Chapter 81: A Good Spring (I)
Sunlight shines through the parquet windows, making the study warm and bright.
"Wang Yuanbao has invested 24,350 hangings, 1,700 catties of glazed clinker, and a glazed formula." Zhang Qian picked up a piece of white paper full of handwriting, and announced with a smile, "The funds are now refunded 24,000 hangs." From now on, Wang Yuanbao will serve as the shopkeeper of Liushen Firm's Liuli Workshop, accounting for 20% of Liulifang's shares. In addition, it will obtain half of the non-transferable dry shares of the Liushen Commercial Bank until it withdraws from the trading bank......"
"Too much, too much!" Wang Yuanbao jumped up and waved his hand vigorously. Tears rolled down the thin face, big and big, "The recipe is your own, Young Eunuch Zhang, and my formula doesn't work at all." More than 1,000 catties of glazed clinker are not equivalent to a few dollars. Young eunuch, you look up to me, let me be your treasurer, I am already satisfied. Workshop and firm shares, Wang really has no face to take! ”
"You deserve it. Without your recipe, I wouldn't have thought of making glass out of clinker. Without your money, I can't get Guo Nu to send someone to Meilou to place a bet! Zhang Qian smiled and comforted in a low voice: "Originally, the dry shares of the workshop and the trading house should be let you occupy more." But considering your limited ability to protect yourself, I don't dare to give you too much. ”
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey......" In all directions, a knowing laugh sounded. Anyone who knew the amount of money that the Six Gods Trading House was betting on Meilou could not hide the joy and excitement on their faces.
"It's too much, too much!" Wang Yuanbao turned a deaf ear to the laughter, and continued to wave his hands with a red face, unable to control his tears at all, "Most of the more than 24,000 hanging money was exchanged for the dry shares of the Six Gods Commercial Bank." Young eunuch, you can return the money to me, it is already a great benevolence. Wang really has no face to take a new dry stock! ”
"For new dry shares, you only have the right to discuss and dividends, and you can no longer transfer them at will. When you want to retire in the future, you can sell it back to a commercial bank according to the market at that time. Zhang Qian smiled again and continued to whisper comfort.
However, Wang Yuanbao resolutely refused to accept it. While crying, he continued to state and insisted that he could keep his family property this time and continue to make glass, which was already blessed by his ancestors. If you take the dry shares of the Liushen Firm, you will be punished.
"If you want to take it, you will take it, and you will be delayed!" Guo Nu was upset when he heard this, pricked up his eyes, and scolded sharply. "What decision does my senior brother make, and where is your turn to question?!"
"Ugh!" Wang Yuanbao was so trained that he shuddered, and his tears and cries stopped abruptly at the same time.
"After taking the dry stocks, if you are careful again, be careful of your skin!" Guo Nu clenched his fists, shook Wang Yuanbao's nose, and continued to threaten sharply.
As the saying goes, one thing descends one thing. Although Wang Yuanbao gave birth to a seven-trick exquisite heart, in front of Guo Xishao, there was no room to play at all. I had no choice but to wipe away my tears and honestly stepped forward to take the paper representing the shareholding certificate.
"The workshop is located on the bank of the Wei River, not far from the Ordnance Prison. It's my newly purchased ownerless wasteland. In the future, our workshop, except for flower dew and alcohol, will be arranged over there. Zhang Qian patted him on the shoulder with his hand, and added his arrangements and short-term expectations for the glaze workshop one by one, "In addition to the existing products, flat glaze is the main production and research direction of the workshop in the future. Research is the meaning of finding a way to make it better. Now it is too slow to stretch and shape with a mill, and it needs to be polished later. I hope you can find a way to make a glass that doesn't need to be polished and has a smooth surface like a mirror as soon as possible. In addition, the raw material can no longer use quartz powder, directly use river sand. The color of the glass made in this way may be worse, but it does not affect the light transmission when it is installed on the window. Also, for the takeaway glass, there is no need to make it too big for the time being, anyway, most of the windows are parquet at the moment, and the panes themselves are very small......"
These are all technical means and development directions that he can come up with for the time being, which is a little messy, but it is not much difficult to cash in. Especially for Wang Yuanbao, an expert in making glass, many places are only separated by a layer of window paper.
Therefore, at the beginning, Wang Yuanbao still habitually nodded yes. Listening to it, two eyes flashed aggressively. The pale face also quickly began to redden. The shoulders became straighter and straighter, and the knuckles of the fingers were creabling.
