Chapter 54: Wealth and Silk Touching the Heart
After leaving the inner captain, Ma Mingfeng entered the house and told Wang Shouye about what had just happened.
When Wang Shouye heard this, he was immediately grateful to Ma Mingfeng. If it weren't for Ma Mingfeng's help, he would probably die on his way to serve. Where could he go to make wine again?
Therefore, in order to express his gratitude, Wang Shouye insisted on giving Ma Mingfeng another five-point profit. It turned out to be 28, but now he only has 15% of the profit, and all the rest is left to Ma Mingfeng for disposal.
Ma Mingfeng firmly disagrees with this, and finally, with Ma Mingfeng's strong insistence, he still paid dividends according to the original plan. This made the old man Wang Shouye's heart deeper gratitude to Ma Mingfeng. He secretly made up his mind that not only himself, but also future generations should set rules for them, respect the Ma family for generations, and never betray them at any time!
After the two sides agreed, Ma Mingfeng turned around and left. He would persuade his third uncle to unblock the Sifang Well tonight and include Wang Shouye under the protection of the military households, because only in this way can Wang Shouye's winery continue to open.
Soon, Ma Mingfeng came to Gu Congxin's home and happened to meet Gu Congxin who came back on duty. This time, Ma Mingfeng did not go around the corner and directly told Gu Congxin that he had something big to discuss with him.
But before he could finish his words, he saw Gu Congxin's face turned black and said, "Don't talk about these things for now. Let me ask you, why do you want to protect an unhelpful old man? In order to protect him, he would use my token. Now because of this, I have already had a fight with the governor Bai Ruoyun of Zunyi. If what you said makes sense, it would be worth it for me to have a fight with the Bai surnamed. But if you don't have any reason, I can only hand the old man over to the governor. But let's talk first, don't say that you are sympathetic to the old man, because this can only make you naive. There are as many as tens of millions of people like me in the Ming Dynasty. Can you sympathize with me?"
Ma Mingfeng laughed and said, "Uncle, please be calm, think about it? What's the relationship between us? How can I cheat you? This is the thing. I have found a big business opportunity. As long as we can do it well, we will have endless amounts of money around us in the future. I don't know if you are interested, uncle?"
Gu Congxin was immediately moved when he heard this, but he snorted and said to Ma Mingfeng: "I am an official, so I don't care about his business opportunities or not? As long as it is beneficial to the people, I have to do it even if I lose money. If it is not conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood, I can't do it even if I beat it to death. As an official, you must have principles, otherwise the world will be in chaos... Let me tell you what your business opportunities are, and let me hear if it is reasonable? Is it beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood?"
After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng couldn't help but secretly complain: "I really think you don't care about money if you want to be a clean official. What does it mean to be reasonable? What does it mean to be beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood? Isn't this all your words?"
However, the play still has to be performed. Ma Mingfeng said with a smile on his face: "My uncle, please listen to me, this is the case. There is a magical place called Sifangjing in our Mao Village. The wine brewed by Sifangjing is sweet and mellow, and it is incomparable to any place. There is a winemaker with rich experience and superb skills in Mao Village... Please rest assured that I can guarantee that the wine here will be sold well at home and abroad in the near future. At that time, we, well, should be said to earn a lot of money through the brewing party.
Building this winemaking workshop requires attracting many employees, which solves some employment problems and reduces a large number of unemployed vagrants, which is greatly beneficial to local public security. In addition, your uncle's garrison can obtain a lot of dividends. With this money, my uncle can pay the garrison troops, update the equipment, and get some Western firearms. By that time, my uncle's army will be the most powerful weapon to deter those conspiring rebels. Therefore, this is a good thing that can kill multiple shots. Do you think it is beneficial to the country and the people?"
"Can such a good thing happen?" Gu Congxin suddenly lit up after hearing this, and he said with admiration: "If you really say it, it would be a great thing. Not to mention benefiting the country and the people, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is a Buddha in the Wanjia family. But what I want to know is, what is the chance of winning that you are talking about? How much money can you make in the winemaking workshop? Or when will you start making a lot of money?"
Ma Mingfeng smiled faintly and said, "According to my calculations, at least half a year, the daily income of the winery can reach hundreds of taels of silver. Of course, it is not difficult to make a lot of money quickly. As long as General Gu, you can set an example and vigorously promote the old Wang family wine, it is estimated that this will be achieved in two or three months. By the way, all good wines have a brand, such as Jiannan Shaochun, Xifeng Liquor, etc. Our wine also needs to have a brand, that is, Mao Liquor, because it is Mao Liquor produced by the old Wang family, which can be called Mao Wang. Of course, the real Mao Wang, according to my calculations, should be launched in about a year. As long as Mao Wang is born, our Mao Liquor will truly have the ability to win the world wine king."
"The King of Wine in the World? It's a blessing that you dare to say that there are many famous wines in the world, and many of them have a thousand years of inheritance. How unrealistic it is to become the King of Wine? But it's not long for a year. I'll wait for a year to see if what you said can be realized? In fact, it doesn't matter whether you can become the King of Wine. The most important thing is whether you can make a lot of money. I mean, whether it can benefit people's livelihood. At this time, there is no need to pretend. Making big money is to make big money. For this goal, I can fight with Lao Bai and ask the old man you mentioned to come over, and protect him in the past six months or even one year. I can even not even have taxes for this year. As long as he can get ten taels of silver every day after a year, I will be content. Ten taels a day, three hundred and sixty days a year, that's more than three thousand taels, which is enough for my army to eat pork for a month..."
Gu Congxin did not dare to give himself too much luxury, and felt that it would be great to get a dividend of 100 taels a day.
Ma Mingfeng nodded. He also felt that his career was just starting out, so he should not set too big goals. A dividend of ten taels a day would require earning fifty taels of silver every day. This is not income of fifty taels, but earning fifty taels. It is estimated that at least one hundred taels of silver would be required to operate at least one hundred taels of silver. Calculated based on five cents of silver per bottle, that would be a thousand bottles per day. This is not easy for a small winery that has just opened for half a year to a year.
Of course, if Gu Congxin sells and advertises for the sake of profit, it is not impossible to say one thousand bottles, even two thousand three thousand bottles.
Just when Ma Mingfeng thought of this, Gu Congxin slapped his thigh and said with a sigh: "Since that's the case, I'll do my best. After the wine is ready, as long as it tastes really good, I will find a way to promote the wine!"
Chapter completed!