After setting up Pang Ti, Li Zhi came to the first floor to visit the busiest county lord Yuran.

Even though she was just doing some silver tael collection bookkeeping work, she was so busy that her mouth was dry, answering countless questions in one afternoon, and putting on a smiling face every time, which was indeed very hard for a girl who was just sixteen years old.

But when she saw Li Zhi's arrival, she immediately refreshed, "Brother Zhengwen came just in time, just take over from me here, I'm so hungry!" ”

In fact, there is another little girl with her, and Yu Ran can hand over the main work, but she is obviously extremely unable to put her own business on hold, even if it is hard, she is willing.

"You know, by this time, I have sold more than 13,000 pieces here, you look at the dense weaving crowd, there is still an hour before the nose closes the market, according to my experience, there is no problem in selling 2,500 pieces during this time!"

Hearing Yu Ran confiding in his ear, although Li Zhi had expected it, he was still a little moved.

You must know that at that time, for civilians, a few taels of silver, a few dozen taels of silver was a big thing, and a hundred taels of silver was a large amount of money for later generations, and they could buy more than ten acres of fertile land.

One or two pieces of silver can make a family of three live happily and healthily for a year or two.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was very vast, but the gold and silver ore exploration and mining technology was not brilliant in the early Tang Dynasty, when the annual silver output of the country was only about 15,000 taels.

The 15,000 taels of newly refined silver, plus the local magistrates looted the people's silver deposits and presented them to the emperor, and sometimes the prefectures and counties also converted the taxes they paid into silver and transported them to Beijing.

These silver are usually cast into rectangular silver collars, one foot long, two inches wide, 50 taels and one collar are more, and the weight, fineness, origin, name, official position, and year of the silver should be engraved or written on the collar surface.

When the emperor received these silver collars, he would take some of the various tools for casting. The people of the Tang Dynasty were superstitious that the use of gold and silver utensils in their lives could cure all kinds of diseases and prolong life, so this demand was great.

The royal family kept some of the gold and silver wares for their own use, and many of them were given to their courtiers; In addition, some local officials, especially those in silver-producing areas, would also use silver to give gifts or bribes to ministers in the court.

There is also a possible way to get a large amount of silver, for example, your family is a wealthy merchant engaged in cross-border trade, and you have business dealings with the Hu merchants of the Western Regions or the barbarians of the South Seas, and you have just completed a large transaction, and the other party has paid for the goods with gold and silver.

Therefore, at that time, the vast majority of people traded in a private way, and when it came to large payments, they directly used silk or gold bars, in short, there was a lack of silver as the circulation currency of the early Tang Dynasty social environment, even if everyone knew that silver was a good thing and valuable, but in the general buying and selling transactions, it would not be charged.

That is, in recent years, there is silver on the market, of course, it has been completely different from the silver collar, one tael, two taels, five taels, eight taels, ten taels is very complete, the shape is also the back like a boat, the face of the boat shape like a case, but also the prototype of the silver ingot.

Fifty taels of snowflake silver can be cast into an ingot, Li Zhi remembers that before he was reborn, he watched a TV series about Lu Dongbin being framed and imprisoned, and his friend took a box of silver ingots to bribe corrupt officials.

Lu Dongbin is a native of the Tang Dynasty, there was no silver ticket or anything like that at that time, the Tang Dynasty did appear in China's earliest ticket number, although the real meaning of paper money appeared in the Song Dynasty, but at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the prototype of paper money appeared, and it was also the earliest silver ticket, called "Flying Money", but it was not Lu Dongbin's era, so it seems that you can know how the quality of the TV series is, if it is replaced with gold, it is almost the same.

Therefore, in the early stage of the Tang Dynasty, silver was expensive, but it was indeed not legal tender. There was only one circumstance in which money would be collected, and that was when trading with foreign merchants, it was sometimes agreed that they would pay for the goods in silver.

At that time, I found that there were people on the market who used silver, regardless of the other party's origin, immediately saw one and grabbed the other, resisted and killed, and dared to use silver in the early Tang Dynasty, basically spending money with life.

Li Zhi is very fortunate to have come to this era, one tael of silver is a thousand copper money, if it is ten thousand taels of silver, what kind of warehouse should be there to temporarily store today's sales.

At the moment when Yu Ran was eating, Li Zhi accepted dozens of taels of silver, and his mouth did not stop at all, originally thinking that there would be bargaining, but as soon as he came into contact, almost all of them were about cashmere products.

In fact, the cashmere clothes in Li Zhi's store at this time were already regarded as woolen sweaters in later generations, because of the large area of looms, Li Zhi directly crossed the previous plan to hand-knit sweaters.

Of course, there are some such hand-knitted fabrics in his shop, such as hats and gloves, and today's looms are a bit overkill.

The number of handicrafts in this category is very small, one is because the time is urgent, there is no time to weave in large quantities, and the other is that he only plans to use this object to popularize the hand-weaving of wool, so more people are asking about weaving techniques.

But after a long time, some people recognized him, so more and more girls with various minds squeezed up, for the description of the Tang Dynasty in the annals of later generations, two major characteristics are the consensus of the world: first, the Tang people are still good at writing; The second is that the women of the Tang Dynasty are arrogant, most of them are not confined to etiquette, and the Tang people do not attach importance to women's premarital chastity.

Don about extramarital sex. behavior, not as a shame, but as a romantic affair. In history, Meng Shi, the wife of a famous Weiyang businessman, recited poetry at home, and a teenager said: floating life is like a parasite, young geometry, how can it be like stealing a moment's joy. So, Meng Shi had an affair with him and found instant love.

