There was no need to wait for the right time for this matter. Prince Hui found a day and went directly to the palace.
No one in the outside world knows what His Majesty the Emperor and the two brothers, Prince Hui, talked about. They only know that three days later, the Ministry of Household Affairs was transferred to the Salt Transportation Department and an additional department was created under it, called the Salt Class Tiju Division, or Salt Class Division for short.
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This newly established department is headed by His Royal Highness Prince Chun, Lu Chenghong.
The responsibility of the Salt Department was to search for salt mines in various parts of Dasheng Dynasty and to establish workshops for making salt.
This matter was not announced to the world with great fanfare, and even only a few people in the Ministry of Revenue knew about it.
When the news reached Yang Xuan, he learned that it was different from what he had planned before.
"Sir, the imperial decree has been issued."
In Prince Hui's Mansion, Yang Xuan and the others were still in the small pavilion, drinking tea and discussing things.
"Is it done?"
"It's done, but it's different from the previous plan." Prince Hui glanced at Yang Xuan and continued: "The imperial court means that the salt production must not be left to the private sector, so the imperial court's new
A salt department was established to take charge of this matter."
"What about us?"
"According to the wishes of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the whole world is not royal territory, so this salt mine also belongs to the imperial court. Now all the mineral salt in the world is under the management of the Salt Department, and the Salt Department can hire private organizations to make salt."
"Huh? In the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck? Originally it was a win-win cooperation, everyone was the shopkeeper, but now we are partners?"
Prince Hui twisted his beard and said, "That's exactly what you meant. Sir, you hit the nail on the head."
"After all, salt is something related to the destiny of the country, and it cannot be left to private management. You must know that the law now imposes severe penalties on those who sell salt privately, and it is still impossible to ban it, so it is safer to keep it in the hands of the imperial court."
Yang Xuan nodded. Salt has been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court since ancient times. It is no longer easy to get an exclusive cooperation: "Okay, just a buddy. We don't care about this. Anyway, we can make money. But what about our shares?"
Divide?”
Prince Hui stretched out his palm and gestured: "His Majesty the Emperor wants fifty percent."
"puff……"
Yang Xuan just took a sip of water and immediately spit it out: "We have become partners, and we have to share half of the money we earned from hard work?"
"Sir, please be careful what you say, that's exactly what I mean."
Yes, the developer has become the contractor, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t agree. His Majesty the Emperor has asked for 50%, and you still dare not to give it?
"Okay, 50% means 50%. Anyway, this money belongs to our company... No, His Majesty the Emperor still has shares in our company. In other words, the 50% we get will be divided into profits according to the shares.
His Majesty?"
"Exactly."
Yang Xuan glanced at Prince Hui and suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart. He thought that this prince was unreliable. If he went to negotiate by himself, he would only give 30% at most.
Fortunately, how to divide the company's shares has not yet been decided. Yang Xuan said: "Then we can only think of ways to deal with the shares."
"How about this, give Your Majesty 10% of the shares, and the three of us will get 30% each?"
Prince Hui and His Highness Prince Chun suddenly took a breath of cold air. How dare this guy deduct His Majesty the Emperor's shares?
"Don't be surprised. His Majesty's shares are different from ours. They are called non-dilutive shares."
The two looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.
"Appreciate further details."
"That is to say, no matter how many more shareholders our company brings in in the future, His Majesty the Emperor's shares will not be diluted. For example, our company is now worth ten thousand taels of silver, and His Majesty the Emperor's shares are worth one thousand taels, and the dividends will also be shared.
one tenth."
"But if a shareholder spends 10,000 taels to join our company in the future, our company will be worth 20,000 taels, but this part of the shares will only come from us, and His Majesty the Emperor's shares will still be 10%, then His Majesty the Emperor's shares will be
Worth twenty thousand taels of silver."
His Royal Highness Prince Chun understood: "In other words, no matter how much our company is worth, His Majesty the Emperor will always own 10% of the shares, but when more and more people join the shares, we may not necessarily have 10% of what is left in our hands.
It’s done.”
"That's exactly what I meant."
"Sir, everything is done according to rules. I admire him."
"The prince has rewarded you. The 30% of the shares held by each of us can only be regarded as escrow, and we will have to hand them over sooner or later."
Even though Yang Xuan said this, what he was thinking about was that there would be so many different options for company equity in the future, and it was hard to say what the situation would be like then.
It's not that easy to get money from me, Yang Xuan.
"In that case, let's get started. Dasheng Dynasty has a vast land and rich resources, and there are many places where mineral salt is produced."
"What the prince said is, Brother Lu, I will leave this matter to you. You are the person in charge of the Salt Course Department, and you are also responsible for the confidentiality work. You can select reliable people and then notify me. I will give them guidance then."
Just make it how you want.”
"I will not disappoint the prince and sir." His Royal Highness Prince Chun raised his hand. This errand fell on him. Prince Hui must have put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, how could he, the unpopular third prince, get the job?
This fat difference.
But in the future, he would have more days running around. After all, there were fifteen state capitals in the Dasheng Dynasty, and wherever there were salt mines, salt departments were set up.
Business trips in this era are not like in later generations, where you just buy an air ticket, a train ticket, etc., and you may have to travel for months on the road to a far away place, and there are also dangers.
After all, there are always places in desolate mountains and remote ridges. Such places are prone to breed bandits. If you are not careful, you may lose your life.
Of course, as a prince, he must have many guards around him, and ordinary bandits would not dare to attack him.
In short, hardships on the journey are unavoidable.
Prince Hui expressed concern about this, but Yang Xuan suddenly thought, don't we still have a smooth ride?
"Brother Lu, there are so many craftsmen in your carriage and horse shop, but they haven't come up with any new tricks for such a long time?"
Prince Chun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I have been too busy during this period. I haven't been to Shunfengxing for a long time."
"Then let's go and take a look tomorrow. If we can make some improvements, it will be a lot easier for you on the road." Yang Xuan said, "I went there last month and gave them some advice, but I don't know what to do now."
It’s done or not.”
His Royal Highness Prince Chun held up his hands to express his gratitude. No matter how worried Prince Hui was, he could only say a few words of comfort, but Yang Xuan was different. He always acted directly.
After discussing some more details, Yang Xuan had dinner at Prince Hui's Mansion before saying goodbye and leaving.
It has to be said that the chefs in Prince Hui's palace are quite good at cooking. Yang Xuan's mouth was full of oil when he ate. It could be regarded as the most sumptuous meal he had eaten since time travel.
However, Yang Xuan had just returned to the Hu Cake Shop when he met Capt. Li who came to report the news.
"Shopkeeper Yang, something happened, something big happened. Your brother was arrested by Magistrate Wu and put in jail."