The Ming Dynasty.

Sandbank County.

Since the opening of the Western Regions firm, Gao Chunxing and others have really withdrawn all of Daming's commercial investment in the Western Regions in the shortest possible time.

Except for a few industries that were inconvenient to withdraw in a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty almost emptied its commercial investment in the Western Regions.

Of course, many fixed industries really can't do it in the short term, but this doesn't affect it.

At this moment, Gao Chunxing smiled and said: "It's okay now, all the industries of my Daming have been withdrawn, and those guys in the Western Regions think that what is a good thing after expelling my Daming's commercial system?"

Without my Daming's business support, can they really play today's business?

If you really want to talk about business, the official will only serve one person. ”

On the side, Murong Chengzhong smiled and said, "The county guard is talking about His Royal Highness, right?" ”

"That's nature." Gao Chunxing said with a smile, "Over the years, I have really surprised some people with His Highness's repeated actions in the commercial field, and sometimes the official can't understand why His Highness has been able to build miracles in business." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head as well.

However, it is normal for him not to understand, Li Chengqian took the mature business system of later generations in this era, that is, the dimensionality reduction strike.

"That's right." Murong Chengzhong suddenly asked, "What is the use of the cotton that His Highness asked us to hoard before?" ”

Cotton, as early as when Gao Chunxing took office in Shazhou, Li Chengqian deliberately explained, but they only discovered this thing this year, and then they began to buy it on a large scale.

Of course, if you really want to ask what is the use, Gao Chunxing also shook his head and said: "I don't know this official, but since it was explained by His Royal Highness, there must be a reuse."

By the way, since we have suspended all commercial activities with the Western Regions this time, let's simply stop trading everything, including cotton. ”

"Then will this affect His Highness's plan, after all, this is what His Highness explained." Murong Chengzhong asked.

"It doesn't matter." Gao Chunxing waved his hand and said, "This is all a trivial matter, as long as we take the Western Regions, all problems will be solved." ”

At this point, Gao Chunxing still sees it very thoroughly.

As long as you take the Western Regions, what is a little cotton?

If it is because of this little cotton that the Western Regions realize the importance of this thing, it will be more than worth the loss.

Murong Chengzhong also nodded when he heard this, this is indeed the case.

"That's it." Gao Chunxing said, "General Murong will lead his troops to block the border between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions now, and his attitude must be clear."

Moreover, it is necessary to contact Niu Junshou and others to block the road connecting the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty and block it in the Western Regions.

Losing my Daming and Datang, this official wants to see how much room for development there is in its Western Regions! ”

"That's okay, General Ben will lead his troops to block the border." After that, Murong Chengzhong left immediately.

And as soon as he left, Gao Chunxing was not idle, and immediately arranged for people to bewitch those people in the Western Regions.

Since ancient times, the people have been the best and the most difficult to bewitch, but with Li Chengqian's support, this is not a difficult matter.

……

On the other side, the Western Regions.

Since the countries of the Western Regions jointly created a Western Regions business, it has been really hot for two days.

Should I say it or not, the countries of the Western Regions are united, and their strength is still very strong.

It's about economic power.

After all, the commercial investment of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions over the years has also brought huge benefits to the countries of the Western Regions.

They have also accumulated some wealth over the years.

Therefore, as soon as the Western Regions business opened, it really annexed a lot of shops.

For a time, the Western Regions business was dominant in the entire Western Regions.

It's just that this kind of thing only lasted for ten years, and the magnates of the countries in the Western Regions began to feel uneasy.

Especially after the Ming Dynasty suspended commercial cooperation with the Western Regions and blocked the border, it was even more difficult for these merchants in the Western Regions.

"No, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid our Western Regions business won't be able to support it for long." In the capital of Gaochang Kingdom, among the merchants in the Western Regions, the magnates of Qiuzi Kingdom sighed.

After he finished speaking, someone said: "In the past, I always thought that those merchants of the Ming Dynasty had earned the benefits that should belong to my Western Regions, but now that those merchants of the Ming Dynasty have left, this business is not easy to do, and it is really a hell." ”

They couldn't figure it out.

