"This can be discussed, this is not going to get sick, now I just want to see the opinions of my grandfather and my father-in-law. But the basic principles are still settled, and I can talk about them here. ”

Xiao Quzhi glanced at the three of them, and said lightly: "First of all, the Four Seas Trading Company is owned by the imperial court, not a one-person industry, and while enjoying all aspects of preferential treatment and convenience, it is also necessary to repay the imperial court to the greatest extent.

Therefore, after the Four Seas Trading Company gradually entered the right track, the annual income in addition to the costs of all aspects and the basic funds for the operation of the next year, as well as the treasurer, caravan captain, men, guards, etc.

Half of the remaining money must be handed over to the imperial court, and the other half will be divided among the shareholders and employees of the caravan, and it will not be able to be fully divided, so a part of it must be left to continue to increase investment and expand the scale.

In addition, each shareholder can choose to continue to put the money in the trading company as equity after receiving the annual income, or withdraw it and spend it. It is envisaged that only a small part of half of the annual income will be used for dividends, that is, the money will be distributed to each member of the trading company.

If someone wants to get more cash, they can also take out some of their share capital and sell it to other members of the trading company, but when the dividends are distributed in the next year, he will have to share less, of course, he can sell all the share capital, so he will not pay dividends in the future, but only take the money. ”

The amount of information is a bit large, and this set of rules is also set with reference to the operation model of some joint-stock companies in later generations. But to be honest, Xiao Quzhi doesn't know much except for some basic common sense and necessary rules. Therefore, he did not refer too much to the company model in the current stock market, because there are many things that he does not understand himself, and he is afraid that it is too complicated for no one to figure it out.

He didn't dare to come up with stocks and stock markets, but more of a reference to the business model of the Jin merchants in the late Qing Dynasty - of course, he also took its essence and eliminated its dross, but Rao was so, this relatively backward and primitive business model was still hundreds of years ahead of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Yuanbao frowned and thought for a long time, and then digested most of the content, but there was still a lot he didn't understand, and he was puzzled: "The trading company enjoys huge policy convenience, and it is appropriate to hand over the income to the imperial court, but half of the income goes to the imperial court, isn't it a bit much?" In the past, the imperial court collected no more than 10% of the income from the commercial tax, but now it has to take out 50% at once! ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled, and said in his heart, you don't know how profitable a trading company will be if it is well run, such a huge profit is not given to the imperial court to the emperor, but all of them are monopolized by a few businessmen who have no status, so can the imperial court and the emperor tolerate it? I'm afraid that just the method I'm talking about now, the income obtained by merchants will also make many officials and various forces go crazy.

And on the other hand, if it weren't for the fact that the government gave various rights and interests to the trading company in all aspects, escorted the commercial society, and even sent troops to open up and defend the trade road for the trading company, how could the trading company get such a big profit, so it is not much for the imperial court to take half of it.

However, Xiao Qubing is not going to say these words to Wang Yuanbao now, and when they get the benefits, they will naturally be clear.

Xiao Quzhi restrained his smile and said with a straight face: "Grandpa, we should look at this problem from another aspect. For example, before this, if you do business, you invest 1 million yuan a year, hundreds of people are busy all year round, and finally get 500,000 yuan of income after removing costs, which is a lot, and then you have to pay business taxes, and you have to pay all aspects of the income, which will have to remove 50,000 to 100,000 yuan. In the last year, the income was more than 400,000 yuan. ”

Xiao Quzhi didn't know how much profit Wang Yuanbao could make in most of his business in a year, but Ma Zhe said that with 20% of the profit, it would be active; With a 50% profit, it takes risks; Xiao Quzhi estimated that Wang Yuanbao had a profit of 40%, which should be considered very high.

Wang Yuanbao smiled and said nothing, looking at Xiao Quai's eyes a little strange, like a layman.

Xiao Quzhi continued: "But if you invest this million yuan and these hundreds of people into the trading company, I dare to guarantee that the income will definitely exceed one or even three or four times the principal.

Some monopoly businesses can have more than 10 times or even 100 times the profits. In this way, even if half of it is handed over to the government and the rest is divided among everyone, your income of one million will still be higher than 400,000, and you still have the backers of the government and the army. ”

Wang Yuanbao's disapproving expression suddenly became shocked, and his eyes widened: "What kind of business can get such a high profit?" Do you want to kill and rob? ”

He was so shocked that he didn't choose to speak, and provoked his baby daughter Wang Shi glanced at him fiercely, Xiao Quzhi smiled, and said in his heart What the old man said was really right, most of the business is naturally fair and legitimate, but sometimes he doesn't mind killing and robbing in his heart.

Xiao Qu got up sick and took out two jars of wine from the gifts he brought, one jar of white wine and one jar of rice wine, and asked Wang to go outside and ask the servants to bring a set of tea sets and a pot of boiling water.

