The first princess' brows wrinkled unusually, and she kept thinking about the possibility of what Lu Yu said, but then she was a little desperate to discover... This is not a'possibility' but an'inevitable'.
Although the royal family is the largest family in the world, it has a great flaw, that is... it is difficult to refuse people, or to say that it is difficult to do things'perfectly'. There are always people who are dissatisfied. If there are too many dissatisfactions, it is also dangerous for Huangquan. Therefore, the royal family sometimes compromises, and... more often than people think.
If the output of black wood is exactly as Lu Yu said, then... the civil and military officials in the courts and the public, the princes and princes and the wealthy businessmen and gentry from all over the world, they all come to ask for black coke, and they carry real gold and silver, can they not sell it
Even if only a part of it is sold, who is it sold to? Are you close to the royal family? Or is it alone? After all, we can't satisfy everyone, and those who are not satisfied will eventually feel resentment.
And the most unsatisfied and the least allowed to complain is the people of this world!
Because of Lu Yu's simple sentence, the Blackwood Forest, which was originally regarded as a "baby" in the eyes of the first princess, has now become a hot potato. It is neither taking it nor throwing it.
Lu Yu continued to say: "This is a shortcoming, then I will talk about the advantages. The price of black coke has been rising. When Princess Princess came here, I was afraid that it had risen to a level that no one could think of. But. … What about this? Even if it rises ten times, it doesn’t actually have the same gold and precious charcoal fire that the royal family usually uses, right? Is it really expensive now? It’s just expensive compared to before, but compared to… No one When you know its value? As for the charcoal market alone, it is actually just a little expensive. And it is really economical. If you want to be warm in a night, you are afraid that it will cost tens of catties of charcoal, so most people have to go to the night. If you light a fire, you still hold the quilt for a night in the middle of the night? But black coke is different. Just a few kilograms can bring people warmth all night. Except for the indispensable existence of the stove, then in fact, it is only for every night. In terms of heating costs, the price of black coke is still cheap today."
The first princess nodded and said, "This is also..."
So she was even more entangled, because of this attribute, she had the idea of robbing the Blackwood Forest again.
But Lu Yu immediately said: "So... Actually, the Blackwood Forest is in my hands. It is far better to the royal family than in the hands of the royal family. If you weren't there, I would actually be happy to be a shopkeeper. Hey. … The word “friend” is really cumbersome."
The first princess frowned again, she didn't understand.
Lu Yu said: "The black coke business is now mainly divided into two parts. The first one, which accounts for more than 70%, is sold to the royal family, and the royal family resells it with others. In terms of price... the price of the royal family is higher than that Ordinary merchants are as much as 40% cheaper, which means that the royals just turned their hands and made 40% of the profits. Unless the royals are willing to sell them cheaply, but... I believe your royals will not. As for the other 20% Many, that is, through various means, deliberately leaked out and sold it to those merchants privately."
"Why do you divide it like this? Wouldn't it be better to sell all to the royal family?"
The first princess obviously has no mastery of cultivation or politics for this kind of thing.
Lu Yu couldn't help laughing, because it was really funny.
"Princess, if... without the private sales of more than 20%, how can the royal family raise the price? You raise it yourself? Oh, you will be scolded to death. We businessmen are not afraid, but don't the royal family care about the face the most? This kind of self? Let us do it for businessmen. Selling privately, the quantity is smaller, but it is faster and freer than the royal one. It is because of freedom that the price of black coke can be found to be the most suitable. Point... This point is the point where people think it's'true value'! This is impossible to estimate, and can only be found slowly through actual operations. Beyond this point, the purchase of it is more than the loss, so the purchase volume will decrease. Below this point, it will again Becomes too cheap, purchases will increase, and return to that "point". Of course, there may be hoarding, and malicious enthusiasm is inevitable, but... the vast majority of the royal black coke , But it can in turn affect the price. From the beginning to the end, the royal price can be based on the price of the private sale. It can be said that the volume of the private sale is used to set the price, and the royal family is used to stabilize the price. And money-making."
"Yes... It's a bit complicated."
The first princess had a big head and couldn't understand, but it didn't prevent her from understanding that what Lu Yu said was correct.
Lu Yu smiled and said: "Okay, I will use the simplest way to answer this question. If all black coke is given to the royal family, the royal family will not be able to increase the price arbitrarily. Its price should be stable at present, or even lower. At the current price, let’s use five times the original price. Because the premise of this method is that you own the entire black wood forest, the cost of black coke will naturally become minimal. We are extreme and do not consider any transportation at all. Costs, production costs, and even felling costs are all counted as your royal income, so... it's five times the original price of all black coke, right?"
The first princess worked hard to calculate, then nodded and said, "That's right."
Lu Yu smiled and said: "Then change one. According to the current trading method, the current price of black coke is 13 times the original price, and it is still rising. According to my calculations, the price can rise to 25 times the original price. Attributable to stability. And the royal family owns 70% of the purchase and sale rights, and out of this 70% can get 40% of the profit... In this way, the royal family can actually get a profit of seven times the original price of all black coke... You see, it’s amazing. Obviously you didn't get it, or even did less, don't worry about being stigmatized by the people for thousands of years, let alone worrying about those officials, scholars and bureaucrats pleading with the royal family, but you earn more than before!"
The first princess carefully calculated the calculations in her heart and found that... Lu Yu really didn't make any mistakes.
Because she knows that if the black coke is in the hands of the royal family, five times the original price is considered high, and it is very likely to be sold at the original price! And it is very likely to cut down recklessly, cut the chance for future generations, and get scolded.
But if you can get seven times the original price... wouldn't the royal family make a lot of money? Even if you can increase your reputation by suppressing the name of profiteers with righteousness, you can also make a lot of money from it... There is nothing better than this.
"My palace... I always feel that something is wrong, I was deceived by you."
When she said this, she agreed.
Lu Yu did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "The strangest thing about me is who knows that the princess and Zixia are friends, knowing that as long as the princess goes out, Zixia will have to use all his cards. To tell the princess, Xiaoxia feels that he has lost a lot of money. Now, if you change someone, or call Zaixia into the palace again, Zaixia can remove the word “Cong” before the “Congsi-Rank”, or even change the word “Zheng”."
Removed, the official was promoted to one level, and the word'zheng' was added to be promoted to another level.
"Huh, it's not greedy for power?"
The first princess snorted coldly, but her face was extremely soft. She turned to look at Xiao Hei who was lazy beside her, and couldn't help saying: "There really is what kind of running dog there is. It's a beast. He has become a lazy dog... but he has grown up a lot."
Lu Yu smiled softly and said, "It's finally useful."
The first princess nodded and said: "If you re-enter the palace in the future, you should go to the palace to sit for a while. There is no one all the time, so it's boring."
After speaking, the first princess left.
Seeing the back of the first princess leaving, Lu Yu sighed heavily, slumped in the seat and laughed softly: "It's... I was cheated."
Lu Qian and Xiao Ruan on the side opened their eyes wide.
Lu Qian was surprised: "Xiaoyu, are you lying to her? But you said..."
Lu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I was deceived. Most of what I said was true, but one thing was false."
"What is fake?"
"Heh, in fact, stoves, and black coke... will never be sold to ordinary people! The royal family doesn't have to worry about stinks for thousands of years. On the contrary, if there is no stove, if there is no black coke, the people will Love the royal more."
"This... What kind of fallacy is this?"
Lu Qian looked speechless.
But Xiao Ruan on the side said: "Don't worry about widowhood, but about unevenness. Master said before."