Contracting cotton nails is not a big deal, because this is what should be done for businessmen, but because something happened before, and the crime was set on the businessman's head, at this time, if you contract, it is very sensitive, Guo Dan returned home, and he also told Kou Zhuan Sha for the first time.

"Contracting?"

When Kou Zhuan Sha heard this word now, she felt panicked, and this matter was already very exciting to her, and now she heard that Guo Dan was going to contract it, and at the same time she didn't understand: "Husband, contracting this cotton armor doesn't make much money, and it will cause a lot of trouble, so we don't need to take this risk." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Madame, don't worry, now they are begging us, we can act at the opportunity." As for the profits, it is not small, as I have told you a long time ago, we must come into contact with the trade of silk, tea, and porcelain, and this is an opportunity, and if we can win this deal, we will be able to engage in the production of silk and cotton. ”

Kou Zhuansha said: "But there is no need to wade into this troubled water. ”

Guo Dan said: "The greater the risk, the higher the benefit, this is the eternal truth, to engage in the trade of silk and cotton, is only one of the interests, and there is to be able to use this to involve trade with the Liaodong region, as far as I know, my Ming border army, more or less involved in some smuggling, and our business, is to trade with the army, which is very important for our trade, if there is no military relationship, it is very difficult to carry out border trade." ”

The benefits of this, Kou Zhuansha can understand, and asked, "But what if something goes wrong?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "I will write everything on the contract, as long as I take possession, Your Majesty will be able to keep me, as far as pure trading is concerned, all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are combined, but they are not my opponents." ”

Kou Liansha gave him an angry and funny look, "You are really ashamed." ”

Guo Dan laughed, and said: "Madam, this is indeed unexpected, but I am not impulsive, I asked Uncle Chen to collect relevant information early in the morning, and I have been planning, but I can't find an opportunity, and this is an excellent opportunity." ”

Kou Liansha nodded slightly.

Of course she doesn't approve of it, if it were her, she would definitely not take this deal, but once it comes to the court and the emperor, she can only express her concerns, remind and persuade from the side, and will not directly interfere with Guo Dan's decision, because this may backfire, but she feels that she must let Guo Dan know her concerns, you must be cautious in everything and not impulsive.

Of course, this is useful, Guo Dan is a trading analyst, he will weigh the interests and risks of all aspects, but it is impossible to say that all risks can be avoided by making things happen, it can only be said that the ratio of risks and benefits meets his standards, he will do it, and Kou Liansha is naturally among them, because if he has an accident, Kou Liansha will not be able to run.

And Wanli over there also asked Zhang Cheng to deal with this matter, he didn't dare to show up, after all, he did something wrong, how could he not be weak-hearted, in case he was caught by those officials and imperial history, he couldn't run, he also hoped to understand this matter as soon as possible, then he would show up.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng and Wang Jiaping were soon invited to the celebrant supervisor.

"Don't hide it from you, Your Majesty has always been very concerned about the Liaodong soldiers, and he is also urging the household department to allocate funds, hurry up to remake cotton armor, and send it to the Liaodong soldiers."

Zhang Cheng said, looked at Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping again, and said: "As for the suggestion of Scholar Wang and Fang Shangshu, let Guo Dan contract to do it, and His Majesty is also in favor, so I asked our family to talk to Guo Dan at that time, but unfortunately Guo Dan refused." ”

"Refused?"

Wang Jiaping was stunned, this is not like Guo Dan's style, the kid contracted without saying a word, so he asked, "Why did he refuse?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Guo Dan is saying that there is no money to be made in this transaction, and the risk is very high, he will not take this transaction, Your Majesty means, let the household department be in charge of this matter." ”

Tobe?

Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping glanced at each other.

No matter which department is put in charge, or even let them do it, it is all within the system, as long as it is within the system, there must be a network, and in the end it will fall into the hands of those royal relatives.

Guo Dan is the only candidate.

Fang Fengshi raised his hand and said, "Please also tell Your Majesty the Prime Minister, don't decide yet, let's go talk to Guo Dan in person." ”

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Two, our family has been talking to Guo Dan for a long time, but he just doesn't agree, and the two of you go to go, I'm afraid it's in vain, this Liaodong soldier can't afford to wait." ”

Wang Jiaping didn't trust Zhang Cheng, because Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale must be on the side of the imperial concubine, and said with a smile: "It's not bad these days, let's go talk to Guo Dan, and then talk about it." ”

Zhang Cheng sighed: "That's okay, you can try it, but our family has no hope, don't hide it from the two, our family and Guo Dan still have some friendship, but he made it very clear to our family, he really can't take this deal, if Guo Dan doesn't agree, don't make it difficult for the two of you!" ”

You're not tough, we'll we?

Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "Don't worry, Fang Shangshu and I will not threaten a small businessman." ”

....．

....．

Zheng Mansion.

"Contracted to Guo Dan?"

Zheng Chengxian frowned.

Zhang Jing said unhurriedly: "They did this just to prevent this deal from falling into the hands of Dr. Zheng or others." ”

"It makes no sense."

Zheng Chengxian snorted angrily, he really had a plan to make another profit from it, this time the fishing method could be changed, not cutting corners, and forcing those businessmen to make up for the money, because the emperor did not punish him, he was even more fearless, and looked at Zhang Whale and said: "Isn't this Guo Dan His Majesty's person?" Doesn't that mean ......? ”

After all, his daughter is the imperial concubine, of course he also knows some of Wanli and Guo Dan's dealings, if the emperor wants to do it himself, then he will have no fun.

Zhang Jing nodded and said, "Doctor Zheng is right, but as far as I know, Guo Dan has refused at present. ”

"Refused?"

