adding salt to dried meat will give it a salty taste, adding spicy food will give it a spiciness, and adding other things will give it other flavors.
At present, the technology that everyone knows is to add salt, but we don’t know about other flavors. We can study this carefully. Once we succeed, the dried meat market will be ours.
In the future, let alone one million a year, there will be two million, so this technology must be kept secret and must be registered.
Others can bake it, as long as they don't sell it, and once they sell it, they have to pay us royalties. "Zhang Youcai said excitedly.
"Shopkeeper Zhang is indeed wise." Zhang Yidao, "Now can we talk about our cooperative relationship?"
"Okay. Please tell me your plan first. How much money do I need to pay? If my income does not meet the amount of money I pay, then I can only find other people to cooperate." Zhang Youcai said.
The purpose of what he said was to hope that Zhang Yi would not say anything casually, otherwise he would think that you are not sincere. Without sincerity, there is no need to cooperate.
"Don't worry, I have already said before that I will give you 50% of the profits from the breeding farm, 20% of the profits to the Xiongnu tribe, and the general and others only need 30% of the profits.
At the same time, we can provide cowhide, sheepskin, and wool to your textile workshop at a 20% discount off the market price.
This also counts as us giving profits to Zhang Yuanwai. Yuan Zhang is satisfied. "Zhang Yi said.
"We only have 30%?" Han Xin frowned slightly.
"General, 30% is already a lot. You have to remember that you haven't earned a penny." Zhang Yi said softly.
Hearing this, Han Xin could only nod his head.
Indeed, he has 30% of the profits without even having a penny. What else can he ask for? Does he still have to take a large share of the profits?
Although this breeding area was planned by the imperial court for them, if they had no way to breed it, they would not be able to keep this area.
Moreover, this breeding area is not always free. It is only free for three years. After three years, it will be charged. The specific amount will be decided by the court.
The purpose of this is to prevent everyone from throwing away large grasslands and raising nothing. This is too wasteful.
So Han Xin said nothing and let Zhang Yi arrange it.
"The profits from the breeding farm can be distributed like this." Zhang Youfei said, "Even to prevent the Xiongnu tribe from being dissatisfied, I can give him 10%, them 30%, you 30%, and I 40%.
I have the final say on everything on the farm, but I will be given a 20% discount on the price of each sale. This must be made clear and written in the contract. "
"No problem." Zhang Yi said.
"Then let's talk about dried meat and milk powder." Zhang Youcai said. In fact, this was what he cared about most.
Zhang Yi said: "As for the dried meat and milk powder, I still let the senior staff take the big share, and we take the small share.
However, a breeding farm is a breeding farm, a dried meat factory is a dried meat factory, and a milk powder factory is a milk powder factory. They cannot be linked together, they must be separated. "
"I understand this. Although we are responsible for both, we still have to settle the account. We cannot mess up the account just because it is our relationship."
"That's what it means." Zhang Yi said, "The biggest fear in doing business is that the accounts will be messed up. Once the accounts are messed up, the business will not do well."
"But now there is a problem."
"What's the problem?" Han Xin asked.
At this time, his heart was burning. He would have one million a year. Even if he couldn't get one million, he could still get one hundred thousand.
Zhang Youcai said
: "There are too many people like us who also want to make milk powder and dried meat, which will inevitably lead to low prices of dried meat and milk powder."
"This is what Lord Meng Yi means. The price is low so that people can afford it and eat." Zhang Yi said.
"Master Meng Yi really loves the people like his own children. In this case, let's each do our own thing and see who is better at it." Zhang Youcai said.
"Zhang Yuanwai is indeed perseverant. When will we sign the contract?" Zhang Yi asked.
"There's no rush." Zhang Youcai said with a smile, "There are still projects for brothels, inns, and restaurants. Doesn't it mean that Shopkeeper Zhang doesn't plan to cooperate with me?"
Zhang Yi frowned slightly and said: "Of course there is no problem in cooperation, but you didn't say you wanted to introduce me to a businessman who specializes in brothels. Why do you want to cooperate with me now?"
"What's weird about this? I'm just investing, and I don't intend to manage brothels and inns. I know you want to manage brothels, inns and restaurants, because in your heart, those industries are the real profitable businesses." Zhang Youcai said.
"Isn't it?" Zhang Yi asked.
"It can't be said that it's not the case." Zhang Youcai said, "Although Lord Meng Yi learned from the emperor's master, he knew that he didn't have as many young masters as General Lu, so the two had different ideas.
You think that only brothels, inns and restaurants are the most profitable businesses, but you think that all businesses are very profitable, and the real money is the monopoly business.
For example, salt was controlled by the imperial court. Regardless of the price, the common people could only buy it from the imperial court. In this way, they would make more money.
For example, we have a monopoly on the business of milk powder and dried meat. People who want to buy dried meat and milk powder can only come to us.
The most important thing is the price. We can raise it slightly, and within the range that people can accept, we can earn more.
For example, dried meat. Daqin currently has a population of 30 million. As long as five million people eat one piece of our dried meat every day, the current price is one penny per piece, five million pence, and the current ratio is one hundred copper coins for one silver dollar. That is half a tael of silver.
Two hundred copper coins is one tael of silver. Just imagine, how much silver can we earn in a day?
If we double the price, a piece of jerky costs two cents, and two pieces of jerky costs three cents, how much can we earn. "
The highest is 50,000 taels a day, and the lowest is 25,000 taels. How much profit will there be in a year? "
When Han Xin heard this, his breathing became rapid. Six to seven million taels or even more than 15 million taels a year was simply beyond their imagination.
"Of course I know, so Lord Meng Yi handed over the business of dried meat and milk powder to everyone, because he was afraid that someone would become big and the court would not be able to control it.
More importantly, I am worried that after the Imperial Master comes out, if someone goes too far and directly offends the Imperial Master, the gain will outweigh the losses. "Zhang Yi expressed his worries.
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