I just pretended not to hear the negotiation process between you old and young people, and there is no need for me to interrupt.
Then the delivery time limit was agreed upon. Zhang Zuo said that the copper pipes could be completed within fifteen days, while Zhu Hao estimated that the final assembly should be completed within twenty days. The business between Zhang Zuo and Zhu Hao was concluded.
"Our family has to hurry up and make a request to Prince Xing. As for the expenses, we can't wait for the court to allocate the money. We have to pay the price in advance... Mr. Lu, our family won't stay with you for much longer. We will have a drink with you later."
After saying that, Zhang Zuo ignored Tang Yin, got up and went out of the cafeteria directly to go to Zhu Youji to apply for funds, because he had five hundred taels of silver to spare and was very motivated to do things.
After Tang Yin and Zhu Hao got up to see Zhang Zuo off, a group of guards who were waiting for the meal outside the dining hall came in. Previously, they saw Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin seeming to be discussing something, so they could only wait in the yard.
"Get out."
Tang Yin means that if you have something to say, it's not convenient here.
Zhu Hao touched his stomach, "I came back in a hurry, and I haven't even eaten dinner yet... I want to chat with you after I finish eating."
Tang Yin said: "If you want to eat, I invite you to go to the restaurants around the palace."
This is urgent.
You seem to be very understanding of people and the world, but why do you start to show off your face when you come to my place? Do you think I'm not worthy of your politeness?
Zhu Hao sighed: "You are so open-minded that you have to go out and spend money when you have free food... But anyway, I guess Zhang Fengzheng won't treat you too badly and will give you a few taels of money for tea...
"
"No!"
Tang Yin is not surprised.
Now money has become an "external possession" to him. The one hundred taels of silver Su Xigui gave him before was enough for him to live a carefree life for several years.
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The two of them left the palace.
Tang Yin invited Zhu Hao to the restaurant, but Zhu Hao declined. Zhu Hao wanted to go home for dinner, firstly because the food was delicious, and secondly, he wanted to tell Zhu Niang about the successful business deal.
"You have known for a long time that Zhang Fengzheng deliberately slandered you in order to deduct money and gain benefits from it? And you have already thought of countermeasures. You showed strength before and also to gain an advantage in the negotiation and make Zhang Fengzheng realize
, he has to do business with you, it’s best to just accept it as soon as possible?”
After leaving the palace, Tang Yin's questions were thrown out like a barrage of questions.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "You have made it clear, what else do you want me to say? I say no, do you believe it?"
Tang Yin thought to himself, of course I don’t believe it.
"Mr. Lu, actually at first I didn't expect that someone in the palace would be so straightforward as to ask for money from me. I thought Zhang Fengzheng only wanted to prosper the palace and would not seek personal gain." Zhu Hao shook his head.
"Yeah?"
Tang Yin glanced sideways, obviously not believing it.
Zhu Hao sighed: "But think about it, Zhang Fengzheng is also a palace man, and his future life in old age will be guaranteed by money, otherwise what else can he rely on? Maybe the palace people are more aware of the crisis and know what will happen to them when they are old.
The situation..."
"speak English!"
Tang Yin's tone was unkind.
Zhu Hao shook his sleeves and said matter-of-factly: "Since he likes it, I'll give it to him. Anyway, this is the price I supply to Dongzhu Su."
"How much?"
Tang Yin was puzzled.
Zhu Hao said: "It costs fifteen taels for a pair of glasses, which also comes with two lenses, but I also need to prepare a metal frame for Dongzhu Su... This time I will just provide the lenses directly. A pair of fifteen taels is very expensive.
justice."
Tang Yin was even more speechless.
You guys still say that you only realize it later?
It was clear from the beginning that you had thought that people in the palace might want to take kickbacks, deliberately set the price higher, and then give the extra money to Zhang Zuo.
The advantage of doing this is that even if the palace or Su Xigui investigates Zhu Hao and knows the price of mutual supply, they will feel that Zhu Hao is fair and reasonable and does not make trouble with the price. Basically, "a bowl of water is even".
It is a prerequisite for winning the trust of major customers.
"Zhu Hao, where did you get these experiences at such a young age? You couldn't have learned them from books, right? Or figured them out in your mind? Without decades of life experience, you know this?"
Tang Yin was confused and asked directly.
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "There is no big difference between human nature and strategy. Just like when Mr. Lu accompanied Zhang Fengzheng to come to me, he realized Zhang Fengzheng's purpose and was worried that I would suffer... Thank you Mr. Lu for your kindness, but it is something that a discerning person can see through."
, just because I’m young, I shouldn’t understand, right?”
Tang Yin was startled.
After thinking about it, Zhu Hao's words made sense.
Zhu Hao could even take care of things that he couldn't care about, let alone a situation that Tang Yin could see through at a glance?
Talking about his young age, he shouldn't have believed that Zhu Hao could make suggestions for the palace from the beginning, nor should he have believed that Zhu Hao had the ability to outwit him in terms of intelligence. Since he believed everything else, why should he still struggle with the sophistication of people?
How old is Zhu Hao now?
