"Let's learn?" Li Mu frowned slightly. He didn't expect this level. After Li Siwen reminded him, he suddenly realized that this was also a problem.

Although Li Mu traveled through time in later generations, he never dared to underestimate the people of the Tang Dynasty. The splendid civilization of the Chinese nation had reached its peak during the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, later generations may have been much ahead in technology, but in other aspects, they may not be much higher than that. Many things are just a lack of opportunity.

Take this winemaking as an example. The Tang Dynasty did not have high wine, and it was not that there was no suitable koji, nor that there was no suitable food, but that they did not realize that it could be purified by distillation. If no one suggested that the technology of distillation might not have appeared for hundreds of years, but when Li Mu came, he made a distilled liquor. This technology may be hidden for a while, but it must be hidden for a long time. The distillation equipment is not a very complicated equipment. Li Mu can make iron pipes, and any blacksmith can also make them. Any wooden parts made by Li Mu can also make them. In time, it is not very difficult to imitate them.

Li Mu could only guarantee that the koji he bought from the system could not be copied, but the Tang Dynasty did not necessarily have any better koji. As long as distillation technology became popular, his advantages in the brewing industry would no longer exist.

How to solve this problem?

Li Mu suddenly had a headache.

Seeing Li Mu silent for a long time, Li Siwen understood what was going on, and pulled him aside and said, "This is not possible. Brother, although I have no ability, I have some knowledge. Do you know how much profit this wine is? There is a wine merchant named Zheng from Jiangnan who went to Chang'an to sell wine. The wine is famous for Jiangnanchun. He resigned to his uncle. The profit he gave to his uncle a year is more than 20,000 yuan. How much do you think he earns? This wine is many times better than his wine. If it is less, it will be at least tens of thousands of yuan a year. If it is stolen by others, your losses will be tens of thousands of yuan. If it fails, it will not be possible!"

Li Mu asked curiously: "How did he keep that wine merchant surnamed Zheng?"

Li Siwen said: "The Zheng family has brewed wine for generations, and the accumulation of several generations of their craftsmen have been slaves of the Zheng family, so it is impossible to betray them. If someone leaks his secret recipe, and after reporting the secret, the person who leaked the secret will be killed. Where do you get the slave now? How can people recruited from outside easily become a lowly person?"

Li Mu's heart moved, heard some implicit sounds, raised his eyebrows, and asked with the flow: "The general's mansion must be a slave?"

Li Siwen immediately nodded and said, "There are some slaves in the family! Your Majesty never stings in rewarding them. Whenever the war is over, he will reward gold, silver, treasures, land slaves, all kinds of slaves, and farming at home. If you need them, I will write a book immediately... "When I was halfway through, I suddenly saw Li Mu's eyes, and I knew I had seen through it. I grinned embarrassedly and said, "Brother, don't misunderstand, I don't mean to take advantage of you. If your foundation is stable, I will not say these words. The reality is here, you can't do this business.

If you don’t know the danger of Chang'an, I will tell you about the affairs of the Zheng family in Jiangnan. Do you know why the Zheng family in Jiangnan wants to join the subordinates of the uncle and pay 20,000 yuan a year? That’s because if he doesn’t take this money, he can’t stay in Chang'an. Only by taking this money and under the protection of the uncle can he do business normally. If you cooperate with my family, I can make the decision, and you don’t have to pay this money. My family produces grain and reliable slaves to use it at will. If you cooperate with my family, you don’t have to pay any capital. We each make half of the profits. What do you think?"

Li Mu frowned. From a realistic perspective, Li Siwen's proposal was very suitable, and relatively speaking, he was already giving in. The Zheng family brewed wine by themselves, and provided the materials and efforts. Changsun Wuji didn't have to do anything. He only provided the protection of one name, and he earned 20,000 yuan a year. Li Ji's identity in the court was not inferior to Changsun Wuji. The General's Mansion also provided the materials and efforts, and the benefits accounted for only half of the benefits. Compared with the wine merchant surnamed Zheng, it was not much more cost-effective. This was equivalent to the technology investment in later generations, and both parties each occupied half of the shares.

Although in later generations, a technology may account for 80% of the shares. But this was the Tang Dynasty after all, the two parties in cooperation were not on the same level in terms of financial, material, human and power, etc. In this case, they could still share the accounts with 50% and there was no problem. What is even more commendable is Li Siwen's attitude. If Li Siwen was really greedy for profit, he could ask someone to arrest him now and force him to agree. This kind of thing is not impossible.

On the other hand, if Li Mu does it himself, it will not only be very risky, but also delay it for a long time if he wants to see benefits. If he cooperates with the General's Mansion, the grain and people will be ready-made and can be produced immediately, sold immediately, and money will be seen immediately. In this way, cooperation is the right way.

But Li Mu still didn't agree easily. He thought about it twice before speaking: "Cooperation is OK, but I have three things to say before."

"you say!"

"The first thing is that I am working with you, not with the General's Mansion. The relationship between the General's Mansion is counted as the principal you invested in this transaction and has nothing to do with me. Don't blame me, because I don't recognize others, I only recognize you, and I can't believe that if someone else is replaced and I force my transaction, I can't resist. Let's say that, if someone else is replaced, I would rather not do this transaction."

Li Siwen smiled and said, "This is not a big deal, I can promise you now."

"The second thing is that the net profit cannot be 55 cents, I have to be half a percent more. Don't worry, listen to me to tell you. If you want this half a percent more, I won't want it. I am confident that in addition to these three cups, you can also brew new wine of different flavors. You should understand the benefits. Furthermore, I can also give you the pricing power and you can price it at will. But because I have more shares in this business than you, you have to listen to me for how to do this business. After all, this wine is brewed by me, and there will be no business without me. And I promise you that the net profit of this wine business will bring you more than 30,000 guan every year. If it exceeds 30,000 guan, you will be treated as nothing. I don't want half a percent more, and I don't have to listen to me."
Chapter completed!