Chapter 177: Destination Quyang
Liu Xian was very happy that he had obtained so many valuable commodities and materials in this short period of time.
These, in addition to finding a way to get that batch of grain, Liu Xian basically got this batch of goods without paying any money. This is simply equivalent to a business without capital, if all of them are sold, then Liu Xian will really earn the first pot of gold in this Three Kingdoms era.
Wen Shen and Wang Bao were also quite surprised, because they had just decided to worship Liu Xian as the master, and when they followed Liu Xian in the future. This immediately witnessed Liu Xian's business talent, as long as this batch of goods changed hands, then it would earn about 20 million yuan. Twenty million dollars, this is a wealth they never thought of. Although it is not theirs, it is their lord, and they believe that when their lord is developed, they will follow behind, and there will definitely be a mouthful of soup to drink.
Not to mention anything else, at least there is no problem in being a rich man in the future. You must know that now that Liu Xian, the lord of the Liu Mansion caravan, has just begun to develop, they really dare not imagine that if this development continues, Liu Xian's wealth will reach a certain point in the future.
And Li Yuan and Gao Zhang, who served Liu Xian, were also really shocked. They really didn't dare to imagine that in such a chaotic and chaotic situation, it was impossible for ordinary people to dig out such a huge amount of wealth from such a depression, where there seemed to be nothing, and everyone was in a famine.
It is precisely because of this that they all feel that their young master is really very human, capable of what others cannot, which shows that this young master is smart and wise. With such a young master, they all feel that they will have a bright future in the future.
They are now full of hope for their future.
But among these people, there is another person who is very calm, and his face is even a little worried.
He is Liang Ji.
After everyone was happy or amazed, he said to Liu Xian: "Young master, our Liu Mansion in Liulin Village has accumulated so many materials and commodities, how to sell them is the most important thing, otherwise, it is useless to say anything now." But, young master, have you ever thought about it? Where can we dump these products now? Those woven baskets are not anything special, in fact, ordinary people will weave their own baskets, and there is no need to buy from others at all. At most, these are some large households that need to use a small amount. Also, where do ordinary people have the money to buy these things now? If you have money, you can buy food. It's the same thing with those clothes, where is the money to buy our clothes now? ”
"In addition......" Liang Ji said, adding with a somewhat ugly face: "I have to remind the young master that the quality of these clothes we made this time is okay, but they don't look very good, they look too ordinary." It's the kind of clothes that work well but don't look good. These are also the reasons why we failed to do a good job in the dyeing workshop at this time, which made the color not very mature, and it looked a little old. ”
Liu Xian waved his hand indifferently when he heard this: "Uncle, don't worry about this." As long as it's something that works, something that can be used, and it's easy to use. If we are running businesses, we must think of more ways to understand the situation in various places, and we will go wherever we are needed. What's more, there are some things that we have been in business for a long time, and we don't need to say that we can sell all the backlogged goods at once. ”
"Now, in fact, everything will be lacking, and the most important thing is money. If everyone returns to normal life and has stock, then there will be money to buy our things. ”
Liu Xian said and said to everyone: "The most important thing is that this business is not my Liu Xian's business alone, but also the business of all of you, so you all think of a way for me, or talk about how we can sell and buy these things now." Or rather, where to ship it to sell. ”
Liu Xian himself had long thought about how to sell these things. But at this time, he also wanted the crowd to work together and give some suggestions. Because of many things, Liu Xian may not be able to do it himself in the future, and he has to slowly cultivate talents who can replace his own business.
"That ......" Wen Shen said again and again: "Young master, now that it is winter, the cold situation of the people of our Yang County is not very good now, and it will soon be time for continuous snowfall, and it will definitely be very cold at that time." Our batch of clothes, if they are not too easy to sell as Mr. Liang Ji said, can we sell them cheaper to the people of Yangshi County first? The people may not have any money yet, but can we ask the people to give us a blank slip first? Wait until you have the money to return it to our Liu Mansion caravan? ”
"Haha! Brother Wen, you are really learning and selling. Liu Xian was happy when he heard it, and pointed to Wen Shen and said, "Okay, everyone has heard it, this is also a way." Uncle, if there is really no way to sell it, then let's do it, it can be cheaper, let the people of Yang's County who need it give us a white strip first, take the cotton clothes first, and then pay it back when we have money. ”
"What does the young master mean...... What is this doing? Wenshen was in good spirits, because in this way, the people of Yangshi County were really worry-free.
"No, no......" Liu Xian shook his head and said: "No, it's not the most important aspect of keeping out the cold now." Let's put it this way, now we should issue some decrees for the people of Yangshi County to prepare more firewood, and when it is really too cold, they should stay at home and light a fire to keep warm. In a family, there is a set that can defend against the cold, and people can go out. Therefore, the people of our Yangshi County don't need so many cotton clothes. What's more, our Liufu in Liulin Village will continue to produce clothes, and when necessary, you can do what you said, Brother Wenshen. But now this batch of clothes has to be exchanged for money to buy food. Food is the most important thing. ”
"Young master." Li Yuan also stood up at this time and said: "Since this batch of cotton clothes must be sold for money to buy grain." Then the subordinates think that we should transport the clothes to places that are not affected by the yellow turbans, such as Jiangnan ......"
"Jiangnan is too far away, Xuzhou or even the capital?"
Gao Zhang also stood up and took Li Yuan's words and said.
"Well, it's all about some of the ways."
Liu Xian nodded to them encouragingly, and then asked, "Do you have any other ideas?" Or if you have any thoughts in your heart, you can talk about them. ”
Those who followed the book all expressed some of their thoughts.
Liu Xian listened patiently one by one, and then motioned for them to sit down.
