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"I thought there was something strange, why are they all blankets, except that blankets are what we already have?"

"The blanket is good, and there is a new blanket made of wool on the Empire's side, and I heard that there are sweaters made of wool thread. What is this blanket called the Persian blanket? Persia? Anyway, it's a bestseller on their side. ”

"We don't buy what we have from these aliens."

The merchants of the Central Asian countries who came to the empire this time, the things they carried were really a bit good, and most of their goods were sold in Nanling, and when they came to Luoyang, they were in a state of return, and there was really nothing too distinctive to sell.

I have to say some funny things, some exotic merchants even took out the goods they bought in Nanling and tried to sell them in Luoyang, they raised some prices, and some things really sold a lot, but more of them were made fun of.

"I didn't expect it, just after walking for a month, from Nanling to Luoyang, the value of some goods has doubled?"

"Hmm! Although it is the local commodity of this Eastern Empire, Luoyang and Nanling are nearly thousands of miles apart, and the value of the goods should be increased. It seems that even in the same country, as long as the capacity is sufficient, it can make a fortune in the East. ”

The distance between Luoyang and Nanling on the plane map is actually about 650 miles, but the distance from any place is by no means the distance on the plane map, it is judged according to the road taken. In addition, the road rarely has a pen to the bottom, and every road that spans hundreds of miles, or even tens or miles, will always have a bend. So, from a flat map, you can see that a certain place is relatively close to a certain place. But it's not a concept at all to actually walk.

The transportation of a piece of goods for sale is by no means how much money is from the place of origin, it is still the price of the place of origin when it is transported to a certain place, and the transportation cost must be calculated, and many times it is not only the transportation cost. More often than not, an item will be sold by multiple people and then possessed. Everyone needs to add what they think is the ideal profit, and the price will naturally increase all the time.

In fact, if you think that something is cheap in that place, and where it is sold expensive, you think that it should be how much money it should be from, and how much it should be after hundreds or thousands of miles away, businessmen are not allowed to think that businessmen are cunning, either they don't understand the economic system, or they are simply people with sick brains.

"Just let them do this?"

"What else else?"

"Hehe, Luoyang's peers should jump their feet!"

"It's being discussed. I'm going to make a case to the county guard. In addition, some merchants are discussing that they want to purchase the goods brought by foreign merchants in a unified manner. ”

"Hmm. What they care about is the right to sell locally, and even if the price is slightly unreasonable, they will eat all the goods. ”

Is there any mention of "local sales rights"? There really is. It is the uniqueness of the local sales channel, that is, the sales channel is in control, and the channel is not wanted to be touched by others.

"This is the first time, and it will be the last."

"That is, those barbarians do not understand the rules."

"Yes, they should go to the local merchants. Sell goods to merchants rather than retail them to the public. ”

"So stupid barbarians. This is the first time, the local merchants will tolerate it, and the next time, it will be competition, and those barbarians will go back with nothing. ”

"Maybe you won't be able to go back at all."

"Hmm......"

On the other side, the county guard finished meeting with the chief and deputy envoys of the envoy group. Liu Bang and Chen Yu had just left, and they were immediately asked to see by the local gentry.

The warden probably knew why those people had come to ask for an audience, and only gave a sentence that "the empire does not prohibit foreign merchants from selling goods. I didn't meet those people.

"Damn aliens, don't they have their own business laws?" The county guard was tempted to complain that the center allowed foreign merchants to sell goods at will: "A license is required to operate a business within the empire's borders. Those damn barbarians don't have a license at all, they're selling goods illegally. Don't let the county watchman find out that they're hiding their taxes! ”

Outside the county guard's mansion, some people have formed a pile, they have been informed of the county guard's original words, and they are discussing what should be done.

"It's all broken things like blankets, and more of them are goods from Nanling."

"Is there any computational value?"

"Blankets, those broken things are worthless, I don't even want them for free. They don't take out much of the goods of our empire, limit the quantity, and once they are sold short, they will not increase. ”

"Of course, they have to ship back to where they are, and the farther they go, the higher the value of the goods."

"Yes, so they won't take it out and sell it in Luoyang, at least not sell out."

