Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 157 The First Million Dollar Industry

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that the stubble-mouthed bearded man in front of him was actually Yang Sichang.

Of course, he knew about this person. Although the person who put forward the strategy of "four positives and six corners, and ten sides to open the net" in the Chongzhen Dynasty was forced to commit suicide by Zhang Xianzhong, he can be regarded as one of the few capable ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Officials.

It can be said that when you want to sleep, someone will give you a pillow. Zhu Youxiao is now planning to expand the army, and it can be said that he urgently needs an important minister with military talent to share Lu Xiangsheng's tasks. Now Yang Sichang suddenly came, which made Zhu Youxiao secretly happy.

He had naturally thought of recovering people like Yang Sichang and Yuan Keli before, and even asked Dongchang to look for them, but the strange thing was that Yang Sichang hadn't heard from him since his dismissal, while Yuan Keli stayed at home to recuperate.

Now, Zhu Youxiao did not expect to meet Yang Sichang here.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't plan to reveal his identity at this inn, and had a chat with Yang Sichang as a monarch and his ministers.

After all, there are many people in this inn, and there is Shuntian Mansion Yin Wangguo here, he doesn't want everyone to know that it was His Majesty who came here once in spring.

Zhu Youxiao stood up, ignored Yin Wangguo of Shuntian Mansion, but glanced at Wu Jin, pointed at Yang Sichang: "Take it, and take it back to Dongchang!"

Yang Sichang was also stunned at this time, he thought that the people he invited to Shuntian Mansion would make these Dongchang fans calm down, but who would have thought that his cousin Wang Guo, who has always been known for his integrity, would actually act against this young man. Eli Lilly.

Moreover, after the young son gave the order, Wang Guo, the majestic parent official in the capital, stepped aside automatically without saying a word.

This made Yang Sichang feel more and more that this person's background was not simple, but just when he was puzzled, Dongchang's fan had already controlled his shoulders and directly put the shackles on him.

Only then did Yang Sichang react, and he couldn't help shouting: "Why do you take me? I am Yang Sichang, a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli. You can't just take a scholar in broad daylight!"

Yang Sichang's yelling became smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely, and Zhu Youxiao turned back to the room. Seeing that Xu Fu was still lying on the bed, he asked, "Is it really hard to get up?"

Xu Fu didn't answer Zhu Youxiao, but gritted her teeth and prepared to sit up, but the tearing pain from that place made her clenched her teeth even more, and she couldn't help grunting a few times.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao walked over and squatted in front of Xu Fo: "Climb on me."

"I don't dare," Xu Fu replied, and Zhu Youxiao directly hugged her, then stood on the bed, supported her hips, and carried her back: "If you dare, do it urgently." Quan, and this is all caused by me, but we have to keep our mouths tight when we go out, we are going out of the palace in low clothes now, we can't be easily discovered by others, understand?"

Xu Fu bit his thin lips, endured the dishonest hand under his buttocks, and nodded heavily: "Yeah."

Wang Chengen, Wu Jin and others saw Zhu Youxiao coming out with Xu Fo on his back, although they were surprised, they didn't say anything. After Zhu Youxiao and Xu Fo got into the carriage, Wang Chengen, who was like a thief, hurriedly joined Wu Jin Sitting on the wheel of the car, he urged Wu Jin: "Hurry up and go back to the palace!"

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Early the next morning, Gong Yonggu and Chen Shi went into the palace and reported in detail to Zhu Youxiao what they had experienced when they went to Wei Ge's old mansion last night and the amount of money they got from the order.

Zhu Youxiao was not surprised to get an order worth more than 50 taels at once. After all, this kind of practical and beautiful thing is a rare item, and the wealth of the people of Ming Dynasty is so great that it can attract countless big merchants to order Nature also makes sense.

A total of more than 54 taels, excluding 10 taels as the reserve fund of the Royal Industrial Company, Gong Yonggu and Chen Shi took 6 taels, Zhu Youxiao himself got more than 37 taels.

And that's just the money for the first order.

As soon as the order for Silver Mirror comes in, it is natural to start work and rush to make it. Naturally, Chen Laitou is in charge of this.

However, Chen Laitou was not in a hurry to start work, and started work after a one-month short-term training for the apprentices he recruited.

And within one month, Gong Yonggu's contact person built the factory according to Chen Laitou's drawing requirements, and at the same time continued to place orders for glass.

For the glass order, Gong Yonggu first spent several thousand taels of silver to ask Chen Manitou to replace all the windows of his son-in-law's mansion with glass, and then hosted a banquet for all the dignitaries and merchants in the capital that night. The same method also drew nearly a million orders.

In this way, before the Royal Industries Company fully started working, it earned another 10 taels for Zhu Youxiao, plus the income from ordering the first batch of silver mirrors directly earned millions of taels in less than a month. .

This can be regarded as the first time that Zhu Youxiao has benefited from spending money on the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences for nearly half a year.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces. I really have to admit that this sentence is correct, and this is the first batch of orders. As long as these merchants open up the market in the future, the demand will increase exponentially.

What's more, the Royal Industrial Company also engages in retailing, and according to Zhu Youxiao's idea, what the Royal Industrial Company directly sells must be high-end glass silver mirrors, and must be branded as the Royal Industrial Company.

Zhu Youxiao believes that the industry of glass manufacturing and silver mirror manufacturing alone can make millions of taels of profit every year.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao also personally designed the brand trademark for the Royal Industrial Company. The trademark is a symbol of the sun and the moon shining together, which contains the meaning of "Made in Ming Dynasty", and ordered that every industrial product of the Royal Industrial Company must be engraved with such a mark in the future. The logo, and the products sold directly by the Royal Industries Company with the words "Royal Monopoly" added will cost three times more than those wholesaled to merchants, and they will be sold in limited quantities.

Although Gong Yonggu was able to attract a large number of orders, he didn't understand why His Majesty wanted to produce a trademark, and let himself, the right servant of the household department, who was originally a false post, take care of the matter.

However, when Zhu Youxiao personally explained a series of modern marketing concepts to him, Gong Yonggu understood a little bit. He also personally transformed the direct sales store of the Royal Industrial Company in a gorgeous way, even the tables and chairs were The top-grade huanghuali is surrounded by various famous poems and paintings. At the same time, every piece of silver mirror and glass is carefully carved by craftsmen. Wrapped in silk.

But the price is indeed not cheap. A small mirror the size of a palm is also directly sold for 100 taels, and a full-length mirror as big as a door is as high as 5000 taels.

And a few months later, the merchants who received the first batch of orders from the Royal Industrial Company began to sell, and in order to seize the market, they all adopted a policy of small profits but high sales, and the selling price was controlled within 550 taels. Waiting for other places only added a few taels of silver tolls, and some even directly included the tolls in the cost. In short, it only added a few dozen taels of profit space compared to the 500 taels ordered from the Royal Industrial Company.

As a result, most of the middle-class families could afford it, and soon the supply was short of demand, and some merchants even asked Chen Laitou to place additional orders.

In this way, the better these merchants sell, the more and more silver the Royal Industries Company will receive.

However, Gong Yonggu spent a lot of money to decorate the store directly sold by the Royal Industrial Company, but there are few people.

(End of this chapter)