Take the mall to Datang

There were not many war horses in the Tang Dynasty in successive years, and the loss was really not much. The Beiya Army had so many war horses because Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army was among them, and the supplementary ones later became the Beiya Army.

Now after the expansion of the army, more people have been added, which will dilute the overall combat effectiveness. To restore the combat effectiveness, you need to continue to train. It will take three months for Li Shimin to see an extremely powerful army. It also took a lot of effort.

The first is to improve the physical fitness of the newcomers, and then to cultivate the ability to fight in a team. Next, it is necessary to carry out tactical exercises with the cooperation of multiple arms, especially the training of long-range archers is the focus of this army.

Another aspect is to improve the quality of weapons, especially the requirements for bows and arrows are very strict, especially for the use of various arrows, etc., and the development of weapons has not stopped.

According to Yuan Shan's intention, the Beiya Army's equipment problems have already been reported to Li Shimin, and they have also obtained [-] current arrowheads, all of which are pyramidal arrowheads with huge lethality custom-made by the Military Weapons Supervisor. One is called armor-piercing arrows. Although the ability of direct damage is not strong enough, but after doing some tricks on the arrows, as long as it hurts the enemy, it is actually the same.

Yuan Shan asked Wei Dayou to customize such arrows, and the improved bows and arrows have already improved a lot in combat effectiveness.

When Li Shimin said that he would be given three months, he thought of improving weapons first. He sat down and made two preparations at the beginning. In addition to improving the arrows, he also asked people to make some large ballistas, crossbows and gunpowder. Combined to create an area attack.

The improvement of these equipments is in charge of the veterans specially assigned by the Beiya Army. For this reason, many craftsmen are also called. Processing of different accessories finally completes the assembly of the instrument.

These are not urgent matters, just let the ghost hunters complete them, and the training of newcomers is what we need to pay attention to now.

"The matter of the horses has to be reported to the superiors. If there is no horse right now, train infantry archers first. For the training subjects of archers, other soldiers should also experience it. At least ensure that infantry can also shoot bows, and at least learn the second stage. The coordination of shooting." Yuan Shan said.

Wei Dayou was responsible for these matters, and immediately said after hearing Yuan Shan's words: "Teacher, don't worry, I will arrange these matters."

Yuan Shan suddenly thought that if the Tang Dynasty lacked horses, he would buy them. If Li Shimin sent people to protect him, he would have to pay the court soldiers. Why not take this opportunity to let the Beiya army go there? Da said: "You are in charge of the cavalry. If your Majesty has no horses, you can tell him that you can organize rich merchants to buy horses at the border. After you return, you can recruit war horses from rich merchants, and then reduce or exempt the rich merchants from corresponding taxes according to the number of horses. When the war is over, the horses that you can recruit Return it to the wealthy businessman, and compensate for the lost war horses, so that everyone will be happy."

"Teacher, your method is good." Huo Da said immediately.

"Okay, hurry up and deliver the booklet." Yuan Shan said.

The first time was an employment relationship, and this time there may be a need to pay for the employment, but he knew that if Li Shimin would definitely agree, because doing so would be beneficial to Datang, and the loss of some taxes would be negligible Things, but for businessmen, that's a big deal.

Next, Yuan Shan will continue this matter, organize wealthy businessmen to buy horses from the Turkic people, and go directly to the office building of the Cotton Association after the Beiya Army left. This building is his property, and the Cotton Chamber of Commerce also holds shares In part, there is also a cotton mill that he gets a very high rental income every year.

As soon as I arrived at the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, I saw Zhang Xingzhi rushing out of it. When I saw Yuan Shan, I was a little surprised. After a brief chat with Zhang Xingzhi, I realized that the Cotton Chamber of Commerce is very busy now.

The last time he met with Zheng Qi and talked about the Chamber of Commerce, Zheng Qi started to develop the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, which has greatly increased the output and sales compared to before, and with the support of cotton mills, the Chamber of Commerce has also opened many garment shops. Now The sales volume is very impressive, but Zhang Xingzhi is now mainly responsible for this part.

