Urban Sims

The potion production factory successfully mass-produced tens of thousands of bottles of magic potion.

Although the nobles involved in this project unanimously chose to keep it strictly confidential and prevent the news from spreading.

But through various secret channels, this news still spread to every corner of the upper echelons of the Yadud Kingdom as if it had wings.

Boom~!

All families were shocked.

What is the concept of producing more than 30,000 bottles of magic potion in two days?

Taking the general retail price of [Calming Potion] in other kingdoms as 1,000 gold coins/bottle, this is equivalent to more than 30 million gold coins!

It was created in that factory in just two days.

That servant son of the Leilin family, that "pharmaceutical export industry" that everyone laughs at and is like a fantasy, may indeed become a reality.

Those families who were watching indifferently, waiting to see a joke, couldn't sit still now!

They sent their nephews with status, bringing generous gifts and invitations to the Medicine Bottle Castle, requesting to meet Mr. Lemoton Lelin, make friends with him, or invite him to the "County XX Mansion". Communicate and communicate.

In a short period of time, Zhou Ming received hundreds of invitations of this kind.

Some of these letters were sent by the "cooperator faction" who had relatively good relations with him, and some were sent by the "hostile faction" before. Of course, the "wait-and-see faction" sent the most letters...basically they hoped to have a good relationship with him and try to please him. meaning.

Zhou Ming accepted a few invitations and visited a few families.

The first one he visited was, of course, the palace, where he met with King James.

At the banquet, the king was surprised by his youth - only 17 years old.

Zhou Ming was surprised by how old the king was. The king, who was just over 60 years old, was as old as Roberts, who was 80 years old.

The two had a conversation...a conversation with a sensitive topic.

King James said: "If everyone in the Leylin family was as talented and loyal to the royal family as you, the Kingdom of Yadud would not be so weak. It's a pity that I am old and weak, and even the Leylin family can't save it. .”

Zhou Ming shook his head: "The Leilin family is weak. Only one Leilin family cannot revitalize the royal family and make the Yadud Kingdom prosperous and strong. It will take at least 100 Leilin families to achieve this."

"A hundred Leylin families?"

King James smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If there are ten, I will wake up laughing in my dreams, but if there are a hundred, how is that possible?"

"How is it impossible? Aren't there 28 families now tied to the same rope as the royal family?"

"You mean...the other families that you have won over by relying on the pharmaceutical export industry?"

King James came to his senses and knew what Zhou Ming meant.

"Yes, the pharmaceutical production and export industry is an industry with huge potential. The cultivation of medicinal materials requires the participation of dozens of families; the production of pharmaceuticals requires the cooperation of multiple families; and the sales of pharmaceuticals require hundreds of families to work together to promote it. , the families in the entire upstream, midstream, and downstream chain including medicinal material cultivation, pharmaceutical production, pharmaceutical sales, etc., will all be families that support the royal family." Zhou Ming said.

King James frowned and said: "With so many families participating in the cooperation, won't the money earned by the royal family be a lot less?"

"It won't be less. Increase the production of potions to 10,000, 50,000, or 100,000 bottles per day, and occupy the magic potion market in hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of kingdoms. The money you make will only be There will be more and more.”

"Even if the royal family takes only one-tenth of this money, it is an unimaginable amount. Other cooperative families will also make money. Of course, the money they make will not be as much as the royal family who controls the factory, but it is still extremely considerable. "

King James still shook his head: "The royal family only takes one-tenth, this..." This is too little!

You have to take at least 50%, right?

"One cannot be greedy."

There was a sarcastic smile on Zhou Ming's lips: "This is why so many kings failed to carry out reforms in the kingdom. The king hopes to get more land and increase the tribute taxes paid by the nobles, but The land is limited, and the income of the nobles is relatively fixed. The king wants to cut their flesh to meet his own needs. The royal family's problem is solved, but the nobles are living increasingly hard... Of course, they will vigorously oppose this kind of reform. "

"Leylin, you...which side are you on?"

King James was startled and pointed at him, his old face turned red from suppressing his emotions. From what this kid said, it seemed that he was not sitting on the same side as the royal family.

He misjudged this boy!

"I'm just analyzing with you why the reforms implemented by successive kings failed."

Zhou Ming continued: "But my method is different. My method is to make the cake bigger and strive for every family to get a share. Moreover, the magic potions we produce are mainly exported to other countries and earn money from other countries. This will not cause harm to the interests of the country’s nobles. On the contrary, the more families involved, the more allies the royal family will have.”

"Don't think about the royal family enjoying the meal alone or swallowing most of the cake. This is impossible. The technical process of the pharmaceutical production factory is complicated and simple. Seeing how profitable it is, other families will definitely do the same. They will increase investment and establish their own pharmaceutical production factory to compete with the royal family. When faced with competition from competitors, the royal family's share will be even smaller."

"So I suggest that the royal family recruit other families to join the 'magic potion mass production' plan, in order to avoid internal competition and maximize profits."

"At the same time, the royal family will be surrounded by hundreds of hardcore allies."