Of course, people are like this, they are often reluctant to find problems from themselves when they encounter problems, and prefer to find excuses from others, and someone immediately said: "This is not the Ming Dynasty making trouble, if they didn't block my Western Regions border this time, how could this business not be done?" ”

"Maybe that's what Da Ming is for?" Someone said, "Look, as soon as they blocked the border of my Western Regions this time, my Western Regions didn't even have a way to go to Datang, and now the countless workshops under my Western Regions firm have a large amount of output every day, if you want to talk about benefits, although it is not as good as when Daming was in business."

But overall, the output is still impressive.

But the problem is, it can't be sold! ”

This is the most difficult thing for them now, and they are annoyed when they can't sell it.

And at this moment, King Gaochang also walked in, looking at everyone, he also had a headache.

Seeing King Gaochang come in, everyone immediately saluted.

King Gaochang walked over and flipped through the account book, also shook his head, and said, "It stands to reason that the daily output of my Western Regions firm is sufficient, not to mention making money, at least it is no problem to maintain operations, right?" ”

"That's what I said." The magnate of Qiuzi said, "Now we can't put it in our warehouse, but after the Ming Dynasty blocked the border of our Western Regions, we can only sell it further west."

But the king should know that in the whole world today, Daming aside, Datang is definitely the largest downstream market, and now, we have almost lost this downstream market.

Unless the king has a way to transport these things we produce to Datang, then there will be no problem. ”

This is the most practical problem they face today.

They have things, if they are calculated according to value, even since the opening of the Western Regions firm, they still make money.

If it can't be sold, it's just a pile of rags.

When King Gaochang heard this, he also shook his head helplessly.

Unsalable is really going to kill them.

"Can we put production on hold?" A powerful person from the Western Regions said, "After all, our biggest pressure now is on wages, and now, the entire Western Regions firm itself created, plus the shops that acquired Daming, the total number of people working in our Western Regions firm is not less than 100,000."

Just these 100,000 people, thanks to this business that my entire Western Regions jointly set up, if it was just one of us, it would really be unbearable.

But even so, we can't afford the daily consumption now.

100,000 people! ”

The thought of this number makes their brains hurt.

In this day and age, what is the concept of a business to feed 100,000 people?

It is no exaggeration to say that in the whole world, there are more workers than the Western Regions firm, except for the Changming firm, it is difficult to find the second one.

When King Gaochang heard this, he shook his head with difficulty: "No, if production is suspended at this time, it means that the people have nothing to do again."

So what's the point of us getting a Western Regions business?

What's more, when the common people really make a fuss, my Western Regions is really in danger! ”

"So should we lower the wages of our workers a little bit? Even if it is less than one percent, it will save a lot of money every day. ”

When King Gaochang heard this, he still shook his head: "Don't think about this, it is impossible to stop production." As for the salary cut, it is not realistic, as long as we do this, it will definitely cause some turmoil among the people, and Da Ming will definitely take the opportunity to do something.

This risk cannot be afforded by any country in the Western Regions.

In this way, you go on, and the king finds a way to solve it, and you hold on a little longer. ”

After that, King Gaochang also turned around and left.

He also had a headache.

In fact, it was not only him, when the Ming Dynasty blocked the border of the Western Regions, the kings of various countries were all sad after receiving the news.

But they can't do it, it's not something they can solve at all.

After all, the Ming Dynasty blocked the border, which they really didn't expect, in their opinion, the Ming Dynasty killed a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred.

Of course, they didn't do nothing, and the kings of various countries arranged for many people to sneak into the Ming Dynasty and enter the Tang Dynasty, wanting to find a way from the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, they are also in private contact with some businessmen in Daming, and they are even working on building a smuggling road to Datang.

It's just that they don't know that Daming is also strictly guarding them in this regard.

……

After more than a month, although the commerce of the entire Ming Dynasty was also greatly affected, the commerce of the Western Regions was even more annoyed.

However, in a month's time, the Western Regions even added warehouses I don't know how much, but production just can't catch up with sales, in this case, the days of the Western Regions are getting more and more difficult.

After all, there is no sale, there is no monetization, everything is a pile of rags.

Of course, the Western Regions did not do nothing, and even they specially got a few caravans to go west.

And in Taohe County, the eldest grandson Wuji looked at the news in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the Western Regions is panicking now." ”

"That's for sure." Xu Jingzong said with a smile, "It is estimated that the kings of the Western Regions did not expect that His Highness would actually block the border this time, but this hand is indeed ruthless enough."

