Silk from the south to the north is mainly transported by sea. Whether it is Yangzhou, Jingzhou or Yizhou, it all travels through the Yangtze River waterway to Danyang County Wharf, and then transfers to sea ships and takes the sea route to Jidu, so if you want to check silk
The source is really a bit troublesome, and the average silk shop owner will not care where your silk comes from. Even if the maritime merchants tell you where it comes from, they will believe it.
At this time, the yamen servant on the side said: "Even if the silk does not come from your Jingzhou, it is wrong for you to beat people. If the shopkeeper is willing to keep it secret, we will not arrest him, but compensation must be paid, and there is one more thing
I want to remind Prefect Xu to take care of your own people. This is Jidu, not the rural areas of Jingzhou. If something like this happens again, don't blame us for being unaccommodating."
When a brick was thrown in Jidu, more than half of them were officials. The government officials in Jidu met many officials, so even though Xu Lun was the governor, these government officials were not very afraid of Xu Lun, the foreign governor. Of course, they still gave him face.
, otherwise Jing Yi would have been arrested by them long ago.
But they didn't dare to please Xu Lun too much, because Xu Wei, the ruler, was extremely strict on such matters of seeking power for personal gain. If they were not careful, their iron rice bowl might be ruined.
Xu Lun asked the shopkeeper several times to find the source of this batch of low-quality silk, but the shopkeeper didn't know where the merchants bought the silk from. He just found that the price of this batch of silk was low, and wanted to sell it to the people of Jidu at a low price.
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Xu Lun found out that the shopkeeper didn't know the source, so he could only compensate the shopkeeper for the medical expenses and the loss of silk, and settled the matter with the shopkeeper.
But Xu Lun still warned the shopkeeper that it was okay to sell these low-quality silks, but he could not pass them off as silk from Jingzhou, otherwise he would report it to the court and make it impossible for him to continue his business. The shopkeeper did not dare to fight with the officials and promised not to do it again.
Importing such low-quality silk, the two parties will reconcile!
On the way back, Shen Jianxin touched a piece of inferior silk and wondered: "This silk is of such inferior quality that it feels worse than wool cloth. How can these merchants sell it? Aren't they afraid of ruining their business?"
Xu Lun lost the silk shop's money, and he took all the low-quality silk away. He didn't want to see these low-quality silks damage the reputation of Jingzhou Silk!
Zhen Xing smiled bitterly and said: "You have really stayed in school for a long time, and you are already like the foolish king who didn't eat minced meat in the ancient stories told to us by the ruler. The price of silk in Jidu is not low, generally 1500-2000 yuan.
Above, the price of high-end Shujun even exceeds 10,000 yuan. This is the price I learned about a year ago, but now I am afraid it is even more expensive!"
"I have just inquired about the price of the silk in our hands. They are generally around 900 yuan. Even if you buy more, it can be as low as 800 yuan. This price is only slightly higher than gauze. Many ordinary
People will buy this kind of low-quality silk just for the sake of cheapness!"
But Zhen Xing doubted: "This is the first time I have seen such poor quality of silk. You must know that even if the women in my country use primitive looms, it would be difficult to weave such poor quality silk, and even more so."
Not to mention that with the development of water conservancy looms and steam looms in recent years, the quality of silk has been greatly improved. It is really hard for me to imagine where female textile workers could weave such poor quality silk? I doubt them.
Can you weave cloth?"
Shen Jianxin smiled and said: "Could it be that some people think that the salary of female workers is too high, so they just find men to weave cloth?"
Nowadays, Daqian's textile industry is developing extremely fast. The widespread use of hydraulic textile machines and steam engines has caused the output of the three main cloths of woolen cloth, cotton cloth, and silk to rise steadily. The development of the South China Sea has brought about a market with a population of tens of millions, and Liu Bei is in Tianzhu The military operations also brought about a large market worth tens of millions.
So now there is a new wave of prosperity in Daqian's textile industry. All major textile factories are increasing production capacity. If factory owners want to grow, they must find ways to increase the salaries of female textile workers. In addition, they must increase the number of government-run textile factories. As a benchmark, female workers cannot be recruited at low prices, so the salaries of women within a hundred miles of Daqian Textile Factory are at a relatively high level, even higher than that of ordinary men.
Xu Lun touched the cloth and said: "Now that we have steam engines, even men can spin silk better than this. Where did this silk come from?"
Then he looked at Zhen Xing and Shen Jianxin. After all, they were considered local gangsters in Jidu. Xu Lun had no choice but to ask them if he wanted to know the situation.
But Shen Jianxin turned over his hands and said, "I haven't been to the market for several years. My usual clothes are all made by my wife!"
Zhen Xing also smiled bitterly and said: "I have been overseas this year, and I don't know the situation, but I can check it for you!"
In the beginning, Daqian's silk sales were all controlled by his father. After all, the Han Dynasty occupied the south, and all the silk was in the south. The Zhen family had some influence in the south and could get the goods. Later, although Daqian occupied the south, the Zhen family They cannot monopolize silk sales, but the Zhen family still has a high status in the silk industry.
Xu Lun clasped his hands and said: "This is related to the development of our Jingzhou, please leave it to my brother."
Xu Lun then led his men to deeply investigate the silk market in Jidu. Although he had asked Zhen Xing to investigate, he also wanted to know the situation of the fake goods in Jidu.
It’s just that if I don’t check, I will be shocked. It turns out that there are many counterfeit and low-quality silk shops, and it’s not just Jingzhou silk that is counterfeiting. Both Yangzhou silk and Shu brocade have been counterfeited by him. In short, he is a big silk maker. All the places of origin are faked.
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It was very difficult for Xu Lun to crack down on counterfeiting, because what happened last time had already alerted other silk shops. When they saw Xu Lun coming, they would have changed their minds and said that they were selling Yangzhou silk, or Sichuan silk. Some people even stopped telling the origin of the silk, so that Xu Lun would have no reason to crack down on counterfeiting.
And Xu Lun was surprised to find that these silks, which were of extremely poor quality, actually sold better than their genuine products.
It turns out that the silk sales market has been extremely hot in recent years, but the production of silk has been limited by the constraints of raw materials, making it difficult to expand production. This has led to the price of silk not only rising, but also the fact that people with money often cannot buy goods.
The shopkeepers of many shops were anxious when they saw that the market was so hot but they had no goods. They could only watch money slipping out of their hands in vain. But at this time, this batch of inferior silk immediately filled the gap, and the price was extremely low. They earn more per piece of silk.
Just because of the high profits, these silk shops are keen to sell these low-quality silks, and the people of Jidu also like these low-quality silks. There is no other reason than that the prices of these silks are generally twice as cheap, which makes many cash-strapped people