There was a very unhappy conversation, most of the Luoyang merchants hated those aliens very much, but it was clear that they could not use drastic means. It's not that the laws of the empire don't allow them to use drastic measures, if they could, they could lead people to rush into the streets and slaughter those aliens in a few minutes, but they couldn't do it.

Killing people in the street is not responsible? The problem is that the Empire explicitly states that the laws of the Empire only protect the people of the Empire. Of course, this is only a general statement, in fact, the laws of the empire are only responsible for those who are registered, and all those who are not registered do not receive the protection from the laws of the empire, the sword of the imperial army and the shield of the imperial army, only the people or things that should be protected and have the duty to protect.

Luoyang merchants don't do drastic things, that's because they will also elect representatives to follow the envoys to set off together, so it is best to solve it peacefully, but not peacefully...... can only be silent for the time being, and there will be an opportunity to settle accounts in the future.

After a period of discussion, the merchants of Luoyang selected three representatives to go to their counterparts from the southern tombs of the empire and ask them who could call the shots. These three people are actually the three who want to go to Central Asia with the envoy group, and this time it can be regarded as the first contact with their counterparts in Nanling.

"The one who calls the shots? Those aliens, among them are the envoys of the various envoys, but will the merchants carry it out...... No score. ”

"I understand the general meaning, that is, I can only issue suggestions, not administrative orders."

"That's what it looks like, we're pretty much the same. It's just that foreign businessmen are more interested in commercial interests, and it is difficult to see that they will cooperate with the government to do something that is not in line with their interests. ”

"Barbarians are really barbarians, and they don't understand mutual benefit and reciprocity, and they don't understand that only when the country is strong and prosperous can our interests be guaranteed to the greatest extent."

"We can build bridges on our side, and you can contact some of the big businessmen among them, but can we reach an agreement? are not guaranteed. ”

"I'm tired."

The merchants from Nanling have had a lot of contact with the merchants of the other races, and although they still haven't figured out how much power those stinky and long names have in the local area, they can also see which ones have more influence.

It's not difficult to identify which of the alien businessmen has more right to speak, and you can probably tell it from the way you dress. In the eyes of the merchants on the side of the empire, there is a basis for saying that the alien race is a barbarian, and the more powerful the people in the alien race, in addition to the ornaments made of gold on their bodies to crush themselves, their attitude has always been arrogant.

The businessman from Nanling is only responsible for the introduction and introduction, and after saying what needs to be said. They just find an excuse to step aside, even if that excuse is so rotten, that is still a reason, it is better than mixing into something that does not belong to them.

I don't know if the merchants are too talented in language, or if they will have enough persistence in the pursuit of profit, although those people in Central Asia have been in the empire for two or three months, many have already learned the imperial Chinese. Of course, the alien is a little bit understood. I don't know the meaning of some idioms and slang, and the accent is ...... It's definitely not standard.

In fact, there were also many merchants on the Empire side who also learned the language of the aliens. Most of them are chosen to learn Persian or Greek separately. Similarly, people on the Empire side must have a weird accent in Persian or Greek, and they don't understand some of the slang in Persian and Greek.

The three-person representative of Luoyang did not talk too long with those powerful businessmen from Central Asia, and it took about half an hour to negotiate.

Leaving the tent of the aliens, Feng Yu, one of the representatives of the merchants of Luoyang, had the most ugly face.

"Damn barbarians, twice as much on the normal price! They are so greedy! ”

"The reason is. If they are transported back to China, the consistent goods can be sold at least ten times? ”

"No, they say at least twenty times the profit!"

"Oh......"

It didn't seem to be exaggerating too much, but Feng Yu was angry that the goods taken out by those alien merchants were obviously not conducive to long-distance transportation. It is equivalent to the fact that the foreign merchants find that the transportation is not good or the cost performance is too low, so they will pick it out and throw it to them.

"At least we know a little bit about what kind of goods will be popular in Central Asia."

"It can't be ruled out that they are misleading us."

"Hmmm......"

The merchants of Nanling listened silently to the conversation of the merchants of Luoyang, and when they listened, they would look at each other with their eyes, and some of the merchants of Nanling seemed to be hesitant to say something.

