The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 206 Big Business (3000 word chapter)
Speaking of this, no matter how stupid Tang Jian is, he still knows what happened.

If Xue Yantuo's crime had nothing to do with Li Muyun, then it would be a ghost.

But it doesn't seem to matter if there is a relationship. Datang doesn't care about such trivial matters. As long as the battle on the border is won and the prestige of Datang is not lost, this matter is basically over, up to the emperor. , Down to the common people, no one would care what the cause of this matter was, not even Tang Jian himself.

What really made him care was another thing, so after the food and drink were set, Tang Jian took a deep breath, and then asked, "I heard that Xiaoyaohou still has a lot of war horses in his hands? Is this the case?"

"Yes, there are [-] Turkic horses, absolutely fine horses!" Hearing Tang Jian mentioned the war horses, Li Muyun immediately regained his spirits, poured him a glass of wine and took the opportunity to say: "Why, Tang Shangshu is interested? "

"Tang is not interested, but he is asking for others." Tang Jian shook his head, he would not reveal his limit until he fully believed in Li Muyun.

However, Li Muyun is a very shrewd person. He had experienced little of this kind of secret business in his previous life. Looking at Tang Jian's performance, he knew that this guy didn't seem to trust him very much. It's just to test his tone and see how he plans to deal with those horses.

In fact, Li Muyun is also worried about those war horses. There are more than [-] war horses. Right now, he can't find anyone who can eat them in one bite. It's okay to put them in Xia Tian. Once winter comes, these horses will be consumed. A lot of fodder, so if he can't get rid of these horses before winter, then he will lose a lot.

Thinking of this, Li Muyun showed a sad expression, sighed for a long time, suffocated the wine in his glass, and then said: "Speaking of those horses, I actually have a headache, when I stayed, I planned to I made a small fortune, but I didn't expect that the business is in a downturn now, and I have been unable to sell it after I got it. Seeing that it is going to be autumn, if I don't sell it, I am afraid that it will all be in my hands in the end."

"Oh? So Xiaoyaohou intends to sell these war horses as soon as possible?" Tang Jian asked pretending not to know, turning the wine glass in his hand.

"Isn't it! After such a big battle, I lost a lot of manpower. I have to pay some compensation. Those who are injured and lose their labor force should be compensated to some extent? There is no one or two people who are not afraid of it." It’s just not balanced at all.”

Injured and dead, these words are bullshit, used to deceive outsiders and give up, for Tang Jian who has read the battle report, it is a deceitful move.

But Tang Jian also knew that what Li Muyun said earlier was basically nonsense, they were just excuses, and the real focus was on the last sentence of '[-] to [-] guan'.

This is clearly telling Tang Jian that as long as he spends [-] to [-] guan, he can take all these horses away. As for how much he can sell in the end, he doesn't care about whether he is in partnership with others or not.

This was the first time Tang Jian met such a 'practical' person, and for a moment he was a little at a loss as to what to say.

And Li Muyun didn't seem to be in a hurry, after quoting the price, he took a mouthful of food and stuffed it into his mouth, and slowly tasted it, as if Tang Jian wasn't around.

After a long time, the silent Tang Jian drained the wine in his glass, and said, "Eight thousand guan!"

"Impossible, if it's Baqianguan, I'd rather just let it go!" Li Muyun shook his head resolutely.

"Eight thousand is already a lot. Xiaoyaohou, you must know that keeping so many horses in your hands is not a long-term solution. If someone impeaches you in Beijing, it will be a big trouble." Tang Jian looked at Li Muyun. Said.

Li Chengqian didn't seem to understand Tang Jian's threat, so he poured him another glass of wine, and said slowly, "Fifteen thousand."

"Ten thousand, no more, just now you said ten thousand!" Tang Jian looked at the wine in front of him and didn't move.

Drinking the glass of wine just now already made him feel a bit high, and if he drank it again, he was afraid that his mind would not be clear, and if he said something wrong, the gain would outweigh the loss.

"I also said [-] guan, Tang Shangshu didn't hear it." Li Muyun shook his head with a smile, and continued: "Actually, [-] is not much, and all I want is this, I don't care about other things, as long as I see money Those horses are yours."

"That's [-]. After all, it's not easy for everyone, and no one's money comes from the wind." Tang Jian raised another [-] guan, and at the same time there was a embarrassed expression on his face, as if he was very reluctant Same.

"Ten fourteen thousand, it can't be less, except for the pension money, you have to leave some for me, you have seen my cottage, there are thousands of people up and down, people always need money to feed horses .And you must know that the population of our county has increased dramatically this year, but because most of the fields are just plowed, the taxes can't be paid at all, so you want me to keep some money to pay taxes, right?"

