Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 215 Transportation Rights

In Shangjing City, Gui Jijiu and Hualei almost monopolized the sale of rice-grid and field-grid square grids, but at the local level, Gui Jijiu is now out of reach.

By then, there will surely be many imitations of the grid-grid and field-grid printing styles among the many small local printing shops. Local bookstores will likely buy goods from these small printing shops, and there will be no chance for Gui Jijiu Printing Shop.

Hua Lei said that if her fleet and Liang Xiangyi's fleet obtained the right to transport books printed for the imperial examination, she would then help Gui Jijiu directly recommend Gui Jijiu's printing house to local bookstores.

Although not every bookstore would be successful, as long as 20% to 30% of them were successful, or even 10%, it would be a big piece of fat meat for Gui Jijiu's printing house. After all, the territory of the Great Sheng Dynasty was very vast, and the prefectural cities and state capitals on the promotion list were all the richest regions in the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Moreover, Hua Lei has shown her sincerity. The contract for Cheng Yunzhou's rice-shaped grid, field-shaped grid and square pattern had been signed when Hua Lei brought Tang Yuancheng and Ruyi here. The two parties agreed that as long as Tang Yuancheng obtained the agency sales rights for books engraved by Cheng Yunzhou's imperial examination workshop, this contract would come into effect, and in the future, Cheng Yunzhou's rice-shaped grid, field-shaped grid and square pattern would be sourced from Gui Jijiu's printing workshop.

And today, Hualei sent the contract for the square grid patterns of the six states in Yongjia Prefecture to the printing house. Gui Jijiu was of course grateful for this, and having cooperated with Hualei for a long time, he also knew Hualei's abilities well.

At the same time, in line with the principle of doing business, Gui Jijiu also gave the profits from the local rice grid and field grid to Hualei according to the standards of Shangjing City. However, all the costs of transporting from Shangjing City to the local area were borne by Gui Jijiu and Hualei respectively according to the proportion.

Although the profit Hualei gets may be less than that of Shangjingcheng, the local usage is larger, so it is still a piece of fat meat for Hualei.

Hualei and Guijiu are both wise people. They tempt each other with benefits and make each other fight for benefits. Similarly, they also use benefits to bind each other and make each other stand in the same trench with them to achieve win-win cooperation. They both understand that there may be no eternal friends in this world, but there are definitely eternal interests.

Therefore, in order to obtain 20% to 30% of the quantity of rice-grid and field-grid books from the local bookstore mentioned by Hua Lei, Gui Jijiu also tried his best, and with the secret support of his connections in the Marquis' Mansion, he secured for Hua Lei the right to transport the books for the imperial examination.

At this time, he handed Hualei two documents. Hualei took a look and found that one was the contract for the delivery of books for the imperial examination workshop of Liang Xiangyi, and the other was her own. Gui Jijiu won the right to deliver books for the imperial examination workshops in two prefectures for Hualei and Liang Xiangyi respectively.

The two prefectures that were secured for Liang Xiangyi were Huaiping Prefecture. One was the Liang family, to which Liang Xiangyi's father belonged, and they lived in Su City, which was below Huaiping Prefecture. The other was Huai'an Prefecture, next to Huaiping Prefecture, which was the prefecture where Liang Xiangyi's uncle's family lived.

The two cities were both very wealthy and adjacent to each other, which was very beneficial to Liang Xiangyi. In the future, it would be very convenient to transport the books for the imperial examinations. One ship could load the goods and send them all the way to complete the transportation task for each season.

Hualei was given Yongjia Prefecture to the southeast where Pei Jingxuan worked, and Wuling Prefecture to the west where Tang Yuancheng worked. Compared with Liang Xiangyi, the geographical location was not very good, so Hualei needed to send two ships every season to transport books for the imperial examination. One to the southeast and one to the west.

But there was no other way. Hualei had been trying to get these two directions from the beginning, thinking that it would be easier to get things done if she knew someone. So now that she was able to get them, everyone was happy.

Liang Xiangyi was really surprised to get this contract. Although she still trusted Hua Lei very much, she was not sure whether she could get this transportation contract.

After all, Hua Lei is just a powerless person. Although the Marquis' Mansion is looking after her from behind, the Marquis' Mansion will look after Hua Lei, but not necessarily her. So although she is very eager, she is not very sure that she can get this contract.

She didn't expect that Hua Lei was so smart. She used the recommendation of the grid-shaped paper to local bookstores as a breakthrough, which made Gui Jijiu excited and helped her win the transportation rights.

When she returns to the Liang family, she will see if her two uncles dare to ignore her. In order to fight for power and gain and to get the Liang family to get close to the government, they spent a lot of money to curry favor with a large number of officials in Sucheng. However, the governor of Sucheng was indifferent to the Liang family. He always took the tribute quickly, but when he really asked them to help the Liang family, he always refused.

I didn't expect that I could actually get the transportation rights from this government with Hualei. Although the profit might not be very lucrative, it was stable and authoritative. The contract from the government in the capital was not something that could be obtained casually. In the local areas, it was almost like a half imperial decree.

Didn't see that his two uncles spent so much time and didn't win the favor of the governor of Sucheng. But he got the government's transportation contract in the name of the Liang family fleet in Shangjing City, which made Liang Xiangyi more confident. He accidentally hugged the thick thighs of Hualei and Guijiu, and Liang Xiangyi was very happy.

He also told Gui Jijiu that he would do his best to recommend the rice-grid and field-grid paper produced by Gui Jijiu's printing house to local bookstores, and that the shipping fee would be halved as long as the Liang family's fleet helped to transport the rice-grid and field-grid practice paper. This made Gui Jijiu feel very touched, and he felt that his efforts in fighting for the transportation rights for Hua Lei and the others were not in vain.

Unconsciously, Hua Lei and Gui Jijiu had gotten themselves on the same boat, bound together into a community of interests, and continued to expand their territories for their careers. Liang Xiangyi had finally obtained a trump card recognized by the government, and could begin to slowly compete with her two uncles.

After several people discussed for a long time what to do next, Hua Lei and Liang Xiangyi walked out of the printing house.

The next day, Hua Lei and Liang Xiangyi went to the School Department of the Ministry of Rites. After formally submitting the signed and sealed contract, they received a round wooden plaque with a diameter of three feet issued by the School Department of the Ministry of Rites, on which were engraved the three words "Official Science and Technology Luck".

At that time, it will be hung on the bow and stern of the boat transporting books for the imperial examination. In this way, during the transportation process, when sailing in the river, ordinary civilian ships will give way when they meet it, and ordinary petty thieves on the water will not dare to attack this boat. It can be said that it is a fox borrowing the power of the tiger to bully others, and it is very majestic.