It was so cool to water a basin of cold water.

The Zhao family came to their current result because the Zhou family wanted their big kiln. They thought Li Fei was here to help them rescue them, but they didn't expect that they also fell in love with their Zhao family's big kiln.

Is this God's will? Their Zhao Family Kiln is destined to be unable to protect it, so where should the Zhao Family go in the future!

"Cough cough, cough cough cough---" Mr. Zhao started coughing violently again due to this stimulation.

Zhao Ye was also full of despair, and there was no last glimmer of hope. They could not save the Zhou family's big kiln, and now the adopted son of the dignified concubine, the Marquis of Jingyang, came to ask for it personally. How else could they fight? Is it really necessary to bet on the lives of hundreds of people in the Zhao family to the death?

If you give it, give it out. After all, the Zhou family is more despicable. After all, the Hou of Jingyang is more sincere when he comes to the door himself. As long as the price is not too low----

"I wonder how much the marquis is willing to buy my Zhaojia Kiln?" Zhao Ye asked with a sluggish expression, full of despair, and a wrinkled face. This so-called not low, but in fact he didn't have much hope at all. At least it was higher than the price offered by the Zhou family, so that the Zhao family could have some way to survive after losing the Zhaojia Kiln.

"Uh..." Li Fei was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that his words would scare the Zhao family's father and son like this. Seeing his face flushed again, Mr. Zhao, who was spitting out old blood at any time, Li Fei was ashamed. If the old man really had something happened to him, he would be ashamed!

"Don't get me wrong, I just want to acquire 60% of the Zhaojia Kiln. The Zhaojia Kiln is still managed by your Zhao family. I promise that if the Zhao family is willing in ten years, they can buy another 60% of the shares from me at any time." Li Fei said quickly.

As soon as Li Fei said this, Mr. Zhao's cough immediately eased, and his expression felt relaxed.

Zhao Ye's hands trembled a little, and he seemed very excited.

"Mr. Marquis is serious!" Zhao Ye thought he had heard it wrong. He thought that Li Fei came to the door in person so much to buy the entire Zhao family like the Zhou family, but he never expected that Li Fei would only have 60% of the share, and the Zhao family still let them manage it. This---

"Of course, take it seriously!" Li Fei said with a smile.

"Dad!" Zhao Ye was excited to be content with Mr. Zhao. It took him a while before the old man slowly came back and could speak.

"In this way, as long as the marquis can protect my Zhao Family Kiln, my Zhao Family is willing to give the 60% share directly to the marquis, and there is no money to be taken!" Mr. Zhao said. He didn't even intend to ask Li Fei for a penny, as long as Li Fei can protect their Zhao Family Kiln.

Originally, if their Zhaojiayao wanted to find another strong backer, they would have to give at least 40% of the profit. When Zhaojiayao first relied on the Duke of Ying's Mansion, they also gave 50% of the profit, which allowed Zhaojiayao to develop to this day. Although Li Fei wanted 60%, it was not much. After all, the current situation of the Zhao family has almost reached the point of survival.

Compared with the Zhou family's one million yuan, which is equivalent to only one thousand taels of silver, you want the entire Zhao family's big kiln and give Li Fei 60% of the shares. The Zhao family can still retain at least 40% of the shares. The most important thing is that more than a hundred people in the Zhao family have to survive on the big kiln. As long as the big kiln is still there, the Zhao family can continue to develop.

This was the case in ancient times. Merchants and craftsmen had a low status. If they wanted to develop safely, they were necessary to rely on high-ranking officials and nobles, otherwise they would be very easy to be slaughtered! The bigger the business, the more powerful the officials and nobles who could rely on him.

Why do scholars look down on businessmen? It is because even if merchants are rich, they are just fish on their chopping boards. Merchants work hard to make money, but in the end they have to share more than 40% of the profits to them in vain.

Those who are more ruthless and ambitious, such as Zhou Family Kiln, were originally just a low-ranking big kiln. In order to develop, they not only gave Wang Hui a profit of 70% to Wang Hui, but also gave Wang Hui the youngest and most beautiful daughter of the Zhou family to Wang Hui as a concubine, which was a great price.

Of course, the benefits Zhoujia Kiln have received are also great enough. In just two or three years, Zhoujia Kiln has expanded several times and has become one of the best kilns in the area around Chang'an City. Although the quality of their Zhoujia Kiln is far inferior to that of the top kilns, which have been continuously improved over a hundred years, the quality of the porcelain fired is much inferior, with Wang Hui's care, they can force the Zhao family to offer the Zhao family's kiln as before.

This is the combination of the interests of merchants and the power of officials and nobles!

Not long after Li Fei arrived in the Tang Dynasty, he became the Marquis of Jingyang for only a month and could not understand the path.

