People like Li Yuanxing who are not good at drinking like this wine. There is only one reason why it is light and low in alcohol content.
"Zheng He!" Li Yuanxing placed his chopsticks and shouted softly. Zheng He immediately understood and gave a gesture to the little eunuch. The little eunuch held a tray. On the tray was a bottle of wine that Li Yuanxing brought from modern times. It was an authentic white wine.
Fifteen-year-old Moutai porcelain vase.
"I only brought four bottles of this wine this time. My brother may not have drank it yet. Let's taste it today and then get down to business." Li Yuanxing nodded after finishing speaking.
Zheng He personally took a two-cent wine glass from the tray and poured it for Gao Jian.
As for the merchants, they were not qualified yet, so they knelt down and thanked the young eunuch.
There wasn't much wine, just one bottle. There were quite a few businessmen who came to the meeting. With a status like Mr. Su's, it was natural for him to have money to taste it. For those with lower status, it would be nice to have half the money.
The hall on the second floor of Yangui Tower is not small, but the aroma of wine is extremely rich.
All businessmen kneel down and thank you!
Gao Jian whispered at this time: "The saint hasn't drank yet, so it would be inappropriate for me to drink!"
"It's okay, my brother won't care about this. He has been sent to the palace. I think he is still at the court meeting at this time, so he will drink it at noon. Drink with peace of mind." Li Yuanxing comforted Gao Jian.
Before Gao Jian drank, he noticed that the merchant had a strange expression. He smelled the wine in front of him, bowed in the direction of the palace, took a small sip, and called it fairy wine.
When the merchants heard Gao Jian's comment, they all shouted for the fairy wine.
Li Yuanxing stood up at this time, but waved his hand to the merchants: "Sit down, I have called you here. It is also the grace of the saint. I said something in Zhuangzi, I use the name of King Qin as a guarantee to let you come."
Each of those craftsmen has a title, a scholar, farmer, or merchant. Businessmen are lower than workers, but you have money in your hands and live a better life than the craftsmen. So in real terms, the craftsmen are one level lower than you."
Many of the businessmen began to sweat. They didn't know what Li Yuanxing wanted to do, and they were extremely nervous.
Li Yuanxing added: "I also promise today that I will give you a chance to compete for the title!"
The businessmen are even more afraid. Isn't this asking them to donate money?
"You have a chamber of commerce. Let's talk about silk first. During the Han Dynasty, silk was sold to foreign countries. Do you businessmen know how much silk cost in the Roman Empire, a foreign country tens of thousands of miles away? If you know, feel free to be bold.
explain!"
There are really businessmen coming out now.
"His Highness, the price of silk sold to foreign merchants is two to four guan per piece of high-quality ordinary silk. I think foreign merchants can make ten or a hundred times the profits by traveling thousands of miles."
"Ten times, hahaha! A hundred times, hahaha!" Li Yuanxing laughed, making the laughing businessmen even more nervous.
Li Yuanxing slammed the wine glass in his hand to the ground: "I tell you, it is twice the price. Use twice the weight of gold to exchange for a piece of silk. I don't know how many pieces of silk there are in a pound. You guys
Go and calculate, how much does two kilograms of gold cost! Calculate it! Let me calculate it now, and make it clear!"
Each piece of silk was actually weighed by Li Yuanxing. According to modern standards, it weighed eight to ten kilograms.
Converting gold into copper coins, the price in the early Tang Dynasty was about 20 qian per tael of gold, which was 20,000 copper coins. Even less, it was 15,000 copper coins.
Based on the weight, the price in Rome was several million copper coins.
The merchants of the Tang Dynasty were frightened after calculating in their minds. The amount was too huge, and the other party would benefit more than a hundred times.
"I killed a few people a few days ago. I killed several foreign businessmen. You know why. Let me tell you, I am very angry!"
Li Yuanxing said that he had killed someone, but in fact he had no time to kill people, and even if he had time, he would not have the courage.
But with these words, all the businessmen were so frightened that they all left their seats and knelt on the ground.
"Do you know why I kill people? Because the canes of those foreign merchants are hollow and have silkworm eggs inside. I am angry, who let the foreign merchants get such things? I want to kill people. My guard
He said he would kill his whole family." Li Yuanxing looked so angry that all the businessmen were trembling with fear.
Gao Jian also stood up at this time: "I think His Highness the King of Qin is kind and should punish the nine tribes!"
The businessman was trembling, because Gao Jian's sentence of killing the nine tribes was really too terrible!
"Everyone get up!" Li Yuanxing roared.
The businessmen were stunned, and several of the timid ones even pissed themselves.
Li Yuanxing's tone slowed down a bit: "I am not here to ask for guilt this time, so don't be too afraid. If anyone needs to change clothes, go immediately. Zheng He will make a cup of tea for me, and give Mr. Gao a cup as well."
Zheng He not only went to make tea, but also asked people to drag away those who needed to change clothes. These businessmen were really weak in the legs.
"Have you calculated it? A piece of silk is worth three thousand guan in Rome. Of course, foreign merchants have also worked hard. After all, it takes more than a year to travel thousands of miles, so they should earn some money."