"In the future, if there is a new idea or new process about glass and glass, it will be handed over to you directly. It can be regarded as the continuous investment of the firm in the workshop. Whatever trouble you have, you can also ask a business firm for help. In addition...... "Explain everything you can think of, Zhang Qian patted Wang Yuanbao's shoulder lightly, and promised with a smile: "In addition, you will spend your own money to buy an official position another day." Regardless of the number of products, first, it is convenient to interact with people in the future. Second, if you encounter any trouble again, I will directly let you be in the ordnance prison. It also saves you from being confused and locked up in the county government prison and suffering! ”
Before the words fell, Wang Yuanbao had already knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed heavily: "Thank you young eunuch, if Wang Yuanbao dares to be a little second to the young eunuch in the future, the sky will thunder!" ”
"Huh?" Zhang Qian was caught off guard and almost flashed his arm. After calming down and pondering carefully, he found that it was the vacant position of the ordnance superintendent, which played an immeasurable role, and he immediately laughed dumbly.
Then I thought about Wang Yuanbao, who had been deliberately detained by the Xinfeng County Government for three days, but pleaded for help. He immediately understood why this person took the vacancy of a low-ranking official so seriously. Half a month ago, even if Wang Yuanbao had a ninth-class official hat on his head, I am afraid that the Yamen of Xinfeng County would not dare to bully him so blatantly! (Note: The recumbent, the exiled officer, the lowest.) )
"It doesn't have to be like this, you just need to work hard in the future." Sighing softly, he bent down and pulled Wang Yuanbao hard, "The Six Gods Commercial Bank will not always be on the same scale as it is today. The Six Gods Glass Workshop will not. If we work together, the road in the future will definitely get wider and wider. ”
"Uh-huh!" Wang Yuanbao was so excited that he couldn't help himself, although he stood up, he still kept raising his hand to wipe his tears.
At the moment when all the shares of the Liushen Commercial Bank were bought by deception, he originally thought that he was destined to die this time, and in order to find a way to live for his wife and children, he resolutely took out all the money and handed it to Zhang Qian to atone for his sins. But he never expected that in the end, not only did he not lose any money, but he became a shareholder of the Liushen Commercial Bank again, and in the second half of his life, he could happily make his favorite glass with the support of the commercial bank.
"Mirror Workshop. The address is also chosen on the bank of the Wei River, next to the glaze workshop. There was no time to comfort Wang Yuanbao, Zhang Qian picked up another piece of white paper full of handwriting, and explained to Guo Nu and Ren Cong with a smile, "Who will be in charge of this workshop will be arranged by the two brothers." The two of you brothers each account for 20% of the dry shares, and then take out half of the dry shares to the workshop manager, and Liushen Commercial Bank holds 50% and a half. The dry shares in each of your hands can be disposed of at will. Whether it is transferred to the family or sold to outsiders, I will not interfere. However, the firm's fifty-fifty shareholding in the workshop will never be shaken. ”
"Okay, senior brother, you wait to hear our good news!" Guo angrily shouted and stepped forward to take the contract, joy and confidence, and at the same time wrote a full face.
"Senior brother, two percent of dry shares is too much. We both have it, but you don't, it's not fair! Ren Cong was kind-hearted and waved his hand with a red face.
"My main income is in the business house, not here." Zhang Qian glanced at the two of them and added with a smile, "Also, being a mirror is a mirror, and making money can't be too unprincipled." Mirror-making craftsmen, especially those who paint the back of the mirror, cannot work more than three hours a day, and must take a month off for every six months! ”
"This ......" Guo Nu had no objection to the previous arrangement. However, for the treatment of mirror-making craftsmen in the second half, he felt that his senior brother was making a fuss, "Senior brother, in that case, the number of craftsmen will have to increase by three or four times." The risk of leaks also increases exponentially. And, and the craftsmen themselves may not be willing. ”
"There are many ways for us to make money, don't make money for human lives!" As if he had already guessed that Guo Nu would say this, Zhang Qian very decisively rejected his opinion, "I will personally inspect it regularly to see if you two do what I ask." If you two dare to disobey the law, I will take this workshop back and take care of it myself, and expel you from the school! Don't use the leak as an excuse, if this trouble can't be solved, what qualifications do you two have, and then follow me to do something else! ”
Due to the constraints, the glass mirror he pushed out was made of the most primitive tin amalgam process. During the production process, a large amount of mercury will be volatilized. When mercury is absorbed into the body, it can cause lasting damage to the absorber. If certain measures are not taken to prevent and remedy, all the craftsmen who participate in this process will end up miserable.
"This, yes, Senior Brother!" Guo was angry and suffered a blow to the head, so he had to give up his life aggrievedly.
"Senior brother, don't worry, I'll watch the second senior brother for you!" Ren Cong likes to watch Guo Nu being taught by the senior brother the most, and he reassures him proudly.