"The ruling government has given some hints."

"Huh?"

"You didn't misunderstand. The ruling government gave some guidelines, especially suggesting that silk, satin, etc., would be more popular. In addition, some glassware, porcelain, ironware, etc., can also be sold at a good price. ”

"Ah...... Yes, yes? ”

Eventually, the merchants of Nanling shared the information with the merchants of Luoyang. Will do this, not how noble the sentiments of the merchants of Nanling are, but they know that the merchants of Luoyang will know sooner or later, after all, the county guards, county orders and officials of some cities along the road will remind those merchants who go to Central Asia with them. Now, the county guards of Sanchuan County obviously haven't done that yet, and they might as well sell their favors.

"We get it." Feng Yu didn't feel much gratitude, he knew very well what Nanling's peers meant: "Then how should the share be distributed?" ”

It is good to talk to people who understand, while saving trouble, the interests can also reduce a lot of conflicts, and the most important thing is to avoid the loss of profits caused by malicious competition.

"Because it is the first time to travel tens of thousands of miles, the ruling government has a share, and there is no basis for it, and when we get to the place in a while, we will take it out and publicize it."

What publicity? It is nothing more than a guide stamped with the Great Seal of the Archon, so that the merchants who will join the envoys along the way, including Luoyang, can understand that what the merchants of Nanling said is not a fabrication.

The share said by the Nanling merchants is the amount of goods carried between the merchants, and a certain kind of item should not be carried too much, so as not to cause more flooding and lead to worthless phenomena.

"Silk, glass, porcelain, the distribution of shares is the data that you see. If you have any objections, please speak up and negotiate. "The merchant leader on this side of Nanling is Lu Xiang, who was born in the Lu clan, one of the three major clans in Nanling. He looked at Feng Yu and said, "You can negotiate privately." ”

Feng Yu gestured if he could take the list to discuss it, picked up the list and asked: "If it's not on the list, doesn't it involve the distribution of shares?" ”

Lu Xiang understood what Feng Yu meant, and said with a smile: "It's not on the list, and I don't do any negotiation." ”

Feng Yu bowed before turning around, approaching the same merchant on the ground in Luoyang, and introduced it in a low voice.

The merchants of Nanling, they looked at their counterparts in Luoyang with a smile, and from the perspective of attitude, they didn't seem to be worried about what would happen?

"Who is not a smart person who can make business bigger?"

"Yes, if they oppose things that are beneficial to everyone, they are not only making enemies, but also self-extermination, and they will inevitably be ostracized."

In fact, the merchants from Nanling are still a little oppressive, they were born in the imperial capital, and the guide to the ruling government is in their hands, so they will inevitably have more advantages than those who are not in the imperial capital, and the advantage comes from the region and the political center.

"Silk, it's really not too much for us to account for 25 percent, and it's reasonable to allocate 3 percent of the people here in Luoyang, after all, they are not Shuzhong here, and 35 percent of Shu is because they are the main producer of silk there."

"Yes, we allocate 65 percent of the glass, and that's because we are the only ones who have a glass workshop. For example, the counties of the Central Plains allocated 80% of the porcelain, don't we also think it is reasonable? ”

"It's a pity that the empire does not allow the large-scale sale of ironware, and the export of ironware is strictly limited to the point of being excessively restricted, otherwise it will ......"

"What nonsense, if you want to sell weapons, it's the same for those who sell bronze, iron is the sharp blade of the country, and it is already Your Majesty's wisdom to allow a small amount of sales."

"Yes, yes, I'm not complaining, I just feel pity. A war sword worth several times, if it is transported to the barbarians, everyone is sure that it can be sold for a hundred times the price. ”

"Come on, silk, glassware, porcelain, according to our own estimates, can be at least twenty times more profitable at worst. And this is still the value before the market is opened, once those barbarians fall in love with the goods of the empire, thirty times, forty times...... 100 times, the profit is so huge that we can eat a mouth full of oil! ”

"Hmm!"

Saying that, a group of guys who don't look like good people no matter how they look at it, they laugh unusually happily. (To be continued......)