The Turkic merchants soon began to prepare to register the quota, especially since they promised to sell the horses, promising to sell one horse and get the corresponding quota. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and this quota is limited, and it is completely used by Datang as a means to sow discord. In order to obtain quotas, these Turkic tribes openly and secretly agreed to many conditions of the Tang Dynasty. These conditions, especially many Turks, openly gave a horse the right to trade, but secretly agreed to more conditions, such as three horses in exchange for two trading quotas. The Turks were completely out of control, especially the Turkic Khan Jieli simply did not have enough authority to restrain below. The Turkic tribes below went their own way, ignoring the orders of the Turkic Jieli Khan. The weakness of this Turkic confederation was completely exposed, and this Turkic confederation was even looser than that of later generations, and there were no corresponding explicit rules and regulations to bind it. Later organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union still had a charter, but this Turk did not have any clear agenda at all, and everyone did their own thing and did not care about anything at all.

In the face of this grain, the Turks completely sold the war horses. The war horses that are ready to be sold after ascending the throne will be a huge amount, and it is expected that no less than 5,000 horses will be sold. In this era, the sale of five thousand war horses at a time was already very important. In the past, the largest transaction volume was less than 1,000 horses. Although the Turks gave thousands of war horses to the Central Plains at one time in the past, it was not a long-term transaction, but a one-shot deal. This time it is a long-term transaction, and even in the future, the transaction volume may become larger and larger, so a large number of Turkic war horses will definitely gradually flow into the Tang Dynasty.

"Shi Yuan Wailang, the Turks have entered the customs, and they have prepared to go to Chang'an according to the designated route. They expected the first Turkic merchants to arrive in ten days. ”

Shi Bufan said: "Very good, you go and look for a vacant land, which is near Chang'an, and temporarily send a group of people to clear the field." We will temporarily relocate all the people there, and we will temporarily rent their houses and so on, and give them to the Turks for the time being. And, go talk to General Chi Gong of Wuhou Wei and let them be in charge of public security. Whenever a Turkic merchant wanted to go out, he had to send Wuhou Wei to follow him for protection. Also, it is forbidden for anyone in our Datang Dynasty to have easy contact with the Turks, and if there is any contact, arrest them first. ”

"Shi Yuan Wailang, isn't this okay? Directly order the relocation of the people? ”

Shi Bufan smiled and said: "The Turks have come to my Tang Dynasty, they are foreign VIPs, distinguished guests!" Of course, we must relocate the local people, don't let them surprise the distinguished guests! ”

"What's the reason for that?" The scribe was puzzled.

Those scribes felt that they were passing by one by one in their hearts, Shi Bufan was not the kind of guy who respected the Turks, he had been calculating the Turks in his heart, and all the officials of the Criminal Department knew that Shi Bufan was the best at calculating the Turks. But now he actually said that he was a distinguished guest, and the officials of the Criminal Department did not believe it.

However, they didn't know that the reason why Shi Bufan moved the people to clear the field also had his own ideas. This is not to take care of the Turks, but to prevent the Turks from having too much contact with the people of the Tang Dynasty. Centralizing and arranging these Turkic people not only makes it convenient and manageable, but also isolates them from the local people of the Tang Dynasty so that they do not gain too much information.

The most important thing in this kind of business transaction is information, and business things pay the most attention to the timeliness of market and information, as long as the information arrives in time, then you can get more profits. If you don't have enough information, it's easy to lose money. What Shi Bufan wants to create is this kind of atmosphere, that is, to let the Turks be concentrated in a relatively closed place, and the Han people outside cannot enter, so that the Turks cannot understand the situation outside in time, and can only listen to the Tang officials. And to restrict their contact with the people of the Tang Dynasty will help prevent them from understanding the market and having too much capital to bargain at that time.

These Turks, what Shi Bufan wants them to know, they can also know. The reason why losses occur when trading is actually a large extent a "information asymmetry". Only information asymmetry can squeeze the other side through various means. Once the information is symmetrical, neither side can make high profits, or even both sides can only make meager profits, and cannot get too much profit. On the contrary, if there is only information asymmetry, then one of them will definitely suffer a loss, or even a big loss, and take the money of the golden lion to buy a stone lion.

What Shi Bufan wants to create for the Turks is this kind of information asymmetry, so that they can't get in touch with too many things from the outside world, and what Chen Dingtian lets them know, they can also know. The common people must be excluded from trading with the Turks. Compared with state officials, ordinary people only care about their own one-third of an acre of land, and rarely consider the long-term interests of the country. However, Shi Bufan does not think that it is inappropriate for ordinary people to do this, because if it is just an ordinary person who is not at ease in production and life, and thinks about something that he can't touch all day long, it will definitely be harmful.

Although it is said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, it does not mean that any ordinary person can go and mess around casually under the banner of the responsibility of the prosperity of the world, and do not feel at ease and down-to-earth production. Seeking government in his position and trying to do his own thing well is the most important patriotism. Otherwise, they will smash all day long under the banner of patriotism, loot under the banner of patriotism, be lazy and refuse to do their duties under the banner of patriotism, and do not know what kind of they are busy with, so the country will definitely collapse.

Just do your own thing, Shi Bufan doesn't plan to let those ordinary people casually mix in this kind of thing, and then they will be swallowed to the point that there are no bones left.

"Also, as for the selection of merchants, the selection of merchants who are ready to trade with the Turks, have you screened them? You have to be strong enough to be able to join, and if you don't have enough strength, you can't join. Shi Bufan said.

"Shi Yuan Wailang, we have already arranged it, including the tea trading houses, including Qin's Tea House, and several other trading houses in the south of the Yangtze River. Qin's Tea House, huh...... I won't say much about that. As for the several tea merchants in Jiangnan, they have some relationships with the wealthy families in Jiangnan. The wealthy families in Jiangnan have taken a fancy to the huge profits of tea and want to participate. The scribe said carefully.

