Chapter 67 Arrangement
Originally, Lin Jin invited Wu Jiugong to dinner in the restaurant to see him off. He left for Luzon the next day, and the ship was arranged. However, because of the chatter between the two in the restaurant, it attracted the attention of Emperor Zhengxi.
Emperor Zhengxi, who was short of money and eager to dig the door and steal the hole, heard Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong talk about the wool and garment business that made a lot of money, and pushed King Fujun out without hesitation, and let him be their backer to start the wool industry.
After knowing the identity of King Fujun, Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong began to make industrial planning. In this way, Wu Jiugong will not be able to leave. But Lin Jin saw that Wu Jiugong did not look half anxious, but was very motivated.
As a partner who has cooperated for many years, Lin Jin has always been responsible for proposing plans and then formulating a big framework; Wu Jiugong, who has rich experience in industrial management, fills in the details and marks some things that may be encountered and need attention in the implementation, and then is responsible for the implementation and turns the plan into reality.
Seeing that Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong cooperated so tacitly, and because of this, before Emperor Zhengxi had eaten the first bite of meat, he didn't want to reveal the slightest rumor, so this wool industry needed to be hidden for a while. In this way, the people who work with Lin Jin not only have to understand what Lin Jin means, but also have the best identity that is not easy to be discovered. Of course, the ability must also be excellent.
Although Emperor Zhengxi handed this matter into the hands of King Fujun, he has not yet left the palace, and he has never done an errand before, although he has a few subordinates who have been trusted by him, but his ability is not outstanding. Because King Fujun has always been idle, eating and waiting for death, and those who have a little ability and ambition will not serve him, so he can't come up with a suitable person on his side.
But let him leave this matter to Emperor Zhengxi's people to do, and King Fujun was unwilling. Not only didn't he want Emperor Zhengxi to feel that he couldn't afford it, but also because when King Fujun heard Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong make industrial planning, he realized that it was true that holding this industry could make the descendants of the family not lack food to eat. So, he wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Yes, he is very valued by Emperor Zhengxi now, but the emperor's blue eyes are all ethereal, and he may still be there today, and he may not know where to go tomorrow. Moreover, even if he has always been very good with Emperor Zhengxi in his life, he may not have the same relationship with the next generation of emperors as he is with Emperor Zhengxi; And what about his children and grandchildren? Therefore, taking precautions, he wants to prepare a way for himself and his family, even if it is not the emperor's will, but he can still live a rich and well-fed future.
In fact, King Fujun had this idea before, but when he thought about it, even Emperor Zhengxi himself was short of money, and he didn't know where to get the money, so he could only think in vain. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, King Fujun will naturally not let it go. Therefore, Lin Jin is now engaged in this wool industry, he doesn't want Emperor Zhengxi's people to interfere in it, lest he really become the "mascot" of Zhenshan at that time. It's not that Emperor Zhengxi's people won't be allowed to enter, but at least not at this time. Therefore, after thinking about it, he wanted to incorporate Wu Jiugong. But this matter, he didn't say it, and he had to nod from Emperor Zhengxi.
On this day, King Fujun came in from outside and showed the cyan cloak in his hand to Emperor Zhengxi: "Sixth brother, you see, this is a cloak made of clothes that I bought from Westerners with Lin Jin. ”
After making the plan, even if Lin Jin has tried to keep costs down, the investment required is a lot of money. She felt that she had asked King Fujun to take out so much money with such empty words, but she was afraid that King Fujun might not be willing, so she decided to show him the real thing. Although the wool she collected was still being processed and had not been made into a physical object, the Westerners here in Yangzhou had ready-made wool clothing, so she took the king of Fujun to the Westerners she had befriended and asked him to see the real thing with his own eyes, so as to prove that she was not very valuable.
