For a moment, everyone was asked by Du Shaoqing. There were so many shopkeepers present, but they didn’t necessarily sell silk when they went to the Western Regions. Many people didn’t do silk business, and the cost was too high.

More people don’t want to answer because this involves their own business secrets. Everyone is doing business with foreigners in the west, and the prices are set. As long as you can sell them, that is your ability. So usually no one will reveal their pricing. Du Shaoqing asked this question, but there is a problem.

"Does no one want to disclose their own business secrets? Shopkeeper Zheng, your silk tea bricks from Zheng's family in Xingyang travel all over the world, and it should be a normal price." Mr. Du asked after counting Zheng Da's name.

Zheng Da smiled bitterly and said, "Silk is also an upper-class valuable item in our Tang Dynasty. It is naturally not cheap to sell it to the Gentiles. In addition, the cost of traveling to the Western Regions is generally three or four times higher than the market price of the Tang Dynasty."

"Three or four times? God, is it so profitable to sell silk to the west?" Many small vendors exclaimed.

Many big vendors smiled disdainfully and secretly scolded these people for being unaware of their knowledge. Is three or four times high?

Du Shaoqing asked again: "It's good to make more than twice as much money as the cost of removing raw materials, labor costs, and other costs along the way.

Maybe there are more expensive ones that can be sold?"

Looking around, someone finally stood up. The shopkeeper of the Li family in Longxi said loudly: "Why should Du Madam Du go around the corner? How much does each company sell for the price is the ability of each company.

Moreover, three or four times is just an ordinary product, and silk is divided into three or six. The more high-quality it is, the more rare and precious it is in the west, and the higher the selling price. In addition, it is difficult to travel west, and the further you go, the higher the selling price, so it is impossible to compare.

I am not a praising me. The highest price sold by Li family in Longxi is ten times the original price of the Tang Dynasty. I guess even if it is not the highest price, it will be almost the same."

This... ten times? The whole audience was silent.

Then someone next to him was good at the shopkeeper of the Li family in Longxi whispered: "You old boy, you have such a great benefit and are so hidden in such a strict manner. I thought that eight times the price of my family was the highest price."

It seems that he is not as rude as you, an old guy."

"What do you mean to be ruthless? If you don't do business with a group of alien races, you may not be left with bones left."

Du Shaoqing bowed and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Li, for your advice. It's ten times the price. It seems that the people in the chamber of commerce are great talents.

Since that's the case, Du didn't hide it anymore. My Du family chamber of commerce also took a trip not long ago. It was a little farther away, and the selling price was different from everyone.

Our price is one or two gold!”

Wow... Awesome, trade with gold, this is hard currency.

"One tael of gold? It's only ten taels of silver. This price is ten times that of a low-quality silk. It's not unusual. If you sell high-quality silk, it's not enough to see it." A person with a good reputation judged.

Du Shaoqing stretched out a finger and shook it and said, "It's not a liang of gold and a piece of silk, but a liang of gold, exchange for a liang of silk!"

hiss……

this……

Everyone in the audience took a breath!

Oh my god, this is too cruel!

The shopkeeper of the Li family in Longxi cursed secretly, "You, Du Shaoqing, isn't this intentionally robbing customers at a high price?"

It seems that the rumors about Du Shaoqing being greedy for money in Chang'an City are true. This guy is really not particular. He seems to be trying to cheat foreigners. It is said that the first person to fall into the trap was Goguryeo in the northeast. I don't know which one of the silk is unlucky in the west.

The shopkeeper was right, but it was not accurate enough. It should be said that Du Shaoqing not only cheated the rich people from foreign countries, but also the Tang Dynasty.

"Then, then, I wonder which country the prince consort sold silk to the west? Is there a good thing I can wait for?" Someone asked, "Who doesn't envy people when they see that they have made money? And selling silk in terms of weight is probably a hundred times the profit.

Even if such a business is only done once a year, it may be as good as the business that has been in the past few years. Many small businessmen are jealous. Not only them, but also the big businessmen are also looking at Du Shaoqing enviously.

"Of course, the purpose of inviting everyone to come today is to share the huge profit of silk a hundred times the total." Du Shaoqing said loudly.

Everyone was incited by a word, but some people were always calm. The boss of the Zheng family was puzzled and said, "What is the purpose of the prince-consort doing this? What do we need to pay?

There has never been a pie in the world."

Yes, everyone seemed to be poured with cold water and woke up immediately. Are there any conditions?

Du Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Haha, of course there are conditions, but you have already passed it. The condition is to contribute to Pinggaochang. If you don't have much, just be willing."

Wow... many people cheered and shouted that Du Fuma Du was righteous. This condition is that simple.

The shopkeeper of Li's family in Longxi said in confusion: "But it's wrong. If the prince consort has a grudge against Gaochang, then we should be summoned before the army goes to war. At that time, there is no need for the court to pay, and just let us raise military expenses to pacify Gaochang?

Is there any money we have now, Gaochang has to finish, so why do we have to do this in vain?”

Du Shaoqing thought that this person was meticulous, so he sighed and explained: "Gaochang is not the enemy of my Du Shaoqing family. He is stuck in the important roads of the Western Regions and is strangling the necks of all our merchants every year.

If they were told that we sold silk to a sky-high price, I'm afraid they wouldn't just have tolls and directly monopolize the silk transactions going west.

Therefore, the matter of silk for gold must be proposed after the destruction of Gaochang.

Of course, the same thing is still the case. Today’s things are just an introductory test. If you don’t know how to serve the country first, you are not qualified to share this benefit with us.”

OK... After this explanation, no one has any objections. Everyone says that Du Fuma is smart.

