The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1275 Meeting with the Merchant
"You don't need to be too polite." Xuan Shijing walked into the room.

Qian Dui hurriedly got up to give up his seat, asked Xuan Shijing to sit down, and asked the boy outside to bring tea.

"Everyone gathered here in the Xuanwu Building. If I'm not mistaken, it should be because the officials of the Ministry of Industry asked you to lower the price." Xuan Shijing sat down and said.

One of the merchants cupped his hands and responded: "Exactly, the shopkeeper Qian Da is the leader of many chambers of commerce in Chang'an City. We are here this time, and we also want to ask the shopkeeper Qian Da to find a way. Let's unify our opinions."

Xuan Shijing smiled when he heard the words: "Don't worry about Qiandui, there are people behind each of your families. I don't believe it. The people behind you didn't tell you what to do? Or do you want to leave this stall to Qiandui? In the future, even if something happens, there will be money piled up ahead for you to support, and if the sky falls, the one who gets hit will be tall?"

"Don't dare, don't dare." All the businessmen in the room were frightened when they heard Xuan Shijing say this, even if they had this idea before, they didn't dare to express it in front of Xuan Shijing.

Now Xuan Shijing is in the limelight, let alone a small businessman, even the officials of the DPRK and China dare not rashly provoke him Xuan Shijing.

"Let's all sit down and talk." Xuan Shijing said, he sat on the chair and looked at this group of people, and he was tired of talking with his head up.

"Yes." Everyone responded, found chairs in the room and sat down.

The tea was brought to Xuan Shijing, Xuan Shijing picked it up and took a sip, the businessman in the room sat upright in his seat, wanted to look at Xuan Shijing, but didn't dare to look directly.

Putting down the tea bowl, Xuan Shijing said: "I have just left Your Majesty and arrived at Xuanwu Lake just now. Today Your Majesty summoned me for the Ministry of Industry."

"Please show me, my lord." The businessman said, cupping his hands.

"It is true that the officials from the Ministry of Industry have gone too far in suppressing the price this time, but the construction of the new palace is imminent, and the materials used in the new palace are a lot, which is a huge amount. With such a low price, everyone will naturally not agree to the proposal of the Ministry of Industry, and His Majesty will not be happy if the progress of the new palace is delayed." Xuan Shijing said: "The Ministry of Industry has His Majesty to ask, and the businessman, I also have a message for you, I have discussed with His Majesty, the imperial court purchases materials from you, and the market price is [-]% lower, what do you think?"

"Twenty percent. This." The businessman hesitated.

A businessman cupped his hands and said to Xuan Shijing: "My lord, since you know that there is not much profit in this, isn't the [-]% too much? If you buy in large quantities, save some in the total amount, if it is not too much, We can still accept it, just cut off [-]% at once, I will wait."

"Everyone!" Xuan Shijing emphasized his tone, paused for a while, and then slowed down his tone: "Don't be too greedy, do you think I don't understand the way of this? Don't forget, my subordinates, But I also run this business for a living.”

"Grandpa, your family has a big business, we can't compare it, we can't afford it." A businessman said, and when he said this, several businessmen around him echoed.

"Twenty percent. Hehe." Xuan Shijing chuckled: "Everyone is careful, are you really losing money?"

The businessmen in the "this" room looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Qiandui, tell me." Xuan Shijing looked at Qiandui standing beside him.

"Going back to the lord, [-]% is acceptable." Qian Dui said.

"If you feel that the price of the court is unfair, you don't have to deal with the court. You can continue to sell your materials according to the market price, and you can't lose money if you sell them piecemeal." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "But Just take more time."

Prior to this, Qiandui had inquired about the situation in Chang'an City. After His Majesty Li Er's edict to build a new palace was announced to the world, these material merchants in Chang'an City asked their people to go out and stock up quickly for a hundred years, wanting to take advantage of this opportunity. They made a lot of money, and now the orders have been spread out. Within half a month, their goods will be delivered to Chang'an one after another. This is not a small amount.

They are not afraid that people from the Ministry of Industry will not come to buy from them. After all, Chang’an City is the closest to Longshouyuan, and it is the most convenient to transport to Longshouyuan. Moreover, these people have connections behind them, even if the Ministry of Industry does not take the initiative. When they find them, the people behind them will also take the initiative to contact the Ministry of Industry for money, and greet the people in the Ministry of Industry to take care of them.

Now the Ministry of Industry is looking for them, but they can't accept the price. Although it has dropped from [-]% to [-]%, who would think that they are making too much money?

Xuan Shijing wanted to balance the two parties, so he discussed with His Majesty Li Er how to sell [-]% of the profit to compromise the price gap between the imperial court and the merchants. Obviously, these merchants did not appreciate it and still thought the price was too low .

Xuan Shijing knew that based on [-]% of the market price, these merchants were making money, and with a large number of them, they made a lot of money.

His Majesty Li Er is right, businessmen seek profit, this is their nature, Xuan Shijing doesn't blame them, who wants to run around doing business without profit?The Chamber of Commerce under Xuan Shijing is also like this, so the Ministry of Industry will find Xuan Shijing to suppress the price, and Xuan Shijing will also come forward, but chasing profit is one thing, greed is another.

What Xuan Shijing said just now, for these merchants, is the attitude of the court. If [-]% of them disagree, the court can only give up buying materials from them, and they have so many things in their hands. In the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon can be sold clean.

"My lord, we have to go back and discuss this matter." One of the merchants stood up and said.

"Yeah, let's go back and think about it carefully before responding to the lord."

"Okay, I figured it out, just go directly to the Ministry of Industry." Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "By the way, I just entered the palace to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty has appointed me to supervise the construction of the new palace. Here are the materials for the construction of the new palace. If the matter is not resolved, this official will also suffer."

"Yes, yes, I will understand."

The businessman in the room talked with Xuan Shijing for a while, and there was already fine sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know if it was too hot in the room or what.

A group of businessmen left the Xuanwu Building, only Xuan Shijing and Qiandui were left in the room.

"Aren't you tired from standing? Sit down quickly." Xuan Shijing said.

Since Xuan Shijing talked to those businessmen just now, Qian Dui has been standing respectfully behind Xuan Shijing, and now he heard Xuan Shijing's words, so he took a chair and stood opposite Xuan Shijing sit down.

(End of this chapter)