Seeing Mr. Zhao’s statement like this, Li Fei couldn’t help but be stunned.

I plan to give him the 60% share for free? Don't even have a penny? This is also--

Li Fei didn't know what to say. However, Li Fei had his own bottom line. If he didn't give a penny, he would ask for 60% of the Zhao family's Da Kiln for nothing. He felt that this kind of thing was too dark. He was like a bandit himself and was unacceptable!

"Isn't that good? How much is your Zhaojia Kiln's annual output?" Li Fei asked.

"When the Marquis returned to the Marquis, Zhaojia Kiln has been improved for a hundred years, and the quality of the porcelain produced can rank among the top five in the Chang'an City area, and in the entire Tang Dynasty, it can also rank among the top fifteen. Last year, the profit was 7,482 kilns." Mr. Zhao replied: "Mr. Marquis takes 60% of the share, and the Marquis Bao of Zhaojia Kiln can receive at least 4,500 kilns of dividends per year!"

Li Fei was very embarrassed in an instant. He did not expect that a large kiln that burns porcelain only in Chang'an City would have a profit of nearly 7,500 taels per year, and a 60% share was nearly 4,500 taels per year. If he wanted to buy so many shares, he would be embarrassed to not have tens of thousands of taels.

"This marquis can only take out 10,000 taels at most, and the 60% share seems to be a little too much. You think it will drop to 40%, or 30%——————" Li Fei swallowed, feeling embarrassed to mention it, feeling that 30% seemed to take advantage of others.

Li Fei's embarrassment and even said this sentence, which made the Zhao family's father and son embarrassed.

Mr. Zhao couldn't help but smile and felt relieved. He thought that Li Fei might have become the powerful and became the adopted son of the current imperial concubine at a young age. He was named Marquis of Jingyang, so he was afraid that he didn't know the value behind him. This shows that Li Fei was at least sincere, unlike any other intentions for Zhaojiayao.

"The Marquis is like this, but it makes it difficult for our Zhao family to do. You can accept 60% of our Zhao family's share at this time, which is already a big help from our Zhao family. Our Zhao family is too grateful to us, so how dare you ask for the Marquis' money again!" Mr. Zhao shook his head and said.

Originally, no matter how much profit the Zhao Family Kiln gave up, no one was willing to offend the powerful Wang Hui for the sake of a few thousand chunks of money every year. The Zhao family was forced to go to a dead end. Now Li Fei is willing to become the backer of the Zhao family, and only Li Fei is the adopted son of the concubine, the Marquis of Jingyang. He is young and promising, and does not care whether he offended Wang Hui. However, Wang Hui will never be unable to fight against the adopted son of the concubine Li Fei for the sake of the Zhou family.

The Zhao family can get the care of Li Fei by giving away 60% of the shares, so it is time for the Zhao family to burn incense.

"Yes, Marquis, if you respect Zhaojia Kiln, you can accept 60% of Zhaojia Kiln. Don't continue to refuse. Our Zhao family can't stand it!" Zhao Ye also persuaded.

I gave it to him directly? I don’t have a penny, this is great!

Li Fei was confused and couldn't figure it out.

When he was in Xunyang County, although he knew that many businesses in Xunyang County also gave money to Lin Siming, who was the county magistrate every year, and wanted to get Lin Siming's care, he didn't know what exactly it was. Could it be that just by placing a name and verbally taking care of others would cost more than half of the profits every year? Isn't it a bit too dark?

Li Fei didn't know that only a few people could make more than half of the profits. For example, Xunyang County, Lin Siming, including the county magistrate and county magistrate, could only get some small merchants' favor and dividends. The real big merchants were all high-ranking officials above the state, or even royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City or important officials in the court. For example, Lin Siming only received an additional dividend income of several thousand taels of merchants a year. This is because Xunyang County is a county, and its business is relatively prosperous, and the Lin family is deeply rooted in Xunyang County, which is more powerful than the county magistrate.

The so-called promotion and wealth! You can make money with that little salary? Just think about it! The money is based on the increase in power and the dividends brought by the merchants' return. Not to mention how to take care of it, at least you will not completely suppress the power background and have an opportunity to compete fairly with your peers.

Li Fei was confused and followed by 60% of Zhaojiayao's share.

Although I was embarrassed, it was difficult to refuse the affection of the Zhao family's father and son, and Li Fei didn't know what to say.

However, he was really embarrassed to not give a penny to Bai Yao. He looked so much like a bandit. He felt sorry for him. In the end, he also forced the Zhao family and son to buy the 60,000 taels of silver. Even if he had stuffed the money, Li Fei felt that he was very bandit. Hey--I don’t know what to say!

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Chapter completed!