Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 41 Is this for me?

This basin of cold water is enough to cool the heart.

The Zhao family made it like this because the Zhou family wanted their big kiln. They thought that Li Fei was here to help them out, but unexpectedly they also fell in love with their Zhao family's big kiln.

Is this God's will!Their Zhao family kiln is doomed to fail, what should the Zhao family do in the future!

"Ahem, ahem, ahem——" Stimulated by this, Mr. Zhao coughed violently again.

Zhao Ye's face was also full of despair, the last ray of hope was gone.They can't keep the big kiln that the Zhou family wants them to, and now Jingyanghou, the adoptive son of the dignified concubine, has come to ask for it in person. How can they fight? Do they really want to bet the lives of hundreds of Zhao family members? In the end!
Give it away, give it away, after all, the Zhou family is more despicable, after all, it is more sincere for the Marquis of Jingyang to come to the door in person, as long as the price is not too low——
"I don't know how much the Lord Hou is willing to pay for my Zhaojiayao?" Zhao Ye asked with a sallow expression, full of despair.The so-called not low, in fact, he did not have much hope at all, at least it should be higher than the price offered by the Zhou family, so that the Zhao family can still have some way of life after losing the Zhao family kiln.

"Uh..." Li Fei was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that he would scare the Zhao family father and son like this.Seeing Mr. Zhao whose face was flushed again, and spit out a mouthful of old blood at any time, Li Fei was ashamed. If something happened to Mr. Zhao, he would be ashamed!

"Don't get me wrong, I just want to buy [-]% of Zhaojiayao's shares. Zhaojiayao is still managed by your Zhao family, and I promise that if the Zhao family is willing in ten years, they can buy back [-]% of the shares from me at any time." Li Fei said quickly.

As soon as Li Fei said this, Mr. Zhao's cough immediately eased, and his expression gradually became more relaxed.

Zhao Ye's hands trembled a little, and he seemed very excited.

"Master Hou is serious!" Zhao Ye thought he heard it wrong. He thought that Li Fei came to the door in person and wanted to buy the entire Zhaojiayao like the Zhou family, but he never thought that Li Fei would only want six of them. The share of Cheng, Zhaojiayao still let their Zhaojia manage, this--
"Of course it is true!" Li Fei laughed.

"Father!" Zhao Ye cheered for Mr. Zhao excitedly, and it took a while for Mr. Zhao to recover slowly, and he was able to speak.

"In this way, as long as Lord Hou can keep my Zhao family kiln, my Zhao family is willing to give [-]% of the share directly to Lord Hou, without taking any money!" Mr. Zhao said.He didn't even plan to ask Li Fei for a penny, as long as Li Fei could keep their Zhaojiayao.

Originally, if Zhao Jiayao wanted to find another strong backer, they would have to give at least [-]% of the profit. Since the development of the family kiln, although Li Fei's cost is [-]%, it is really not that much. After all, the Zhao family's current situation has almost reached the point of life and death.

Compared with the Zhou family's 100 million yuan, which is equivalent to a mere 1000 taels of silver, if you want the entire Zhao family kiln, give [-]% of the share to Li Fei, and the Zhao family can at least keep [-]% of the share. The most important thing is that the Zhao family has more than a hundred All the people in the population depend on the big kiln to survive. As long as the big kiln is still there, the Zhao family can continue to develop.

This was the case in ancient times. The status of merchants and craftsmen was very low. If they wanted to develop safely, they had to rely on dignitaries, otherwise they would be very easy to be slaughtered!The bigger the business, the more powerful the official Xungui who can rely on.

The reason why scholars look down on merchants is because no matter how rich merchants are, they are just fish on their chopping boards.Businessmen work hard to make money, but in the end they have to give them more than [-]% of the profits.

Those who are more ruthless and more ambitious, such as the Zhou family kiln, were originally just a large kiln at the bottom of the ranking. Giving Wang Chi a concubine would cost a lot.

Of course, the benefits obtained by the Zhou family kiln are also large enough. In just two or three years, the Zhou family kiln has expanded several times and has become one of the best large kilns around Chang'an City, although the quality of their Zhou family kiln is far inferior to that of the Zhao family kiln. The kiln, a top-level kiln that has been continuously improved for a hundred years, is not as good as the quality of the porcelain fired, but with Wang Chi's care, they can force the Zhao family to donate the Zhao family's big kiln just like they did just now.

This is the combination of the interests of businessmen and the power of officials!
It wasn't long before Li Fei came to Datang, and it's only been a month since he became Marquis of Jingyang, so he still can't appreciate the way of it.

Seeing Mr. Zhao's statement like this, Li Fei couldn't help being a little dazed.

