From Chief to Ball

Moreover, the handicapped and even seriously ill can find a job that earns a living and even has spare money. Specifically, this job involves squatting by the river and mixing nitroglycerin with clay pots, or preparing a potentially explosive silver ammonia solution. Didn't say it, but can't say it was a lie.

Originally, some people in the capital didn't believe it, but they didn't bother to prove it just as a joke.However, as all kinds of exquisite products with the name of Nan'an County poured into the capital, those people who were only talking nonsense at first became interested, and even thought that maybe even the disabled could find a job to earn a living in Nan'an. .

After all, be different.

This kind of invisible political propaganda has only a slight effect at this time. To ferment it, Chen Jian needs to return to Mincheng and do some small tricks to collapse the flower bubble in Mincheng that has been fermenting for two or three years. Click to compare.

For those who have nothing to do with officialdom, Nan'an has a different meaning, especially those who have received Chen Jian's invitation and understand that some of the goods in this exhibition have huge profits.

On the day when the banquet started, counting the invited and uninvited ones, nearly a hundred people came.

At the very beginning of the banquet, Chen Jian, Hu Lin and the people from the trading company received them, chatted a few words, and after complimenting each other, they divided them into several rooms according to different trade needs.

The things that can be sold are nothing more than glassware, cement formula, and crucible steel ingots.

Hu Lin was in charge of the glassware talks. The main thing was to find an agent. It was difficult for them to gain a foothold in the capital by themselves.

Chen Jian was in charge of the cement formula and the crucible steel ingot.

In the room that was interested in cement, those merchants saw the cement displayed by Chen Jian, and they also knew that it was extremely easy to mix. It only needed a little sand and that kind of off-white powder to mix together, and it could be owned and added. Starch soup has a firm effect like rammed earth.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this material is very useful, especially those who are connected with the military or the government: road construction, bastion construction, forts, shipyards and other large projects can completely use this material .

What they want is to rely on their own relationship to negotiate with Chen Jian and earn a certain price difference from it.

However, Chen Jian's first sentence shocked these people.

"Everyone, I am going to disclose the formula and firing method of this cement."

boom……

In a word, the people in the room suddenly became chaotic. They never expected that Chen Jian would be so generous, and the generosity was a bit unrealistic.

As long as it is made public, wouldn't anyone be able to do it?Furthermore, once there are distance and transportation restrictions, wouldn't it be equivalent to Chen Jian completely giving up the market outside Mincheng?

Will there be such a good thing in the world?

Everyone was stunned for a long time, looking at Chen Jian like a lunatic, Chen Jian said with a smile: "Of course it's not free, but paid."

Everyone said that there is no problem with paying, just like the glass you have in your hands. If you pay to make it public, then of course we will not be reluctant to pay that little money. Everyone knows what a huge market this is.

One person said: "Brother Chen is really different. Of course, you have to pay for it. After all, this is also a patent."

"That's right. Brother Chen, let's make a price, we can discuss it."

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "I'm making this public, but not to everyone. That's what I think. I want to set up a cement chamber of commerce alliance. Any improvements and new technologies in the future will be disclosed to the members of the chamber of commerce alliance for free."

"In the future, all the cement in the country will only be sold by the Cement Chamber of Commerce Alliance. The Chamber of Commerce Alliance will hold a meeting in Mincheng once a year to negotiate a price, which will be unified across the country. Each person's sales scope must be delineated, and they must not leave the sales scope. Of course, as long as they abide by the unified bargaining price, Presumably, those from neighboring counties will not waste their time transporting them to other counties for purchase.”

"Different from guilds, apart from negotiating prices every year and dividing the scope of sales, they don't interfere with any business operations. Everything is arbitrary and there is no affiliation."

"Once the rest of the non-commercial alliance members set foot in, the coastal counties must rely on transportation advantages to crowd out new workshops that are not internal. Any internal innovations will be digested internally for free, but they are not allowed to be disclosed to external members."

"Provide a sum of money every year to train specialized talents, use it to investigate next year's demand, promote products, etc., so as to formulate a production plan in a planned way."

"Of course, if you want to join, you need to pay a part of the money. Part of this part of the money is respect for knowledge, and part of it is to buy your own sales area. This thing is in high demand and the price is not high, so the place of origin is very important, and the weight is heavy. , it is difficult to sell across regions.”

"I only need two of the 36 counties in the country, Min County and the one near the sea in the upper part of the surrounding area. For the rest of the area, the one with the highest price will get it. One payment will be made, and no further fees will be paid. Of course, if the regulations are violated, we will also Finding a way to squeeze you is nothing more than going to the county to build a workshop."

"It's a win-win cooperation, and it's not impossible if you want several people to form a joint stock. If you have enough contacts, capabilities, and money, you can buy all the sales divisions of the remaining 34 counties. Especially those who can cooperate with Those who have official or military connections should be given priority.”

"There are not many places where factories can really be built. They need to be close to mines and rivers for water transportation. I can't say what the specific materials are now, but they are very common. They need to be sintered, so they need to be transported by water or near coal mines."

