Wang Ye's muttering, but a few people in the hall couldn't really hear it, but after a while, he had come back to his senses, and when he looked at Zhao Yan again, there was already more appreciation in his eyes.

"Brother Zhao is the same age as my son, and it is not an exaggeration for the old man to call you a good nephew." After Wang Ye said this, he felt that he had become closer to Zhao Yan, and continued: "Virtuous nephew, I don't know how you want to do business with the old man? Could it be that you want to sell that soap recipe to the old man? ”

Selling recipes? Zhao Yan had never thought about this problem, but if he could sell the formula at a good price, Zhao Yan felt that it was okay.

"I don't know how many taels of silver can be produced outside the king?" Zhao Yan asked noncommittally.

Wang Ye stretched out a palm, his five fingers were open, and said with a smile: "Fifty taels." ”

Fifty taels? Zhao Xin's eyes widened, he didn't expect that a mere soap recipe could make the owner pay a high price of fifty taels, fifty taels of silver is a huge amount of money for him, even if he doesn't eat or drink and work hard, it will take ten years to earn it, but Zhao Yan is not satisfied, or he doesn't take the fifty taels to heart, Wang Ye obviously hasn't realized the commercial value of soap at this time.

"Wang Yuanwai, let's not talk about the formula, let's talk about cooperation." Zhao Yan's face remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "I'm afraid you don't know the cost of this soap, so the kid will settle the account for you." The boy's soap weighs about two taels a piece, and the cost is eleven cents, even if a person bathes and washes clothes every day, a piece of soap will take at least ten days and half a month to be used up. A soap boy is temporarily priced at 100 yuan, and the people at the bottom must not be able to afford it, but what about the slightly richer people and those rich and powerful people who have no worries about food and clothing? I have tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, even if only half of the people are willing to buy soap, it can sell at least tens of millions of yuan every year, and this is still a unique business, we are the only one who can make soap in the whole world. ”

I have to say that the prospect depicted by Zhao Yan is very tempting, Rao is Wang Yecheng is profound, and he was also a little moved by what he said.

"Virtuous nephew......" Wang Ye's voice was quite calm: "You said that the cost of this piece of soap is only eleven yuan, and only you can make it in the whole world?" ”

Zhao Yan nodded and affirmed: "That's right, at least as far as the kid knows, I only have soap balls similar to this soap for the time being, but the effect is far from far-reaching." ”

Wang Ye took a deep breath when he heard this, and said with a face as usual: "Then I don't know how the virtuous nephew wants to cooperate?" ”

Zhao Yan had already made up his mind, and said unceremoniously: "The kid comes out of the formula, the king goes out to make money out of the store, the soap workshop is presided over by the father, and the marketing and sales are presided over by the outsider." The hired workers in the workshop are recruited by the father, and the staff shall not interfere in the operation and personnel of the workshop within five years, and after five years, the boy will hand over the soap formula to the hands of the outsider. As for the final profit share, how about 55 points? ”

Zhao Yan said a few conditions of cooperation, Wang Ye thought about it a little and understood the deep meaning, but in the face of Zhao Yan's lion mouth, Wang Ye did not immediately object, but fell into contemplation.

Zhao Yan was not in a hurry, but just looked around and looked at the furnishings of this side hall.

After the tea time, Wang Ye looked at Zhao Yan with burning eyes, and said lightly: "The virtuous nephew put this big business in front of the old man today, isn't he afraid that the old man will have bad intentions and snatch the soap formula over?" ”

Zhao Yan's heart moved, but his face was silent, and he said with a smile: "The kid also inquired more about the staff before, not to mention it from afar, can the staff know what his father said about you?" ”

Wang Ye glanced at Zhao Xin and saw that he was a little cramped, and couldn't help laughing: "I want to hear about it." ”

Zhao Yan said: "My father said that the owner has a good reputation, and over the years he has often built bridges and paved roads, relieved orphans and widows, and treated the people below is also very good. Others may lie to the boy, but the blood of the father and the boy is thicker than water, so the boy believes what the father says, and the boy believes it out of ten, so the boy will intend to cooperate with the outside. If the outsider wants to rob the formula, the kid can only blame himself for not knowing anyone, and then in order to protect himself, he will give the formula with both hands, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, even if the kid doesn't say it, this matter will inevitably spread out, and when the time comes, the reputation of the outsider will be damaged, but it will be made of money every day. Outside the staff can train the dragon and phoenix among people like the eldest prince, they have a furrow in their chests, and their knowledge is extraordinary, so they can choose by themselves. ”

The ancients paid more attention to their reputation, and businessmen were no exception, although it was inevitable that there were some treacherous and treacherous scum mixed in, but most of the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were honest and supreme, and Wang Ye was such a person, in addition, although Wang Ye was a businessman, his official identity was between 'Shi' and 'Farmer', strictly speaking, he already belonged to the class of 'Shi', and naturally would not destroy his reputation.

After listening to Zhao Yan's words, Wang Ye looked at Zhao Xin again, but this time his eyes were full of envy.

