Although Hu Changan is very confident in the taste of his hot pot, this hot pot is a new thing after all.
When promoting new products, merchants must spend a large amount of money in the early stage to promote the new products.
After all, you can only know how good a new product is after you try it.
In the early stage, merchants will offer various benefits to attract consumers to test new products.
Moreover, in ancient times, promoting new products was much more difficult than in modern times.
After all, the living circle of ancient people was relatively fixed.
Very few new things appear in their lives.
Therefore, compared to modern people, ancient people were more conservative.
It is not an easy thing to get them to accept new things.
But if there is the emperor's praise, everything will be different.
In the eyes of the ancients, the emperor was heaven and the absolute truth.
If the emperor says something is delicious, it must definitely be delicious!
This is just like the star effect in later generations. If a star says it is good, it must be good!
If Zhu Yuanzhang can agree to promote Hu Changan, then Hu Changan will definitely save a lot of publicity expenses in the early stage.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Hu Changan is a very clever guy, so it turned out that he had the idea on his head.
Zhu Yuanzhang is not a fool. If he inscribes this painting, Zhu Yuanzhang dares to guarantee that Hu Changan's business will definitely reach a higher level!
If ordinary people plot against him, Zhu Yuanzhang will inevitably become angry.
But after all, now that I have had enough to eat and drink, it is the time to feel comfortable. No matter how angry I am, I can't let it out.
What's more, Hu Changan was just asking for a fortune for his small shop, and it wasn't a big deal at all.
So after going back and forth, Zhu Yuanzhang was not unhappy. He just teased Hu Changan with a calm expression: "Hu Aiqing, you are so brave, you actually paid attention to me."
"Tell me, what crime do you deserve?"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang said this unkindly, his facial expression was extremely relaxed.
Therefore, Hu Changan was not afraid, but hit the snake with a stick and continued to say to Zhu Yuanzhang: "I will never dare to attract your Majesty's attention."
"I just thought that we can earn this money together!"
"I can guarantee you that if this hot pot is launched on the market in the future, it will definitely be a big seller!"
"I just want to borrow your Majesty's strength to sell my hotpot better."
"If Your Majesty is willing to inscribe this word, I am willing to share my profits with Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, if you inscribe this word on me today, I will give you 20% of the profits from my shop."
Hu Changan made such a generous move because he actually wanted to please Zhu Yuanzhang.
As the saying goes, if you borrow something, you must repay it. It is not difficult to borrow again.
Only if Zhu Yuanzhang can taste the sweetness for the first time will Zhu Yuanzhang continue to help Hu Changan publicize in the future.
Hu Changan has more than just hot pot, a new thing!
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang neither objected nor agreed, but asked Hu Changan with interest: "Hu Aiqing, you can't let me suffer."
"My words are precious."
"What if your store doesn't open and I lose money?"
When Hu Changan heard this, he also smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, as a minister, how can I let you lose money?"
"How about we make a bet?"
"Oh, what kind of bet?" After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight with interest and asked Hu Changan.
When Hu Changan saw this, he also smiled slightly and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, I think this is the way it is."
"In the first year, if the profit of my store exceeds one hundred thousand taels, I will pay your Majesty twenty thousand taels of silver as a reward."
"Every year in the future, I will also give a fixed 20% of the profits to Your Majesty."
"But if the profit in the first year of opening my shop does not reach 100,000 taels, then I will not only transfer the shop to Your Majesty, but also give Your Majesty an additional 50,000 taels of silver as a reward!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise: "Hu Aiqing, your tone is quite serious."
"One hundred thousand taels of silver a year, just open your mouth and get it?"
"You must know that your hot pot business is not like the soap business. It can be a business for everyone in the capital."
"I think this hot pot restaurant of yours will be able to do business for the nobles in the capital, so I'm afraid that's about it."
"Hu Aiqing, this one hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount!"
"You must know that I only have more than one million taels of silver in my private treasury."
However, facing Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts, Hu Changan smiled like an old man and said mysteriously: "Your Majesty, please don't worry."
"As long as you are willing to inscribe this word for me, I can guarantee that you will be able to make money in the future!"
Since Hu Changan talked about this, Zhu Yuanzhang had no reason not to agree.
After all, Ming Dynasty is really short of money now.
In order to cultivate one's health, Zhu Yuanzhang designated a series of policies that made corvee light and exempt from taxes.
Although the farmers benefited from this, the national treasury was inevitably empty.
Not only the national treasury, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's private treasury was empty and tight.
The previous emperors always made grand arrangements and wished they could be as majestic as possible.
But when it comes to Zhu Yuanzhang, everything is simpler and simpler.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's frugal temperament is partly due to his lack of money.
The amount of silver in Zhu Yuanzhang's private treasury seems to be huge, but this money is needed to provide food and drink for tens of thousands of concubines and palace residents in the palace.
As a result, the one million taels of silver was simply insufficient.
However, although Zhu Yuanzhang was short of money, he had no legitimate source of money except taxes.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor ran out of money, he could still send eunuchs to various state capitals to collect taxes.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was the only emperor through the ages, the majestic founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Publicly or privately, he cannot do such immoral things.
So Zhu Yuanzhang had to save one province after another, and lived an extremely frugal life.
Now that there was a legal way to make money, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally couldn't let it go.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang had already checked before and found that all the money Hu Changan received came from legal and verifiable sources.
Hu Changan did not take bribes and bend the law at all, but used his own hands to earn out the money bit by bit.
Although the amount of money Hu Changan earned can be said to be an astronomical figure, it only proves that Hu Changan is capable.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang felt relieved when discussing cooperation with Hu Changan.
Everyone earns money in an upright and upright manner, without any slander.
As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang reached a friendly deal with Hu Changan.
After a while, a banner was written.
"The delicious food attracts guests from Sanjiang, and the delicious food invites guests from all over the world."