Chapter 38: Wooing the Parties
The potion production plant has successfully mass-produced tens of thousands of bottles of magic potions.
Although the nobles involved in this project unanimously chose to keep it secret and not let the news spread.
But through all kinds of secret channels, this news still spread to every corner of the upper echelons of the Aduid Kingdom at a rapid speed.
What is the concept of producing more than 30,000 bottles of magic potions in two days?
Based on the general retail price of [Tranquilizer] in other kingdoms of 1,000 gold coins per bottle, this is equivalent to more than 30 million gold coins!
In just two days, it was created in that factory.
The servant son of the Leilin family, the "pharmaceutical export industry" that everyone laughs at and is like a fantasy, really has the possibility of becoming a reality.
Those families who watched coldly, waiting to see a joke, couldn't sit still now!
They sent their sons and nephews of high status to the Castle of Medicine Bottles, with generous gifts and invitations, to ask for a meeting with Mr. Lemoton Reeling, to make friends with him, or to invite him to the "XX Lord's Mansion" to exchange ideas.
In a short period of time, Zhou Ming received hundreds of such invitations.
Among these letters, there were those sent by the "cooperation faction" who had a good relationship, and there were also those sent by the "hateful faction" before, and of course the "wait-and-see faction" sent the most letters...... Basically, they want to have a good relationship with him, and they have the intention of pleasing him.
Zhou Ming only accepted a few invitations and visited a few nobles.
The first one to visit, of course, was the royal palace, where he met with King Jaime.
At the banquet, the king was amazed at his youthβonly 17 years old.
Zhou Ming was surprised by the king's old age, the king who was just over 60 years old, and the degree of aging was comparable to that of 80-year-old Roberts.
The two had a conversation, a conversation on a more sensitive topic.
King Jaime said, "If the Leylin family were as talented and loyal to the royal family as you, the kingdom of Adud would not have weakened like this, but unfortunately, I am too old and weak to even keep the Leylin family." β
Zhou Ming shook his head: "The Lei Lin family is weak, as long as there is a Lei Lin family, the royal family that cannot be revitalized, and the Yadud Kingdom cannot be rich and strong, at least 100 Lei Lin families can be done." β
"A hundred Leylin families?"
King James shook his head with a wry smile: "There are ten of which I will wake up laughing in my dreams, and a hundred, how is it possible?"
"How is it impossible? Aren't there 28 families now, tied to the same rope as the royal family?"
"You mean...... Rely on the pharmaceutical export industry to win over other families?"
King Jaime understood and knew what Zhou Ming meant.
"Yes, the pharmaceutical production and export industry is an industry with great potential, the cultivation of medicinal materials, the participation of dozens of families, the production of medicines, the cooperation of multiple families, the sale of medicines, and the cooperation of hundreds of families, so that the families on the planting chain, the production chain of medicines, and the sales chain of medicines will all be families who support the royal family. Zhou Ming said.
King James frowned and said, "With so many families participating in the cooperation, isn't the royal family making a lot less money?"
"It won't be less, as long as the production of potions is increased, reaching 10,000, 50,000, and 100,000 bottles per day, and occupying the magic potion market of hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of kingdoms, the money will only increase. β
"Of all this money, even if the royal family only takes a tenth of it, it is an unimaginable amount, and other cooperative families will also make money, but the money they make will not be as much as the royal family that controls the factory, but it is also extremely considerable. β
King Jaime still shook his head: "The royal family only takes a tenth, this ......" This is too little!
You have to take at least 50% of it, right?
"People can't be greedy. β
Zhou Ming smiled with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "That's why so many kings, the reforms carried out in the kingdom, why did they fail, the king wanted to get more land, and hoped to increase the tribute tax paid by the nobles, but the land was limited, the income of the nobles was relatively fixed, the king cut their flesh to meet his own needs, the problems of the royal family were solved, but the nobles were living more and more difficult...... Of course, they will vigorously oppose this kind of reform. β
"Leylin, you...... Which side are you on?"
King Jaime was taken aback, pointed at him, his old face was flushed, this kid's ass was not sitting on the side of the royal family.
He was wrong about this kid!
"I'm just telling you why the reforms introduced by successive kings have failed. β
Zhou Ming continued: "But my method is different, my method is to make the cake bigger, so that every family can get it, and the magic potions we produce are mainly exported to the outside world, and the money we earn is the money of other countries, which will not cause damage to the interests of the nobles within the country, but the more families involved, the more allies of the royal family." β
"Don't think about the royal family enjoying that share of the food, or swallowing most of the cake, this is impossible, the technical process of the pharmacy production factory, it is complicated and complicated, it is simple and simple, seeing that it is profitable, other families will definitely increase their investment, set up their own pharmaceutical production plants, and compete directly with the royal family, and then in the face of fierce competition from competitors, the royal family will occupy a smaller share. β
"So I suggested that the royal family co-opt other families to join the 'mass production of magic potions' plan, in order to avoid internal competition and maximize profits. β
"At the same time, the royal family will have hundreds of hardcore allies around them. β
Zhou Ming's explanation, the old fox nodded again and again, a little enlightened.
