Chapter 502: Harmony Chamber of Commerce
As early as when the Battle of Luoyang was still in full swing, Qian Xixi knew that his mission was to establish Fengxiang's own Chamber of Commerce, for such a long time, Qian Xixi had already thought clearly about the many details of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, and after some careful consideration, he had to make such a rather frustrating conclusion: If you want to gain a firm foothold in a shopping mall full of strong players, it is no less difficult than winning another Luoyang Battle.
In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, many wealthy people have emerged in various places, and they control most of the most profitable businesses in the country, and almost every town has the shops and personnel of those big merchants.
After years of open and secret fighting, the major merchants have already had a tacit understanding with each other, where is the base camp of whose family, which one is the main business, and what type of business...... All tacitly. A huge country, a huge market, no one can swallow it all, no one is a fuel-efficient lamp, rather than fighting to lose and let others benefit, it is better to maintain enough restraint, businessmen seek wealth rather than anger.
Of course, the competition between the major businesses has not stopped for a moment, and the eight immortals have crossed the sea to show their abilities and do everything. However, if there are new merchants who also want to get a piece of the pie, they will inevitably be suppressed by the major old forces!
Shopping malls are like battlefields!
With hundreds of years of inheritance, they have enough strength and influence, a network of contacts that are difficult for ordinary people to reach, and an astonishing accumulation of wealth, which is incomparable to Fengxiang. In a sense, those big businessmen hold the lifeblood of the country and have the ability to decide the fate of tens of millions of people.
Previously, Qian Xixi had always thought that the Fengxiang City Lord was so enthusiastic about forming the Chamber of Commerce, completely ignorant of the high ground and the thick surface, and the nascent Chamber of Commerce would die soon, and maybe he would become a scapegoat for failure at that time.
The idea of "finding a different way and focusing on the foreign market" put forward by a certain city lord made Qian Xixi, a master businessman, see a glimmer of hope.
"My lord, if we can trade with the aliens, we can indeed make our Chamber of Commerce invincible for quite some time. However, the accumulated blood feud between the Han and the aliens made the aliens quite hostile to most of us Han people, and it was difficult to gain their trust.
In the hundreds of years before this, there were also many merchants who tried to gain a foothold in the foreign market, but without exception failed, and this is the reason. It's not an easy thing to want to open up in an interracial race. β
Ah Niu smiled faintly, "You are right, the aliens are very wary of the Han people, among the many alien races, the Xiongnu, the Qiang, the Nanban, the Xianbei, Fuyu, Wuhuan and other ethnic groups are the mainstay, we can choose one or two of them to open the situation."
Xianbei, Fuyu and Wuhuan are close to Youzhou, and in recent years, Sun Zhan, the Taishou Gonggong of Beiping, has implemented an iron-blooded policy against foreign races, which has intensified ethnic contradictions. Fortunately, Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, has been operating there for many years, opening up the benefits of Guhu City, passing through the salt and iron of Yuyang, vigorously developing agriculture and sericulture to trade with foreign people, and the commercial ties are relatively close, so these foreign races are not suitable to be our choice;
The Huns lived in pursuit of water and grass, and at every opportunity they crossed the Great Wall and plundered the Sein, perhaps in their opinion trade was far less important than plunder; Nanban is too remote, most of the barbarians live in poor mountains and bad waters, plus geographical reasons, Nanban has to give up. β
Speaking of this, a certain city lord smiled silently, Qian Xixi understood that this was Ah Niu testing his ability, and said happily, "In this way, the only one who can be used as a breakthrough is the Qiang people." The Qiang people fought against the Han Dynasty for many years, especially the rebellion provoked by the Lingqiang in Liangzhou a few years ago, which made the relationship between the Han and Qiang even more tense, and the normal trade between the two ethnic groups almost came to a standstill. We Fengxiang have a special territory in Liangzhou, and great events can be expected! β
Qian Xixi originally came to Qingzhou from Long Fei, so she naturally knew about the special territory.
"Yes, it's the Qiang people! I have prepared a helper for you, I have some friendship with the leader of the Burning Dangqiang, he will help you complete the expansion, the Fengxiang Chamber of Commerce can use the Burning Dangqiang as a springboard, and even hire people directly from the Burning Dang tribe, and gradually extend the trade tentacles to the entire Qiang territory. When the Qiang market is opened, we will obtain a steady stream of wealth and profits through the guΓ² war horse and fur trade, and only in this way will we have the ability to extend the power of the Chamber of Commerce to other regions! Ah Niu picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all.
Qian Xixi couldn't help but get excited, the city lord of Fengxiang actually had a great friendship with the Qiang Ling, which was of extraordinary significance to the growth of the Fengxiang Chamber of Commerce. β
Ah Niu smiled indifferently and quietly told the master merchant about the secret path of the Eight Treasure Valley, and Qian Xixi's confidence index soared again - the big problem of how to transport the trading materials was solved!
