Chapter 4935 Bargaining
Yin Hongyong said flatly: "Absolutely impossible!"
Five hundred thousand dollars?
It's better to have a duel!
An Yuanshou nodded, crouched down on horseback, held the knife in both hands, and made an offensive posture: "Then take out the sword. Today you and I will fight with our lives. No matter life or death, the debt of gratitude will be canceled in one stroke!"
Yin Hongyong was tough: "Although you are brave, I am not powerless. I can fight even if I risk my life!"
Then the conversation changed: "But you and I have had a century-old friendship, why would we fight to the death? Fifty thousand gold! No more."
Onlookers: "..."
You are so stubborn...
An Yuanshou laughed angrily: "Do you think I am a small businessman bargaining with you here? Three hundred thousand yuan! Not a penny less!"
Yin Hongyong's eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief. If you can bargain, that will be easy...
"Brother is a sensible person. He knew that I didn't get a penny of the money and silk, so why did he force me so much? But even so, I am willing to help my brother. After all, our two families have been friends for a hundred years. My brother's future is confused when he leaves Guanzhong. The situation is difficult, one hundred thousand coins, no more.”
The people watching also understood, so what's the point of a duel?
An Yuanshou was very helpless. Although he acted like he was ready to fight to the death, how could he really go all out and move forward?
One hundred thousand guan is not much, but it must be difficult to squeeze out more from Yin Hongyong. Guanzhong is about to measure the acres of land, and there will be a large amount of occupied land for sale. Buying several thousand acres will be enough to secure the clan's land. Family rations.
"Take the money now and I'll leave immediately."
Yin Hongyong said simply: "Brother, wait a moment!"
He turned around and went back to the house to make arrangements. One hundred thousand guan was not a small amount, especially to prepare cash. It was not easy. Not only did he need to empty the warehouse of his shop at home, he even had to borrow some from others...
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In the evening, Yin Hongyong personally arranged for the vehicle filled with money and silk to be sent out of the city gate. In front of the post station outside the city, he said goodbye with clasped fists: "Brother is going to Guanzhong. The future is uncertain and the situation is difficult. Please be careful at all times."
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An Yuanshou was completely different from his attitude of forgetting everything during the day. He sighed and returned the greeting: "Life is long, full of joys and sorrows. Who can predict the blessings and misfortunes? We are separated here, and we will probably never see each other again. Today, the past grudges between you and my family will be wiped out.”
His hatred for Yin Hongyong was like an endless river, but he understood his current situation. Not only did he lack money and silk to support his family business, but he was also afraid of anyone stumbling upon him or playing dirty tricks. The Yin family had another one in the court. If a concubine or a prince deliberately seeks trouble for the An family, it will be a big headache. It would be good if they can settle their grudges and make peace with each other.
As for the hatred of the Yin family for framing the An family, they can only wait until their descendants make contributions in the future to repay...
Yin Hongyong did not want to get entangled with An. After all, he was at fault in this matter, and he felt somewhat guilty. Naturally, he fully agreed with An Yuanshou's words.
If this matter cannot be reversed, the bad reputation of the Yin family will be even worse...
When Yin Hongyong left, An Zhongjing knelt in front of An Yuanshou, feeling ashamed: "It was because of my stupidity and incompetence that I trusted Yin Hongyong, which led to the misappropriation of my family's wealth and silk. I feel unworthy of the trust I entrusted to my brother, and I am ashamed to see my ancestors! ”
An Yuanshou patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "How can we hide away if they are calculating or not? Don't take this matter to heart. Compared with losing the money, it is the most difficult thing for us to settle down in Guanzhong." Yes, cheer up, there are many opportunities for you to make mistakes.”
"Here."
The rest of the An clan were shocked. It turned out that these vehicles were filled with money and silk?
The head of the family is really powerful. He even took a trip to Guzang City and was able to extract money from thieves like Cheng Yaojin and Yin Hongyong...
"Let's rest here tonight. We will set off early tomorrow morning. We will take turns staying overnight. Everyone should be alert and don't let thieves take away the money in the middle of the night!"
It is embarrassing enough to lose the money accumulated over a hundred years. If you lose even this hundred thousand coins, I am afraid you will make the world laugh...
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Every festival, the imperial city would be open. The people of Chang'an would enter through Yanxi Gate and Anfu Gate on both sides of Tian Street, and gather on Tian Street to celebrate the city. If it was an important festival, the emperor would appear on the Chengtian Gate Tower to celebrate with them. The people enjoy together.
Every New Year's Eve, the royal family will gather at Tai Chi Palace. This is the tradition of the Li Tang royal family, and this year is no exception.
As soon as the sky darkened, the prince, prince, princess and consort arrived at Tai Chi Palace one after another.
The banquet was held in Liangyi Hall. Fang Jun arrived early and was pulled by Dugu Mou to sit in the side hall, making tea and chatting.