If you really kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. ”

"That's normal." The eldest grandson Wuji said, "This time Da Ming's intentions are already obvious, it is nothing more than a plot against the Western Regions, it is just some gains, for Da Ming, this little loss is acceptable to them."

Compared to the entire Western Regions, what can that little income be? ”

"It's true." Xu Jingzong said with a smile, "But the conditions for opening in the Western Regions this time are still very generous, do we want to." ”

After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head, waved his hand and said: "Don't think about this, directly rejected the Western Regions, Your Majesty has already explained before, in this matter, we don't need to support Your Highness, but we can't help the Western Regions."

For the future Datang, it is better for the Western Regions to fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty than to let them scatter the sand. ”

Although he said so, both of them actually understood.

Nowadays, everyone still has illusions about Li Chengqian, including Li Er.

It's just that Li Chengqian is too strong, which makes Li Er a little entangled, but if Li Chengqian is not so strong, Li Er should be extremely satisfied with his prince.

"Then the lower official will go and refuse the envoy of the Western Regions." After Xu Jingzong finished speaking, he also turned around and left.

After he left, the eldest grandson Wuji took out a letter from the official document on the table, and sneered: "Does the King of Shu dare to covet that position?" ”

What really made him reject the Western Regions was not Li Er's explanation, and Li Er's explanation was not the Western Regions at the beginning.

What really made him do this was what Li Ke had done recently.

For him, although he is a firm Li Eryi line, if he can, he naturally will not want Li Ke to sit in that position in the future.

Not to mention that they were the vanguard of the anti-Sui back then, from the side of Empress Changsun, he only hoped that the future emperor would be on his nephew.

This is not to say that he has a good relationship with his nephews, but if Li Ke is allowed to take the position, then Li Er will definitely deal with him.

It's a given.

For the sake of the stability of the new emperor, he will never be able to stay.

Otherwise, Li Chengqian is outside, he is inside, and the new emperor is still sitting firmly.

In many cases, everyone's cooperation is not actually because of the relationship, in the final analysis, it is still interests.

At this time, of course, the eldest grandson Wuji hopes that Li Chengqian's power will be greater and he will be confirmed as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, so that his position will be more stable.

And with the refusal of Datang, the commercial system of the Western Regions finally could not support it.

The kings of the Western Regions had no choice but to decide to suspend the production of the workers for the time being, but settle them at 30% of the original salary every day.

However, this can only solve the urgent need, if the output has not been able to sell normally, their countries in the Western Regions will really not be able to support it.

Of course, this is also thanks to the fact that the people of the Western Regions have saved some money and have a certain amount of spending power over the years, otherwise the Western Regions business would have been in a hurry.

And at this time, those monarchs of the Western Regions who were originally lonely and high were finally willing to pull down their faces and go to Gao Chunxing.

Originally, they were reluctant to go.

After all, how big is the high-purity line?

What about even the people of the Gao family in Chang'an?

is not the eldest son, where can the status be compared with them?

But now they can't, so they get together.

"Are you really going to find that high purity line?" King Qiuzi asked.

When King Gaochang heard this, he smiled and said, "Is there a better way for King Qiuzi?"

As long as you can sell all the things that our Western Regions firm has in stock, you really don't need to go to the high-purity store. ”

Hearing him say this, King Qiuzi also shut up.

If he wants to have this ability, he needs to say so much?

"But didn't you say that the relationship between Li Chengqian and Datang is not very harmonious? Why did Datang reject us this time? King Shanshan said, "This time, I, Shanshan, have actually found a business route to the Tang Dynasty, although it is also a Ming Dynasty, but the safety is still guaranteed." ”

"You don't want to think about it, Daming and Datang are one family after all, do you think they will help us deal with Daming?" King Gaochang snorted coldly when he heard this, "It's just that this king really didn't expect that there would be such a strange use of commercial means!" ”

After saying that, he also sighed.

When he had finished speaking, the crowd fell silent.

In the final analysis, they can't play with business, they really can't play with it.

Especially the workshop.

If you don't produce, you can't afford to raise so many people.

Let's produce, the wages are almost unpaid.

They don't understand why everyone used to be fine, but now they can't.

What makes them even more incomprehensible is why so many people suddenly become raised by them?

When has a dynasty raised its people, unless it is a great disaster or famine?

I'll tell you about the blind date tomorrow, it's really disgusting. Well, let's talk about it here.

(End of chapter)