"I will tell Mr. Chen Gong of SΓΉ Longfei, if you have any difficulties in the Liangzhou Exhibition Association, you can ask for his help. In addition, I don't want other people's current chambers of commerce to have anything to do with Fengxiang, the name of the chamber of commerce is 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce', and it is possible to set up shops and institutions in Fengxiang, and even the future trade between the chamber of commerce and the territory must be very formal. In a word, the Harmony Chamber of Commerce is a completely emerging Chamber of Commerce on the surface, you are the top person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, whether our Fengxiang Chamber of Commerce can make some achievements depends on your appearance. β
According to Ah Niu's assumption, although the Harmony Chamber of Commerce is serving Feng Xiang's exhibition, this master-slave relationship must be absolutely secret. The investment obtained by the Chamber of Commerce in the early stage, as well as the payment of dividends to the territory in the future, must be carried out in secret.
Qian Xixi couldn't wait to cut open his chest, and took out a Dan heart to show a certain city lord to see, the scholar died for the person who knew it, and this master-level businessman worked hard and vowed to make the Chamber of Commerce prosperous.
The "Waki Chamber of Commerce" was established!
The cost of forming a chamber of commerce alone is two million gold, and such a large amount of money has been "recycled" by the system. According to Qian Xixi's estimates, in order to form a trade network covering the entire Qingzhou, Luoyang, Liangzhou and Qiang worlds, an initial investment of at least 10 million gold is required!
** The Chamber of Commerce needs a lot of talent, and businessmen, armed guards, shop expenses, start-up capital, etc., need to use a huge amount of money. Feng Xiang didn't have so much money, so a certain city lord shamelessly made a white slip, "Recently, the money is a little tight, there is only one million gold here, you take it first, and I will find a way to do the rest." β
Qian Xixi is also helpless, no matter which territory, if he can take out three million gold at once, he can definitely be called a rich man. You must know that Feng Xiang has just experienced a tragic battle of Luoyang, and the pensions of the top-grade war horses and the dead are an astronomical amount, and it is far from expected that he can squeeze out three million.
Fortunately, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Zong Wuyan both bore the cost of the fallen soldiers in Luoyang, otherwise Ah Niu would probably have to hang himself in a place.
Rao is like this, the formation of the Chamber of Commerce this time still brought some follow-up effects to Fengxiang.
-- Chen Gong's "fortress construction plan" had to be completely halted for the time being.
-- Sun Liang, the current CEO of Fengxiang, almost never smiled in the following months, not only repeatedly accounting for various income and expenditure accounts, but also making many not-so-urgent expenditures mostly stuck for a period of time, which also made Sun Liang, who has always had a reputation for "diligence and dedication", receive many accusations such as "bureaucratic style" and "corpse vegetarian meal" for the first time.
Of course, a certain city lord knew that Sun Liang was wronged (it seems that when Ah Niu extracted almost all the liquid funds in the territory, he unreasonably demanded that Sun Liang must ensure the use of the top dockyard), and firmly dismissed all the accusations. But when the economic crisis ended, Sun Liang had added a lot of silver to his head.
-- The Thunder Cavalry expansion plan was canceled, and all the surplus Xiqiang war horses in the Eight Treasure Valley were handed over to the Heqi Chamber of Commerce, allowing Qian Xixi to find a way to sell them by himself. These war horses were sold for a total of 550,000 gold, so that Heqi Shangqi obtained part of the start-up capital, of course, there is still a distance from the actual need.
With such a huge amount of wealth in the hands of Qian Xixi, a certain city lord was not too relieved in his heart, to put it bluntly, this master-level businessman had not joined Fengxiang for a long time, and he was not like Chen Gong and Sun Liang who could let go.
Ah Niu didn't interfere too much in the operation of the Harmony Chamber of Commerce, but only sent more than a dozen people.
"These martial artists are all highly skilled, and they will be responsible for your safety, so as not to covet the goods of the Chamber of Commerce; The affairs of the Chamber of Commerce are complicated, and I will send you a few more merchants and officials, the work of merchants must be very clear to you, officials can play a role in foreign contacts, they all have experience in the administrative center of the territory, and are very good at handling accounts. β
Qian Xixi understands that if he makes any small moves, these five big and three thick martial artists may break their necks at any time; And those merchants and officials are obviously the henchmen of Fengxiang City Lord stationed in the Chamber of Commerce, and they are definitely no strangers to business.
"Fortunately, I never thought about messing around, otherwise I would ......" Qian Xixi broke out in a cold sweat on her back.
But Ah Niu didn't seem to be at ease, and soon after the establishment of the Harmony Chamber of Commerce, another absolute henchman entered the core layer of the Chamber of Commerce.
A ridiculously ugly guy with extraordinary business talent.
(Well, it's back.)
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