"Monster! You really are a monster! You can walk the rest of the way by yourself. I'll go back to the palace first." Tang Yin accompanied Zhu Hao out of the palace, but went around from the west gate to the main entrance.
It may not be easy for others to enter the palace from the main entrance, but Tang Yin can enter from wherever he wants. If he goes too far, he is afraid of being spotted by Zhu Wanhong. When he gets the answer he wants, he should drink this meal to relieve his sorrow.
It was replenished.
God.
Since you gave birth to me, Mr. Tang, why do you have to give birth to this boy?
Why do you want me to get to know him?
Are you kidding me?
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When Zhu Hao returned home, he told Zhu Niang about the business negotiation with Zhang Zuo. Zhu Niang seemed to understand very well.
"The master of the palace, sir, is helping you run errands and is busy here and there, so you should be given five hundred taels of silver." Zhu Niang is not pedantic in this kind of thing.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I was afraid that my mother would feel sorry for the five hundred taels of silver."
Madam Zhu rolled her eyes at Zhu Hao: "Xiao Hao, don't you understand human relations? If Mr. Zhang hadn't helped you, how could we have served the court and earned one thousand five hundred taels of silver at a time? Oh, by the way.
, Xiaohao, if we charge one thousand five hundred taels, we won’t lose money, right? How much will it cost?”
Zhu Hao thought for a while: "Twelve?"
Aunt Li, who had just entered the room and held the dumplings in her hand, almost spit out a mouthful of blood after hearing this: "Master Hao, you mean... the cost is only ten taels?"
"Maybe it's necessary. In fact, I have ready-made lenses there. They just need to be polished to a uniform diameter. I'm going to go over tonight to see what the specific size of the lenses is. If they're not enough, they'll be in a small shop in the backyard of the laboratory.
The workshop temporarily produces a batch...Now that the technology has matured, it is not difficult to make it. I just need to ask the children who are studying and working as apprentices in the city to help."
Zhu Hao's smiling face did not look like a businessman who had just negotiated a big deal with someone.
Zhu Niang frowned: "If the court knows that we have made so much money..."
"Mom, don't worry, this is the only one in the world, there is no semicolon, and even if someone can imitate it... you can obviously make a fortune silently, why should you expose the cost?"
Zhu Hao blocked Zhu Niang's questioning voice.
You will definitely say, don’t be so confident. How can there be anything in the world that you alone can do?
Zhu Hao's words woke him up. Since this thing is worth this price and even the imperial court recognizes its value, even his peers will not ruin their reputation.
"I hope everything is as you said."
Zhu Niang still had a worried look on her face.
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Zhu Hao did not spend the night at home that night, but went to the laboratory.
He wanted to instruct the Li brothers and bring a few handy children from the village to help him get lenses.
Aunt Li helped Xiaobai clean up the dishes while Zhu Niang was checking the accounts.
When Aunt Li came back, Zhu Niang said: "The previous girls were all unsatisfactory, so we should go out and find some good ones. As Xiao Hao said, someone should take care of his daily life. He is so busy now that he can't even touch the ground." It looks like... I don’t even know what to say, and there is no shortage of money. Why are we so busy and delaying our studies? And let us deal with it in front of the court and Dongzhu Su? "
Aunt Li also sat down.
Not far away, in front of a candle, Zhu Ting was writing strokes one by one. The little girl was only six years old now. Zhu Hao had taught her "The Thousand Character Essay" before, and with Zhu Niang's teaching, Zhu Ting looked like a primary school student.
Aunt Li said: "Madam, don't worry. I think the young master has expert guidance around him. Otherwise, how could there be so many ways to make money?"
"This is what I'm worried about...Why would someone give him such a good opportunity to make us so much money? But he has no purpose at all for us? People's hearts are sinister. Xiaohao is still a child after all. He has no understanding of worldly affairs. I don’t know much about it, how can I get along with others without suffering a disadvantage?”
As a mother, you always have an endless worry about your son.
Of course, it was only based on her cognitive scope. From her perspective, she felt that there were many difficulties and thorns around her son.
Aunt Li didn't have much knowledge, and she wasn't as far-sighted as Zhu Niang. She just said in a realistic tone: "We are much better now than before. If there is an expert to help us, he must be a kind person and will not harm us." Ours."
"Having said that..."
Zhu Niang originally wanted to raise some hidden concerns, but after thinking about it, Aunt Li's words were very reasonable.
If someone helps you make money and you say they have malicious intent, what is the malicious intent?
What does this orphaned and widowed family have that others can covet?
To take a step back, even if someone has a plan, their efforts are clearly not proportional to their rewards.
"Go back and find two girls for Xiao Hao. The one is eleven or twelve years old. She can care for others and be more delicate in appearance. As Xiao Hao said, she will take care of all aspects... There is nothing that the mother can give him."
Zhu Niang thought about it and realized that the only way she could help her son was to find two maids for him to serve him with him.
Aunt Li pursed her lips and smiled: "Madam, aren't you afraid that older girls have their thoughts? I think that as long as you are diligent, it is actually better to be younger and not so evil."
"ah?"
Zhu Niang thought about it and it seemed to make sense.
It seems that finding a personal maid for your son is a very learned thing.