And everyone in the room also knew that Han Du was doing this, and he was a bit cunning. In response, everyone looked at each other and smiled, and no one said it. Some things are just good for everyone to know, but it is not good to say them out.
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Seeing that no one had any objection to his proposal, Han Du continued: "If you want to make huge profits through sugar, it is not enough to just use native people to grow sugar cane and then refine the sugar ourselves."
"It seems that the famous philanthropic boy has a clever trick to teach us. If you have something to say, just say it. Everyone is listening." Xu Da was uncharacteristically very concerned about making money, and there was nothing he could do.
Who made him the Duke of Wei be poor? Tang He was richer than him, and Xu Dadu could tolerate it. After all, Tang He was still his elder brother, and being richer than him was nothing.
However, the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, came from behind and was richer than the Duke of Wei, which made Xu Da feel embarrassed. And he could not imitate Fu Youde's generous temper and shamelessly ask the emperor for help.
Naturally, overseas income has now become the only source of income for the Duke of Wei.
"Wei Guogong praised this young man. He just has some ideas and wants to ask the big guys for help." Han Du was a little uncomfortable with Xu Da's kindness and replied with a coy smile.
Tang He didn't mean to play coy with Han Du, and said directly: "If you have an idea, just tell me, everyone is listening."
Han Du nodded, "That's what I think. Since everyone has land in Luzon to grow sugar cane and refine sugar. As the saying goes, everyone adds firewood to the flames, so we might as well merge and set up a company specializing in sugar cane cultivation, sugar refining and sugar sales.
A trading company. For a trading company’s shares, everyone uses land to invest in the shares. Those with more land will naturally have more shares, and those with less land will naturally have fewer shares. How about that? "
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Han Du added fuel to the fire, "Do you know what is the most profitable business in the world?"
"What is it?" Lan Yu asked quickly. Lan Yu was quite enthusiastic about making a fortune.
Han Du held out two fingers calmly, "Two words, monopoly. Monopoly business is the most profitable. Monopoly means completely controlling the entire sugar refining industry in our hands. We have land and technology.
Once we join forces, we can monopolize the entire sugar market. At that time, we can set whatever price we want. When we get the profit, we will sit down and divide it according to the shares, and no one will suffer."
Everyone didn't understand what they heard, but they all believed that Han Du would not lie to them with his words. The entire Ming Dynasty's noble group was sitting in this room. In addition to those in other places, all the princes and marquises in the capital were here. Han Du
If you dare to lie to them, you are seeking death.
"Completely monopolizing the entire sugar refining industry is indeed the only way to make a fortune. Handu, I would like to congratulate you on getting rich."
When Han Du heard the first half of the sentence, he was still looking for who said it, and felt that he had met a soulmate. But when the second half of the sentence came out, Han Du's face turned green.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"What? Can't I come? If I don't come, wouldn't it be a pity if I can't hear your talk?" Lao Zhu walked in with an unkind look on his face, looked at Han Du and sneered.
"My ministers, please pay your respects to the Emperor~"
"Forget it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu walked forward with a smile, took the hands of Xu Da and Tang He, walked to the upper seat and sat down. "You two good brothers, we haven't sat together for a long time, and we just want to talk to you today.
"
After comforting Xu Da and Tang He, he looked up at Han Du and sneered, "But before we reminisce about the past, let's listen to how this boy will lead everyone to make a fortune. Monopoly, I remember you said, monopoly in any industry
These are all things that are harmful to Ming Dynasty. What? Now it’s your turn to get rich, so you turn a blind eye to it?"
Lao Zhu's tone was very slow and cold. As long as it was harmful to Daming, he would not let it go, let alone Han Du, his son-in-law, even if it was his own son.
"I, I have never thought about selling sugar to the Ming Dynasty." When the problem came to a close, Han Du had to find an excuse that was not an excuse.
"Oh? Then where do you want to sell it to?" If it is not sold to Daming, then Lao Zhu can accept it.
Han Du immediately said seriously: "Of course it is the West. Just like the West does not produce tea, they do not produce sugar. The price of sugar in the West is even higher than that of tea. As long as we monopolize all the sugar sold to the West,
Then making money is effortless.”