"I'm waiting for death!" Li Quandao of the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce threw himself down in front of Li Yuanxing and knelt down, and all his silk merchants also knelt down.
"Get up, I have called you here to discuss how to put this money in our pockets. We, of course, are saints, and the Tang Dynasty, as well as you hard-working businessmen, naturally have to give some hard-earned money to the farmers.
.You know how hard this king has worked!" Li Yuanxing just hit him with a big stick, which frightened the businessmen. Now he will talk about making money, and the effect will naturally be great.
The shrewd businessmen who had been doing business for many years were not very afraid, because Li Yuanxing also gave everyone some fairy wine to drink. If he really wanted to kill him, there would be no need to give him the fairy wine.
Li Huishou was the first to say: "Your Highness is wise, this money will naturally be kept in Datang."
Businessmen are going crazy. Ten times the profit can make them take risks, a hundred times the profit can make them desperate, and a thousand times the profit can make them dare to rebel. Now this is where the thousand times the profit is, and the fear in the hearts of the businessmen
It completely disappeared, and only the frenzy followed.
Li Yuanxing sat back again: "My first order is that silkworms are the top secret of the Tang Dynasty. You should keep a close eye on them, just like you keep a close eye on your own treasury. If I know that the foreign businessman gets this secret again,
Even if it is stolen, I will not be lenient."
"Don't worry, Your Highness King Qin, I will keep this secret even if I die."
"Okay, very good!" Li Yuanxing nodded.
After taking a sip of tea, Li Yuanxing's expression relaxed a lot: "I will go to the saints to establish the Foreign Trade Department of the Tang Dynasty. In the future, the price of goods sold to foreign merchants will be set by the Commercial Department, and this Commercial Department will leave a reservation for each of your chambers of commerce.
The next two positions have no rank and assist the Commercial Department in making money."
"The King of Qin is wise!"
"The first product is silk. Standards should be set, and prices should be unified for each standard. Foreign business taxes should be unified. Among the chambers of commerce, the three companies with the best silk quality will be given royal titles! Just like you, Li Huishou, the Huzhou Qingyuan Silk House
, it can be named Tang Royal Qingyuan Silk. But Li Hui, don’t be happy first. You have to fight for this qualification. There is no privilege. This name will be evaluated once every three years!"
"The King of Qin is wise!"
"There are another seven, those who sell more goods to foreign merchants, the goods are good, and the merchant taxes are high. They are named, the Palace of the Tang Dynasty. There will be a review every three years. Among them, the first place will get the title of baron in a county, and it will be awarded for three consecutive years.
The top three can be hereditary and promoted."
After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, everyone shouted again: "The King of Qin is wise!"
"The Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce will discuss the detailed charter internally, and Lord Gao Jiangao will give you the final decision. I have a principle. The silk of the Tang Dynasty is the only one in the world. The silk of the Tang Dynasty is gold. The silk of the Tang Dynasty must be for the Great Tang Dynasty."
Tang went to exchange for foreign treasures, gold, silver, copper coins, and anything valuable."
"The King of Qin is wise!"
Li Yuanxing was very satisfied with the result. Gao Jian was stunned. This King of Qin was not only wise, he was a genius sent from heaven.
Li Yuanxing sat down and approached Gao Jian: "Master Gao, you need to make more plans. I think that one million yuan a year should be the starting point. You must earn more."
"Yes! It must be more than one million yuan!" Gao Jianxin said. It seems that King Qin still underestimated the fanaticism and love of money of these businessmen. With such profits and opportunities, as long as they are managed well, the Tang Dynasty will receive millions of dollars in the national treasury every year.
Guan is really a small amount of money. The King of Qin must not know how many pieces of silk the Tang Dynasty sells every year.
Gao Jian's goal was to make an annual income of three million yuan from Datang's silk sales to foreign countries.
As for keeping the secret of silk, as long as you dare to pick up the knife and the businessman knows the importance of keeping it secret, then it is definitely not a problem.
The merchants of the Brocade Silk Chamber of Commerce have gone crazy.
Li Yuanxing stood up again. It was time for him to leave. Next was some discussion between Gao Jian and the businessman. After standing up, Li Yuanxing said again: "Mian silk is the first, who is next? It's porcelain,
Tea, or something else, I am looking forward to it!"
King Qin is wise!
Amidst loud cheers, Li Yuanxing left with small square steps.
When Li Yuanxing returned to Prince Qin's Mansion to taste tea and ask the kitchen to make a few side dishes again, the shock Li Yuanxing brought to Datang had just begun.
The first shock is to prevent fire, theft and foreign countries.
Even the waiter in the restaurant knows that you should not tell foreigners about the Tang Dynasty casually. If you take the reward, you will lose the face of the Tang Dynasty. What is more serious is that you accidentally tell some secrets and kill your whole family.
It would be impossible for ordinary people to say it, but if it was said in the mouth of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, it must be true.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the aristocratic clan members who received the news took it very seriously and issued strict orders. If any servants violated King Qin's rules, they would be beaten to death with sticks. Ordinary clansmen would give poisoned wine, and even important clan members would be treated seriously.
punishment.
Li Yuanxing did not expect that his order would shock even the family members!