Chapter 298 This is clearly a money grab! In the next period of time, Ji Song also became busy.
With the opening of the three major bazaars, more and more grassland herdsmen know the news, and more and more people come to trade supplies.
The Tieshan Market where Ji Song is located was completed a few days ago. In fact, there is nothing to build, it is a simple civil structure building.
The only advantage is that it is very tall and is also to prevent strong winds on the grassland and heavy snow in winter.
Ji Song divided it into five major areas, the trading market for daily necessities, the trading market for cattle and sheep, the trading market for horses, the trading market for furs, and finally the tax department.
The reason why the horse transaction is proposed separately is to control the flow of war horses.
In this era when war horses were still extremely important strategic materials, the control of war horses was also of concern to politicians, which was to prevent war horses from flowing into the hands of hostile forces.
However, under the imperial military system implemented by the Tang Dynasty, war horses, armor, and weapons all had to be prepared by oneself, so the war horse trade could not be completely cancelled.
Therefore, controlling the whereabouts of the war horse has become extremely important.
After dividing the large areas, he divided each area into smaller units and made them a fixed area for traders.
This is not provided to you for free, but it is not expensive either. It is only copper coins per day. This is nothing at all for large transactions, and the symbolic significance is greater than the actual significance.
Originally, according to Li Jing's intention, since they were here to help him, they could just use it as they pleased, so what else would they charge?Doesn't it make you look petty?
Ji Song didn't respond after hearing this. You guys are so generous, but you are the only one who is Pixiu? Seeing that Ji Song was angry, he didn't say anything else. After all, he was more familiar with this matter than he was, so it might be a joke.
Just when Ji Song was almost ready, people from Chang'an arrived, this time led by the chief steward of Pingyang Mansion himself.
"I have met the Marquis, and the princess always thought of you when I came here!" A middle-aged man in his forties said to Ji Song.
The first time he saw the person coming, Ji Song stood up and said quickly: "Uncle Liu is serious. Why are you here this time?"
Uncle Liu was Pingyang's subordinate at that time. After Pingyang stopped leading the army, he no longer wanted to be a soldier, so he begged Pingyang to become the steward.
Uncle Liu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This matter is very important this time. The princess doesn't trust other people, and your family, Lao Zheng, can't live without you, so you have no choice but to let me come, otherwise I won't be able to control these guys."
Ji Song was also very moved when he heard this. Knowing that his aunt was supporting him, he didn't say any more polite words.
Just keep some things in your heart. There is no need to talk about them all day long, otherwise it will appear unreasonable.
Next, Ji Song didn't waste any time and asked, "Who are coming this time, and who are you likely to eat so much?"
He had to ask clearly about this. After all, there were millions of cattle and sheep in the rear army's custody. If they couldn't eat them, he would have to think of other ways.
Lao Liu smiled and said indifferently: "You have already spoken. Anyone who dares not to come this time will come even if he loses money. If anyone doesn't come, then wait to be stabbed in the spine!"
"The royal steward, Li Jing, the chief steward of the Li Ji family, the Cheng family, the Niu family, the Chai family, the Xue family, and the princess's subordinates, all of whom have been loyal to you, are here this time."
"Except for the Du family, no one in the family has made up their mind now, but in the end Cai Guogong's legitimate son also sent his confidants."
Hearing Uncle Liu say this, he also understood that the winners of the perfume and paper workshops were all here this time.
According to my aunt, after you have been eating for so many years, shouldn’t it be time to go out and spend money? Otherwise, why don’t you keep the copper coins to give birth to babies at home?
When everyone heard this, they thought, come on, this time it seems that if you don't want to bleed, you can't do it, but you are short-handed and soft-spoken. If you want to stay in this circle, you must know how to repay ’t think that you’ll be fine just by taking money. If you really become Pixiu, then just wait to be kicked out! Everyone is watching this kind of thing, and they are eager to miss out on one person!
What's more, this time I am still following Hao Zhihou, the God of Wealth. Even if I lose this time, as long as the love is still there, I will always have my own opportunities later.
If you refuse this time, then you will be conscious of being in the circle of nobles of the Tang Dynasty. Don't think about others helping you in the future. If you don't add insult to injury, it's just for the sake of past favors.
Ji Song was relieved to know that those people were here. These people had been reaping the dividends from two money-making machines, perfume and paper making.
The family's wealth is not ordinary. With the help of these people, the millions of cattle and sheep are really not enough for them to eat.
You must know that there are no less than thirty families coming this time, and even if on average each family does not have much, it is only tens of thousands of dollars.
With their family background, it is nothing.
But who is Ji Song?Can you make a loss-making transaction?
After Ji Song told Lao Liu his plan, Lao Liu was even more excited.
I originally thought I was here to lose money, but I didn't expect that others had already thought of it for me. Not only did I not lose money, I also made a lot of money.
Although it's not much, it's not bad, and this way the resistance in their hearts can be reduced a lot.
Don’t think that these people are doing it willingly, but just because of pressure!
What did they do when they came this time?We are here to solve the problem of rewards for the army. If you say that His Majesty does not know about this, even a fool will not believe it.
They all saw clearly that Princess Pingyang had saved enough face when she told them, and it must be His Majesty's intention behind it.
If anyone dares not to come, just wait to be recorded in the notebook!
I don’t know when people remembered that you, a guy who doesn’t give the emperor face, will die by then.
In fact, Ji Song's plan was very simple, that is, deep processing on the spot. Whether it was fur, as long as it could be processed on the grassland, he asked people to bring in craftsmen.
With the cheap raw materials from the grassland, there is no need for them to go back and think of ways to process them. Who has the greatest demand for fur? Ji Song told them responsibly that they were the prairie people who were everywhere in the prairie.
Don't think that just because they have a lot of cattle and sheep all day long, they can wear well-tanned have such technology, and they put it on the body after a little processing.
The fur that has been simply treated not only has a strong smell, but is also very hard.
In the past, there was no other way. Just being able to keep out the cold was enough, and there wasn’t so much emphasis on it.
But if these things were tanned by merchants from the Central Plains and turned into high-quality furs, do you think they would buy them?
So, when Lao Liu took a second-rate fur coat he brought and exchanged it for five cows in the hands of a tribal leader, everyone went crazy.
This is a fucking business, obviously trying to steal money!
(End of this chapter)