So you plan to give him [-]% of the share for nothing?Don't want a penny?It also--
Li Fei didn't know what to say.However, Li Fei had his own bottom line. He took [-]% of the Zhao family's big kiln for nothing without paying a penny. He felt that this kind of thing was too dark, as if he was a bandit himself, and he couldn't accept it!
"Isn't that good? What is the annual output of your Zhaojia Kiln?" Li Fei asked.

"Back to the Lord, the Zhaojia Kiln has been improved for a hundred years, and the quality of the porcelain produced can rank among the top five in Chang'an City, and it can also rank among the top fifteen in the entire Tang Dynasty. Last year, the profit was 480 taels." Mr. Zhao He replied: "Master Hou takes [-]% of the share, and Zhaojiayao can guarantee that Lord Hou will get at least [-] yuan in dividends every year!"

Li Fei was embarrassed for a moment. He didn't expect that a large kiln that only sells porcelain in Chang'an City would have a profit of nearly 500 taels a year, and the 500% share would be nearly [-] taels a year. If he wanted to buy so many shares, it would be really embarrassing if he didn't have tens of thousands of taels.

"This Marquis can only take out 1 taels at most, and [-]% of the share seems a bit too much. Do you think it will drop to [-]% or [-]%——" Li Fei swallowed, a little embarrassed to mention it, thinking that [-]% It seems that they are taking advantage of others.

What he didn't know was that Mr. Zhao was only talking about the profit of Zhaojiayao last year. Before Zhaojiayao was suppressed by Zhoujiayao, the profit of Zhaojiayao was far more than 480 taels, but more than [-].If he knew, Li Fei would be even more embarrassed.

Li Fei's embarrassment, and saying such a sentence, actually embarrassed the Zhao family father and son.

Mr. Zhao couldn't help smiling, and his heart was completely relieved. Thinking that it might be Li Fei who became powerful at the beginning, and became the adopted son of the current noble concubine at a young age, and was granted the title of Marquis of Jingyang, I am afraid that he still doesn't know the value behind him.This shows that Li Fei is at least sincere, and doesn't seem to have any other plans for Zhao Jiayao.

"Master Hou is like this, but it makes it difficult for our Zhao family to do well. You have already helped our Zhao family by accepting [-]% of our Zhao family's share at this time. It is too late for our Zhao family to be grateful. How dare you ask Master Hou again?" The money!" Mr. Zhao shook his head and said.

Originally, no matter how much profit the Zhao family kiln gave up, no one was willing to offend the high-ranking Wang Fu for an annual income of only a few thousand yuan. The Zhao family was forced to die and had no choice. The family's backer is only Li Fei's dignified imperial concubine and adoptive son, Marquis of Jingyang, who is young and promising and doesn't care whether he offends Wang Chi.On the contrary, Wang Yu would never make trouble with Li Fei, the adopted son of the noble concubine, for the sake of the Zhou family.

The Zhao family was able to get Li Fei's care by giving away [-]% of the share, so it was time for the Zhao family to burn incense.

"Yes, Lord Hou, if you think highly of Zhaojiayao, then accept [-]% of Zhaojiayao's share, don't continue to refuse, our Zhaojiayao really can't stand you like this!" Zhao Ye also persuaded from the side road.

This was sent to him directly?Not even a penny, this——is it too good!
Li Fei was at a loss, a little confused.

When he was in Xunyang County, although he knew that many merchants in Xunyang County also gave money to Lin Siming, who was the county magistrate, every year, hoping to get Lin Siming's care, but he didn't know exactly what it was like. Could it be that he just put a name on it? The verbal care will cost more than half of the annual profit?Is it too dark?

Li Fei doesn't know that there are only a few who can get more than half of the profits, like Xunyang County. In fact, Lin Siming, including the county magistrate and county lieutenant, can only get the fawning and dividends of some small merchants. The real big merchants rely on them all. High officials above the prefecture level, or simply the imperial relatives of Chang'an City, or important ministers in the court, like Lin Siming, only get a few thousand taels of bonus income from merchants a year. The reason why the Lin family is deeply rooted in Xunyang County is that it is stronger than the county magistrate.

The so-called promotion and fortune!Can you get rich with that little salary?Just think about it!Making a fortune depends on the rise of power, and the dividends brought by the merchants' refuge.Not to mention how to take care of them, at least not let people be completely suppressed in terms of power and background, and have a chance to compete fairly with their peers.

In a daze, Li Fei took over [-]% of Zhaojiayao's share.

Although he was embarrassed, Li Fei didn't know what to say, but the Zhao family's father and son were so kind.

However, he was really embarrassed that he didn't give any money for nothing, he was too much like a bandit, he would feel sorry for it, and in the end he also forcibly gave the Zhao family father and son 1 taels of silver as a purchase of the [-]% share .Even with the money stuffed in, Li Fei still felt like a bandit, hey - I couldn't get used to it!
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