Inside the church.

Upon hearing Arlin's reply, William's expression slightly changed:

"What are the two points?"

Arlin pondered for a few seconds and raised a finger:

"The first point is that the tomato sauce needs to be arranged by the church for two weeks of observation to ensure that it is not toxic before it can be sold.

If you are worried about the formula being leaked, I can pay you a prepayment of five guineas on behalf of the diocese."

Upon hearing this, William discreetly glanced at Little Newton and Xu Yun.

As mentioned earlier.

The current income of an ordinary family in society is about 0.65 guineas, and five guineas is roughly equivalent to eight years of income.

According to the income of 60,000 per year for a family in the future, it is about 500,000.

This price is negligible for the potential market of tomato sauce, after all, bread and potatoes are the staple food of this era, and the market for tomato sauce in Europe alone needs to be measured in "ten thousand guineas".

But still.

If a product can be easily surpassed in terms of technological barriers, it is difficult to achieve a monopoly no matter how large its potential market is.

Especially in this turbulent era - unless you nationalize it through policies and prohibit private production.

According to Xu Yun and others' previous estimates, without an authoritative endorsement, they can earn at most 5-8 guineas.

Not to mention that Xu Yun is very clear about Arlin's resume, and this priest is indeed a reliable person with good conduct.

According to the historical trajectory.

Six years later, Arlin will receive an inheritance of 150 guineas, but he only left himself 10 guineas for retirement, and donated the rest according to the "eleven offerings" of the Protestant Church, and used the remaining part to help the poor.

Now there is a restored almshouse in the town of Grantham to commemorate this priest.

After Arlin's death, the Protestant Church also established an Arlin Fund for him. On the day the fund was established, Little Newton donated 40 pounds (by then the pound had already begun to circulate).

And this 40 pounds was also the only donation with a physical receipt in Little Newton's life.

Faced with a huge sum of 150 guineas, Arlin chose to donate it at will, let alone the uncertain future of tomato sauce.

Therefore, Xu Yun discreetly signaled William, indicating that they could agree.

William obviously had the same idea and quickly nodded:

"No problem, Pastor Arlin."

Arlin nodded slightly, picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water, and continued:

"As for the second matter... the church wants to take 70% of the shares."

"70% of the shares?"

William's voice suddenly raised a bit, although he quickly calmed down, the ups and downs of his chest still showed that his heart was not calm:

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"Pastor Arlin, isn't this proportion a bit too high?"

The tomato sauce formula was brought out by Xu Yun, Little Newton acted as an intermediary, and William himself provided a relatively stable backing.

Therefore, excluding the church, the minimum distribution of interests within the three parties should be 4:3:3. If Xu Yun is determined and takes half, it is also normal.

If the church takes 70% of the shares, their own family will actually get less than 10%.

Looking at the somewhat excited William, Arlin waved his hand at him, indicating not to be anxious:

"Mr. William, please let me finish."

Then he paused and continued:

"The first issue is the cost of the tomato sauce ingredients. Although I haven't seen the specific formula, I can be sure that sugar is definitely one of them, right, Mr. William?"

Upon hearing the word sugar, William suddenly fell silent.

In 17th century Europe, unlike the future, you could buy a pack of sugar for two and a half pence.

At this time, sugar in Europe could not be considered as a food. They were mostly used as medicines or items for the rich and powerful to show off their power and wealth.

The reason why sugar was used as a medicine was mainly because many people suffered from chronic malnutrition at that time, and sugar had a high calorie content, which could immediately take effect in any situation, making it a "miracle drug".

The price of one hundred grams of sugar at this time was about 8-9 pence, equivalent to 1/20 of a family's annual income.

The little sugar in Little Newton's family was the reserve resource given to him by William and his wife. If Little Newton hadn't been considering infinite series at that time, Xu Yun would almost certainly not have been able to take it away smoothly.

And if the church chooses to cooperate with William's family, the minimum expectation is the market in Grantham. The initial production cost is obviously not a small number - and it has to be borne by the church.

Looking at William, whose momentum was gradually weakening, Arlin smiled again:

"In addition to the cost, the Grantham diocese can provide more advanced channels - not to mention the farthest, at least covering one-fifth of the East Midlands is not difficult.""Mr. William, as a businessman, you should understand the difference between selling to a hundred people and selling to ten thousand people, don't you?"

A hundred sales earn a hundred percent, ten thousand sales earn ten percent, but the latter's profit is ten times that of the former. It's a calculation even Lilani could make.

Thinking of this, William couldn't help but glance at Xu Yun.

Xu Yun shrugged lightly, indicating that he had no objections.

Both reasons given by Arlin were very sufficient, and considering that Xu Yun couldn't take any money he earned in this era back with him, he didn't feel the need to be too particular about it.

Seeing this, William had no choice but to give up the fight for the big picture and instead turned to the details:

"Mr. Arlin, you make a lot of sense, but I think seventy percent is a bit high. How about a sixty-forty split?... And about the advance payment, I hope to get at least eight Gini..."

When it came to this kind of penny-pinching, William naturally changed his address from 'priest' to 'mister', after all, the word 'priest' was a bit awkward in such a mercenary situation.

The two then had a discussion and finally reached an agreement:

Arlin, representing the Gransum parish, signed a tomato sauce profit-sharing agreement with William, with a 6.5:3.5 split.

Both parties will conduct a week of food observation. If everything goes well, they will officially enter the mass production stage.

At the same time, Arlin will pay William 7 Gini as a guaranteed advance payment. The advance payment is a prepayment of the profit-sharing agreement, but it also has a guaranteed nature - that is, when the tomato sauce is divided, the church will first subtract 7 from the base number for the division. However, if the total profit does not exceed 7 Gini, William does not need to return the payment.

The two parties then pressed their handprints on the agreement one after the other. In this era when civil law was gradually budding, such an agreement had a very high legal effect:

Over a year ago, in March 1664, a commoner had just won a lawsuit against a gentleman of Wimbledon using a similar agreement.

Ten minutes later.

The three of them walked out of the church. Little Newton, touching the three Gini in his pocket (two of his own and one from Xu Yun for the meal), couldn't help but smile.