Volume 1: Juyiwu Chapter 13 The Hidden Merchant
"Damn, if those people hadn't robbed us of our business, the Great Father wouldn't have punished me so harshly." ———————— Jia Yong
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"Is he?"
"Oh, I heard that it was a guest who was attacked by thieves and stayed at Diao Zheng's house."
Jia Hao and Jia Yi have basically not left home in the past few days, but Caifu has to leave the house several times a day, so Caifu has learned about Gezhuang from others before.
"Then send him away as soon as possible, lest he eat and drink in vain." After learning about it, Jia Yi, who only had money in his eyes, had this as his first reaction.
"Uh, heh~"
Since he wants to deal with Jia Hao, how can he do it without winning over people, Jia Sao's attitude towards others really worries Cai Fu, but Cai Fu can only laugh helplessly.
Even an outsider like Zhuge Liang, who has just arrived in Juyiwu, is also within the target of wealth, and it is definitely easier to be wooed by him than the old one. But in the end, Zhuge Liang didn't play a role in the dispute between him and Jia Hao, so it was mainly Jia Sao's recklessness that worried him, and tying himself to a bad boat was really the fault of the mismatch.
Jia Hao is getting tighter and tighter, there is no room for retreat, and it is possible that a big battle will suddenly break out after the New Year.
"Don't forget how we got to where we are today!!"
Jia Hao's next sentence is "It's not the strength of everyone!" ”
No matter how big it is, Jia Hao understands that he can't forget his roots, but must operate the available "Ben" to the best, so day after day, he regards all the people in Juyiwu as his foundation.
"Cut!"
The overflowing personality is still flamboyant, this is Jia Yi.
As the eldest brother and the enemy, Jia Hao had to continue walking, taking his eyes off Zhuge Liang.
When he looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang, who was chatting with Li Yan and Lu Jing, also looked at him and happened to look at each other.
It was also at this time that both of their eyes looked away from each other, and the confirmation had been confirmed.
The snow was still falling heavily, the dock door was still busy, and the cargo was then unloaded. Only the few who left were the first few who came to the dockgate, and no matter what the outcome of their deliberations was, life had to go on......
"No, Luodu, Xu County, and even Chenliu, Chen County and other places have been seized by many underground chambers of commerce, especially the most important Luodu, there is almost no gap for me to intervene."
In the face of Jia Hao's repeated emphasis and various proposals, Jia Yong still vetoed.
"Underground Chamber of Commerce? It's the damn bunch again! "Underground businessmen have always been the number one competitor of Juyiwu, and they often know how to "take shortcuts", and even control the prices in a certain area through regulation and control under the premise of underdeveloped transportation and inconvenient information communication. In front of them, merchants like those who hoard goods to raise prices or deliberately lower prices are just relatively common and low-level businessmen, and thieves and the government will not turn a blind eye to this.
The government with principles can buy it out, but how can it be bought off if the thieves who have lost their principles?
"Okay, okay, what's the use of complaining about this? Yong'er, tell me the details. ”
In any case, Jia Hao is more rational than Jia Sao, and he rarely brings personal emotions to everything he does, which is one of the secrets of survival in the turbid world.
Even though the group of underground merchants is very large, the merchants who want to avoid many of the government's normative policies and do business can basically be regarded as underground merchants, and the chaos in the world is their best shelter and even opportunity.
All organized underground merchant collectives in various places are called underground chambers of commerce, but Jia Hao understands that they can never be united, and even often tear each other apart because of a little profit, because he is a businessman himself, so there must be more private businessmen in Jia Yong.
Prices in counties and even counties are extremely unstable due to the war, and in addition to uncontrollable factors, the biggest hidden reason is the one-way trend of these people.
That one-way trend is that everyone is greedy, and the objective behavior is also biased to one extreme - a strong high price selling.
The closer you get to the war zone, the higher the prices are, and the more difficult the people's lives become.
Although there are also reasons behind the soaring production costs due to war and other factors, it is just another powerful drug that most merchants use to satisfy their greed.