"Zhao Er, if you can, the old man wants to exchange his son with you." Wang Ye smiled bitterly and continued: "The four words dragon and phoenix among people are more suitable for Zhao Xian's nephew, now the virtuous nephew is still young, but he can already stand alone, over time, his achievements will be limitless, and the old man is envious of you." ”

was praised by his son in person, and the person who praised him was still a 'big man' like Wang Yuanwai, Zhao Xin felt as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, and he couldn't help but feel comfortable and honored.

Zhao Yan saw that Zhao Xin only smiled stupidly, so he had to say helplessly: "The outside of the staff has won the award, the kid is just lucky to get this soap formula, and he deserves such praise from the outsider." ”

Wang Ye waved his hand and said, "The virtuous nephew is too modest, but in business, what the virtuous nephew said, the old man can't agree to all of them." ”

After a pause, Wang Ye saw that Zhao Yan's face was calm, so he had to continue: "The others are all virtuous nephews, but the old man wants to send a tent to the workshop, and this tent is only used to check the accounts and supervise the purpose, and does not participate in the operation of the workshop. Secondly, the old man can vacate a shop in the city to sell soap, but this shop is owned by the old man, but your father and son are not allowed to interfere, and the old man will have people send it to you when he makes a profit every month. In the end, this profit share is the ...... The old man doesn't want much, as long as sixty percent, if the virtuous nephew thinks it is appropriate, the old man will go to the state government with the virtuous nephew today to sign a contract, and then choose a day to open a soap workshop. ”

Zhao Yan has long been mentally prepared for this, his bottom line is three or seven shares, his father and son account for thirty percent, Wang Ye accounts for seventy percent, after all, from production to sales, Wang Ye pays money and land, and his father and son just come up with a formula, it is already a lot to get three percent of the profit, I didn't expect Wang Dahu to be so kind, he actually wanted to divide it into four or six, Zhao Yan naturally would not be polite, pretending to think for a while, and then agreed.

Although Wang Ye is not amazing, he is also a resolute character, and he signed a contract with Zhao Yan and his son on the same day, and then began to purchase raw materials and arrange the venue.

Wangjia Distillery is barely maintained, although the production of rice wine in the Shenzhou area is a little famous, but there is really no development potential, so Wang Ye waved his hand, Wangjia Distillery turned into a newly opened soap workshop station.

Under Zhao Yan's insistence, the original employees in the winery have all been dismissed, and most of the utensils in the winery, such as wooden barrels, pots and stoves, etc., can also be used in the soap workshop, which saves a lot of expenses, plus Wang Ye mobilized the Wang family's family to fully cooperate, but in two or three days, Zhao Yan's requirements for all the utensils have been completed, and now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Zhao Yan had already thought about where to recruit workers, and after everything in the soap workshop was ready, he and Zhao Xin embarked on the road to Taocun.

Although Wang Ye showed no desire and no desire throughout the whole process, he didn't even ask about the materials needed to make soap, but Zhao Yan could only force himself to be a villain first and then a gentleman for the first pot of gold he found after he came to the Ming Dynasty, that is, to avoid Wang Ye from the root to get the soap production process, and the most important thing during the soap making period is the operator of the operation.

The ancient concept of the countryside is very serious, although it is not ten miles of different sounds, a hundred miles of different customs, but it is in response to the old saying, whether you are close to the hometown people, whether you are beautiful or not the hometown water, there are countless relatives between the villagers, which also creates an unbreakable relationship network, and Zhao Yan is 'grown up' in Tao Village, and it stands to reason that the person he trusts the most can only be the villagers of Tao Village, so where can he go if he doesn't go to Tao Village to recruit workers first?

Zhao Yan had only been away from Taocun for six or seven days, who knew that the world was impermanent, and he came back after taking a turn outside.

The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom.

Although it is only the end of March of the tenth year of Ming orthodoxy, the enchanting peach blossoms have already stretched their bodies, the pink bones are budding and waiting to be released, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance and hope.

I already saw the big locust tree at the entrance of Taocun Village from a distance, and I didn't want to suddenly walk out of the peach blossom forest on the side of the road.

In addition to Chen Xiucai, the other two are not very old, one is about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a jade-colored shirt, with red lips and white teeth, and a face like a crown of jade, and the other is a young man, who looks like he is not much different from Zhao Yan, he is dressed in coarse cloth clothes, with long low eyebrows, and he should be the scholar or servant of the previous person.

The three of them came to the country road from the peach forest, and the handsome young man in the jade-colored shirt said: "The trees are full of delicate and red, and the ten thousand branches of Dancai are scorching in spring." When it is a thousand years old, it will show the world to make chemicals. ”

Chen Xiucai smiled and complimented on the side: "Liu Gongzi has already won the position of a person at a young age, and there must be something unique in the essays on the eight shares, and I don't want Gongzi to be extremely good at this way of poetry." This peach blossom poem has harmonious syllables, beautiful and elegant, and has the legacy of the Tang Dynasty. ”