Take the mall to Datang

Yuan Shan sat at the front of the long conference table, and behind him stood a group of six male and one female secretaries. It was none other than Ma Zhou and six newly trained secretaries. Ma Zhou was working on this month's performance report, and then Report the amount of dividends to shareholders and other things.

"Chairman, the cotton market is in short supply now, so the price of cloth in our textile mill is about to increase." Zhao Tuo said.

After Zhao Tuo finished speaking, the venue immediately became quiet. Even Zheng Qi didn't object. Yuan Shanxin said that it seems that the problem is still coming.

"Do you all think so?" Yuan Shan asked.

"President, I support the price increase. It is more profitable than the current horse-drawn carts in the cotton business." Shi Yi said.

The current situation is obvious that the price of cotton is low, and the transportation capacity is insufficient, so the fleet that transports the goods only makes money from the cost of the carriage, but these shareholders are different. They have invested a lot of cost and time from land reclamation to cotton planting, and the speed of return. Judging from the current price, it is not fast, and it will take less than half a year to pay back. Although this continues to make money, it is not appropriate to say anything. High, so it will lead to the current problem, which is actually a matter of time.

"What do Vice President Zheng and Director Xue think?" Yuan Shan asked directly.

"The main problem now is still the cost of transportation. I am not opposed to the price increase of cotton, but the main problem must be solved." Zheng Qi said.

"Vice President Zheng is right. A large part of the reason why cotton sales are so good now is because the price of cotton is so low that the common people can afford it. So it is still necessary to find a solution to the problem, not necessarily If the price has to be raised, wouldn’t the Cotton Chamber of Commerce’s fleet also make a lot of money from it?” Xue Kai said.

Yuan Shanxin said that he is indeed the richest man in Chang'an City. This consideration is comprehensive. Yuan Shan thought for a while and said: "Actually, the president has considered the problems you mentioned. It is not difficult to solve this problem. You can choose to increase the price of cotton or expand the price of cotton." The team, people's desire is also unlimited pursuit of profit is understandable, as the chairman of the chamber of commerce, I respect your choice, but I just want to explain that cotton is a foundation for the chamber of commerce to conduct business, and please make your choice carefully."

"I chose to expand the fleet. The chairman is right. Cotton is the foundation of our chamber of commerce and it is a long-term profit process. The money will only make more and more money." Zhang Xingzhi said.

Zhang Xingzhi actually faced the most problems with regard to cotton, because the cotton planting project was invested by several merchants raised on his behalf, so in terms of profit distribution, the average income was the least among the shareholders. But I didn't expect that the merchants who supported him after so long did not betray him. It was also the merchants of his original chamber of commerce, and made more money from it.

It is because of this that Zhang Xingzhi chose to expand the scale of the car dealership, so that both the cotton and the fleet can make money, and it can also increase the sales of cotton, which means more money is made. He sees this very clearly.

However, Zhao Tuo and Shi Yi still represent the interests of the family behind them, and they are only acting as family representatives at this time. Some things are not up to them to decide. It's too difficult. How many pure rich businessmen like Zheng Qi and Xue Kai can there be? Most of the rich are either from families or have backgrounds. The biggest problem is that they look at problems from different angles.

"Maybe it can be like this. This year's cotton planting will be reduced, so it is better not to increase the price of the cotton in reserve now, and it will be better to start raising the price when the cotton is harvested next year. I agree with the idea of ​​expanding the fleet size." Zheng Qi Said.

Everyone began to think about it. Yuan Shan agreed with Zheng Qi's method in his heart. This is undoubtedly the change from the chamber of commerce's price control to the market economy. Only the change of supply and demand can make cotton more profitable. No wonder he, as one of the largest cotton investment merchants, had no objection to cheap sales from the beginning.

Yuan Shan suddenly discovered that maybe he underestimated the merchants of Datang, maybe he was too anxious and wanted to promote the historical process of Datang, but since when did he start being so impetuous, he himself didn't know. Yuan Shan had mixed feelings in his heart.

Then everyone launched a vote, and they all agreed to expand the size of the fleet, which also involved investment issues. With the opening of a horse farm and custom-made carriages, the Yuan family's blacksmith workshop was going to make money again.

Chapter 186

"Ring, ring, ring! Get out of the way, get out of the way." In Chang'an City, Du He led a group of people on a bicycle and began to walk through the streets. In order to make people avoid them, he specially hung rattles on the wooden bicycles.

During this period of time, these boys can be regarded as a big advertisement for the bicycle, and they can appear in various places in Chang'an City every day.

This came and went, whenever Du He went out on a bicycle to walk around, it would attract people's attention, which made Du He feel a little bit satisfied with the attention of everyone, and the direct result was that the family members of the dignitaries and dignitaries After the kid saw such a fun thing, he began to ask where it came from.

