Chapter 34 Negotiating Terms
"Tell me, what are your conditions?"
"First, remove the shackles on us."
"impossible."
Before Captain Sun could speak, Yamen Runner Qian refused without hesitation, "This is a requirement from above. All prisoners must wear shackles."
Chen Xue ignored him and looked at Captain Sun.
Captain Sun hesitated, but didn't nod directly. "I want to see if your business is worth cooperating with. If it is, this condition is not impossible to agree to."
Anyway, for him, it was just a verbal promise. If he wanted to go back on his word later, he could use the excuse that he didn't say it. Anyway, they had no evidence.
More importantly, we must get something out of her about what this so-called "no-cost business" is?
Chen Xue touched the recorder in her sleeve, confirmed it was working, and continued, "Secondly, we need some freedom. For example, when you go to the city to buy supplies, we have to go too."
"good!"
This condition was not too much, so Captain Sun didn't care. "Now you can tell me!"
"besides……"
"Don't push your luck."
Yamen runner Qian interrupted Chen Xue and said, "You have made many demands. If you want to cooperate, you must show your sincerity. Otherwise, we have plenty of ways to deal with you."
Chen Xue shrugged. "I was just wondering how we're going to split the profits."
Captain Sun immediately became interested after hearing this. "What do we need to pay for this cooperation? Is it the principal or..."
"No need!" Chen Xue shook her head. "You don't need to put in the capital, just some effort."
"Oh," Captain Sun frowned, but soon he relaxed, "Then it's 80-20, we'll split 80 and you'll split 20."
"Impossible!" Chen Xue refused without hesitation. "60-40, we'll split it 60 and you'll split 40."
"No way!" Yayi Qian sneered, "Since you've come to us, it means you can't do business without us. Either we have seven and you have three."
Chen Xue ignored the yamen runner Qian and continued to look at Captain Sun. "Captain Sun, what do you think? You don't need to put up any capital, at most you just put in some effort, and you're taking the lion's share. That's unreasonable!"
Captain Sun was silent. In fact, he was not interested in how much the profit would be. He just wanted to know how this business was operated.
After knowing how to operate it, he will be able to leave the Chen family and operate it on his own. At that time, he will not have to spend a penny and all the profits will be his.
"Fifty-fifty!" Captain Sun said, "I've already agreed to your other terms. Fifty-fifty is the limit."
"good!"
In fact, Chen Xue didn’t really care how much of a share she got. After all, how could they believe her if she didn’t argue for her point?
"Now let's talk about how this business works!"
Chen Xue looked around, and Captain Sun understood instantly. He then asked the yamen runner Qian to drive the other prisoners away and also asked his men to stay away so that they would not hear.
"This business is very simple. Our exile route passes through many forests and wildernesses, and we can find many herbs along the way. As long as we pick the herbs and transport them to the Nanman to sell, we can make a huge profit..."
Captain Sun's eyes lit up at first, then his brows furrowed. "I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be just this?"
"Not to mention that we don't have that much time or manpower, there are many herbs that we don't recognize, and not all herbs in the Nanman area can be sold at a high price..."
"These are not problems." Chen Xue smiled. She had considered these situations a long time ago. More importantly, she didn't care about the business of reselling medicinal materials to the Nanman.
What she cared about was how many medicinal herbs she could harvest along the way, so that she could store them in the space and exchange them for contribution points.
She knew that her own strength was limited, so she asked Captain Sun to help her.
In this way, she can not only earn contribution points, but also use the benefits to tie Captain Sun and the Chen family together, so that Captain Sun will not make things difficult for them, and will even find ways to take care of them.
"I have several doctors around me who are good at identifying herbs. They can easily tell which herbs are good to sell and which are precious."
"oh"
Captain Sun was a little surprised. It was the first time he saw a doctor among the exiled captains.
If that's the case, then there's a real chance. After all, picking herbs doesn't require them to invest any capital.
"Besides, there are so many people in the exile team. As long as we tell them which herbs to pick, they can be picked and brought back in a short time."
"oh!"
After hearing this, Captain Sun's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but look up to Chen Xue. This was a great idea.
There were hundreds of people in the exile team. Even if there was a piece of herbs, it would only take a few breaths to pick them, and it wouldn't take too long at all.
And even if he was delayed, he didn't care. After all, the exile journey was long and it was normal to be delayed on the road.
More importantly, because the journey is long, there are definitely a lot of herbs that can be encountered along the way. As long as you pick them and sell them at a high price, it is really a business that makes a lot of money with no investment.
"Not bad, not bad."
Captain Sun was a little excited. Why didn't he think of doing it this way? As the captain of the yamen runners, he had absolute power over the exiled prisoners.
Therefore, when they were asked to pick herbs, the prisoners did not dare to resist. They did not need to pay any capital and could just sit there and collect the money.
However, the most important thing is to have the doctor in hand.
So he asked, "Who is that doctor?"
Chen Xue narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, "Captain Sun, this is our cooperation. We provide the doctors, and you have the prisoners collect the herbs."
Captain Sun fell silent upon hearing this, as if he was thinking. He knew that the Chen family would never give up the doctor. Wait, wait.
I just need to ask the Chen family's doctor to tell the prisoners which medicinal herbs can be picked. If they know it, then there will be no need for a doctor at all.
Thinking of this, Captain Sun pondered again. The only role of the Chen family was to provide doctors, but the doctors only let everyone know which herbs can be picked.
Once he and his men knew which herbs could be picked, there would be no need for doctors, and no need for the Chen family.
At that time, I can completely leave the Chen family alone and take over this business. Even if the Chen family knows about it, they can't do anything to me.
Besides, Guo Qiang is going to deal with the Chen family anyway, and the Chen family won’t survive for long, so there is no need to care about them.
So, Captain Sun started knocking, wanting to know more details so that he could get rid of the Chen family.
Chen Xue also guessed Captain Sun's plan, but still explained it to Captain Sun in detail. However, at the critical moment, Chen Xue suggested that they open the shackles.
Captain Sun hesitated for a moment, worried that the Chen family would escape after the shackles were removed, but then he thought that they couldn't run away, and if they ran, they would die faster.
So Captain Sun agreed, but Chen Xue asked Xu Tian to do it. Although Captain Sun was confused, he still agreed.
Xu Tian walked over with a puzzled look on his face. When he heard that he was going to help Lord Chen untie the shackles, he was naturally very happy to do so.
However, when he helped Chen Xue open the shackles, he was a little confused because he felt that the shackles on Chen Xue were as light as paper.
This is obviously abnormal!
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