The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Chapter 106 Great Success

Seeing the dejected looks of several people, Emperor Yan felt a sense of pleasure in his heart. Although, three of them were his sons, he felt very unhappy when he thought about what these three people had done.

"My dear Lord Ye, my dear Lord Huang, what do you think? Did my son cheat in this gambling game?" Emperor Yan looked at Ye Ren, Huang Zhenren and other court officials with a playful look.

As soon as he said this, Ye Ren, Huang Zhenren and the three princes, who were already ashamed of Niu Wuqi, suddenly became ashamed and angry again.

But they had no choice but to answer the Emperor Yan. What the Emperor Yan did was equivalent to burying them and then dragging them out and whipping their corpses.

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. The Eighth Prince is a rare talent, how could he cheat... Those people are blind and fail to recognize talent!" Ye Ren said quickly.

As soon as he said this, he felt a little depressed.

Damn it, aren't those people talking about them? But he couldn't help but say it. He could only grit his teeth and scold himself.

"Well, Lord Ye is absolutely right. Some people are blind and fail to recognize talent! They are really old and unwilling to die. They are thieves!" Emperor Yan nodded and said jokingly.

As soon as he said this, Ye Ren's blood boiled. In an instant, a mouthful of hot blood surged up his head. He leaned back to the sky and spurted out a stream of blood from his mouth.

The Emperor of Yan was scolding him, but he had no way to respond. He finally couldn't hold on any longer due to the aggrieved feeling, and fainted from anger!

When the eldest prince saw this, he was so frightened that he rushed forward to help the man. Huang Zhenren was also very angry and felt extremely aggrieved. He and several other princes were angry and hated Jiang Fan.

They just couldn't understand where Jiang Fan got so many tricks from, and what's more, he did it so quietly that they didn't even have a chance to respond.

Looking back, they felt a strong sense of fear and dread towards Jiang Fan.

They vaguely understood that Jiang Fan probably knew that they were going to play tricks, so he made everyone think that he was fooling around from the beginning, and even deliberately endured their ridicule.

When the time is right, I will deal them a fatal blow. It's a pity that they were just mocking and joking with me.

Now that I think about it, they were just jumping around like clowns, really embarrassing themselves.

This time, they lost all face in front of the ministers and the people! They will become a joke to everyone.

Just like that, with Ye Ren vomiting blood, the trade fair ended.

But it was not over yet. In the following time, Emperor Yan brought his court officials to visit various commodities, and Niu Wu was the only one who answered questions for everyone.

Emperor Yan had seen these goods in reports before, but now that he saw the real things, he realized how dexterous and quick-witted his son was.

He could think of so many good things and so many methods. These things alone could accumulate enough wealth for him. Even Emperor Yan was tempted by this.

When Emperor Yan came to Niu Wu, Niu Wu whispered to him, "Your Majesty, His Highness asked me to tell you that you will get 50% of the profits from these businesses. From now on, the profits will be sent to the palace every quarter and added to your Majesty's inner treasury!"

These were what Jiang Fan told him. He was worried that he wouldn't have a chance to tell Emperor Yan.

Jiang Fan knew that if his money-making projects were exposed, unless he expressed his gratitude to his father, there would be a rift between him and his father.

In the face of interests, even the closest relationship may break down. Giving out half may seem like too much, but the benefits he gets are definitely more than half of the profit.

When Emperor Yan heard what Niu Wu said, he was surprised, but soon he showed joy. Half of the profit, anyone would be tempted.

In fact, he had been tempted for a long time, but even though he was tempted, he had never thought of stealing his son's things.

But he never expected that his son would be so generous and directly give him half of the profits from these industries. How could he not be surprised?

He could imagine how much money these industries could make for Jiang Fan.

Nearly one million taels a year is probably an underestimate, hundreds of thousands or even tens of millions of taels is possible. If he gets half of it, it would be at least one million taels.

"This kid is really thoughtful..." Upon hearing this, Emperor Yan patted Niu Wu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Follow Old Eight and work hard. I have high hopes for you!"

Upon hearing this, Niu Wu's face was filled with ecstasy. To be able to receive the praise of Emperor Yan was something that many people would wish for. He would brag about it for days when he returned.

Not to mention, Niu Wu was not stupid. He knew that there was something behind Emperor Yan's words, and he knew without thinking that his prince was getting closer and closer to that location.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will fight for His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince and will not hesitate even if it means my death..." He knelt down respectfully.

The Emperor of Yan smiled, turned around and left the venue with Liu Fu and the imperial guards. As for the court officials, they also left reluctantly after the Emperor of Yan left.

Niu Wu then prepared a cart of goods for the Emperor of Yan and had someone deliver it to the palace with the Emperor of Yan. Inside were gifts from Jiang Fan to the Emperor of Yan, Concubine Ning, his mother, and his sister.

Among them are perfumes, soaps, mirrors, and some objects made of glass.

At this time, the common people were asked to leave the venue by the guards who were guarding the venue. Only the heads of the chambers of commerce were left in the venue, and the rest of the time was spent on signing cooperation contracts.

The projects run by hundreds of chambers of commerce are spread all over Dayan. The task that Jiang Fan gave to Niu Wu was that if they wanted to cooperate, they could do so but had to pay the agency fee.

Merchants who receive agency fees can sell their various products in a certain area. If you don’t pay the agency fees, you won’t even be able to get the products.

In addition to the agency fees, Jiang Fan also has the power to set prices. Even the goods cannot be sold wholesale. He applied the concept of finding agents in later generations here.

At the beginning, hundreds of merchants were very resistant to this. However, after being trained by Jiang Fan, Niu Wu became eloquent and repeated to the merchants what Jiang Fan had taught him.

He also explained the benefits of obtaining agency rights. Hearing that it could almost be considered a monopoly business, the merchants thought about it and all agreed.

They knew the value and popularity of these commodities. If they could form a monopoly, the money they would earn would be far more than the agency fees of several thousand taels.

Except for mirrors and perfumes, which were sold as high-end luxury goods and commanded sky-high agency fees, the agency fees for other commodities ranged from several thousand to tens of thousands of taels in each region.

Hundreds of merchants were granted agency rights for one or two regions. Some with greater financial resources even obtained several.

In terms of agency fees alone, perfume and mirrors received nearly one million taels of agency fees, and the agency fees for other products combined were nearly five hundred thousand taels.

When Niu Wu saw the agency fee of nearly 1.5 million taels, he couldn't believe it was true. He was worried about the agency fee before, which might be very troublesome.

After all, if those merchants were asked to pay a large sum of money just for the sales qualification without taking any goods, they would probably not be willing to do so.

But Niu Wu still underestimated the value of his goods, especially the perfume and mirror, which were like stealing money.

The entire Dayan was divided into twenty areas by Jiang Fan, and in each area someone paid an agency fee of around 50,000.

The matter of the trade fair came to an end, but the people were still talking about it with relish. Everyone had already seen the outcome of the bet between Jiang Fan and Chu Yan'er.

Jiang Fan did not cheat at all, so he could be said to have completely defeated Chu Yan'er. Everyone was now watching when Emperor Yan would end the gambling game and announce the result.