Chapter 9 Formation and Prospectus of Royal Industries
Zhu Houzhao made a rectangular mold, and then asked Xiao Neihuan to press the yellow soap sticky substance into the rectangular mold box, because the rectangular mold box was engraved with "Royal Industry", "Court Secret" and "Skin Safe Paste".
Therefore, these three groups of words are found on the soap after being pressed into molds and solidified.
"Royal Industries" is a manufacturer.
"Court Secret System" is considered an advertising slogan.
"Soft Soothing Cream" is the brand name.
Neihuan Qiuju held the "Soft Balm" soap and asked Zhu Houzhao with some confusion: "Emperor, can this really be sold for money?"
Luo Xiang, who was standing by, also had this doubt. He was managing the finance and purchasing of the leopard house. Only he knew that the emperor spent his last savings to make this "soft cream" soap called "soft cream". Once he couldn't sell the money, it not only meant that the money was wasted, but also meant that the treasury would eventually be necessary.
Zhu Houzhao asked Qiu Ju to call two palace maids to wash clothes, and they both took the same dirty clothes and washed them by the water. One of them used soap and the other used soap cream in the palace.
Qiu Ju and Luo Xiang watched the clothes that were soaped in the hands of the palace maid washed the clothes cleanly. A basin of clear water suddenly became turbid, while the clothes that were soapy ointment were still dirty. A basin of clear water was not too turbid, which forced the palace maid to rub it hard.
Qiu Juxian opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this skin-smoothing cream is really amazing. You can definitely make money if you sell it!"
"Emperor, why did you think that you can make this thing with lard, lime and alkaline noodles. This is much better than soap paste!" Luo Xiang was also amazed.
"Just, you can't guess the wise master's wisdom. Emperor, I think we should sell this suffocating cream immediately now! I did a business before entering the palace. I dared to ask Your Majesty to ask me to be responsible for selling this suffocating cream," Wei Bin suggested immediately.
Luo Xiang was dissatisfied when he heard this. He thought that he was the one who ran around to buy various materials. Now he finally made a treasure, but Wei Bin stole the money-making job. Didn’t he intentionally pick peaches?
Qiu Ju was even more angry, thinking that he was the one who was tired before and after that, and he found someone to build a house and arrange someone to do this and that. He undoubtedly put in the most effort. How could Wei Bin take the business of the business? He hurriedly said: "Who can't sell things? Emperor, you can't just love Wei Bin!"
Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that the soap had not started selling, and the eunuchs around him fought first, and couldn't help but suppress their hands:
"Everything is quiet! You are all people around me. I will never favor one or the other. I should give you wealth and honor, and I will naturally give you wealth and honor. Since I have made a soap with a soap, I cannot monopolize the benefits of it. Let's share it together. Let's call Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others, and I want to hold a small meeting."
So soon, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng, Gu Dayong, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju, Wei Bin, and Luo Xiang Bahu all stood in front of Zhu Houzhao.
"In theory, you are my slaves, everything you have is my, and I don't need to give it to you. But the reason is that, but there is no reason not to let the horse eat grass. You are my confidants. Of course, the benefits cannot be left behind. I decided to set up a Royal Industrial Company to specialize in the production and sale of Royal Industrial products!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he handed a prospectus from the Royal Industrial Company to Liu Jin and Bahu:
"Look at it, in the future, the Royal Industrial Company will not only produce soap, but also produce glass, explosives and even drugs, and they are all fresh things that the Ming Dynasty does not have now. Making money will definitely be very profitable, so I give you a chance to make money together;
This is the prospectus. I own 60% of the profits, half of the profits were distributed to the first batch of Xiao Neihuan at the Royal Industrial Experimental Base. One hundred% of the profits were used for the operation of the Royal Industrial Company, and half of the profits were kept for future divisions for partners. The remaining 20% of the remaining 8 people will depend on who invests more money. Whoever is willing to give to the Royal Industrial Company now accounts for a proportion of the profits."
Zhu Houzhao believed that although he didn't have much money, the eunuchs around him must be short of money. After all, they were all personal eunuchs who had been following him as the crown prince for many years.
You should know that in the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince had his own imperial house, and these imperial houses were also handed over to the internal officials. In the three years of the Qing government, there were 100,000 snowflakes. Zhu Houzhao knew that although they were just personal eunuchs around him, they basically had their own land shops outside, so it was not a big problem to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver.
But Zhu Houzhao knew that if he wanted these Eight Tigers to follow him faithfully, he could not directly take away the Eight Tigers' money, but he could attract them to invest!