"So, the sugar you refined would rather be sold thousands of miles away in the West than sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty? Are the people of the Ming Dynasty inferior to the Westerners and not worthy of eating sugar?" Lao Zhu looked at Han Du with an unfriendly expression.
Han Du was going crazy, not knowing what Lao Zhu meant. But who made Lao Zhu the emperor? Whatever he said was what he said.
Han Du could only shake his head, "No, if the emperor is willing, I can sell the candy to Ming Dynasty."
"Then let you have a monopoly and sell sugar to my people at a high price?" Lao Zhu's voice rose an octave, and the evil connotation permeated the air.
It won’t work if you sell it, and it won’t work if you don’t sell it.
Han Du suddenly felt that it was too difficult, "Your Majesty, we are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is also the place where ministers are born and raised. Even if we want to sell sugar to the Ming Dynasty, we will not monopolize the sale."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu's expression calmed down. But he still stared at Han Du, "You have too many clever ideas. Even if you don't have a monopoly, I guess those sugar sellers can't beat you and are no match for you. I want to
If I let you go, you must give me a sufficient reason."
Han Du glanced at Lao Zhu speechlessly, "Is this the trust between our father-in-law and son-in-law? Is this your attitude towards your ministers?"
But no matter how mischievous Han Du's expression was, Lao Zhu always stared at Han Du with a sneer.
In desperation, Han Du could only laugh twice, put his fist under his nose and said, "Then the emperor can set a maximum price. No one can sell at a price exceeding the emperor's limit. Of course, the emperor's
The price cannot be set too low. It doesn’t matter to us. The key is that I’m afraid that ordinary sugar merchants won’t be able to bear it.”
Lao Zhu has also read Han Du's The Wealth of Nations, so he naturally knows the harm of setting prices too low. Lao Zhu saw the dispute between charcoal and coal from beginning to end. Although the low price allowed the common people to take advantage of it for a while
It has great benefits, but it also has a great impact on people's lives. If Han Du had not immediately introduced briquettes and coal stoves, I am afraid that many people would have faced the dilemma of having no charcoal to burn. And people in the house also knew that Han Du was like this
Doing it was a bit cunning. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and no one said it out loud. Some things are good if everyone knows them well, but it is not good if they are said out loud.
Seeing that no one had any objection to his proposal, Han Du continued: "If you want to make huge profits through sugar, it is not enough to just use native people to grow sugar cane and then refine the sugar ourselves."
"It seems that the famous philanthropic boy has a clever trick to teach us. If you have something to say, just say it. Everyone is listening." Xu Da was uncharacteristically very concerned about making money, and there was nothing he could do.
Who made him the Duke of Wei be poor? Tang He was richer than him, and Xu Dadu could tolerate it. After all, Tang He was still his elder brother, and being richer than him was nothing.
However, the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, came from behind and was richer than the Duke of Wei, which made Xu Da feel embarrassed. And he could not imitate Fu Youde's generous temper and shamelessly ask the emperor for help.
Naturally, overseas income has now become the only source of income for the Duke of Wei.
"Wei Guogong praised this young man. He just has some ideas and wants to ask the big guys for help." Han Du was a little uncomfortable with Xu Da's kindness and replied with a coy smile. .??.
Tang He didn't mean to play coy with Han Du, and said directly: "If you have an idea, just tell me, everyone is listening."
Han Du nodded, "That's what I think. Since everyone has land in Luzon to grow sugar cane and refine sugar. As the saying goes, everyone adds firewood to the flames, so we might as well merge and set up a company specializing in sugar cane cultivation, sugar refining and sugar sales.
A trading company. For a trading company’s shares, everyone uses land to invest in the shares. Those with more land will naturally have more shares, and those with less land will naturally have fewer shares. How about that? "
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Han Du added fuel to the fire, "Do you know what is the most profitable business in the world?"
"What is it?" Lan Yu asked quickly. Lan Yu was quite enthusiastic about making a fortune.
Han Du held out two fingers calmly, "Two words, monopoly. Monopoly business is the most profitable. Monopoly means completely controlling the entire sugar refining industry in our hands. We have land and technology.
