Chapter 56: A Precursor to Becoming First-Class
On the first day of the ninth lunar month, Lu Yuan and Lu Naida got up early and practiced for two hours, preparing to go out for a walk in the afternoon, but they didn't want to welcome four special guests.
The person who came was Liu Tang, the third son of the prefect's family, and he was accompanied by the sons of three important officials in the state capital.
"I don't know why Liu Gongzi came to find Lu?" Lu Yuan met with Lu Naida, Lu Naida was not interested in entertainment, and sat on the side.
"I heard that Lu Gongzi has obtained the secret recipe for orange jumping from Shen Dazhu? Liu didn't know whether this matter was true or not, so he came to inquire. Liu Tang responded with a smile, and the words stopped immediately, Lu Yuan and Lu Naida had already guessed that it should be related to the orange jump, and when they heard the words at this moment, they couldn't help but smile slightly in their hearts.
"Liu Gongzi is fast-talking, and the business of orange jumping has now been inherited by me and Lu Sigongzi of Lushan Qimen. Lu Yuan nodded and admitted, but it was not false at all.
In this regard, Liu Tang's sons and brothers were also quite helpless. It is said that the strong dragon can't overwhelm the head snake, and the four of Liu Tang combined, there are basically few people in the Quanzhou Mansion realm who dare to fight with them, but the Lu family is an exception. The Lu family is a businessman, and they make friends in the rivers and lakes, but whether it is the prefect or the governor, all the officials in the territory of Quanzhou Prefecture have explicitly forbidden their sons and nephews to provoke and play tricks on the Lu family, and the reason is unknown. But if you think about it, you also know that only if there are people above can parents and officials in these places be feared like tigers. Originally, there was not much contact between the local government and the people in the rivers and lakes, and Liu Tang's four sons and brothers had nothing to do with Lu Yuan, if it weren't for the fat of orange jumping this time, I am afraid that a few people would not see Lu Yuan for a year.
The meat is fat, but now the fat is in the tiger's mouth, and if you want to get it, you have to bargain.
"Lu Gongzi, look, we also want to share some orange jumping soup to drink, I don't know if Lu Gongzi is willing to appreciate the soup?" Liu Tang smiled, but his face was a little stiff. The dignified prefect's son, who usually makes him laugh at others, how can he ever do anything to make others laugh?
"Okay, it's up to a few people to come up with how much money they can contribute. Lu Yuan said lightly, but it made a few people make up their minds. It's good that there is room for negotiation.
"I don't know what price Lu Gongzi has in his heart?" Liu Tang smiled this time, and smiled sincerely.
"A gourd of oranges jumps 30 yuan, the profit is less than 24 yuan, and now with the ability of the Ping An Dart Bureau, at least 500 barrels can be produced every day, and a barrel is at least 400 gourds, if all are sold, the net profit in a day will be 480,000 yuan, that is, 480 taels, converted into gold, that is, 120 gold. If you take out one percent, twelve gold a day, how much time is enough for the four sons?" Lu Yuan did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"Twelve gold!" Liu Tang and the four of them were stunned, they knew that orange jumping could make money, but they didn't expect it to be so profitable. As for those who can't sell it and have tasted orange jumping, I'm afraid they won't think so, especially since Quanzhou is located in the south, where the summer is long and the winter is short, and the orange jumping business can be done for a longer time.
There are 12 gold in a day, and there is an income of 1,400 to 1,800 gold in a year, let alone 1,400 gold to 1,800 gold, what kind of concept is this? Even if the four of them divide it equally, each person will have about 400 gold in expenses, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for Liu Tang and others, who can only get 10 taels of silver from their families every month. What is the concept of 12 gold a day?
Generally, a family of five can have a consistent income in a month with a slightly better harvest, that is, a thousand yuan, which is equivalent to one or two pieces of silver, and there are about 300 yuan left in addition to daily expenses. Twelve taels of gold were converted into forty-eight taels of silver, which were divided equally among four people, twelve taels each, equivalent to 12,000 yuan, which was the sum of the annual income of a family of five, and it would take forty months for ordinary people to save enough money. This orange jumps to a daily income, so that Liu Tang and the four of them can each share the savings of a family of five for three years and four months, what kind of huge profit is this?
"Twelve times a day, sell for half a year is good, one hundred and eighty days, that is, ten thousand and two times, God, you can reach ten thousand dollars in a year! I understand what Lu Gongzi means, Liu Mou and the four are not greedy, Lu Gongzi is willing to give us one percent, we are content. Liu Tang suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said gratefully.
"Liu Gongzi is slow, this profit is not something you can take away with empty white teeth. Since Lu is willing to share this profit with you, you can't say nothing, right?" Lu Yuan looked at Liu Tang with a smile, Liu Tang's face was slightly fixed when he heard this, and then he remembered that he was asking Lu Yuan for a price.
"What kind of price does Lu Gongzi need the four of us, but he said, as long as we can afford it, I will mention a few of them to call the shots. Liu Tang looked at Lu Yuan sincerely, joking, with an income of 10,000 taels a year, who can not be sincere?
