As Su Hao expected, three days after the meeting in the teahouse, Luo Sixian came to bring a message again, saying that the two shopkeepers Dong and Yang had agreed to Su Hao's conditions and asked Su Hao to go to Liuqianfang for an interview and sign a specific agreement.
protocol.
This time, Su Hao no longer pretended to be low-key. He asked Deng Kui to bring 20 sergeants with him to Liuqianfang. In order to avoid alerting the troops of the five cities, Deng Kui and others were dressed in casual clothes and guarding the troops.
The blade was hidden in his clothes. Su Hao also knew that the last Hongmen banquet hosted by Dong and Yang failed, and with their status, it was unlikely that they would do such a thing again. He took Deng Kui and others with him, and even
Most of them are just to fill the scene and make the two sides more equal.
A group of people arrived at the Liuqianfang Teahouse. Dong Tianzhang's bodyguard leader came forward and greeted Su Hao warmly. Su Hao asked, "Is shopkeeper Dong here?"
"My shopkeeper has arrived, and he and shopkeeper Yang are still in the private room last time." The head of the bodyguard responded.
"Okay, then I'll go up first." Su Hao said. He pointed at Deng Kui and others and said to the bodyguard leader: "Please, please, please greet my brothers. They are all country people and do not understand the capital."
Rules, please bear with me, big brother."
"How dare you, how dare you, my shopkeeper has given instructions to greet Su Baihu's men," the bodyguard leader said.
Deng Kui and others found a few tables downstairs and sat down. The waiters in the teahouse poured them tea and served snacks. Su Hao took Chen Guanyu and walked upstairs calmly along the stairs.
, Deng Kui shouted from below: "Su Baihu, if anything happens, just say hello. If anyone dares to make a mistake, our brothers will tear down this teahouse for him."
"Don't be rude!" Su Hao pretended to reprimand, "I'm here to discuss business with Shopkeeper Dong and Shopkeeper Yang. If there's anything wrong with it, you guys just stay downstairs and don't cause trouble. Do you understand?
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"My subordinates understand!" Deng Kui and 20 sergeants responded in unison. Everyone shouted deliberately at the top of their voices, and the sound shook the floor a little.
Luo Sixian took Su Hao and Chen Guanyu upstairs with a frown on his face. He really didn't expect that the deal he had taken would be so troublesome. When he came to the door of the private room, he reached out and knocked on the door. The door opened immediately.
A young boy came out and smiled at Su Hao and said, "It's Su Baihu here. The two shopkeepers have been waiting inside for a long time."
Su Hao raised his legs and entered the private room. After taking a quick look, he couldn't help but nodded slightly. It turned out that the layout in the private room was somewhat different from the last time. The two chairs placed at the top of the private room had been removed.
There were only two rows of chairs facing each other. Dong Tianzhang and Yang Laizhen sat on one side. The seats opposite them were obviously reserved for Su Hao and Chen Guanyu.
Such a change showed that Dong and Yang had given up their aloof attitude and were willing to treat Su Hao as an equal.
Seeing Su Hao enter the door, Dong and Yang stood up at the same time and saluted Su Hao. There were smiles on their faces, but Su Hao could clearly see that there was some embarrassment in the smiles. It seemed that the two of them
I have given up defeat intellectually, but I still can’t let go of my face.
"Shopkeeper Dong, Shopkeeper Yang, we meet again. The student is late, please forgive me." Su Hao also held his fists and smiled and saluted Dong and Yang. His mentality was more relaxed than these two.
Much more, so the smile on the face appears more natural.
Dong and Yang also said a few words and sat down respectively. After the waiter served tea, Yang Laizhen waved his hand to the idle people in the room and said, "You all can leave."
The few servants waiting on the side all left. Luo Sixian, who led Su Hao in, hesitated for a moment. Dong Tianzhang glared and asked: "Luo Juren, do you have anything else?"
"Uh uh... No, no, students will leave now." Luo Sixian quickly bowed and ran away.
Only Dong, Yang, Su Hao, and Chen Guanyu were left in the room. Yang Laizhen spoke first: "Su Baihu, I offended you a lot about what happened last time. Regarding the cooperation between the two parties, I don't know if Su Baihu has any other
Are you interested?"
Su Hao smiled and said: "What happened last time can be said to be something we don't know each other without fighting. The students have long forgotten it. People in the world are all bustling for fame and fortune. As long as it is beneficial, why can't we cooperate?"
"Su Baihu is indeed a cheerful person." Yang Laizhen said, "After meeting with Su Baihu last time, shopkeeper Dong and I reported what Su Baihu said to several of our shareholders. What did everyone think?
, they are all willing to cooperate with Su Baihu, and if we have money, we can make money together."
Su Hao said: "That's very good. Students, please also say something here. If you cooperate with me, Mr. Su, you will definitely not suffer any loss."
"What does Su Baihu mean by this?" Dong Tianzhang raised his eyes to look at Su Hao and asked.
Su Hao said: "Mining is a very profitable business. I believe that the two shopkeepers and your shareholders are willing to open more mines, but it is only limited by the difficulty of prospecting. Su is not talented and has some experience in prospecting.
.As long as both of us can cooperate sincerely, I can also find mines for you not to mention the mines in the Ming Dynasty, even the mines in North Korea and Luzon. I'm afraid you won't have such a big appetite to eat them."