Once we join forces, we can monopolize the entire sugar market. At that time, we can set whatever price we want. When we get the profit, we will sit down and divide it according to the shares, and no one will suffer."
Everyone didn't understand what they heard, but they all believed that Han Du would not lie to them with his words. The entire Ming Dynasty's noble group was sitting in this room. In addition to those in other places, all the princes and marquises in the capital were here. Han Du
If you dare to lie to them, you are seeking death.
"Completely monopolizing the entire sugar refining industry is indeed the only way to make a fortune. Handu, I would like to congratulate you on getting rich."
When Han Du heard the first half of the sentence, he was still looking for who said it, and felt that he had met a soulmate. But when the second half of the sentence came out, Han Du's face turned green.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"What? Can't I come? If I don't come, wouldn't it be a pity if I can't hear your talk?" Lao Zhu walked in with an unkind look on his face, looked at Han Du and sneered.
"My ministers, please pay your respects to the Emperor~"
"Forget it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu walked forward with a smile, took the hands of Xu Da and Tang He, walked to the upper seat and sat down. "You two good brothers, we haven't sat together for a long time, and we just want to talk to you today.
"
After comforting Xu Da and Tang He, he looked up at Han Du and sneered, "But before we reminisce about the past, let's listen to how this boy will lead everyone to make a fortune. Monopoly, I remember you said, monopoly in any industry
These are all things that are harmful to Ming Dynasty. What? Now it’s your turn to get rich, so you turn a blind eye to it?"
Lao Zhu's tone was very slow and cold. As long as it was harmful to Daming, he would not let it go, let alone Han Du, his son-in-law, even if it was his own son.
"I, I have never thought about selling sugar to the Ming Dynasty." When the problem came to a close, Han Du had to find an excuse that was not an excuse.
"Oh? Then where do you want to sell it to?" If it is not sold to Daming, then Lao Zhu can accept it.
Han Du immediately said seriously: "Of course it is the West. Just like the West does not produce tea, they do not produce sugar. The price of sugar in the West is even higher than that of tea. As long as we monopolize all the sugar sold to the West,
Then making money is effortless.”
"So, the sugar you refined would rather be sold thousands of miles away in the West than sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty? Are the people of the Ming Dynasty inferior to the Westerners and not worthy of eating sugar?" Lao Zhu looked at Han Du with an unfriendly expression.
Han Du was going crazy, not knowing what Lao Zhu meant. But who made Lao Zhu the emperor? Whatever he said was what he said.
Han Du could only shake his head, "No, if the emperor is willing, I can sell the candy to Ming Dynasty."
"Then let you have a monopoly and sell sugar to my people at a high price?" Lao Zhu's voice rose an octave, and the evil connotation permeated the air.
It won’t work if you sell it, and it won’t work if you don’t sell it.
Han Du suddenly felt that it was too difficult, "Your Majesty, we are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is also the place where ministers are born and raised. Even if we want to sell sugar to the Ming Dynasty, we will not monopolize the sale."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu's expression calmed down. But he still stared at Han Du, "You have too many clever ideas. Even if you don't have a monopoly, I guess those sugar sellers can't beat you and are no match for you. I want to
If I let you go, you must give me a sufficient reason."
Han Du glanced at Lao Zhu speechlessly, "Is this the trust between our father-in-law and son-in-law? Is this your attitude towards your ministers?"
But no matter how mischievous Han Du's expression was, Lao Zhu always stared at Han Du with a sneer.
In desperation, Han Du could only laugh twice, put his fist under his nose and said, "Then the emperor can set a maximum price. No one can sell at a price exceeding the emperor's limit. Of course, the emperor's
The price cannot be set too low. It doesn’t matter to us. The key is that I’m afraid that ordinary sugar merchants won’t be able to bear it.”
Lao Zhu has also read Han Du's The Wealth of Nations, so he naturally knows the harm of setting prices too low. Lao Zhu saw the dispute between charcoal and coal from beginning to end. Although the low price allowed the common people to take advantage of it for a while
Although it has great benefits, it also has a great impact on people's lives. If Handu had not immediately launched briquettes and coal stoves, I am afraid that many people would have faced the dilemma of having no charcoal to burn.