After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 142 Share Splitting

After the other family heads left, they still left spies near the restaurant to gather information.

Now I heard that when the three families left the restaurant, some of them had red faces, as if they were angry.

I heard that after returning home, the head of the Tao family stared at the empty tea garden many times.

"This Ning'an County Marquis thought that just because he made money in the soap business, he thought all businesses were easy."

"This is still young indeed."

"I heard that the head of the Tao family was the most pitiful. He originally wanted to use the power of the Ning'an County Marquis to save his tea garden. Now, the tea garden is about to be planted into a cotton garden."

"Hahahaha, that's right. My wife's cousin's aunt's son and the Wu family's patriarch's son were classmates. I heard that after the Wu family's patriarch went back home, he spent the whole night calculating."

"Even if his plan fails, the money is definitely lost!"

Several families who were close to the Zhou family gathered at the Zhou family's house to discuss the matter.

After hearing these words, Zhou Zhenxiong smiled and shook his head.

"If this is really a piece of high-quality cloth that costs three taels of silver, not only you and me, but the entire textile industry of Da Qi will be severely damaged."

Although this little girl was smart and lucky, she took too big a step and was always too impatient.

In the next few days, Shen Tang seemed to have stopped his actions, and everyone thought that Shen Tang had hit a wall and stopped working because he felt that his work was not working.

But what they didn't know was that Shen Tang had received a handwritten order and letter from Emperor Jing.

Last time, Shen Tang asked Minister Zhao to bring some things to the capital, which included cotton and cotton cloth.

In his letter, Emperor Jing highly praised cotton, and even realized what kind of life the people could live if cotton was grown on a large scale.

Emperor Jing specifically instructed in his handwritten edict that Shen Tang could do whatever she wanted, and as long as it was beneficial to the people, he could let her do it.

She also promised Shen Tang that after the cotton was planted, she would give her cotton industry to the Royal Trading Company!

Shen Tang couldn't help but feel happy. It was worth the big promises he had made in his letter to Emperor Jing.

This imperial merchant was obtained in exchange for Shen Tang's promise of a 20% profit to Emperor Jing.

After all, who can refuse silver, not even the emperor?

What's more, this 20% profit was given to the emperor's private treasury.

Emperor Jing was a good emperor. When the court was short of money, he often subsidized it from his private treasury, so that Emperor Jing had very little money in his hands.

Although tributes were paid every year, some items could not be bought or sold if they bore the royal seal.

So, Emperor Jing was also short of money.

Shen Tang had previously told Minister Zhao that 20% would be given to court ministers, so Shen Tang only had 60% available.

After some thought, a few days later, Shen Tang sent invitations to the Wu, Liu and Tao families, inviting them to come and discuss matters.

Shen Tang had no intention of hiding it from the three of them, so he got straight to the point when they met:

"I won't hide it from you all, I only have 60% of what I can use right now."

The three family heads were puzzled, and Shen Tang began to explain:

"I wrote to the Emperor at the beginning of the year for the initial 20% interest. This 20% interest belongs to the Emperor. As for the remaining 20% ​​interest, I also discussed with Minister Zhao of the Ministry of Revenue that I could allow the ministers of the court to invest in it."

The three of them were shocked when they heard this!

What does it mean? Are they going to do business with the emperor and the ministers in the court?

You heard that right!

Although Shen Tang had said before that he had informed the emperor, he did not say that he was doing business with the emperor.

Moreover, if these 20% profits were given to the emperor and the ministers in the court, wouldn't things go much more smoothly in the future?

The cotton planting hasn't even started yet, but they've already been told that they've almost found a backer.

This, this is so comfortable!

"Not only that, the emperor has promised that as long as our cotton cloth is successful, we can directly obtain the royal business."

After hearing this, the three of them were truly stunned.

The highest honor for a businessman is to become an imperial merchant. Shen Tang wrote a letter to the emperor and paid 20% of the profit, and the emperor promised to make him an imperial merchant.

The three of them had red eyes!

If someone told them that they could become royal merchants by spending money, they would be willing to do so even if they were willing to give up all their profits.

The imperial merchants of Da Qi were different from those of previous dynasties. The imperial merchants of this dynasty could also be granted titles.

In other words, once you become an imperial merchant, you are no longer a businessman in essence, but an official.

From the lowest level of merchants to scholars, it was a huge leap.

"We're giving up 40% of the profit, but in exchange for smoother operations in the future, I think it's well worth it."

Shen Tang didn't understand why they were so interested in the Royal Merchant. He was worried that they would feel unhappy because they had lost nearly half of their profits at the beginning, so he spoke to comfort them.

"Marquis, this is more than worth it, this is simply a great thing!"

"You don't know, the common people who do business, besides paying tribute to the local government and their superiors, also have to pay tolls for shipping and traveling. This is not a small amount."

"That's fine, if you make money from this business, that's fine too. But I'm afraid that after you spend the money, it still won't work out."

This is why there are many chambers of commerce everywhere. Joining a chamber of commerce is like finding a backer.

But no matter how powerful this backer is, can it be more powerful than the royal family?

Royal businesses all carry the banner of imperial merchants, no matter where they go. Let alone giving gifts of filial piety, even if they dare to pay, others may not dare to accept them.

Moreover, after hearing what Shen Tang said, the three of them felt that Shen Tang must be extremely important in front of the emperor.

Shen Tang, the royal cotton cloth merchant, is incomparable to other royal merchants.

"I'm very happy that the three bosses are willing to use their spare land to grow cotton. I will purchase this cotton at the market price."

"As for your shareholding, I have decided—"

"The Wu and Liu families will each take one share, and you will mainly be responsible for helping me transport the fabrics to the various shops in Tangji, that's all."

"But I have one request. It can only be transported by your own people."

Shen Tang has decided to open Tangji Cloth Shop, which will handle everything from production to transportation to sales.

The Wu and Liu families are engaged in water business, but if they want to transport, they will probably have to start land transportation in the future.

The two heads of the Wu and Liu families agreed immediately without any objection.

Isn’t it just transportation? This is what they are best at!

Moreover, with the title of royal merchant, the transportation will surely be smoother.

Besides, the emperor only takes 20%, and the two of them together take as much as the emperor!

"As for Mr. Tao, I wonder if you would be interested in becoming Tangji's largest cotton supplier?"

Boss Tao had thought about this before he came. He didn't have anything that would attract Shen Tang's attention. The only thing he had was a few tea gardens at home.

Sure enough, Shen Tang still asked about growing cotton.

"Boss Tao, I can buy the cotton at the market price, but I can also give you half of the profit. The prerequisite is that you need to dry and clean the cotton before you can buy it, and you have to invest half of the initial investment in setting up the cotton workshop."

There is no free lunch in the world. How can we do this without investing any cost?

The head of the Tao family thought about it and nodded in agreement.

At this time, a few people did not know how amazing the 10% profit from cotton was.