"North! Kitaniwa Metropolitan Protectorate! ”

The voice fell, and the room fell silent for a moment. Wang Tian's chest, who was originally short of breath, suddenly sank, and after repeating this a few times, he returned to normal.

Well, although his breathing is normal, looking at Chen Fei's eyes is a little abnormal.

"Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate? Northern savannah? Ah Fei, this... You didn't drink a bar just now? ”

Chen Fei....... Who is the northern prairie to provoke? Why do people have such expressions when they hear this place? Is it good that there is a lot of consumption potential there?

"Wang Tian, do you think it's not good for Beiting to protect the mansion?"

Wang Tian nodded subconsciously, but seeing Chen Fei's tangled and painful expression, he finally replied cautiously: "Maybe... Not as bad as I thought? But..."

"But what?"

"But there's nothing on the prairie! The herders there don't have much money, and they are nomads, so we can't do business! ”

Yes, this is probably what most people think of the grassland, right? So over the years, the Central Plains Dynasty has also conquered the grasslands several times, but no country has long included the north into its territory, and most of them still feel that there is no value here, so they are not willing to take over.

"That was before!" Chen Fei rubbed his forehead, and continued: "Now that the imperial court has decided to develop the economic value of the grassland, wouldn't it be beautiful for us to follow the policy and be the first batch of people to eat crabs?" ”

"Uh... So, what to do? Wang Tian asked cautiously. To be honest, although he believed in Chen Fei's judgment very much, he was not interested in the northern grasslands....... Still not much faith.

The reason is very simple, that is, he really can't figure out where the economic value of the herdsmen in the northern grasslands comes from! Moreover, the cost of transporting things to the grassland is not low, and it is very likely to cause a loss!

Wang Tian is a businessman, businessmen pay attention to the word profit, he doesn't have to calculate carefully, a cursory thought that investing in the northern grassland is a very money-burning thing, the cost of the early investment must be very large, and there will be no results in the short term, and the final thing is that whether the future can be profitable, is also an unknown.

So in his opinion, the northern grassland is the most economically worthless, and listening to Chen Fei's meaning, it seems that he doesn't want to go there to recruit dealers or anything, but wants to do business there by himself, which is ......

"Hehe, I know what you're worried about, it's normal, the northern grasslands are indeed a little barren, but Wang Tian, doing business, sometimes you can't just stare at money, from another point of view, you may not think so, on the contrary, you will feel that it is a huge business opportunity." Chen Fei smiled, obviously hiding a lot of "private work" in his stomach.

"What do you mean? Ah Fei, I don't understand. ”

"The most fundamental starting point of doing business is to make a profit, right?"

"Yes... Right, why don't you do loss-making business? ”

"What are the basic conditions for wanting to make a profit?"

Wang Tian was immediately asked, to be honest, he really hadn't thought about this question carefully. "Uh...... What's this... Should be... Does the other party have money? ”

Chen Fei ....... "Wrong! It's what you have that he doesn't have, and he just needs it! And the things he proposes to exchange have a certain value for you, and the value is greater than the things you exchange, which is called obtaining benefits! ”

Chen Fei said a little twisted, Wang Tian was stunned for a while before reacting, "Yes... That's the reason. To put it simply, you take what you need, right? ”

"Yes, that's right. And in the beginning, money was not popular, and everyone bartered. So as long as what is exchanged for something is valuable to us, it is earned! ”

Wang Tian pondered for a while what Chen Fei said, suddenly woke up and said in surprise: "You mean... Barter? ”

"Yes!" Chen Fei gave Wang Tian a thumbs up. "It's really worthy of being my good brother, just smart! The northern grasslands are rich in cattle, horses and sheep, and they are all good products, while cattle and horses are scarce in Datang, let me ask you, how much is a horse in the market, how much is a cow? ”

Wang Tian silently calculated, his eyes suddenly burst into excitement, obviously he had thought of something.

"And what is lacking in the northern grasslands? Cotton, linen, silk, grain, ironware... Oh, iron tools don't count, the imperial court decided to restrict iron tools to grassland herdsmen, and a family can only get an iron pot and a kitchen knife, which is not counted for the time being...... By the way, there are mosquito coils, the grassland is full of mosquitoes, and mosquito coils will definitely be sold out of stock! You carefully calculate the costs of both sides, who earns and who loses? ”

Wang Tian had already smiled crookedly, slapped his thigh fiercely when he heard the words, and said excitedly: "Earn!" Earn him a fortune! ”

"Yes!" Chen Fei also rubbed his fists excitedly. "We must not only earn their cattle, horses and sheep, but also make money for wool! The next time you ask someone to come over and trade, ask them to give us all the wool they have sheared! Grandma's! If you want to earn, you have to earn thoroughly! ”

"Huh? Wool? Wang Tian immediately calmed down, wiped his sweat and said, "Ah Fei, this wool... What can be done? Aren't they all thrown away? ”

"And! You have never seen the benefits of wool, so you can arrange to find a few people in our workshop who can make clothes, and I will teach them a new way of making clothes, using wool as raw materials, and the clothes made are not only beautiful, but also very warm! The material does not lose cotton, and the cost is almost zero, an absolute profiteering industry! ”

"Really? Does wool still have this benefit? Doesn't the wool smell very strong? How to remove? Wang Tian was skeptical.

"Really." Chen Fei nodded firmly: "I have a way to remove the smell on the wool, and now I still want to work hard for you to help me collect some wool of acceptable quality, and send it to... Send it to my house, it will take a little time to process the wool, and in a few days I will bring the selected tailor... Forget it, you don't have to go out of your way to pick it, just help me collect the wool, and I'll find some female workers to knit the sweater. ”

"Uh..."Wang Tian scratched his head and said uncertainly: "Ah Fei, are you sure that you only need wool?" That one... It seems that it is difficult to find a female worker. ”

Chen Fei rolled his eyes: "Give money, where can I find someone?" I'll pick a few smart ones from my own bankers. ”

"Hey! That's fine, but... Ah Fei, are you sure that wool can be used to make clothes? We're basically throwing this thing away, and no one buys wool clothes, right? ”

Ay! Chen Fei sighed silently in his heart. It seems that everyone does not recognize wool very much, and there is a certain rejection mentality, and it seems that it will take a long time to change everyone's concept. But it doesn't matter, he positioned wool as an "export commodity" at the beginning, and planned to export it to Central Asia and Europe, so what people in China think of wool will not have much impact on him for the time being, just hope... Everything will go smoothly.

(End of chapter)