The cold clerk looked at the notice at the door of the freight yard and was stunned for a while before he said: "What does it mean that fur is placed in the yard and not allowed to be sold privately?" ”

The man next to him: "I heard that in the past, merchants bought and sold privately, and there were many tax evaders. The yamen came up with this method, and all transactions must go through the yamen's people, otherwise they are not allowed to trade. ”

When Du Zhongxiao set up the freight yard, he did not arrange a special tooth man, and mainly traded directly with merchants. Since it was a spot transaction, there were no surprises. Now that the exchange is about to be opened, the previous business model will not work, and the benefits of the tooth man will be revealed. The current tooth man is equivalent to a broker in the exchange in the previous life, directly controlled by the government.

Leng Yuanwai said: "I have a legitimate business and have never evaded taxes, how can I encounter this kind of thing?" In the future, it will all be bought and sold by the tooth people, will the tax paid more or less? Is there a clear way to say it? ”

"The notice makes it clear that the tax will not change, but the tooth man will charge some commissions."

The cold clerk shook his head and walked towards the freight yard, wondering why the government suddenly changed to this when the business was doing well in front of him. His previous business was not large-scale, until he had recently built a freight yard with the rest of the United Guild, and he was about to be careless, but he encountered this change.

When he arrived at the freight yard, he was meeting Hong Futong of the tanning guild, so he hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Outside, do you see the notice posted outside the freight yard?" ”

Hong Futong shook his head: "I have a lot of things to do every day, and I don't have the leisure to walk around, where to read the notice." ”

The cold clerk said: "Alas, I don't know what the government thinks, in the future, the fur trade in the freight yard will all have to go through the tooth people, and you will have to pay commissions." ”

Hong Futong listened, hurriedly asked in detail, stomped his feet and scolded: ", it must be the people in the yamen who saw that we made some money, felt red-eyed, and came up with this way to toss us!" Pity me and you for building such a workshop, and many craftsmen do the work. ”

Leng Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, and said, "No, you don't buy and sell furs, what do you have to do with it?" ”

Hong Futong patted his head: "Yes, it has nothing to do with us!" When others come to us to tann their furs, the wages will not be less, and what do they do to us! You see, I've been so busy lately that I'm just talking nonsense. ”

As soon as he figured out that it had nothing to do with him, Hong Futong's mood improved again, and he pulled the cold staff outside and said: "Outside, now the tanning shed has been completely built, and it is all built according to the shed in the yamen, which is exactly the same." Just wait for tomorrow when the people are ready, you can take a large amount of raw hides and come to tannish them. Last time, you said that there were more than a dozen merchants who went to Yanmen Village to sell hides together, when will you come back? ”

The cold officer had something in his heart, and he had no intention of going to see the shed with Hong Futong, and said: "I'm going to come back in a few days, you just have to get ready." Since the shed has been built first, we can take over other businesses, and we will pay for it when the time comes. ”

Hong Futong said diligently: "I have to say that I have already received the goods from two merchants. You don't know, a few days ago, when we were still building here, there were businessmen from other places walking around here to know when we were going to start construction. Outside, you did the right thing to build this workshop with us, and now you don't have to worry about running out of business at all. ”

Leng Yuanwai casually dealt with a few words and said, "Hong Yuanwai, since the workshop is busy, you go back and keep an eye on it." I went over there to find Kong Mu and asked him what it meant that all business would have to go through Yaren in the future. This is not a trivial matter for me. ”

After bidding farewell to Hong Futong, the cold staff went to the workshop of the government and went straight to Qi Kongmu.

After saluting, the cold officer said: "Kongmu, I saw that the list was unveiled outside, saying that in the future, all the fur trading will be handled by the tooth people, and the merchants are not allowed to sell them privately." Why don't you discuss this kind of important matter with our guild? That's not good. ”

Qi Kongmu said: "What are you discussing?" I just found out. This matter was decided by the governor of the state, so just do it. ”

When the cold officer heard this, he couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "How can the minister of Zhizhou care about such a thing?" I've just negotiated business with a few Central Plains merchants, how is this good? If you don't do business with them, you won't lose your trust! ”

Qi Kongmu said: "Who said that you are not allowed to do business? If you negotiate a good business, just do it, but you have to go through the tooth people. Your buyer and seller have negotiated, which tooth man dares to mess up the business? Don't you care about the yamen! ”

The cold man thought about it the same way, so he didn't mention it. He leaned in front of Qi Kongmu and said in a low voice: "Kongmu, you are a member of the Yamen, and you always know something that we Xiaomin don't know. Let's talk about it, what does it mean to set up a tooth in the yard this time? I always felt that if the government didn't get any benefits, it shouldn't do more. ”

Qi Kongmu sighed, he was so entangled by the cold officer that he had no choice, and said, "I also heard it, believe it or not." In recent days, the reputation of our fur business has spread, and merchants from all over the world have come. It's just that there are more merchants, but there is not enough money, which is inevitably annoying. Just like the merchants from the capital, they like to bring tea the most. Everyone brought tea to Bingzhou, and the price of tea fell. When the price of their tea fell, they could not buy the expected amount of furs. There are other ones with incense and silk, all of which are the same. If this continues, how can this business last? Now it is necessary to trade with tooth people in the freight yard, that is, to expose all the goods brought by the merchants, not only to trade furs, but also to exchange these goods. Through the cooperation between the tooth people, the price will not rise and fall, so that the business is easy to do. ”

Leng Yuanwai nodded, thoughtfully, and said, "It makes sense for Kong Mu to say so. We, the merchants, all buy raw skins from Yanmen Village and bring them back to sell. I also want to come, there is always a limit to the rawhide in the Northland, one cooked skin for two or three rawhides, the number is not equal, and there will always be times when this business cannot be done. Only the business of other goods is a long-term solution. ”

First, the tooth people are used to control all the transactions, and then the tooth people are the main ones to establish an exchange, and then the merchants are allowed to invest in orders, and the numbers on the exchange's books are used as currency, and the various goods they have in their hands are used as collateral. Du Zhongxiao wants to use this method to form an industrial chain in the fur business, which can continue to grow and not become chaotic. Otherwise, according to the current trading method, exchanging raw skins from the Khitan and then selling the cooked skins back, it will soon make the Khitan too many cooked skins and not enough raw skins, forming a disaster. At that time, a bunch of furs were saved from the state government to the people, the price plummeted, and the business was done in vain. There must be enough trading materials to join this business chain in order to grow healthily.

One of the reasons why this business was so troublesome was that fur was traded across borders, and both the Song and Khitan imposed many restrictions on the trade for their own benefit. For example, neither country allowed gold, silver, copper coins and grain to leave the country, the Khitan banned the sale of the most popular material horses, and the Great Song Dynasty banned the export of military-related materials such as iron tools. The state could not attract other incense medicines, tea, and other transactions into the city, and business would not be large.

Watching Leng Yuanwai leave, Qi Kongmu sighed. In fact, he couldn't figure out what Du Zhongxiao thought, when the business was booming, he suddenly wanted to join the tooth man. Commissions are trivial, and the more these people there are, the more troubles there will be, and it will be difficult to manage.

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