Everyone knew that Mr. Wan San was the shopkeeper and was knowledgeable, so they naturally believed his estimates.
Master Wan San looked at the gold and silver jewelry one by one. After he finished looking at them all, he smiled and said, "Of these 18 pieces of gold jewelry, 13 are of good quality, and the other five are gilded and worthless."
He put aside the five pieces of gilded gold jewelry.
"These thirteen pieces of pure gold jewelry alone are worth about five hundred taels. The five pieces of gilded jewelry are worth at most ten taels."
Yang Dashan was surprised. "These gold pieces are so cheap? They look very exquisite to me."
Master Wan San shook his head. "If you take this to a pawnshop, they will push the price down to the lowest. This kind of stuff is basically used by people who have fallen on hard times to show off their wealth. One piece of stuff only costs five or six taels of silver, and it's even less valuable when you sell it."
Li Rui runs a small business. Although he has never been involved in this business, he has heard about the ins and outs here. "What Fatty said is absolutely right. These gold-plated ornaments are the least valuable. They are even worse than silver ornaments."
Master Wan San picked up the silver jewelry again and said, "These fifteen pieces of silver jewelry are not of good quality and are not worth much. At most, they are worth ten taels of silver. The remaining forty-one pieces are probably worth around eighty-two taels. If they are worth more, they cannot be sold."
Some silver jewelry is heavy, some is light. All in all, each piece of silver jewelry weighs about two taels.
Craftsmanship is only valuable when you buy it, not when you sell it, unless it is a masterpiece of master level.
"There are seven pieces of jade left. This bracelet is about twelve taels of silver. This one is five taels of silver. This one is a little more expensive, worth one hundred taels..." Master Wan San listed the prices one by one, and finally did a mental calculation.
"The jade is worth two hundred and seven taels."
"How much money is there in total?" Yang Dahe asked.
Su Yin quickly reported a total, "Silver plus gold and silver jewelry, this time the total harvest is 2,459 taels."
After hearing this number, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
Especially Li Rui and his team, they had never seen such a number in their lives.
As for the people of Xinghua Village, they were relatively better off. After all, they had obtained 1,074 taels and 8 cents of silver after killing the people from Hui'an Prefecture.
Although most of the silver was spent on horses, it was still worth thousands of taels of silver.
However, this time I actually saw thousands of taels of real gold and silver, which had a huge impact.
Li Rui couldn't help but mutter, "I've never seen so much silver in my life."
Yang Dachuan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Don't say you haven't seen it. Most of us haven't seen it."
Next we need to discuss how to distribute it.
This time Su Yin did not speak, but looked at Nan Jingzhi.
"Mr. Nan, you take charge of the distribution."
Nan Jingzhi waved his hand and said, "I hate these mundane things the most. Let Fatty do it."
Master Wan San shook his head, "No, no, you guys do it on your own."
"Fatty, you are highly respected, please come." Yang Dashan said.
As soon as Yang Dashan opened his mouth, Zhang Bingliang followed suit, "Fatty, don't refuse."
"That's right, Fatty, hurry up and share."
Seeing everyone like this, Mr. Wan San couldn't refuse and agreed with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll break up. If there's anything wrong, just tell me, don't hold it in."
"Yes, yes."
After a brief thought, Wan Sanye slowly said, "Everyone who sees it will have a share, and it will be distributed according to work."
He slowly explained in detail the reasons for the distribution, so as to avoid anyone from thinking too much.
"That group only has 20 people, and we have fewer people. If we only give the share based on who contributed, and leave the others without a share, it would be very unfair to those who did not participate."
"If we encounter this kind of thing again next time, we only need 20 people to complete it perfectly. But because everyone wants to gain something and doesn't want to go empty-handed, 70, 80 or even more people will want to participate."
"This may cause a perfect plan to become imperfect. Sometimes, for some things, the more people there are, the better."
"Is this the truth?" Master Wan San looked at everyone.
Everyone nodded.
Butcher Yang said, "Fatty, you are right."
"That's right." Zhou Youcai nodded.
"We agree with what you just said. Fatty, please continue." Yang Dachuan said.
Wan Sanye smiled and continued, "So, I said, everyone who wants to see it will get a share. Every household will get a share. But..."
"Someone is going to say, aren't those who work hard at a disadvantage? Those who don't work have to share the money. If it's like this every time, no one will be willing to come out when they encounter danger in the future. After all, even if you hide in the back, you can get money."
"This is so unfair to those who have contributed."
“So, I say we should distribute according to work.”
"The total income this time will be divided into two parts. One part will be distributed equally to everyone who contributed or according to their contribution value. The other part will be distributed equally to your entire team, based on the family unit."
"This way, it won't discourage those who contribute, nor will it make those who can't contribute jealous and unwilling."
"What do you think?" Master Wan San looked at everyone calmly.
"Okay, great."
"You've thought it through very carefully, Fatty."
Everyone gave him a thumbs up.
Su Yin also lamented that her previous distribution was still lacking.
Sometimes people's jealousy and even hatred are not caused by one thing, but are accumulated little by little every time unintentionally, perhaps in places you would never expect.
Master Wan San said with a smile: "Since everyone agrees with this method, then follow this method and divide the money into two parts. You can decide how to divide it and how much to get for each part. I will not participate."
“Mr. Nan, you have many people coming out, and there are many families on your side, so you can tell us about it.”
Master Wan San handed over the power to Nan Jingzhi.
Given Nan Jingzhi's personality, he would definitely not show favoritism.
Su Yin glanced at Master Wan San.
Lao Wan is indeed a wealthy businessman. He always does things just right and without any mistakes.
This time Nan Jingzhi did not refuse.
"Those who work hard, after all, take the risk, and they get the lion's share of the profits. Three-fifths go to them, and the remaining two-fifths go to each household equally."
Nan Jingzhi looked at Su Yin and others.
"I'm fine." Su Yin stated.
No one else objected.
The amount was decided.
Those who worked hard received a share of 1,475 taels and 4 cents.
The share only comes if one does not work hard: nine hundred and eighty-three taels and six cents.
There were forty people in total who contributed.
This time, Su Yin personally received thirty-six taels and eight cents of silver.
Their family received fifteen taels of silver.
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