Datang first village

The sound of intensive stone breaking is so pleasant to the ears of many nobles. This is not a quarry, and every stone may become a treasure.

Li Er's chair is placed on the second step, which is eighteen steps away from the flat ground.

Playing with two wooden chips in his hand.

One piece is sandalwood from the original palace, which is mostly used to make treasure boxes. Its value is considered precious, but it is far less than the price of gold.These were shipped from the Huguang area. According to the shipping capacity at that time, there was no way to purchase timber from India and other Southeast Asia.

In fact, according to the classification of later generations, the original ones in the Tang Palace were big-leaf sandalwood, but more sandalwood.

This is somewhat different from the lobular red sandalwood.

Li Er took these two pieces of wood, not because he suspected that Li Yuanxing had lied to him about the value of the wood, but just to distinguish the difference.Li Er is using his own eyes to distinguish the difference in value according to the feeling of a Tang nobleman.

Just as many aristocrats use their eyes to distinguish the grades of gem-grade jadeite and ordinary gem-grade jade.There is also the price ratio between ordinary jadeite and ordinary jade.

What did Li Yuanxing seem to be talking about again?

Because Li Er noticed that many nobles were surrounding Li Yuanxing, he gave his own woman the opportunity to pick stones.

"Old Xiao, I heard that you planted [-] mu of low mulberries in Lanling, and you only sell raw silk, not brocade?"

"What His Royal Highness Qin Wang said is that the juniors in the farming family are okay. The management of the mulberry garden is good. His Highness gave the sericulture family, whether it is a son or a daughter, to be able to memorize and be proficient. The raw silk in spring today is good. Although summer is worse, I believe there must be a breakthrough in winter silkworm. I dare not say that it can be compared with spring silk, but I dare to compare with the world's famous silk."

The old man surnamed Xiao changed his tone: "It's just brocade, but brocade doesn't come with looms. There are barely a few weavers in my Xiao family, so I don't take it seriously. I only sell raw silk, but the income is not low. The art is not in the blog. , and in fine!"

"Okay, the quality of one is the most expensive. The raw silk of Xiao's family is indeed excellent this year!" Someone praised.

Li Yuanxing asked with a smile: "How many autumn silkworms can be expected, and there is an estimate. How about I buy ten tons in advance?"

"Your Highness wants it, of course it is reserved for you, and I guarantee that there will be no less than one or two tons of ten tons."

Li Yuanxing shook his head lightly: "I heard that when raw silk was launched on the market, merchants had already lowered the threshold of many silkworm gardens by a few inches. If you set a price and an estimated output. So now Then we can trade raw silk?"

All the merchants were relieved, this is tantamount to a garden.

But Baoyuan has risks.

At that moment, a businessman got permission and said: "Your Highness, this garden is risky. If there is a mistake, it will be a big loss. The ordinary Jinfang can't afford such a mistake."

Li Yuanxing nodded slightly: "How much money did the Xiao family borrow for Qiusi this year?"

"I borrowed 16 guan, which was mortgaged by [-] mu of mulberry gardens and several houses at home. The three-month interest was [-] guan, and the money was given by the Lanling branch of the Datang Qianzhuang. The banknotes, and then use gold coins and silver coins to pay for the second half, part of which is used to buy sheep manure, and part of which is used to support the wages of day laborers, and it will be no problem to support the silk harvest until autumn!" Xiao Lao explained to Li Yuanxing.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "If you don't borrow money, what should you do?"

"Your Highness is joking. This method of borrowing money to expand is something I learned in the Prince Qin's Mansion as a child. Yes, the family can manage [-] mu of mulberry gardens. If you borrow it, the output will be ten times the output. Counting the interest, it will also increase the income several times. Of course, it is good to borrow it. However, once the money is borrowed, everyone in the family must be careful all the time, it is related to the livelihood of the whole family!"

It is enough to quote here.

Li Yuanxing changed his tone and turned to the topic: "The price of raw silk in Chang'an market in summer is 3 guan for one ton. One silkworm needs one and a half acres, or even two acres of mulberry. It can produce about 3 catties of cocoons, which is seven catties of raw silk. One ton needs the output of nearly [-] to [-] mu of mulberry fields, [-] mu is almost [-] yuan of income, and [-] mu is the income of [-] yuan of money!"

"Your Highness, the silk produced in the fields cannot be sold at such a high price. Three guan is the price of transporting it to Chang'an." A businessman said beside him.

Li Yuanxing asked with a smile: "This king uses [-] guan, and now I can buy you [-] tons of raw silk. What is the price?"

"Honestly, even if it's [-] guan, it's a good deal. Because our Xiao family doesn't need to borrow any more, which reduces the payment of interest. Besides, I've received the money first, so I feel at ease."

Li Yuanxing laughed: "Okay, let's buy ten tons. After half a month, I suddenly don't want it anymore, but this one has already been bought. Naturally, I won't ask you to return it. I will increase the price to 350 guan, but Somebody takes over."

"Go on, the difference is two months. Although the money has been taken out first, it is still guaranteed."

At that moment, a businessman took over Li Yuanxing's topic.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "Then, there is another merchant who has raised the price to [-] guan in one month before shipment, can you make a move?"