The situation in Jingzhou and Yizhou will be a little better, and the main strategy pursued by the merchants is still "buy at a low price here and sell at a high price there" or "production and marketing", which is often within the norms of Liu Biao, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, and still rely on interpolated business methods.
The underground chamber of commerce is different, they prefer to operate with technology, which is a higher level of opportunism.
The chaos in the world and the weakness of the Han court are a major objective contributing factor, because one of the effects that is fed back to the economy is the total destruction.
Where there is destruction, there is reconstruction, and the order and law of depth are no exception. Who, what forces, and what kind of appearance will rebuild it will depend on the time and circumstances.
Although the heroes who have taken advantage of the chaos in the political world have their successes and failures, they can be listed, and the business world is no exception.
The people who can create an underground chamber of commerce are by no means mediocre, and those who can grow are even more powerful than the former, and those who can maintain the results of growth are the best among the people.
Jia Yong was not successful enough to tell what the level of the enemy he was facing this time, even if he looked carefully, it was difficult for him to be illiterate and submissive all year round, so Jia Hao naturally had to find out this first. However, although he relied on the information brought back by Jia Yong, he was not unpremonitive about it in advance, after all, who would let go of this big business opportunity for Luodu to rebuild?
Whether to borrow Gao Yao's strength is still to be determined, the risk is too great, and Xu County and Luodu are very close. Of course, such a major event as the rebuilding of Luodu will be carried out under the leadership of the imperial court, so no risk can be taken.
"As far as the situation of Luodu is concerned, there are more businessmen from the direction of Runan and Chenxian, and the price of selling is lower than most people." Jia Yong, who was not very observant, was most impressed by this matter, "Also, the number of caravans is less than we expected, and the interference of the imperial court is far greater than expected. Many merchants were even turned away from the city, and their goods were requisitioned at low prices, so they had to be bought and sold secretly. ”
"Cheaper than most? Are they crazy? "If you keep a medium price in the market, even if it's not a few dollars away from the lowest price, it's reasonable. The lower price than most people makes it difficult for the wealth to understand, let alone the cost of production or purchase.
“……”
Jia Hao Zou was speechless.
"That's it, why did the court interfere too, aren't they busy with infighting?"
Jia Yi still said willfully, he couldn't keep his mouth shut about this kind of bad thing, and kept scolding in his heart, "Damn, meddle in your business, it will take at least five days to deliver goods from the nearest warehouse to Luodu, a waste of time and money!" ”
"There's only one possibility, they're in a gang!" The keen sense of smell told Jia Hao that these people must not have discovered this business opportunity when the imperial court ordered the rebuilding of Luodu, and they must have been planning for a long time like Juyiwu, "However, what kind of divine can do this and still make a profit?" ”
Jia Hao's inertial thinking is "sell if you can make money", and vice versa, "sell it and you will definitely make money".
"Don't be stupid, I guess they didn't make a single penny!"
"Well, but then again, Weizhi, how many trucks of trial sale goods have we sold in Yangzhai?" Just now we were talking about competitors, and now we have to see how the pre-sales go.
"A car."
Jia Yong replied very simply, and he seemed to be starting to get bored with the meeting, because it was more like an "interrogation machine".
"It's just a car?!"
"One car ......"
"A car~"
The situation is very bad.
"Did this kid make a mistake?! Damn, I shouldn't have returned to the dock early and handed over the caravan to this mediocre then. ”
"If most of the other caravans are like this, then the people who sell at low prices are the culprits, there has never been such a strong opponent before, these people ...... the hell"
"Forget it, let's keep our position first, and then think about how to deal with Jia Wuhen."
The three of them thought carefully about it, and it was decided.
Since the situation is so bad, Jia Hao, Jia Shu, and Cai Fu will not be able to come up with a good idea for a while, so they can only find out the underground chamber of commerce that suddenly came out.
With the rebuilding of Luodu, the imperial court was under financial pressure and mobilized materials and personnel from all over the country, including merchants, and the business opportunities formed would not disappear for a while. Now that the beginning of spring is approaching, it is difficult to run a business in the snow season, and there is a more important festival "New Year's Day" behind, so the three of them didn't say anything more.