Take the mall to Datang

"I'll discuss something with Lord Du," Yuan Shan said.

"Come in, I'll take you to find my father." Du He said.

Yuan Shanxin said that this kid's temper was really aggressive, but he seemed to have restrained himself a lot. Yuan Shan asked Yan Bei to stay, and he then entered Du's residence.

"Lord Du, I have something to discuss with you this time." Yuan Shan straight to the point.

"What is it?" Du Ruhui asked.

"I want to go to the trading area on the northern border to buy some horses. I'm worried about the Turks, so I want to spend money to hire local soldiers to protect a section along the way, as long as I can enter the Tang Dynasty smoothly." Yuan Shan said.

"This busy old man can help you. You only need to bring the old man's letter to the local frontier army. As for the money for employment, forget it." Du Ruhui said.

"Oh, how can this work? Doing a good job in border trade is still very beneficial to my Tang Dynasty. In fact, I hope that Lord Du can inform His Majesty about this. If we can dispatch a mercenary army, it will also accumulate some capital for the court. Isn't it?" Yuan Shan said.

Yuan Shan said this mainly because he didn’t want to owe favors. Du Ruhui’s personal letter is useful once, but it can’t be used every time. Now the price of horses in Chang’an City has increased too much, but the Turkic people don’t know the market. The horses they sell It must still be at the original price or even cheaper, maybe you can buy more at one time, and it will be safer to have someone to protect you along the way.

"Lord Du, I will organize a team of merchants to go there together, and I will add a lot of horses to Tang Dynasty." Yuan Shan said.

Du Ruhui's eyes lit up and he thought for a moment and said, "Okay, wait for my news."

Chapter 187 Financial Crisis

East Palace.

"Keming, what do you think of this matter?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, I think it is feasible." Du Ruhui said.

"Tell me." Li Shimin said.

"From cotton harvesting to sales, the number of horse-drawn carriages in Chang'an has more than tripled. Merchants travel between Chang'an and Chengdu, speeding up the flow of goods between the two places. Chengdu's tax revenue increased by 35% last year, and it may increase this year. According to the minister I know that an ordinary horse in the Chang’an horse market can be sold for [-] yuan, and the quantity can no longer meet the demand. If we can really buy a large number of horses from Turks, the development can be rapidly improved.” Du Ruhui said.

"Besides, the merchant has money, which can be used as a treasury." Du Ruhui said.

Now that the cotton business is booming, Li Shimin is very concerned about the clothing and food of the common people. The cotton cloth is of high quality and cheap, and the imperial court ordered [-] pieces of cotton cloth for a small amount.

If the transportation capacity is increased, then more common people will be able to use cheap cotton cloth. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Okay, let's dispatch a Beiya Imperial Army for this matter."

Du Ruhui understood that it was His Majesty's private army that was being mobilized. It seems that this matter cannot be publicized, and it needs to be arranged.

The second day after Du Ruhui came back from the East Palace, he told Yuan Shan about the matter, and Yuan Shan started to act afterward. He selected fifty merchants for this Yanbei, and all of them met at the temporary bridge outside Chang'an City, and the merchant team gathered. There were no less than [-] merchants, several of them were horse dealers, and they were all introduced by Yangshan. Several people from the management of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce went there together. The Chamber of Commerce expected to purchase [-] horses. The original [-] horse-drawn carriages in Shangyuan just made up the transportation capacity of [-] horses.

As for the families behind the shareholders, they will also purchase a large number of horses. The purpose is very simple. The Imperial Army needs a lot of money.

Yuanshan's purpose is to use what can be used and not to waste it. Anyway, if this person joins Yuanshan's guard team, the money will be shared equally. The main reason is to save money, but I didn't expect that the merchant team would not be less than 300 People, there are quite a few people in this group, are they here to buy horses? It looks more like they are going to snatch horses.

With hundreds of carts full of grain, you can only use this to buy horses. The long convoy is still very spectacular...

"Ma'am, there is room to store money now." Yuan Shan said to Du Ruruolan facing the empty basement.

"Husband, are all these money really used to buy horses?" Dugu Ruolan said.

"Of course it's true." Yuan Shan said affirmatively.

"However, this month's wages haven't been paid yet." Dugu Ruolan said.

"..." Yuan Shan was speechless.

"Hey, this is because my husband didn't think carefully. Have you got any money recently?" Yuan Shan asked.

"The matches in Hepingfang will be delivered every time the accumulation reaches [-], but it may not be enough. The servants and maids of the manor, as well as the construction of the business district, are a lot of wages. It is not enough to settle the candle money next month. " Dugu Ruolan said.

"Do you need that much money?" Yuan Shan asked suspiciously.

"There are currently 600 workers in the business district. Regardless of whether they eat or not, they eat meat every three meals. The wages are not much, but the meat and food consumed are very expensive." Dugu Ruolan said.