"Then [-], how about a compromise?" Tang Jian avoided talking about what Li Muyun said.

He himself is an expert negotiator, and he is very clear about not being led by others. If he really follows Li Muyun's words to negotiate, he will definitely be fooled in the end.

And Li Muyun was able to bring the price to [-], which was already beyond his expectation. After all, at the beginning, his plan was that he could sell it for [-].

So when Tang Jian asked how he was doing, Li Muyun smiled and raised his glass: "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!" Seeing that Li Muyun agreed, Tang Jian also showed a smile on his face. He picked up the cup like him, and the two of them saluted from a distance, and drank the wine in one gulp.

You know, since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the military's demand for war horses has been huge. It can even be said that in the early days of Wude and Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty has always been short of horses.

Therefore, the price of war horses during the Zhenguan period remained high, and it often took about ten guan to buy a war horse that could go to the battlefield.

Of course, there are also horses that can be bought in two to three rounds, but they are all draft horses, which are fine for pulling carts. It is good to hear the sound of war drums without peeing.

And it is precisely because of the Tang Dynasty's infinite desire for war horses during the Zhenguan period that this period was also the period with the most horses in the Central Plains. In terms of the ratio of horses to population, except for the period of the Mongolian Yuan Empire, it can basically be said that the land of China lasted for 5000 years. The highest proportion ever.

So these six thousand war horses, although Tang Jian paid [-] guan for it, but when he sold these war horses, [-] guan was immediately credited.

Although not all of the money belonged to Tang Jian, and he had to share it with other people, but in the end, the money that fell into his hands was seven or eight thousand coins.

In the early days of Zhenguan, some money was no longer a small amount, and it was calculated according to the price ratio between that time and the Li Dynasty.

At that time, it was Siwen for a bucket of rice, that is, [-] catties of rice, and it was sold for four Wen.

In modern times, a catty of rice costs about two yuan and five yuan. After conversion, the four renminbi of Zhenguan Chuqi is almost equal to the current 30 yuan.

With the same ratio, the Yiguan money in the early days of Zhenguan is basically equal to the current 5000 yuan, and a horse with ten guans is equivalent to [-] yuan in later generations, which happens to be the price of an ordinary family car.

And if Tang Jian's income this time is around 500 guan, it is basically equivalent to around [-] million in exchange for the soft sister coins of later generations.

A trip to the county, a drink, net income of 500 million, and Datang has no concept of personal income tax, and there is no system that officials are not allowed to do business, that is to say, 500 million is 500 million, which is a lot.

With such a large income, Tang Jian wouldn't mind if Li Muyun left him in the county government office for a day and ignored him even if he left him for ten or eight days.

And Li Muyun is actually not stupid, he has already calculated the same account clearly, 1000 yuan is almost equal to 1000 million in later generations, he doesn't need to worry about it, he doesn't care who these horses are sold to Now, don't worry about how to divide the money, simply earning [-] million is not bad, any more will probably be missed.

Even if there is an old man who is picked up, he will help himself, but the old man will die one day. According to the thinking of normal people, the old man must die earlier than him. If the old man dies, He can't be a person hated by everyone.

So he would rather earn less and distribute most of the profits, so that everyone can make a fortune together, and no one will suffer a loss. This is the proper way of business.

"Muyun..." Tang Jian said with a smile after thirty days of wine and five flavors of food, "Xiaoyaohou, don't you mind if I call you that?"

"Ju Guogong is said to be a senior, so he can be called a junior, so why would I mind?" Huahuaqiao is praised by everyone, and what Li Muyun is short of now is to establish a relationship with these big people, so naturally he will not be here. Time to pretend.

"Hehe, you boy, that old bastard Cheng Yaojin said that you are smarter than a monkey with smeared hair. It seems that you are right." Tang Jian was drinking a little too much at this time, and his mouth began to lose control. .

But Li Muyun didn't say anything, just said with a smile: "That's why Uncle Cheng thinks highly of juniors!"

"Success, you can speak! Benevolence and righteousness! As long as you don't make mistakes, you will be able to stand out in the future!" Tang Jian said with a big laugh.

"Don't you love me, Uncle Tang? With your good words, if you really get ahead in the future, you will never forget the kindness of Uncle Tang's advice today!" Li Chengqian hit the snake with the stick, and took advantage of Tang Jian's words to gain a relationship.

Anyway, he had already called Cheng Yaojin uncle just now, and it is not an exaggeration to call Tang Jian uncle now.

(End of this chapter)