Chapter 20: Can achieve profit
When he arrived at the door of Guo Jia's mansion, Diao Chan took the lead in calling out the dozen maids who came with her into the mansion, and immediately integrated into the role of the female housekeeper again.
Zhang Xu also ordered the servants who came with him to work hard.
Seeing the servants of the Zhang family carrying the Eight Immortals table, backrest chairs, screen rockery pot plants, etc. to the mansion, Guo Jia was so amused and crying.
"Brother Zhang, is this?"
Zhang Xu smiled indifferently and said, "I will not refuse some vulgar things. I also want to thank the envoy for his care over the years. I dare not say that I will repay you. I am just doing my best."
Guo Jia led his army to Chang'an, and his daily life was naturally simple. Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu came to Chang'an, but brought a lot of home decorations.
He has already understood Guo Jia's preferences thoroughly. If Zhang Xu and other Yizhou rich people want to curry favor with Guo Jia, they must have a chance.
Giving a beautiful woman? They can't find a woman who is more beautiful than Guo Jia's wife and concubine.
Giving gold and silver? Too cliché, it will fall into a inferior position.
However, this time I came to Chang'an and brought Guo Jia some furniture and utensils that would make him feel more comfortable in daily life.
Guo Jia is not willing to refuse people from afar. As Zhang Xu said, these are all gifts that are not worthy of justice. For the rich people in Yizhou, they can express their feelings. Such a gift really makes Guo Jia thoroughly understand.
The sense of snatching business opportunities is far better than that of ordinary people. As soon as Guo Jia conquered Guanzhong, the Yizhou Business Association became active and couldn't wait to ask Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu to come to Chang'an as representatives to explore Guo Jia's words. Diao Chan was also nominally a representative of the business association, but in fact, it was sent by Zhen Jiang and Cai Yan to serve Guo Jia's daily life.
The three of them came to the main hall of the mansion, and the host and guest took their seats. Diao Chan went to the backyard to arrange trivial matters and did not show up again. With Guo Jia here, she naturally didn't have to come forward.
"I guess you are not traveling around in Chang'an? It's important to do things, so it's better to get straight to the point."
Guo Jia is busy with official business, and the three of them are all transparent characters in their hearts. They have dealt with each other in the past and know each other's style. Although Guo Jia is not very prosperous in his work, he is also a person who likes to go straight.
Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu looked at each other with a smile on their eyes, and Zhang Xu really spoke out without hesitation.
"To be honest, the Business Association asks you to be the representative of Brother Zhen to ask the envoy, can they buy this Guanzhong land from the government?"
Land is a long-term benefit. No matter how many handicraft workshops a businessman has or how big a silk production site a business is, land is the most secure home business. The more land it is, the more secure the lives of future generations.
The wealthy families in Yizhou are not short of money and grain now. If Guo Jia exchanges money and grain for land, even if the price is higher, they will be willing.
Private ownership of land was recognized, and the sale of land was also allowed by the government. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, small and medium-sized landlords engaged in land mergers, mostly because of collusion between officials and businessmen, and the gentry and wealthy families joined forces to exploit the people. Under Guo Jia's rule, Yizhou said that he would never increase taxes in the early days of military farming, and later reduced land taxes by 10%. Although it was not as good as the level of the 15th tax in the early Han Dynasty, there was almost no burden on the 15th tax in the early Han Dynasty. However, compared with other places, the people were already very satisfied and enjoyed such policies. People who regard land as their lifeline would naturally not sell land to the tycoons.
The wealthy families dare not make any decisions about the land resources in Yizhou. They have good fortune and there is no need to seek death. Now that Guanzhong is being taken by Guo Jia, the wealthy families in Yizhou want to get a share of the pie. This is due to human nature and greed.
"The first decision of Guanzhong is to be made, and everything is in ruins. I have discussed with the officials about the abandoned fertile land here. First, commend the Taiping Army soldiers. Secondly, recall the Guanzhong people who were exiled to other places and return to their hometowns. In the first few years of stability, I do not intend to sell these lands. However, if the Guanzhong people who fled to Yizhou migrate back to Guanzhong, the land they left in Yizhou can be sold according to the situation. For specific matters, the Commercial Association and the officials of Yizhou Prefecture will also need to discuss in detail."
Guo Jia's tone was gentle. Although he was once in the same position as the rich people of Yizhou, today is different from the past. Even if they were planning to fight for the land in Guanzhong, Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu were just representatives, and there was no need for Guo Jia to confront them and were tense.
Interest is interests. Who doesn’t want to share a piece of cake in front of you?
Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu seemed to have already foreseeed it. The land in Guanzhong is mouth-watering, but from the overall strategy, they still have to serve Guo Jia. Accelerating the relocation of the people back to Guanzhong to resume production is laying the foundation for Guo Jia's next strategy.
To win over the hearts of the people and attract more people to Guo Jia’s territory to live and work in peace and contentment, Guo Jia’s first consideration was actually his own interests, so the wealthy families in Yizhou still had to be ranked behind.
No matter who you compete for profit, don’t compete with the ruler who dominates life and death.
However, in addition to Guanzhong land resources, the Yizhou Business Association is still profitable. Guo Jia expanded his territory and opened up business channels for them.
"Entertainment, I wonder, if the Business Association wants to go to Liangzhou, Hebei and Central Plains to go to business, can you provide a guarantee?"
Zhang Xu asked.
Yizhou's brocade industry is very developed, and the name of Chengdu Jincheng is also due to this. In addition, handicrafts such as silk reeling, silk weaving, salt boiling, iron smelting, weapons, gold and silver ware, lacquerware, etc. are booming. The Yizhou Commercial Association wants to make sales stronger and bigger, without shortage of goods, but lack of sales channels.
