Although the scattered officials do not have real power in their hands, the benefits are also obvious, at least there is plenty of time, especially when Wang Mai is awarded this special position, and he can even skip participating in the court meeting. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info but Wang Mai still ran to the palace twice every three or five times, the bell tower is a project for Li Er to please his father, and there can be no mistakes.

At the same time, the matter of patent supervision was finally decided, and the imperial court even symbolically allocated 1,000 yuan as start-up capital, and Li Yuan hoped to compensate his son in other ways as much as possible. The patent superintendent is nominally subordinate to the Tiance Mansion, but there is also an office in Chang'an, which is located next to Xishi.

The first customer was, of course, Song Laosan, who applied for a number of technologies including winemaking, pendulum clocks, rolling bearings, and red brick firing in one go, and became a veritable patent king. Song Laosan immediately released his words, and the management rights of these patents were open to public bidding, and the merchants in Chang'an City fell into madness overnight, and only then did they notice this inconspicuous institution.

"What is the purpose of this patent supervisor?" An afterthought merchant asked.

"I've heard that as long as it's unique, you can apply for a 20-year franchise, and if you want to use it, you have to pay money to the patent holder." One of the people next to him explained.

"What if you don't pay it?"

"King Qin has already said that if someone is prohibited from using the patent that has been applied for, it will be a lawsuit."

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These people were talking, and suddenly saw several luxurious carriages parked in front of the patent prison, and several middle-aged people with a little fat figure walked down one after another from the carriage, among which there was a half-aged with heavy makeup and light makeup.

"Isn't that Zhang Laocai, the owner of Yanlai Building? He's here too? ”

"What's more, Chen Yuanwai from Shrimp Toad Tomb is also here, and his Langguan wine is the best ...... sold in Guanzhong."

"It seems that these people are here for this method of winemaking, Luoyang's immortals brew ten pounds, the world knows, these people are here, I'm afraid we have nothing to do." A liquor store merchant shook his head.

"How to sell the right to this patent depends on how the person who holds the patent wants to sell it, and the world is bigger, these people will eat in Chang'an, can't they be used elsewhere?"

"That makes sense, what are you waiting for, let's go in quickly!"

Song Laosan looked at the dozens of merchants who came to bid in front of him with a smile, the idea of public bidding was still from Wang Mai, which was really good, and it attracted these rich people in Chang'an.

Everyone saw the ceremony, Song Laosan said directly to the point: "You are all famous and famous big merchants in Chang'an, so you won't delay everyone's time, everyone knows Luoyang Immortal Brewing, the first item is this method of brewing, there are two plans for everyone to choose." First, each of you will pay 200 guan a year, and you can go back to brewing wine......"

"Whoa......" Song Laosan's voice fell, and the atmosphere in the hall exploded. It's not because the asking price is high, but because the asking price is far lower than everyone's expectations.

Zhang Laocai touched the jade wrench on his finger, and after a little thought, he understood the reason, the price of the immortal brewing was because there was no other branch in the whole world, if the restaurants in Chang'an began to brew, then the profit would definitely come down, so two hundred guan is a very reasonable price, but in this way, the expected windfall profit does not exist......

Chen Yuanwai also thought about this question clearly and immediately asked loudly: "What about the second plan?" ”

The businessmen were very shrewd, and although the reactions of the others were half a beat slower, they all understood the truth, and they all looked sideways at Song Laosan, looking forward to his next speech.

"The second option is to authorize only three companies in Chang'an City, but each company needs to be reauthorized through bidding every year." Song Laosan smiled and said the price.

Behind the wall behind Song Laosan, Li Er was also startled when he heard this offer: "Two thousand guan, you are black enough." ”

Wang Mai smiled slightly, did not answer, but pointed to the front hall and motioned for Li Er to continue listening.

"The price of 2,000 guan is not high, the sum of the three, I only have 6,000 guan's income, and I have to pay 40% of the fee to the patent superintendent, so that there is only 3,600 guan left, do you know how much the income of Shenxian Brew in Luoyang is every year? After the cost, there are still close to 10,000 yuan......" Song Laosan stretched out his index finger and said.

Although Song Laosan is right, the profits of the fairy brew are based on monopoly, and because Wang Shichong issued money indiscriminately, resulting in serious inflation, this figure actually has a lot of water, but the output at that time has been limited by Wang Wheat, and it is a high-end route, so although the fairy brew is famous, there are not many people who are lucky enough to drink it.

"Lao Chen, you have an idea, what should I do about this?" Zhang Laocai tilted his head and looked at Chen Yuanwai. Although the two of them are business rivals, in this case, they have to join hands to advance and retreat together.

"Frankly speaking, two thousand guan is not much...... Chen Yuanwai said in a low voice, "If this method of making wine falls into the hands of others, then I am afraid that the position of the shrimp toad will not be guaranteed." ”

Chen Yuanwai's thoughts coincided with Zhang Laocai, so he heard the middle-aged woman next to him who was still charming: "You two are talking timidly here, isn't it because I don't exist as a flower girl?" ”

"How could the two of us ignore the famous gentle Fang Hua Niang? I just didn't expect you to intervene here too. Chen Yuanwai said. It is very surprising that a Qinglou also wants to make wine, but think about it, this place is the largest wine sales, in the past, the wine of this gentle workshop was supplied by Shrimp Toadling, but I didn't expect that today's original customers have become competitors.

Hua Niang shook Luo Fan lightly and said with a smile: "I've been cooperating with you Chen Da Shopkeeper for so many years, don't you know your temperament?" If you monopolize this method of winemaking today, I'm afraid that the price of wine in my gentle shop will rise again from tomorrow. ”

"That's what I said, I have always given the lowest price to your gentle workshop, Man Chang'an inquired, there is no better wine than Shrimp Toadling." Chen Yuanwai argued.

"Come on," Hua Niang glanced at him with a charming look, "As soon as this fairy brew comes out today, I don't know if anyone else has drunk it." ”

Song Laosan smiled and watched these people fall into a white-hot quarrel, and he didn't answer, so they could only discuss a result.

In the end, it was these three that reached an agreement, and the price of 2,000 and 500 guan each reached this first deal, which also made other small merchants who coveted the wine-making method sigh.