King Jaime felt that he had some point, but he was not satisfied.
Because the royal family always occupies the small head of interests, in this kingdom, how can the king still speak his word and speak his word?
Do you have to discuss everything with the nobles, and you have to look at the faces of the nobles, so ......
What's the point of that?
Zhou Ming understood King James's thoughts, and he didn't want to say more, anyway, his words were there: if you want to maximize your interests, you must attract a large number of family members to cooperate.
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The next day.
Zhou Ming went to the house of her female classmate Lilith.
I met Duke Chukir Rudolph, one of the three pillars of the kingdom who wrote "long-awaited and long-awaited meeting" in the "invitation".
A sumptuous dinner banquet.
Zhou Ming's first feeling of this seventy-year-old duke is: the city is extremely deep, treacherous and cunning.
In more than half an hour of conversation, the two discussed topics involving various fields, touting each other and playing Tai Chi.
Duke Rudolph didn't expect that this hairy boy in front of him would be so old-fashioned, and under his various side knocks, he would not fall into his trap.
Together with his granddaughter Lilith, who was sitting opposite this kid, dressed up and bright-eyed, this kid didn't seem to be very "interested".
Whether it is proposing to "rescue the Leilin family" or "two marriages...... The plan to win over this kid to work for the Rudolph family failed completely.
If it weren't for the good enough concentration, Duke Rudolph would have had a seizure, slapping the table and scolding him for not knowing how to lift...... You must know that he has always had a bad temper and has the nickname "Duke of Fury".
But......
At this banquet, Duke Rudolph never had a seizure.
At the end of the dinner, no longer beating around the bush, he put forward his thoughts in a blunt manner:
"Boy, I'll give you 1,000,000 gold coins and enough manpower, as well as a guarantee for the king to pardon the Leylin family, and then let you marry my granddaughter Lilith, and you will help the Rudolph family to open a potion production factory, and after success, you will take 40% of the profits, will this be successful?"
"Boy, this is the best condition I can give, don't be ignorant!"
The old duke's face sank like water, and he asked with a displeased face.
"Grandpa~!"
Lilith's body on the side became twisted, and her face was as red as blood.
Zhou Ming smiled bitterly.
Reluctantly explained: "The kingdom of Addud is too small, there is really no way, create two pharmacy factories, establish two sets of medicinal material supply system, and even if it is successful, in the sales link, the two factories form a price competition, and the profit will decline." β
"Boy, I don't think you understand what I mean, I want a factory, another one, you don't take charge of it, you can't produce a bottle of potion...... Don't think I don't know what you're capable of. β
The old duke's tone was calm.
Zhou Ming was taken aback: "His Majesty the King is not kind to me, yesterday he also introduced Princess Xiwenis to me, Lord Duke, you are actually ......"
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang.
The nature of the angry duke was exposed, and he slapped the table as a number, he angrily pointed at Zhou Ming and said: "Boy, don't be ignorant! Don't do what I say, I have what you feel good about! It's the gate of this duke's palace, don't even think about going out!"
After saying that, a group of soldiers in full armor entered the hall.
"Lord Duke, it turns out that you are setting up a Hongmen banquet. β
Zhou Ming took out the Storm Staff in the Space Ring and prepared to kill it.
"Grandpa! Thunderlin, you are all my most important people!
Lilith cried.
This surprised Zhou Ming, when did he become Lilith's 'most important person', and she entered the play too quickly, right?
This quarrel did not turn into a tragic bloody case in the end, Zhou Ming still left safely, and left a sentence: If Rudolph really has the sincerity to cooperate, he can definitely help the Rudolph family get 5% of the shares of the pharmaceutical production factory, or the pharmaceutical sales agency of 10 kingdoms.
If there is no sincerity, but small actions are constant, then he will not be able to cooperate with the Rudolph family.
Then he left.
"Bastard boy!"
"You dare to refuse me!
"I see you're getting impatient!"
After Zhou Ming left, Duke Rudolph blushed angrily and smashed a lot of things.
"Grandpa, don't be angry, it's not good for your health to be angry like this. Lilith quickly patted the old man on the back to dissipate his anger.
After calming down for a while, looking at his granddaughter, the old duke thought for a while and said: "Lilith, that kid is a little capable, but I didn't expect that the water couldn't be splashed, and I couldn't be scared, you work harder to help the family bring him over, if he can't be used by the Rudolph family, I'd rather destroy him!"
After speaking, the old duke's face was full of cold murderous aura.
"This ......"
Lilith was a little embarrassed, she knew what her grandfather meant, but the competition was too fierce, her best friends, and other female classmates, had been desperately getting close to Leylin recently, apparently receiving a similar "family mission" as her, but Leylin didn't know what was going on, and she didn't seem to be interested in anyone, so that she had serious doubts about her beauty.
But grandpa said so, she could only nod and say, "I'll try, grandpa." β