Zhu Houzhao said again: "I know you must still have some concerns, and I am afraid that I will know your family's background. I am talking about it in front of you. No matter how rich you are, I will not be greedy. If you have been with me for so many years, these families will be regarded as rewarding you, and naturally I will not ask you to come back. This time I asked you to take money and share the shares, not to take your money, but to let you make money with me. This is called investment, do you know? If I can't make a fortune, I can't control the government and your family's background will not be kept."
Liu Jin and others didn't understand what the Royal Industrial Company was at first, but after reading the prospectus, they understood a little. They knew that this was similar to the game played by big merchants, and Bahu was not stupid. They knew that his Majesty Zhu Houzhao was indeed giving them a chance to be rich, not to mention that as Zhu Houzhao said, everything about them was Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao even spoke, so naturally he dared not to obey.
So, at the beginning, Liu Jin, who was indeed a little worried about Zhu Houzhao's family, said the first thing he said: "Speaking of this, I am sorry to the emperor. Every morning I see the emperor being frugal and only eating steamed buns and porridge, I feel very distressed. I originally planned to use the silver to respect the emperor, but I was afraid of making the emperor unhappy. Now that the emperor said this, I will pay 5,000 taels, and I just hope that the emperor will eat more bird's nest with this money!"
"What a pity, you almost cried. What kind of filial piety or not? I said that you will naturally admit that you have private property. As the emperor, I will also protect the safety of your private property. Eating steamed buns and drinking porridge is what I want to do, and it has nothing to do with you. This money is an investment, that is an investment! I will not spend this money on pleasure, but on the development of the science and technology industry, on the way to make us all make money! I asked you to bring hens to you not to kill meat, but to lay eggs!"
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.
"I give eight thousand taels!"
Wei Bin is very optimistic about "soft cream" soap. After listening to Zhu Houzhao, although he didn't know what it means to develop a science and technology industry, he also knew that the more money he took at this time, the more benefits he would definitely be, so he tried to overwhelm Liu Jin.
Qiu Ju is also optimistic about the profits of soap, and does not want to be lower than Wei Bin: "That servant pays 10,000 taels!"
When Liu Jin found that this was not only a matter of paying money, but also a matter of loyalty to His Majesty, he also increased the price: "I will pay another 10,000 taels!"
Zhang Yong also understood that this was when he showed his loyalty to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted directly: "I also paid 15,000 taels!"
Luo Xiang, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and Gao Feng were not willing to fall behind and kept increasing the price.
For a moment, Bahu almost put in his savings over the years. Zhu Houzhao counted it and there were more than 100,000 taels in total. He couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that you are really generous. Before you become a big eunuch, you have only a net worth of less than 10,000 taels. Instead, I am the poorest."
"What does the emperor say? These are the ones that the emperor rewarded when he was in the Eastern Palace before, otherwise I wouldn't have so much money," Liu Jin smiled awkwardly.
The other "Eight Tigers" also nodded and said yes.
Zhu Houzhao didn't delve into it, just said:
"Now, we will divide the shares according to the proportion of the money you give. Liu Jin takes the most, Zhang Yong is second, but you all have other important tasks. I still have to hand over the important tasks of this Royal Industrial Company to Qiu Ju, Luo Xiang and Wei Bin. You three follow me to manage the Royal Industrial Company. Qiu Ju is responsible for managing the production, Luo Xiang is responsible for purchasing, Wei Bin is responsible for selling, recruiting people and money is managed by me, and you will be distributed dividends to you according to the proportion of your shares at the end of the year!"
The Eight Tigers didn't have any more opinions. Anyway, everyone shared the profits together. If anyone cheated, everyone would bear the losses together.
Zhu Houzhao believes that the eight tigers will also supervise each other because of this. Qiu Juehwa supervises Luo Xiang, who is responsible for purchasing and Wei Bin, who is responsible for selling, and Wei Bin, who is responsible for selling. Wei Bin will also supervise Qiu Ju and Luo Xiang, and Luo Xiang is naturally no exception. Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others will not sit idly by and watch others harm the interests of the Royal Industrial Company and affect their income.
In this way, Zhu Houzhao naturally doesn't have to worry about his own interests being damaged.
In addition, Zhu Houzhao also allocated salaries to those involved in the operation and production activities of the Royal Industrial Company. Whether it is eunuchs such as Qiu Ju or Xiao Neihuan who just do miscellaneous work, he will have the minimum treatment of one or two meals per month, including accommodation.
Chapter completed!