I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

East City of Chang'an.

The Wanfu Cloth Shop of the Wang Family of Langya,

"The shopkeeper is in trouble."

The waiter rushed into the study on the second floor.

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry? How disgraceful."

Wang Yuanzhi is a branch of the Wang family of Langya.

"Manager Wang, there's a cloth shop next to us."

The guy said anxiously.

"Bullshit, our street is full of cloth shops."

Wang Yuanzhi cursed.

There are a total of 360 lines in the East Market, each line has a street, and there are more than 73,000 shops.

It is normal to have a cloth shop nearby, and it would be abnormal if there isn't one.

"Shopkeeper, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that the cloth shop next door has changed hands."

The guy hurried to explain.

"Change of person? Mr. Zhang quits?" Wang Yuanzhi was stunned. Next to him was a wealthy businessman named Zhang from Jiangnan.

"I don't know this villain either. But the person has indeed been replaced."

"So what if they changed people? What's the big deal? People change every day in East City."

Wang Yuanzhi said indifferently.

In this street, the Wang family of Langya has no rivals except for a few cloth shops of aristocratic families.

The transactions of the world's noble families are generally kept separate, and this is also an unspoken rule.

He is not afraid of other merchants.

Of course, the cloth shop in Prince Ji’s Mansion is an exception, because Prince Ji’s Mansion is rather special and he has a street in the East Market.

Because of its status, this street does not have to comply with the requirements of the East City Management Department and does not have to have one line per street.

The street belonging to Prince Ji's mansion has all kinds of businesses, including cloth shops, restaurants, boutiques, etc.

Even the government offices dared not intervene.

"Manager Wang, I just went out and saw a notice posted in the cloth shop next door.

They said that a new store had just opened and all cloth was being sold at half price, with each person limited to only one meter.

Nowadays, the door of the cloth shop next door is full of people and it is bustling with business.

They took away all our guests.”

"Is there such a thing? Let's go and take a look."

Hearing the waiter's words, Wang Yuanzhi immediately stood up and walked to the gate, where he saw people crowded around the door next door.

All I could hear was the sound of someone maintaining order inside.

"Everyone line up, everyone line up, no queue-jumping is allowed. If you are found cutting in line, kick them out."

"What's going on? When did they start?"

Wang Yuanzhi frowned and asked when he saw this situation.

“To answer the shopkeeper, they put up the notice shortly after we opened.

Many customers who wanted to buy cloth from us went there. "

Wang Yuanzhi walked over and indeed saw a notice nearby which read;

"Good news, good news. Our store has just opened. From now on, all fabrics and silks will be half price, and each person is limited to buying one zhang."

The message was simple, but the content was like a bolt from the blue for Wang Yuanzhi.

Half price, doesn’t that mean no profit?

What is the origin of this store? It doesn't make any money selling cloth, and it even loses money after counting the rent for the employees.

"Have you ever found out who the other person is?"

Returning to his shop, Wang Yuanzhi asked.

"Boss, I have asked him before, and he is said to be a merchant from Hebei Province, who used to do business in the north for many years.

But somehow I opened this cloth shop.”

The waiter knew that the shopkeeper would ask, so he had already found out in advance.

"From Hebei Province?"

Wang Yuanzhi thought about it and realized that the Hebei Dao business in the north usually involves doing business with the tribes in the northern grasslands.

After exchanging them for cattle and sheep, they would sell them to people inside the country and make a huge profit from the difference.

Why would you suddenly want to do the cloth business, and start selling it at half price? This doesn't make sense.

"Do you know how long they'll be selling at half price?"

Wang Yuanzhi asked again.

"I'm not sure. They didn't say anything. I think this is just the beginning. I guess more people will get the news and buy cloth soon."

"Humph, he is indeed a businessman who doesn't know any rules. Although he will attract a lot of customers if he sells it this way,

But he didn't make any money and offended all the cloth shops on the street.

I want to see how long they can hold out and how he dies in the end."

Wang Yuanzhi snorted coldly, every industry has its own rules.

The same is true for business. You can’t just sell things however you want. You have to abide by the rules of the industry.

Otherwise, you will be excluded by all cloth shops.

It is enough that there is one unruly Prince Ji in the Tang Dynasty, and a second one is not allowed to appear.

What Wang Zhiyuan didn’t know was that this wasn’t just the case for him, but for all of his family’s main industries.

The Wang family's main business is cloth and tea.

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The industrial park is now the largest commodity wholesale market in Datang and even in the world.

There are countless workshops and second-hand dealers.

"Boss, this is bad. Someone has snatched away a batch of linen that we ordered."

Inside the Wang family workshop, a manager ran over and said anxiously.

"What? How could that be? We have already signed the contract."

Shopkeeper Wang was shocked, as he was mainly responsible for the production of the workshop, purchasing linen and twine.

Most of the linen comes from the hands of ordinary people, bought by local second-hand dealers, and then sold in bulk to large customers.

"It's absolutely true, boss, the merchant I just cooperated with has returned the deposit.

I also paid liquidated damages according to the contract.”

"Asshole! This bastard actually went back on his word."

Shopkeeper Wang slammed the table heavily, extremely angry.

They have been working with this second-hand dealer for many years, and they never expected this to happen.

"Did he say why?"

Shopkeeper Wang asked.

"He said the goods were soaked by heavy rain, and he apologized for this and said he would give us a discount next year."

The manager also knew the seriousness of the matter.

"Bullshit, it's the dry season there, how can it rain? Do you think we are three-year-old children?"

When Manager Wang heard this, he became even angrier. The reason was so fake.

"Boss, now we have to think of a way to see if we can buy linen and linen cloth from other people.

Otherwise, it won’t be long before we run out of goods to sell.”

“Of course I know this, but if I buy it from other people at this time, the price will be at least 30% higher.

It was now October, and all the linen, silk and flax had been ordered.

Unless we pay more, we’ll have to wait until next year.”

Shopkeeper Wang was at a loss as to what to do. Suddenly,

"No, aren't there two more? These two, although a little less, are still enough.

Then we can just increase the price and buy less.”

Manager Wang suddenly remembered that they had found three businessmen in total, and they went to various counties and cities to purchase.

"this......"

"Why, tell me quickly."

Seeing the steward's hesitation, Shopkeeper Wang had a bad feeling.

"Boss, those two just sent a letter saying that the harvest is not good this year and they can't trade anymore.

The deposit and penalty will be sent at the end of the month."