"After listening to what you said, in fact, to sum up, it is to be shipped out of our Julu Jizhou land to be sold. If this is the case, it is not impossible, but there are still many difficulties to overcome. Of course, there are many that are inappropriate. Liu Xian summed up their suggestions.
Said to Li Yuan: "Li Yuan and Gao Zhang suggested Xuzhou and Jiangnan, this idea is too advanced, with the current ability of our caravan, I am afraid that we will not be able to escort this batch of clothes to their destination within a fixed time." It should also be said that the climate in Jiangnan and Xuzhou is not like that of Hebei, relatively speaking, the winter is much warmer. Heavy cotton clothes, they may not need them, and they may not like the old-fashioned style. ”
"Also, it is recommended to transport it to Youzhou or even Liaodong. This is a good suggestion, because the people of those places will definitely need it, and, for the time being, those places will not be greatly affected by the Yellow Turbans. But you must know that Youzhou is slightly better, but out of the pass to Liaodong outside the pass, it is different, there are many alien cavalry activities outside the pass, if they find our caravan, they will definitely plunder, you are sure to defeat those thousands of alien cavalry? ”
"In addition, there are some proposals that are good, for example, in our Jizhou, there are actually many cities that have not been affected by the Yellow Turban Army, and our goods can indeed be transported to those cities to be sold and bought. But have you thought about it again? We weren't familiar with those cities, and we didn't know how much the local government would charge for the levies. It is not even clear whether our goods can be sold and bought in those cities. ”
Liu Xian's words made everyone nod silently when they heard it, because what Liu Xian said, they really didn't expect it. When they said this, they thought about it again and realized that their ideas actually didn't work.
They also know that there are too many aspects to consider when doing business. It's not as simple as just doing it.
In fact, there are many things that Liu Xian did not say.
In this ancient era, it was not as open and free as it was in later generations, especially in terms of trade.
In ancient times, agriculture was valued over commerce, and merchants generally did not have any status. In terms of identity, it means that ordinary civilians have a higher status than businessmen. For example, in the eyes of those government officials, businessmen who do business are equivalent to white sheep who are exploited by them.
And the local landlords, how could they watch a merchant make a lot of money in their territory? If they don't get a little benefit, they will definitely jump out and wreak havoc.
Some things are inevitable. Whenever interests are involved, especially in the case of large interests, there will definitely be people who are blushing and will stretch out their hands.
Liu Xian does have a business guide in his hands, but so what? A caravan guide issued by a county government in Julu County, in front of other places, especially some government officials in big cities, what is this?
This guide only proves that the caravan is legitimate, and can pass through them here, or reach their big city. However, it is up to them to decide how much business tax they have to charge.
If you don't want to lose all your money, you must be clear about some things and don't act rashly. It's hard to really make money without taking care of everything.
In this world, there are actually many rich people, people with business vision, and brains. But why are only a few people making money in the end? That is, it is not enough to have money, business vision and brains, you must also know how to drill camps, and you must take care of everything first, so that you can operate normally.
Liu Xian didn't want to tell them this, but told them his plan and said: "Everyone, in fact, the only one who has the ability to purchase so many of our clothes at once is actually the imperial court and military. Therefore, my plan is to sell this batch of clothes to the imperial court officials. To be precise, it is General Huangfu Song. ”
Liu Xian said, looked at Wen Shen and said, "Brother Wen Shen, and Brother Wang Bao, you are all people in General Huangfu Song's army. You should be relatively clear that there are not enough cotton clothes for your officers and soldiers to keep them warm, right? ”
Wen Shen and Wang Bao both froze, glanced at each other and said to Liu Xian with some shock: "Young master, you dare to hit the head of General Huangfu Song?" ”
"Haha, General Huangfu Song is not a man-eating tiger, why are you so surprised?" Seeing this, Liu Xian couldn't help but smile and said: "I think so, you officers and soldiers, since the first month, it has been almost a whole year, and you have been fighting until now. On the side of the imperial court, there will definitely be no shortage of food and grass supplies for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, right? ”
For real court officers and soldiers, the supply of grain and grass will definitely be guaranteed. You can even give some support to those rebels. If there is no money and no food, who will work for the court?
Wen Shen and Wang Bao nodded.
Liu Xian said again: "However, there are too many traitors in the court now, even if there will be no shortage, but it will not be enough." Occasionally, it drags. On the court side, it is estimated that this battle will last a year. As soon as this war broke out, there were ten thousand taels of gold. Over the course of this year, it is estimated that the treasury is about to be emptied, and it can be seen that the money and grain in their hands are flowing away like flowing water, and now that the main force of the Yellow Turban has been defeated, the imperial court must have begun to feel sorry for their money and food. At first, I was a little reluctant, so I would definitely think of deducting or using other things to reduce supplies. ”
Although Liu Xian did not see the situation of the imperial court with his own eyes, as a later person, Liu Xian could deduce it through some historical information. The imperial court is now unwilling to even pay the rewards that should be given, so how can it be so generous to give too much money and food supplies to the military horses below? At least not so much.
This, in fact, is also one of the reasons why all the officers and soldiers had to cooperate with the imperial court and ordered those rebels who fought with them to go to Luoyang to wait for the reward. Because the money and food given by the imperial court were insufficient, they did not have more surplus food to support those rebels to fight. This also had to be ordered by the imperial court to let those rebels leave and go to Luoyang.
There is not enough food, so what about the clothes for the soldiers to keep warm? That should be even more inadequate.
Therefore, Liu Xian calculated that the current court officers and soldiers of Huangfu Song must also lack cotton clothes for soldiers to keep warm.
"The first stop of our first run was Quyang! Let's go to the snow to deliver charcoal! ”
Liu Xian set the destination of this businessman.