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When Xu Si heard that Tang Tong had been promoted to commander-in-chief, he felt a little regretful.
Xu Si had been paying close attention to Tang Tong's situation and was hesitant about investing in the soap factory. When he heard that Tang Tong had been promoted, he felt a little regretful, because he could have climbed up to Tang Tong's big tree at the lowest price, but now that Tang Tong had been promoted, the price of climbing up to Tang Tong again would be much higher. So he brought money to Tang Tong to discuss setting up a factory, but Tang Tong brought a group of people to Jinling, so Xu Si had to go to Jinling again.
After arriving in Jinling, Xu Si saw that the sales conference was very popular, and he regretted it even more. Actually, he couldn't blame him. The things Tang Tong made were not available in this era, and Xu Si had never seen them before, so he was not sure about them.
Tang Tong's soldiers brought him to see Tang Tong, just when Tang Tong was feeling a little aroused. It was actually a little strange. Xu Si looked up and saw Tang Tong wearing a silk dress, which looked a little out of place. However, Xu Si did not dare to laugh. After all, Lord Tang was now a third-rank military commander. How could he, Xu Si, offend him?
"Oh, isn't this Xu Si? Why are you here?" Tang Tong was slightly surprised when he saw Xu Si.
"Haha, Lord Tang, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. This time I came here to discuss the factory establishment with you. I should have met with you a long time ago, but I was busy with mundane matters and had no time. I hope you can forgive me." Xu Si bowed to Tang Tong.
No time to come? It's because you can't make up your mind. Now that you see that I am interested, you come here eagerly to get some benefits. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? Tang Tong secretly despised Xu Si in his heart. He didn't understand what kind of business Xu Si was doing. Tang Tong had never done business in his previous life, but he was not stupid. He would never let others take advantage of him.
"Hey, that's being too polite, Xu Si. It doesn't make sense that the deal doesn't go through. Although our last negotiation didn't produce any results, there's no rush, right? You came here at the right time, and I'm just about to recruit product agents. Are you interested in joining?" Tang Tong pointed out that the last deal had no results, which meant he was telling the other party that the factory building plan they talked about last time was no longer valid.
This Mr. Tang has a ferocious look to begin with, and when he smiles you really don't think he's smiling. When Xu Si heard what Tang said, he knew that the cooperation in setting up a factory was hopeless. People now know that this Mr. Tang has become powerful, and is no longer the kind of person who can be easily flattered. Looking at Tang Tong, who is dressed in silk and looks like a wealthy man but doesn't look like one at all, Xu Si couldn't help but sigh in his heart again. This Mr. Tang looks like a nouveau riche butcher, but he is very shrewd in doing business.
"Oh, I wonder what the commodity agent that Lord Tang mentioned is?" Xu Si had no choice but to settle for the second best and build a relationship with Lord Tang first. Although his Guijiayuan had some fame and a network of relationships, it had not yet been able to curry favor with such a high-ranking official as Tang Tong, a third-rank commander.
When Tang Tong saw that the other party asked about the agency rights, he explained it to Xu Si again. Xu Si thought about it for a while and felt that this was not unacceptable. Considering the population and economic strength of Zhejiang, it was completely possible to sell 10 million bars of soap and 100,000 bars of toilet soap as well as tens of thousands of boxes of matches a year. After all, Zhejiang had a population of tens of thousands and could easily consume these goods.
Although the profit of several thousand taels of silver was not in the eyes of the Gui family, it was still worthwhile to have a relationship with Lord Tang from now on. After Xu Si thought about it, he made up his mind and discussed the details of the agency rights with Tang Tong. After some bargaining, Xu Si finally got the general agency rights in Zhejiang for 15,000 taels of silver. In addition to the current soap, perfumed soap, and matches, the products to be represented also included perfume, preserved eggs, glass, cement, and spices to be produced in the future. As for the mirror, it was excluded because Tang Tong felt that if this kind of thing could be made in the future, there would be no need to sell it to others.
After both parties signed the contract, Tang Tong was very happy and sold 40% of the shares of the preserved egg factory he was going to set up to Xu Si for one thousand taels of silver. In fact, to set up a preserved egg factory, 50% of silver as capital was enough. Tang Tong made a small profit again. Xu Si was also a smart man. He knew that he was at a loss for the time being by paying one thousand taels of silver to buy 40% of the shares of the preserved egg factory, but it was worth it to make Lord Tang happy at such a small price.
