Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 414
Qingzhu Yayuan.

In the exclusive small courtyard where Uncle Tian Guo received guests.

Lai Shangrong just talked about the establishment of a shipyard.

King Zhongshun was the first to speak: "Last time, I gave you the face of Shang Rong and didn't interfere in the snowflake marshmallow business. You have to let me take the majority of the shares this time!"

To be honest, Lai Shangrong really doesn't want to play with King Zhongshun's insatiable character.

But some people may not be successful enough, but bad things happen easily. King Zhongshun is such a person.

If there had been no friendship, that would be fine. But if he was someone who had cooperated with him before, and if he was suddenly excluded, retaliation would be inevitable.

As the brother of Emperor Zhenglong's mother, Lai Shangrong would not be able to please him if he was deliberately targeted.

He could only suppress his anger and said: "Please give me some advice from the prince, how can I be considered to have the majority?"

"Three...not [-]%! I only want [-]%. I don't care how you divide the rest!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Yiwen and Qiu Duo at the table suddenly looked embarrassed.

In terms of status, as a prince, King Zhongshun is naturally the highest in the field.

But as Tian Chang's uncle, even though he was inferior, Queen Tian had just given birth to a prince.

As the emperor's direct son, although he is still young, he may not have the opportunity to inherit the great treasure.

Therefore, even if Tian Chang's shareholding is smaller than that of King Zhongshun, it will not be much less.

As the leader, Lai Shangrong is even less likely to make wedding dresses for others. After all the calculations, I am afraid he can only make up for it from their shares.

Since ancient times, it has been easy to share hardships together, and it is difficult to share wealth and honor.

At the time when Emperor Zhenglong was in a difficult situation, these people, as close ministers of the emperor, worked together and got along well with each other.

Now, Emperor Zhenglong has opened up the situation and has great power. Everyone is doing business together, but something goes wrong.

However, although their family background is quite rich, they inevitably have some gray income, and King Zhongshun has an unreasonable and unforgiving character. Once the comparison becomes serious, it is easy to get into trouble.

Chen Yiwen took the lead to calm down the matter and said: "Although I have made more income in the past two years thanks to Shangrong's relationship, it is not as good as you guys. If you really allocate more shares to me, I'm afraid I won't have that much capital to invest. I can make up 8 to [-] taels." We can still scrape together the money, but if we pay more, I’m afraid it will empty out our family’s wealth.”

Qiu Duo was a military commander after all, and his knowledge of the matter was not as clear as Chen Yiwen's, but when he heard what he said, he immediately reacted.

Echoed: "Yes, yes! I am the same as Mr. Chen!"

Chen Yiwen and Qiu Duo did not dare to reveal their wealth, but Lai Shangrong did not have such concerns. He was indeed worried about King Zhongshun doing something bad, but he would not make wedding clothes for him.

Besides, as long as he can keep his face, he will not do bad things, killing one thousand enemies and damaging himself eight hundred.

Seeing the old god Tian Chang beside him, he took a sip of tea, smiled and said nothing.

Lai Shangrong took retreat as a way forward: "If the prince insists on this, the more than [-] taels of silver spent in the early stage to purchase drawings and recruit craftsmen will be wasted. Today, I will treat everyone as if I invited everyone to dinner, and this business will be over." !”

If he wants to make a fuss about the allotment of shares, he must first have a reason. Shipbuilding is not glassmaking, and there is no such thing as technical investment. However, only he knows the initial costs.

Daxia has a technical deficiency in this area. The craftsmen and so-called drawings collected by Xiyi cannot be verified by those sitting here, so they can only listen to his empty talk.

This is the benefit of taking ownership and running the project.

"Uh……"

King Zhongshun didn't expect Lai Shangrong's reaction to be so intense. He couldn't help being a little stunned, but then he said happily: "We can't let Shangrong spend all this money in vain. How about reselling those craftsmen and drawings to me?"

He wanted to take the opportunity to monopolize it.

Lai Shangrong secretly smiled in his heart and said calmly: "The prince is a righteous man and is willing to bear the losses for me. Of course it is the best. I can't take advantage of this in vain, so I will give you a discount and sell it to the prince at half price!" "The more he behaved like this, the more hesitant King Zhongshun became. He didn't feel that he couldn't do it, but he was afraid that Lai Shangrong would hide his secrets.

After all, as a prince, he has many people who are good at management.

He tentatively said: "Since this business is favored by Shang Rong, we won't lose money!"

