Datang first village

Cut off the silk, don't you want to pay taxes from foreign countries?

"If Your Highness is interested at this time, why not listen to the silk story. The dispute between the Silk Chamber of Commerce and the Tea Chamber of Commerce in the mountains is just a small matter. The real big dispute is the silk, wool, cotton and linen dispute."

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Yuanxing thought that there was market competition, which is very normal.

Fang Xuanling didn't say any more, but gave Gao Jian a wink.

"Your Highness, things are extremely troublesome. The orders received by the Foreign Land Commercial Department have not yet been delivered. The coarse velvet cloth is 130 feet, the fine white linen is 33 pieces, and the burlap is 28 feet." [-] bolts, [-] bolts of mixed low-grade silk, [-] bolts of medium-grade silk, [-] bolts of high-grade silk, [-] bolts of special-grade silk, and [-] bolts of velvet cloth."

Hearing Gao Jian's words, Li Yuanxing thought to himself that there was no reason for them to fight for such a large order volume.

Fang Xuanling said at this time:

"Your Highness, silk is now divided into five grades and nine grades, a total of 54 grades. The highest grade is flawless brocade and super grade one, and the lowest grade is mixed silk. According to the investigation of the Department of Commerce, this grade refers to silk that has not been handled properly. , woven with the sparsest weave."

Fang Xuanling continued to talk about how many grades of linen there are.There are also detailed divisions of wool fabrics and the like.

"Fang Gong! Get to the point!" Li Yuanxing couldn't help interrupting Fang Xuanling.

"Your Highness, the Silk Chamber of Commerce has written that they are out of silk. The Linen and Cotton Chamber of Commerce also said that they have no linen. The Wool Chamber of Commerce directly told someone that they will stop working unless they increase their wool purchases. Collect [-] horses, want to weave, but have no wool."

Hahaha!

Li Yuanxing laughed loudly.

"Are there any representatives of these chambers of commerce in the mansion, let them come in."

Only now did Li Yuanxing realize that the competition between them was not a competition in the market, but a plan to push the export part to other chambers of commerce. Now what they are fighting for is actually the share of raw materials.

Of the eight people who came in, Li Yuanxing, the leader, had met many times. He was the leader of the Chang'an Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce.

Li Yuanxing motioned them to sit down, and immediately asked:

"Have you cleared out your stock of old goods at the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce? I'm afraid there must be [-] to [-] pieces of new goods in stock. The price given by the merchants in West Turkic is much different from what you want in your heart. The ones in Chang'an How much is the difference between sales profit and selling to the Western Regions?"

Li Yuanxing's series of questions stunned everyone.

Li Huishou, who was about to sit down, quickly walked to the middle of the room and bowed: "Your Highness is wise."

After straightening up, Li Huishou said:

"The last batch of our stock of old goods came out two months ago. All the stock of old goods in brocade silk shops in the entire Tang Dynasty, including the ones used by ourselves, will not exceed a hundred. Among the stocks of new goods, there are super three products There are almost [-] pieces of brocade brocade, which is the highest grade that can be produced now. There are [-] pieces in stock for the special grades, and less than [-] pieces for the first-grade products. Went to the shop."

"Go on! Sit down and talk slowly!"

After Li Yuanxing gave the order, a guard immediately took a stool and placed it beside Li Huishou.

"Your Highness, the profit offered by the Dashi Merchant is already lower than the profit of the Chang'an store. Since he was sensible, he has been working in the store with his grandfather, and managed the store when he was a boy. A few years ago, he opened a new store in Dongshi. I have been in charge of it for a month, and the largest store in a certain east city had the most one day, with 82 customers, 51 of whom bought goods, except for the rich and powerful, everyone ordered, and the most one day shipped [-] horses!"

Li Huishou spoke with a very excited tone as if he was talking about the history of his shop.

"Your Highness." Li Huishou knelt down suddenly, but Li Yuanxing was startled: "Your Highness, Leminyuan store had 430 customers yesterday, and sold [-] horses."

Li Huishou's tone was trembling with excitement: "Your Highness, a bolt of second-class silk in my shop in Leminyuan sells [-]% more profit to the Western Regions. The people of the Tang Dynasty want to wear silk, and Xiaomin dares to ask Your Highness to order the Western Regions to be cut off." goods."

Li Yuanxing felt strange in his heart: "You get up first. My king asked you, if my king remembers the second-class silk correctly, the shipping price of Chang'an to foreign countries is about [-] guan. After deducting [-]% of the tariff, it should be about [-]. Pass. Right or wrong!"

"Your Highness, the price of silk in Chang'an City is one hundred guan, and you can sell as much as you have. The wages of silk weavers in Chang'an have increased ten times compared to before. Because the silk raw materials are more refined, the income of mulberry farmers has increased by five times. Silk raw materials It has also increased by more than four times. The land for the workshop, the shop can no longer be a simple house like before, and each shop is only more refined and more gorgeous. The wages of the shop assistants have increased seven or eight times. The various expenses in Chang'an have increased greatly!"

Li Yuanxing understood that this is normal inflation, and the price of luxury goods has increased.

The more reason is that there are fewer goods.

Li Huishou was pulled up by Li Yuanxing's personal guards.