There are also some small episodes in this. Originally, Zhang Xingzhi became a shareholder in the name of the industry chamber of commerce, and later purchased a personal share share from the Cotton Chamber of Commerce. Shareholding share, as well as a share of the industry chamber of commerce he represented before. After the recent reshuffle of shareholders, the order of major shareholders has changed, and Zhang Xingzhi's private shares have also been diluted and purchased. Now he has become Professional manager, employed by Zheng Qi.

Of course, apart from his current position, Zhang Xingzhi has become the number one rich man in Chang'an, and what makes people feel incredible is that Yuanshan's shares in the Cotton Chamber of Commerce have not received any bad influence. After diluting his shares, his gains became even more.

Zhang Xingzhi was also very surprised when he saw Yuan Shanhou. The current honorary chairman had already recovered and hadn't come to the Cotton Chamber of Commerce. With his mind, he knew that there must be something to do this time.

So he immediately adjusted and began to receive Yuanshan. After Zhang Xingzhi's introduction, Yuanshan got a general understanding of some things. Anyway, the scale of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce has expanded, more money has been made, and work is too busy.

"President Yuan, President Zheng just happened to be at the Cotton Chamber of Commerce today, just wait a moment and I'll call for someone right away." Zhang Xing knew.

"En, good." Yuan Shan said.

It didn't take long to hear Zheng Qi's loud voice. When he came to the conference room, he immediately said, "It's great that President Yuan is free to come to the Cotton Chamber of Commerce today. I just happen to have a lot of things to say here."

"Haha, Chairman Zheng is really polite, but let's listen to what I have to say first." Yuan Shan said.

Chapter 344 Curtains

"President Yuan, tell me." Zheng Qi said curiously.

"I'm going to organize a border trade in the near future. I don't know if Chairman Zheng is interested in selling horses in Turks." Yuan Shan said directly.

"Hahaha, Chang'an horses are very expensive now. Of course it would be good to go to Turkic to buy horses, but now Turkic people also know that Chang'an horses are expensive and may not be sold to us so cheaply." Zheng Qi said.

"You are right, but you have to know that although Chang'an horses are expensive, how can their Turkic people enter and leave Datang at will? Some benefits." Yuan Shan said.

"What good." Zheng Qi said, his interest came.

Then Yuan Shan told the news about the taxation of the horses, even if Li Shimin didn't really say yes, but Yuan Shan is not afraid of anything, and his worst plan is to follow the Beiya army to go out to train soldiers , Then he would definitely dare to do such things as secretly selling horses, and he would not trouble him if Li Shimin found out, let the Beiya army be short of horses, besides, he is one of the main people in charge of military training, and Li Shimin forced him , so he wasn't afraid of not being able to close the field at all.

"There is such a thing." Zheng Qi muttered, but in his heart he was calculating how much he could take advantage of the tax revenue. At that time, the horses and war losses would be compensated. No matter how he thought, he would not suffer. In addition, the horses purchased from the Turks The price will definitely be much cheaper, and even if you ship it back and sell it, you can make a lot of money.

Zheng Qi is a very shrewd person. If there is such a good thing to make money, a fool would not do it. Hearing what Yuan Shan said, he immediately agreed to participate.

"President Yuan, I've decided to buy this horse. When I set off, I can raise money." Zheng Qi said.

"Don't worry about it. At present, you and I are not enough. I plan to buy more horses this time. The Yuan family will buy at least [-] horses." Yuan Shan said casually.

"What, if you buy so many horses, 25 horses will cost 25 guan, based on the cheapest [-] guan. Is what you said, President Yuan, true?" Zheng Qi was surprised.

"Naturally, money is spent, isn't it? It's just [-] horses." Yuan Shan said lightly.

Zhang Xingzhi on the side couldn't listen any longer. He knew Yuan Shan's character very well, and he would definitely do it if he said such a thing, but he was also very upset in his heart. Envious, jealous, and hated, he thought that with his current financial resources, he could be regarded as the number one person in Chang'an City, but compared with Yuan Shanyi, he was in a completely different realm, and Zhang Xingzhi felt very inferior in an instant.

Zheng Qi was a little silent, but he was thinking about why Yuan Shan bought so many horses. He felt that there must be something strange in it. Suddenly, he thought of the corn project. According to what he said at the beginning, the yield of corn is very high. Yes, when the time comes, one year's harvest will be enough to meet one-third of Tang's needs. At that time...he can't even imagine it, so he also made up his mind.