Dugu Mou was very interested in cotton planting and couldn't wait to ask: "There are children in my family who followed Hou Junji to overthrow Gaochang. They know a little about cotton. It is said that it is called 'Baidiezi' in the Western Regions. Its cotton is white and white. It is soft and fine, but it is mixed with many seeds, which is difficult to get out, so it is not taken seriously by people. Now that the foundry bureau has developed a seed removal machine, does it mean that the value of the cotton has been greatly increased? "
Therefore, it is a long-term and arduous task to support poor families and common people to fight against aristocratic families. Baidiezi has been cultivated in the Western Regions for a long time, but it is unknown to the world. The poor families and people in the Central Plains have never heard of it, but Dugumou is well aware of its advantages and disadvantages.
Moreover, from the successful development of the seed-removing machine, it can be inferred that cotton is about to become popular and extremely valuable. How can this family background, ability and vision be compared to the children of poor families and ordinary people?
Fang Jun took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "The Dugu family is a powerful family, but they actually care about the affairs of such merchants?"
Dugu Mou sighed and said: "Sometimes it is not a good thing to have too high a position. It is set up high but cannot be put down. There are too many rules, too many etiquettes, and too many things to pay attention to. Spending the whole day enjoying luxury and spending money Money and silk are like flowing water. Who can bear it? One New Year's Eve almost spends more than 100,000 yuan... Since we can't cut off the flow, we can only open it up."
Although the output of the land is stable, it is too little after all. If you want to support extravagant enjoyment, you still have to rely on commerce. Although the Dugu family has shares in the "Eastern Datang Company" and has paid for several ships to engage in maritime trade, after all, they are mainland nobles who have been digging in the soil for generations. Not only do they have a disdain for maritime trade, but also because Rejection from the unknown.
Fang Jun's money-making skills were unparalleled in the world. Whatever he tinkered with would eventually prove to be profitable. Therefore, when they heard that cotton would be widely planted in Hexi and the Western Regions next spring, many people became interested.
Cotton is a new crop, and its habits and planting methods are unknown. If you want to make money from it, you will naturally need the full support of Fang Jun or Sinong Temple.
Although Sinong Temple can help with planting, the subsequent seed removal, weaving, and sales are all controlled by Fang Jun...
Fang Jun didn't mind taking the Dugu family with him. He had always had a good relationship with Dugu Mou. He reminded: "Cotton is absolutely not allowed to be grown in fertile land for growing food, so you might as well go to Hexi or the Western Regions to reclaim some wasteland after spring. When the time comes, Sinong Temple receives the seeds, and its own officials are responsible for training on planting methods. ”
It is conceivable that once cotton has a good harvest, its spinning and weaving will inevitably be very profitable. In this era, its economic value far exceeds that of growing food. If every household focuses on the profits of cotton and invades and occupies farmland, there will be a large amount of food. Cut production.
Therefore, it is absolutely not allowed to use fertile land to grow cotton.
When Dugumou heard this, he immediately beamed: "So, the profit from cotton is extremely huge? Haha, you don't need Erlang's help to grow cotton. I will go to the officials of Sinong Temple myself, but after harvesting, I will have to ask Erlang for help." .”
"The function of cotton is to spin and weave cloth. You must have seen cotton cloth before, right? So after the cotton is harvested, it will either be purchased directly by the yarn factory under my name, or you can open a yarn factory yourself, weave the cloth yourself, and sell it."< br>
"Well... to be honest, I know nothing about Laoshizi Cotton Factory!"
Dugu Mou was a little excited. Since Fang Jun had opened a cotton mill, it was obvious that he could make a lot of money. However, he was not proficient in this and did not dare to try it rashly.
"What's so difficult about this? It's just a matter of buying a few seed-removing machines and recruiting some personnel for training. If the prince-in-law is interested, I'll say hello to Liu Xi later and push those in line to the back so that you can get out first. Several.”
Dugumou is a decisive person in killing, or he may have made a decision before coming, so he was very happy: "In this case, let's go big in the spring!"
After personally pouring a cup of tea for Fang Jun, Hu Er asked: "How much does a Laoshizi seeding machine cost?"
Fang Jun politely took the tea cup and said indifferently: "It's not expensive at all, five hundred guan each."
Dugumou was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "How many such seeding machines does a cotton mill need?"
"It depends on the size of the yarn factory, which can range from thirty to fifty units to two to three hundred units."
Although the Foundry Bureau developed a seed-removing machine, the working efficiency of this simple machine powered by human power is extremely low, not much better than human power. The only advantage is that it is cleaner than manual picking.
The reason why a hydraulic seed removal machine was not developed is because it is simply not necessary. Cotton is not a necessity of life. Therefore, the first purpose of growing cotton, spinning and weaving is to "enrich the people" and provide more ordinary people with an additional source of income. Instead of cultivating a large number of "capitalists" to suck the blood of the people.
Although the final result is definitely that the scale of the cotton mills will become larger and larger, and capitalism will gradually evolve, but if this process takes longer, more civilians will benefit from it. This is why Fang Jun and Sinong Temple cultivate cotton. original intention. As for the deseeding machine, it is just made of iron. Why is the price so outrageous?
Naturally, Fang Jun plans to collect a batch of "patent fees". The principle of this thing is simple, and it can be easily produced by reverse research and development after buying it, so it can only be a one-time deal, and naturally it will be a hard knock...