"Your Highness, in the past, a piece of silk cost two to three guan. Shipping costs, store profits, taxes. If you don’t have the price of Liuguan, you will definitely lose money.”

Li Yuanxing did some calculations in his mind, and it wasn't too much.

"But foreign merchants are getting more and more cunning. Second-class and fifth-grade goods are shipped to Yizhou, which is about [-] guan. But the distance is long, and the risk is not worthwhile. It is really uneconomical to sell [-] guan in Chang'an. Add one overprint, that is, add one to three pennies per piece, but you can produce first-class low-grade rainbow silk. The market price in Chang'an is ninety pennies. It will be Chinese New Year soon, and yesterday's price was already one hundred and ten. It’s always worth the money, and how much can you sell?”

Li Yuanxing figured it out, businessmen are for profit.

Seeing that it was not worthwhile to do business with foreigners, he decided not to do business.

Merchants don't care about allies or friendly interests.

Li Yuanxing sighed softly:

"The Mohe, Khitan, and Shiwei people. There are also many tribes in the Eastern Turks who always contribute to the Tang Dynasty. Especially the Mohe and other three tribes are loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Their goods cannot be broken!"

"The inventory I left behind is for them. It's just that there are no ordinary goods."

Li Yuanxing nodded slightly:

"Well, I agree with your opinion. The Western Regions will be out of stock for one year. We will discuss the situation next year. The purchase of wool is no longer limited, but merchants are not allowed to collect wool by themselves. The wool merchants will go to the Ministry of War to buy it. Let me just say one thing, this is related to Datang's strategy against the Turks, so don't say too much!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanxing waved his hand, indicating that the members of the chamber of commerce can step down.

Although Li Huishou and the others were full of awe on their faces, they were smiling in their hearts.In fact, there is another algorithm for the account. If the goods are not given to the foreign merchants, they can return the money immediately.The fast circulation of money is also a kind of profit. In fact, Li Huishou lied to Li Yuanxing.

His profit from selling in the store is not [-]% higher than selling to the Western Regions.

But only half of it, for the huge sales volume, this is a huge sum of money.

Li Yuanxing held his chin and said slowly:

"The price of silk is inflated, compared to selling it to people from the Western Regions. Datang has collected at least 50 yuan less in taxes, and the common people have spent a lot more. Gao Shangshu, although there is nothing wrong with merchants chasing profits, but such a price , but let the people of Chang'an spend a lot of money!"

"Your Highness, if there are no goods in the two cities, the price will naturally go up. Rare things are more expensive! If the goods in the two cities of Chang'an are forcibly cut off and sold to foreign countries, I am afraid that no one in the holy place will have a way to explain it. The common people have to celebrate the New Year , the common people need some gorgeous belongings, the price of jewelry has also increased by almost [-]%, and the price of shoes and hats has also increased by more than [-]%!"

When Fang Xuanling said this, Li Yuanxing understood.

The market decides everything, and the state's regulation may go against the market too much.

"Forget it, the king wants to cut off the tea leaves of the Western Turks. He originally wanted to embarrass the Western Turks. Now it seems that this is an embarrassment for my Tang Dynasty. The goods of the Tang Dynasty are not enough for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Report to Tianying Pavilion. First, we need food, second, we need workers, and third, we need to let the people of Datang not have money or place to buy what they want!"

"Follow Your Highness's order!" Wei Zheng stood up and responded.

Li Yuanxing stood up:

"This king thinks that Gaochang is ambitious. Since all kinds of goods from Datang are not enough to supply the people of Datang. Then this king decides that from now until May next year, all caravans will divert to Liaodong instead of going west. Da Tang From now on, Tang will not accept any orders from Western Region merchants!"

"Think twice, Your Highness!"

Gao Jian was terrified. You must know that the business of the Silk Road was cut off. At present, the domestic demand in Datang is huge, and there is no problem.But what about later.

Li Yuanxing shook his head lightly: "This king has already thought twice, give up!"

Li Yuanxing was really cruel.

Gao Jian wanted to persuade him again, but Wei Zheng stood up and said, "Gao Shangshu, the businessmen from the Western Regions must be more anxious than you."

"This..." Gao Jian began to reflect upon what Wei Zheng said.

Wei Zheng continued: "Gaochang blocked our Datang's caravan and charged heavy taxes. Now that the tax is suddenly halved, none of our Tang Dynasty merchants will go to Gaochang. I don't know what the people of Gaochang will think. And the Western Turks will be even more taxed." Chaos, because there is suddenly a large amount of Dashi in the west, and the merchants of Daqin are waiting for the goods of Datang."

Li Yuanxing smiled slightly: "Wei Changshi, order all checkpoints. Anyone who transports goods out of the customs without permission will be severely punished!"

"Your Highness, there are still some details that need to be discussed. After the discussion, I will report to Your Highness for a decision!" Cui Dunli also thinks that it can be blocked, but it can't be cut across the board like this. Even if it cuts across the board, there must be a reasonable argument.

After Cui Dunli and others went to the conference room, Li Yuanxing lit a cigarette, thinking about what Li Huidao said.I thought it was evil, and there was a panic buying trend. It was because there were too few supplies, or because the people in Chang'an were rich.