Lai Shangrong said with a smile: "In business, there will inevitably be profits and losses. I can't guarantee this, but don't worry, Your Majesty, since you are willing to share the losses for me, I won't hide anything!"

Seeing that he had made his words clear, King Zhongshun stopped pretending and asked, "Since you don't hide anything, why don't you dare to make this guarantee?"

Lai Shangrong said indifferently: "My lord, please don't worry. This business method is all-encompassing and not static. Even in the same business and the same owner, there will be profits and losses. What's more, I know nothing about the lord's plan, so what?" Dare you take advantage of this guarantee?"

"This..." King Zhongshun was at a loss for words and hurriedly changed his words: "In that case, why not Shangrong help me plan the plan? I will be very grateful to you. Not only will I be responsible for the initial expenses, but I will also be very grateful!"

Lai Shangrong shook his head and said: "It's not that the official is passing the buck. Although planning is not difficult, hiring and execution is a problem. Does the official put aside the official affairs of the court to keep an eye on it for the prince? Or does the prince plan to borrow someone from the official?"

"..." King Zhongshun was speechless.

Even if he dared to ask Lai Shangrong to put down his official duties and do things for him, he had to consider the emperor's reaction.

As for the person who borrowed Lai Shangrong, he didn't say whether he agreed or not. Even if he agreed, King Zhongshun couldn't rest assured.

He smiled and said: "How could I have such an idea? I just saw that this business was in decline and felt it was a pity. I thought about whether it could be saved."

Lai Shangrong also borrowed the money from the slope and said, "Money is the second most important thing. The prince and you all know that my father traveled all over the country for this matter, so he chose Longjiang Shipyard. I am really ashamed of my father."

Tian Chang acted as a peacemaker and said with a smile: "In that case, let's all take a step back. The prince wants less shares, and Shang Rong doesn't give up his job. How about that?"

Lai Shangrong shook his head and said: "The official is not very interested in money, otherwise he would not disclose the cement recipe. Glass is a profitable business, and the so-called research and development is well known to the prince and uncle Guo.

The purpose of setting up a shipyard is to share the country's worries, and because everyone gets along well. I want to be a good friend, but the prince wants too much, and the lower officials are also in a dilemma. Instead of offending others, it is better to let it go. "

"Tell me! If we continue, how much can I share?"

Lai Shangrong cupped his hands and said: "Whenever you do business as a partnership, you must have priorities, otherwise you won't know who to listen to.

Therefore, Xiaguan originally planned to take [-]% for himself to facilitate future work, and the prince and uncle Guo would each take [-]%. Master Chen and Master Qiu, after all, do not have soap business like us, so each of them can make more income with [-]%.

The remaining [-]% will be invested by a few wealthy families in Jinling. After all, someone needs to help with transporting materials and so on. "

Although Chen Yiwen and Qiu Duo said that the money was insufficient, he didn't mind throwing out the bait. Firstly, he paid lip service but it could be a favor. Secondly, as long as King Zhongshun or Uncle Tian Guo asked for the extra [-]%, he would can divide them.

Originally, he only planned to give shares to the Rongguo Mansion and the Shi Family, but King Zhongshun was so open-minded that he could not give himself too much, so he let the three families share the remaining [-]% in the name of letting local snakes buy shares.

"This is not simple yet. Just do as Shang Rong said. However, Mr. Chen and Mr. Qiu don't have enough money, so..."

Having said this, King Zhongshun paused, glanced at Tian Chang, and continued: "I will split the extra [-]% with my uncle Guo."

If Queen Tian had given birth to a child, he might not have been on the same page with Tian Chang, but now he had to consider the possibility of King Qi succeeding to the throne.

Tian Chang smiled and waved his hand and said: "Master Chen and Master Qiu, there is still room for them to work together! I didn't do much, so getting [-]% ​​is already a reward from Shang Rong."

Chen Yiwen and Qiu Duo were naturally overjoyed and quickly thanked Lai Shangrong, King Zhongshun and Uncle Tian Guo.

However, although they all seem to be sincere and there is no difference, only they know whether they treat them differently in their hearts.

Although King Zhongshun regretted not being able to pocket all the remaining [-]%, he had already let the words out, and Uncle Tian Guo spoke again. If he tried to forcefully ask for it at this time, he would be offended to death.

So he could only say angrily: "That's great! Since everyone is happy, let's drink this!"

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(End of this chapter)