Chapter two hundred and thirty-five win over and negotiate
Although Li Lu and Wan Wendong have been entertained with delicious food and drinks, they have been waiting in Runing Mansion for such a long time, and they feel like the flowers have withered. Just when they were extremely anxious about waiting
At that time, Li Lu received a notice from Chang Meng, asking Li Lu to go to Wu Shigong's family dinner alone. This notice made both of them breathe a sigh of relief. They understood that Wu Shigong finally had a result. Even if he was rejected by Wu Shigong,
It’s much better than waiting endlessly!
As expected, Wu Shigong waited for three drinks at the family banquet and immediately told Li Lu the theme of today's family banquet: "Brother Li, our family will no longer speak the same language. You guys
After waiting here for so long these days, you should know that it is quite troublesome to ask my Runing Battalion to send troops. I also don’t hide it from Brother Li. There is a lot of controversy among my men about sending troops!"
Seeing that Li Lu wanted to argue, Wu Shigong made a gesture, stopped Li Lu and continued: "What is the key? The key is that the rebellious miners are powerful. Brother Li has also fought against those rebellious miners.
, and also know their strength. My subordinates are afraid that after sending troops, the soldiers of our Runing camp will suffer too many casualties."
"But after all, the younger brother and Brother Li are the same family. If Brother Li is in trouble, it would be bad if the younger brother doesn't lend a helping hand. Therefore, after the younger brother's hard persuasion, our Runing Battalion finally decided to send troops."
"But I don't live alone, and I have to account for my subordinates. Therefore, the benefits that should be collected for sending troops are inevitable. To be honest, I am an official for thousands of miles just for wealth. There is no money, so there is nothing to say.
It’s hard to say. Besides, Brother Li is also the matchmaker, so Brother Li’s share should also be taken into consideration.”
"That's right!" Wu Shigong's words reached Li Lu's heart, "How much benefit does the brother-in-law want?"
"My little brother doesn't like to do things halfway, and he doesn't like to trick his friends and enrich himself. So this time Wan Yuan Wai and the others came to support me. If my little brother opens his mouth like a lion, he will take advantage of others and do things badly.
It’s fair. So I thought of a way to work together to benefit both parties.”
"Tell me!" Li Lu also became interested in Wu Shigong's method.
"That's what I think. If I drive away the gang of horse bandits and recaptures the iron mines, those iron mines must be integrated together to form a big iron mine. And I also want to have a part in it."
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Li Lu also nodded and said: "Since my brother-in-law said it so thoroughly, I won't hide it from you, big brother. This time Wan Yuanwai came to find my brother-in-law, and he was also prepared to give him iron ore. I also
Tell your brother-in-law, and their bottom line is to give him 20%."
Wu Shigong smiled slightly after hearing this. The purpose of his family dinner today was to find out the bottom line of the negotiations of the private mine owners, and now that purpose has obviously been basically achieved. However, Wu Shigong certainly understood that that was not the final bottom line of the private mine owners.
, because they will never fully reveal their trump cards in front of Li Lu.
So Wu Shigong pretended to be a little dissatisfied and said: "Those rich people are too stingy. They have already lost those iron mines, and they are still so concerned about things that are no longer there. Can such a condition be considered sincere?"
"Then what are the conditions for brother-in-law? This is not difficult to negotiate."
"At least 35%. Brother Li, don't be too busy. Half of this is for your consideration."
Wu Shigong's words made Li Lu smile. Wu Shigong wanted to achieve this goal, give Li Lu some benefits, and also ask Li Lu to help him put pressure on private mining owners like Wan Wendong.
Wu Shigong continued: "I still have a few conditions. One is that in addition to the iron mine, I will also contribute part of the money to build an iron-making workshop with the gentry outside Wan Yuan. And this iron-making workshop, my part
It will take up a large share."
"Let those people in Wan Yuanwai think carefully. Do they get more money from selling iron ore? Or do they get more money from selling iron materials? In addition, my trading companies are in Guide Prefecture and Runing Prefecture.
There are also some connections on both sides of the canal, and the output of the iron ore will also be greatly increased. The future income of these gentry of ten thousand yuan will definitely not be less than their previous income."
