Chapter 86: Who Said Liangzhou Was Desolate?
People are used to questioning what they don't understand.
There's nothing wrong with that!
"Your Majesty, this woolen coat is light, warm, and suitable for keeping warm, this Weichen believes it. However, this is a tribute paid to His Majesty by His Royal Highness the King of Chu in person, and it is difficult to guarantee that it is not made after adopting a variety of special processes and spending a lot of manpower and material resources. ”
The eldest grandson, Wuji, began to explain his concerns.
At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji's mood is a little contradictory, on the one hand, he hopes that Datang can really have a new affordable warm clothes, and on the other hand, he is very unhappy that the woolen sweater is actually from Li Kuan's hand.
felt that he got him to Liangzhou, not only did he not trap him, but he created opportunities for him to make meritorious contributions one after another.
"If a woollen garment can't be an affordable garment like linen, then it's not really meaningful. There are actually not a lot of things that can keep warm, mink wolf skin, these things don't have to be bad at all for woolen clothing, but for ordinary people, what is the point of them? Eldest Sun Wuji continued.
Although Li Shimin had long heard that Li Kuan had purchased a large amount of wool in Liangzhou, he had also built several workshops.
But listening to what the eldest grandson Wuji said, I also felt that this worry was not unreasonable.
"It's still Wuji Lao Cheng, Li Zhong, you send someone to Liangzhou to check and see how much this woolen sweater costs."
In order to avoid the situation that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, Li Shimin felt that it was necessary for Li Zhong to confirm whether the woolen sweater had the possibility of large-scale promotion.
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Although Liangzhou City is under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, it is located in the frontier, and there are actually less than half of the Tang people in it, and the rest are all tribesmen from the surrounding grasslands.
Naturally, the atmosphere of the New Year is relatively light.
However, this does not affect the prosperity of Liangzhou City.
On the contrary, the spontaneous formation of the market in the north of the city, during this time, seems to be very lively, and the howling northwest wind can not resist everyone's enthusiasm.
The Northwest Trade transported large quantities of ordinary ceramics, iron pots, wine, salt, and grain from Chang'an City, and sold them to herdsmen from various steppes, such as the Xueyantuo, Uighurs, and Western Turks.
Some of these herdsmen directly exchanged cattle and sheep with the Tang people, and some of them used copper coins to buy them directly after selling wool and goat's milk.
Because Li Kuan asked Wang Xuance to arrange special personnel to supervise the market and prevent merchants from abducting and deceiving them at will, the reputation of Liangzhou North City soon spread throughout the nearby grasslands.
In recent days, woolen sweaters have become the most sought-after commodity in Liangzhou North City.
"Is this the latest woolen sweater from Northwest Trade?" Askar had just resold a batch of wool, and with a bag of broken silver, he entered a shop with two small henchmen.
The influence of Liangzhou North City is huge, and Wang Xuance naturally will not let the Northwest Trade give up this place; Unlike other merchants, who mostly set up a tent to sell things, Northwest Trade has quickly built a two-story shop in North City, which covers an extensive area.
The textile workshop's new woollen jackets are sold here.
"This Lang Jun, these are woolen sweaters, the new products launched by our Northwest Trade this month, no matter how cold the day is, when you wear it, it will be warm immediately. Would you like to give it a try? ”
Xiao Er looked at the Hu man in Tang clothes in front of him and knew that business was coming.
In Liangzhou City, all the Hu people dressed as Tang people basically have some family background, and the little two people in these shops are clear about this.
Obviously, Xiao Er's judgment is correct again today.
The Hu man in front of him is Aska, a very ordinary herdsman on the grassland in the past, but since following Mountbatten to help the Northwest Trade purchase wool, cow and sheep milk on the grassland, his net worth has risen sharply.
It can be said that Aska was the second most famous Hu person in Liangzhou City during this period of time.
Today, he would come directly to the North Market to buy a woolen jacket, because he saw Mountbatten wearing a woolen jacket rewarded by the Northwest Trade, and knew that the clothes made of this wool were very good at keeping warm.
"This, this, and that, I want them all." Askar's shopping goal is very clear, and he doesn't listen to Xiao Er's verbosity, and directly starts the buy-buy-buy mode.
"Okay! This Langjun, please wait a moment, I will pack it for you immediately! Xiao Er grinned and got busy.
In order to make the juniors more active in selling goods, whether it is the Treasure Pavilion in Chang'an City or the newly opened shop, Li Kuan has asked people to set a certain percentage of sales commission as a reward.
For example, Aska is a way to buy, Xiao Er's achievement alone is worth a month's salary of an ordinary guy in Chang'an City, no wonder people are smiling.
"We don't need to wear these pieces, we just wear them. Pack up the rest! ”
Although it hasn't snowed for the past few days, the weather is still very cold, and Askar can't wait to feel the warmth of the woolen sweater.
There is a special dressing room in the shop, and this small request of Aska is naturally easily satisfied.
In just a few moments, a gray woolen sweater and woolen pants were worn on Askar and his two henchmen.
"Big brother, this woolen sweater is so warm. To say that these Tang people are really powerful, processing those wool that was originally useless into woolen clothes, this is no worse than wolf skin jackets. ”
Aska: "Hmph, the wolfskin jacket always smells of commotion, how can this woolen jacket be comfortable to wear?" ”
"Grandpa, this woolen coat is warm, but it's only five hundred pieces a piece, and the price is really not cheap. We need 500 pounds of wool to get one. ”
Aska is now familiar with Liangzhou, and has begun to take his eldest son, Dafei, who is only thirteen years old, with him to practice.
"Bang!" As soon as Dafei's words landed, he was slapped on the back of the head by Aska, "What do you know?" In the past, there was so much wool on the grassland, could it be sold for a penny? Can I exchange it for an item? People built such a large workshop, hired so many people to help handle wool, weave wool, these woolen clothes are still knitted by ingenious Tang women with stitches and threads, don't these cost money? ”
"Dafei, big brother is right! We are grateful. Think about it, in the past, we couldn't even eat salt, but now? Not only can you kill sheep and eat meat at any time, but you can also add delicious spices to it, as well as beautiful and warm clothes, which are given by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. ”
"What your second uncle said makes sense, this woolen sweater is under the banner of Northwest Trade, and Northwest Trade belongs to the King of Chu's Mansion, if I hear anything disrespectful to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you will never come to Liangzhou with me in the future."
After Aska came to Liangzhou as Li Kuan, a group of Hu people who benefited the most, from the bottom of their hearts, had firmly tied their interests with the interests of the Chu Palace.
And the Hu people like Aska will become more and more numerous in Liangzhou City.