At the banquet, Mr. Zhao did not make an appointment with other salt merchants to have tea, but instead ordered the sedan chair to carry the sedan chair directly to Hongxiufang.￥f, Mr. Zhao bought Chuchu, as soon as he arrived at the Hutou Castle, and he packed Chuchu, one hundred taels of silver a day, not counting the money for tea and wine. As soon as he returned to the building, Chuchu rushed over.

"I still have some things to talk about. Miss Chuchu will go outside and listen to the opera first." Mr. Zhao said.

Only Mr. Zhao and his manager were left in the room. Mr. Wang poured a cup of tea for each of them, and then asked, "Why did the young master give Liu Jun 20,000 taels of silver today, and give him 1,800 taels of silver at will, which is enough."

Mr. Zhao picked up the tea and blew it, took a sip, then smiled and replied, "Do you think I was afraid of Liu Jun? I was very wrong. Although Liu Jun is the chief town of Yunyang, the Marquis of the South of the Town, I am not afraid of him. This time I came here, one is not to want to tear away the face with Liu Jun, and the other is to see this newly red and purple marquis."

Mr. Zhao was also the nephew of King Zhou, and the Zhao family was also a large family in Nanyang. In front of a new marquis like Liu Jun, it is not said that he could be kneaded casually.

"Then the young master invested 20,000 taels of silver for Liu Jun." Manager Wang said with some distress.

"I am willing to vote so much, of course because it is worth investing so much." Mr. Zhao smiled, "It is said that it is better to meet than to be famous. Today, when I saw this Liu Jun, I immediately felt that this person was not simple. No wonder he was able to be a marquis and hang his seal. It was definitely not up to luck. I am very optimistic about him in this salt field."

"Well, the salt farm is really profitable?"

"Of course there is, why not? Huguang used to not produce salt, and they all rely on Huai salt, and sometimes even rely on Sichuan salt and Shanxi Chi salt. Now Huguang has salt, and can produce one million dan of salt a year. Think about how big the business opportunities are there."

"Can you really produce so much salt?"

"Absolutely." Mr. Zhao smiled, "I've gained a lot this time."

"Young Master, when will we go back?"

"What's the hurry? Since I'm here, I'll stay there for a while. This Liu Jun is very interesting. I want to get closer to him."

"It's just a martial artist, is that necessary?"

Mr. Zhao shook his head and said, "Martial Artsman? Then you have to see when the martial artsman was. If it was a hundred years earlier, or even fifty years earlier, it would be a good idea to be a warrior like Liu Jun, but now it is the time when the northern enemy is captured and the southern enemy is in turmoil. The status of these martial artsman is very different, especially a martial artsman like Liu Jun who can fight with his own troops."

"Aren't all the thieves going to be pacified?"

"Put down? Let's talk about the dream. Look at the fewer thief leaders in the court have captured and killed in recent years? Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang and others have hundreds of big and small, but the fact is that the bandits are getting bigger and bigger. Why? It's because many people have no food to eat, father and son eat each other, and change sons to eat. It's all at this point. It's not very common for them to rebel? The court cannot make the people full in one day, so the bandits will not be able to pacify them in one day."

Mr. Zhao is very accurate in the situation in the world.

"Not only will it not be pacified in a short time, but I am afraid that the more you make a fuss, the more you make a fuss, it will always be good for us to establish a good relationship with him. Moreover, I think Liu Jun has a great ambition and a boldness. We can cooperate more with him in the future and make money together."

"Manager Wang, I heard that Liu Jun had obtained hundreds of thousands of various property and spoils since the Sichuan suppressed bandits, but he has not taken action yet. You go to visit the people of Jiutou Bird tomorrow and mention our plans for cooperation. We are willing to help them deal with these property, and only charge 10% of the fee, and I am willing to give him 30% of the cash in advance."

"But I also have one condition, which is that I hope to purchase a batch of flying dragon guns and tiger squat cannons from Liu Jun."

“What do we buy firearms for?”

"Of course it's a village group. Nowadays, I have to rely on myself to be more reliable." Mr. Zhao said, "We will purchase 1,000 flying dragon guns and 20 tiger squat cannons. The price is not a problem. What's important is that I hope the Jiutou can help us train this village group."

“Help us train?”

"Well, it can be the instructor of the Nine-Headed Bird Sect coming to help us train, or we can choose someone to go to Nine-Headed Bird for training, anything is fine."

After talking for a while, Manager Wang said goodbye and left, and then Chuchu came upstairs.

"Get me a bowl of porridge and bake a few more cakes. I'm hungry." Mr. Zhao said, and the requirements are very simple.

Chuchu called a maid and said, "You go to the kitchen to inform me, cook a pot of eight-treasure porridge, bake a few chopped green onion cakes, and send it upstairs."

It was getting late at this time, and Chuchu walked to Mr. Zhao and began to rub his shoulders for him. While rubbing Chuchu, he said, "Mr. Zhao, I have something rare recently. Do you want to listen?"

"What a rare thing, let me tell you." Mr. Zhao leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and enjoyed the beauty's kneading.

Chu Chu smiled and said, "It's just that there is a kind of salary-aid coupon recently. Buying a lottery ticket is to help you pay, but there is still a chance to win the prize. The first prize is 10,000 taels of silver."