But many people still don’t understand why he is willing to share his interests with others. If the Du Family Chamber of Commerce does it, wouldn’t it be a mountain of gold? What is Du Shaoqing trying to do?

This is a matter of personal vision. Although Du Shaoqing is greedy for money, he does not love money, and he does not make money just to make money.

Taking out this huge profit can win over the merchants who united the Tang Dynasty, so that the entire merchant class no longer fights alone in a mess. This is the purpose.

After deciding who will share the cake together, the next question is naturally how to divide it.

Du Shaoqing proposed his own plan, that is, the total amount of silk from the Tang Dynasty to go out of the Western Regions must be decided every year.

Then everyone will share the total export volume according to the proportion of the military expenditure this time, which is the most fair.

This is really a novel way of division, many people think.

More people regretted that they had invested less. If they had known this, they would not have invested 100% of their money before, but should have invested all their belongings.

But someone saw the problem, "Monkey King Du, according to your classification, there seems to be no fairness. Everyone has donated more money, and everyone has no idea about it in advance. How much money is occupied is personal luck.

But how do you guarantee the total amount of silk from the Western Regions? After all, the world's travelers from the Western Regions have not only arrived today, but many other large chambers of commerce from other state roads have not come."

Du Shaoqing licked his palm and shouted at this person. This question was very critical.

"We could not guarantee it before, because the way to go west was in Gaochang's hands, but it could guarantee it in the future, because Gaochang was beaten by us, and the Tang Dynasty was going to garrison the troops.

All goods from the customs must be inspected by border troops before they can be left out, and the method to control the total export volume of silk is that simple."

"What if someone doesn't agree?" someone asked.

"Don't accept it? Who paid the money to Gaochang? It was us, which was equivalent to us paying the money. The court worked together to win the checkpoints on the journey westward. What if they didn't accept it? Who made them not pay?"

There was no need for Du Shaoqing to answer, and someone soon figured out the key points here and every sentence he said was reasonable.

Some timid businessmen whispered: "If this is the case, it is a bit too domineering. I'm afraid I'll offend people."

"Those who are timid and afraid of death can automatically withdraw. They have no courage at all. What business are they doing?" someone next to him said disdainfully.

How do you...

Seeing that the person who was talking was a noble businessman, the man could only bear it and stop talking and could not afford to offend him.

Du Shaoqing waved his hand and asked everyone to stop the argument, and explained: "Although everyone present has the right to manage the Western Regions silk, they do not have to operate it themselves. They can voluntarily choose whether to do business or not, or they can choose to transfer their share to others.

It can even be rented to others. For example, my Du Family Chamber of Commerce has the right to export 20,000 pieces of silk a year, but we are not in a position to manage it, so we can hand over 10,000 pieces of silk to others for making.

Of course, if others use our share, our Du Family Chamber of Commerce will naturally take a commission from future profits. If we do nothing, we can make a profit with this share, which is also good.

And this will have an advantage, which will make many people who want to do silk business have money to make, and will not make people say that our group of people are too domineering."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people from the Lu family in Fanyang shouted: "If the Du Family Chamber of Commerce intends to transfer part of the share, my Lu Family Chamber of Commerce will be the first to take over, and I will take over it all, and I will ask for it all!"

Everyone laughed, "Isn't that right? Who wouldn't want it? How much share is occupied means how much money you can earn from the Western Regions businessmen in the future. Don't be a fool."

Seeing that everyone was very enthusiastic and reached a quick cooperation, Du Shaoqing hit the railway while it was hot: "I have decided on the issue of sharing the money, so let's talk about the business matters.

The first point is to sell goods to the Western Regions in the future and how far they go. We have to carefully agree on pricing issues in various places. We must unify them and do not make any changes to prices and disrupt the market without any private changes to the price."

"Yes, we all agreed that anyone who breaks the rules will kick it out!"

"The second point is Gaochang's problem. If our business wants to grow bigger and stronger, we must have a strong support. To put it bluntly, it is the guards on the westbound business road.

Your Majesty intends to station 100,000 troops in Gaochang for many years to protect the business roads on the west, so we will take out the money for raising 100,000 troops." Du Shaoqing expressed his ultimate goal.

this……

Many people pondered and said, "The Tang Dynasty is a military system, how many permanent troops are there?" This account seems to be difficult to settle.

"Mr. Prince Concubine, this Western Regions business is not just our silk business. Is it just us who pays for it?" someone asked.

Du Shaoqing said decisively: "Of course not, all businessmen traveling west have to pay tariffs.

But our silk is profitable, so we must go from the checkpoint to the guards along the way, and the elite troops must do their duty. If we don’t rush to pay this money, if someone gets some silkworm eggs, looms, etc. in the future, we may all have to drink the northwest wind."

"Dare? Who dares to leak the secrets? Kill his whole family!" someone shouted.

"Yes, who dares to be so bold?"

...

Good guy, almost everyone has murderous auras for more than a hundred people. It seems that these people are sleek businessmen like Mr. Hao, but at critical moments, none of them are kind-hearted guys.

Du Shaoqing joked: "Then the money for raising soldiers?"

"Of course we are here. Whoever rushes to pay with our people will be anxious!" The shopkeeper of Li's family in Longxi shouted.

"Yes, the prince consort, but how much does it cost? There must be a number." Someone said with concern.

When someone asked someone to get a booklet, Du Shaoqing looked through it, and then said aloud: "The specific cost of the permanent soldiers cannot be counted for the time being, but there is a rough estimate below.

This matter was originally discussed with Your Majesty. Your Majesty said that it might be almost the same as ten taxes, otherwise the tax revenue would be too harsh, how different is it from Gaochang?" Du Shaoqing introduced.
To be continued...