Chapter 888: Wagang Goes Forward

Not only are there many businessmen, they make more money, and there are not a few people who make a lot of money.

In fact, the merchants really made them rich, and in addition to operating shops, most of them would open workshops to provide supplies for the shops.

Those with good production capacity will sell goods to various state capitals, and then form a business model, and many industries will form an industrial chain.

Most of the goods sold in many state capitals are supplied from Youzhou, such as bowls and chopsticks, although only small kiln workshops are needed to meet the demand.

But in the eyes of the merchants of Youzhou, this is their money-making business.

As a result, various large-scale kiln workshops began to mass-produce goods, causing many small workshops to lose their competitiveness.

The key is that the goods taken from the Youzhou workshop are cheap and of high quality, and there are a variety of goods at different prices to choose from.

The bowls, plates, and plates produced by the kiln in Youzhou are made of different types of tableware materials, which can meet the needs of various consumer classes.

A mass industry has long been formed, and the goods processed by small workshops cannot compete with these large workshops in terms of price.

It is more affordable to have production inputs that come directly to wholesale.

This is how the business of Youzhou has developed step by step, and the benefits will come up after the business develops to a certain scale.

After all, it is not a period when there are many workshops and more goods than demand, and there is no saturation of goods at this time.

Especially when there are more kiln workshops, there is a competition mechanism, according to the Youzhou development model, improve technology, improve the formula, and develop new products, these means are the mainstream forms of income generation.

As a result, a variety of new kiln products were born through continuous experimentation.

It is no secret that glass is fired in Youzhou, but only the Youzhou kiln workshop can make finished products such as glass cups and other utensils.

Although the price of glass products has dropped a lot, it is still in the ranks of luxury goods in general.

At present, the kiln workshops run by merchants are researching new recipes, and it is believed that it will not be long before the same high-quality products are developed.

Fine kiln products are selling well in the south, after all, these things have only just begun to become popular, and the market space is great and the potential is great.

Temporary workers do all kinds of work in the winter, running from east to west and sweating in the workshop.

It is a life experience for the people, while broadening their horizons and earning money to support their families.

After several years of development, the life pattern brought to the people by Youzhou has gradually taken shape.

The things to think about in life are not only food and clothing, farming, and worrying about war, but they can also get the opportunity to learn and have various work experiences in Youzhou.

In their free time, they can walk around and relax, and they can also develop some hobbies, all because their lives are no longer embarrassing.

A comfortable life gives them time to think about more things.

Lee's 9-to-5 work is still the same this winter.

Li Yuan of Chang'an is not so leisurely, he lives an emperor-like life but is not as comfortable as it seems.

When Li Yuan entertained his ministers, his sons wanted to think about how to solve the food problem for him.

Li Jiancheng's plan was very straightforward, and it was decided to send troops from Luoyang to take the Yuwen family directly after the beginning of spring, and this battle would use the soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanji in Jiangling.

Use 300,000 elites to take Shuo Fang.

Li Yuan was very determined to eliminate the Yuwen family that could threaten Chang'an and Luoyang.

Winter is when they prepare.

In order to be able to increase his grasp, Li Yuan really spent a lot of money to create exquisite armor for the soldiers and horses.

After experiencing the battle with the Xiao Cavalry Guards in Chang'an, Li Yuan had already realized the shortcomings of the Xiao Cavalry Guards, and in terms of combat effectiveness, he believed that the soldiers of the Li family were not much different.

It's just that the armor is really a little inferior to the other party.

Li Yuan wants to defeat the Yuwen family, no matter how many soldiers and horses he has, it is better to improve his combat effectiveness, with exquisite armor, even if he has the same strength, he will not lose to the other party.

What's more, in terms of troops, the Li family has an advantage.

All he has to do is magnify the advantage.

It was decided to upgrade the armor in the vanguard way.

It is unrealistic to meet the needs of 300,000 soldiers and horses, and all of them will be replaced with armor, so Li Yuan decided to take out all the iron ore reserves to expand the Xuanjia soldiers.

Build as much as you can before the conquest.

The short-term calm in the world was not peaceful, because many powerful leaders were ready to move after Li Yuan became emperor.

Some people began to claim that after the emperor, the garrisons of the cities, counties, and prefectures that originally belonged to the Sui State had already begun to move their selfish intentions.

Most of the tax revenues generated by the cities and counties they managed later went to them, and the situation became like this, and the managers of each city and county all chose to stand on their own feet when they became wealthy.

Maybe there is a connection with various forces, or it is connected with their own family to unite to take charge of the city and plot a way back.

There is still a Sui State hanging over their heads in the original, and now there is no need to estimate that the entire Sui State has really become a plate of scattered sand.

The cities and counties became independent.

There is such an opportunity to oppose the king, where is not moved, they all have their own plans how to divide these territories.

When all the forces were preparing, Li Mi of Wagang City once again mobilized troops and horses in winter, and directly used 200,000 soldiers and horses to forcibly occupy the few unrecovered cities and counties closest to Wagang.

If you want to ask why even Wagang City has not been managed well and continues to expand, in fact, the main reason why Li Mi did this is to scatter the soldiers and horses of the cities and counties that have not been recovered.

In this way, there are no garrisons in the surrounding cities and counties, mainly to prevent them from defecting to other forces, and secondly, to reduce the threat to Wagang City.

Maybe it was because he began to care about commercial development after cooperating with Youzhou, and in Li Mi's opinion, those cities and counties only needed to send a small number of garrisons to take care of them.

As long as the taxes in the city are collected by Wagang City.

Li Mi is not satisfied with the taxes collected in the autumn, and everything that is done in business must be taxed.

In Li Mi's view, this model is much more advantageous than the robbery when operating a cottage, because it is a regular fee, which can be said to be a stake in the business of the city and county.

The combined income of several cities and counties is very considerable, and if it can accumulate a few years, the development degree of Wagang City is definitely not less than that of Chang'an Luoyang.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Li Mi's actions are forced to collect taxes, and if he really blindly raises taxes without an upper limit, the wealth of the surrounding cities and counties may be squeezed out by him in a few years.

They had already imagined the ruined cities and counties around them a few years later.

It is not advisable in the long run, but this approach is favored by some anti-kings.

Being able to accumulate wealth in a short period of time is very much in line with the way of the anti-kings.

Li Mi has the capital to send troops, and if he wants to compare with other forces, it is not that they can make a move if they want to, who makes their foundation unstable.

If they also have a "Wagang City", they will think that it will be better than Li Mi.

Thinking about it, but they can't do it, and building a city is not something that small forces like them can do.

However, they all had plans and decided to choose a city and county to develop after the winter passed.