Another daughter of Zhao Yu, a famous Changshan mountain, traveled alone in the forest one day, and saw that an officer in brocade clothes was very heroic, so he asked: Does my brother like me? If you can get a favor, the little woman will have no resentment when she dies. The officer replied: How about being a dewy couple? Zhao said: For the time being, they will remember their brother. So, the two parted happily in the forest. It's a lot like a one-night stand these days.

According to the literature, men and women in the Tang Dynasty could also try to marry before getting married, and when they tried to marry, they had to sign a trial marriage agreement.

Therefore, women in the Tang Dynasty did not observe chastity and did not value chastity. Divorce of a woman, or remarriage after losing her husband, is a common phenomenon that is not condemned by public opinion.

According to the "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of the Princess", the princesses of the Tang Dynasty remarried as many as 23 people: there are four daughters of Gaozu, six daughters of Taizong, two daughters of Zhongzong, two daughters of Ruizong, eight daughters of Yuanzong, and one daughter of Suzong. Of these, four were married three times.

Of course, even if it is quite open to the modern times, it will not openly appear in public about these things that do not value chastity, but in the face of the surging tide of big girls and little daughters-in-law, each of whom is not afraid to interrogate him, Li Zhi still gradually feels powerless.

Yu Ran replaced him at the right time, and found a reason for him to work around, which gradually made the women feel bored and dispersed.

sat in the innermost part of the counter, and kept thinking behind Yu Ran, causing Yu Ran to snicker for a while.

"I see that you still go out and walk around, there is at least a cordon outside, and those people will be stopped, most of the women here are choosing clothes, and they will surround sooner or later."

"Did you say Sister Qingqi where you were going to sleep tonight?"

"I've been busy all day outside, my body and clothes are very dirty, Sister Qingqi said that I should go back to my own home, after all, it is much more convenient to take a bath in the East Mountains!"

"I can suffocate the crying girl in the afternoon, I don't want her to come with me tomorrow, do you want to persuade her?"

"It's useless, this girl can't do without you, even if the ancestor speaks, he won't easily accept it."

After chatting for a while, Yu Ran began to get busy again, and Li Zhi had no choice but to go out and go to Feng Xing to discuss tomorrow's affairs, but after a long time, Mi Qin came, and Mo Jun came to him.

"Brother Hanzao showed his face during the day, he had a business to take care of, and he left at noon, but the congratulatory gift was to buy a hundred cashmere clothes, and the silver was handed over to the county lord of Qingqi! The two of us came empty-handed, but we promised you a first-class banquet of thirty tables of Qinlong Yage, and the Hongyi brothers have already registered there, so you can call someone over at any time! Mi Qin explained, Brother Hanzao is naturally the Banpu.

"Now that it's settled, it's hard for me to push it back, so thank you two brothers! Brother Hongyi and Brother Xiaosheng also came in the morning, and they actually teamed up to bring me ten maids, and I arranged them to be clerks in the store today. Li Zhi said with a smile.

"Serving tea and pouring water, serving people's work, it seems easy, and I really can't do it in terms of identity, I work as a clerk in the store, at least be free! Generally, such maids sign a three-year or five-year deed of sale, what is the situation of these ten people? ”

"Five years! I want Qingqi to tell them, how many times will I give some copper coins as private money, and when I find a good in-law to marry, I will return that agreement! ”

"Where is there someone as kind-hearted as you, but at this time it is not appropriate to spread it to the outside world, it is difficult to do it without recognizing other people's families!"

Li Zhi nodded and asked Mo Jun, "How is your factory?" Seeing today's hot scene, relieved? ”

Mo Jun smiled, "It's not just that I'm relieved, but there are many big families in Chang'an City at this time, I'm afraid that they have already held a meeting!" You are too busy all day, I don't know the inside story, today's opening has alarmed all the families, many of these families have also come to the scene, and some have been watching until the afternoon, and people continue to come to inquire about the two of us! ”

"In this way, more big families can participate, and the garment industry in Chang'an City can unite to squeeze out foreign followers. When the scale of your similar clothing rises, I will remove today's quality cashmere clothes and concentrate on building the most high-end Zhengqing Wenqitang brand. The next step is to build that trade city, and when the news is released, no one will come forward to lead the matter, and I will deal with it myself! ”

"Brother Zhengwen, are you saying that the income of the trade city is more than that of opening a factory?" Mi Qin asked.

Li Zhi shook his head, "At least it can't be compared with the business in the early stage, but our purpose is not to collect rent, or to make the entire Datang, and even more than the country, come to Chang'an City to purchase fabrics and clothing!" There will definitely be income from the trade city, and the more similar markets are established, the higher and higher the rent will be, and our income will naturally rise! Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all model, and the more it is built, the less it can be imitated by other places. When it truly becomes the production and sales center of the entire Datang cloth and garment, their respective factories will also receive more orders! Once the scale is formed, that is when we have a large amount of income, and the benefits at that time, maybe we can't even think of it at this time! ”

The two of them didn't have much doubt about his words, at least this business, he almost didn't reserve any reservations to share, maybe someone in Chang'an City was still secretly speculating about Li's purpose before, but when they saw today's hot rush to buy scene, no one hesitated.

Naturally, others would not think that Li Zhi would not have other plans, but they also knew that he knew that it was only the market of Chang'an City, and it was definitely not a certain force, or even a certain force, that could swallow it alone.

Rather than taking risks and forcibly collecting money, it is better to let more people participate in it and jointly expand this market.

Li Zhi is very smart to provide this kind of technology for free, which is obviously the wisest move, at least in the future, he still has a huge say in this industry, once he has interests in his heart, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold on for a few months, and he will be swallowed and even the scum will not be found.