"Datang is short of horses, and the cotton merchant's horse fleet has always been in a state of insufficient capacity. This time is an opportunity. Zhang Xingzhi, please go and inform other shareholders to come over. This matter needs to be discussed." Zheng Qi said.

Not long after Zhang Xingzhi came back, Xue Kai, Zhao Tuo, and Shi Yi also followed, and the major shareholders of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce gathered again, but this time the order of ranking was adjusted, and Shi Yi's shares were still They lined up in front of Xue Kai, followed by Zhao Tuo, and Zhang Xingzhi's manager's fixed shares.

"President Yuan, long time no see." Shi Yi said with a smile.

Yuan Shan didn't say much when he saw this young Shi Yi. Their backgrounds were not ordinary. What surprised him was that Xue Kai, the second richest man in Chang'an, was at a disadvantage in the shuffle. Quite strange.

In fact, Yuan Shan doesn't know that Xue Kai is very busy now, especially the mall he is planning to build is in Yonghefang, below is Chang'anfang, and below is Hepingfang. The supervisor was also an acquaintance, and it was Yang Shan. Yuan Shan also knew about this, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"It's really been a while since I saw you. I didn't expect to become Vice President Shi now. Congratulations." Yuan Shan said politely.

There were not many polite words, and Yuan Shan told the story of the horse sale after everyone arrived, and everyone agreed after hearing it, especially those who held a relatively large share in the Chamber of Commerce. They formulated a plan to expand the fleet of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, And they first used the proceeds of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce to buy horses. Even Yuan Shan, the honorary chairman, voted on the project with them.

As for their personal intentions, it will be another matter. After the Cotton Chamber of Commerce finished talking about this matter, they listened to the development of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce during this period. Yuan Shan also has shares, so he still properly raised these shareholders. some advices.

In this case, Yuan Shan, who is a technical shareholder, also spoke out about the "menstrual towel" and asked the textile factory to process and produce it. Otherwise, it is estimated that the Yuan family will not be able to popularize it to Datang in 100 years. this thing.

So it still depends on everyone's strength. Besides, there are nearly 6000 female workers in textile factories, and they are all women. They can be the audience of "menstrual scarf", and it is easier to spread through them.

After everyone knew about the menstrual scarf, they were all a group of gentlemen. Naturally, they were a little embarrassed. How to say this kind of thing is a little sensitive, but it will not rise to the level of immorality. They follow Yuanshan to set up a chamber of commerce to do business. The ability to accept people is better than ordinary people, and this thing can make money, and the Yuan family has already gone ahead of them in this product, so they also listened to Yuan Shan's explanation with a cheeky face.

However, Yuanshan only provided the drawings, and did not provide the completed version, but the original force still made it very clear, and found some women to come over to make it on the spot. They are no longer in production, and they all started to produce new drawings designed by Yuan Shan.

This approach also made people like the Cotton Chamber of Commerce less embarrassing. After all, the styles they are selling now are imitated from the Yuanjia Mall. Some people gossip about this in Chang'an, but they also bite the bullet and make it for the sake of profit.

Regardless of the fact that the small piece of cotton cloth actually involves some technology, Yuan Shan is not stupid, what he provided is the most common one, as for how the Cotton Chamber of Commerce will improve it in the future, it doesn't matter what he does.

And Yuanshan proposed another cotton product, which is curtains. The specific application is that it is very simple in the house. After listening to the brief introduction, everyone will understand. It is the first time for ordinary people to use it as a curtain. Although they don't know if it will work, they think this idea is very good.

Chapter 345

After Yuan Shan came out of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, he went to the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce. Yuan Shan said something about the matter. Zheng Manfu and others immediately expressed their willingness to participate. Then Yuan Shan asked Ma Zhou to put down his work and contact other wealthy people in Chang'an. .

Yuan Shan stayed at the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce to supervise the construction. Sun Simiao was very busy during this time. He was training every day. Matching, but also to write his own Qianjin Fang.

When Yuan Shan saw Sun Simiao, he felt that the old man was not in a good condition.