"Although the mirror is highly profitable, it is not affordable for every household at the moment." Glaring at Guo Nu with a smile, Zhang Qian nodded in a low voice, "It's far from peat, it can flow for a long time." Ren Guo's peat banks, the shares of the commercial banks remained unchanged at the original 30%. But it will not continue to increase in the future. There is only one requirement, no matter how large the two peat shops develop in the future, they must not fight in the same room. ”
"How is that possible! With me and Xiao Wu here! ”
"Senior brother, don't worry, when I go back, I will explain this clearly to my father and younger brothers!"
Guo Nu and Ren Cong grinned and bowed their hands, and they both agreed to Zhang Qian's request without hesitation.
Several other people present, such as Wang Yuanbao, Wang Maobo and Wang Maozhong, were all stunned, and immediately shook their heads with a smile. Obviously, no one expected that the two peat shops with the most prosperous business in Jingshi recently had the shadow of the Six Gods Trading House behind them. At the same time, everyone was more and more impressed by the strength of the Six Gods Trading Bank.
Nodding to the two junior disciples with a smile, Zhang Qian continued, his voice was very soft, but it made everyone present prick up their ears: "Next, let's talk about the Six Gods Trading House itself." This time, because someone withdrew his shares. Therefore, all the shares of the commercial banks that were recovered were redistributed. After the distribution, the current shareholding ratio is that we have three brothers and sisters, accounting for a total of 50% of 2. The Shaoguo Mansion accounts for one percent of two, and the Linzi Mansion accounts for one percent. Ren Shibo and Guo Shibo, each accounting for half of the percent. Wang Yuanbao accounts for half of it. The person who took the shares from Wang Yuanbao's hand, no matter who it is, will not be qualified to discuss in the future. There is less than half of the remaining dry shares, which are held by more than a dozen small shareholders, and the holders do not participate in the deliberations of the commercial bank! ”
"Just do what Senior Brother says!"
"No problem!"
"The young eunuch is smart!"
……
Guo Nu and Ren Cong smiled, and several other people present also gave thumbs up and agreed with Zhang Qian's decision.
The battle with the Treasure Pavilion supported by Princess Taiping not only completely erected the image of the Six Gods Commercial Bank as "not easy to mess with", but also showed the broad development prospects of the Commercial Bank (money) in front of the shareholders. Let all shareholders firmly believe that the value of the shares of the commercial bank held in their hands will soar dozens or even hundreds of times in the future. Therefore, the fewer people who have the right to speak, the better.
Next, the merchant house will fund an iron-smelting workshop near the glaze workshop and the mirror workshop. Iron pipes for water stoves, as well as various steel utensils. Putting down the blank paper with the nature of a contract in his hand, Zhang Qian quietly led the conversation to the next topic: "The specific housekeeper is in charge, and Wang Lushi helps solve the problems that arise in the construction process." Ren Steward and Wang Lushi can each occupy a percentage of the shares of the workshop. The remaining eighty percent will go to the Six Gods Trading Company! ”
Guo Nu and Ren Cong looked at each other, both of them saw confusion in each other's eyes, but neither of them said anything to object. The elder brother does things, and he rarely has no purpose. There must be enough reasons for him to elevate Wang Maobo like this. In addition, compared to the development and sale of peat, snow salt, and mirrors, the profits of striking iron are insignificant, and it is not worth the brothers to fight.
However, Ren Quan and Wang Maobo, who were invited to attend, were so excited that their eyes were red. Both stood up and waved their hands. Guarantee to work hard, and resolutely refuse to accept the dry shares of the iron smelting workshop.
"It's the rule!" Zhang Qian smiled and said his reason loudly, "At present, there are few workshops belonging to the firm, and everyone is familiar with each other, so whether there are dry stocks or not, they will do things with their hearts." But in the future, if the scale of the firm becomes larger and larger, there are more and more workshops and shops underneath, and there are no dry shares, how can it be possible to ensure that the people in charge will do their best? So, just take the two of you and make an example for future generations, I'm also a daughter to buy horse bones! ”
"In this way, thank you to the proprietor!" When Ren Quan heard this, he had no choice but to blush.
"Thank you young eunuch, my subordinates promise to live up to their trust!" Wang Maobo knew that if he continued to resign, he would not let Zhang Qian change his mind, so he had to thank him with red eyes.
Zhang Qian returned the salute to the two with a smile, and then quickly turned his gaze to Wang Maozhong, who was scratching his ears and cheeks on the side. "Brother Wang, please, this is a diploma that proves that the Six Gods Trading Company is one into two dry shares, and the gold sent by your master at the beginning, please also transfer it to your master when Brother Wang goes back in a while!"
