Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 181 One for Each Person

"Sir Yang, we all know what rare treasures there are in Zhenjiang Prefecture, so may I ask, how should we sell these things?"

Some people have already begun to salivate over these items, wishing they could get the right to use them right now. Unfortunately, Yang Chen's next sentence made them confused.

"The stuff is in my hands. I can sell it whenever I want. But before I sell you the right to sell it, there is one thing I must make clear to all of you."

In an instant, the room fell into a situation where one could hear a pin drop.

Why did Lord Yang remind them again and again?

Is it possible that in order to do business, one must pay an unbearable price?

They all couldn't help but feel nervous at the thought of this possibility.

Normally, as long as it doesn't cost their lives, they are willing to do anything.

Merchants pursue profit, this has been their nature since ancient times.

In their view, making money can sometimes be more important than their own lives.

After a moment of silence, Yang Chen spoke:

"Before discussing the management rights, I would like to know how the profits from this business should be divided?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard about the profit. They never expected that the important thing that Lord Yang was talking about was how to divide the profit?
"Master Yang, how should the profits be divided? We won't make any demands. We will accept whatever Master Yang says, okay?"

"Yes, yes. It's not easy for us to come here today. If we still make any requests to Lord Yang, it would be our fault."

The four of them had no objections, and Yang Chen said bluntly:
"In this case, I think it is most appropriate to divide the profits like this. No matter how much profit you make from the sales rights you get, once these profits return to Ming, after paying taxes, the remaining 50% will all belong to me. What I mean is that after paying taxes to Ming, no matter how much net profit you have left, you must give half of it to me personally!"

"What! Sir Yang, you want to take half of our profits for no reason! This is too much."

"Hmm? Do you have any opinions?"

Some people couldn't help but stand up the moment they heard this condition. They never expected that Yang Chen was so good at calculating this business.

They are completely treated as cows that produce milk.

No matter how their business is, as long as they use products from Yang Chen's home to sell them, they will get half of the profits.

To put it bluntly, the other party can make money even if he just lies down, and there is no risk at all.

Even though the four of them were well-informed, they had never seen anyone do business this way. If it had happened in the past, they would have turned around and left without even looking back when they heard such unreasonable requests.

In their view, whoever proposed such conditions meant that the other party had no intention of cooperating at all and was treating them like dogs.

However, at this moment, everyone was in a dilemma because before Yang Chen stated the premise of this business.

Everyone said that as long as they could cooperate with Yang Chen, they would agree to any request made by the other party.

The guy that Yang Chen glanced at was the shopkeeper Fan, a fat man who was 1.6 meters tall and weighed 200 kilograms. Just by looking at his figure, you could tell that this guy must have eaten and drunk a lot of good food on a daily basis.

Otherwise it would be impossible to have such a physique.

"Manager Fan! Lord Yang has already said that if you feel the conditions are harsh, you don't have to come here. Since Lord Yang has made the request, we are naturally willing to cooperate."

The person who spoke first was Shopkeeper Qian. He knew very well that the request made by Yang Chen was simply unreasonable, but so what?
All their current businesses in Jiangnan have been ruined by Lan Yu.

To be precise, it should be Zhu Yuanzhang who ordered Lan Yu.

As businessmen, they should not fight with the royal family. Now, even though they are being bullied by Zhu Yuanzhang at their doorstep, this group of people dare not say a word?
Why is that? Is it because they want to be bullied?
Of course it was impossible. The one who cleared the Jiangnan area was Lan Yu, a general who killed people like crazy. Not to mention these merchants, even if people from the Northern Yuan Dynasty came, Lan Yu was sure that he could wipe them out completely.

This is not in the grassland but in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, at this moment, there is only one place in the world's civilization that can accommodate the Han people.

That is the Central Plains. Apart from the Central Plains, this group of merchants can't go anywhere else.

For this reason, Shopkeeper Qian was very smart.

Would he think Yang Chen’s request was excessive?
The answer is obvious. Of course it is excessive. It is unheard of that you can get half of all their profits without doing anything.

