When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 184 Business Arrangement (two-in-one, complete the update due in August)
As soon as Xin Qu said these words, everyone in Qi Fang looked at each other.

Is the price difference that big?
Wei Shanzhou calculated. In Qifang, the price of sheepskin is five shell coins per catty. The price of bronze depends on the place of origin. Dayi merchants start from eight shell coins per catty, and Dongyi products cost five to six shell coins per catty. .

As for the Xin family, they only needed two shell coins for a sheepskin, and ten shell coins for a pound of bronze.

Doesn't that mean that he randomly transported a pound of bronze produced in Dongyi and sold it to the Youxin family for six shell coins, earning four shell coins first.

The ten shell coins you get can be exchanged for five sheepskins.

Take the sheepskin back and pay five shells each, five shells is 25 shells, and the profit is nineteen shells.

After excluding the cost and expenses on the road, it is calculated as two coins, plus the bronze purchase price of six shell coins, it is eight shell coins.

Nineteen shell coins make a profit of [-] shell coins, which is almost twice the profit. If the purchase price of bronze is five shell coins, that is more than twice the profit!
Of course, the price of sheepskin is relatively low, but the price of deerskin, cowhide or even other wolf skins is much higher.

After a quick calculation, just from the sheepskin trade, the profits must take off!

"Ahem, actually I think it's better to trade bronze directly for fur..." Xin Qu seemed to have "figured it out" and spoke quickly.

But was interrupted.

Wei Shanzhou smiled and said: "In fact, this is not unreasonable. Dayi merchants use shell coins as settlement, and everyone uses shell coins to trade. We, the tribute and Fang Kingdom, should follow the rules of Dayi merchants. "

Xinqu wondered: "This... ahem, actually I think you are right. The valuation of shell coins will be very troublesome. Let's discuss the details of the trade again. I think bartering is good."

"No, no, no! It's not troublesome to convert shell coins. Besides, shell coins are used everywhere. If Xin saves more shell coins, he can spend them."

Wei Shanzhou quickly said: "Well, let's each take a step back. No matter what the quality of Xin's furs are, as long as they are willing to sell them to me, I will accept them. How about that?"

Xinqu hesitated for a while and said: "Then, your Excellency must get three thousand kilograms of bronze around September every year so that I can convert it into shell coins. In addition, the price of the furs will be negotiated once every September and maintained for one year." .”

Ha ha!Wei Shanzhou is overjoyed and has been waiting for your words!
"Okay!" Wei Shanzhou agreed without hesitation.

Seeing how quickly he agreed, Xin Qu felt dazed for a moment, and then slapped his thigh.

"What's wrong? Patriarch Xinqu?" Wei Shanzhou saw Xinqu showing an annoyed look, but he didn't know that Xinqu had reacted. "Do you think Qifang's concession is not enough? It's better to do this. I will add thirty slaves every year. ?”

Xin Qu "gnashed his teeth" and said in a suppressed voice: "Thank you very much!"

"You're welcome! Let's make some wood."

"Um……"

Xinqu was "forced" to the edge of the cliff and had to agree, otherwise his reputation and credibility within and outside the clan would be affected.

Wei Shanzhou is still somewhat capable when dealing with young people.

"Add a sentence when deeding wood. If both parties do not have enough shell coins, they are allowed to use the equivalent of the seller's tribe to conduct the transaction."

Xin Qu looked at the other person's writing and said another sentence.

Wei Shanzhou nodded, not realizing how much Xin Qu would be fooled by writing this sentence.

After Xin Qu signed the contract with a melancholy look on his face, Wei Shanzhou laughed and drank with him, and then asked Xin Qu to arrange a place for him to keep people.

Xinqu also agreed, and directly said that there was a market in the northwest of Changping City, and a residence was being built there. They could let them live there later.

After that, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

Xin Qu weakly echoed the elated Wei Shanzhou.

In order to take care of Xinqu's face, Wei Shanzhou lay down on the table and pretended to be drunk before being sent away.

This time, the Yamen was free.

Shi Wu and the others sent these people in: "Qu, you won't be cheated, will you?"

"Yeah, looking at your expression, you've been..." The two brothers Xingrenchun and Xingrenqiu who were accompanying the banquet noticed that Xinqu was in trouble just now.

"Can I make a loss-making transaction?"

"Bamboo coins and points."

Shi Wu walked up, sat back down, picked up the remaining skewers and bit into them with relish, "Isn't this your rule? Shell coins need to be used for trade with the outside world, so most people use bamboo coins. And shellfish.”

"Yes, so the other party negotiates the price of bronze once a year, and the frequency of our transactions with Qi Fang is about three times a year at most." Xin Qu chuckled, "But is bronze a rigid need for us?"

"This...isn't it?"

pat!

Xinqu slapped the waist knife on the table: "Is it still the case now?"

Seeing the knife on the table, the people who were thinking and eating suddenly froze. They looked at the knife Xin Qu slapped on the table, as if they realized something.

