Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 266 Dare to compete with me for business? Then I can only destroy you!
When we entered the store with Wu Mei and Wu Shun, what caught our eyes were all kinds of colorful kites that were dazzling.

"My dear, do you two young ladies need kites?
The kites in our shop are all genuine. Our boss has received training at the government office. The kites we make are all made according to the king's instructions. I guarantee you will like them."

Wu Mei and Wu Shun looked at Li Yuanji, who kept laughing with his hands covering his mouth, his shoulders twitching constantly. It was obvious that they were trying not to laugh out loud, and they were feeling uncomfortable.

Yang Jianhe on the side also wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to, so he had to hold it in, and his facial features seemed a little distorted.

Li Yuanji, who had experienced it firsthand, twitched his lips and was speechless. Although he was the one who came up with so many different kinds of kites, this man started using him to attract people as soon as they entered the store.

What does it mean to go to the government for special training? The government also trains this? And the direction he mentioned, he remembered telling Cen Wenben, how did he know all this? And he directly took it out and used it openly, did he get his permission?

Thinking about this, Li Yuanji's mood suddenly became a little bad.

"We do need to buy the kite, but can you tell me first why your boss needs to go to the government for training? Does the government still care about this? And did the King of Qi really say this?"

When the guy heard this, he looked at Li Yuanji strangely, then spoke with a smile.

"My dear, I suppose you are new to business, aren't you?"

Li Yuanji nodded. This was indeed his current identity.

"My dear, you may not know that the king gave this kite business to us common people. Now there are thirteen kite shops in the city. They were all the first people to register when the king came.

They were all selected, and then the government sent people to teach them how to make kites. My boss only learned it in seven days and he learned it all.

The shortest time it took others to learn was more than ten days. Look, many of the new kites here were made by my boss.

You have come to the right place. The kites in the store are of top quality in both workmanship and style."

Li Yuanji looked at the kites in the shapes of fish heads, wolf heads, water bottles, etc., and his mouth twitched. These kites were more abstract than the other.

It's really like once the mind is opened, one dares to do anything.

As for this business, he did intend to give it to the people so that they could make some money from it.

The rise of kites not only benefited kite shops, but also those who made the raw materials. They could make money from it, but since it was not a big business, they just gave it up.

Li Yuanji really didn't expect that Cen Wenben had arranged it this way. It was really fast. Whether it was selecting people or training, Li Yuanji could only say that it was really good.

He now understood why this person would involve him when introducing these things. These ideas and directions were really put forward by him. No matter how abstract and beautiful they were, they should be done.

Li Yuanji then said, "Okay, bring us the best kite in your store."

The guy looked very excited. In his opinion, he had met a big client, so he went to get it immediately.

After a while, several kites were brought over.

"Look, my dear. These kites are not only beautifully crafted, but more importantly, they are made of Huanghuali wood from Nanzhou Prefecture. They are absolutely top-grade."

Li Yuanji took a look and found that it was really Huanghuali wood. He was shocked. Is it so extravagant to make a kite now? Using such wood?

"Hey, your shop is great. This yellow rosewood is not cheap. How can you be willing to use it to make kites?"

Li Yuanji was really surprised. He knew the price, but using such wood to make a kite seemed a bit extravagant to him, as it was something that could be done with bamboo.

The guy smiled even wider.

“My dear, you don’t know that some people need this kind of thing. The boss specially went to Nanzhou Prefecture and bought it at a high price.

The kites are also quite expensive, five cents each, how many do you want, sir?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came.

"Hey, man, how can you be sure that your employer uses the Huanghuali from Nanzhou Prefecture? What if they use the Huanghuali from Tianzhu?"

Li Yuanji looked around and could tell at a glance that these were merchants from other small countries because their features were too obvious.

When the guy heard this, he immediately quit and became a little angry.

"Hey, this is what my boss bought in Nanzhou Prefecture, so don't talk nonsense.

If you want to buy a kite, feel free to choose one. If you don’t want to buy one, you can still look at it, but don’t say anything.”

But Li Yuanji didn't care about these things. He was thinking about the yellow rosewood from India.

