Become a feudal king from today

"Feng'er, send someone to call Yang He."

After understanding the purpose of the three people's visit, Zhao Xu said something to Feng'er.

Since we are talking about business, it is natural to call Yang He, the head of the trading company.

Feng'er left in response.

Within a quarter of an hour, Yang He arrived at the living room.

After exchanging greetings with the three of them, Yang He sat on Zhao Xu's right hand side.

"The palace has always opened its doors for business, and the royal palace's fine wines and current perfume monopoly rights are naturally for sale." Zhao Xu said at this time.

During this period, the palace's business was mainly concentrated in Yanzhou and several nearby states.

Except for the capital, the trade routes in other places in the south were not opened.

The reason is that in these states controlled by powerful families, they restrict merchants from selling the goods of the royal palace locally.

After all, if the palace sells one more bottle of wine in their territory, they will have to sell one less bottle of wine.

And this is also the fundamental reason why the palace's income has never been able to skyrocket.

Simply put, this is local trade protection.

But faced with this problem, he has been unable to do anything.

His power only extends to his own territory and is beyond his reach to other places.

Now that they are here, they can discuss this issue.

Of course, it is probably impossible to seize the market from the wealthy families on their territory.

But there is hope that they will not be allowed to compete with him in a state controlled by the Crown.

"Great, in that case, I wonder how much money is needed to acquire the monopoly rights of other counties in Ningzhou except the capital?" Xie Hua said hurriedly.

Wangfu wine is certainly delicious.

But they did not allow royal wine to enter the counties they controlled, and they could still sell their own wine.

Although some wealthy people secretly purchased some from the capital, the impact was not significant.

But once the perfume came out, they were helpless.

There is a big difference between traditional spices and this thing.

Even if they ban it, those ladies in the boudoir will try their best to go to the capital to buy it privately through people.

A woman's love for beauty is really hard to resist.

So after careful consideration, they decided to cooperate with King Yan and make a fortune together.

As the saying goes, if there is one, there are two; if there are two, there are three.

The skills that King Yan has shown time and time again make him believe that the palace will continue to come up with commercial products that amaze the world in the future.

Zhao Xu heard this and signaled to Yang He.

He saw that the three of them were nothing more than the people on the name card.

Yang He still had to discuss the following specific matters with them.

"Dasong states are rich and poor, so the pricing of exclusive rights is also different. Do the three of you have any objections to this?" Yang He said, neither humble nor overbearing.

If there had been no King Yan before, he would have been excited for a long time just seeing these three people.

But after following King Yan for a long time, he unconsciously gained confidence.

What about the eight powerful families? Their King Yan is not inferior to them at all.

Dou Yong and the other three looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

Dasong The gap between the rich and the poor in the south and north of the Yangtze River is as high as in the sky and on the ground, and they know it very well.

Yang He nodded when he saw this, "So except for the capital, the total price of the exclusive rights of other counties in Ningzhou is 1.2 million taels."

Hearing this, Xie Hua made some calculations in his mind.

It is said that Ningzhou is the richest in the world, and the capital is the richest in Ningzhou.

The Xie family, where the capital is located and at the foot of the imperial city, naturally cannot control it. However, in other counties, the Xie family still has a say.

According to his understanding, even excluding the capital, these counties would consume millions of jars of wine a year.

Of course, most of these millions of jars of wine are low-quality green ant wine.

But there must be at least 300,000 jars of mid- to high-grade wine.

Once King Yan's fine wine enters Ningzhou, it will almost occupy the 300,000 jars.

Even if the Xie family only earns one tael, they can get their money back in four years. What’s more, if they earn more than one liang, they might be able to get their money back in one year.

"Our Xie family is willing to bear this price, but how much is the perfume?" Xie Hua asked.

"Eight hundred thousand taels." Yang He said.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, he agreed with the price.

In contemporary times, the market has fully proven that tobacco and alcohol are the most profitable.

Although the perfume is novel, he knows that the profit cannot surpass Wangfu Fine Wine.

A jar of wine may be gone in one meal, but a woman can use perfume for many days.

But even so, the profit from perfume is huge, but it's just not as good as fine wine. It's not that it's not profitable.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yan is indeed an innocent child. This is pretty much what I thought." Xie Hua nodded, "Our Xie family has bought these two exclusive rights. Within a month, the money will be able to reach Yan City."

Seeing that Xie Hua easily reached a deal with the palace.

Dou Yong and Xiao Jian spoke one after another, Dou Yong said: "Mr. Yang, what is the value of our exclusive rights in Jingzhou?"

"How much money do we need for the Yizhou franchise?" Xiao Jian said.

"Jingzhou's two items total 1.6 million taels, and Yizhou's total 1.8 million taels." Yang He said.

Jingzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times and is the transportation hub of the 21 states.

However, Jingzhou's importance lies in its status as a military hub, and its wealth cannot be compared to places like Ningzhou and Zhezhou.

As for Yizhou, although it is located in the southwest of Dasong, it has always been known as the land of abundance and is known as Little Jiangnan, which shows that it is also very wealthy.

Taking these into consideration, he and King Yan discussed and decided that Yizhou should be higher than Jingzhou.

Xiao Jian and Dou Yong nodded upon hearing this.

Seeing that King Yan looked satisfied, they estimated that the price would be difficult to change.

"Yes, I accept it." Dou Yong and Xiao Jian said one after another.

Zhao Xu and Yang He originally set the price based on different situations and had no intention of changing it.

Seeing that all three of them accepted it, it saved them the trouble of talking.

But the franchise thing is just business.

The most important thing for him now is to carve up the market of Dasong and maximize the interests of the palace.

Otherwise, his caravan would be in vain.

So he said: "The monopoly is nothing but a trivial matter, and I have no intention of competing with you eight powerful families for profit in your state. However, I hope you will not sell the royal palace's goods beyond the scope of your monopoly. This is my rule."

"We understand what His Highness means. Just like the current capital, we will not compete with His Highness for profit." Xie Hua said.

In fact, it's not that they don't want to fight, but that the supply of goods is in the hands of the palace and they can't fight.

Now that King Yan is saying this, it is tantamount to drawing a clear line between sales and sales with them.

They only sell it in their home state, and the rest of the places belong to King Yan.

Dou Yong and Xiao Jian naturally knew what King Yan meant.

Although I don't want to give up the market in places like the capital, I can only accept it.

"That's very good." Zhao Xu looked at Yang He, who was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

It seems that he understands his good intentions.

This was a preliminary negotiation between the royal family and the powerful clans to carve up the commercial interests of Dasong.

Although only three powerful families have come forward now.

But Gui Zai has set a precedent this time. In the future, as the number of Wangfu's goods increases, profits will continue to expand.

The remaining powerful families will inevitably be unable to bear it, and by then the cake of business interests will be gradually divided.

And the palace, which has mastered the supply of goods, has gained the exclusive rights of the powerful people, can stably supply goods to the powerful people, earn money for the goods, and can do business safely within the scope designated for itself.

In this way, Wangfu's goods can really reach every corner of Dasong, maximizing benefits.