Yeah, no bronze, they have other alternatives.

"Moreover, the price of the fur is set in shell coins, which is what I deliberately showed them. A piece of skin can be mended and mended by the tribe for three to five years.

Now the fur clan in the clan is basically in a prosperous state, and the Ji clan and the Wu Zhong clan have a trade agreement with us. They will provide us with furs and slaves in exchange for the necessities for survival-food.

After all, if they want to survive the winter and have insufficient food, they can only kill livestock, so they must have more fur.

We harvest more and replenish it for the tribesmen this winter.

Use our abundant food to collect all the furs near Haihe River at low prices.

If you don't have fur, you won't necessarily freeze to death, but if you don't have food, you will definitely starve to death.

The entire Haihe River is a lamb to the slaughter in front of us.

When the new round of fur prices is negotiated next September, we will let the public know that this year we will allocate the furs to the tribesmen, and then you can sell them to them at a high price.

Whatever he earns from me, he has to spit it back. If the tribesmen collect too much shell coins, they just come to me to exchange them for bamboo coins. "

"But... they are close to the south, do they still have few shell coins?" Xingren Qiu asked with a frown, "We may not be able to eat all the shell coins."

Xinqu was not surprised by Xingrenqiu's reaction and said with a smile: "Well, that's right, but don't forget it.

The shell coins themselves have little value, and they cannot be eaten. They are only expensive because they are rare in the north.

After surviving this year, we scattered the shell coins we got from the south and bought more supplies at relatively low prices through large-scale trade between the tribe and other ethnic groups.

When the time comes, Qi Fang wants to trade with other tribes, but most of the furs of other tribes will be controlled by us. Even if Qi Fang wants to buy it, he will not be able to buy it.

Then came our one-year truce.

You can use force to promote bamboo coins and turn them into the main currency recognized by various northern tribes.

Well, of course we must first stabilize the supply of daily necessities such as food, clothing, salt and the value of bamboo coins.

Then control the value of the shell coins.Too many people came from Qi Fang, so we took them to Shanxi, where the price of shellfish is not low.

If Qifang gets short of it, he will release the shell coins stored in the library to earn a premium.

Of course, the overall trend is that it continues to shift westward.As long as we move out slowly, the shellfish won't be able to cut our heads.

In addition, there is an agreement with Qi Fang, that is, the other party must provide three thousand kilograms of copper and slaves. These are the bottom line, but they can only get in and out. Even if Qi Fang siphons a huge amount of shell coins in the south, how much can Qi Fang have?

The merchants in Dayi are currently in a state of civil strife. Apart from food, wine vessels and shell coins are the most valuable. How much do you think they can spare for Qi Fang's use?
He came up with the lowest purchase price for the copper, and a large amount of shell coins flowed into our hands. We transferred to Shanxi and waited for Shanxi to bring back the shell coins to Dayi merchants. It would take at least another year, and even because of Qi Longrong He rebelled against Danshan Rong and blocked the flow of shell coins in Shanxi, and could not reach Dayi merchants.

In this way, even if there is fishing for deep-sea shellfish in the south, can the speed keep up with our consumption?

Once they adulterate, we can directly abolish the trading of shellfish in our territory.

When the time comes, the shell coins are worthless, exchange them with bamboo coins at a low price, and then throw them all to the west. Once the west trades with the south, turn the counterfeit coins back to Dayi merchants.

The shell coin system created by Dayi merchants will soon collapse. "

Xin Qu chuckled: "At this time, a new currency is needed to replace the shell coins. What do you think it will be?"

Xingren Qiu was thoughtful, but Xingren Chun suddenly said: "It must be US dollars!"

"Yes, the U.S. dollar should play its true role. It can't just cast weapons, it can also be made into more valuable copper coins, and then crushed into shell coins.

And once the industry of casting copper coins becomes popular, do you think the princes of the merchants in Dayi will also cast it if they can't find a way?

At that time, they will use the copper coins stored at home to exchange for supplies...

Oh yes, superimposed on the Shang civil strife in Dayi and the struggle for the throne.

War consumes money. As a merchant from Dayi who controlled a large number of bronze producing areas, he had to smash all the bronze wine vessels at home and make them into copper coins.

Once copper coins become mobile, do you think that besides making money, can these coppers be made into weapons?

Where will it end up?Can the leaders of the tributary states and Fang states in the border areas give up the opportunity to cast these bronzes into weapons?
Bronze is used to make weapons. Once the weapons are available, they have to get their money back.

Where is the money to be grabbed?In addition to the territory and population of Dayi merchants, isn't it just a vein of minerals?
Once everyone is eager to try and challenge the authority of Dayi Shang, what do you think will happen? "

Xinqu thought for a moment and smiled sinisterly.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly. According to Xin Qu's calculation, it was indeed terrifying.

"But this will take a lot of time." Xingrenchun didn't take this plan too seriously.

