Chapter 279: Something Went Wrong
According to Li Xiang's original plan, the best salt is 500 wen a catty, and the price of the highest quality salt is suppressed on the market, so that the following qualities will decline in the same period, so that the major families will lose their money, and now it is fully listed, and Zhou Huairen also got the first-hand news of Chang'an City.
"Please ...... the emperor"
When Zhou Huairen saw the emperor, he was still a little scared in his heart, and of course he was very proud in his heart, he was a small businessman, and he was able to report the sales situation directly to the emperor, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of businessmen.
"Did they change the price?"
The emperor didn't care about this person's etiquette, but asked the most important thing at the first time, Li Xiang set the price at 500 Wen, which is already a relatively low price, and there is a big gap between the highest grade salt in other major families and Li Xiang's, but they have already set the price to 1,500 Wen.
If they don't raise the price of salt, then they won't be able to make money, and they won't even be able to get their capital back, so during this period of time, as long as the major families have salt in their hands, they have been raising the price of salt.
Li Shimin also pays attention to this all the time, so he asked Li Xiang to start it as soon as possible, otherwise the people will have an accident sooner or later if they can't eat salt, and now Li Xiang's exquisite salt is on the market, see if they can stand it.
"Forehead ......"
Zhou Huairen was still a little nervous after seeing the emperor, and suddenly forgot about what he had prepared before.
"How's our sales going?"
Li Xiang didn't blame Zhou Huairen, after all, he was an ordinary businessman, and it was normal that he hadn't seen the world.
"If you go back to Your Highness, we have a total of 20,000 catties in Chang'an City today, and they have all been sold out, and we have also registered a batch of pre-sales, and they have also paid a deposit, and the pre-sale is 35,000 catties, and this number is still increasing."
After hearing this figure, Li Shimin and Li Xiang were relieved, they were afraid that we would not be able to sell it, if our salt could not be sold, then there would be no way to suppress the prices of the major families, and there would be no way for them to accept huge losses, and there would be no way for the people to eat cheap salt.
"According to your estimates, when should the major families reduce their prices?"
Li Shimin doesn't know much about some things in business, but if he fights with the major families, he has to suppress them in business, which is the least costly, and at the same time can weaken them the strongest.
The major families have been able to walk sideways in the Tang Dynasty over the years, isn't it because they have a lot of money? Money can make ghosts grind, although Li Shimin can suppress them strongly, but if they do this, they will set off a bloody storm in the market, so that the entire economy of Datang is in an unstable state, even if they are suppressed in the end, what Li Shimin gets is a mess, so both sides are fighting within the framework.
"We'll see in a few days."
Li Xiang didn't dare to say too much, after all, the major families have their own rulers, and their governing philosophy may not all be the same, some families have a large number of salt introductions, and some families have a small number of salt introductions, so what will it become, we have to continue to wait and see.
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, the price of the Zheng family's store in Nancheng has been reduced, from 1,500 to 1,400 ......"
A small servant at the door said loudly, he had already explained before, just shout out from the door, and no one can come in.
Only a hundred?
After hearing the news, the two ancestors and grandchildren were not very happy on their faces, the people of the major families were not fools, if they only dropped a hundred Wen, then the highest grade of salt in their hands would not be sold at all, and their quality was simply the difference between heaven and earth compared to Li Xiang's eyes.
"The salt of the Li family of Zhaojun has dropped to 1,400 Wen ......"
The second family with a price reduction has also come out, as long as there is a follow-up, then it will definitely continue to fall, but I don't know how big it is.
This is different from what Li Xiang expected at the beginning, according to what Li Xiang expected at the beginning, these people must have bought their own samples for the first time, and then compared with their own, they will also know the difference in quality, and they should directly reduce the price to less than 500 Wen, rather than only 100 Wen.
"Do we need to adjust our selling prices?"
Zhou Huairen saw the faces of Li Shimin and Li Xiang, and naturally knew that it was not up to standard, but what we can do now is extremely limited, even if our prices are lowered, but the salt on our hands is limited, if they are all sold out now, then it will not end well in the future.
"Don't act rashly, it stands to reason that these people are not stupid, after our salt is on the market, it is impossible for them to continue to sell at the original price, if it is still according to the original price, then their goods are likely to become waste, and they can get back to themselves with a little less money, and they can't hold a bunch of waste, right?"
Li Xiang also felt a little strange, this was not at all what he expected, he had dealt with the five surnames and Qiwang, these people's brains are not stupid, and even some people are stronger than themselves, this account can be calculated clearly, can't they be clear?
"It's not good, it's ...... someone to come"
Li Shimin suddenly thought of something, this has something to do with some previous cases, Li Xiang looked at Li Shimin inexplicably, and suddenly rushed in two black-clothed people from the outside, except for Wang De just now, Li Shimin didn't bring anyone in, it seems that he still underestimated the emperor of the dynasty.
"Let's find out who bought all the salt."
After Li Shimin's words were finished, Li Xiang was also shocked, he remembered that at the last auction, Cui Sanye's handwriting was very big, and he bought almost everything he could buy, although they didn't have any goods in their hands, but they could be a second-way dealer, and a monopoly second-way dealer.
"It's impossible, we've all registered the people who bought it, and they're all from different families......"
Zhou Huairen also understood some of the Taos, but according to what he had learned, some people had nothing to do with the five surnames and seven hopes, and if the five surnames and seven hopes wanted to monopolize them, it would be simply impossible.
Li Shimin and Li Xiang didn't speak, Zhou Huairen underestimated the ability of the five surnames and seven hopes, and the two grandparents also underestimated the abilities of the five surnames and seven hopes......