Chapter six hundred and ninety-six easy financial solution
The head of the Lin family is fully confident that Wu Shigong will not refuse, because this money is simply given away for free. This also comes from a very simple truth - everything delivered to the door is good. Don't believe it? You can try it without any purpose
, go and give a cigarette to a wealthy billionaire. No matter whether he accepts it or not, he will definitely be very happy. At most, he will throw the cigarette away afterwards. Of course, if you want to ask for something, it depends on the value of the gift.
Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin! I deserve it. I cannot accept this heavy gift. I'd better ask Mr. Lin to take it back!"
Of course Wu Shigong's refusal was not out of character. Now Wu Shigong really needed money and wanted to pocket the two hundred thousand taels of silver immediately. However, when he suddenly encountered the generous offer of a Yangzhou salt merchant, Wu Shigong instinctively resisted.
One reason is fear: two hundred thousand taels of silver, just buy a promise? Such ridiculous things always make people feel that there is fraud, so first understand the reason for the gift; the other reason is the fear of losing money: the Yangzhou salt merchant opened his mouth
I am going to give myself 200,000 taels of silver. Is it because my value has not been fully realized yet? Will I give more? So I will delay for a while and first find out the bottom line of the Yangzhou salt merchant.
The head of the Lin family thought that Wu Shigong was just being polite, so he persuaded with a smile: "Commander Wu! My colleagues in Yangzhou felt that you had promoted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and drove the Tatars outside the customs. They specially prepared a small gift to express your congratulations. I really have no other thoughts. It will be the salt field in the future.
, the matter of the salt well is also the best if you have it, and don’t force it if you don’t have it, and it is purchased at market price, so I will not embarrass you, Commander-in-Chief."
"Let's discuss it later!" Wu Shigong replied lightly. Then after a few perfunctory words, he served tea to see off the guests.
Wu Shigong already understood the meaning of the Yangzhou salt merchants. They wanted to control the origin of all salt products in the Ming Dynasty to achieve a monopoly. In fact, Wu Shigong did not resent the Yangzhou salt merchants for doing so. When it came to business, the Yangzhou salt merchants wanted to
There is nothing wrong with getting huge profits, and even Wu Shigong doesn't resent Runing's army helping them. After all, both sides get what they need.
However, Wu Shigong was very disgusted with the Yangzhou salt merchants' current behavior of using money. Although the head of the Lin family said it nicely, two hundred thousand taels was a huge sum of money after all. After the Yangzhou salt merchants paid it, it was impossible not to raise their own
Conditions. What if they want Wu Shigong to immediately send his troops to the west? What if they want Wu Shigong to immediately pacify Shaanxi and Sichuan? You know, there is no free lunch in this world.
And Wu Shigong will never let the Runing Army be controlled by others. He would rather not have this money and not let outsiders have any say in the Runing Army. Besides, after Wu Shigong returned home this time, he wanted to let the Runing Army rest and recuperate.
, it is impossible to go to war, so it is better to refuse here first.
But this refusal made the Yangzhou salt merchants panic. They couldn't figure out why Wu Shigong refused so simply, and they didn't know where the flaw appeared.
In fact, these "battle-tested" business veterans made a mistake. If those Yangzhou salt merchants had only given away 20,000 taels and made that request, Wu Shigong might have agreed. After all, although this gift was heavy, it was still reasonable.
Yes, but 200,000 taels is indeed a bit too much, which is why there was such a big misunderstanding. Therefore, sometimes the more expensive the gift, the better.
The reason for this misunderstanding is that in addition to the Yangzhou salt merchants' eagerness to obtain the monopoly, they also had a guilty conscience. After all, they had secretly discussed at that time that after the Runing Army was defeated, they would seize the sales area for the Runing Army's salt products. Therefore,
They wanted to be more generous and try to make up for their sins. But they never thought that it would be self-defeating now, and those Yangzhou salt merchants still didn’t know what the problem was.
Then, of course, they communicated privately. Although they didn't know what the problem was, the Yangzhou salt merchants also knew that Wu Shigong was unhappy, so they asked Lu Jianchen and Guo Zeng'an, who had a good relationship with Wu Shigong, to meet with Wu Shigong in private.
Find out where the problem lies?
After that, it was testing, testing, and testing again. In the end, the Yangzhou salt merchants finally figured out the reason. After understanding the reason, they were dumbfounded. A group of shopping mall veterans made such a low-level mistake, which made them a little bit agitated.
I feel ashamed.
But no matter what, once you find the cause, you can prescribe the right medicine, so the head of the Lin family restarted negotiations with Wu Shigong. But at this time, Wu Shigong also understood the true mentality of the Yangzhou salt merchants through testing. After all, testing is mutual.
So of course he immediately raised his conditions.
Then came a lot of bargaining. Along the way from Jining to Runing, the two parties kept having intense negotiations, and finally reached the following agreement before arriving in Runing:
First of all, the Yangzhou salt merchant immediately borrowed five hundred thousand taels of silver from the Runing Army, with an interest of one cent per year. The loan will be borrowed for five years, and the principal and interest will be repaid in one lump sum. If the Runing Army cannot pay back the money when it is due, it can be used to farm the land.
Return, the determined return price is two to five cents per mu;
Secondly, Runing Army will jointly establish a trading company with Yangzhou salt merchants to develop salt fields, salt wells and salt sales areas. Yangzhou salt merchants will account for 60% of the shares of the commercial bank, while Runing Army will account for 40%. But Runing
Of the 40% owned by the army, 10% was owned by Wu Shigong personally and the senior civil and military officials of Runing Army. The 60% owned by the Yangzhou salt merchants was stipulated that each company should not exceed half of the total shares of the commercial bank.
Of course, when Runing Army develops new salt fields, salt wells and salt sales areas, 60% of the Yangzhou salt merchants will buy it from Runing Army at market prices, while Runing Army itself does not need to pay any fees.
Finally, regarding the future actions of the trading bank, there will be no written agreement between the Runing Army and the Yangzhou Salt Merchant. In other words, both parties are verbal guarantees, and it all depends on the future credibility of the Runing Army. Moreover, the Yangzhou Salt Merchant cannot treat Runing
If there are any suggestions for the army's actions, everything must be determined by the Runing Army, so that the Runing Army has absolute decision-making power. As for the management of the trading house, the Yangzhou salt merchants have obtained it.
This agreement should be said to be a happy one. For the Yangzhou salt merchants, although they paid a huge sum of 500,000 taels, it was not a gift, but a loan, and with cultivated land as a guarantee, it was a guaranteed harvest in the event of drought or flood, so this expenditure was originally
Guaranteed profit without loss.
Coupled with the joint establishment of a trading company with Runing Army, this gives the opportunity to expand the Yangzhou salt business to the entire world, fully achieving the purpose of discussing with Wu Shigong this time.
And Wu Shigong is also quite satisfied. Needless to say, the most important thing is that the financial problem he was most worried about was easily solved in front of the wealthy Yangzhou salt merchants. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, novels
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