"I won't think about the mines outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Dong Tianzhang shook his head and said.
Su Hao asked: "Isn't Shopkeeper Dong also interested in the gold mines in Luzon Island?"
"Gold mine!"
Before Su Hao finished speaking, Dong Tianzhang and Yang Laizhen both shouted out at the same time. After shouting, they realized that they had lost their composure. They looked at each other and Yang Laizhen said: "Su Baihu, Luzon Island is rich in gold. This
I've heard this for a long time, does Su Baihu know something else?"
Luzon is also known as the Philippines in later generations. During the Ming Dynasty, it had very frequent exchanges with China. Businessmen on China's southeastern coast often went to do business despite the sea restrictions, and some of them even stayed in Luzon and became early overseas Chinese.
Luzon is rich in natural resources, and gold is also an important output. However, at that time, the locals in Luzon had no means of prospecting for gold mines. Several large gold mines discovered by later generations were unknown at the time. The locals mined
Gold was mainly obtained by panning for gold sand in rivers, and the scale was not large. Therefore, although the merchants of the Ming Dynasty knew about this, they never thought of recruiting troops to mine gold.
Hearing Yang Laizhen's question, Su Hao smiled faintly and said: "The student has never been to Luzon. He is just making wild guesses based on the method of looking at the qi. In the student's opinion, the gold currently produced in Luzon is just nine niu."
It’s just a cent. If the two shopkeepers are interested in mining in Luzon, it shouldn’t be difficult for the students to find a few gold mines with reserves of more than 100,000 taels.”
"Are you telling the truth? Do you really have 100,000 taels?" Dong Tianzhang asked with his eyes widened. What is the concept of 100,000 taels of gold reserves? 100 taels of gold is enough to make people crazy.
100,000 taels is worth starting a war for.
Su Hao said: "Ten taels is just an understatement. If I weren't afraid of scaring the two shopkeepers, I would have said it was a million taels."
One million taels, converted into the measurement unit of later generations, is just a few dozen tons. In Su Hao's mind, he clearly remembered the locations of several large gold mines in the Philippines, and the reserves were all around a hundred tons. Of course,
, this reserve is only theoretical. With the level of mining technology at that time, it was impossible to mine so much gold.
Yang Laizhen took a deep breath, nodded, and said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. Su Baihu, let's talk about the current matters first."
"That's right, it's too far to talk about things outside my Ming Dynasty." Dong Tianzhang also agreed.
Su Hao could hear that the two men spoke with an insincere tone. He knew that the gold mine in Luzon Island he mentioned had already taken root in Dong and Yang's hearts. He believed that they would never do it.
I will forget this.
"The matter in front of me is the iron ore matter I mentioned to Luo Juren last time, right? I wonder what the two shopkeepers have planned?" Su Hao said.
Yang Laizhen said: "Su Baihu made a condition last time, saying that it would be divided into 30% and 70%..."
"I think I said four or six later, right?" Su Hao interrupted Yang Laizhen with a smile. Last time, he did say that it would be divided into thirty-seven, but then he became annoyed with Dong and Yang and Yang casually changed their attitude to
Four-six, now he has to use these words to defeat the army of these two men.
"The theory of a 40-60 split... I'm afraid it's just Su Baihu's angry words. Three or seven is the bottom line we can accept. If it's 40-60, shopkeeper Dong and I may have served Su Baihu in vain." Yang Laizhen was helpless.
said.
"Well, let's just say 37. The two shopkeepers agreed?" Su Hao didn't insist and directly lowered the conditions.
"We can agree." Yang Laizhen said. Everyone had already played each other's cards, and there was no need to go around any more, so he agreed directly.
"Okay, let's sign an agreement, and I will mark the location of the iron mine for you. If you can't find the iron mine in the place I designated, I am willing to pay all the expenses." Su Hao said.
"We have drafted an agreement. Su Baihu please take a look at it. If Su Baihu thinks it is fair, you can sign it now." Yang Laizhen said, took out a stack of paper, stood up and handed it to Su Hao.
Su Hao took the stack of paper and saw that it was indeed a prepared agreement. The terms were just as he had proposed before. He was to provide Dong and Yang with the location of the iron ore and coal mines, and they were responsible for opening the mines.
The net profit is divided according to the principle of 30:70, Su Hao gets 30, Dong and Yang get 70.
Su Hao didn't know much about the contract paradigm back then. He handed the contract to Chen Guanyu and asked Chen Guanyu to read it again. Chen Guanyu read the contract carefully, nodded to Su Hao and said: "Su Hao
Master, there is no problem with this contract."
"Well, okay, Lao Chen, please go and ask that person to come over and sign this contract with Shopkeeper Dong and Shopkeeper Yang." Su Hao said.
"Why, didn't Su Baihu sign this contract with us?" Yang Laizhen was a little surprised. He didn't know who "that person" Su Hao was talking about.
Su Hao said: "Su said softly. If he signs a contract with the two shopkeepers, if there is a dispute in the future, I'm afraid Shuntian Mansion will not accept Su's complaint, right? So Su wants to invite a somewhat powerful friend to replace Su." I signed a contract with you two, I wonder if the two shopkeepers can agree?"
"I wonder who the person Su Baihu entrusted is?" Yang Laizhen asked.
"The Young Superintendent of the Inner Palace, Li Long Eunuch Li." Su Hao said. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)