Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 500 Ten thousand gold is hard to find and there is a price but no market (second update)
Chapter 504

Most of the well-known merchants in the Wei State Business League have become officials of the Wei State.

Although they are still discriminated against by the gentry, their descendants can study and have the qualifications to be officials. Business in Wei State is no longer a cheap profession.At least they can wear red and green, just like the children of the gentry.

Ran Ming hosted a banquet for the guests, and all the merchants flocked to it.

Compared with merchants, Ran Ming is synonymous with God of Wealth, as long as he hangs out with King Jiaodong, he doesn't have to ask about eating and drinking.

Besides, the merchants have long been accustomed to Ran Ming's way of doing things. He hosted such a big banquet, at least Ran Ming has already made a big move. Like last time, he almost pulled out the Eastern Jin craftsmen. Although they invested a lot, they also gained the same reward. It is still huge, and now they have basically controlled the materials needed by all walks of life in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Everyone has made a lot of money, and counting money is so painful that the hand cramps.

Liu's Restaurant imitated the design of later generations. It is not a facade facing the street, but a parking lot of about three or four mu of land is vacant in front of the street.

Looking at all four-wheeled double-bridge shock-absorbing carriages, Ran Ming secretly sighed that this merchant's ability to accept new things is still very fast.Although this kind of carriage is several times more expensive than ordinary carriages, the four-wheeled carriage puts all the load of the vehicle on the wheels, instead of putting all the load on the horse like a two-wheeled carriage.

In this way, it is less labor-intensive for the horses to pull the carriage, and one horse can even pull the weight of an ordinary two-wheeled carriage with two horses.What's even more rare is that this kind of carriage is comfortable to sit in, not only wide, but also stable.

The Wei Guo Business League has now grown into an absolutely huge business organization with enormous energy.Even a country as powerful as the Jin Dynasty could not withstand the full blow of the Wei State Business League.Dai and Liang countries are even less able to bear it.It's just that Ran Ming won't wage an economic war against Dai for the time being, because Dai is a group of bandits, and if they are cornered, they will risk their lives with Wei. Now Wei must develop its own strength.

Due to the early establishment of the Wei State, those gentry families had not yet begun to frantically annex land.Ran Ming encouraged the development of business, which gave hope to these gentry clans whose wealth was shrinking day by day.The Taiyuan Wang family, Langya Wang family, Zhongshan Liu family, Taiyuan Wen family, Qinghe Cui family, Wenxi Pei family, Xingyang Zheng family, and Zhaojun Li family all invariably invested part of the resources in the family and began to operate businesses.Although their gentry are noble, they also need food and drink, and everyone in the family needs money.

Under the large-scale impact of a large amount of fish, shrimp, kelp, canned food, meat, and eggs in Qingzhou, the price of food in Wei State is getting cheaper and cheaper. Farming to accumulate wealth is not only slow, but also more and more expensive.Ordinary people would rather work to earn money, and would rather be a proletarian than a tenant.

Although the time for the banquet has not yet arrived, the shopkeepers and assistants of these merchants began to move around to find out the real purpose of Ran Ming's banquet. Knowing Ran Ming's plan in advance will be of great benefit to their proprietors to adopt favorable corresponding policies. .So those guys and shopkeepers are connected everywhere, and Ran Ming may not know it. Because of his appearance, the profession of commercial espionage began to appear in advance.

At this moment, Wang Cheng's coachman seemed to say unintentionally: "His Royal Highness King Jiaodong is going to build roads and needs a lot of funds. He is going to sell some of the profitable businesses under his name. We must speak with strength, (the subconscious meaning is that the higher the price, the higher the price)."

Wang Cheng, who was chatting with Zhang Xun, suddenly heard the boy next to him say that the coachman had leaked his secret, and Wang Cheng shouted angrily: "You bastards, are you all dead? Hurry up and mess with me!" kill!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xun hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Wang, this is not allowed. Our Great Wei ruled the country by law, and private abuse of lynching is prohibited. This kind of thing is against the law. A prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people, let alone you, brother Wang. In my opinion, it is still a crime of leaking commercial secrets, please Yecheng Yin come forward to deal with it!"

Wang Cheng nodded and said, "Alright, let's use Brother Zhang's plan!"

Then, several members of Wang Cheng's family tied up the talkative coachman like wolves and tigers, and sent him to the government office of Yecheng.In fact, it wasn't that the coachman was not strict with his mouth, but a scene played by Ran Ming and Wang Cheng.

When these merchants saw the situation, they thought that Wang Cheng wanted to keep some secrets under the preconceived notion. They all thought that the coachman seemed to be saying that Ran Ming wanted to sell something, which required a lot of coins.Those who are close to Yecheng should send people to go home to withdraw money.

Now the Wei Guoshangmeng has established a primitive bank, and depositing money in the bank can replace cash transactions with bills.Of course, this kind of bank not only has no interest, but also charges storage fees. This bank was not invented by Ran Ming, but a method adopted by Liu Yuan, Zhang Xun, Wang Cheng and others because of the inconvenience of transactions.Ran Ming didn't even know the details of the bank's affairs.If he knew that the Wei Guoshangmeng had established such a bank, he would definitely reorganize it and become a bank for later generations.