"Righteousness!" On his brother's side, Wang Maozhong didn't dare to act too casually. But he still gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "I knew that you were such a righteous person, and I shouldn't have come to trouble you in the first place." To tell you the truth, I actually still had the strength to do that night, and I just wanted to teach you a lesson, and I didn't really want to kill ...... Woowoowoo......"
Halfway through his words, his mouth was blocked by his brother Wang Maobo with a towel that he didn't know where to go, and he was so anxious that his eyes were dripping and rolling in his sockets.
"Dare to talk nonsense again, go back and I'll break your legs!" Wang Maobo is now an official, and he has also regained his brother's prestige. Both hands controlled Wang Maozhong's arms and scolded sharply.
"Don't say it, I won't say it!" Wang Maozhong struggled to get rid of his brother's fetters, raised his hand and took out a yellow-colored towel from his mouth, and begged for mercy, "I promise not to say it, don't be angry, big brother!" ”
After that, he hurriedly ran forward and took the equity diploma from Zhang Qian. Then he picked up the box containing the gold, didn't even look at it, carried it on his shoulder, turned around and left, "Thank you, Young Eunuch Zhang." You are my brother's boss, and you are so good to him, Wang remembers it in his heart. In the future, if there is something useful to Wang, just say it. In the wind and fire, if Wang frowns, he is a turtle bastard! ”
"Stop, how can you talk to the young eunuch?" Wang Maobo was so angry that he stood up and was about to pound. Wang Maozhong is several times more flexible than him, where is he willing to be beaten honestly? Carrying the box, he rushed out of the door in two shakes, and in the blink of an eye, he ran away without a trace.
"Young eunuch, my brother is rude, please have a lot of adults, don't be surprised!" Wang Maobo couldn't catch up with him, so he had to return to the study and apologize to Zhang Qian. "The next time you catch him, you must bring him here and ask the young eunuch for the guilt."
"Wang Lu doesn't have to be like this, Brother Ling's temperament is actually very temperamental to Zhang!" Zhang Qian smiled and waved his hand gently. "If you have leisure, you should think carefully about how to set up a waterwheel on the Weishui River. The weather is getting hot up right away, and the wind may not be stable. However, Weishui cannot be easily cut off. If it can be powered by a water wheel, the efficiency can be increased tenfold whether it is an iron pipe, a grinding project, or a wind hoist! ”
"This ......" Wang Maobo's attention was immediately attracted by Zhang Qian's thoughts. He didn't care about how to catch his brother back and make amends, so he lowered his head and thought hard about the details needed to turn the windmill into a waterwheel.
Zhang Qian was in his stomach and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Just kidding, the reason why he opened a separate iron-smelting workshop was that he wanted to explore the possibility of crucible steelmaking by firing glass in the same way. It is to tie his younger brother Wang Maozhong to the chariot of the Six Gods Trading House through Wang Maobo. How can you still care about the latter's words?
Regarding Wang Maozhong's future development prospects, although Zhang Qian doesn't know much about it. However, Wang Maozhong's master, Li Fengyu, is the king of Linzi of the Tang Dynasty! And no matter how quickly Zhang Qian's historical knowledge is forgotten, he will not forget it. In the era of Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was only one King of Linzi. That is Li Longji, who will open up the prosperous era of Kaiyuan in the future!
It's Li Longji, not Li Qi. This guy is so hidden!
It's pitiful, a while ago, Zhang Qian pondered every day how to hug Li Longji's thigh without alarming anyone, but he had no clue. Unexpectedly, Li Longji was actually the "Driver Li" who drank with him and made an appointment to go to the Qinglou together!
Since Li Longji took the initiative to join the shares of Liushen Commercial Bank, Zhang Qian is of course more confident in the future of the commercial bank. took out a mutton fat jade wrench from his finger and gently handed it to Ren Cong: "Over there in the Baoguo Mansion, it is inconvenient for me to go recently." You will send the wrench, the gold we borrowed at the beginning, and the equity diploma of the Liushen Commercial Bank, to Shaoguo Gong. By the way, thank you to him again! ”
"Yes, senior brother!" Ren Cong took the wrench with both hands, as if holding a priceless treasure.
"Okay, it's okay, everyone can disperse!" Zhang Qian raised his hand and looked at the green water ghost on his wrist, and commanded with a smile. Then, tidying up his clothes, he walked briskly to the door.
It was almost noon, and he was in a hurry to meet someone. He thanked her in person for supporting her, and thanked her for resolutely betting all her jewelry on the gambling table of the Ashna family without any certainty, greatly boosting the prestige of her side.
And outside the house, the spring is just right at the moment, and the wind is gentle!