Chapter 0185 - Hindsight
It was only half a year after Li Boyan launched a sniper attack on the Tang family, and the Tang family noticed that something was wrong when the purchase price of silk had risen sharply recently.
The shopkeepers in charge of the loom workshop crowded at the door of the Tang Mansion and discussed a lot. The Tang family is in a crisis.
Inside the house, several clansmen of the Tang family who were in charge of the branch sat on the chairs one by one, without saying a word, waiting for Tang Dexuan to come up with an idea. They wish that one day, Tang Maochuan was sick in bed, if Tang Dexuan's ability to take charge of the family was not enough, he would naturally be pushed down by everyone.
"Tell me, what's going on? Why is the price of silk so high all of a sudden? This last piece of silk, still counting on spinning, will be sent to Wensi Academy at the end of the year, how can it be collected at such a high price? Tang Dexuan sat on the chair a little angrily, looking angry.
"Dexuan, we should ask you about this! We are all running silk villages, spinning, looms, these workshops, are all by you to master the house, if this goods are broken, we people will have to drink the northwest wind. β
"That's right, don't be too snobbish with Uncle Cousin, now is the most popular season for brocade, if you can't get new goods, we can only buy from other places."
Tang Dexuan slapped the table and said angrily: "You are still not the Tang family!" At the moment of the catastrophe, everyone is thinking about how to make a cheap profit, buying goods from other places, and the Tang family's silk village will collapse in less than three years! β
The more channels the interest chain passes through, the more dispersed the division of interests will be, and if you still want to make enough money, then you can only increase the price. Why was the Tang family able to eat such a big market in Suzhou, that is, all the fabrics sold on the faΓ§ade came from the Tang family's workshop, which could flourish.
But now, the price of smoked silk on the market has doubled sharply, and if it is used for processing, the cost will be large, and the profit will be minimal.
"What's the big deal." An old Tang family uncle in northern Jiangsu said with a smile, "The price of silk has risen, it is nothing more than someone maliciously raising the price, there was a year last year, and there is also this spring, normal." It's not that it will rise for our family, and the price will increase if it's a big deal, I don't believe that the price of other silk villages in Suzhou will not rise. We are all self-produced and sold by ourselves, and those small silk and satin farms are all cloth collected from other workshops, and the profit will only be less than ours. β
Tang Dexuan stared at us and said slowly: "I suspect that someone is targeting us." Cao Lushi of Wensi Academy sent someone to say, a few days ago, someone had already gone to the manager of Suzhou, and the spinning thread was sold lower than our Tang family's, and the silk purchase here was too high, and this side was sold to Wensi Institute at a low price, which was to cut off the financial route of our Tang family. β
"And such fools? The profit on the spinning thread has been scraped very low, this year the silk is so expensive, the price is low, is it not a discount? β
Tang Dexuan nodded and said: "Cao Lushi temporarily persuaded the manager here, after all, our Tang family is also an old customer, but if this price does not come down, they will have to go to that family." β
"This ...... Sold to Wensi Yuan at the original price, it is already a discount, and the price is reduced, I think they are crazy! It just so happens that this year's silk harvest is less, Dexuan, in my opinion, the Wensi Institute will take care of it, and take all the spinning threads on hand to the workshop, and supply the goods for our own stores. β
"No."
An old voice came from behind the curtain on one side.
Everyone in the Tang family stood up to greet them. Tang Maochuan was on crutches, supported by maids on both sides, and slowly walked to the hall with his eyes sunken. Tang Xuande hurriedly went over, took the maid's place, and helped Tang Maochuan to his seat.
"Dad, what do you say?"
Tang Maochuan sat down, leaned his crutches aside, and said, "I said, the spinning thread of Wensi Academy cannot be broken. In the spring and summer of previous years, a lot of tribute woven silk and satin, Wensi Institute was too late, they were all OEM by our Tang family, if this relationship is broken, next year Wensi Academy's silk business will be yellow. β
Tang Maochuan said that he still has a pivotal position in the Tang family, and the uncle of the Tang family, who was not convinced at the beginning, said: "Brother, but the price of this silk is so high, and the spun thread, let's reduce the price and discount the cost." β
"You can't break it! It's the rule of doing business! β
An old man who also had some weight in the clan cleared his throat and said, "Maochuan, it's not us people in the clan who make things difficult for Dexuan, think about the wine shop last year, it's so hard, I'm afraid to follow in the footsteps of the wine shop." Now our Tang family is all focused on the silk business, if there is a slight mistake, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe. β
Many older people echoed the words, thinking that this clan uncle had some sense.
Tang Maochuan closed his eyes and recuperated, and after a while, he said: "The price of silk is so high this year, next year's spring, the number of silkworm farmers will definitely increase dramatically after the Qingming Festival, the "Great Song Dynasty Economic Theory" is not said well, stimulate production, production and consumption, we are not much this year, rely on the inventory of the silk village to sell, the silk after the spring of the next year, is the goal we are fighting for, when the time comes, I see who loses money!" Who dares to touch the Tang family! β
If Li Boyan was here, he would already give a thumbs up, very good, your turtle grandson will draw inferences, this is interesting.
The people around nodded one after another, Tang Maochuan was still reliable, and he had decided the general direction and big idea, so that the Tang family could stabilize the morale of the army. "Everyone, go down and tell those shopkeepers, the price of silk and satin village is still not rising this year, if you can't get the cloth from the Tang family's workshop, don't worry, I will let Dexuan go to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou to transfer some inventory to deal with the past, wait until next year, and then look at the market."
"It's still the old brother who is scheming, okay, I also have a reassurance in my heart, and the matter of the shopkeeper will be left to me to wait, take care of my body, and I'll leave first."
A group of Tang family members who came to "force the palace" finally left satisfied, Tang Dexuan hugged the old lady and said, "Thanks to Dad, you take the overall situation, otherwise I don't know how to suppress this group of people." β
"Dexuan, I can't help you get a lifelong idea, such a big business, no matter how you behave or do things, you have to have your own opinions. Last year, I asked you to contact the shopkeepers of various silk villages, have you ever been there? β
"This ...... I will definitely go when I take account at the end of the year. β
Tang Maochuan sighed, shook his head and said, "I'm alive, these uncles and elders of yours can still hold it down, if I'm not here, as soon as you have trouble like today, they will embarrass you." β
"Dad, don't worry, Dexuan will definitely suppress them."
"You can't suppress it by pressure, that Ye Zhengrule's book, read more. By the way, Arrow still won't say? β
Tang Dexuan shook his head, "Don't say a word." A few people from Yongzhou have revealed some steps, but it will take time to dig out something. β
"Well, let's take care of the Silk Village first. Arrow is your son, just don't go too far. β
Tang Dexuan asked: "Dad, look at the silk this time, is it a ghost made by Li Boyan?" The Li family's business now seems to be getting bigger and bigger. β
"It's very likely, but didn't you say from those servants in his village that there is no weaving business."
"Who could that be?"
Tang Dexuan was a little tired, and said: "No matter who it is, as long as it is stable, no one can shake the foundation of the Tang family over the years, remember, it must be stabilized." β
"Well, just listen to my father's orders."