With the precedent of Xu Si, Tang Tong and Qiao Daen also successfully signed an agency contract three days later. After that, people in more than a dozen places including Beijing, Jiangsu, Henan, Hebei, etc. signed general agent contracts with Tang Tong. In this way, the products in Tang Tong's hands were completely sold. Among them, the agent in Beijing was Tian Wan, and the agent in Jiangsu was Lu Shaoyang, a big businessman in Jiangnan, who was introduced by Tian Wan. For this reason, Tian Wan did not give a penny of agency fee, which made Tang Tong feel upset for a long time.
Once this market was opened, the existing production capacity of the factory was far from enough to supply the goods. Tang Tong had no choice but to expand the factory continuously. Not only did everyone in Qianhu Suo of Qianwei Town have a job, Tang Tong also recruited thousands of refugees to the factory, which made it look like a real factory. Qianhu Suo of Qianwei Town, which originally had little vitality, gradually became prosperous.
After the previous matter came to an end, Tang Tong started to worry about setting up other factories. He saw that he was short of technical personnel under him. If he wanted to train them, he didn't know how long he would have to wait. After thinking about it for a few days, Tang Tong finally remembered that there were several famous scientific and technological talents in history. However, he didn't want to hire Xu Guangqi because he was an official at the time and would not come to be Tang Tong's subordinate. But Song Yingxing was in a bad situation at the moment and could be recruited to be his subordinate.
Thinking of this, Tang Tong arranged the matters at hand and took Liu Sanlang with him to Jiangxi to find Song Yingxing.
Song Yingxing was a juren when he was very young, but later he wanted to take the jinshi exam but failed repeatedly, and his enthusiasm gradually cooled. Tang Tong knew about Song Yingxing because he read the book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature". At that time, Tang Tong was curious and flipped through it for a while, so he had an impression of Song Yingxing.
Song Yingxing liked to delve into some strange and bizarre things, which made him a weirdo in the eyes of his neighbors, who thought he was not doing his job properly. In this era, studying and taking imperial examinations were the right way to go. People like Song Yingxing who put their energy into those unorthodox ways were really astray in the eyes of others.
Song Yingxing also understood how others looked at him with prejudice, but he liked to study those things. In his opinion, these things were truly beneficial to the country and the people. Unfortunately, no one understood his thoughts and actions, which made him feel more and more lonely and lost among people.
This is an era of mediocrity. Any unique behavior will be considered heresy and incomprehensible to others. However, Tang Tong, as a time traveler, has more experience than this era by more than three thousand years. He can understand people like Song Yingxing the most. However, it took Tang Tong a lot of effort to find Song Yingxing.
Tang Tong only knew that Song Yingxing was from Fengxin, Jiangxi, but he didn't know which village he was from, so he asked around one by one. It took him more than ten days, and he found out that Song Yingxing, as a weirdo of that era, was somewhat famous. At least many people in some nearby villages knew that there was such a weirdo in Songbu.
So Tang Tong found Song Yingxing, and was so happy that he almost went up to give Song Yingxing a hug. However, his ferocious look, coupled with the sharp eyes of Liu Sanlang, scared Song Yingxing's whole family.
"Are you Mr. Song Yingxing of the Song family?" Tang Tong looked at the man in front of him who looked more like a farmer than a scholar, stepped forward and shook his hand enthusiastically, making Song Yingxing, who didn't know Tang Tong's background, blush.
"I don't know who you are, could you tell me?" Song Yingxing was a little frightened by the enthusiasm of this sudden appearance of this person. He broke away from Tang Tong's hand and took a step back.
"This is my husband, Lord Tang, who holds the rank of Third Grade Commander." Although Liu Sansanlang was not a talkative person, he was very good at observing people's expressions and knew that it was time to support his husband. Because Tang Tong would not tell others what kind of official he was, this matter naturally had to be said by Liu Sansanlang, a servant.
Songbu was a small place at that time. Song Yingxing, who was born into a Juren family, was considered a high-ranking official in this place. He had never seen such a high-ranking official as Tang Tong. Not only were the onlookers shocked, but even Song Yingxing was stunned.
"I am honored to have received the visit of Lord Tang. I hope you can forgive me for any negligence I may have caused." Song Yingxing bowed to Tang Tong.
"Haha, no need to be so polite. I've been having a hard time finding Mr. Song. I want to ask Mr. Song to be my aide. I wonder if Mr. Song is willing?" Tang Tong directly stated his purpose.
"Well... Song has no talent or virtue, and is not worthy of being Lord Tang's staff." Song Yingxing refused without thinking. What a joke! A person like this suddenly showed up, and he didn't even know him, but asked him to be his staff. How could Song Yingxing agree to this?
Tang Tong knew that it would take some effort to invite such a great man as Song Yingxing, so he smiled and took out the things he had prepared.
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