What business was the most profitable during the Tang Dynasty?

Is it reselling gold?

Is it selling illicit salt?

Neither!

If you want Han Yue to answer this question, he will definitely tell you without hesitation that the most profitable business in the Tang Dynasty is definitely military procurement. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What Li Shimin personally agreed, in layman's terms, it is called a spit and a nail, if you have to get something brilliant, you have no jokes!

Since ancient emperors have to have face, Li Shimin is especially face-loving, since he said that he wants to purchase 10,000 people of military rations, then he will never cut it to 8,000, even if the price of this military food is a little higher, even he, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is a little unbearable.

"What do you say? A piece of marching meat costs twenty dollars? Li Shimin's eyes widened, and his face kept twitching.

He really didn't expect the stinky boy in front of him to be so ruthless, and he shouted a sky-high price when he opened his mouth. A piece of marching meat is twenty dollars, and he has to support an army of 10,000 people, even if it is rationed once every three days, and each person is only given a piece of meat each time, it will cost 200,000 yuan.

200,000 yuan is converted according to the method of hanging 800, which is 2,500 yuan. And that's just three days.

There are thirty days in a month, and it would cost 25,000 yuan to ensure a continuous supply, a figure that even the emperor was a little frightened about.

25,000 in a month, how much is it in a year? That's 300,000! Although Li Shimin is not a mathematician, such simple accounts are still difficult for him, and when he calculates the figure of 300,000 yuan, the whole person is a little confused.

"Can the boy be cheaper, this price is a bit outrageous, according to your price, I can't afford to buy marching meat even if I empty the treasury. You also know that the wealth of the treasury comes from the tax burden, and it is not easy for the people of the Tang Dynasty......"

This is to play the emotional card, and most emperors have been good at this routine since ancient times.

"No, no, no! Don't be kidding, twenty yuan for a piece of meat is already considered a jump price, if it is lowered again, the kid will lose money...... "To talk about business, you have to have dealings, the emperor has begun to lower the price, Han Yue naturally wants to shake his head like a rattle."

The price reduction is not a last resort, but it can not be agreed, once the mouth is loosened, the loss is money.

"Really?" Li Shimin was dumbfounded.

"Hey, who's scaring who!" Han Yue snickered in his heart: "Even if you stare out your eyes, we are not afraid, there is no such thing as killing the head when talking about business." He knew that the emperor was scaring him.

Sure enough, Li Shimin was no longer threatening, but his tone was a little annoyed, and he pointed at his nose and reprimanded: "Doing business is about asking for a price to pay back on the ground, but you kid belongs to the king, and you won't let go if you bite someone." ”

"I'm Cao, this is the quality of the famous monarch of the ages?" Han Yue was a little dumbfounded, he really didn't expect the emperor to scold people, the master is not married yet, so he said that I am the eighth king.

Grandma is a bear, Han Yue is a little uneasy, you are the eighth king, and your whole family is the eighth king. Your eldest brother had an affair with your father's concubine, you slept with your eldest brother's pussy again, and there are all over the world who are turtles and cuckolds, who can compare to your Li family.

The gangsters pay attention to what they pay attention to, although he didn't dare to scold Li Shimin in front of him, but no one could control him when he was angry in his heart.

The heart was spurting, and Li Shimin suddenly said: "Stinky boy, I will tell you the truth, if you want to supply military food, you have to honestly reduce the price, hum, if you bully me and don't understand the people's livelihood, you ......can control the gains and losses yourself."

Han Yue suddenly rolled his eyes.

He really didn't expect Li Shimin to be a master of talking about business, first playing the emotional card, and then exerting pressure, soft and hard moves at the same time, and people who are idle really can't bear it.

But Han Yue could bear it, because he was determined by the emperor to buy marching meat.

Since it is just demand, then the price cannot be reduced.

Of course, you can't go through the hard line when you talk to the emperor about business, and you have to take a detour to achieve your goal.

He stiffened his fingers and began to complain to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you only think that the price of marching meat is high, but have you ever thought about the production cost?" A piece of dried meat is half a catty, so the fresh meat has to be at least one and a half catties to become it, let's calculate it according to the lowest price of five cents per catty of meat, which is close to ten dollars, which is not low. There is also the input of brewed medicinal materials, which must use six kinds of traditional Chinese medicine to nourish qi and blood, and there is no effect if any of them are missing, which is a large expense. Let's also calculate according to the five texts, which is already fifteen yuan......"

"Then you still have five pennies in profit." Li Shimin's eyebrows were raised, he made a silent calculation in his heart, and said angrily: "You can earn five wen for a piece of marching meat, and it will be close to nine thousand yuan in a year, and the stinky boy is too black-hearted." ”

"How can you, Your Majesty!" Han Yue bumped into Tianqu, and said with a bitter face: "I don't have a large-scale ranch under my name for the time being, all the livestock have to go out to buy, the kid is very loyal, and the wages paid to the people are higher than those of other families, which is another additional expense......

He went around and around, and kept making all kinds of costs bigger, although Li Shimin was eloquent, but he was not particularly familiar with these small details after all, and finally slowly began to believe.

"In this way, you really don't make much money from this marching meat."

"Yes, yes!" Han Yue nodded like a chicken eating rice, and said with a clear conscience: "A piece of meat is about half a penny of profit, the reason why the kid wants to make this supply is that one is greedy for a large amount of military food, and the other is to supplement the people, doing business always has to hire people, hire people to pay them, and the people will gradually have a better life with money." ”

Li Shimin nodded slowly, his face gradually became a little relieved, he glanced at Han Yue, and said lightly: "Hearing you say this, I also think that this money should be paid." ”

"Naturally, you should dig it!" Han Yue said that he was addicted, picked up a branch casually, scratched it on the ground and calculated, and said: "Your Majesty, think about it, you are actually very advantageous in this matter, and the people will spend when they have money, whether it is to buy food for their children that they were reluctant to buy before, or to buy clothes for their mother-in-law that they were reluctant to buy before, in short, the economy will gradually prosper." Our Datang business tax is very high, about one out of ten, which means that Your Majesty, for every twenty wen you spend on a piece of marching meat, you can recover two wen in taxes......"

He deliberately set a trap here, in fact, the accounts can't be calculated like this, but fortunately, Li Shimin is not a professional, he just thinks that what this kid said is very reasonable, and he keeps nodding while listening.

Han Yue was happy in his heart, he saw that Li Shimin was finally dizzy, and finally said the most lethal words while the iron was hot:

"Your Majesty, the price has been set. Although it seems like a headache for 30,000 yuan a Chinese New Year's Eve, don't you want a mortgage, how much is the down payment of 30%? Ninety thousand. He glanced at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "This number is not much at all, and the treasury must be able to afford it." ”

"Afford it! Even if the down payment of 90,000 yuan can be taken out by my inner government, this military food procurement is completely feasible......" Li Shimin pondered for a long time, finally nodded heavily, and said solemnly: "It's decided!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Han Yue felt a burst of pride in his heart.

He didn't tell the emperor that 300,000 guan was only the principal, and he had to repay the interest every month.