The army was managed by Zuo Zongtang and Huang Shihai, so Li Zhenneng could rest assured.
After solving the most fundamental problem, Li Zhen continued to deal with the matter of matches. Li Zhen understood that it would be difficult to monopolize the production of matches, because there would definitely be counterfeit products, but Li Zhen was not afraid, as he had too many things in his stomach. , the match was brought out with great fanfare in order to obtain a large amount of funds from it.
Li Zhen went around the factory building where matches were made, checked all the machines, and made sure that the matches could be produced on a large scale. Then he returned to the Zhennan Palace and started preparing for investment.
Li Zhen did not have enough time and energy to run a match shop and planned to develop an agent.
He just needs to let the factory be responsible for production, that's enough.
In the study, Li Zhenzheng was immersed in writing. After he finished writing quickly, he picked it up and read it carefully again. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled on his face, and shouted: "Here comes someone."
The door creaked open and a servant walked in.
"Please come, Mr. Zheng."
The soldier turned around and went to inform. Zheng Zaoru quickly came to the study and said respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Li Zhen handed over a stack of rice paper in his hand and said, "This is a plan I wrote about attracting match investment. Take a look at it carefully. It's very interesting and can inspire your ideas."
The plan written by Li Zhen was about match sales. He did not plan to do sales personally, but wanted to develop agents, so he prepared a planning plan for Zheng Zaoru to implement.
After Zheng Zaoru read it, he looked surprised and praised repeatedly: "You made the merchant pay millions of taels of silver for this small match, and it produced such a huge value. It's amazing, it's really amazing."
He never thought that he could still do this even if he didn't sell matches.
Li Zhen said: "Do you understand how to operate it?"
Zheng Zaoru said: "I understand."
"Get ready and implement it immediately, as fast as possible."
"yes."
Zheng Zaoru left the study and carefully planned it when he returned home. After confirming the details, Zheng Zaoru sent people to notify businessmen in Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, and notified everyone who could be notified.
On the eighth day of November, businessmen from all over the country gathered at Zhennan Palace.
After receiving the news from the Zhennan Palace, all the businessmen thought that Zhennan King Li Zhen had something to ask them to participate in. The businessmen were naturally happy to have a relationship with Li Zhen and rushed over directly.
In the hall, Zheng Zaoru receives everyone.
Zheng Zaoru sat in the right-hand position directly above the hall, and the left-hand position was vacant.
"Mr. Zheng, we have come a long way and where is the King of Zhennan."
"Yes, I came in a hurry from Shanghai because of an invitation from Prince Zhennan's Mansion. When Prince Zhennan was in Shanghai, Prince Zhennan and I had a drink together and asked Mr. Zheng to inform Zhennan Wang, he said that an old friend from Shanghai is here."
"Go and inform, everyone has his or her own affairs."
…
A group of businessmen were making noises and chattering, but Zheng Zaoru was sitting comfortably above him. His eyes were calm and calm, and he looked at the businessmen in the hall quietly. This expression made the businessmen secretly speculate, thinking that Something bad was about to happen. Gradually, the voices of the quarrels became lowered again.
At this moment, Zheng Zaoru opened his mouth and said: "What kind of status does the prince have? You are not qualified enough."
The tone is arrogant, but full of confidence.
When the businessmen in the hall heard this, several of them turned red with anger and wanted to argue with Zheng Zaoru. However, Zheng Zaoru did not take all the businessmen seriously. He raised his voice and said loudly: "This is the reception room of Zhennan Prince's Mansion. It’s not a vegetable market, so you don’t need to curse like a shrew, talk nonsense about cats and dogs, how can it be inappropriate?”
Zheng Zaoru is aggressive, like a hedgehog with thorns.
After two words, the hall became quiet.
The stronger Zheng Zaoru acted, the less confident the businessmen became, and they all speculated about what was going on.
"Pah, pah,."
Zheng Zaoru clapped his hands and saw attendants walking in one after another from outside the hall.
Each attendant holds a plate with both hands, which is covered with red silk pieces. On the red silk is placed a box of matches. This box of matches was carefully designed by Li Zhen. It is rectangular in shape, simple and elegant, and matches. There are also exquisite patterns on the surface of the box, which can be called extremely exquisite. Such a small box, which is only three fingers wide and the length of a little finger, is placed on red silk. The businessmen present are extremely surprised. After the attendants retreated, everyone The businessman placed a box of matches in front of him.
"Mr. Zheng, what is this?"
"Mr. Zheng invited us all the way here just for this gadget. Hehe, if King Zhennan needs such a gadget, I will immediately have tens of thousands of them made."
…
The quiet hall became noisy again.
"Cough, cough,."
Zheng Zaoru coughed twice, and the hall immediately became quiet. From this, it can be seen that under Zheng Zaoru's strength, all the businessmen did not dare to be presumptuous. Zheng Zaoru picked up the matchbox placed next to him, opened the box, and said: "The matches inside are the focus of this time. Everything revolves around the matches."
As he spoke, Zheng Zaoru took out a match and gently rubbed it on the edge of the matchbox.
"call,."
As soon as the light flashes, the match stem burns and the flame remains unchanged.
This change surprised the businessmen in the hall.
Many people opened their mouths so wide that they could even fit a duck egg in.
"Huh, huh,,."
The merchants in the hall all tried the matches in their hands. After they realized the convenience of the matches, they had new ideas in their hearts, and when they looked at Zheng Zaoru, there was a hint of expectation in their eyes.
The corners of Zheng Zaoru's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a smile: "You have never seen the thing in your hands, let me tell you, this is a match produced by Zhennan Prince's Mansion, its full name is 'Great China Brand Match', everyone here is I have tried it, and I have definitely seen the convenience and practicality of matches, and I believe you have also seen its value."
"Mr. Zheng, how much does it cost for a box? I'm willing to pay for it," a businessman said.
"I'm also willing to order."
"If I order more than 10,000 boxes, I will be given priority."
…
The businessmen in the hall began to compete for the matches and spoke one after another. They were businessmen and they were very particular about not being too early if there was no profit. Now that there was a business opportunity, they immediately started fighting for it.
When Zheng Zaoru heard this, he shook his head slightly and said: "This time I brought you here, it is not a separate scattered sale, but a large-scale transaction. There are businessmen from Nanjing, businessmen from Shanghai, and some from Hangzhou. Even businessmen from further afield come to you for the purpose of giving you an opportunity to make money, and also to give Zhennan Palace an opportunity to make money."
After a pause, Zheng Zaoru continued: "Everyone makes money, which is the rule of Zhennan Prince's Mansion. You have also seen the matches. If my prince does not inform you, he is fully capable of selling them alone in Nanjing or even more places. The reason why you are young is to open up a way for you to make money. With you operating matches, more people will have something to do and solve the livelihood of some people."