When Jiang Yifeng heard Zhao Xu's words, he was not surprised at all. He even thought it was surprising that he didn't say that.
Although he has not had much contact with Zhao Xu, it is not difficult to see from the other person's style of doing things that he is an ambitious, courageous and capable man.
If all the people he met after traveling were rated, Zhao Xu would currently have the highest rating.
Such people are not suitable as friends, but they are suitable as partners.
Because once someone threatens his interests, he will eliminate the threat without you taking action.
However, before that, he had to satisfy his ambition.
Obviously, 15% is not enough to satisfy him, he wants more.
Jiang Yifeng smiled and said to Zhao Xu: "Master Zhao, Wang Kun and Song Yuan are my dear relatives and friends. We are sworn brothers. It is a bit inappropriate for you to do this."
"I can add money."
Am I the kind of person who is blind to money?
Jiang Yifeng despised Zhao Xu's behavior of adding more money and said: "Master Zhao, this is not a question of whether to add more money or not, but a matter of more families coming in, the safer our Meishan business will be."
"I understand the truth, but when I think about such a profitable business, and I only account for 15%, I feel uncomfortable all over." Zhao Xu squatted down, grabbed a handful of coal and soil, and held it tightly in his hand.
"A close friend!"
Jiang Yifeng said in surprise: "I'm just like you. Whenever I see something good, I want to grab it, otherwise my whole body will feel uncomfortable."
Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, "Since you understand me so well, can you..."
"cannot!"
Jiang Yifeng shook his head and refused, "Being greedy will eventually lead to poverty. If you can't restrain your greed, this Meishan business may belong to someone else, but..."
At this point, Jiang Yifeng changed the topic and continued: "Don't you just want to make money? I have a profitable business!"
Zhao Xu's gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly asked: "What kind of profitable business?"
"Selling briquette stoves."
Jiang Yifeng paused, glanced at Zhao Xu, who looked puzzled, and explained: "The current stove is not suitable for burning coal. I plan to invent a coal-burning stove. When the time comes, as long as coal is burned, it will be inseparable. Plant a stove.”
Zhao Xu quickly calculated, "There are more than 100,000 households in Sioux City, and each household has a briquette stove. That's hundreds of thousands. This is indeed a good business."
"If we make the briquette stove smaller, we can no longer use the big pot at home, and we can only use smaller pots for cooking. We can still sell hundreds of thousands of pots."
"Yeah."
Zhao Xu kept nodding, with excitement on his face, "If we make the briquette stove a little worse, it will break down in two years at most, so we will have to replace it with a new briquette stove in one or two years."
Damn it!
Sun God Alliance!
Jiang Yifeng raised his eyebrows, thought for a while and said: "If you want to do it, then be more ruthless and scrap it in one year."
"OK!"
Zhao Xu nodded vigorously.
"I've drawn up the design. When the time comes, the Zhao family will find someone to make it, and it will be in the name of the Zhao family. When the time comes, we will divide it 40%, 40% for me, and 60% for the Zhao family."
"Why sell it in the name of the Zhao family?"
"If you don't use the Zhao family, then whose name should you use?"
"The Su family!"
"That won't work."
Jiang Yifeng shook his head, "This business is a cooperation between me and the Zhao family. It has nothing to do with the Su family. It can only be used in the name of the Zhao family."
Zhao Xu shook his head, "What the Zhao family sells attaches great importance to reputation. Selling coal stoves in the name of the Zhao family is destroying the Zhao family's brand, which is not acceptable."
Ancient people paid attention to integrity when doing business.
Only a weirdo like Father Song Yuan would mix old rice with new rice and sell it. Other families are very concerned about reputation.
Therefore, Zhao Xucai was unwilling to sell coal stoves in the name of the Zhao family.
"How about... we find someone else?"
Just when the two were silent, Jiang Yifeng and Zhao Xu spoke at the same time, and then they laughed heartily.
"Mr. Jiang, I suddenly realized that we can chat very well. Do you still have any profitable business?"
"Yes, I have!"
Jiang Yifeng said: "I plan to set up a bank, let others deposit their money with me, and use their money to lend money and make money."
…
After a few people came back from Meishan, they started to take action.
Su Yingxue and Zhao Xu went to the Wang family and the Song family respectively, while Jiang Yifeng picked up a stone on the roadside, bought a beautiful wooden box, and went to the county governor's house.
The county guard was quite enthusiastic when he heard that Jiang Yifeng had come to visit. After all, he had become much more relaxed since Jiang Yifeng took over the victims.
"Xiaosheng pays homage to the Sheriff."
Jiang Yifeng clasped his hands in a respectful manner.
"Don't be polite to me." The county guard looked at Jiang Yifeng like an elder, "Did you encounter difficulties when you came today?"
"That's not true."
Jiang Yifeng shook his head slightly and said, "I'm here today to give a gift to the governor."
As he spoke, he took out the carefully selected, unique wooden box containing the stone and placed it in front of the county guard.
The smile on the Sheriff's face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If it hadn't been for his county guard, he would have grabbed the wooden box and thrown it at Jiang Yifeng without hesitation, and asked loudly, "It's your rule in Su City to give gifts with stones, right?"
At this time, Jiang Yifeng asked: "Don't you like it, Lord Sheriff?"
"..."
Naturally, the county guard couldn't say he didn't like it, and then handed the wooden box to the servant next to him, "Put it away!"
"yes!"
The servant took the wooden box and turned to leave.
When the servants left, Jiang Yifeng took out two deeds with a smile and placed them in front of the county guard.
"I just made a little joke with you, this is my gift."
"What's this?"
The county guard was puzzled. He picked up the deed and read it carefully. The displeasure on his face slowly relaxed.
Because it was written in the deed that the Su family had a business and were willing to donate 30% of the business's profits to him free of charge.
Thirty percent profit should be at least several thousand taels!
The county guard hesitated for a moment and pushed the deed back to Jiang Yifeng, "I accept your wish, but I still don't want to do this kind of behavior. As an official of the imperial court, I am deprived of the emperor's salary and loyal to the emperor. How can I... "
When Jiang Yifeng saw the county governor starting to talk, he said directly: "The annual profit of this business exceeds two million taels of silver, and 30% of the profit is 600,000 taels."
As soon as he finished speaking, the governor's speech came to an abrupt end.
Jiang Yifeng saw that the county guard's hand holding the tea cup was trembling, his eyes were wide open as if he had seen a ghost, and he could not speak for a long time.
"Get out, get out of here."
The county guard suddenly shouted loudly and asked everyone to leave.
In just a few breaths, Jiang Yifeng and the county magistrate were the only two people left in the entire main hall, and everyone else retreated.
In fact, even if the county guard didn't say anything, these people wouldn't stay.
Because if they listen to something they shouldn't listen to, their lives will most likely be in danger.
At this time, the county guard picked up the deed again and asked with trembling hands: "You... tell me again, how much silver is the profit of 30% of this business?"
Jiang Yifeng smiled slightly and said, "At least six hundred thousand taels a year."