"Also, I know that there is a saltpeter mine in the iron mine. More than 50% of the saltpeter mine will also belong to me. I know that no one came to buy the saltpeter in the past, so it was just left in the wilderness.
Ask about it. In the future, I will buy the output of the saltpeter mine at 70% of the market price. To be honest, this is giving away ten thousand yuan of silver to those gentry for nothing!"
After hearing what Wu Shigong said later, Li Lu's expression softened, and he smiled and said to Wu Shigong: "My brother-in-law has such a favorable condition, and it would be too shameful for my brother to not be able to negotiate with him anymore.
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Wu Shigong also laughed with Li Lu for a while, and then said to Li Lu: "But in this matter, brother Li also has to agree to a condition for the younger brother."
"Oh? If my brother-in-law needs my help, please tell me. As long as my brother can do it, it's absolutely my duty."
"If I am lucky enough to take back the iron ore this time, I have to ensure that the iron ore cannot stop production in the future. Wouldn't that cut off our financial path? But this time the mining is in chaos, there is no guarantee that the miners will not cause chaos in the future. This is not possible in this thousand years.
The principle of guarding against thieves."
"So I asked Brother Li to give up some troops, so I sent some soldiers, nominally under Brother Li's account, so that these soldiers can maintain the stability of the iron mine."
"But please don't worry, Brother Li. I won't take any of the food and salary allocated by the court to Brother Li. It all belongs to Brother Li. And the food and salary of these soldiers all come to me to collect it."
"Then how many soldiers are you going to send?"
"Of course, the more the better. But we are all a family. If Brother Li is really in trouble here, these soldiers can also help Brother Li."
Li Lu rolled his eyes and thought for a long time. He finally figured it out: "I came to Henan to become an official to make a fortune, and I didn't come to fight. Why do I need so many soldiers?"
"Now that Wu Shigong has added soldiers, Li Lu can justifiably earn his salary, so why not? Besides, Wu Shigong is his relative after all, and he will never cheat him no matter what he does."
So Li Lu, who had figured it out, immediately said with a smile: "Since my brother-in-law said so, of course I will support my brother! I still have three hundred soldiers beside me. How about leaving the rest of the troops to my brother-in-law? No.
It would be too much to put my brother-in-law at a disadvantage. It would be too much if the soldiers' salaries were to be settled by Wan Yuanwai and others. However, they should also be responsible for the soldiers' food and grass."
Seeing that Li Lu agreed, Wu Shigong finally said: "I am a warrior, not a businessman. So I asked Brother Li to tell Wan Yuanwai that I either agree to the above conditions or not. I don't like it."
Someone is bargaining. If you don't agree, then my younger brother Runing Battalion will definitely not send troops."
"However, let the gentry of Wan Yuanwai also relax. I have never done anything like burning bridges. Let Wan Yuanwai and the others go to Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion to inquire. In the cooperation between me and the gentry, I have never broken my promise to get rich.
What's going on?"
Li Lu nodded. Wu Shigong's reputation for trustworthiness was indeed widely spread among the local gentry in Henan. Otherwise, private mine owners like Wan Yuanwai would not dare to seek skin from tigers and discuss with Wu Shigong to recover the private mines.
Li Lu also assured Wu Shigong: "My brother-in-law has such a good condition. If they still want to bargain, I will be the first to see it. Brother-in-law, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me."
Unknowingly, Li Lu was completely on the same side as Wu Shigong.
The atmosphere of the family banquet suddenly relaxed, so the two began to talk about some past events in the capital and romantic affairs. As they talked, Wu Shigong said to Li Lu: "I think there is another way to make a fortune here."
Where is Brother Li? My younger brother has a salt farm in Yangzhou..."
The two people's "hahaha" laughter kept echoing in the room.
After the family banquet, after Li Lu told Wan Wendong about Wu Shigong's conditions, Wan Wendong felt a little relieved. Because Wu Shigong raised such high conditions, it showed that Wu Shigong would not go back on this matter.
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When I came to Runing Mansion this time, in fact, the private mining bosses had given full power of negotiation to Wan Wendong. So after Wan Wendong repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and with Li Lu beating the drums on the side,
Wan Wendong finally fully agreed to Wu Shigong's conditions the next day.