When Chang'an and Luoyang were prosperous, Lintao was poisoned by the war in Guanxi, Handan declined in the war in the Central Plains, Wancheng was seizureed by Zhang Xiu and cut off contacts. Only the six metropolises remained unchanged and prosperous.
During this period, the Yizhou Business Association had proud capital. Even if Chengdu is located in a remote corner and its prosperity and prosperity are incomparable to other cities.
"Recently, news came from Liangzhou that after Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to their territory, many leaders of the Qiang and Hu tribes launched a rebellion. The business association should not go to the territory west of Fufeng for the time being. Besides, even if Ma Teng and Han Sui survived this difficult period, they would have to quickly expand their troops. Liangzhou can achieve very little profit."
Guo Jia, who was in a very stable mood, did not gloat. He had already foreseen this situation that the Qiang and Hu tribes were not terrible. Each of their leaders had at least hundreds of soldiers and thousands of soldiers. Only when they were all condensed could they be truly threatened.
It is normal for someone to rebel. Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to Liangzhou with their pitiful troops. If the rebellious and difficult-to-raise Qiang and Hu people still obey them, there will be problems.
However, these are just small setbacks. Guo Jia firmly believes that Han Sui, who has been rebelling for life, and Ma Teng, who has many powerful generals, can overcome the difficulties.
Zhang Xu and Zhen Yu were unexpectedly surprised. They only knew that Guo Jia and Ma Teng and Han Sui had formed an alliance to wipe out Li Jue and Guo Si. As for Guo Jia's military deployment and strategic planning, they didn't know or understood.
In the past, the business association went to Liangzhou to buy war horses and buy some novel handicrafts for Guo Jia, and resell them. Now it seems that the business roads in Liangzhou are not only cut off, but are also more likely to go there to travel to the merchants and their lives are still in danger.
"Fengxiao, can you only wait until Liangzhou stabilizes before the business association can go to Liangzhou again?" Zhen Yu frowned slightly and cut off his financial path, which was very painful for the businessman.
In response to this, Guo Jia shook his head with a serious expression, looked back and forth at the two of them, and asked back: "Even if Han Sui and Ma Teng suppressed the rebellion and the situation west of Fufeng is peaceful, what do Han Sui and Ma Teng need at that time?"
Zhen Yu blurted out: "Food, weapons, war horses, as long as they are war materials, they need them."
Guo Jia asked again: "Can the food and weapons of Yizhou be sold to them?" He didn't skip the word.
Zhen Yu and Zhang Xu were shocked and understood a little.
In the past, Guo Jia asked the business association to go to Liangzhou, but because Guo Jia wanted to fight horses, he allowed the business association to sell the grain purchased from the people to Liangzhou. Now, let alone Liangzhou, even Guo Jia has to make careful calculations and accumulate grain.
Not to mention weapons, the development of iron smelting industry does not mean that merchants can buy and sell weapons at will. These are controlled by Yizhou Prefecture.
As for goods such as silk, gold and silver, Yizhou merchants may not have to take them to Liangzhou, and no one will want them, and they will not want to buy war horses from Liangzhou.
Han Sui and Ma Teng's Western Liang Iron Cavalry suffered a severe blow, and the number of people dropped sharply. This time, this time, he would definitely strictly control the outflow of war horses.
Commercial transactions focus on income and expenditure. The Yizhou Business Association wants to sell goods in Liangzhou, but except for grain and weapons, nothing else can be sold. If you want to buy goods in Liangzhou, you can't get the most war horses. Therefore, Guo Jia said that Liangzhou can make very little profit.
The business road to the west is broken, and there is still the east.
Zhen Yu asked tentatively: "Fengxiao, Hebei and Zhongyuan, do you think the business association can deal with them?" He didn't skip the words.
Zhang Xu also looked at Guo Jia nervously. From the overall situation, the Yizhou Business Association belongs to Guo Jia, and Hebei and Central Plains are the territory of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Whether the Yizhou Business Association can open up the wealth path in the east depends on the relationship between Guo Jia and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. If the conflict is opposite, the Yizhou Business Association will be equivalent to dying.
"Although the emperor has moved the capital to Xuchang, we can't hide it from the two. The Central Plains is still Cao Cao's command, and the government orders in various places are all taken by him. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains have suffered from war and suffered from the disaster. Now Cao Cao has unified Yanzhou and Yuzhou. In the past two years, he has promoted military farming and rest. However, the territory of Yanzhou and Yuzhou is not wide. In addition, the occasional harassment of foreign enemies, Cao Cao's territory cannot afford more than 100,000 troops, but he still has 100,000 armor. This is because he stood in the Central Plains and was surrounded by powerful enemies. In order to support these troops, Cao Cao used all his powers to plunder military supplies and gold and silver. When the Yizhou caravan goes to the Central Plains, it is probably a sheep entering the tiger's mouth."
Guo Jia did not formally state that his relationship with the Kanto princes was a friend or an enemy, but the feasibility of the Yizhou Business Association's business relationship with the Central Plains was determined by the Central Plains environment.
Cao Cao lived a hard life in the early stage, so Cao Cao was eager to conquer Xuzhou.
In such an environment, the Central Plains is actually like a slum. If the Yizhou caravan goes there, Cao Cao will probably use it to rob the rich and help the poor.
Zhang Xu looked embarrassed and asked bitterly: "Eunuch, if this is the case, Yuan Shao, north of the Yellow River, probably wouldn't have any contact with the Yizhou Business Association. Yuan Benchu ​​and Cao Mengde had a good personal relationship, so they would definitely advance and retreat together."
On the surface, this is indeed the case, but Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "This is a bad word."
Chapter completed!