Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 112 Expansion Demand

Sun Jianguo also did a lot of homework. For this meeting, he spent money to inquire about the surrounding situation from the merchants, and he did sufficient historical research in the real world.

"Let me first talk about the situation in Longyou Dao. The Tang Dynasty controlled Longyou Dao after Wu Zetian, Wu Zhou Kaibian and Li Longji Kaiyuan opened the border. Some areas have been attached for less than a hundred years. The situation in Longyou is quite complicated. of."

"I will introduce the current situation in Longyou from east to west and from south to north."

"First of all, we are located in Longyou East Road, Shazhou and Guazhou. These areas have been controlled by Wu Zetian. The Tang Dynasty has been operating for many years. Although the people are mixed with Han and Hu, they are mainly Han or Sinicized. The governor's office is set up here, that is, it is managed as a county, and it is the area with the highest degree of Sinicization, and it is also the most stable area."

"Gaochang to the north of Shazhou and Yiwu to the north of Guazhou are all such areas."

"However, these areas also have their own governor's office, and there are chambers of commerce in the local area. They are also close to Shazhou and Guazhou. Our things can't be sold at high prices there."

Everyone nodded. It is natural to run a business to earn a lot of money. Since they all decided to organize and develop a caravan, it is naturally impossible to just go to Gaochang next door.

Sun Jianguo went on to say: "To the north of Shazhou is the Beiting Duhufu, which is the northern section of Longyou Road. It is close to the Uighurs. The Great Tang set up Beiting Duhufu and a group of Zhushoufu to fight against Uyghurs."

"However, the Beiting Protectorate Mansion has now been transferred into the Central Plains, and the defense against the Uighurs is empty. These areas are often invaded by Uighur bandits, which is very uneasy."

"Now the Tang Dynasty is still borrowing troops from the Uighurs. The elder brother of the prince of Jianning has become a brother with the Uighur prince. According to the secret agreement of the Tang Hui, the Tang court acquiesced to the Uighurs' plundering of the Beiting area."

"what?"

"Emperor Tang is too much of a jerk, isn't he?"

"There is such an emperor?"

Sun Jianguo sighed and said: "This is nothing. In the historical line of our time and space, the Tang Dynasty also made an agreement with the Uyghurs that as long as they captured Xijing, they would let the Uyghurs plunder for a day. Later, the crown prince persuaded the Uyghur prince to plunder instead." Dongdu."

"Historical data say that the Uighurs plundered Dongdu for three days and three nights, and Dongdu, which was once as prosperous as Xijing, was almost reduced to ashes."

Everyone gasped. Ordinary players seldom paid attention to the history of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. They didn't know that the mighty Tang Dynasty had such a humiliating side.

Sun Jianguo coughed and said, "Bei Ting is in turmoil, and business is hard to do. Moreover, the Uighur nomads are also very poor. It's really not worthwhile to take the risk of doing business."

The players also nodded. People on the grasslands are generally only interested in tea and salt, and Uighurs are similar to Tubo. They are still in the era of slavery, and ordinary people really don't have much money.

And the nobles on the prairie are only interested in tea horses, jewelry, gold and silver. These things are primary products and they don't make much money.

Moreover, salt is now a monopoly in domineering clothes, and the purchase price is also high, so it is not worthwhile to go to Beiting.

Sun Jianguo said: "However, we will still go to Beiting in the future. The Beiting horse market used to be an important source of war horses in the Tang Dynasty. If King Jianning can control Beiting, then we can suggest opening the horse market again."

Not nearby, not going north, Sun Jianguo's meaning is very clear.

He coughed and said, "My suggestion is to go west, to the Four Towns of Anxi."

The Four Towns of Anxi are the four envoys established by the Tang Dynasty in Suiye, Kucha, Khotan, and Shule.

The Jiedushi of the four towns of Suiye, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule were also under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Dufu.

Sun Jianguo said: "The four towns of Anxi are on the Silk Road, with developed commerce and trade. The soldiers and civilians in the four towns are generally relatively wealthy and have relatively strong purchasing power."

"The four towns of Anxi used to be independent kingdoms. After the Great Tang destroyed these countries, they still adopted the method of Jiji rule, appointing the nobles of the old kingdom to manage the local area. The nobles of these kingdoms have a lot of wealth and can afford our products. "

"The four towns of Anxi are well-developed in business and trade, which can also bring us more resources, so organizing a business group to go to the four towns of Anxi is the most beneficial choice for us."

Many merchant players nodded their heads one after another. It is also the consensus of most merchant players to manage Anxi. Sun Jianguo said this first, just to unify everyone's ideas first.

Today, the markets in Shazhou and Guazhou are booming like never before. Since the expansion of the "Datang Richang" expansion pack was launched, each village and district has been developing its own characteristic industries.

For example, Jucaifang, where Sun Jianguo works, focuses on the wool spinning industry, and relies on local cotton to develop the cotton and wool textile industry.

There is cotton in Shazhou at this time, but the local cotton varieties are not good, and the cotton wool is short and the yield is not high. Clothes made of local cotton wool are only worn by poor people.

Sun Jianguo improved the loom, but the quality of the local cotton was still not high, and the cotton weaved was far less popular than wool.

So Sun Jianguo simply cut the quilt out of cloth and filled it with cotton wool and wool to produce a quilt.

Sun Jianguo promotes quilts in various inns in Jucaifang, and first provides them with sheets and quilts for free. If there are customers who want to buy them, the inn can get goods from Sun Jianguo and sell them to the guests.

Comfortable quilts are naturally popular, and now quilts have become a best-seller in Jucaifang.

In addition, some players have worked out soap and other necessary "magic weapons" for travelers, and they have also achieved good sales.

But the players made more products, but gradually they couldn't sell them.

Shazhou and Guazhou are still too poor, the people simply don’t have such a high spending power, and there are only so many local tycoons and merchants, the players’ good things can’t be sold.

Organize and develop business groups, merchants share the common demands of players, and players' products are eagerly sold!
market!market!
Merchants and players clamored for a new market. With such a strong voice, Sun Jianguo coordinated in the middle, and a development business group composed of fifty players was formally established.

Their goal is the four towns of Anxi on Longyou West Road. They will bring wool, glass, soap, perfume, ironware and other commodities that are specialties in Guazhou, Shazhou, to the four towns of Anxi to open up stable business routes.

At the same time, at this meeting, the players also drew up supplies that need to be brought back from the four Anxi towns.

Including the seeds of long-staple cotton, the seeds of various spices.

The merchant players are ambitious and want to conquer the four towns of Anxi through trade routes and dump goods to the four towns.

Like merchant players, official players also have a need for expansion. The positions in Shazhou and Guazhou have almost been divided up. Players need more territory in order to have more positions.

(End of this chapter)