Encounter Qin Shihuang on a deserted island

Chapter 108 Export, domestic sales to export sales
Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, the common people did not live a prosperous life. On the contrary, it was difficult to eat a full meal in many cases.

Even if there are merchants who buy food, few people may spend money to buy it.
Agriculture and commerce do not conflict, but complement each other and are inseparable.

"The old man is unclear about one thing."

Wang Jian stood up, cupped his hands and asked back.

"Sweet potatoes are grown on a large scale, and the output of sweet potatoes is so high that the people will definitely not be able to eat them all, and the national warehouse will be filled with sweet potatoes. By then, the sweet potatoes will be on the streets, and I am afraid they will have no economic value. By then... What should I do?”

If correct, sweet potatoes can be stored for up to a year.

One year later, there is another round of bumper harvests, how can the value be maintained?
Da Qin now has fewer people and more land. One person can easily occupy hundreds of acres.

If all of them are planted with sweet potatoes, the output cannot be imagined.

This question made Chang Yu silent.

Don't look at Wang Jian as a general, but he is also a very powerful person.

I can actually think of this.

However, Chang Yu had long thought of the problem of inflation.

"You take out the dried sweet potatoes."

Wang Shuyi, who was beside her, blushed pretty, and shyly took out the dried sweet potato hidden in her sleeve.

Seeing this scene, Wang Jian was so angry that he blew his beard and stared: "How can such a good girl develop such a greedy habit!"

"Don't talk about your granddaughter, your son is also a virtue."

"Hurry up and take out the dried meat you hid!" Chang Yu glared at Wang Ben who was laughing.

He still has the nerve to snicker?
I don't know how many dried meat sticks are hidden!

Wang Jian looked at the sweet potato strips and dried meat strips on the table, and looked at Chang Yu with some puzzlement: "What do you mean?"

Chang Yu looked around at them, and said with a chuckle, "It means that they can play a role."

After the production value of sweet potatoes is turned over to the state treasury, farmers can also have a considerable amount left.

They can't finish eating and can be sold to merchants.

Daqin is so big, with a population of tens of millions, sweet potatoes will not be saturated for the time being.

This line of business can last at least three years.

Of course, such a large order of business cannot be taken away by private businessmen.

At the beginning, no businessman would dare to make a move. At this time, when the imperial court came forward to buy a large amount.

The money from the acquisition can be regarded as subsidizing the people. Although it was a loss at the beginning, how can there be any profit if there is no loss?

More importantly, it can promote economic development and allow more farmers to invest in production and businessmen to engage in business.

When the sweet potato market was gradually saturated, the imperial court dried the purchased sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes.

At this point, it is no longer a domestic business.

"Export, sell domestically to export, sell to our enemies."

Hearing this, Wang Jian was not happy, and he slapped the table: "Sell it to the enemy, let the enemy eat us and beat us?!"

Bai Qi and Wang Ben were also puzzled, thinking that this time Chang Yu hadn't grasped the train of thought and probably wanted to trick himself.

"I understand!"

Li Si clapped his hands aside.

He and Chang Yu looked at each other and smiled.

Chang Yu said no more and signaled for Li Si to continue.

"The meaning of Mr. Xiao is clear."

"If you sell dried sweet potatoes to the enemy, the enemy also needs to eat, right?"

"If they want it, they must have gold, silver and jewelry."

"No? That's easy. Anything valuable, such as war horses, weapons, etc., can be exchanged for food."

"While the enemy is full, we can use their money or weapons to become stronger!"

"We have money, we can develop the military, and there are many places where we can develop!"

Even though the whole world belonged to the first emperor, he still had to spend money to buy what he wanted.

In this world, money is the truth, and many things can be done.

"That's right!"

Chang Yu gave Li Si a satisfied look.

"Daqin is such a big place, we will soon be able to occupy the market."

After all, earning money from your own people is not as satisfying as earning money from outsiders.

Not only food can be traded, but even cloth and silk can be resold abroad.

Focus on the development of agriculture and commerce. If agriculture is strong, business will be strong, and if business is strong, the country will be stronger!

Don't be afraid that the enemy is full, we can build more powerful weapons to welcome you!

There are not only Daqin in the world, but also many impoverished areas around the world.

For this business, for Daqin, making a steady profit without losing money is a shortcut to a strong country!

Of course, the premise of all this is that the imperial court is behind the scenes and cannot allow private businessmen to intervene too much.

There is no shortage of astute businessmen among the people, who can discover various business opportunities to make money.

There is a saying that goes well, a rich man can defeat a country.

Private merchants are richer than the imperial court, so they will somewhat fantasize about stretching out their hands longer, touching the interests of the imperial court and causing something.

It's not that Chang Yu wants to restrain the development of private businessmen, but that Zhao Gaodu still wants to be on the throne in that position?

Of course, the imperial court ate meat, and folk merchants also had soup. There was no need to fully suppress it, but to vigorously encourage the development of merchants.

So, what's the matter?
What should we do to prevent one person from becoming rich enough to be the enemy of the country without restricting the development of private businessmen?

Very simple, set tariffs.

Doing business in China, it’s easy to say that there is nothing wrong, you just need to pay taxes in proportion.

But if you want to get involved in foreign markets, you have to add customs duties and rebates to personal taxes.

At this point, I have to say, what if I make a lot of money abroad and don’t want to go back to my country?
It's okay, don't be afraid of death, just stay outside.

Now it is not a society ruled by law, and the whole world belongs to Daqin, which is relatively stable and has a low crime rate.

In other places, either there is war or infighting, or the supervision is not in place, and you can make money and spend your life.

Even though there is chaos abroad, the market is a big cake, and no businessman can refuse that piece of cake.

But if they want to go out to do business and come back, they have to cooperate with the court.

As I said earlier, the imperial court is fully responsible for foreign business, so there is no need to be afraid of any danger.

They can choose to go out with the imperial team, and they can also sell their things to the imperial court or ask the imperial court to help them sell them.

There are many options and they can choose for themselves, but the only difference is the personal tax and customs return duty.

Of course, the tax will not be very high, and it will allow them to make a lot of money, but it will not allow them to earn the status of being a wealthy country alone.

I have to say again, what if it is the business of the chamber of commerce?

They have their own team, and they can go out and sell by themselves.

Then it doesn't matter, the chamber of commerce is usually not owned by one person, the boss needs to raise many younger brothers to maintain the operation of the chamber of commerce.

The [-] people under his command are all normal, and they can gather huge property without delaying their salaries.

To be honest, even if Chang Yu wanted to kidnap him, he had to kidnap that man to help the court do business!

Listening to Chang Yu's series of words, they all looked dull and puzzled.

They never thought that they could still be like this, let alone that there was a world outside Da Qin!

In the past few decades or even a hundred years, several dynasties in the Central Plains were fighting each other.

In that environment, who would do business, and who would go out to sell in other countries?
Not to mention that during the chaotic war, the soldiers sold food to the enemy country for money on the basis that they could not eat enough.

(End of this chapter)