"It takes time, but a king who wants to centralize power can speed up the process of time." Xinqu picked up the knife on the table and slowly pulled it out. The blade was smoked black with fire, and no patterns could be seen. " To seize power, a new king needs prestige. Once he is defeated, what kind of disaster awaits them? There is no easy target in the east or west who is suitable for establishing prestige."

Holding the wooden handle, he slashed all the corners of the table and immediately cut off a piece: "If you lose your prestige, there will be civil strife, and the power to mint money will inevitably be in the hands of princes and princes.

If they want to seize power, then excessive currency issuance is inevitable.

After all, who bothers to cultivate Bala’s land when it can be harvested with financial weapons?
The Dayi merchants relied on force to suppress the tributary states, but as long as one of the tributary states could suddenly attack the border areas of the Dayi merchants at the key point when the Dayi merchants started civil strife, they could at the same time instigate rebellion against the princes and tribesmen they exploited, and unite with their enemies. .

Then, if the merchants from Dayi want to appease the tributary states and vassal states due to internal and external difficulties, they cannot choose to use force to suppress them as before.

Instead, you have to spend money to get things done.

When the money is copper, it means that the vassals of Dayi Shang will gradually have the capital to fight against Dayi Shang. "

After Xin Qu finished speaking, Xingrenchun opened his mouth. He couldn't find a reason to refute, because this was an ideal state, so he could only say: "But I still think that plans are plans, and execution depends on strength."

Of course Xin Qu knew that this depended on strength, so he was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "Yes, so instead of scheming against fate.

We must have the capital to defend a place in order to survive the turmoil that may come.

It is never wrong to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

I’m telling you, it’s because you will be the future business, manpower, military, and logistics officials of the Xin family.

Just let everyone have a bottom line.

As the saying goes, it's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to make things happen.

So, we will start operating from Qi Fang first, and it will affect Qi Fang. We will act as second-rate dealers, taking shell coins to the west, further disrupting Shanxi's fragile economy, and in exchange for the materials we need, especially grain and livestock. The more the better, the better. good.

Shanxi is a highly involuted structure, and classes are much clearer than ours.

There is almost no upward path between nobles and ordinary people.

This is the basic basis for our business with nobles. Wine and luxury goods are their needs.

Especially jade and ceramics. "

Xinqu looked at Yuquan. As the last seat, Yuquan had no sense of existence before. Now Xinqu took a look at it and realized: "Don't worry, patriarch, we have carving knives, grinding wheels and so on. Carving jade is not too simple. Although I can’t achieve the lotus hairpin that the clan leader gave Wu to wear for the time being, but I will try my best.”

Oh? !

When everyone was reminded of this, they remembered that the lotus that Wu Xiaoye had been wearing on his head recently was actually a gift from Xin Qu!

Xin Qu saw the teasing expressions on their faces and didn't refute.

Wu Xiaoye must be around, and it doesn't matter if she gives him some gifts.

He just continued: "Anyway, Elder Dianke. Your next tasks are three.

First, through my eldest brother Wu Zhongmi, open up business contacts in Shanbei. You can handle this yourself. "

Xingrenchun nodded, this is not a problem.

"Second, for the commercial control over the swampland, we will first secretly join forces with the Yun clan, but the Ji clan's share cannot be given up. I will leave this matter to you, Xingren Qiu, and use the prestige of the Yunma tribe. Chief of the Yunma clan She told me that she is willing to completely incorporate the Yunnuma tribe into the Youxin clan, but is worried about opposition from below. So next, I will gradually help you dismantle their authority so that the Yunnuma tribe can be completely annexed."

Xin Qu's words were very naked, but Xingren Qiu was not surprised, because after seeing how powerful the Xin family was, Yun Zhuxi did not want his children to live in misery.

Stability is what she wants.

"Third, beyond the Changxin clan, we began to contact the tribes in Shanxi and started a new round of trade alliance expansion. Xingren Xia has already started to do this.

The Western Market I built is quite large and can accommodate thousands of people trading at the same time.

Now the first phase is almost completed, and there will be two more phases to follow, which will be built one after another. A commercial operation system with our Xin family as the core will be formed as soon as possible within three years.

In this way, more tribes can be tied up and become our dumping ground and assimilation ground.

Their population, products, and even ghosts and gods are all nourished by the Xin family. "

Xin Qu spoke in a heavy tone: "So, let's wait until Xingren Dong comes back from Taihang Mountain for the last step. I don't know if he found Shan, Luan, Lin, and Ku in Taihang this time.

I don’t know where these guys went.

Thousands of people could disappear so quietly. Something must have happened. "

"Why don't you ask the Yu family?" Shi Wu suggested, "When that guy came back last time, didn't he say that these four pieces were directly penetrated by the Yu family and then ran away?"

Xinqu shook his head: "It's nothing more than running to the mountains further south, or running to the sphere of influence of the Dayi merchants in Hebei.

But no matter which direction they go, I just hope they can return to the Xin family before the heavy snow closes the mountain, otherwise it will be quite troublesome. "

(End of this chapter)