"I am willing to act according to your Majesty's will! However, I hope your Majesty will reconsider the distribution of the sales proceeds..." After hearing the profit-sharing agreement, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed. After being favored by Queen Yaen, I not only occupied the ten largest magic crystal mines in Yaen, but also many jewelry and magic equipment stores in the Kingdom of Yaen became my possession. Moreover, the procurement of military equipment and the supply of materials for all the troops in the Kingdom of Yaen became my one-man show. Whether it was the price or the quality, I basically had the final say. So for me, who was making a lot of money, I didn't care about money anymore.
"Mr. Shen, do you have any opinions on the assignment? Although His Majesty and everyone knows that the prices of magic equipment you sold to the Kingdom's troops are very low, according to what Mr. Shen said before, the prices of the equipment you sold to the Kingdom before were not at a loss, and now the price has doubled. Are you still not satisfied? After all, the Mokast Empire is not rich now, and the Kingdom has to take the risk of sending materials to the Mokast Empire, plus the country's construction needs..." The Minister of State Affairs, who was born a merchant of the Xia tribe, frowned slightly and asked with a slightly dissatisfied tone. Similarly, except for Queen Yan and a few other ministers who were very close to me, everyone was a little dissatisfied.
"Oh! I think you all misunderstood. What I meant is that the price I sell to the kingdom is still the original price, and the price the country sells to the Mocast Empire is as your majesty said, and the extra money will be invested in the reconstruction of the kingdom and aid to refugees... In addition, this is my new round of magic equipment quotation, please review it and then have your majesty approve it..."
"It's rare! In the past, I think everyone had only one impression of the Xia people, that is, they are profit-seeking. But now, I think everyone must have made a great change in this regard... Arak, do you have any questions?" After hearing what I said, Queen Yan sighed and said after a silence of 5 seconds. But before she finished her words, her face suddenly changed a little.
"This...this...this price..." The minister named by Queen Yan, the minister in charge of arms procurement to whom I first submitted the price list, was stuttering and unable to speak after seeing the prices.
But I know why he has this expression. If there is anyone in the Kingdom of Yan who is dissatisfied with my monopoly on the entire equipment procurement, it is this guy in front of me.
Before I entered the arms race in the Kingdom of Yan, all arms purchases of the Kingdom of Yan were handled by him, and all prices were finalized by him, so naturally the benefits were incredibly numerous.
After I got involved, I never bothered with that guy because I negotiated the price and quantity directly with the Minister of War and even Queen Jaen. . . . .
Because of this, this old guy has a deep hatred for me. After my large amount of equipment invaded the Kingdom of Yan, this old guy saw that his own procurement channels were completely blocked by me, and immediately selected a few pieces of equipment I sent to the warehouse and handed them over to several suppliers, and has been trying to copy them.
Not long ago, I learned that this guy has counterfeited several simple magic equipment and mass-produced a part of them, and is preparing to include those equipment in the magic equipment procurement sequence of the Kingdom of Yan in the near future.
But can I let the cooked duck fly away? No, absolutely not! So, after I finished this battle, I directly abandoned the troops and rushed to the king's capital with a small number of personal guards to prevent his magic equipment from flowing into the military.
Of course, the equipment that are mainly reduced in price are those that are easy to counterfeit and manufacture. Just because each piece of his equipment is handmade, if he wants to compete with the price of the equipment produced on my mass assembly line, I can easily make him die miserably.
"Hahaha, what do I think? This isn't the first time that Mr. Shen has taken the initiative to lower prices. Is it worth your excitement? Oh... the prices of some equipment have dropped a lot this time... I think the craftsmen in Mr. Shen's family must have come up with some good way to reduce manufacturing costs.
Alas! How great it would be if Mr. Shen had appeared a few years earlier! Think about the magic army of our Kingdom of Yan. In the past, ordinary amplification rings could only be equipped to those senior officers, but now? Not only does everyone have an amplification ring, but even the magic crowns can be equipped to the main divisions in the tens of thousands. This is simply a miracle!
What is even more rare is that although Mr. Shen comes from a businessman family, he does not have the slightest smell of money. The prices of all his equipment are incredibly low. Moreover, as long as he finds room to reduce costs, he will take the initiative to reduce prices. This is the first time I have seen this in my decades of life experience.
If I had to choose one of our subjects who has made the greatest contribution to the kingdom in the past few years, I would choose Mr. Shen!"
The Minister of War snatched the price list with one hand, looked at it for less than a few seconds, then stood up and praised me, and at the same time handed the list in his hand to Queen Yan for review.
"These prices are so different from the selling prices when I first saw you! But at this price, won't you lose money? The increased prices of the magic cannons sold to the Mocast Empire are actually entirely to compensate you for the sacrifices you have made for the kingdom in the past. I don't want to see the pillar of my Yan Kingdom go bankrupt due to losses!" After a quick look, Queen Yan and the Minister of War were both very surprised by my prices and worried about my profits.
"It is the duty of a minister to relieve His Majesty's worries. Your Majesty does not need to worry. Every item that Shen Xiang provides to the troops is a fine product that has been strictly checked. The price of all equipment is the raw material plus the processing cost, plus 5% profit sold to the country. Until we defeat the orcs, I will never regret it!"
"Lord Shen is right! But now, someone is preparing to sell magic equipment at a price cheaper than yours. What do you think we should do?" Gritting his teeth, the minister in charge of arms procurement suddenly came up.
"Do I need to ask this? With the same performance, I will buy from the one who is cheaper! Do I need to ask such a simple question? I wonder if my price is too high for those equipments?" I laughed secretly in my heart and answered righteously, but I was thinking about how to deal with him in my heart. You want to play with me? I will play you to death! (To be continued)