Faced with Yuan Shu's unreasonable demand for 90% of the profits, Zhang showed no anger at all and immediately nodded in agreement with a calm face.

A trace of surprise flashed in Yuan Shu's eyes, this woman is amazing!

Zhang naturally knows what it means to be protected and supported by a state's government. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang is willing to give up more than half of his family property in exchange for this.

After the Zhen family became officials and merchants, apart from other things, at least they would no longer be robbed by others.

You know, businesses in this era are fat meats that everyone wants to take a bite of and basically have no ability to resist.

Any small aristocratic family can come and take advantage.

The Zhen family has become so big and has countless supplies and channels, but they still have no ability to resist.

The money lost every year is close to 30% of the Zhen family's profits.

Yuan Shu is willing to tie the interests of the Zhen family with the interests of the government, which is simply a great thing.

It's just like if you are a small rich man and the richest man in the country comes to you to discuss cooperation. He will protect you and lead you to make money together, but he will charge 90% of your profits.

More than nine out of ten people would not refuse such a good thing.

This is the rhythm of small private companies transforming into large state-owned enterprises.

Yuan Shu naturally knew that the Zhen family would not reject his conditions, but he did not expect that the other party would agree so readily and not bargain.

Seeing that the other party was so understanding, Yuan Shu naturally stopped holding back.

"Since Madam has promised so decisively, I will discuss some business with Madam first."

"Oh? General, please tell me."

Mrs. Zhang's eyes lit up, the meat show was about to begin.

"I have skilled craftsmen under my command who can produce these things and let the Zhen family sell them on their behalf."

Yuan Shu asked Guo Jia to bring out two things.

A small glass mirror and a bottle of perfume.

That's right, these are some essential inventions for time-travelers to make a fortune.

Although Yuan Shu didn't know exactly how to do it, he provided a general direction and his dedicated craftsmen could quickly figure it out.

For example, glass is made of sand. Get more different types of sand and try various methods. Anyway, you just need to keep adding various things to coordinate with the firing, or perform various treatments on the sand first, and then it will come naturally slowly.

It can be made.

Perfume is even simpler, just concentrated and heated petals.

These things are like a layer of window paper, which will break if you poke it.

The ancients did not lack hands-on ability and creative ability, but they lacked creative spirit and material foundation.

As soon as Yuan Shu opened his mouth, various necessary things for time travel were slowly experimented, and the methods were constantly optimized.

Many finished products have appeared this month, and these two are some of them.

Yuan Shu wanted to make a fortune for luxury goods while the world was still in chaos.

When the world is in chaos, it will be difficult to sell these things at high prices.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang saw the exquisite glass mirror and her face in the mirror, she couldn't take her eyes away.

Now we only have bronze mirrors, which not only produce normal images, but also cannot see the colors at all.

As soon as the glass mirror was taken out, the eyes of all the women present were stunned.

Seeing her clear image in the mirror, where even every strand of hair seemed to be clearly visible, Mrs. Zhang couldn't sit still.

"General, general, can my Zhen family really sell this thing on their behalf?"

"This is nature. Madam, there is another thing here!"

Only then did Zhang realize that she had lost her composure. She calmed down and opened the porcelain bottle next to the mirror.

As soon as the lid of the porcelain bottle was opened, a rich aroma suddenly came out.

Zhang's eyes lit up, and he poured a small drop of the liquid into his hand.

The rich aroma suddenly spread.

"This thing is called perfume, which can break through the skin, making people exude a charming fragrance, and it can last for a long time. The other thing is called a mirror, which can clearly reflect people's influence and can be used for dressing up.

Dress up. I believe ladies like Madam will flock to these two items, and the sales volume will not be low, so I will leave it to Madam to be responsible for the sales."

Mrs. Zhang suddenly said excitedly: "I wonder how many mirrors and perfumes like this the general can provide?"

Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Things are rare and expensive, so naturally we can't have too many of these things. I will provide 10,000 mirrors and 30,000 bottles of perfume every month, and the Zhen family will be responsible for selling them. However, the profit value of this item is too high

, this time the Zhen family can only get half of the profit, I wonder if Madam can accept it?"

Mrs. Zhang was immediately surprised and said: "Of course!"

These two things can easily be sold for more than a hundred guan, and the monthly income is at least 5 million guan.

What is this concept?

In the past, the Zhen family's annual income was no more than one million guan, and Yangzhou's annual tax revenue was only 800,000 guan. This shows how profitable this business is.

But then again, the Yangzhou government is really poor, and the taxes paid are not as much as the income of a merchant!

But not only in Yangzhou, but also in the entire Han Dynasty, the taxes are not too high.

This is a dead end of ancient economy.

The people have no money, the country has no money, and most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of wealthy gentry and merchants.

Think about how rich those officials were in the late Ming Dynasty. There were thousands of houses and tens of thousands of acres of land.

As a result, Chongzhen was so poor that he didn't even dare to repair the damaged palace.

There were many rich people in the Han Dynasty, but most of the wealth in their hands could only be put in the warehouse to get moldy.

Once this perfume and mirror are released, they will definitely make countless women crazy about them, and these rich people will definitely donate their money generously.

In this era, it can be said that less than 5% of the rich occupy more than 95% of the wealth. Yuan Shu now wants to get money from these rich people.

I don’t blame so many people in ancient times who couldn’t afford to eat because wealth was concentrated in the hands of a small group of people.

Moreover, their wealth can only go in and out, and they only know how to exploit the poor and save money and land. This can only lead to less and less wealth and never enough resources.

What Yuan Shu wants to do now is to let these rich people who can only get in and out spend their money to make the people at the bottom rich.

Perfume and mirrors were Yuan Shu's first step.

"In addition, I still need some help from my wife."

"General, please give me your orders."

"Two months later, I will be looking for sellers for some of my products in Jinling City, which was formerly Moling County. These products are similar to mirrors and perfumes, and are very profitable. Your Zhen family has a large network of connections in the business world.

Please help notify the major merchants."

Mrs. Zhang was puzzled: "General, why doesn't our Zhen family directly handle the sales?"

Yuan Shu smiled: "The things we want to sell this time are different from perfumes and mirrors. The quantity is huge. I'm afraid your Zhen family won't be able to eat it. What's more, the big tree attracts wind. If you have money, everyone makes the right choice. Otherwise, people will come soon."

Harvest wheat. You must know that outside of Yangzhou, I cannot guarantee the interests of your Zhen family."

Zhang nodded, understanding that Yuan Shu was reminding himself not to think too much.

Just now I forgot my husband's instructions again, and I was a little radical and short-sighted.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang nodded calmly: "I respect the general's order!"

"In addition, I also hope that the Zhen family can recruit some craftsmen for me. For every skilled craftsman I recruit, I will give you ten coins. The more the better, there is no upper limit."

"I will tell you about the treatment of our craftsmen in Yangzhou later. I think most of the craftsmen will be moved."

Mrs. Zhang nodded to express her understanding.

After leaving Zhen's house, Yuan Shu looked at the sky and felt very happy.

Earning too much money from the poor has no future, so beating the rich is the way to go!
Chapter completed!