When Ning Chen and Wu Xian heard this, they both understood.
Wu Xian looked at Ning Chen and said eagerly: "What does Master Ning need?"
Ning Chen glanced at Wan Hong, and Wan Hong said: "Sir, we can ask the prince to reduce or exempt the capital's wine tax for our wine business."
This is actually a good idea.
Drinking was popular in the Wu Dynasty, so the wine tax came into being.
Alcohol tax is not cheap, accounting for almost one-third of the price of alcohol.
If this wine tax can be exempted, even if there is no good wine, you can make a lot of money by selling it at low prices.
Ning Chen is still short of money. After all, the reward of ten thousand taels of gold is actually brass and cannot be exchanged for a few hundred taels of silver.
"Okay, you two discuss writing a document to reduce or reduce the wine tax. I will prepare the case later, and then you can live here temporarily." Ning Chen said to Wu Xian.
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Wu Xian directly suggested: "How about I write more while I can, so that I can keep that one.
And even though I have been demoted to a commoner, those people before me no longer want to have anything to do with me.
But I can introduce them to Master Ning."
Ning Chen looked at Wu Xian who was so active and said, "What do you want?"
Wu Xian said: "I have a 10% share in the wine business, so that I can have a source of wealth."
"You're not greedy, but 10% is too much, so I can only give you half a share," Ning Chen said.
"Half shares?"
Wu Xian hesitated for a while, but finally agreed.
Although a half-percent share may only give you a few hundred taels of silver in a year, which is less than what you spent on the previous day, it is still better than having no income.
"Okay, you two hurry up and discuss writing. Before you are still a prince, you can use your remaining energy." Ning Chen urged.
Wan Hong and Wu Xian tinkered for half an hour and finally came up with a stack of documents, each of which was stamped with Wu Xian's royal seal.
"Sir, if we can keep one or two tenths of this, we will all make a profit." Wan Hong said with excitement.
Ning Chen probably wouldn't be able to keep one out of ten.
It would be good to keep one or two in total.
Of course, the main thing is the alcohol tax.
"I'll send it to you for filing. You guys go to Boss Wan's house and wait for me. I'll tell you later how to use that thing."
Ning Chen gave instructions and went out with a stack of documents.
Ning Chen went directly to Jingzhao Mansion and found Cao Xing.
Then he handed this stack of documents to Cao Xing.
After Cao Xing saw it, he also felt dizzy.
"Master Ning, don't say that the fifth prince will become a commoner soon. Even if he is not a commoner, it is impossible for anything in this to pass."
Ning Chen took out the wine tax: "This is the main thing. The other adults will help me take care of it. Your Highness, I will talk to Your Highness later."
Cao Xing took a look at the wine tax reduction and exemption, but it didn't seem too extreme, so he nodded and said, "This is okay, but for His Highness, I have to rely on you."
"Thank you, Sir Cao. I will treat Sir Cao to drink my newly invented wine in a while." Ning Chen said to Cao Xing.
Cao Xing cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Ning."
After leaving Cao Xing's place, Ning Chen entered the palace again.
After finding someone to inform him, Ning Chen came to the East Palace again.
After briefly explaining the matter to Wu Zhao, Wu Zhao did not make things difficult for Ning Chen. Instead, he agreed to Ning Chen's request and could retain the wine tax exemption.
After Ning Chen left the palace, he went directly to Wan Hong's home in Yanzuofang.
Entering the basement, Ning Chen saw the distillation equipment that Wan Hong had assembled according to his own drawings.
Ning Chen is relatively clear about the secondary distillation of wine.
When Ning Chen was a child, he often went to the Four-person Winery in the village to drink wine for his father.
So Ning Chen knew what this thing was like and how to use it.
Of course, it is limited to the kind of loose wine in rural areas.
But for the Wu Dynasty, they had never seen that kind of twice-distilled liquor. It didn't matter whether it was loose liquor or not.
Ning Chen took a jar of Wanhong's wine, poured it into the container, and then started to heat it.
With little effort, transparent and clean wine droplets flowed out from the other end of the condenser tube.
At first, Wu Xian and Wan Hong didn't think it was anything.
But as more and more drinks were poured, the strong aroma of wine filled the entire room.
Especially the distilled wine is very clean.
Compared with the previous jar of wine, it is really a world of difference.
The wine here in Wanhong is already considered to be of high quality.
But it is still inevitably cloudy and has some sour taste.
But after Ning Chen did this, the wine was as pure as water.
The key is that the aroma of this wine is so strong that you will get drunk just by smelling it.
Wan Hong stared at the crystal drops of wine flowing out, his eyes narrowed to a slit.
This isn't wine, it's just free money.
Wan Hong has no doubt that once this wine is put on the market, all the wines on the market will have no chance of survival.
As for how big this market is, it can be said to be infinite.
Not to mention anything else, how big is the beverage business in Jingshi per year?
Fengjing has a population of over one million, and 56 out of 10 drinkers.
The amount of money a person spends on wine in a year ranges from three to four taels to thousands or tens of thousands.
Even if all were counted as three or four taels, it would be a business of several million taels.
If extended to the entire Dawu Dynasty, it would be a big business worth tens of millions of taels.
As for profits, Wan Hong feels that half of them are less than half.
Wu Xian is not a fool, he also understands how valuable his half of the shares are.
Tens of thousands of taels of silver are easily added to his account every year, which is more than his annual salary when he was a prince.
Not to mention that it is not a problem to continue to maintain the treatment you had when you were a prince, or to exceed the treatment you received when you were a prince.
"This is just a relatively simple process. Next, you can find a trustworthy winemaker and blend it with some old wine to create more types.
At the same time, you can also get some high-altitude ones, make some medicinal wine, etc. In short, there are many tricks."
Ning Chen poured two glasses of the distilled wine to Wu Xian and Wan Hong.
The two of them felt drunk just by smoking.
But we must admit that the aroma of this wine is really fatal to people who love wine.
Moreover, Ning Chen has come up with so many tricks, it is difficult not to make money in this business.
The key is that their wine can be exempted from alcohol tax, which is another huge profit.
“While this method is still unique to us, we must occupy the market as quickly as possible, and at the same time, we must make the name of this wine known to everyone so that everyone will remember the name of our wine.
In this way, even if someone knows this method in the future, it will be difficult to enter." Ning Chen continued to popularize the concepts of market share and brand effect to Wan Hong.
This concept is indeed ahead of its time for Wan Hong, but Wan Hong is a shrewd businessman after all.
After a little thought, you will understand the truth behind this.
"Sir, how many percent of this business do you want to own?" Wan Hong asked Ning Chen cautiously.
Ning Chen thought for a moment and said, "Let's say 50%. The remaining 45% will go to you and half to him."
Wan Hong didn't expect that Ning Chen would be willing to give him 45%, which was too much.
"Sir, actually I want two achievements to be enough." Wan Hong said.
If 20% is done well, it will be a profit of several million a year, which is certainly enough for Wanhong.
Ning Chen shook his head: "First of all, I didn't invest any money, the main production and sales are yours.
Secondly, this method is very simple to put it bluntly, and we cannot monopolize it for a long time.
At that time, the market will definitely be divided, and at that time, profits will definitely be shared.
Only if you can maintain it can you be willing to continue working for me."
Since he decided to use Fatty Wan, Ning Chen had to make things clear to Fatty Wan.