Chapter 14: Ugly Words Ahead
The generals all have a sincere heart to sprinkle blood on the battlefield, not to mention that Wang Chengshen already has the intention of training the soldiers, so no matter what Qian Zhaozhi's true thoughts are, the surface work is good at the moment.
Qian Zhaozhi still learned this trick from Sheng Jingming.
Sheng Jingming didn't use it successfully on her, but it looked quite effective when used on Wang Chengshen!
Sheng Jingming was not very worried about Qian Zhaozhi, so he came over to take a look, standing in the dark and watching her every move.
He found that Qian Zhaozhi was much smarter and stronger than he had imagined.
The reason why Qian Zhaozhi showed his cowardly side in front of him again and again may be to confuse his vision, and he is also suspected of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
Sheng Jingming's kung fu, Wang Chengshen was already too excited to speak, waving his arms to talk to Qian Zhaozhi about the situation in the frontier, and even explained his plan to outwit the city one by one.
When he heard this, he felt that Qian Zhaozhi had completed the task perfectly, so he planned to leave.
Sheng Jingming had more important things to do, but he ordered Nan Yuan to stay here and react in time if something changed.
He didn't plan to tell Qian Zhaozhi what he had been here.
It's just that as soon as he left the inner room with his front foot, Qian Zhaozhi's eyes swept over, staring at this side as if there was nothing, and if there was substance, Nan Yuan's scalp was numb.
On the other side, Sheng Jingming skillfully turned into a small room, there were several people in it who were fighting with red faces, and when Sheng Jingming appeared, the rest of the people were silent.
"What are you arguing about?"
The rest of the people looked at each other, and no one wanted to be the first bird.
Sheng Jingming took a bite of the melon, his eyes wandered on the leader of Daqiang, and there was a deep meaning in his eyes.
These days, Sheng Jingming has been busy making money, he still has 300,000 soldiers and horses to raise, even if his family is big, he can't stand spending money like flowing water.
Only in but not out, the treasury can not withstand such a spending.
Sheng Jingming thought that the 300,000 people under his command might not be able to eat, and he couldn't sleep, so he thought about how to make money day and night.
Eventually, Sheng Jingming remembered that he had found an easy way to make mirrors, and then told the craftsmen the steps he remembered.
Obviously, the wisdom of the ancients was very powerful.
After these days of joint efforts, a finished product that is not inferior to a diorama has been produced, so they excitedly called Sheng Jingming to check the finished product.
At first, they had an innate awe of Sheng Jingming, but more fear.
Because Sheng Jingming holds the power of life and death in their hands, the natural huge class difference makes them dare not speak easily.
Until Sheng Jingming generously gave the production process drawings, and he gave key opinions again and again, he gave many decision-making opinions on the process of making dioramas.
It completely changed everyone's impression of Sheng Jingming.
People who eat handicraft rice regard the production method as life, so they admire Sheng Jingming very much for people who are willing to share it with everyone.
It's just that once something new emerges, it will inevitably cause a new round of conflict of interests.
Before Sheng Jingming's arrival, Daqiang and Dalin were arguing over how to use this drawing.
Daqiang means respecting Sheng Jingming's ideas.
If Sheng Jingming agrees with them to take it out to earn money, then they can let it go with peace of mind.
Dalin felt that Sheng Jingming was already rich enough to rival the country, so how could he look down on these gadgets, just let it go, and there was no need to ask Sheng Jingming's consent at all.
Sheng Jingming had already guessed this result, so he was not very surprised.
The more troubled the times, the more people want to make a fortune, but what he worked so hard to make, how can these people take it out and mess around?
Sheng Jingming pinched a finished mirror and looked at it carefully, and a satisfied look flashed in his eyes.
I heard that the success rate of diorama is very low, but with his help, both the degree of completion and the success rate are much higher than that of diorama.
"Even if you have the whole recipe, it won't be of much use."
According to Sheng Jingming's plan, in time, mirrors will never become a rare thing, but for other countries, this is a priceless thing.
In fact, the production cost of diorama is not high, but why did it become a valuable treasure after being introduced to various countries?
As long as the transportation process is difficult, coupled with the fact that it is a foreign object, it adds a different aura to these things.
With so many craftsmen gathered here, it was impossible for Sheng Jingming to completely conceal this drawing, so he could only consider win-win cooperation.
What's more, Sheng Jingming didn't want to do a monopoly business.
Sheng Jingming waved his hand, and the little eunuch Sanqi immediately walked up from behind, handed them a piece of paper, and carefully explained the contents of it.
According to the contract, Sheng Jingming provided the method of making the mirror free of charge, and was willing to provide fifty taels of silver as the initial capital for opening the store.
The premise is that the selection of the store needs to be approved by the yamen to which Sheng Jingming belongs.
Half a year later, if the store is profitable, it needs to return 50 taels of silver, and pay a certain amount of tax to the cadres every year.
As for the taxes collected, how Sheng Jingming and the treasury should divide it is a matter of private discussion.
If the store is in a loss-making state, it is not necessary to repay fifty taels of silver.
It means that the profit is yours, and the loss is Sheng Jingming.
No matter how you look at it, it's a good deal.
Da Qiang and Da Lin looked at each other, their hands holding the contract trembled slightly, and their hearts were full of pride, but they still couldn't believe that the pie would land on top of their heads.
Many people said that they wanted to go home to discuss with the old people, but in fact, they wanted to go out and find another scholar to ask if the content of the contract was the same as Nanyuan said.
No wonder they are so cautious, it's really the outside world's evaluation of Sheng Jingming is too terrifying.
"This kind of thing should indeed be discussed with the family, but I will first say the ugly things first, this contract is only two hundred copies, which also means that only two hundred people in the entire Daqian can obtain such conditions."
Rare things are expensive, and once something appears in the market in large quantities, it will definitely depreciate, so once there are more mirror-related shops, others will see the business opportunity to make money, and they will definitely scramble to get a piece of the pie.
At that time, why should Sheng Jingming subsidize from the private treasury?
Sheng Jingming's words have come to this point, everything that should be said has been made clear, as for how to weigh it, it is not within the scope of his control.
He turned to leave, vaguely reassuring to hear the chatter of a group of people behind him.
I am not afraid of a way to make no money, but I am afraid that the people will lose confidence in Daqian and no longer have credibility among the people.
Seeing that this group of people are still willing to believe in the authenticity of the contract, it means that there is still a chance to enforce it.
It's a pity that not everything was expected by Sheng Jingming.