But the current situation is that one has to bow his head under the eaves. Shopkeeper Qian knows very well that it is not that Yang Chen needs them, but they need Yang Chen. If they do not show a little sincerity, the other party will not cooperate with them.

They can also find suitable candidates, and Cui Zhanggui is an obvious example.

From the beginning of their contact, Shopkeeper Qian discovered that Yang Chen seemed to have a very special temperament, a temperament they had never seen before.

It is something that not everyone can possess. If you choose to make enemies with the other party for a little bit of profit, there will be no chance of cooperation from now on, Shopkeeper Qian believes.

Lan Yu killed their people some time ago, so if they miss out on Yang Chen, who is a treasure trove of gold and silver, their situation will be very bad.

Just at this moment, Manager Fan jumped out and gave him a chance to show his loyalty.

While Shopkeeper Fan was stunned and Yang Chen hadn't expressed anything, he took the initiative to demonstrate to others that he was already in Yang Chen's position.

Sure enough, his action attracted others to follow suit.

"That's right! Manager Qian is right. Since we have chosen to trust Master Yang, even if Master Yang asks to take 70% of the profits, we will not have any objection."

"That's right, Shopkeeper Fan. If you choose to give up, I think I will be happy to take the goods originally allocated to you into my Liu family."

Shopkeeper Fan's eyes widened, his stomach rumbling with anger, he was obviously shaking with anger, he never expected that he would be stabbed in the back by three people from the same place.

"Assholes! These three guys are too anxious. They've already started to attack me before Lord Yang has even expressed his opinion. What do I think I am?

Treat him as the stepping stone who is most loyal to Lord Yang!
No, I can't go on like this, otherwise the wealth that originally belonged to me would be taken away by these bastards, wouldn't it be a waste of my trip?"

Thinking this, Shopkeeper Fan quickly explained to Yang Chen with a smile on his face:

"Master Yang, you are a magnanimous person. Don't be fooled by the nonsense of these three guys. I just couldn't control my surprise for a moment, and I don't have any opinion on you, Master Yang. Since I have come from Jiangnan, there is no reason for me to go back empty-handed.

As long as Lord Yang is willing, I, Fan, am willing to cooperate with Lord Yang even if I only need 20% of the profit!"

It would have been fine if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he opened his mouth, others cursed him in their hearts.

I wondered how there could be such a shameless person in this world?
"Damn it! This guy is so cruel. 20%! How much is left after 20% profit? He is willing to do this? Is he crazy?"

"Damn it, just now it was that guy surnamed Ma who was saying 70%, and now the guy surnamed Fan directly says 80%. In the end, no one can play the game anymore!" The four of them acted in such an ugly manner that Yang Chen felt ridiculous. It really lived up to that saying.

This world is just a troupe of folk opera. It looks very mysterious, but in fact, the moment everyone reveals their true identities, nothing happens.

Sitting on the left and right of the people, Yang Chen raised his eyes slightly and looked at everyone with his sharp eyes like a knife, his eyelids moving helplessly.

He said in a deep voice:
"enough!"

In an instant, an aura of oppression appeared, forcing those who wanted to speak to swallow their words back, and then lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Afraid of angering Yang Chen.

Yang Chen took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and said softly:
"I'll ask you one last time. Fifty percent of the profits belong to me. Whoever agrees or disagrees, this is your only chance to cooperate with me. If you don't want to accept it, then leave. I won't see you off.

If you are willing to accept my terms, then we will count the money together. As for other matters
I won’t talk about other things first. You may not cooperate with me anyway, so it’s useless to talk about them.”

"No! Sir Yang, you are joking. How could we not be willing to cooperate with you?"

"That's right! Sir Yang, as long as you agree, you can command all the manpower, financial resources and material resources of our escort agency in any way you want. I hope Sir Yang will not refuse us!"

"Sir Yang, if Mr. Fan's words just now offended you, I hope you can be tolerant and not take it personally."

"If my Liu family can cooperate with Lord Yang, it will be a great blessing for our Liu family. Lord Yang, you are our family's second parents!"

Mr. Cui, who had been silent for a long time, was shocked when he saw this scene. He had never imagined that this group of guys who had a lot of wealth in Jiangnan would use all kinds of tricks to achieve cooperation.

