Opening up new markets and trade routes is an extremely risky thing. If you are not careful, you will suffer heavy losses.
Even if you are well prepared and careful along the way, accidents may happen, leading to failure in opening up new markets and trading routes.
If you are a small merchant, you may lose everything in this process.
With the financial resources of Zhao Xiangqi's two uncles, since they can be called the God of Wealth in the capital, they will naturally not be ruined by one attempt to open up new markets and business routes.
In fact, there are generally two types of people who open up new markets and trade routes.
One is that they can no longer survive in the original place and can only look for new places of vitality. This kind of merchants are generally all-in, and if they fail, they will have nothing.
The other kind is like Zhao Xiangqi's uncle, who has accumulated wealth to a certain extent and his original market share has been reached, so he begins to seek new breakthroughs.
And in this case, you won’t invest too much in new places at the beginning.
Through a small but extensive approach, they will try to invest in different places without affecting their original business. If it doesn't work, they will stop the loss in time and choose to give up.
If successful, new investment will be added.
A place like Northern Xinjiang, with windy sand all over the land, a barren environment, and the danger of barbarians from abroad, is not a suitable place for investment.
This is not an era of peace. Even if the profits from reselling goods to barbarian lands are not low, the risks are also higher.
In this case, why not choose those relatively friendly and familiar barbarians to cooperate?
Therefore, even if Zhao Xiangqi's two uncles wanted to open up new trade routes and markets in the direction of northern Xinjiang, they would not be able to invest too much power.
At most, there are only one or two small caravans.
However, the goods brought by the caravan that first went to northern Xinjiang accounted for one-tenth of the total annual trade volume of these two foreign relatives, the Marquis.
Don't underestimate this tenth.
Based on the scale of the business between two people, this one-tenth of the total amount of business is more than the total amount of business of some small caravans in ten years.
If the market opening fails and these goods are not sold, even if they can be brought back and transported to other places for further sale, the time consumed, the consumption of horses and the customs duties along the way, etc., are also a huge waste.
These losses were at least enough for Zhao Xiangqi to squander for at least two years according to previous standards.
Taking such a big risk is against the rules of businessmanship.
Therefore, if you do not want to be suspected, a suitable reason is naturally necessary.
The public reason for Zhao Xiangqi's two uncles was that they planned to lose some money and give it to their nephew, Prince Yu, with whom they had always been close, in the name of paying taxes, but in reality as a gift.
And it’s a legal and compliant way to send money.
In this feudal dynasty, as long as Emperor Xin does not corrupt those who belong to the court and does not harm the interests of the court for money, then other people will send some money to him through formal methods, and others will have no reason to attack.
The world is so big, who can stop others from doing business somewhere?
As for normal tax payments, others can't say anything.
As the prince born to the daughter of a merchant, King Qi had always been ostracized by his other brothers. Finally, he found someone close to him. In order to prevent their relationship from becoming estranged, it is not incomprehensible that the two would do this for their nephew.
The family is big and the business is big, so the two of them are not short of money.
And Zhao Xiangqi also had the attitude that it was all a trivial matter for the sake of his brothers.
In order to show that he has no concept of money and maintain the image of a playboy, his already extravagant life has become even more ridiculous.
Up to this point, everything is no different from what Zhao Xiangqi said.
The real bifurcation point is after the caravan arrives in northern Xinjiang.
If it is said that Northern Xinjiang may not be able to eat such a large amount of goods for the first time, the caravan going to Northern Xinjiang will not make any money even though it does not suffer losses.
But after the second, third and subsequent times, when the caravan made money, there was a legitimate reason.
When giving away money, only a fool would choose to give up if he finds that he can make money again.
Even though in some places, the Ancient Moon Realm already has a way of avoiding suspicion, it is not as strict as the Prehistoric Realm or Blue Star.
Some conveniences are within the scope of the imperial laws.
But after Emperor Xin wiped out the Turks and completely brought the grassland under the rule of Dali, it would be more conducive to their business.
In the past, when these caravans left Dali from northern Xinjiang, the barbarians who could do business were naturally the Turks who were closest to them.
However, the Turkic tribe has been invading the Dali border all year round, and there is already hatred between the two tribes.
Therefore, although reselling goods to Turks is highly profitable, the risks are also high.
Even those caravans that do not do business with the Turks still face considerable risks when passing through the grasslands ruled by the Turks.
But it was different when Emperor Xin brought the grassland under the rule of Dali.
After the Turks were wiped out, even though these caravans lost one person to trade with, they could more safely transport goods to barbarian lands outside the grasslands.
Although this route will be longer, firstly, there is no danger on the grassland; secondly, after crossing the grassland, those aliens who are separated by at least one barbarian tribe have no enmity with Dali.
As Dali is a kingdom in the Celestial Empire, even some ordinary goods are extremely popular in these places.
Therefore, although it will take longer due to the increase in distance, both safety and profits will be better.
At this point, the profits have completely outweighed the risks.
The caravans that have the conditions will naturally not let go of carving up this brand new market.
After destroying the Turks, it also means that Emperor Xin has become powerful and no longer relies on one merchant, and no longer needs to be timid.
And the analysis so far has proved one point.
That is, for Zhao Xiangqi, he only needs to pretend until then.
Even though for the sake of safety, he still could not openly express his support for King Yu, he did not have to maintain his life in such a luxurious and absurd situation.
He can completely return to his previous state.
Because at this time, no matter whether others still have suspicions or not, it is no longer possible to curb the rise of Emperor Xin by imposing sanctions on the business of Zhao Xiangqi's two uncles.
As long as they don't openly transport grain and money to northern Xinjiang, no one will be stupid enough to deal with the two gods of wealth at this time.
Not to mention, behind these two gods of wealth is Concubine Mu, who is extremely favored by the emperor.
From the time Emperor Xin arrived in northern Xinjiang and took office to the time when the Turks were eliminated, it took less than a year. But if Zhao Xiangqi started pretending, this time would be even shorter.
At most, it will only take a little more than half a year.
For more than half a year, even if he started eating, he would not be able to eat like this.
In other words, Zhao Xiangqi was "forced" to eat this bear-like body, which was actually intentional.