India also has huanghuali wood and red sandalwood, and these two kinds of wood are not specialties of Nanzhou Prefecture.

But they probably didn't value these woods. Now it seems that some of them have flowed into his fiefdom, otherwise no one would say that.

The man then smiled, not caring at all about the waiter's impatience with him.

"Don't you know yet? Today, the red sandalwood and huanghuali wood from Tianzhu have been discovered and have gradually spread to various places, not only here, but also in the Tang Dynasty. Now, a lot of wood comes from Tianzhu.

Moreover, the price is relatively cheap when transported from India. The same log can be purchased from India for twenty taels of silver cheaper.

You don't even need to add a markup when you get it from there, you just need to sell it at the normal price, and the difference in price, as you Tang people say, can make you a lot of money."

Li Yuanji's heart sank when he heard this. It turned out that the wood from India had actually started to flow here. The key was the price. When transporting the wood from that place, there was actually a difference of twenty taels of silver per piece.

One stick is twenty taels. How much profit can we get from two hundred sticks, two thousand sticks, twenty thousand sticks, or two hundred thousand sticks?

This is a completely no-cost business. To put it bluntly, as long as you can buy it and transport it back safely, it is pure profit.

Although this reflects the high prices of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood here, Li Yuanji was targeting the mid- to high-end market at the beginning, and ordinary people simply could not afford them, so the price set at the beginning was relatively high.

He had absolutely no intention of lowering the prices. Not only that, he was already thinking about raising the prices of those luxury goods that were only for the powerful and wealthy.

Because those items, not only rosewood and huanghuali wood, but also perfect colored glass and high-end dressing supplies, have already been sold to people who are making a profit from the price difference.

That is, they buy goods from him and then wholesale them to others, who then take them to other places to sell them. Some people will even raise the price on this basis and then sell them to others.

These are all proofs that he still has room to raise prices, because others cannot replicate him and can only find him, and the market is there. As the people's livelihood in the Tang Dynasty recovers, the market will become bigger and bigger.

However, now there are competitors in the high-end wood market, and these competitors are so cheap, which is not good news for him.

As for the Tang people mentioned by this person, Li Yuanji was not surprised at all. The countries and tribes in the south and west were already called Tang people, not Han people.

The main reason was that he was a bit too powerful. He had destroyed so many countries and his business was too developed. In addition, as the King of Qi, he was already under the name of the Tang Dynasty, so those people were willing to call him a Tang person.

However, on the east, north and northwest sides of the Tang Dynasty, people were still called Han people, not Tang people.

This is also why his influence as the King of Qi in these places has surpassed that of the Tang Dynasty.

The guy was speechless for a moment, because he really didn't know anything about this.

Li Yuanji asked the man.

"Excuse me, sir, which country are you from? Have you already received these woods from Tianzhu?" The man looked at Li Yuanji closely and said with a smile: "I am from Pyu Kingdom. I did receive 100 red sandalwood and 200 huanghuali woods before. I originally wanted to give it a try.

I didn't expect that I could make a lot of money by transporting it here and to the Tang Dynasty.

From your appearance, you seem to be interested in this business?"

Li Yuanji was a little surprised. He was surprised that this man spoke Chinese very well and fluently, completely unlike other people.

As for the influx of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood, he was no longer shocked, as he had come to his senses at this point.

"Your Chinese is very standard. I admire you.

I originally came from Chang'an, intending to buy some goods and then sell them to the king, but I never expected to encounter such a business.

I wonder if you can help me solve this problem. If I can do it, I will definitely be rewarded."

Li Yuanji is now very interested in this channel in Tianzhu.

Hearing this, the man looked around.

"This is not a place for conversation. There is a restaurant ahead. Would you like to go there?"

Li Yuanji did not delay and stood up immediately.

"Mei'er, Shun'er, you can choose yourselves. After you've chosen, come to the restaurant to find me."

Wu Mei and Wu Shun agreed obediently. Li Yuanji left a few people to protect the two and then left.

Arriving at a private room in the restaurant, Li Yuanji and the Pyu man sat facing each other, while Yang Jianhe stood behind Li Yuanji.

