Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Malicious shilling?

Li Xin then remembered that he had indeed made Zhao Ke responsible for purchasing tea from tea farmers, and he had indeed confessed to her that if the quality of the tea is good, the price should be negotiated, and tea farmers should be treated preferentially. Why has this turned into malicious shilling?

"Is there any misunderstanding?" Li Xin was about to ask, but he suddenly remembered something that Zhao Ke had said when he reported to him two days ago.

According to Zhao Ke, the price of raw tea near Chang'an is a bit ridiculously low, and it is likely that the price has been deliberately lowered. Li Xin didn't care at the time. He thought it was just the tea market that was not doing well, so she didn't care and the price was as fair as possible. Judging from the current Cui Yingying's statement, Zhao Ke's guess may not be unreasonable.

If it wasn't for the low price that he deliberately maintained, why would Cui Yingying come to the door in person like this and still have an attitude of asking guilt? You must know that price fluctuations are a normal market phenomenon. Who should be responsible for this, or who is embarrassed? unless.......

Li Xin swallowed what he said to his lips, smiled, and said, "In order to avoid misunderstandings, let me ask first. Dare to ask Ms. Cui how much raw tea does it cost?"

Cui Yingying confidently said: "That depends on the quality of the tea. It's almost seven or eight liters per catty, and the better ones have ten essays per catty. Ten essays are also available."

Li Xin knew what he said when he heard the words.

Tea trees are different from food crops such as rice and wheat. In terms of weight alone, the yield is not high. Assuming that the cost of time spent on tea planting is roughly equivalent to the cost of labor, the unit price of raw tea, that is, the tea that has just been picked and has not been processed, is at least several to ten times the price of rice. What's more, the energy required to serve tea trees is no less than that of growing food.

Li Xin had so roughly estimated in his heart that the cost per catty of raw tea would cost at least six or seven yuan, not to mention that the tea farmers had to make money. According to Cui Yingying's quotation, the profits of those tea farmers would be too thin, who Would you be willing to do such a business?

Obviously, Cui used some means to forcibly suppress the price of raw tea, which forced out the profit margins of tea farmers.

Li Xin shook his head silently in his heart.

He saw too much of this method. The simplest is monopoly.

The power of the word "monopoly" is very powerful, as long as it is used properly, it will be profiteering casually. The most common method people see is to sell cabbage for the price of pearls through monopoly. However, as long as it works properly, it can also force others to sell you pearls at the price of cabbage, reducing costs in disguise and increasing profits.

Take tea as an example. Tea farmers only know how to grow tea and lack the channels to sell tea, so the tea they grow can only be sold to merchants like Cui Yingying who control the channels. Under normal circumstances, there are more merchants competing, and the price of tea can be kept at a reasonable level. However, in some cases, such as when Cui Yingying used some means to make herself the only tea merchant in a certain area, a monopoly was formed.

Of course, tea farmers don't want tea to fall in their hands, they need to exchange tea for money. At this time, Cui Yingying was their only choice. As a result, the dominance of raw tea prices fell into Cui Yingying's hands. As long as anyone offers a price that she thinks is unreasonable, then that person's tea cannot be sold. In this way, she is naturally going to win the wind.

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