Chapter 38 My Thoughts Are Not Xenophobic

When night falls, a bright moon rises on the sea, and some people fall asleep.

Two months after the floods, all the residential areas have been repaired, rice, vegetables and cotton have been planted, some of the vegetables have grown and are ready to eat, the roads in the residential areas have been repaired, there are people working at the docks, and some roads leading to the surrounding states are being repaired.

The people who work only rest for four hours a day, including the time to eat, and the construction of their own homes in shifts, other states are still waiting for the arrival of relief food, and Luzhou has already sold a lot of goods, directly from Zhejiang and Hangzhou for a short distance.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't stupidly sell any fish and shrimp over there, they sold some special products from the mountains, and there was no there, and he bought a large amount of grain from there, some of which were kept for the people to eat, and some of which were sent to the surrounding states, and used the grain to hire manpower to build roads and bridges.

There is no such kindness as the Zhang family in a circle of five states, even if the assassin of Qinzhou is a big family and has been entrenched in Qinzhou, his family will not take out so much money to build any roads, and he will not buy food, they are all waiting for the imperial court to come to the rescue, even if it is Xin'anzhou, which is a little farther away, it has also suffered a disaster, and the assassin has not paid for it himself.

If the government doesn't take the money out, the people have to find their own way, they can't starve to death, and if they don't have food to eat, they will eat some tree bark, wild vegetables and other things first, and the three states next to the sea will eat fish, and work while eating, waiting to pick enough special products from the mountains, and if they catch too many fish, they will form a caravan to come to Luzhou to exchange food and daily necessities.

Zhang Zhong did not deliberately lower the price, according to the usual market price to exchange, two months, now the Zhang family has gotten rid of the situation of making ends meet, began to sell the goods received, salted fish also sent a ship to the capital, and another month this batch of salted fish can make money.

It can be said that Luzhou has supported six states with the strength of Zhang Xiaobao's family, giving the people of the six states a way to live, and waiting for the replanted grain to come down, and the other five states will be able to slow down.

Zhang Zhong's prestige was unrivaled in the six states for a while, almost every family gave him an immortal enshrinement, and the people of the five states recovered a little, and they were able to eat enough, and there were more mountain goods and fish and tribute things that were collected, and the merchants outside and the local merchants began to buy.

The price given was the same as that of Zhang Zhong's side, they took into account the freight aspect, thinking that the people would sell things to them, but the people had already agreed to the transaction on the Luzhou side, and when they had things, they formed a caravan to trade with the Zhang family.

Zhang Xiaobao checked the accounts, looked at Wang Juan and said: "It's okay now, the six states have been affected, all taxes and tributes this year are exempted, and the state capital can't collect things at all.

Now in the capital and other places, the price of such goods should be doubled, the east of Lingnan Road, that is, Guangzhou, and Jiangnan East Road, that is, Zhejiang and Fujian, when our fleet also buys a large number of coastal specialties, fortunately, we sell some goods, otherwise there is really no penny.

I see how many times these goods can rise this winter, saying that my family is stupid, and then see who is stupid? As long as the money in the family can be turned around, they will press the goods and not make five times the money, which is intolerable. ”

Wang Juan also knew that Zhang Xiaobao had lost so much money since the time of the big flood, and it was not Zhang Xiaobao's character to not want to find a way to earn it back.

Thinking of the things that were about to become very valuable in the warehouse at home, he was also very happy, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Is it transported to some more remote places to sell?" For example, Turkic and Tibetan. ”

"No, that place is not suitable for us to go over, sell a few people, let them sell over there, the price is higher, and if you can't sell more, we will sell them a part, we will release the news, saying that there are a lot of things here, let the people of those two places bring their local products to exchange.

When they came, we pushed down the price of their goods with all our might, and raised ours up to a slightly lower price than the price at which those who had gone before to sell them to the Tibetans and the Turks, so that the people who came from the two places could make money, but not much.

In order to get greater benefits, they will continue to raise prices after they go back, and we can sell them at a higher price to the people who used to sell them before, and the Tibetan and Turkic things will be pulled to this side of the coast to sell, so that we don't have to bear the risks when we come and go, and others will not scold us for the high price of things, after all, it comes with the market. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said the plan like a tongue twister, Wang Juan is not stupid, he understands it, it is to use a small amount of precious goods to increase its own value, giving people the feeling that the goods sold on their side go with the price of the market, but in fact, it is their side that pushes the price up.