"My last name is Li Yuan. What is your name?"

The man immediately bowed.

"Hello, Brother Li. I also have a Tang Dynasty name, Lou Yan."

"Oh? I didn't expect that Brother Lou already has a Tang name. I wonder where did Brother Lou learn all this?
I am really a little curious. If it is inconvenient for you, I will not say anything more."

Li Yuanji was indeed curious. If it weren't for the huge difference in appearance, just based on what he said, Li Yuanji would not have thought that this person was from another country.

Lou Yan smiled indifferently, not minding at all.

“It’s not inconvenient at all. My grandfather has been to the Central Plains before, but that was not the Tang Dynasty, but the Sui Dynasty.

I stayed in the Sui Dynasty for more than eight years and brought back some books. My family began to learn the language and writing of our country.

Later, almost everyone in my family served as an official in the country. If there were envoys from ancestral countries, our family would convey the message to each other.

When the King of Qi sent an envoy to Pyu at the beginning of the year, it was my brother who was in charge of delivering the message.”

Li Yuanji immediately understood that Lou Yan’s grandfather had gone to the Sui Dynasty and not only learned a lot, but also brought back some books. In the end, this family now became state-owned translators of the Pyu Kingdom.

Li Yuanji did not say anything. In terms of external exchanges, the Sui Dynasty did send a delegation, and there were traces of foreign exchanges in the original countries such as Zhenla.

He is just a Pyu, but he knows so much. Besides these, what else did he bring back?
Li Yuanji no longer wants to care about it now. In his eyes, the Kingdom of Pyu is already in his pocket.

Then he looked at Lou Yan and said with a smile: "So that's how it is, Brother Lou's family really has a bright future.

Brother Lou, can you explain what I said at the Kite Shop last time?"

Having said that, Lou Yan suddenly became serious.

"Brother Li, I can help you with this matter, but if you want to do this business, you can't do it small. Each time you purchase, you must purchase at least 300 pieces of wood, whether it is red sandalwood or huanghuali wood.

Can Brother Li do this?"

Li Yuanji immediately laughed. This was a test of his strength.

"Brother Lou, don't worry. I am still quite wealthy. If possible, I can purchase more than 500 each time."

Lou Yan felt relieved upon hearing this and immediately raised his glass.

"Brother Li, to be honest, this business deal was found by someone from the Harsha Dynasty.

They don’t have enough large ships now, and they don’t have any seagoing ships. They ordered twenty ships before, but they have not been delivered yet.

So they can't sell it and need to find someone to sell it, so this opportunity arises.

Once their ships are in place, there will be no profit for us, so if we want to do it, we must hurry up.

If you need it, Brother Li, I can introduce you."

Li Yuanji had a playful look on his face. He was not sure before, but now he was somewhat certain.

If it was really the work of the Harsha Dynasty, and they were in such a hurry, they must need a lot of money, which should be for King Harsha's subsequent expansion.

And in Li Yuanji's opinion, Lou Yan's identity is not that simple.

This person is willing to take advantage of this opportunity to make money without doing anything, and share the profits with others, which does not fit the characteristics of a businessman.

If it were him, he would want to make all the money by himself, so he would never be willing to invite anyone else, especially a stranger.

At this moment, Li Yuanji suddenly realized that he must have been targeted when he was in the kite shop, and this person was deliberately arousing his interest.

This is an opportunity to make money without any effort and has absolutely no risk. If he were really a businessman, and an inexperienced one at that, he would really be dazzled by the profits.

One stick is twenty taels of silver, and three hundred sticks are six thousand taels. If you take more and transport them more often, wouldn't that be a huge profit?

After a while, Li Yuanji spoke with interest.

“Brother Lou, I suddenly realized that this business is not suitable for me.

I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Li Yuanji immediately stood up and left while Lou Yan was stunned.

Coming outside, Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Find an opportunity, have someone tie him up, and then interrogate him thoroughly. There's something wrong with this guy!"

Yang Jianhe's eyes fixed and he nodded with murderous intent.

Li Yuanji sneered in his heart.

You dare to steal my business? I have no choice but to destroy you!
(End of this chapter)