Dugu Ruolan was obviously a little anxious, and Du Qianyu who was at the side came to support Dugu Ruolan and said, "Sister Ruolan, calm down, my husband will find a solution."

This can't be blamed on Dugu Ruolan talking about the problem of food consumption, because these helpers are not from the current Wulizhuang and Silizhuang. The situation of Wuli Zhuang households is similar.

Those people don't have a little oil in their stomachs, and they consume a lot of food, especially in this kind of food management job, which is completely a tendency to eat poor employers. In addition, although meat has long been experienced to limit the amount of food, the food consumption in the early stage is basically the same. It cannot be reduced.

This leads to a large initial investment, and it will get better after a period of adaptation. It's just that it's only a few days since the beginning, when money and food are needed.

"I'm impulsive, don't worry, at worst, just sell a few cups." Yuan Shan muttered.

Yuan Shan thought that he was very rich now, but in the blink of an eye there was a financial crisis, and the reason for this was only due to negligence.

He said in his heart that indeed the rich are not for nothing, they really have a rich body and a poor life.

"Husband, what are you thinking about? You're so engrossed." Dugu Ruolan said.

"I'm thinking, the basement needs to be bigger." Yuan Shan replied.

"Hee hee, have you forgotten, Master? There are also black chicken balls." He Ye smiled.

"That's right, there are also black-bone chicken balls, but we have to wait until they are sold before we can settle the bill. Forget it, there will always be a solution." Yuan Shan said.

Yuan Shan now finally understands why the richer he is, the easier it is to go bankrupt. It seems that the way of doing business is wrong.

He took out his abacus and did a simple calculation. One hundred servants, forty maids, eighty craftsmen, fifty female workers, and [-] helpers for the construction of commercial office buildings. Ring, and the shopkeeper's wages, you need three thousand guan.

Although there are few craftsmen, they still account for a large proportion of the expenditure. They directly cover the wages of [-] ordinary helpers. They work in the Yuan family with food and housing. Now the rent of the cotton spinning factory and the office building is paid annually. Yes, this year's rent is paid, and I can only get next year's rent.

Besides, there is not much money in this part. Even though the architectural style is different, the rent is not expensive. If you want this part of the money, you can only wait for next year, or you can use the office building to cash out or join the holding share, but in that case The office building in Textile City became a fixed asset of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, and it was himself who suffered in the end.

Because in the Chamber of Commerce, the dividends of the Chamber of Commerce he holds are only [-]% of the sales of cotton cloth and textiles. The raw material cotton does not belong to the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, but to the shareholders of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce.

To put it bluntly, the Cotton Chamber of Commerce is a community of interests. Yuanshan can only get [-]% of the cotton sales. According to the current spinning speed of the textile factory, Yuanshan can get nearly [-] yuan per month.

The shareholders of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce can make money because their sales of cotton raw materials account for a large part of their income, but that has nothing to do with Yuan Shan. Many, the current output is obviously insufficient, and new textile factories will appear in the future, and they will also steal Jenny textile machines, and then there will be market competition. At that time, Datang's textile technology will be greatly improved, and when it develops to a certain level , the raw materials are abundant, and the labor force can no longer meet the production needs. At that time, I don't know if the first industrial revolution will break out.

To be honest, Yuan Shan still has little expectations, but looking at history, it seems that the industrial revolution in the Tang Dynasty is not realistic yet, let's wait for the rise of the big landlords, but will Li Shimin let this happen?

Yuan Shan fell into thinking after thinking about it, and completely forgot that he is still worrying about money. He didn't even reflect on how the three thousand yuan a month was made. The truth made him unwilling to wake up.

Chapter 188 Yuchi Jingde's Collection Obsession

The next day, as soon as some black chicken balls were ready, Qin An came to the Yuanjia Manor. The four families joined forces, and the Yuan Family was responsible for the production. It was the Qin family who came to arrange it, and the division of labor was clear. Yuan Shan did not prepare many black chicken balls, [-] black chicken balls.

According to the amount of three pills per person per day, a woman needs [-] pills for a month, and only needs [-] Guan of money. For some court officials, this is not a problem, especially when there are several wives in the family. In addition, as a gift, the demand is actually very large.

Qin An came in a carriage, and the black chicken balls were placed in a wooden box, which didn't take too much effort.

In the car, Qin An prepared a few small boxes, and then began to count the black-bone chicken balls and put them in the boxes. These were all pre-ordered, and the news that the black-bone chicken balls were going on sale had already been spread by Mrs. Lu. Just came the order.

This black-bone chicken ball has been silent for a year. These black-bone chicken balls are specially prepared for women, and the black-bone chicken balls sold in the Qin Mansion also have this kind of medicinal effect, which is still different from the medicinal effect given to Qin Qiong.