The businessman thought for a moment: "There is a difference of one month. If the freight to Chang'an or Hangzhou is deducted, if the price of autumn silkworms is predicted to be 320 guan, the villain thinks that it will be sold for [-] guan, which is enough profit." ! Of course, [-] guan is not impossible to sell."

"That is to say, if there are two thousand crowns, you will definitely sell them!"

"If you return to His Highness, you will definitely sell it."

"Then, five days before shipment, this price should be close to the market price of that year, and this transaction is also beneficial." Li Yuanxing asked again.

After several big shopkeepers from the silk chamber of commerce whispered a few words, they sent a person to answer: "If the previous purchases in hand are enough, I will naturally give up some. After all, my weaving workshop has a limited amount of brocade weaving for a month."

"good very good."

Li Yuanxing stood up: "Then, I will ask another question: One month before the shipment, the silkworms of Xiao's family were sick, or the tree was sick. So what will happen?"

"Your Highness, if you have already bought it, the transaction is considered a success. As long as you deliver a sufficient amount of goods, there is absolutely no reason for the Xiao family to refund the money. If you are just sick, the quality of the silk will decline, so the goods in hand , just like what His Highness said about the members of the steel factory, it will be reduced by a few percent. Those who make brocade will not want it, but those who will make silk cutting will still want it. But the next year, the pre-sale price of the Xiao family will definitely be lowered Some, after all, last year had a bad time, the reputation of this product will definitely be damaged. But if it is to be a good product year after year, I am afraid that the pre-sale price of the Xiao family's silk will be higher every year."

"It's done. This king calls this futures. There is also a rule that raw silk can be traded, and the grain fields in Luoyang can be traded. Taiyuan Wang's coal can also be traded."

Businessmen get it.

The ancient merchants were definitely not simple. They didn't have systematic economics, but that doesn't mean they didn't understand economics.

At the same time, another businessman asked: "The owner of the pre-sale must agree to accept the public review. It is absolutely impossible to make a second-guessing one. If you agree, the weight of the raw silk is guaranteed. The raw silk sources of each brocade silk chamber of commerce are guaranteed. Guaranteed, those who have more money can buy more. But it will affect Xiaofang, I wonder if His Highness has any solution?"

"A few of the real high-quality products come from small workshops. My idea is to maximize the work of the workshop, but it is bigger and bigger. Both machines and management have enough investment. More high-quality products can be produced, and the cost will also be reduced. Remember what the king said, industrialized mass production!"

"I'll be taught." All the merchants hurriedly saluted.

Li Yuanxing said again: "Although it is not kind to the small workshop, but the small workshop must not be competitive. That's why I mentioned the members before."

"After I understand, the small workshop can be converted into an amount. The big workshop takes his people and machines, and he has a share of the big workshop. Naturally, he also has a share of money. Or he can change careers without exchanging the shares for cash. "

"That's right!"

Li Yuanxing spoke in the inner circle, and those foreigners were pushed outside, and some words were not convenient for them to listen to.

In Li Yuanxing's conversations with businessmen and aristocratic families, some people will pass on the ordinary parts after selection and transition, and silkworm secrets will definitely not be said indiscriminately.

In the inner circle, when the aristocratic family and the merchants were still considering the good or bad of this matter, a eunuch came to report.

"Your Highness, the Huihe envoys are asking for an audience?"

"Let him in!"

Hearing that Li Yuanxing asked Huihe envoys to come over, all the businessmen who were talking shut up in unison.

"Your Highness, I Huihe wants to pre-sell the wool for next spring. The price is [-]% lower than that of spring, which is ten catties of wool and two papers. Please be the master of Huihe for me!"

When Li Yuanxing heard this, he asked with a smile, "What do you need cash for when you come back to Hehe? Is there not enough food for the winter this year?"

"This..." The Huihe envoy was a little embarrassed, and replied blushingly: "His Royal Highness, I want to buy the members of the steel factory with this money. If you count the members of the steel factory next spring, the profit of this share will be higher than [-]% gone."

"You are good at calculation." After Li Yuanxing said something with a smile, he said seriously: "However, your proposal is within the rules, and there is no reason for me not to approve it, so I am generous enough to announce two proposals at once. The new decree, one is that there is no limit to the pre-sale of wool, and the other is to allow the registration of ten more velvet workshops, one hundred wool workshops, and five hundred wool roughing workshops."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness." The Huihe envoy was a little excited: "We sell 1000 million wool!"

"Do you dare to have more?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.

"Is 2000 million okay?" The Huihe envoy asked tentatively.

Li Yuanxing laughed: "Okay, it's 2000 million. But I suggest that you go to General Fengzhou to discuss it. They provide technology, you provide people, and jointly build a wool carding workshop. Coarse wool is worthless, but fine wool is worth a catty." At least one and a half pennies, and the selected cashmere is at least ten pennies a catty."

"This..." The Huihe envoy didn't understand for a while.

Instead, a businessman came to remind: "This is His Highness asking you to earn more money. You just tidy up the wool. Although ten catties have changed to seven catties. But the price has actually increased several times. Your Highness is a way to make money. I gave it to you. Think about it, a sheep costs less than a hundred coins, and the wool alone will increase the income by at least ten coins."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

The Huihe envoys were about to kiss Li Yuanxing's boots. (To be continued.)