Zheng Chengxian said: "Why is this? ”

Zhang Whale said with a smile: "Although he is His Majesty's person, but there are not many people who know about this matter, if he takes this deal, then he can't make a little mistake, Doctor Zheng should know that that kid has offended many people in the court, and this transaction is not much profit for him." ”

Zheng Chengxian immediately turned his worries into joy, and said, "The governor also thinks that Guo Dan will not take it?" ”

Zhang Cheng nodded.

.....．

Kou's tooth line!

"Oops! The two adults came, Guo Dan missed the distance, forgave the sins, forgave the sins. ”

Guo Dan rushed from the house to the tooth shop, arched his hand in fear, and said: "If the two adults don't like the humble house, you might as well go to the cold house to sit, after all, this tooth shop is a little dirty." ”

Wang Jiaping waved his hand and said, "We are here to talk to you about business today, and it is more appropriate to talk here." ”

"Buying and selling?"

Guo Dan frowned, then stretched out his hand and said, "Two adults, please take a seat." ”

Fang Fengshi sat down, glanced at Guo Dan, and said, "It seems that you have already guessed why we are here?" ”

Guo Dan sneered: "Is it for the cotton armor?" ”

Fang Fengshi nodded.

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "The prime minister has already talked to the grass people about this matter, and the grass people really can't help it." ”

Wang Jiaping asked, "Why is that?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Two adults, the grass people are just dry tooth shop, our tooth shop never produces goods, if the grass people take this deal, they can only transfer it to others to do, and make a little difference from it, if it is another business, I will do it, there is still some profit in it, but this deal, the grass people can not worry about transferring it to others to do, in case of an accident, but there is a lesson from the past!" ”

Wang Jiaping said with a smile: "Did you raise horses before?" But you don't also contract the pastures of the imperial court, that's not a reason. ”

Guo Dan said: "Scholar Wang, the grass people contract the pasture, which is signed every ten years, and the contract also states that if the grass people complete the task as promised, the contract will be automatically renewed for ten years." But this transaction is different, I have to spend money to build a workshop, hire craftsmen, prepare tools, however, after this transaction, these things are useless, I have roughly calculated, if I personally do this transaction, at least thousands of taels will be lost, I can't do it knowing that I will lose money! ”

Fang Fengshi said: "Your Marseille makes so much money, and a few thousand taels is nothing." ”

Guo Dan said with a smile: "My lord, I don't know how many people in this world are richer than the grass people, but if you let them lose a few hundred taels, they will refuse even if they are afraid, and our tooth bank is still a joint-stock system, and I have to be responsible for other shareholders." ”

Wang Jiaping sighed for a moment and said, "In this way, if you do a good job, you will also be responsible for the production of cotton nails in the future." ”

Guo Dan said: "As far as I know, this cotton nail is not produced every year, but only prepared once every few years, and not to mention the situation after a few years, no one can say clearly, just assume that I do it every time, in that case, I will only lose more, because once produced, I have to wait a few years, and in these few years, I have to raise a group of people in vain." ”

Fang Fengshi said: "During this period, you can also continue to produce cotton cloth and silk. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "I have already said that our tooth shop has never been engaged in production, I just sell, this way, the cost is low, the income is high, and the risk is small, if you produce yourself, you also invest a lot of money, a lot of energy, it is very cost-effective, and I have no interest in the production of silk and cotton cloth trading." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said: "Two adults, in fact, this kind of business, many people want to do it, and they don't have to worry about finding someone. ”

Wang Jiaping asked, "Then why don't you do it?" ”

Guo smiled honestly: "Don't hide it from adults, grass people can't take this risk and make this money." ”

Fang Fengshi snorted: "In the end, this money is too little, so you should make a price." ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I'm really sorry, the grass people are really... There is really no interest in making this transaction, in fact, even if there is money to be made, the father-in-law and wife of the grass people will not agree. ”

Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping glanced at each other, and he both moved his father-in-law and wife out and said that it didn't make much sense to talk about it any longer.

.....．

Metropolitan Inspectorate.

"It makes no sense."

When Yushi Li Zhi heard that Guo Dan refused to accept this deal, he couldn't help but be furious, "Then Marseille makes money, he bites it, this deal doesn't make much money, he doesn't accept it, is he really the court to open a good hall?" ”

Huang Daxiao also said excitedly: "In terms of trading, whether it is a ranch or a cotton armor, it is all from the imperial court, and they either don't accept it, or they have to accept it." ”

Jiang Yinglan nodded, and said to Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping: "Two adults, what they say is not unreasonable, this is not to say that the big bully the small, even if two people do business, it can't be said that just picking up what is beneficial to one party to do, Marseille should also be the condition we use to negotiate with Guo Dan." ”

They were already very unhappy, Guo Dan used Marseille to make money, because it was too profitable, since this transaction did not make money, and there were risks, then Guo Dan had to do it.

Wang Jiaping and Fang Fengshi also felt that it was very reasonable, and nodded slightly.

So, they invited Zhang Cheng to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to talk.

"It's not appropriate."

Zhang Cheng said: "Marseille is Marseille, cotton armor is cotton armor, how can it be confused." ”

Jiang Yinglan immediately got up and said: "Prime Minister, what are we working so hard for, aren't we also thinking about the court and the soldiers of Liaodong, shouldn't you be on our side." ”

It's not a loss to be an official, this sentence made Zhang Cheng look embarrassed.

If you want to say anything more, it is estimated that tomorrow the impeachment of him and Guo Dan's collusion will be sent to him.

"Our family is just a matter of facts."

Zhang Cheng refuted with insufficient confidence, and said: "Okay, okay, let's help you talk to Your Majesty." ”