The old fox nodded repeatedly after hearing Zhou Ming's explanation, feeling a little enlightened.

King James felt that what he said made sense, but he was still not satisfied.

If the royal family always occupies a small share of the interests, how can the king of this kingdom keep his word and keep his word?

Do you have to discuss everything with the nobles and look at their faces? Then...

What's the point?

Zhou Ming knew what King James was thinking, and he didn't want to say more. Anyway, he put it right there: if you want to maximize your interests, you must win over a large number of families to cooperate.

…

the next day.

Zhou Ming went to the house of his female classmate Lilith.

I met Duke Churchill Rudolf, one of the three pillars of the kingdom who wrote in the "invitation" that "I have long been fascinated and longed to see you".

A sumptuous dinner party.

Zhou Ming's first impression of the seventy-year-old Duke was that he was extremely deep and cunning.

During the conversation for more than half an hour, the two discussed topics covering various fields, complimenting each other and doing Tai Chi.

Duke Rudolf did not expect that the young boy in front of him would be so sophisticated and that he would not fall into his trap despite all his insinuations.

Together with his granddaughter Lilith, who was sitting opposite the boy, dressed up and shining, the boy didn't seem to be very "interested".

Regardless of whether he proposed "assisting the pardon of the Leylin family" or "marriage between the two families"... his plan to win over this kid to be used by the Rudolph family failed completely.

If he hadn't been strong enough, Duke Rudolf would have gone into a fit, pounded the table, and scolded him for being disrespectful... You must know that he has always had a bad temper, and was nicknamed "The Furious Duke".

but……

Duke Rudolph still endured this banquet for a long time.

It was not until the end of the dinner that he stopped beating around the bush and put forward his idea in a straightforward manner:

"Boy, I will give you one million gold coins, enough manpower, and a guarantee that the king will pardon the Leylin family, and let you marry my granddaughter Lilith. You will help the Rudolph family and set up a pharmaceutical production factory. After success, you get 40% of the profits, is this possible?"

"Boy, this is the best condition I can give, don't be disrespectful!"

The old Duke asked with a look of displeasure on his face.

"Grandpa~!"

Lilith's body became twitchy and her face turned red.

Zhou Ming showed a wry smile.

He explained helplessly: "The Yadud Kingdom is too small. It really can't build two pharmaceutical factories and establish two medicinal material supply systems. Moreover, even if it succeeds, in the sales process, the two factories will form price competition and profits will decline."

"Boy, I think you didn't understand what I meant. I want it to be a factory! If you don't manage the other one, they won't be able to produce a bottle of potion... Don't think I don't know what you're capable of!"

The old Duke said in a solemn tone.

Zhou Ming was surprised: "His Majesty the King is not kind to me. Yesterday he also introduced Princess Xivenis to me. Your Excellency, you actually..."

"boom!"

There was a loud bang.

The nature of the furious Duke was exposed. He slapped the table as a signal, pointed angrily at Zhou Ming and said: "Boy, don't be disrespectful! If you don't do as I say, I have many ways to make you feel better! It's the gate of the Duke's Mansion. Don’t even think about walking out!”

After saying that, a group of soldiers in full armor entered the hall with a "clatter".

"Your Majesty Duke, it turns out that what you are hosting is the Hongmen Banquet."

Zhou Ming took out the storm staff from the space ring and was ready to break out of the siege.

"Grandpa! Leylin! You are all my most important people! Stop arguing!"

Lilith cried loudly.

This actually surprised Zhou Ming. When did he become Lilith's 'most important person'? Wasn't she getting into the act too quickly?

This verbal conflict did not turn into a tragic murder in the end. Zhou Ming left safely and left a message: If the Rudolf family is really sincere in cooperating, 5% of the shares of the pharmaceutical production factory, or the pharmaceutical sales agency rights in 10 kingdoms , he is sure to help the Rudolph family get it.

If there is no sincerity and instead he keeps making small moves, then he will not be able to cooperate with the Rudolph family.

Then he left.

"Bastard boy!"

"How dare you refuse me! How dare you refuse Duke Rudolf!"

"I see you are getting impatient!"

After Zhou Ming left, Duke Rudolf was so angry that he blushed and smashed a lot of things.

"Grandpa, don't be angry. Being angry like this is not good for your health." Lilith quickly patted the old man's chest to calm him down.

After calming down for a while, the old Duke looked at his granddaughter. He thought for a while and said: "Lilith, that kid is a bit capable, but I didn't expect that the water wouldn't splash in, and he wouldn't be able to scare her. Please work harder and help her." The family has won him over, if he can’t be used by the Rudolph family, I would rather destroy him!”

After saying that, the old Duke's face was full of cold murderous intent.

"this……"

Lilith was a little embarrassed. She knew what her grandfather meant, but the competition was too fierce. Her best friends and other female classmates had been trying their best to get closer to Leylin recently. Apparently they had received similar "family tasks" as hers, but She didn't know what was going on, but Leylin didn't seem to be interested in anyone, so she had serious doubts about her beauty.

But since grandpa said so, she could only nod and said: "I'll give it a try, grandpa."