"This official knows!"

Guo An chuckled and put the chili pepper on the table.

"This thing is indeed the chili pepper that the official is looking for, and the Shen family really deserves to be the biggest maritime merchant in my Ming Dynasty."

"Guo Changshi misunderstood, this thing is an object brought back from overseas by my Shen family before His Majesty banned the sea.

The grass people rummaged through several warehouses before they found it. ”

Shen Zhuang hurriedly explained.

"It doesn't matter, the official only needs this thing, as for how you got it, the official will never ask half a word."

Guo An smiled lightly and comforted.

"Thank you Guo Changshi!"

Shen Zhuang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly looked at Guo An with an expectant face.

"Since this thing is the chili pepper that Guo Changshi needs, I don't know what Guo Changshi said to the grass people before......

"It's a count!"

Guo An's expression was straight, and he asked directly: "Say, what do you want?" ”

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said: "Qi Guo Changshi, the grass people heard that the Yan Wangfu seems to be able to make white sugar as white as snow grains?" I don't know if the grass people are fortunate enough to cooperate with Yanwangfu?

Or, like the secret ingredient for clear glass, the secret ingredient for white sugar? ”

"The secret recipe for buying sugar?"

Guo An smiled lightly and looked at Shen Zhuang with a strange expression: "Shen Zhuang, how much do you think the secret recipe for white sugar is worth?" ”

"This ......"

Shen Zhuang smiled, "My Shen family is willing to pay 300,000 taels of silver to buy the secret recipe for white sugar." ”

"Oh? The Shen family is so generous? ”

Guo An looked teasing.

Shen Zhuang's face was even more embarrassed, "If Guo Changshi feels that it is a little little, my Shen family is willing to add money." ”

Guo An asked, "How much?" ”

Shen Zhuang was stunned by Guo An, he didn't expect this Guo Changshi to be so straightforward when talking about money and things, not so subtle as other officials at all.

After a long time, he said slowly: "Guo Changshi, is it okay to have 500,000?" ”

"Five hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Guo Anxin was surprised for a while, the price was a good price.

"It's just that Shopkeeper Shen is not worried, if there are other rich businessmen who also pay 500,000 taels of silver to buy the secret recipe for white sugar?"

Shen Zhuang's eyes widened directly, and he sneered: "The grass people believe in Guo Changshi. ”

Guo An smiled slowly, he also believed in himself, but he just couldn't believe Zhu Laosi, "We need to ask His Highness to make a decision on this matter." ”

"It couldn't be better."

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said.

Guo An said: "You wait a while, let's go to find His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

After speaking, Guo An got up and walked out.

Jin Zhong, who had been waiting outside, walked in with an honest face under Guo An's signal.

……

"The people of the Shen family want to use 500,000 taels of silver to buy the secret recipe for white sugar?"

After listening to Guo An's words, Zhu Di's eyes directly glittered with gold.

Guo An said: "Your Highness, the people of the Shen family have found a good price for Weichen, and Weichen promised them that he could help them once."

It's just that the secret recipe of white sugar is very important, and Weichen doesn't dare to call the shots without permission. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Di didn't ask what the object was, but said directly: "Guo Qing thinks it can be sold to the Shen family?" ”

Guo An thought for a while, and then said: "Your Highness, in Fujian, Guangdong and other places, a large number of sugarcane is grown, and these sugarcanes can be made into sugar.

With the secret recipe of white sugar, the Shen family can become the biggest sugar merchant in my Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Weichen guessed that as long as they got the sugar, within two years, 500,000 taels of silver would be earned.

Even, it is not impossible to earn back 500,000 taels of silver a year. ”

"In addition, since my Yan Wangfu sold the secret recipe to the Shen family at a high price of 500,000 taels of silver, it can no longer be sold like transparent glass, and it can be sold for more than one ......."

Zhu Di said thoughtfully: "So, Guo Qing's intention is not to sell the secret recipe." ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An said: "If I want to make bombs such as grenades and mines, I need a lot of sugar.

Moreover, Weichen felt that it was still a bit of a loss to sell 500,000 taels!

If my Yan Wangfu cooperates with the Shen family, it will only take three years at most, and I can earn back 500,000 taels of silver, or even more......"

Zhu Di said directly: "Then cooperate with the Shen family." ”

"Wechen obeys."

After Guo An retired from Zhu Di, he returned to the public house.

In the public house, Shen Zhuang and Jin Zhong seemed to be chatting happily with each other.

Seeing Guo An coming in, Shen Zhuang hurriedly got up and looked at Guo An with an expectant face.

"Dare to ask Guo Changshi, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Yan thinks?"

Guo An sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "You can't sell the secret recipe of white sugar with 500,000 taels of silver." ”

Shen Zhuang's face was anxious, and he hurriedly said, "Guo Changshi, my Shen family can add more money." ”

"How much?"

Guo An asked again.

Shen Zhuang was directly stunned, he was just an ordinary concubine of the Shen family, and his maximum authority was only 500,000 taels of silver.

And Jin Zhong on the side also looked at Guo An in a daze, and then looked at Shen Zhuang.

He finally saw his own Guo Changshi's ability to attract wealth, a small secret recipe for white sugar could be sold for 500,000 taels of silver?

Moreover, looking at the meaning of the Shen family's concubine, it seems that he can add more money?

Guo An smiled lightly and said, "Okay, you don't have to be like this. ”

Shen Zhuang is in a hurry, "Guo Changshi ......"

Guo An said: "Your Highness doesn't sell secret recipes, but my Yan Wangfu can cooperate with the Shen family to make sugar." ”

"Cooperative sugar production?"

As soon as he heard it, Shen Zhuang was overjoyed.