Shi Bufan's face was normal, and there were not too many surprises. Because Shi Bufan knew that although he opened a tea trading house, it did not mean that he could restrict others from joining. The Jiangnan Hao family has a natural geographical advantage, can quickly produce and transshipment, etc., which is also the reason why they are interested in the huge profits of this tea. Although Shi Bufan entered the industry first, he even enclosed a lot of land in the Jiangnan area, where the land is cheap and the population is sparse, so he is currently mainly planting some cash crops. At present, the main consumers of Datang tea are still nobles and people of power and wealth, and ordinary people cannot afford to drink tea. In particular, tea undertook the trade with the Turks, so it was natural to meet the trade needs of the Turks first. Ordinary people don't drink tea, it doesn't matter. However, for people on the grassland, not drinking tea means often getting sick, tea is an important means of disease prevention for the grassland nomads, especially in the grassland, the medical conditions are very poor, disease prevention is the top priority, they will not be stingy.

Satisfying the Turks first and getting enough war horses for the Tang Dynasty is the key.

"Okay, let them in. You can choose some grain merchants next, and then let the powerful grain merchants join in. Strict review, businessmen with insufficient strength can not join casually. Shi Bufan said.

However, the scribe still asked: "Why are merchants who are not strong enough to join, why are you not always advocating free trade, not artificial restrictions, why are you ...... now?"

In the past, Shi Bufan had always advocated free trade, but now he actually did this kind of thing to restrict trade, which made these scribes puzzled.

"By free trade, I mean domestic trade, not abroad. Domestic transactions naturally have to find ways to maintain fairness, but the yuan borne by foreign countries does not look for simple transactions. Foreign transactions often bear a huge responsibility. Our purpose in this transaction is to exploit the Turks, so we naturally have to choose some people with great strength and many scruples. Otherwise, if we let those small businessmen join in, not only will they be weak, but it will be very disadvantageous for us to have a large group of small businessmen come in. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan knows that many countries in later generations have audited foreign trade companies, and if the strength is insufficient, they will not be able to join the ranks of foreign trade. There are many reasons for this, because foreign trade, as a very powerful political factor, is not purely a commercial act, and undertakes a large part of the political function.

And the huge profits of foreign trade, this is also an attractive place, and many people will focus on this profit. If ordinary small businessmen are allowed to join casually, the consequences will be unimaginable. Because the small merchants want to say that they are rich, they are rich compared to the ordinary people, but they are obviously much weaker than those big merchants.

Shi Bufan recognized a famous saying of the great man of later generations, called "The petty bourgeoisie is the most anti. because this kind of "petty bourgeoisie" is often in a stratum between the bourgeoisie and the common people, and they can actually go up or down, and they are at the top of the wall in terms of their position. This has nothing to do with the so-called Confucian moderation, because their social status is what makes them have this kind of wall-to-wall practice. On the one hand, they may continue to slide into the proletariat at any time, and on the other hand, they have the slightest hope of becoming the bourgeoisie. In this way, they are desperately hoping to climb up, so as to ensure that their low position is stable and will not slip.

And this petty bourgeoisie is small in scale, just like the small companies of later generations. There are many small companies that don't pay attention to word of mouth, and they just plan to get a vote and leave, and they don't care about anything for the sake of profit. On the contrary, those large enterprises pay more attention to word of mouth, and they have a lot of concerns and pay more attention to long-term interests. In this petty bourgeoisie, their sense of crisis and urgency is the strongest, so they are also the most impetuous, and as long as they can obtain benefits, they do not hesitate to sell many things, such as national interests. Or they sacrifice the long-term interests of the public for their own short-term interests. Anyway, they think that the sky will fall on the top of the tall people, and in the end they have the money, and the consequences will be borne by ordinary people, but they are not the direct victims.

"It's easy for such small businessmen to underprice each other for their own sake. They will tear each other down for their own interests, so if it's domestic, then I don't care, they just do it to let the people get benefits, and let the people enjoy the benefits at the lowest possible price. But externally, that's different. If we are so depressing each other's prices, then what will we eat? Small businessmen are often very impetuous, they do anything for short-term profits, so it is necessary to strictly prevent this situation in foreign transactions, otherwise it will be the Turks who will be cheaper in the end. Only those big businessmen, they have more concerns, some of them are nobles, some are court officials, and those people will not allow them to lose their long-term interests for the sake of profit. ”

"Even if there are no scholars and bureaucrats behind them, they will consider that they must be careful about the attitude of our court and dare not tear each other down. So if the strength is not enough, let them join, their impetuous attitude can easily make us bad. ”

"In addition, all transactions must be handed over to the scribes under the Department of Criminal Affairs as witnesses, and they can only be established after they are signed and drawn. In addition, we will charge a 50% tax on the sales of those goods that are sold. And for those cheeses, a tax of 10 percent is charged to the purchaser. ”

Immediately, a scribe was surprised: "This is too high, isn't it?" Fifty percent, that's five percent! Will those businessmen be able to agree? In doing so, is it exploiting those businessmen? ”

"Hehe, the wool comes out of the sheep, and we have collected their tax, and they will inevitably pass this tax on to the Turks. And those cheese, milk powder and other dairy products, which can be enjoyed in my Datang, are also some people above the middle class, at least some of the scribes of the government. They are all middle-class people, so if we don't loot them, then who are we going to loot? ”

"So we charge heavy taxes on what we export, and anyway, these costs will ultimately have to be borne by the Turks, and we don't have to worry about anything. On the surface, it seems that we are looting the merchants, but in the end it is the Turks who bear the tax, so we are searching for the Turks. (To be continued.) )