Although Wang Jiaping and Fang Fengshi verbally suggested that they allocate more projects to Guo Dan, ensuring that if he builds a factory, he will not make a single order, and he will be idle for five years.

But after all, they can't completely decide this matter, and they must still ask for the emperor's consent.

Of course, Wanli agreed, even if it was a little more, it wouldn't hurt.

Because he is the real big boss, as long as Guo Dan has the energy, it is okay to contract all of them to Guo Dan.

Of course, there are also many ministers who are against it, because it invisibly hurts their interests, and this Liaodong material involves the interests of many imperial relatives.

It's just that because the Liaodong cotton armor case has just happened, the entire Liaodong affairs have been concerned by everyone, plus the cabinet and the officials are promoting this matter, where do they dare to speak out, after all, they are not very clean, in case of turning over the old accounts, it will be very terrifying, and the hungry Wanli has not raided his house for more than half a year.

They all complained very much about Zheng Chengxian in their hearts, your appearance is too ugly, you have made three or four achievements, why do you want to take eighty percent of it, who can stand it, and now everyone has suffered heavy losses.

Zheng Chengxian was even more depressed, because judging from the current situation, their Zheng family's network in Liaodong, and the projects involved were likely to be contracted to Guo Dan.

Because Jiang Yinglan's main purpose is to attack their Zheng family, the fundamental reason is actually a national problem, if this matter does not involve Zheng Chengxian, it is estimated that it will not be able to make such a fuss.

But Zheng Chengxian was guilty, and he couldn't object, and he didn't have the face to beg his son-in-law Wanli.

"Dudu, didn't you say before that Guo Dan wouldn't take this deal?"

Zheng Chengxian looked at Zhang Whale quite excitedly, "Now the imperial court not only wants to hand over this transaction to Guo Dan, but also seems to intend to hand over more transactions involving cotton cloth and silk to Guo Dan." ”

Zhang Whale sighed: "Alas... I didn't expect that they would take Marseille to force Guo Dan to agree, and it can be seen that they are coming for you, Doctor Zheng. ”

He didn't expect it this time, he still thought that Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping forced Guo Dan to agree.

Zheng Chengxian said: "Then what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Whale groaned a little, and said unhurriedly: "Doctor Zheng don't panic, if you want to send the cotton armor to Liaodong before the arrival of next winter, then Guo Dan must do it well at the beginning of autumn, and it will be half a year, during this period, he can't make any mistakes, otherwise, he won't be able to complete it on schedule, as long as Guo Dan can't complete it on schedule, then Fang Feng and Wang Jiaping will have nothing to say when they arrive." ”

Zheng Chengxian frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping did this, but they offended many people, not just Doctor Zheng. ”

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After obtaining Wanli's permission in terms of business, that is, ensuring Guo Dan's interests, the imperial court officially launched negotiations with Guo Dan.

Wanli directly ordered Wang Jiaping, Fang Fengshi, and Zhang Cheng to talk to Guo Dan, and asked Jiang Yinglan and Li Zhi to accompany him.

Among them, only Zhang Cheng represents him.

This is done to avoid suspicion.

And this is precisely the reason why he likes to cooperate with Guo Dan, the two of them cooperate, there is no need to play conspiracy, Wanli does not need to take too much responsibility, and he takes the route of business negotiation to earn legitimate money.

It is much easier than blackmailing officials and raising taxes on the people.

But the key to the negotiation between the two sides is not the price, the price given by the imperial court is that price, this is no extra room for negotiation, if Guo Dan wants to increase the price, many officials will definitely take advantage of this to oppose this matter, they don't want to contract these projects to Guo Dan.

The price is much lower than the market price, after all, the projects of the imperial court are tax-free, which is equivalent to making up for some, and the profit is still there. But if you make enough materials, the profit margin is not very large, there is no flexibility, this money can not satisfy everyone's appetite, which leads to the standard set by the imperial court, which is basically useless, from weapons to armor, there is no such thing as cutting corners, just a matter of how much.

The key to negotiation is the conformity inspection.

Guo Dan has no intention of cutting corners, he doesn't care about more profits, he is afraid of being framed and blamed, this is not his field of expertise, his consistent policy is to bring things to his own BGM, we don't play in officialdom, we are in business.

Therefore, he proposed the establishment of a special "conformity inspection committee".

"Set up a special conformity inspection committee?"

Fang Fengshi looked at Guo Dan in confusion.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Yes, the meaning of this committee member is that it is a specially appointed person." My suggestion is to select a group of professionals from the private sector and set up a qualified inspection committee. ”

Wang Jiaping said: "The imperial court has always had a special inspection department. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "If you come to test it in person every time, then I will put ten thousand hearts." ”

The implication is that I don't believe it except for you, I'm afraid of being pitted.

