In Baoxin County, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan finished telling stories to their younger brothers and sisters and arranged for them to take a nap. Then, they started to discuss their trip to Beijing.
Zhang Xiaobao was worried about his sister Xiaobei's injury and didn't want to go. He said to Wang Juan, "Do you think it's okay if we refuse?"
"Okay, if we refuse, Li Longji won't be able to say anything. But why should we refuse? Let He Yiwei take care of the affairs in the county and train him. "" That's a good idea.
Wang Juan didn't expect Zhang Xiaobao to not want to go to Beijing, so she asked in confusion.
"It's all because of Xiaobei. If we leave, what will happen to him?"
"She'll go with us, but her arm is injured. She's young, so the injury isn't serious. She'll be fine when we get there. They can also go and see a new place. They've never been to Jinyang before."
When Wang Juan heard that Zhang Xiaobao was worried about Xiaobei, she immediately said that she wanted to bring her younger brothers and sisters along. She didn't care about the number of people. She thought that even Li Longji couldn't refuse.
Zhang Xiaobao didn't say anything immediately. He sat there and thought for a while. Then, he said, "Fine, I'll listen to you. Bring Xiaobei and the others along. Tell He Yiwei not to agree to anything from the people in Xincai County so that he won't be cheated. This way, we can leave and let them fight in Xincai County first, so that we won't be involved."
"Then it's settled. I'll ask someone to arrange it right away. We'll take a boat around the county. It's less bumpy, and Xiaobei and the others are used to taking boats. They're not afraid of seasickness."
Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao had changed his mind, Wang Juan got up and went out to arrange it.
Zhang Xiaobao sat in his chair and didn't move. He looked at Xincai County, smiled, and muttered, "You guys go ahead. We'll talk about it when we come back."
*****
The news that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were going to leave did not spread, so the people in the county did not know. He Yiwei, who knew about it, anxiously found the two of them and said to them, "If you leave, what will happen to the county?"
"We'll do what we did before and what we'll do after we leave. If Lord He has a good idea, you don't have to worry. As long as it's not for your own benefit, it's fine even if you make a mistake. However, you have to be careful of Li Linfu and Cui Rizhi from Xin Cai County. If they come to discuss something with you, don't agree so easily.
Zhang Xiaobao really didn't think that Baoxin County still needed to make any arrangements now. As long as they continued to do as they were now, they would be able to change from Zhongxian County to Shangxian County after the autumn harvest. After explaining to He Yiwei, he was ready to let him handle all the matters in the county.
"Alright, I'll try my best not to think too much about it. Let's stabilize this place first." He Yiwei looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan enviously. While he was happy that they were personally invited by the Emperor to accompany them, he also thought of himself.
After He Yiwei's matter was resolved, Old Man Pi and the other two who also knew about the news also came over. They wanted to go with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. If Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not agree, they really couldn't go. The Emperor did not ask for them.
As a result, the group that wanted to leave became larger. When Xiaobei heard that they could go to another place, he happily said that he could go because his arm was fine.
After waiting for two days, when the weather was good, when night fell, Zhang Xiaobao and the others set off. This was done to prevent the people from sending them off after they knew about it.
The only person who stayed was Erniu. He still had to play games with the people from the Four Seas Academy and delay the energy of the people from the Four Seas Academy so that they could not be busy with other things.
*****
The sound of cicadas kept ringing, making people feel even more uncomfortable in the already hot weather.
Li Yu, who had already drunk three bowls of iced sour plum soup, looked at the sunlight outside, narrowed his eyes, and ordered, "Someone, go find those people who came last time. It's time to continue the discussion today."
The servant outside the door nodded and hurried to find those people. Li Yu poured himself a bowl of sour plum soup and drank a big mouthful. He let out a long breath and said to himself, "Fortunately, I went to Xincai County and met Zhang Xiaobao. Otherwise, I would have been deceived. Hmph! Each and every one of you has guts. Do you really think that I won't dare to deal with you with my identity? "
Li Yu's servant quickly found the people Li Yu wanted to meet in a restaurant in Changning County. He told them that he would go back first and asked them to hurry over.
There were a total of six people here, and they hadn't had a good time recently. Originally, they thought that they could easily sign a contract with Li Yu and then make a lot of money. Who would have thought that just as Li Yu was about to agree to it, he would run to Xin Cai County?
When they came back and discussed the matter again, the share for their side became 10%. At first, they agreed that each side would pay 50,000 strings of cash, so the total would be 100,000 strings of cash. Together with the 25,000 strings of cash, they would get 40% and the other side would get 60%.
