This was a gathering for profit distribution, and Gao Pragmatic promised a dry stock dividend of 40% of the soap factory's gross profit.
Among them, the three princes Cheng Guo Gong, Ying Gong and Ding Guo Gong and the Marquis of Linhuai each accounted for 5%, the three marquises of Zhenyuan, Yangwu and Fengcheng each held 3%, and Xiangcheng Bo
Together with the two earls of Yingcheng, who each have 2%, this accounts for 33%. The remaining 7% of the spare share is temporarily reserved, but Gao Pragmatic did not clearly indicate where it will be used. Honorable Sirs
I didn’t ask any more questions, I just thought about it in my heart.
At first glance, it seems that the share of each noble family is not large, but ruthlessness is the key. Gao Pragmatic gave a five-year "minimum living allowance plan": No matter whether the Jinghua Soap Factory is profitable or not, how much profit it makes every year,
Dividends are distributed based on the minimum dividend guarantee amount of at least 100,000 taels of silver per year; if the profit exceeds 100,000 taels, dividends are distributed based on actual profits.
In other words, even if Gao Qingshi loses money and becomes a fool, the amount of dividends he participates in each year is still one hundred thousand taels. So, a 5% dividend is 5,000 taels; a 2% dividend is also two thousand taels.
This is not the random one hundred thousand taels or one million taels in some ignorant TV series in later generations. Prices in the Ming Dynasty were low enough at this time, and the salaries and rewards of Ming officials were also astonishingly low. Even two thousand taels was an absolute sum.
A huge amount of money that cannot be ignored.
Prices have been explained before, so I won’t go into details here. Let’s take Qi Jiguang as an example and talk about the rewards from the court. Readers can compare by themselves:
Historically, after Qi Jiguang went north, he won a great victory at Qingshankou. Qi Jiguang was sent to the imperial court to report the victory and asked for credit. As a result, "he was rewarded with thirty taels of silver and two pieces of silk."
When he entered the right governor's office because of his old merits, he was rewarded by his subordinates with "thirty taels of silver and two pieces of silk."
For the construction of 472 hollow enemy towers, Tan Lun personally went to the Shu to ask for credit for Qi Jiguang, and he was so proud of it. When he was overthrown, he wrote a lot of praise for Qi Jiguang. As soon as he got the money, "
I appreciate twenty taels of silver."
In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, because Qi Jiguang had shrewdly dispatched and fought and defended well over the years, Ji Town became the quietest place in Jiubian. The governor of Shuntian at that time asked for merit and was rewarded with "a reward of ten taels of silver".
In the first year of Wanli, Qi Jiguang won the battle of Nazi Valley. Liu Yingjie, the governor of Jiliao at that time, personally asked for merit and praised Qi Jiguang as "Prime Minister Qi, who has both civil and military talents, and has the same talents and knowledge. He will sacrifice his life to repay his master when he swears to the public, and his loyalty can be carried out."
Days and days; when managing the army, the weak becomes strong, and the training is really impressive... It is enough to be called a famous general who has revitalized the ancient times, worthy of the Great Wall of thousands of miles! Merit should be discussed first." The result is still the sentence "I appreciate twenty taels of silver.
, the outer surface and the inner surface of the silk thread.”
Therefore, readers should be wise to what concepts two thousand taels and five thousand taels are. Anyway, according to the average price at this time, a pig costs about 1.5 taels of silver. Even if it is only two thousand taels, it can still be bought for one thousand and three thousand taels.
There are more than a hundred pigs; if it is flour, it can be converted to buy 120 tons in later generations, which is 24,000 catties (modern market catties).
In the Ming Dynasty, where productivity was far inferior to modern society, this was really not a small number.
Regardless of the princes or marquises, not to mention the earls, although they have a high status, they can still get some free salary and even force military households to serve their families, but they can't afford to spend a lot of money on the house. How much money can they have?
It's not something that can be ignored casually.
You know, because the house given to the father-in-law, Li Wei, was not in good condition, the emperor waited until the inner treasury was more abundant before giving him one hundred taels of silver as repair expenses.
It is precisely because of this actual situation that sometimes Gao Pragmatic even feels that, except for some places in Jiubian that are always harassed by nomads and disaster-stricken areas, the daily life pressure of most Ming people may be lighter than that of later generations.
- Of course, if you have to say that they don’t have cars or electrical appliances, that would be a bit of a stretch. After all, being pragmatic refers to the pressure of life.
Just imagine, if people in later generations were like the people of Ming Dynasty who valued having more children, most people would have to die from exhaustion. But now, it is completely normal to have five or six children at home, and more than a dozen are not a problem.
Under the circumstances, other people can live on. Of course, the level of education is definitely not good, but that is related to the entire social system and atmosphere: people in the Ming Dynasty can only study to become officials, and in later generations, there are always a small number of people who study to become officials.
Right? So if we compare the "scholar" who is not an official to the child of a wise man learning a craft, the comparison is not so exaggerated.
All in all, Gao Pragmatic's wave of "profit concessions" can definitely be regarded as sincere and sincere. It is a favor made with real money and silver, and the nobles of the family cannot help but appreciate it.
Of course, these nobles who have been in officialdom for a long time are not children, and they don't dare to treat Gao pragmatism as an ordinary child now. Therefore, since Gao pragmatism has paid benefits, there must be something in exchange. What was discussed at the gathering of the nobles just now is,
Apart from share allocation, this is the main thing.
However, the conditions proposed by Gao pragmatically were so simple that these nobles were a little confused, and they even felt that he did not need to propose it at all - Gao pragmatically just hoped that they would replace all the cleaning products at home with soap, and also entertain guests.
After traveling or having dinner, wash your hands in public and use soap, etc.
What kind of condition is this? The soap works so well. Everyone has tried it personally just now. They will definitely switch to it in the future. What difference does this condition make to not mentioning it?
It is precisely because it is too simple that everyone has analyzed it carefully for a while, thinking that Gao Shidu's words are just an excuse, and the real conditions have not been put forward? However, the reports from each family's disciples are all
Completely consistent, this is really such a condition.
In the end, money and silk still moved people's hearts. Since they didn't mention any conditions, they just pretended that it didn't happen and pretended to be ignorant. Anyway, the news in the palace was clear. His Majesty the Emperor had indeed accepted Gao Shidu's contribution.
The exclusive production of soap was given to him orally, so what was there to doubt about?
After the secret meeting, when the nobles sent the news back to Gao Mansion that they had accepted Gao Jingshi's shares and agreed to the terms of exchange proposed by him, Gao Jingshi smiled.
Nearly 40% of the soap factory's dry shares is certainly not a small amount, and according to his estimate, one hundred thousand taels is a very conservative estimate. After all, the daily consumption of soap is not small.
Although it will take some time for the market to be cultivated and spread out, a trend has begun to brew now, but Gao Pragmatic is not in a hurry to open it for sale. He will continue to accumulate this sense of expectation.
How could Luoyang's Zhigui atmosphere be worthy of his foreshadowing?
As for whether it is too much of a loss for the profit to be so large but the requirements to be so low, this is a matter of different perceptions between the two parties.
