The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1502 Collecting money for the treasury

With these luxury merchants, the goods sent back can be easily digested, otherwise what can we do?Is it possible to let these officials from the Ministry of Households carry sacks and sell them on the street?In this way, no matter how valuable things are, they will look cheap.

It was officials from the Ministry of Industry who dealt with Chang'an City before, and the people from the Ministry of Households used to laugh at them, but now it's okay, the way of heaven is reincarnation, and now it's their turn.

But Han Zhongliang is also smart. Can the officials in charge of the world's money and grain dispatch not be flexible?

It was a bit difficult for them to gather the wealthy merchants in Chang'an City, each of them had their own circle, since they were going to meet in Xuanwu Building, Han Zhongliang found Qiandui and asked Qiandui to come forward as an "official businessman" to gather people in their circle , when the time comes, the Ministry of Finance only needs to send one person to preside over it.

Moreover, the money stack is a businessman in the Xuan family's mansion. This matter was also initiated by Xuan Shijing, and it was Xuan Shijing who continued to use the money. Han Zhongliang felt that it was rare to have such a "fate". If you don't take advantage of your advantages, why bother to make yourself suffer?
A few days later, those river boats carrying the things transported back from Ryukyu Island finally arrived at Chang'an, and the pier was full of ox carts and horse-drawn carts, all of which were to be transported into Chang'an City.

There is no place to store so many things in Chang'an City. The people from the household department leased a whole row of warehouses on the shore of Dongshan Lake in Zhuangzi, Dongshan County, and stored all the things there for the time being.

In the past two days, the wharf of Dongshan Lake has been very lively. Some ships did not unload their cargo at all, but drove directly into Dongshan Lake from the river, docked on the wharf, unloaded from the wharf, and directly carried it into the warehouse.

The goods arrived, and in the Xuanwu Building in Chang'an City, the officials of the household department, the Tang Dynasty, the foreign Hu merchants from the Western Regions, and the merchants on the grassland all gathered together to discuss specific matters on how to "divide" these goods.

What the Tang Dynasty and the grasslands need are spices, while the Hu merchants in the Western Regions like silk, tea and porcelain from the Central Plains. Naturally, there are no such things shipped this time, but they are in the treasury!If you find such an opportunity to mix in all the things in the treasury, you don't have to worry about Datang's face.

What the treasury wants now is not these flashy things, but money!Real gold, silver and copper coins!

It can be seen from this that His Majesty Li Er has already brought up the currency reform agenda in his heart, and now he is going to prepare the gold and silver reserves of the treasury.

In addition, there are some rare medicinal materials. When they were on Ryukyu Island, the doctors accompanying the army had carefully processed them. The processed medicinal materials are very resistant to storage, so there is nothing wrong with them during transportation broken.

Among these things, the demand for spices is the greatest, and there are also some gems and the like. Those people on the grassland not only like the food and clothing items of Datang, but also the luxury goods of Datang. There is a market.

As for gemstones, the sales in the Western Regions are not very big, but the jade and porcelain of the Tang Dynasty are very popular. Of course, the most sold in the past was the "Tang Sancai".

"Everyone, I have called you here today. I think the shopkeeper Qian has already told you everything, so I don't want to talk nonsense here." The official of the household department said: "Now the navy of the Tang Dynasty follows A batch of spices, herbs, and precious stones were shipped back from outside. These things were originally intended to be filled in the treasury, but they were of little use after they were returned to the treasury. Therefore, the court thought of letting everyone see Let's see if you can eat these things, of course, in terms of price, you won't be disadvantaged, after all, you also have to contribute to it."

These things seem to be very numerous, but think about how many people are there in the entire Chang'an City?Millions of people, these spices are digested among these millions of people, it seems that it is not worth mentioning.

Spices are considered precious to the people of the Tang Dynasty, but the price of such a quantity of spices will definitely be much cheaper than usual, but it will not be much cheaper. In the future, there will be a steady stream of spices delivered to Chang'an, instead of transporting it from the Western Regions, the price will continue to fall. At that time, in the spice business, the merchants of Datang will make a lot of money, while the profits of merchants from the Western Regions will be lower.

But this is not a bad thing, there is no business of spices, and the barbarians from the Western Regions will come to Datang to test the market of Datang with other strange things, which is a good thing for Datang.

In addition to Chang'an, there are also Luoyang, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou. How big is the entire Central Plains?Therefore, as long as these merchants are willing to open up the market for spices, they will not worry about not being able to sell them.

As businessmen, the people present here knew more thoroughly than the officials of the household department, so the officials of the household department were willing to give up the price, and many businessmen were moved.

But these things are not enough to move Hu Shang's heart.

"As for the few Hu merchants here, there are also a batch of precious silk and jade. These things are no more than spices and gems, and the quantity is not too much. It will depend on whether your prices are sincere enough." The official of the Ministry of Households said .

The Hu merchants present are all the merchants who are most familiar with Qiandui and have very close business contacts with the Xuan family. This can be regarded as a favor and benefit for them by Qiandui. If the spices are transported from the Western Regions, the profits will no longer be as lucrative as before. Let them prepare in advance. As for the other Hu merchants, they don't have much contact with the Xuan family's chamber of commerce, and Qiandui will not care about them. life and death.

Shopping malls are like battlefields, and piles of money are not Buddhas.

The Hu merchants present also thought of this in their hearts, so they all secretly cast grateful glances at Qiandui.

As for the silk jade wares of the Tang Dynasty, isn't this just for them?If they take these things given by the officials and send them back to their hometown, the nobles in their hometown will definitely flock to them. They also understand this in their hearts, after all, they have so many years of business experience.

"My lord, how many of these goods are there? Can we take a look first?" A businessman present said.

"There are a lot of things. The ten warships of the Navy are full. How much you can eat depends on your ability." The official of the Ministry of household said: "You get more and earn more. Do you think this is the reason? Son?"

The merchants present nodded their heads.

Qiandui sat there, unmoved.

"As for the goods now, they have all arrived in Chang'an, and they are temporarily placed in the warehouse by Dongshan Lake in Dongshan County. You can go to Dongshan County to see the goods at any time."

(End of this chapter)