Then, they could ask for shares in technology and management. That way, they could get another 10%, turning it into a 50/50 split. However, the business channel would be controlled by their people in the end, and the other side could not immediately get shares to share the dividends. They had to mine 25,000 strings of cash first.
However, when Li Yu came back, he said that the accounts could not be calculated like that. The land fee was considered as a share of 25,000 strings of cash, but the mining was considered as a resource. If they wanted to add in, they had to first ask for how long they would mine and how much iron and clay they would mine.
The money that could only be earned in the future would be directly converted into shares. When they had mined enough, if they cooperated again, the shares would be distributed again.
As for the employment of the people, it was a matter for both sides, not Changning County. After all, the people provided the labor force. The model should be purely commercial, not a mixture of administrative and economic cooperation.
"Aiya, I originally thought that the Marquis didn't know anything. Now it seems that he isn't simple. I just don't understand why he changed his mind when he was about to agree to something when he went out to find someone to invest in it. He showed us 50,000 strings of cash, but the contract isn't easy to negotiate."
A person from the Millennium Chamber of Commerce said.
"President, could it be that someone gave him the idea after he went out? According to the news from the Four Seas Academy, he met with his brother by the river in Xincai County that day. Rumor has it that he also met Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan from Boxin County. If they gave him the idea behind the scenes, it would not be easy to fool him. "
Another person said to the person who spoke earlier, emphasizing Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. As long as one was observant, there was no one who did not know of their reputations. Of course, if one had not fought with the two of them, they would not be able to experience their legendary abilities.
Hearing this, the other four people also remembered. The president said helplessly, "It's all because the news came too late. If it had come earlier, we could have asked Li Yu when we met last time. Today, he asked us to go over. I guess he wants to make a final decision. I don't know what he will agree to."
As he spoke, the president stood up, tidied up his clothes, and walked out of the door. The other five people looked at each other and followed behind. However, everyone's faces were not as excited as when they first came. Instead, there was a trace of worry.
Li Yu did not wait for too long. The six people from the Millennium Chamber of Commerce came to the yamen. Li Yu received them in a pavilion in the courtyard with a pond.
After the two parties sat down in the pavilion, Li Yu asked someone to serve tea. The president of the other party spoke.
"Mr. Li, what do you think about the construction of the workshop in the county? We went back and discussed it. We said that we would use the land to calculate 25,000 strings of coins, and then dig out 50,000 strings of coins. Our skills and management would only take up 1.25%, which is really too little. In that case, in the end, we would only take up 3.75% of all the shares including our skills and management and 50,000 strings of coins.
Lord Li, can we discuss this matter further? Otherwise, the money we invested will not be worth it. How about this? Let's not take a share of the 50,000 strings of cash that we will be collecting. Our technology and management, together with the 50,000 strings of cash that we invested, will take 50% of the shares.
When it's time to mine, we will set up a special mining workshop. You will use the local resources to take half, and we will use the mining technology to take the other half. This is the idea of the two chambers of commerce. Or rather, the two transactions will be separated and settled separately.
The workshop we worked with before will buy from the place we came later. This way, we can be considered to have a good deal. Otherwise, you will be using goods that have not appeared to exchange for our current shares. This is unfair to us. "
After the president finished speaking, the others nodded, indicating that this was how it should be done.
Li Yu was happy. Although he could not agree, he could gain benefits from several negotiations. That was, the shares of the land had been determined. The other party did not object to using the occupied land to buy shares. At first, the land and mining were considered as one share. Now that it was divided, there was more profit.
Seeing the six people looking at him, Li Yu nodded, shook his head, and said, "President Tian, how about this? Let's not talk about the mining of resources. Let's talk about the former. In the future, the county will set up a special resource mining chamber of commerce. When the time comes, we will directly buy from the workshop we worked with.
I promise you that at the same price, you will have the priority to buy. If you think that the land will take up too much of the shares and you will lose too much, then take it out and use the workshop we worked with to rent the land from the county. We will share the cost of this. "
The six people of the Millennium Chamber of Commerce frowned at the same time and analyzed this matter. After a while, President Tian asked, "Does it mean that we will only cooperate with Tao and Tie's workshop directly, and we will have to buy and rent the land and mining separately?
In this case, how much of the shares should our technology and management, plus the 50,000 strings of coins, take? You only took out 50,000 strings of coins. You can't take half, right? But I still feel that something is wrong. How about we discuss it? "
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