"Aided salary coupon?" Mr. Zhao heard the first time, especially when he heard the first prize of 10,000 taels of silver, he felt even more strange, and he felt that this was probably a scam.

"I'll get one for you to see."

Chuchu turned around and walked to the dressing table, and took a piece of paper from the drawer. The size was somewhat similar to the bank ticket.

"That's it, the salary and reward ticket."

Mr. Zhao took it and looked carefully. He saw that there were many numbers and seals on it. Moreover, this ticket was connected to ten pieces, and there were clasps at the connection.

"This prize ticket costs five taels and can be divided into ten items. You can buy one at a time or only one at a time."

“Where was this prize ticket issued?”

"It is a bonus for the salary that is issued by Jiutou Bird, with a credit guarantee." Chuchu said vigorously. This kind of bonus is issued for the first time. Many of them are sold on behalf of the green buildings, taverns, tea shops and other places in various cities. For every help to sell one, the seller can get a commission.

"How to buy it, and how to win the prize?" Mr. Zhao heard that this thing was made by Liu Jun, and immediately became a little inspired. The things that Liu Jun made would not be a scam. He almost realized that this thing was similar to a kind of gambling-bet.

"This is the first time that the salary-aid coupon is issued, so only 10,000 pieces are published, each with a different number, and each can be cut into ten pieces. One piece is sold for five taels of silver and one piece is sold for five cents of silver. At the end of the month, a public lottery will be held, and 10,000 sold lottery numbers will be collected together, and one to five prizes will be drawn in public.

Mr. Zhao quickly calculated in his mind that one piece of five taels sold for ten thousand pieces, which would be 50,000 taels of silver.

"A total of five prizes were set up, one first prize was 10,000 taels, two prizes were 1,000 taels, three prizes were 100 taels, three prizes were 100 taels, four prizes were 50 taels, and five prizes were 1,000 taels each.

Mr. Zhao nodded. The five prizes combined were 35,000 yuan, nearly 70%, and the income was more than 30%. If part of the capital was deducted, it would probably be about 30%. The income of 30% was quite large. Although it seemed that after raising 50,000 taels of silver, it would have to pay out more than 30,000 taels of money in the end, and only about 10,000 taels of money was earned.

But Mr. Zhao immediately thought that if it was just an ordinary fundraising, I believe everyone would not have any enthusiasm at all. But if it were such a reward-based donation, it would be completely different. Imagine that the first prize actually had 10,000 taels of silver, how attractive it was.

Although the first prize win rate is one in ten thousand, there are many other prizes, especially the five prizes. Although it is only ten taels of silver, there are only one thousand people, which is equivalent to one of ten people winning. In addition to the first four prizes, a total of 1,114 people can win.

If you don’t win the prize, you can get a good reputation for helping the money. While raising funds, there is a high chance of winning the prize, which is really attractive.

There are not many prize tickets per five taels of silver, and the Nine-Headed Bird's fundraising this time is very distinctive, and you don't force you to donate as much as you like. Five taels are fine, or even five cents are fine. This is equivalent to making a kind of fundraising that everyone is reluctant to do, and it is no longer just donating, but there is still a chance to win or win a big prize, and there is a great chance.

"Interesting." Mr. Zhao smiled. This Liu Jun is really surprising. He used to open a salt field, but now he has a prize ticket.

"Young Master, since you find it interesting, how much do you buy?" Chuchu started selling hard.

Mr. Zhao didn't really want to win the grand prize. He knew that the winning rate was not high. However, he was very impressed by this form. It should be said that this kind of prize ticket is not a very new thing. There were similar prize tickets in the Song Dynasty, but they have always been banned by the official under the name of gambling-bet. But now Liu Jun created this prize ticket in the name of a salary assistance, and the court must not ban it. This edge ball was played beautifully.

"Give me a hundred copies!" Mr. Zhao said casually, which attracted Chuchu's cry. She helped recommend this kind of prize ticket to the rich rich merchants who came to Hongxiufang. However, there were commissions. For every recommended one, you could get one cent of silver. Mr. Zhao bought one hundred copies at once, and she would get a commission of ten taels of silver.

Just by moving your mouth, you can get ten taels of silver, which is quite a profit.

"I wish you the first prize for high school!"

While congratulating, Chuchu walked downstairs and called a servant to find someone. Soon, a prize seller came and Mr. Zhao took out five hundred taels of silver to exchange for one hundred prize tickets.

"Mr. Zhao, remember to collect the prize tickets and wait for the end of the month to pay attention to the lottery. If you win the prize, you can get the prize ticket at the Tiger Head Castle to receive the prize. Remember not to damage the prize ticket, otherwise you can't receive the prize. Everything is based on the prize ticket."

Mr. Zhao nodded and put away the prize ticket casually.

"I'll give you it." Chuchu smiled and said to the prize salesman. The two walked downstairs, and the prize salesman immediately took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Chuchu, "This is your commission."

Chuchu went to get it with a smile.

"Write me a receipt first."

Chuchu took the paper and pen to write the receipt and wrote it in a seal. The prize seller checked it and accepted it, and handed the ten taels of silver to Chuchu. Holding two five taels of silver ingots, Chuchu didn't expect the money to come so easily. It seems that he would have to recommend the prize ticket to the guests in the future. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!