As a member of the Shen family, he was very familiar with this model, and hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask Guo Changshi, I don't know how His Highness is going to cooperate with the Shen family?" ”

Guo An sneered, "You think about it too much, what kind of person is His Royal Highness King Yan, how can he worry about this trivial matter?" ”

Shen Zhuang hurriedly apologized, "It's the villain's wishful thinking, dare to ask Guo Changshi, how does my Shen family cooperate with Yanwangfu to make sugar?" ”

Guo An thought for a moment, then raised his head and said: "I Yanwangfu came out with the secret recipe for white sugar, and your Shen family gave out workshops and money to build white sugar workshops in Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

The profits obtained, my Yan Wangfu accounted for seventy percent. ”

"Seventy percent?"

Hearing this, Shen Zhuang's face changed greatly, and he said with a wry smile: "Guo Changshi, the Yan Wangfu is just out of the secret recipe, and the rest is all from my Shen family, so the Yan Wangfu will occupy seventy percent, and the elders of the Shen family will definitely not accept this matter." ”

"Why not?"

Guo An smiled lightly, "Even if you build a sugar workshop in Fujian and Guangdong, how much money can you spend?" ”

Shen Zhuang said: "Back to Guo Changshi, each workshop needs at least 10,000 taels of silver. ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded in agreement, "It's only 20,000 taels of silver, what's the cost?" You can also count it for the official. “

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said: "Back to Guo Changshi, each workshop needs at least a hundred craftsmen, and each craftsman needs one tael of silver a month, and eighty thousand taels of silver a year.

And ......"

Guo An waved his hand directly, "Shouldn't the cost of craftsmanship be included in the cost?" Since your Shen family is responsible, then your Shen family will be responsible. ”

Shen Zhuang: "......"

Guo An asked: "The rest is the money for the purchase of sugarcane, then your Shen family is also responsible, how much money can be spent on the purchase of sugarcane?" ……

This official knows that your Shen family is a big family in the south, and there are tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land alone, and there are more than a dozen sugar workshops, and as for the sugarcane planted, there must be a lot of ......."

Shen Zhuang said helplessly: "Guo Changshi, can't this matter be counted like this?" ”

Guo An said: "In this way, then you will all be converted into silver taels." ”

Shen Zhuang frowned and thought for a long time before he said slowly: "Guo Changshi, the grass people estimate that the silver taels spent on buying sugarcane a year will cost at least 300,000 taels of silver!" ”

Guo An said: "In this way, the sum of the money from your Shen family is only 400,000 taels of silver.

However, how much is the secret recipe of white sugar in my Yanwang Mansion worth? ”

Shen Zhuang said honestly: "500,000 taels ......"

"You just wanted to add more money, so that it would be more than 500,000 taels of silver, and the Shen family could only give a total of 400,000 taels of silver."

"Guo Changshi, if it is so cost-effective, the Yanwang Mansion will not get seventy percent ......"

"Then do you think that the secret recipe of white sugar in my Yanwang Mansion is really only worth 500,000 taels of silver? If this official releases this news, how many Jiangnan super-rich people will want to add money to buy this secret recipe? ……”

"Shen Zhuang, if you hadn't come here with chili peppers today, this official would never have discussed the secret recipe of white sugar with you.

Wait until the first half of the month, after the autumn harvest, Yanwangfu went directly to Fujian and Guangdong to build a sugar workshop.

Why do you want to cooperate with your Shen family and let your Shen family intervene? ”

Hearing this, Shen Zhuang couldn't help but struggle.

"If you can't do it, then bring it up later. Or, let's remember the matter of chili peppers first, and then you can look for other objects in the Yanwang Mansion, and then come to find the official. ”

As he spoke, Guo An had already picked up the teacup.

Shen Zhuang's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Please don't worry about Guo Changshi, the grass people can make decisions in this matter."

However, please also give the grass people two months, the cooperation of the Yan Wangfu is a major matter of the Shen family, and the grass people need to go back to ask the elders in the family to explain clearly and sign the contract. ”

Guo An smiled and said gently: "In this case, the official can directly write a contract, and you can take it back."

If the head of the Shen family agrees, you can sign the contract, if you don't agree, you can tear it up directly. ”

Shen Zhuang hurriedly looked panicked, "Guo Changshi's words are serious, my Shen family is just a family of merchants, and it is a great blessing for my Shen family to be able to cooperate with Yanwangfu......"

"Alright, alright."

Guo An waved his hand impatiently, "Jin Zhong, write two contracts and check them for Shen Zhuang, if there are no objections, the matter will be settled." ”

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

Jin Zhong answered, and hurriedly walked to the desk on the side and began to write.

Guo An sat on the side and waited quietly.

After more than a year of training, Jin Zhong didn't know how many business deeds he had written, and Guo An was confident that Jin Zhong could understand the intention he had just calculated.

Sure enough, after reading the business deed, Shen Zhuang's face changed again, and he hurriedly looked at Guo An.

"Guo Changshi, why is it written on this business deed that I want the Yan Wangfu to share the money from the sale of sugar with my Shen family?"

Guo An asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said: "Guo Changshi, shouldn't it be the profit from the sale of sugar?" ”

Guo An sneered, "Shen Zhuang, this official originally wanted to share the profits from the sale of white sugar with your Shen family, but you have to count the money from building workshops, craftsmen's wages, and money from buying cane sugar......

In this way, you have already included those costs in the cost of the Shen family, why do I Yan Wangfu still have to bear this money? ”

Shen Zhuang couldn't help but feel remorseful.

Guo Ancai didn't give Shen Zhuang a chance to react, and said directly: "Okay, the business contract has been decided, you can take it back and ask the elders of your Shen family to take a look, whether it is successful or not, that's it......"

Shen Zhuang reluctantly got up and thanked him, "Thank you Guo Changshi!" ”

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(End of chapter)