When Wang Jiaping heard this, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Huang Daxiao said: "You just don't believe in the imperial court. ”

"Of course not." Guo Dan shook his head and continued: "I dare to say it, I think there is a big problem with the inspection system of the imperial court, because these things are led by the imperial court officials, but the vast majority of officials do not understand these, this is not politics, this is pure technology, of course, there must be professionals to test, for example, craftsmen engaged in the production of cotton nails, such as tooth people who specialize in identifying cotton nails, are judged by officials, and it is really putting the cart before the horse." ”

Li Zhi said: "You mean, the court doesn't care about anything, this is not qualified, then you have the final say, so how can it be done." ”

Guo Dan asked: "Master Li, if you are asked to test, what will you use to judge whether you are qualified or not?" No matter what you say, although I don't dare to say it, I will definitely not be convinced in my heart, you have no experience, no technology, you can't even see the quality of cotton. ”

Don't dare to say, you still say so much.

Li Zhishu said: "I don't understand, but there are many people in the official office who understand, and the officials also arrange for the specialized people you mentioned to inspect them, rather than the officials themselves to inspect them." ”

Guo Dan asked rhetorically: "Dare to ask, who has the final say on whether it is qualified or not?" ”

Li Zhi said: "Of course it's an official, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This goes back to the question of Fang Cai, the people in the official office are responsible for their superiors, if the official says that he is unqualified, he will become unqualified, and if the official says he is qualified, he will become qualified if he is unqualified." Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that this cotton armor case, the cotton armor has been made into pajamas, so many technical talents in the government have not even found it, doesn't the imperial court even have a qualified scale? Just ask me how you can reassure me about this kind of test. ”

None of the ministers present at this remark spoke up.

can only curse Zheng Chengxian madly in his heart, causing everyone to lose face.

This cotton armor is made into a single coat, and this blind man knows it when he touches it, and he can send it to the front line, and he is embarrassed to shout about your bullshit test.

But Fang Fengshi was very happy, he had long been dissatisfied with this, as the secretary of the military department, of course he knew the darkness and disadvantages of this, which was very disgusting, the soldiers took their lives to protect the family and defend the country, you still have to make money from them, this is really life money, the cotton armor is to protect the soldiers, you make the cotton armor thinner, the danger of the soldiers will increase.

However, he can only complain a few words in his heart, and he is powerless to change the status quo, because as long as he points out this problem, it will implicate many officials.

Fang Fengshi asked, "Isn't there no such problem in your committee?" ”

Guo said lightly: "If you go back to your lordship, there is no absoluteness in everything, I don't dare to guarantee that there will be no loopholes in doing this, but I just want to be relatively fair to me." ”

Fang Fengshi nodded slightly and asked, "Then you should tell me more about it." ”

"Yes."

Guo Dan bowed his hand and said: "The first thing to ensure is that the inspection committee must be independent of the government, and must not be supervised by officials, and even a leader cannot be arranged.

Secondly, they must be very professional people, and they must have the consent of both of us to become commissioners, and they must not have any criminal record and moral issues.

Finally, for each inspection, the personnel related to the inspection of the goods should be excluded, and in addition to this, the committee members will be selected to participate in the inspection. ”

Anyway, his goal is very clear, if your government wants to intervene in everything, then I won't do it, I can't play with you.

Fang Fengshi nodded slightly, and then asked Wang Jiaping and Zhang Cheng: "Prime Minister, Scholar Wang, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "You just decide, our family doesn't understand this." ”

He is very cunning, although he is biased towards Guo Dan, but he will not be willing to offend the imperial concubine.

Wang Jiaping pondered a little and said: "Although what you said is reasonable, but the imperial court, as a buyer, is not qualified, and it is all up to these committee members to judge, I am afraid that it is not appropriate." ”

Guo Dan said: "My lord is right, as long as people participate, there may be negligence, so the process is the most important, we must first develop a set of inspection processes that you and I are very convinced, including inspection tools, when you and I are both parties, will send people to supervise in accordance with the process, so as to ensure the interests of both parties." ”

Wang Jiaping nodded.

Guo Dan said: "Regarding the process, there is one thing I must add, 10,000 sets of cotton armor is not much, it takes a little more effort, and you can barely do each set of inspections, but if it is 100,000 pieces, if each set is taken for inspection, it is very time-consuming, and it is also difficult to actually operate, so I suggest taking sampling inspection, that is, casually in the goods, a certain proportion of the goods are extracted for inspection." ”

"As for the sampling you said, the imperial court has always done this." Fang is the right time.

Guo Dan said: "But the sampling of the imperial court is not standardized, and I require that we must act in a standardized manner and do everything in accordance with the rules, so that even if we make mistakes, then we will have no complaints." ”

Jiang Yinglan nodded and said, "It should be so!" ”

They just like the rules, and Guo Dan, as the party being tested, he is willing to test so strictly, Jiang Yingyan They not only have nothing to say, but they are very much in favor of it, because they say that the power of the official imperial history lies in reporting and supervising, but the real implementation is still the specific department.

In doing so, it increases the power of oversight and limits the power of the executive branch, which they certainly want.

Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping looked at each other, everything was in plain sight!

Zhang Cheng saw it in his eyes and knew very well in his heart that if this set of processes worked, he would definitely vigorously promote this set of processes.

Then, this is exactly what Guo Dan wants.

Guo Dan just hopes to formulate a set of inspection standards, so that those royal relatives want to make money from it, but it is much more difficult than before, and it is best to contract them to him.