Lin Xian was the first to attack, "Three hundred and fifty taels per share, and I want all 500 shares!"
Good guy, he doesn't leave any scum to his big brother.
"Third brother, do you need to be so clever?" Lin Yu's face turned livid, "Mo'er formulated this system just so that both you and my brothers can become shareholders. You'd better do it!!!"
"Brother, if you can't afford it, just tell me, don't waste any words!"
"Lao San, Lao San, you have gone too far in bullying me today! I offered you 400 taels per share, and I want all 500 shares!"
"I'll pay five hundred!" Lin Xian refused to be outdone.
Five hundred taels per share is 250,000 taels of silver. Such a gesture made Lin Yu look extremely ugly.
"How about it, brother? Do you want to increase the price?" Lin Xian asked aggressively. "Are you out of money?"
Lin Yu stood up suddenly, "I also offer 500 taels per share, I want all 500 shares!"
"Hey, brother, are you angry? I've already given out five hundred taels."
"Hmph! Third brother, don't forget, you can also bid with the year-end dividends!" Lin Yu grinned, "I only want 80% of the year-end dividends!"
(The simple explanation is that Liu Mo gave him a 20% discount on the year-end dividend.)
"You...brother, do you have to fight me to the death?" Lin Xian was anxious, "Okay, I only want 50% of the year-end dividend!"
In less than a moment, the two of them reduced the dividend to 50% like vicious dogs fighting for food.
The hall fell silent, and all eyes suddenly turned to Lin Yu. "How's it going, Third Brother?"
Lin Xian glanced at him and said calmly: "Brother, you are good enough! I only want 30% of the bonus at the end of the year!"
Lin Yu's face trembled, as if he was thinking about the truth or falsehood of Lin Xian's words. If the dividend is 30% off, is it still profitable?
Turning around, he saw Lin Xian's proud face and shouted angrily: "I only want 10%!"
Good guy! Liu Mo was shocked by his momentum.
Invest 250,000 taels of silver, subscribe for 50% of the shares, and get a 10% discount on year-end dividends!
What is this concept?
For example, if the annual profit is 100,000 taels of silver, a 50% shareholding is a dividend of 50,000 taels. With a 10% discount, it is 5,000 taels!
If you throw away two hundred and fifty thousand taels, you will make a profit of five thousand taels at the end of the year!
However, what Liu Mo never expected was that Lin Xian's face darkened, "Mo'er, I won't take any of the dividends for the first three years, but after three years I will only take 10%!"
Ha, you are even more ruthless, three-year interest-free loan!
As soon as these words came out, Lin Yu flinched.
Invest 250,000 taels of silver and get interest-free for the first three years? Then only receive 1 cent of dividends?
Go crazy!
"Third brother, you win!" Lin Yu stood up immediately and walked away angrily.
Then congratulations to Mr. Lin for successfully purchasing 50% of the shares of "Lin's Salt Manufacturing"? Liu Mo was already grinning from ear to ear!
At this time, Lin Xian, who calmed down, quickly regretted it.
Impulsive again! He thought to himself, would he spend such a large amount of money to have sex with Lin Yubai?
He looked at Liu Mo, as if he wanted to say, "Niece-in-law, does the previously agreed PY transaction count?"
Liu Mo shrugged, looked at his father-in-law Lin Yuan, and answered him with his eyes, "Third uncle, I am just a son-in-law, your second brother is the head of this house!"
Lin Xian wanted to speak several times, but found that he couldn't.
"Third brother, let's establish a document and settle this matter, shall we?" Lin Yuan stroked his beard and said with a smile.
At this moment, Lin Xian suddenly realized that he had fallen into this kid's trap.
Previously, he and his eldest brother used Lin Yuan's excuse to threaten each other. Their methods were shameless enough and had already made the old lady bedridden.
Now after experiencing such a wave of public auctions, are you threatening to use those bad things again? This is outrageous!
Don't say anything else, you bought it at a low price and now you don't want it? Lin Yu was the first to refuse!
"Another day," Lin Xian said helplessly, "for such a sum of money, the second brother needs to give the younger brother some time to prepare!"
"No rush, no rush, hahaha!" Lin Yuan smiled proudly.
"Farewell!" Lin Xian cupped his hands and left with a bitter look on his face.
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Next, just as Liu Mo guessed, Lin Xian entered the "old bastard" mode.
The third son of the Lin family is not a fool. After he wakes up, he will certainly not give out more than 200,000 taels of silver without interest.
Lin Yuan was not a good person, so he would never let go of such an opportunity and desperately urged Lin Xian to get the money. In addition, the eldest brother Lin Yu who was "kicked out" added fuel to the fire, forcing Lin Xian to flee Linyang City overnight.
Liu Mo is not short of this money, but by making such a fuss, he has Lin Xian's handle!
Not long after, his subordinates brought back Huang Shouren's letter.
The letter greatly praised the new salt produced by Liu Mo. At the same time, Huang Shouren had reported to the Governor of Jiangnan Province to customize the new salt as official salt. It can be sold after approval from the Governor of Jiangnan Province.
Liu Mo was overjoyed when he saw this.
But at the same time, new challenges arise.
First of all, if Liu Mo wants to become a salt merchant, he must first join the Salt Gang and be controlled by the Salt Gang.
Why?
Let’s first talk about the origin of the Daxia Salt Gang.
The salt gang, as the name suggests, is the smugglers who sell illegal salt.
Since ancient times, salt and iron have been the official business.
Salt is a necessity of life. It is difficult to survive without salt. Controlling the supply of salt is equivalent to controlling the people under the rule. Therefore, salt in ancient China has always been monopolized by the government, and private individuals are not allowed to enter this field. This has clear criminal regulations.
Due to the special environment of feudal society, the country often faced problems such as continuous campaigns, construction of water conservancy projects, and establishment of border defenses, which required a large amount of money and manpower.
At this time, if some merchants took the initiative to donate money or even take the initiative to contract to complete the project, some monarchs would issue them a salt selling license, allowing them to sell and transport official salt, and even get exemptions such as corvee exemptions.
The same was true in the Daxia Dynasty. The proportion of salt collected by officials was far less than that of salt merchants through "regular channels".
Another thing is that the price of official salt is completely determined by the government.
Once there is a war or disaster relief, the government will raise the price and tax of salt and charge it into the national treasury. It is these salt merchants who are unlucky.
There was no other way. In this situation, many official salt merchants had to secretly sell private salt in order to make a living.
It was such a vicious cycle that it was reasonable for the Daxia Dynasty Salt Gang to be recognized by the government.
Why do government salt merchants also want to join the salt gang? Wouldn’t it be great if I hit the market with modern, high-quality and low-priced sea salt?
It's simple, because the current Salt Gang in the Great Xia Dynasty is equivalent to the gangs on the beach in the old society of the Earth. If you don't join, even if you don't do distribution and sell by yourself, they will call a group of big and strong men to guard your store every day, making it impossible for you to do business.
Government protection? Just kidding, those corrupt officials in the Great Xia Dynasty and the Salt Gang are the same species. They have colluded together for a long time to act as their protective umbrella. Do you care?
Finally, there is the issue of logistics.
The processing plants that currently produce new salt are all in Xiangshan County, the easternmost part of Jianglin Prefecture. The war in the Great Xia Dynasty had just ended, and the official system was not peaceful. Salt is such a "best-selling" product, and if someone sees it, the chance of being robbed is 100%.
And if you join the Salt Gang, you will be escorted by Salt Gang disciples along the way. The gangsters will let you go if they can't afford to offend you. This is also one of the benefits!
Let’s do everything, Liu Mo sighed!