As a result, every now and then a wave of rich second-generations and official second-generations would come to the building materials store in Pingfang, and they would ask about bicycles as soon as they entered the door. Many of them were sons of the state government, which made Zhang San feel a little stressed.

This matter was quickly brought back to Yuanjia Manor.

However, the productivity of bicycles really couldn't keep up, and there was nothing he could do. Now that carpenters and blacksmiths were making carriages, only Li Dejian and Li Deju had been making bicycles, and the output couldn't keep up at all.

In the living room, Cheng Zhijie said in a loud voice: "Yuanshan boy, I came today because I want a bicycle, the kind made of iron, money is not a problem."

"What's Uncle Cheng talking about? It hurts our relationship to talk about money. It just happened to be a car, so you can just give it five hundred guan." Yuan Shan said.

"Why is it so expensive?" Cheng Zhijie asked.

"Wooden bicycles only cost a hundred guan, but iron bicycles are more durable. Besides, iron bicycles are suitable for my uncle's identity and status." Yuan Shan said.

"Okay, I'm going to make iron." Cheng Zhijie hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said.

"Uncle, come with me to the workshop to pick up the bike." Then Yuan Shan successfully sold a bicycle, but he did not expect that within two days after the sale of this bicycle, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, Changsun Wuji and others also came.

"Shanzhi, come out quickly." Qin Qiong called.

"Hello, uncles, let's go into the living room with the boy." Yuan Shan went out to greet him.

"Don't be so troublesome, we are here to buy bicycles today." Yuchi Jingde said while sitting in the carriage.

Changsun Wuji pointed to the inside of the car and said, "The money is all ready."

"..." Yuan Shandu really wanted to know where there are so many bicycles for sale.

This matter was like a scourge, and it was out of control. Many dignitaries and friends began to visit Yuanjia Manor, all of them came for bicycles, and the bicycle trend in Chang'an was just like that.

Yuan Shan really didn't have that many bicycles, and he took out all the iron vehicles in stock to deal with the big bosses.

Yuan Shan came back from the outside in a hurry, Dugu Ruolan asked: "Husband, where should I put the money sent by the generals just now?"

"Isn't it always in the basement?" Yuan Shan said casually.

"The last time the Zheng family came to settle the final payment for cement, it happened to be full." Dugu Ruolan said.

"Ruolan can figure it out." Yuan Shan said casually.

Back in the study, Yuan Shan began to think about it. It took just over a year to earn 10,000+ money. This is crazy. Yuan Shan carefully looked at the account books he brought from Dugu Ruolan. The income is all from the cement, seeing so much Qian Yuanshan laughing from ear to ear, he should be considered a rich man from now on.

Lan Lan looked at Yuan Shan with a smirk, and said worriedly: "Sister Qin Si, you see, the young master hasn't been sick for a long time, why did he suddenly feel ill today?"

"It should be fine, it will be fine in a while." Qin Si said calmly.

"Qin Si, go find Yan Bei and Tian Da." Yuan Shan said suddenly.

"You see, isn't the young master all right?" Qin Si said.

Soon Yan Bei and Tian Da came to the study, and Yuan Shan said directly: "Our racecourse needs to be expanded, and we can buy another [-] horses. You can buy more."

"Master, horses are very expensive now, with an average price of 35 guan for each horse, and so many horses can only be bought in the northern trade zone." Yan Bei said.

"Is the price going up too fast? Ten guan a year." Yuan Shan said.

"From the beginning of the cotton harvest to the present, the price in the horse market has been rising, and there is no one who wants to buy more." Yan Bei said.

Yuan Shanxin said that it is no wonder that the cotton transportation cost is so much because of this. The market economy drives demand, and if it cannot meet the demand, it can only increase the price. Now it is the first year of Zhenguan, and the Turkic side should be in chaos, so he said: "Then go Let’s buy it in the north, it’s not bad, but don’t worry about it.”

"Da Tian, ​​how many black-bone chickens do we have now?" Yuan Shan asked.

"Master, there are more than 3000 black-bone chickens in total now." Tian Da said.

"First take [-] chickens for medicine, and the rest will be raised separately. By the way, the chicken feathers will be sent to the fertilizer factory for them to use as fertilizer." Yuan Shan said.

"Master, can this chicken feather be used as fertilizer?" Tian Da asked.

"Of course you can, and the effect is very good, but it's a little troublesome to deal with. You can find some farmers to come and help, and each person will be paid [-] Wen a day to take care of the food. You can decide how many people you hire." Yuan Shan said.

"It's young master, I'll do it right away." After saying that, Tian Da went back to work.

The matter of buying horses still needs to deal with some details, so Yan Bei was asked to prepare a car and go directly to Chang'an.

When they came to Du's mansion, they were about to knock on the door when they saw Du He coming on a bicycle. When they saw Yuan Shan, they said angrily, "Why are you here?"