diskusbooks Chapter 535 Business
Chapter 535 Business
Inside the clinic, Song Ying looked at the sun and saw that it was about 3 p.m. He stood up after seeing a patient who came for a follow-up visit.
"Master, we'll leave first. Yan Xing and the others should be waiting."
When she came in the morning, she said she was going to discuss business with Chen Yunze. Doctor Ma nodded and instructed her, "Don't stay too late. You must return home before dark."
Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan agreed.
Since it was no longer a pancreas business, Lin Wenxuan didn't want to go. But then he thought of the two girls, Song Ying and Luo Yanxing. If Chen Yunze had bad intentions or failed to take good care of them, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When the two senior brothers and sisters arrived, Luo Yanxing and the others had already arrived, with the door wide open, drinking tea and chatting.
Seeing Yuan Qing, Lin Wenxuan was stunned, "Why is Master Yuan here too?"
Chen Yunze stood up to greet them and replied with a smile, "If we want to register our looms under Brother Yuan's name, he must be here too."
"Loom?" Lin Wenxuan was stunned. In the morning, his junior sister only mentioned that she was doing Shu brocade business. He thought that she was getting goods from other places to sell, but she actually wanted to start from the source!
"Please sit down first, we can eat and talk at the same time." Chen Yunze said.
But actually, there is nothing much to talk about. Everyone has the intention and the division of labor is basically determined.
Chen Yunze had the connections to get the loom ticket, Yuan Qing could provide tax exemption for two looms, and Luo Yanxing was responsible for selling them.
As for the so-called connections provided by Song Ying, it was actually a compliment from Chen Yunze. Shu brocade was rare and had no worries about sales. As long as it was woven, these wives of officials and rich ladies would rush to buy it without having to consider Song Ying's face.
To be more strict, the Chen family can do this business on their own and there is no need to partner with them.
A scholar is only entitled to two looms tax-free. If the Chen family wants to open a workshop, it is impossible for them to hire only Yuan Qing, a scholar. One more or one less would not make much difference.
As for sales, the Chen family has no shortage of shopkeepers.
After all, this business was a goodwill gesture from the Chen family, who wanted to use it to connect with Song Ying and Yuan Qing.
Song Ying's identity as a female doctor meant that she was destined to have connections among the female relatives of various mansions. Even if she couldn't use Shu brocade, she could use it in other businesses.
Although the scholar could only be exempted from the tax on two looms, the juren could be exempted from the tax on 2 looms. Moreover, not only the loom tax but also the transaction tax could be reduced or exempted. If the Shu brocade was to be sold to other places in the future, the transit tax could also be exempted.
This business is just a trial for Chen Yunze's first cooperation with them, and the focus will be on the future.
After everyone had eaten some food and filled their stomachs, Chen Yunze couldn't wait to speak: "Then let's talk about the machine household tax first."
He looked at Yuan Qing and said, "The annual household tax for each loom is 2 taels of silver. For two looms, that's 2 taels. From now on, we'll give you 4 taels of silver every year. You'll earn 2 taels, and we'll pay 2 taels less. Everyone's happy. Does Brother Yuan have any objections?"
"I wonder how many looms Brother Chen plans to buy?" Yuan Qing asked instead of answering.
Chen Yunze didn't know what he meant, so he said, "The government stipulates that private weaving can only have a maximum of 10 weaving machines. If you want more, you have to apply to the government separately. So I plan to buy 10 weaving machines."
Yuan Qingwei nodded and said, "I heard a lot from Brother Chen on the way here, and I've been thinking about it all the way. I feel that this business is indeed very profitable, and I also want to get a piece of the pie.
How about this, I will buy these two looms and start this business with you as a partner."
A loom can weave half to one and a half pieces of Shu brocade every month. Even if calculated based on the lowest market price of 20 taels, it can earn at least 10 taels a month. Even if he only gets 1 tael of silver in the end, with two looms, it will be 1 taels a year.
This is all calculated based on the lowest price. This business is not only profitable, it is extremely profitable!
More importantly, with what happened in Dongling County, he really couldn't trust the Chen family, so how could he hand over such a handle to the Chen family?
Since he bought the loom, it is legal and compliant to exempt him from the loom owner tax.
Chen Yunze didn't notice his distrust of him, and just thought that Yuan Qing had good vision, and nodded without hesitation: "Brother Yuan has a keen eye, this business is indeed very profitable!
We need to buy a large jacquard loom, which will cost about 50 to 100 taels. We'll have to negotiate the exact amount. If you don't have enough money, I can lend it to you first."
Yuan Qing didn't hesitate to say anything. "Thank you in advance, Brother Chen. I will pay you back as soon as I have enough money."
Luo Yanxing was so shocked that he couldn't help but whispered to Song Ying: "Becoming a scholar is really great! What's the difference between this and getting something for nothing? It's a pity that Chen Yunze agreed so happily!"
Needless to say, Yuan Qing's so-called ample funds were most likely meant to be repaid with the proceeds from the sale of the Shu brocade; wasn't it the same as him joining the partnership without contributing anything?
However, Yuan Qing and Song Ying are engaged, so they are half family. If Chen Yunze, an outsider, doesn't mind, she naturally doesn't mind either.
Song Ying raised his eyebrows and replied in a low voice, "As for scholars, there are three categories: scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Farmers have some status and position that is not real, but scholars have no status at all."
Luo Yanxing agreed very much. Before, she only knew that scholars were respected and had a high status, but she didn't know much more details.
During this period, because Chen Yunze wanted to find Yuan Qing to do business together, she looked into the details and was confused.
The imperial court was afraid that the scholars would be poor, especially the Juren. They had three or four hundred acres of land exempt from grain taxes, 20 tax-free looms, and could also enjoy preferential treatment and exemptions based on their status in highly profitable businesses such as salt and tea.
Even if a scholar's family was so poor that he had no money before passing the imperial examination, he could become a country gentleman overnight by "owning" three or four hundred acres of land and living on the rent just by being exempted from taxes, not to mention other preferential treatments.
In a word, if you pass the imperial examination, you will never be poor. No wonder there are only poor scholars but no poor juren.
After the two of them had reached an agreement, the next step was for Luo Yanxing to talk to Chen Yunze. Chen Yunze was responsible for the workshop, craftsmen, looms and loom tickets; Luo Yanxing was responsible for the sales of the shop.
A shop selling Shu brocade would naturally be best opened in the east of the city, and the location and decoration of the shop must be good.
Luo Yanxing glanced at Song Ying and Yuan Qing, and suddenly said, "No need to make a big fuss. The three of us will join the partnership under the name Yingnuoxuan. We'll open a shop and sell the goods, and we'll take 40% of the profit."
Chen Yunze was a little disappointed that he could not do business directly with Song Ying, but then he thought, Song Ying is a doctor and has to take care of the clinic's affairs on a daily basis. He will do business directly with her in the future, and she will definitely ask someone to represent her. Judging from the situation, this person can only be Luo Yanxing.
He readily agreed: "Okay, this is more concise. You guys have the final say on how to divide the profits among yourselves."
Lin Wenxuan thought for a moment and said, "I won't participate this time."
In the current pancreas business, he gets free money every month without having to worry about anything. This is already a huge bargain for him. How could he take money from the Shu brocade business for free?