"I will contribute a sum of money. First, I will pay for the construction of a three- to five-hundred-foot concrete road in the capital, as well as a few concrete houses. I don't need everyone to pay for this money. I will pay for it. When it is rainy and rainy, the road The advantages will come naturally, and the speed and height of those houses will attract some people."

"Think about it, everyone. There is a pen and paper on the table. You can write down the sales area you want to divide, and then write down the acceptable price. Please don't discuss with each other, or everyone will insist on it and just give it to you. I have ten silver coins, don't I want to cry without tears?"

After making this out, these businessmen looked at each other in blank dismay.Chen Jian had already talked about this point, and it would be difficult to discuss it at this time, and it would not be good to be ordered to evict the guest.

Today's formal banquets are eaten with a small amount of food, sitting on the ground, and you can only talk to each other if you want to talk to each other. It is really difficult to discuss with each other.

Chen Jian also said that he would pay a sum of money to build a section of road in the capital and build a few houses, which must cost a lot, but this is also a real advertisement.For a thing to be accepted, it must require some investment. They also understand that this is just the sheep's wool, and the money spent is actually taken from their own money.

But the money is spent willingly, new things are always easy to gain a foothold, and there are so many new things and new technologies over there, who knows what new technologies will be available in the supporting industries in the future?Speaking of sharing within the circle, everyone here knows that it is just sharing technology with Chen Jian. It is worthwhile to spend money on such a promise and monopoly sales.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to work together in the form of a secret shot, so I can only take out an almost reliable amount that I can accept.

Most people want the exclusive management rights of this generation in the capital, but there are also a small number of people who understand that their own strength may not be able to compete with these people in the capital. Contiguous counties.

Everyone wants to get the best benefit for themselves, but they are also wary of others, and they also have to consider the bottom line that they can accept, so they can't help being a little embarrassed.

However, Chen Jian has already made it clear with his cheeky face that it is definitely not easy to discuss and negotiate openly as long as his face is not torn apart.At this time, the past friendship is no longer interesting, I just ask myself not to be taken advantage of by others.

Before coming, several people also discussed a reserve price.Everyone is of the same mind, this is the choice that benefits everyone the most, but how difficult is it for everyone to be of the same mind?

If everyone offers a low price, Chen Jian can only accept it.But people all understand that they can't place their hopes on the unity of others and themselves. What if they think that they have been offered a low price by being in harmony with themselves, but others don't think so?

Choose to trust others?Or do you choose to believe that others will betray you?It's not a hard choice, at least not for merchants.

While everyone was struggling, Chen Jian dropped a bigger bomb.

"Oh, yes, there is one more thing. This distribution alliance has another benefit. Ten years later, yes, ten years. After ten years, the internal members will get all the technology and all the supporting processes for making silver-plated mirrors. Before that, I will not transfer it to anyone. The glass workshop in Mincheng is an equity cooperative system, but it does not include mirror production."

"That is to say, in addition to purchasing the cement manufacturing technology and sales area, you also include the silver mirror technology and sales area ten years later. I will never break my promise. We can make a contract. Ten years later, the trading company Only in the glass mirror business near Mincheng."

"Everyone, what you will face at that time will be the sales market that the company has opened up and the acceptance of the new mirror by everyone, as well as the technological development within ten years. The sales volume and cost are not comparable to today's. After all, there are still ten years of operation. And pioneering. If you don’t want it, you can pass it on to your children, and you will have no worries for the next few generations, and you won’t just sit back and eat.”

Chen Jian looked at everyone with a smile, his face full of sincerity.But I thought in my heart, ten years later, it’s hard to say whether I will be alive, I just need to go to sea and complete the accumulation quickly, even if I don’t die, I won’t play this thing after ten years.

Chapter 100 Childish Disagreement

The allure of the cement factory is not that great, and it is completely inferior to the silver mirror technology that can only be realized in ten years.

It takes a while for any new technology to appear and be recognized.

Chen Jian can predict that with the advancement of agricultural technology and the rapid development of handicrafts, cities need to accommodate more working people, and the urban population will continue to increase in the next decade or so.

Attics and red brick buildings are all prepared for hired workers and handicrafts in the city. The real rich disdain to live in small buildings.Today's construction technology determines that the space of the building is small and inconvenient. The toilet and drinking water need to be thrown out or resisted manually. The rich will live in this stuff.

But as far as the number of hired labor and handicraftsmen increases, the market is still broad.

It's just that the businessmen present are not too optimistic about it now, but it's not that they don't look down on it at all. It can only be said that it has not met that expectation.

Chen Jian is buying one and getting one free. Even though he knows that cement will be used more and more in the next few years, he doesn't want to fully control it himself.

One is for quick realization, and the other is that the more people who master this kind of infrastructure technology, the better. The more people who master it, the more they can play their due role and trigger the acceptance of the entire group.It's not good to have something hidden.

Of course, it has a lot to do with his inability to stretch his hands so long and the need for more people to stand with him.