Yipin Tang

Chapter 115
A night of beautiful spring breeze, the taste of it is not enough for outsiders to understand.

After waking up the next day refreshed, Wang Xiang looked at Ju Yiya who was still sleeping soundly, and gently covered her with the quilt before getting out of bed and getting dressed.

He was not used to wearing Xizhou clothes, and it took him a long time to put them on.

As usual, she first went to see her father-in-law, King Gaochang. When she saw that Wang Xiang was the only one coming out, Ju Wenya seemed to have thought of something, and gave Wang Xiang a bad look. Wang Xiang could only smile awkwardly.

Laifu had been waiting outside the palace for a long time, and agreed to take him to see the shop today.

"Master, you are here."

Wang Xiang glanced at Lai Fu who couldn't wait and said with a smile: "What's the rush, this shop can't run away again, by the way, what did you bring with you this time from Chang'an?"

"It's all the wine brewed by our first tasting workshop. Yesterday, several tavern owners wanted to buy wine from me."

"Tavern?" Wang Xiang glanced at the triumphant Laifu suspiciously. The tavern in Xizhou is not a pure tavern, it is the same place as Datang's brothel.

Lai Fu knew what Wang Xiang was thinking when he saw Wang Xiang's expression, and quickly said, "I just went to talk about business, and I didn't do anything else."

Wang Xiang shook his head amusedly. Li Huiming told him the secret of the Xizhou Tavern. These days, Li Huiming has been running to the tavern every day, feeling a little bit reluctant to leave.

"Why are you nervous? Speaking of which, you seem to be not too young, and it's time to find a marriage."

Lai Fu blushed and waved his hands: "No hurry, no hurry, young master, let's go to the shop first."

Wang Xiang smiled slightly. He still remembered that when he first came to Datang, Laifu was an ordinary servant in the Linchuanhou Mansion. His greatest wish was to save enough money to beg a wife and give birth to two fat children. Now the money saved is already enough for him He was begging for a few daughters-in-law, but he was so focused on the first-tasting winery.

When we arrived in Chinatown, many people had already gathered there. When they saw Wang Xiang coming, they gathered around to say hello.

Naturally, Wang Xiang knew what they were thinking. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Those who want a store after the Chamber of Commerce is established can apply in the Chamber of Commerce. There will be a special person in charge of the store at that time."

As for the shops that Wang Xiang chose for himself, of course there is no need to apply. He chose the three shops with the best locations. After seeing it, Laifu was very pleasantly surprised, and immediately asked someone to come over to repair the shops. The signboard of the wine shop, the other two have not yet been planned.

In fact, Wang Xiang had already thought about it a long time ago. One of the shops would be used to open a grain store. Now that the Tang Dynasty has potatoes, the people don’t have to worry about food at all, so the excess grain can be sold to the countries of the Western Regions in exchange for other things. It is also an important task of his mission to the Western Regions this time, so that the countries in the Western Regions will become dependent on the food of the Tang Dynasty. Once a country is completely dependent on other countries for basic food, it will lose the ability to resist.

For the countries in the Western Regions, food has always been their biggest problem. Everyone is very interested in hearing that the Tang Dynasty will supply a large amount of food, and they have come forward to ask about the price of food. After all, if the price is too high, it is no problem to supply a large amount of food. significance.

Wang Xiang raised his hand to signal everyone to be safe, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty Tian Khan decided to supply a large amount of food to the countries of the Western Regions because of the fact that the people in the Western Regions are often hungry. As for the price..."

Seeing Wang Xiang's sudden silence, someone became anxious and asked, "What's the price?"

The person who asked the question was a Yanqi businessman. Yanqi had just experienced a war recently, and the country was extremely short of food. At this time, the news of Datang's large supply of food was simply great news for them.

Wang Xiang smiled lightly: "All the food supplied by Datang is bartered."

"How to barter?" Everyone became more curious.

"For example, Yanqi." Wang Xiang took out a piece of coal ore and said with a smile: "Yanqi mostly has such black stones, and a cart of such black stones can be exchanged for a cart of grain."

Everyone couldn't help whispering. They had never heard that stones could be exchanged for food. The Yanqi businessman who had just asked the question was even more surprised, uncertain: "Is what Wang Fushi said true? A cart of black Can stones be exchanged for a cart of grain?"

Wang Xiang nodded and smiled, "Of course, as long as you can bring a cart of black stones like this, I will give you a cart of grain."

Kasang was also among the crowd, and he was not particularly surprised when he heard Wang Xiang's words. There are really too many black stones like Yanqi, and he couldn't dig them all by himself. Besides, Wang Xiang had already told him Their previous transaction agreement is still valid, which means that he can also exchange a cart of black stones for a glazed stone, which is a unique treatment.

The Yanqi merchants in the crowd who received Wang Xiang's confirmation were all very pleasantly surprised, and the merchants from other dependent countries were also extremely envious. In their opinion, this was simply a piece of cake from the sky.

"Then what can we in Gaochang exchange for food?" A Gaochang businessman couldn't help asking.

Hearing his question, everyone stopped whispering and looked at Wang Xiang expectantly.

Wang Xiang glanced at the nervous Gaochang businessman and smiled: "Gaochang has a lot of cattle, sheep and horses. Naturally, we can exchange cattle, sheep and horses for food."

Hearing Wang Xiang's words, Gaochang merchants were obviously a little disappointed. It is not easy for cattle, sheep and horses to grow up. Compared with Yanqi's exchange of stones for grain, it is not 01:30 points. Besides, they used cattle, sheep and Datang for grain in the past, so the disappointment is in inevitable.

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "Of course, you still have other choices."

"What choice?"

"wool."

"Wool?" The Gaochang businessman was puzzled, not knowing what Wang Xiang meant.

"Cows, sheep and horses are not easy to grow, but wool is different. It doesn't take long for the wool to grow back after being cut."

"You mean...wool can also be exchanged for food?"

Wang Xiang laughed: "That's right, the same weight of wool can come to me in exchange for the same weight of grain."

The crowd was in an uproar again.

It was unbelievable for them to exchange stones for grain before, but now they say that wool can be exchanged for grain. If it weren't for Wang Xiang's identity here, they really thought it was intentional to amuse themselves.

Wang Xiang's consideration is actually very simple. The common people want to live comfortably. Potatoes can solve the "food" problem, and "clothing" depends on these wool.

In the later generations, woolen clothes were expensive, but in Tang Dynasty, no one would think of weaving clothes with wool, so naturally they didn't know the value of the wool. In winter, silk and satin are not as warm as a woolen sweater. .

A cart of grain is only worth a few bucks, and the same weight of grain is exchanged for the same weight of wool, which is a huge advantage for Wang Xiang. If it is all made into woolen clothes, the profit will not only double, but also ten times or a hundred times. possible.

But in the eyes of other people, wool is useless at all, and it will grow again after cutting it. They feel that they have taken advantage of it by exchanging wool for grain. Of course there is no objection.

The exchange of wool for food is not just a surprise for Gaochang people. These foreign countries in the Western Regions are nomadic peoples, and naturally they raise a lot of cattle and sheep. After hearing the news, the quick-minded businessman has made up his mind to go back to collect wool as soon as possible. I am afraid that such a good thing will soon spread, and the price of wool will rise accordingly. At this time, you can make a fortune when you go back to collect the wool.

(End of this chapter)