Those merchants who did not bring enough money jumped their feet anxiously, but merchants with gentry backgrounds behind them did not need to worry.To put it bluntly, they are just part-timers, and major business decisions require the nod of the owner behind them.They just need to report this situation to the owner.

For a moment, the entire Ruoda parking lot began to jump around.Ran Ming stood at the window, looking at the merchants running around in their cars, and laughed happily.

In the waiting that seemed like days and years, it was time for Ran Ming to hold a banquet.However, Ran Ming only greeted the major merchants, what to eat and what to drink, and never mentioned the auction.Nothing related was mentioned.

Cai Wenli, a businessman with a noble background who was unwilling to give up, asked, "I don't know why His Royal Highness King Jiaodong hosted a banquet. Although I am not talented, in order to thank Your Highness for helping me and other merchants, here is a clear sentence by Cai." , as long as Your Highness has a good way to make money, don't forget Cai, Cai just asks His Highness what to do, but if you want money, we will give you money, and if you want people, we will give you!"

What Cai Wenli wanted to ask was exactly what everyone was most looking forward to.Everyone stopped talking at the same time, and they didn't even dare to move their chopsticks, for fear of missing the next word.

Ran Ming laughed, and said: "Without him, Gu took in a new concubine last night. It is said that people are in high spirits on happy occasions, so Gu specially invites you to celebrate!"

Everyone knew that Ran Ming was perfunctory, but there was nothing they could do.Ran Ming is the only super-rank vassal king of Wei State, let alone them, even the masters behind them are several ranks higher. In desperation, these merchants began to congratulate Ran Ming with wine, hoping to fill him with wine Ran Ming, I got useful news from Ran Ming.

Who is Ran Ming? He is a gangster in later generations.That is a person who has been tried and tested in the battlefield of wine clearing. Although he is not drunk after a thousand cups, at least he will not get drunk after drinking a dozen cups of this kind of high-level baijiu.Unexpectedly, Ran Ming's head became clearer and clearer after several times of persuasion, but these merchants were all drunk.

Ran Ming saw that something bad would happen if this continued, so he had to wink at Zhang Xun.

Zhang Xun understood, picked up the wine glass, and staggered to Ran Ming. Zhang Xun seemed to be taking a shaky step, and patted Ran Ming directly on the shoulder. Ran Ming didn't have any airs, and he didn't care about the ancient etiquette.Zhang Xun's head was about to stick out to Ran Ming's face, he said with his tongue out, "Je...Je!"

"What the hell!" Ran Ming wanted to push Zhang Xun away, but as if he had "drunk too much", the two fell to the ground, and the servant rushed to help him, but Ran Ming scolded him away.Ran Ming said: "Don't be gluey or watery. If you think highly of me, call me brother. Who told you to see it like before!"

Zhang Xun almost broke out in a cold sweat, even if he had three guts, he wouldn't dare to call Ran Ming brothers.But watching Ran Ming's hand twist hard on the soft flesh around his waist.Zhang Xun bit the bullet, and tremblingly said according to the lines that Ran Ming gave in advance: "Brother Ran Ming. Brother, I heard that you were appointed by His Majesty as Minister of the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the construction of the expressway that will not reach Yecheng. Money, your brother also has nothing in his pocket, don’t say I don’t support you brother, if you give me the pearl cultivation technology, I’ll give you 20, no, 25 gold.”

"Brothers will settle accounts!" Ran Ming pointed to Zhang Xun's head and said, "Brother Zhang has seized a lot, and my pearls are making a lot of money every day. Although 25 gold is a lot, it can be a year at most, a year and a half." , I can earn it, but you actually want to use this little money to send me away, am I a beggar?"

Zhang Xun said in disbelief: "Brother, you are bragging! What kind of pearl can be worth 25 gold, and it will be paid back in a year. If you say this, no one will believe it!"

"What a bumpkin, I have never seen the world, today I will let you open your eyes!" Ran Ming blushed and said with a big tongue: "Come here to fetch my king's pearls, let them see and see, what is hard to find, there is a price No city!"

As soon as Ran Ming finished speaking, more than a dozen maids filed in.Everyone has a tray in their hands. There are more than a dozen pearls in the tray. The pearls are like carved out of the same mold. Not only are they the same size, but each pearl is more than one centimeter in diameter, and the color is actually golden. One is pink, and one is black.The beads are round, smooth and crystal clear, making people dizzying.

Even in the later generations of large-scale breeding factories where pearls are counted by tons, there are no more than [-] pearls of this kind produced in a year. Tens of thousands of RMB.In this era, the price is sky-high, and one piece costs ten thousand gold.

However, in this era, relying only on natural pearls and collecting artificially without diving equipment, it is difficult to imagine.These pearls were naturally not cultivated by Ran Ming himself, but when Ran Ming got married, Zhang Xun and Wang Cheng searched almost all the big pearl divers to collect these 99 pearls.

(End of this chapter)