Face has no effect on them at all.

I would like to ask, can Mr. Cui throw his face to the ground and trample on it like this just for a little business?

Mr. Cui didn’t know either, but he found it hard to understand.

"Alright, alright, look at you all, you are almost older than my grandfather and yet you still flatter me like this. Aren't you afraid that your descendants will despise you if they find out about this?

Let me make it clear in advance that I don’t want to be your ancestor.

Secondly, judging from the way you look, you are all willing to accept my request, right?"

The four of them nodded repeatedly, fearing that they would fall behind the others.

Yang Chen snapped his fingers.

"That's good! Since you are all willing to accept my conditions, I won't waste any more words and just sign and seal it first."

After saying that, Yang Chen took out four contracts from his pocket and distributed them to the four of them.

Everyone took a look and found the content was very simple.

The general meaning is that, starting from today, Party A (Yang Chen) and Party B (them) will formally enter into a cooperation, and the content of the cooperation is as follows.

The term is three years. During the term, Party A will provide goods according to Party B's needs and allow Party B to sell them. Regardless of Party B's sales, half of the profits must be given to Party A, and Party A will arrange for an accountant to go to Party B's location to supervise.

If Party A discovers that Party B is concealing the true account books, then Party A has the authority to directly terminate the cooperation with Party B and will have people from the court personally punish Party B.

In addition, Party A has the right to regulate how Party B sells, and Party B unconditionally agrees to any request from Party A.

Party B shall sell as much as Party A provides and shall not urge Party A.

In short, all rights of interpretation belong to Party A and Party B shall not interfere.

This is only part of the contract, and there are nearly three chapters and seven or eight pages of content left.

The four of them felt their scalps tingling.

I thought this was not a business cooperation at all, it was just a contract to sell one's body.

Once they sign, what happens next is not up to them.

If you take a step forward, you will be bound; if you take a step back, you will die without a burial place. What should you choose?
Shopkeeper Qian clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and tried not to get angry. He asked:

"May I ask, Lord Yang, if I sign and seal my name now, can I take away the first batch of goods immediately?"

The others also asked similar questions.

There is only one point to be concerned about. If we agree to all the unequal demands, can we do business immediately, or do we have to wait?
Hearing this, Yang Chen's mouth corners slightly raised.

A smile appeared:
"Of course! As long as you sign an alliance with me now, I can prepare living creatures for you to sell in the next six months before you leave tonight!
And I guarantee that the quality of these goods will definitely exceed all of your imaginations. With these things, you will be able to recover to the state of your family that was forcibly suppressed by Lan Yu in the shortest possible time!"

As he spoke, Yang Chen's expression suddenly changed. Ling Ran felt very cold, and even lowered his voice deliberately:
"Everyone, let's be frank. I know that the reason you came to me from the Jiangnan region is because His Majesty ordered General Lan Yu to go to the south to carry out new reforms.

To be honest, I am behind this matter. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I can help you solve any troubles you encounter in the Jiangnan area in the future.

Even if Lan Yu appears, he will not embarrass you."

When everyone learned that Jiangnan’s new reform and purge operation was actually related to Yang Chen, they couldn’t believe it at first.

You know, Lan Yu is a brave general, how could he possibly listen to the words of a censor like him.

Even if they had doubts in their hearts, they dared not say anything.

The opportunity to sign a contract is right in front of them, and they don't want to lose this cooperation because of someone else.

However, how could Yang Chen not see the other party's thoughts, so he said softly:
"Why does it seem like you all don't trust me now?"

"No, no, since Lord Yang is so sure, it means it must be true. It's just that we were not able to react in time, so we made a fool of ourselves. I hope Lord Yang will not blame us."

"Okay, I know what you're thinking. Since you don't trust me, you must have seen this thing before."

Yang Chen interrupted everyone and took out Zhu Yuanzhang's token from his arms.

When the golden token with a dragon pattern carved on it appeared before their eyes, all the merchants were shocked.

They never expected that Yang Chen, an imperial censor, would actually take out a token that only the royal family was qualified to use!
(End of this chapter)