Emperor Zhengxi looked at the hand of King Fujun and said, "This thing seems to be no different from the weaving velvet in the south, there is no trace of lines, and it looks like a product on the market at a glance." ”
King Fujun hurriedly retorted: "It just looks similar, but as long as you touch it, you can notice the difference between the two, and the feel of the velvet is not as soft and smooth as this." These things are made of cashmere, and Westerners call them cashmere. It is said that in the West, cashmere is expensive, and when it is bought and sold, it is valued in its unit of measurement, 'grams', and is known as 'soft gold' because of its rarity and excellent touch. ”
"Rare?" Emperor Zhengxi suddenly grasped the point, frowned, and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be very small." In this case, even if a single piece is expensive, what is the use? "How do you make a lot of money?
Hearing what he said, King Fujun immediately understood what he was worried about, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, sixth brother." The scarcity of this pure cashmere does not mean that other wool fabrics are scarce. ”
He waved his hand, stood outside the door, and entered the house with the maid with the tray of woolen clothing on it, and put the things on the table in order, and stepped aside.
Pointing to the clothes on the table, King Fujun said, "Sixth brother, these clothes are all made of wool, some of them are pure wool, and some of them are mixed with other things. From his arms, he gave Emperor Zhengxi the industrial plan that Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong had spent several days making, "This is the plan made by Lin Jin, you see, she didn't just make money from wool, she used everything on the sheep." ”
Emperor Zhengxi took it and looked at it from beginning to end. When he saw the relatively large amount of investment at the beginning, his brows wrinkled involuntarily, and when he finished reading the entire plan, his originally tightly locked brows involuntarily loosened, and he exhaled a long breath and said: "If it is really as depicted in his plan, it can indeed become a national pillar industry, but this investment ......."
Without waiting for Emperor Zhengxi to finish speaking, King Fujun hurriedly said: "Sixth brother, this investment can't be lower." Originally, when Lin Jin first made the plan, the investment required was several times that of this, but at my request, it was compressed to a minimum. Lin Jin's plan is a one-stop industry, no matter how low it is, many things can't be done, in that case, not only will the cost increase greatly, but as long as we sell the first batch of goods, someone will inevitably smell the fishy smell and come to us. At that time, there will definitely be people who will follow suit.
The technology of these things is not difficult, and it can be studied with a little research, and the reason why no one paid attention to it before was because no one wanted to get it. Therefore, the amount of the first investment is related to the size of the meat we ate in the first bite, and now if it is reduced, it is not to eat meat, but to drink soup. ”
Emperor Zhengxi sighed lightly and said, "I don't know what you said. It's just that you also know that the private treasury is in the hands of the emperor and has not been handed over to me at all; And the silver treasury where the court saves money can run rats; This matter is also secretly operated, so it is not embarrassing to want to raise such a large sum of money in a short time without alarming others. ”
Looking at the worried Emperor Zhengxi, King Fujun blinked his eyes and said disapprerovingly: "What's so difficult about this, when the sixth brother said that you were going to check the illegal salt, didn't you say that you would raid some officials and salt merchants, and just take out some of them." ”
"Isn't that yet action? Who knows how much silver will be copied out at that time, not to mention, I have already arranged this money. "Thinking of the major national events that he had discussed with Lord Chen of the household department before leaving Beijing, and the whereabouts of the money that had been decided, Emperor Zhengxi only felt a pain in his head.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, King Fujun complained about his bitterness before saying the idea he had been thinking about for a long time: "Sixth brother, you know me, I have no ambitions, I originally wanted to hold this county king title for a lifetime." But this person is always not satisfied, always thinking about living a better life, and I still want to honor my biological mother and adoptive mother, but I am so flattering, so much expenses, I am afraid that I will not be able to support it.
It just so happens that when you encounter this, Sixth Brother, you should hurt me, let me also take a share? Don't worry, I don't take advantage of you, I still have a little private money on my side, if the sixth brother can't come up with the money for the time being, I can take a part of it first and do things first. He smiled flatteringly at Emperor Zhengxi, "What do you think?" ”
Although King Fukujun, as Emperor Zhengxi's follower, has always followed him, but since he was a child, this is the first time he has asked him, and