When others risk their lives to sell back and forth, it is the suppliers who make the most money instead of middlemen, and use the sales price of external places to increase the price of local supplies, especially when there are many tribes in those two places, and they compete with each other, which makes Wang Juan think of the purchase of iron ore in China at the beginning.

Zhang Xiaobao just thought that there was such a thing, so he gathered the entire Zhuangzi and talked to the merchants outside, that is, the same price, the reason was to trade, and if he was unwilling, forget it, find the businessman himself.

Wang Juan felt that this method was really good, and was just about to say something else, when he suddenly reacted, turned Zhang Xiaobao's face around, looked at Zhang Xiaobao's eyes and asked, "Xiaobao, is this all your plan?" ”

Zhang Xiaobao blinked, "Of course not, you don't know me, how can it be so simple?" Our things and two places are not a transaction of money, but a transaction of goods, and when the time comes, you can try to generate popularity, you don't have to ask, I continued.

This is not the main thing, the main thing is that after the value of the goods on the seaside over there increases, the things here will also increase, and I am ready to tell the news to the people of the surrounding state capitals, and at the same time increase the purchase price, forcing the surrounding merchants to increase the price.

In this way, the local people can make more money, and those businessmen who didn't help us hate us, then let them hate us, what do you think will be the final result? ”

"As a result, because our purchase price will offend a lot of businessmen, and the people will make money." Wang Juan added beside her, and at the same time felt that this was indeed the case, this was the Zhang Xiaobao she knew, as long as she had a plan, it would definitely not be as simple as it looked.

"It's not that simple, think about it later, don't be afraid of offending people, some broken businessmen, we are also businessmen, afraid of them? When the people had money in their hands, they naturally had to buy things, and the price of things shipped from Tibet and the Turks could be increased. ”

Zhang Xiaobao didn't hide anything this time and told what was planned.

"It can still be like this, that Xiaobao, let's talk about it, and then, there must be more, just like when you pushed Sanshui County into Shang County and united seven counties into Chengzhou, tell me quickly, how to calculate, I like to see you here and count everyone else into it."

Wang Juan's biggest hobby is to dig Zhang Xiaobao's plan, compared with Zhang Xiaobao's plan, other people's one stone and two eagles, one stone and three eagles, are too obvious, Zhang Xiaobao always shoots when others are confused, as long as he moves, it is a matter of time.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't mean to do this, mainly because when he thought about things, he would unnaturally combine some things that were prone to problems and related things, and he was just used to it.

Hearing Wang Juan's question, he had no choice but to say: "There is another point, hostility is not our goal, it is better to make enemies than to make friends, then I will reduce the amount of purchases here, give other merchants a part of the profits, and unite them to do business in Tibet and the Turks, we have common interests outside, and we can reduce the contradictions here."

As long as the profits in the two places are enough, they will compromise and back down on us here, and my father's development will be smoother, and they can even let them come over to invest, they have money, for example, the Ning family in Qinzhou is only stronger than us, not weaker than us, it is nothing more than their investment vision is a little worse. ”

Zhang Xiaobao wrote a few names on the paper, Wang Juan looked at it and understood, these are all businessmen in the form of a family, and any one of them can compete with the Zhang and Wang families in terms of money and power, the difference is that they have a long time to develop, and the rise of the Zhang and Wang families is short.

These families are for stability, not as good as Zhang Xiaobao, Zhang Xiaobao uses cash flow, give Zhang Xiaobao a hundred times, he dares to use this money as leverage, any chance is caught by him, that is the fulcrum, pry hundreds of capital.

And at this time, he is already restrained enough, and he also knows that the development of industry, in the beginning, is to cheat all the way to the end, no, it is to invest all the way to the end, and unite vertically and horizontally.

Wang Juan didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that when Zhang Xiaobao was making a plan, the gesture of waving his hand and the smile of the wind and the clouds were indeed very charming, and the most certain thing Li Longji did was probably to send Zhang Zhong here, so that when the disaster came, he saved the six states.

The most wrong decision Li Longji made may also be to send Zhang Zhong over, mainly because Zhang Xiaobao came with him, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the sea is vast, who will look at Zhang Xiaobao? Stretching out your fingers, it is the sea and the sky.

Thinking of this, Wang Juan said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, you are a good person, right?" There's a radical nationalist mentality, right? ”

"Juanjuan, do you think I'm going to be treasonous? Don't worry, no, it's a bit nationalistic, but my nation is not a single nation, just like our escort team, it's a big family, in fact, I really have a backhand, that is, let these businessmen be co-opted in the past, so as to become spies for the Turks and Tibet. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said with a smile.