"If you want to make this money, you have to promise me those things. First of all, Shen Dazhu has a profit of 30%, and no one can move, and whoever moves will be far from me. Secondly, we do business, pay attention to harmony and make money, and do not do strong buying and selling, which is the principle and the bottom line. Third, Liu Gongzi, the four of you can almost occupy most of the power of Funing Dao, and I want you to see the figure of Orange Jumping in the best restaurants on your respective territories. This is the third chapter of the covenant, I don't know what you think?" Lu Yuan smiled lightly and the four people present, the four of them just glanced at each other, and then nodded and agreed at the same time. The conditions are not harsh, and even in order to make money, the four of them will desperately stuff oranges into their own channels, and they don't need Lu Yuan to propose it at all.
In this way, the verbal agreement of several people was settled, and Lu Yuan asked people to go to Nanshi to pick up Shen Dazhu. Shen Dazhu, Lu Yuan, Lu Naida, and Liu Tang signed an agreement on cooperation again on behalf of the children of the Quanzhou government officials. As for how this success came out, Lu Yuan, Lu Naida, and Shen Dazhu sat down to talk about it again.
"But this matter is up to Lu Gongzi, and I, Shen Dazhu, have nothing to disagree with. "Shen Dazhu is also single, and among the tripartite forces involved now, Lu Yuan and Lu Naida are the forces of the rivers and lakes, Liu Tang is the power of the official face, and he is the only one who is single. Didn't you see that Liu Tang and the four of them together would only get a share of the profits? What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
"Haha, Uncle Shen is so smart, I don't think anyone will dare to say that you are stunned in the future!" Lu Yuan laughed, "Okay, I'll mention Uncle as the master again this time." Now the uncle has handed over the formula to my Ping An Dart Bureau, and the Ping An Dart Bureau has taken over the production of Yiying, and the Lushan valve of the great representative is also around Lushan and some martial arts colleagues to spread out sales channels, and then Liu Gongzi and the four people will also be rolled out on the official face, but the uncle is almost just waiting to collect the money, according to the distribution of today's efforts, I think that in this success, the uncle will give four points, and I and Nai Da will each give three points, I don't know if the uncle agrees?"
"Disagree. Shen Dazhu's reply made Lu Yuan a little surprised, but the next words made Lu Yuan even more surprised, "According to what Lu Gongzi just said, I am indeed the most useless person, in the past half a month, I Shen Dazhu have earned more money than in the past four or five years, if it weren't for Gongzi's support, I Shen Dazhu would not be where I am today." So in this success, I, Shen Dazhu, scored five points, and the remaining five points were out with Lu Gongzi. Shen Dazhu is not a white-eyed wolf, and he hopes that Gongzi will fulfill my little bit of righteousness. ”
"Uncle has this elegance, Lu Yuan admires. When Lu Yuan heard this, he also felt a little emotional, taking the initiative to make profits and other things, if it was an ordinary small people in the market, I am afraid that it would not be able to do it, but Shen Dazhu did it without hesitation, Lu Yuan suddenly remembered a sentence in the "Analects", although I have not learned, I must say that I have learned.
In this way, it is considered a good negotiation with Shen Dazhu, Lu Yuan and Lu Naida will talk better, Lu Naida takes the initiative to bear three points, Lu Yuan bears two points, so the orange jump is divided as follows, the largest head is Lu Yuan, three into eight points, followed by Lu Naida, two into seven points, then Shen Dazhu, two into five points, and finally Liu Tang four people, a total of one percent. After that, no forces will be allowed to participate, even if it is Shaolin Wudang, even if it is a relative of the emperor.
"Uncle Shen, now you have a little spare money, just buy a house in the west of the city, the south side of the city is too messy to live in. Talking about official business, Lu Yuangui persuaded Shen Dazhu.
"Lu Gongzi has a heart, but there are only four empty houses in the west of the city, each of which is at least three courtyards, I can't afford it for the time being, and I can't take care of such a big house alone." Shen Dazhu smiled slightly bitterly.
"Eh, money is a trivial matter, when the orange jumping situation is completely rolled out, are you still afraid that there will be no money to make? It's really not good, I'll lend you the money first, and I don't want your interest, and you can take a part of the monthly dividends and pay me back, and there will always be a day when it will be repaid. Lu Yuan smiled and said generously, but he really thought about Shen Dazhu.
"So...... In this way, it will trouble the son again!" Shen Dazhu was also very tempted, and when he thought of Lu Yuan, he was relieved, so he nodded and agreed.
"Eh, Uncle Shen is polite, it only matters if you hurry up and ask for a daughter-in-law!" Lu Yuan patted Shen Dazhu on the shoulder and said.
The orange jump is methodically bringing profits to Lu Yuan, and as early as after the end of the 12-dart game, Lian Haiping and Feng Sihai took the dart team to Jiangxi to take over the Quande Martial Arts Hall. With the gradual progress of these two major actions, the Ping An Dart Game does not look much different from usual on the surface, but in fact, its power has expanded unconsciously.
A local first-class force is also slowly being born.