"For example, in the business of tea and wine, Ah Gong, you see, these two jars of wine are called immortal drunk and immortal brewed respectively. I'm now putting it in the Drunken Immortal Building monopoly in Pingxing and Xishi, and the selling price of each jar is 50 yuan, which is such a high price that I still can't drink if I have money, and I need to book in advance, because I only sell three altars a day.

In fact, the cost of each jar of wine is only a little more than three times, and the cost will be reduced in the future. Of course, the price will definitely be reduced in the future, but the profit is still considerable, and I am ready to use this wine to the grassland and Tubo to exchange for their war horses, cattle and sheep. ”

Xiao Quzhi opened the seal of the immortal brew and poured a glass for each of the four people, Wang Yuanbao took a sip, the entrance was mellow and soft, the taste was stronger than all the wine he had drunk, there was no sourness, and the aroma of the wine was even more tangy.

Wang Yuanbao couldn't help but praise the good wine in his heart, but as if he wanted to fight with Xiao Quai, he said: "It's indeed good wine, but it's sold so expensive, is anyone really buying it?" ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled secretly in his heart, the wine of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as wine at all, it can only be regarded as a drink. Ordinary turbid wine is rancid and not sweet, even the best Jiannan Yaochun, Lanling wine, Xinfeng wine, etc. are just less sour and more sweet. It is difficult for ordinary people to get drunk even if they have a full stomach. (The function of wine in the Tang Dynasty was indeed to be used as a thirst-quenching drink, and drinking wine was similar to drinking water.) And drinking tea has not yet been popularized, only a few nobles can drink it, and it uses the sencha method, which requires adding a lot of ingredients, spices, green onions, ginger, lard, etc.).

Xinfeng wine is worth 10,000, and these wines are sold for 50 yuan, which is still cheap, and when they cultivate a good market, these rich people in Chang'an are used to drinking their own wine, and they can no longer drink the so-called fine wine that is bland and tasteless, only sweet, and has little wine flavor. As soon as they become addicted to alcohol, even if they sell a hundred pieces themselves, they will rush to give them money.

In addition to the problem of developing drinking habits, the more important thing is the problem of face, selling at such a high price, being able to afford to drink is naturally a person with status, and what this kind of person is most afraid of is losing his identity.

Naturally, what I have drunk will be preached everywhere, I spent fifty times to drink a jar of immortal wine brought down from the immortal mountain by the disciples of the immortal family, this is something that the emperor and the concubine can drink, and I only drank it in fifty times, which is really profitable! It tasted so good. And if you haven't drunk it, you will naturally feel itchy and unbearable, and you will feel that you have lost your identity, and it is not good to greet people if you don't drink it once.

Not to mention that this wine is really dozens of times better than ordinary wine, even if it has to have this effect little by little, there will still be people rushing to drink it. I know too well about this kind of psychology, and to put it bluntly, it is the brand effect and the psychology of comparison.

The so-called brand-name bags in later generations are sold for tens of thousands of dollars at every turn, and their cost is actually similar to that of hundreds of bags, but people sell more than 100,000 yuan, and people are still rushing to buy them.

Xiao Quzhi and He Ke'er glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, you don't know, don't say that if you sell fifty yuan, you can sell two hundred yuan, and someone will buy it." Just yesterday, on the drunken immortal building of Pingkangfang, there were six tables at the same time, and the four seats did not grab this kind of wine and felt that they had no face, and they were willing to bid two hundred and fifty yuan to let the other two tables give them the wine, but the other party did not let them. ”

At this time, Wang Yuanbao also tasted the benefits of Xiao Quai's rice wine under fifty degrees of liquor, and he didn't feel anything at the entrance, but he felt that the taste was very sweet and the wine was very strong, but after drinking, he had an endless aftertaste, and only drank a cup after such a little time, there was a slightly drunken feeling, there were many rich people in Chang'an, and it was really not impossible to drink a jar of wine hundreds of times under the comparison with each other.

Xiao Quzhi poured a small half of fifty-degree liquor into a small glass at Wang Yuanbao's house, and immediately the mellow aroma of alcohol that had never been smelled before came to the nose, and the three of them couldn't help but sniff, and they all couldn't believe that this liquid that looked white and transparent like water could be so fragrant.

"There is also this kind of liquor immortal drunk and mellow, the entrance is extremely strong, and the whole body is warm, Ah Gong, you say, if such a wine is sold to the Hu people in the bitter cold land of the north, how many cattle and horses can be exchanged for a jar?"

Wang Yuanbao tried to take a sip, and suddenly the whole mouth and throat were as hot as a fire, and the feeling in the mouth was far worse than the previous Huangjiu Immortal Brew, but the fragrance was doubled, and it was indeed as Xiao Quzhi said. This wine is not suitable for an old man like him, but it will definitely become a favorite of the men who fight in the bitter cold.

"Fuchen, how many cattle and horses are you going to exchange for a jar of wine?"

"I will prepare a jar of such immortals drunk in exchange for their two trained war horses, ordinary horses for four, and cattle for four."

"How do you make this wine?"

"At present, these wines are purified from the market, and I will use grain to brew them in the future, and the cost of a jar of wine will be lower at that time."