In the next few days, Li Ke simply stayed behind closed doors, concentrating on preparing his own industrial layout, and did not interfere at all about the case.
Of course, in the meantime, I received the purchasing officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and sold a thousand kilograms of tea to the palace.
It wasn't that he changed his mind and didn't want to sell it, but after checking the inventory, he felt it would be better to sell it to the palace in batches.
If it was really sold out all at once, then Li Shimin's accumulated favorability points would not have dropped slowly due to the huge explosion of gold coins.
Besides, it is impossible to find other sellers at the moment, let alone no one selling products of this quality.
Even if there were, with Li Er's temperament, he would not be able to take advantage of others. As the saying goes, the good news should not flow to outsiders. After all, his son is part of the same family.
However, even though this thousand kilograms of tea was many times more than the market price, it still only made 600 yuan.
This money may be given to the people and can allow them to live for several years, but it can be said that it is still a drop in the bucket for Li Ke's next plan.
"Still short of money!"
Li Ke looked at the accounts in trance.
After thinking for a while, he finally had to go to his cheap uncle to discuss the shock absorber.
It would be best to get an investment from him, so that the original start-up capital would be available.
That guy Li Xiaogong is not short of money.
By the way, there are also shock absorber dividends!
Li Ke suddenly slapped his head, how could he forget this?
"Zhao Ming, prepare the sedan. Let's go to Li's Iron Shop. It's time to get some dividends."
Thinking of this, he stopped thinking about anything else and just packed up and went out.
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Li's Iron Shop.
In the past few months, he has been in the limelight in Chang'an City, and all of this is naturally the bearing of Li Ke.
A set of shock absorbers is not easy to make, but a few bearings are less troublesome.
A skilled craftsman can make two pairs in one hour.
As long as there are more craftsmen, the production capacity can fully keep up.
As a result, bearing carriages quickly became popular. After all, who doesn’t want to travel in a more comfortable carriage?
It is worth mentioning that because bearings are relatively simple, some blacksmith shops directly imitate them.
However, they didn't expect that as soon as they built this thing, officers and soldiers came to check the water meter.
After sealing several blacksmith shops one after another, other colleagues realized it.
There is a big backstory behind this Li's Iron Shop.
Only then did they come to discuss cooperation.
Even in a market as big as the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible for Li's Iron Shop to eat up all of it, and Li Xiaogong was not the kind of fool who was stuck in his ways.
He simply used the bearing method to join the franchise, and he didn't ask for much. The franchise fee started at 10,000 yuan, and the subsequent income was divided into 10%.
Once this condition came out, it actually scared away many small shops, and all the shops that were left were those with support behind them.
However, even though many people were eliminated, Li Xiaogong finally collected a franchise fee of more than 100,000 yuan.
It can be said that he made a lot of money, not to mention the subsequent dividends.
The carriage soon arrived in front of Li's iron shop. Looking at the now very different facade, the corners of Li Ke's mouth twitched slightly.
"How much money did you make?"
Today's facade is not the small iron shop before, but an entire large shop with many iron tools inside.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the rows of neatly arranged bearings, ranging from large to small, in various models.
He was a little dumbfounded. He seemed to have given him a model number, right?
Now it has been extended to so many other models.
A master craftsman deserves to be a master craftsman, this skill is real.
At this moment, there were still many customers in the store who were making choices. Li Ke walked into the store and went directly to the counter.
"What does this guest need?"
After taking a look at Li Ke's clothes, the shopkeeper's smile became more friendly.
"I came to see you, Master Lu. Are you in the backyard now?" Li Ke asked.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes became serious and he stood up and asked, "Master, what do you want from Master Lu?"
"Let's talk to him about how to improve bearing production."
As soon as these words came out, the shopkeeper's expression changed and suddenly became much more respectful.
"Your Highness King Wu, please come in. Master Lu is in the backyard."
Li Ke nodded and led Zhao Ming into the backyard. As soon as he entered, he heard the sound of hammering.
Not far away, a shirtless Master Lu was hammering away with a hammer.
Seeing that the shopkeeper was about to leave, Li Ke stopped him again.
"By the way, tell my uncle that I have something to do with him and invite him to come here to talk."
"Yes, His Highness King Wu, the common people will report it immediately."
The shopkeeper quickly saluted and then withdrew.
On the other side, Master Lu also saw the person coming and quickly put down his work.
"Common people see you, Your Highness."
"It's okay, Master Lu, you don't need to salute. This is not an officialdom, there aren't that many rules."
Li Ke quickly asked Zhao Ming to help him up. He still treated the craftsmen with great respect.
The development of science and technology is inseparable from these people.
The two chatted for a while, but finally Li Xiaogong arrived.
"Nephew, why do you think of me today and look at me as your uncle?"
Li Xiaogong walked over with a smile.
"Hello uncle, I came here mainly for two things. The first thing is to collect dividends."
"Uncle won't lie about this, right?"
Li Ke stood up and saluted, then looked at the other party with a smile and said.
Li Xiaogong's expression froze, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Oh, it's gone. We've only met once in several months. Can we just talk about money without opening our mouths?"
Um, let’s not talk about money, do I still want to talk about love with you?
If this is the case, I'm afraid you will be the one who can't sleep.
Li Ke suppressed the complaints in his heart.
"Uncle, we can talk about feelings later. Now let's discuss how much your nephew's dividends have been in the past few months."
Looking at the determined look on Li Ke's face.
Li Xiaogong didn't want to hit him any more, so he simply pulled him to sit down at the stone table.
With a wave of his hand, the shopkeeper came over immediately holding the account book.
"Take a look, the general ledger for the past few months is here, and your share has been divided."
"See if it's right. Don't say that uncle is greedy for your money again."
Li Ke didn't refuse, he picked up the account book and started to check it.
After ten minutes at the end of the month, the general content has been read.
I have to say that in terms of life, Li Xiaogong still has a good bottom line, and there is basically no manipulation in the ledger.
In the past few months, he has been able to distribute a total of one hundred thousand yuan. You can imagine how popular the sales are.
But at this time, Li Xiaogong took out a small account book from his arms.
"Here is the ledger where the drawings are divided."
"The market in Chang'an is too big. Your uncle and I can't handle it alone, so we simply took out the bearing design drawings and sold them."
"The price is 10,000 guan each. I have sold hundreds of thousands guan using this method."
Li Xiaogong handed him the small account book and said with a smile.
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How many? !
