Chapter 156 Mole Manor (Part 2)
After some haggling, both parties made some concessions and the final profit sharing ratio was set at 4:6.
The Idar Territory takes the lion's share, receiving 60% of the profits, while the Conte Territory receives 40%.
However, this is a conditional 40% to 60% split.
If the annual income obtained by Conte County through this cooperation is less than 1,500 gold coins, then when dividing the income, Bruno must first make up for Conte County's profit of 1,500 gold coins.
After all... Lord Conte must at least make up for the tax losses caused by population loss.
To be honest, Bruno agreed to this condition without even thinking about it.
Because the market for strong liquor is there, and there is also sales data of whiskey and vodka as a reference, the profit obtained will be an extremely considerable figure.
In exchange, Conteling needs to hand over all the production and sales of the low-alcohol wine he is currently engaged in to Moore Wine Industry!
Moore Wines!
This is the name of the interest group jointly established by the Territory of Idar and the Territory of Conte, which is responsible for the production and sale of wine.
Conteling is mainly responsible for providing high-quality winemaking raw materials - grapes, as well as the manpower to plant grapes and manage the estate.
The Idar region is responsible for brewing these high-quality grapes into crystal clear wines and providing brand new packaging for those low-alcohol wines!
Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse! Through exquisite packaging and sales strategies, even the most ordinary products can be sold at a high price! Bruno firmly believes in this! After all...
In the previous life, a box of ordinary mooncakes could be sold at a sky-high price with exquisite packaging, let alone wine that was widely accepted and sought after by the nobles?
According to the agreement between Bruno and Viscount Conte, Viscount Conte will build a large wine estate on the most fertile and most suitable land for grape growth in the Moore River Valley, namely...
Mole Manor!
At the same time, for the sake of scale operation and saving transportation costs, the entire process from grape planting to brandy making will be completed in the Moor Manor located in the Moor River Valley!
However, although the Moore Manor is located within the territory of the Conte Territory, according to the agreement reached by both parties, the operation and management of the Moore Wine Industry will be the responsibility of the Idar Territory, and the Count of Conte has the right to send people to supervise.
The output of Moore's Manor and the income of Moore's Wine Industry will not need to pay taxes to Viscount Conte, but will be directly reinvested and distributed as profits!
But most importantly, Viscount Conte will allow Bruno to send Idar's standing army to station in the Moore Manor to protect the brandy brewing process from being leaked! It is precisely because of this condition that Bruno will so simply agree to the 40%-60% split! What's more, in the agreement, the business scope of Moore Wine Industry is the Norman Empire.
And this means that
If Moore Wine Industry wants to sell brandy and other wine products produced by Moore Wine Industry to the Kingdom of Basel in the future, it will need the assistance of the Idar Chamber of Commerce...
In this way, Bruno can also get another channel fee!
To be honest, Bruno learned this trick from someone! Although Q Reading and someone are the same company, they have to share the channel fee first, which makes the original half of the income suddenly become a quarter or even lower.
However, this is at least much better than the one-eighth or even one-ninth of some sites!
So,
Although Bruno and Lord Conte have a close relationship now, if there are any disagreements in the future, Bruno will have some means to curb them.
In fact, when it comes down to it, the significance of Moore Wine Industry's existence goes far beyond this.
Its existence not only enables Idar and Conte to gain monetary benefits, but also allows Bruno to tie Conte to the Idar chariot in a practical sense!
When the agreement is signed, everyone will be happy.
As it was getting late, Bruno arranged a banquet in the lord's castle to celebrate the upcoming establishment of the Moore Wine Company and to bid farewell to the departing Viscount Conte.
Steaming seaweed egg drop soup, soft and tasty potato stewed beef, golden fried chicken and many other dishes were served on the table, which made Viscount Conte feel particularly novel.
In addition to the fact that many of the ingredients on the table were unfamiliar to him, Viscount Conte was particularly excited by the new cooking methods and unique flavors of these foods.
After three rounds of drinking, Viscount Conte finally got a little tipsy and said to Bruno, "My Lord, do you still remember my little daughter Isabel?"
Although Viscount Conte had been somewhat afraid of Bruno's voyage, after seeing with his own eyes what happened in Idar Territory, his previous thoughts came to his mind again.
Lord Bruno... although his words and deeds are somewhat unique, he is also a very suitable single noble! Moreover, with the establishment of Moore Wine Industry, Viscount Conte also knew that his relationship with Idar County had become closer, so he thought of his youngest daughter's marriage again.
"Isabelle?" Bruno was stunned.
After spending a few seconds searching his mind, Bruno finally recalled the girl he had met several times from his original memory.
Viscount Conte has one son and three daughters.
The eldest son was named Belkin Conte, who was about four or five years older than Bruno. He had met Bruno several times before and seemed to be particularly handsome.
Rather than being a nobleman, he was more like a qualified warrior, and he was completely different from Viscount Conte.
The eldest daughter was named Evela Conte. She married a noble viscount living on the Valence Plain a few years ago and had long lived a comfortable life as a noble lady.
The second daughter died of illness a long time ago.
As for Isabelle, she is the youngest and most beloved daughter of Viscount Conte.
Although she is only seventeen years old now, she is already old enough to get married.
Due to the relatively harsh living environment and various natural and man-made disasters, the average life expectancy of ordinary people is only around 30 years old.
Therefore, this also leads to the fact that people of this era generally get married at a younger age.
According to the laws of the Norman Empire, boys over fourteen and girls over twelve were considered of marriageable age.
So, it seems that... whether it is seventeen-year-old Isabel or Bruno in his early twenties, they can already be called older single dogs!
"Remember..." Bruno, who was a single man in his previous life, said somewhat embarrassedly.
"I see that there is still a lot of empty space in the sky gardens. How about... I ask Isabel to come to Idar to visit the Earl in a few days and sort out the many matters of Moore Wine Industry on my behalf?" Viscount Conte asked tentatively.
"Well……
this……
Okay! No problem! "
(End of this chapter)
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