A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Things like straw shoes, straw hats and straw mats, like candles, are necessities and consumables in daily life. They are not expensive. They will not deteriorate after being stored for several months and half a year. The market has always existed and the prices are very low. No one is afraid of not being able to sell these things that are closely related to life, so there is no need to consider market issues at all.

Of course, Koheta hadn't finished speaking yet. He glanced at Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, who was about to speak but had questions on his head, looking a little awkward, and signaled him not to be anxious.

"Your Highness, Zuo Ma Tou must be worried about the sales of Die and Cao Yi, so I hope that Your Highness will announce the implementation of suppression of mating throughout the territory!" Xiao Pingtai solemnly requested.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu indeed felt uncomfortable because he had questions and was embarrassed to interrupt Xiaoping's eloquent narration. He is not as good as his father in this regard, and his patience is still a bit lacking. Yamauchi Yoshiharu just sat there quietly and listened. He usually waited for Heta Ko to finish speaking, or for Heta Ko to ask questions before he spoke.

Now Koheta took the initiative to stop, which not only answered Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's doubts, but also provided Yamauchi Yoshiharu with a way to solve the problem. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's expression did not change after he heard the word "Yipei". My head immediately rolled over and I started to think about it.

What is suppression? In ancient times, feudal officials forcibly allocated money to merchants and wealthy households, depending on their financial and material resources, and forced them to undertake certain things. Once they are suppressed and matched, it is basically a bad government that destroys the family and destroys the entire clan. It is the most ruthless and barbaric economic plunder, with no humanity at all.

But Xiaopingtai’s suppression here is very different from the literal suppression! His idea was to examine the financial resources of merchants in Ejiri and Yamauchi areas and the distance of their trade routes. At a price lower than one-tenth of the market price of the specialty Tsuyamadie, the Ejiridie was forcibly distributed to the merchants, and they were asked to find a way to sell it within three years. Merchants who have the ability and ability will definitely find a way to sell things, but those who are unable to sell will be told to get out. There will be no need to undertake Ejiridie's business in the future, and there will be no need for them.

Although it is a forced method, first of all, the price is lower than others, and secondly, they are allowed to pay after delivery within three years. Anyway, the supplies of their old and small shop are all local, so they are not afraid of them daring to run away. Furthermore, Ejidie will definitely make money, and they will run away because they are too stupid.

Through this sales method that does not require the government to worry about it, merchants can quickly use their subjective initiative to open business routes themselves, and the Yamauchi family can enjoy the profits and select a group of capable and capable people through suppression. capable merchants for subsequent operations. (You can even discover some small businessmen with low capital but outstanding talents. Anyway, by paying for goods first, you may be able to support a few wealthy businessmen in the future.)

After all, a bearded old horse from far away in Western Europe and Germany said well that as long as there is profit, the entire market can become active. As long as the profit is large enough, businessmen can trample on any morals and laws.

Regardless of whether what Lao Ma said is correct or not, this analysis of business is still insightful. At least Xiaopingtai regarded this paragraph as a guideline. What they said was really reasonable, and it still makes sense even after hundreds of years.

As long as Koheita can ensure that the quality of Ejiri-die is not inferior to that of the already-famous Tsuyama-die and Usuki-die, he is willing to reduce the sales price by one-tenth. There are some shrewd businessmen with good eyesight who can help Koheita sell the products. Why do you have to work hard like a fool and go door to door to sell it?

Yamauchi Yoshiharu himself was a feudal ruler from the old era. He was born as a scholar, farmer, industrialist, and merchant, and he had a conservative understanding of business as the lowest. Although he will also encourage commercial circulation to obtain money and special products from other places. But in his eyes, businessmen still belong to the category of people who can be exploited and forced, so he doesn't feel disgusted when he hears the word "suppressed".

As far as how much money can be squeezed out of the poor farmers who dig food in the fields, squeezing merchants and craftsmen has been the consensus of feudal rulers from ancient times to the present. You have money but no political status (or rather low political status), so if you don’t want to exploit them, who will you exploit?

Moreover, in Xiao Pingtai’s plan, not only the high-end straw art products such as stacks must be suppressed, but also the low-end straw bags and straw ropes must be suppressed. Everyone must know the story of Ishida Mitsunari's one-night embankment. He promised farmers to take away the rice bags containing the soil as payment for bringing a load of soil to the embankment. As a result, a dam to block water was built overnight.

This rice bag is woven with rushes, and similarly there are salt bags and even rope bags for dry goods and seafood, all of which are woven with rushes. (It is very different from the concept of straw weaving that many people think. Most of the straw-woven items that appear in our lives are basically made of rushes and have nothing to do with straw.)

Koheita wants to impose restrictions on these grain, seafood, and salt merchants, forcing them to use straw bags and ropes used in their shops to all be produced by the Yamauchi family. They are prohibited from using similar items produced in other countries, and the Yamauchi family still has this administrative strength.

Anyway, straw rope straw bags do not require good rushes or exquisite weaving work. They can be entrusted to ordinary farmers who grow grass, and then the Yamauchi family collects straw bags from the residents at a low price. (They can also let them directly The annual tribute is deducted) and then sold to merchants in the territory at market prices. In this way, part of the funds can be quickly withdrawn without much resistance from the merchants (after all, they are suddenly forced to only use Yamauchi's own straw bags, which may affect their production and transportation).

In this way, as long as the first crop of rushes is planted in Ejiri, the first piece of grass is stacked, and the first straw bag is tied. You can slowly start to make profits and continue to expand the planting area and the scale of the manual workshop.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the entire Ejiri can be enjoyed from top to bottom, from Yamauchi Yoshiharu to poor farmers, from businessmen with tens of millions of dollars to poor households without overnight food, and all can enjoy the various benefits of local economic development. dividend.

Everyone present was mesmerized as they listened. Why is Zixiaolu’s idea of ​​playing Zhengzheng so great? The swamps and salty fields have always been empty. Why has no one thought of using them? Wear straw sandals every day, why didn’t you think of developing your own straw weaving industry?

"Your Highness, you can now send manpower to re-measure the salty fields along the coast and the lowland swamps along the river. Recruit landless farmers in Yamauchi and Ejiri or powerful military personnel trusted by Your Highness to start planting rushes, and at the same time purchase mat looms immediately. Make imitations, build mat houses, and train mat weavers.”

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

Unexpectedly, after taking a look, I found that there were more than 40,000 words of manuscripts saved.