Huo Xi couldn't help but think about it in his mind.
She originally bought this batch of bad tea at a price of one hundred jins and one jin, which is one qian per catty. The price of medium-grade tea in Chamasi is around a few yen, and the price of good tea is 5 qian to more than one tael.
Her inferior tea produced golden flowers, and the selling price was more than double that of the good tea. Based on her original purchase price, it had already doubled ten times.
"The price of a good horse is around one hundred taels?"
Huo Xi felt that the price of this good horse was a bit expensive, and was the price of this good tea too cheap?
Mu Yan said with a smile: "This is not Jiangnan. The best tea costs one tael and one gold. Of course, the nobles in the Western Regions can also afford tea with one tael and one gold. It's just that the good tea from the tea horses is not the same as the best tea from Jiangnan."
It can't be compared. As a war horse, the price of a good horse has always been expensive. But compared to the early days of the dynasty, one hundred and fifty kilograms of good tea could be exchanged for a good horse, which is already much cheaper."
"If you look at it this way, the price of a horse is about seventy, eighty to one hundred taels of silver. It's so expensive, why don't we raise it ourselves?"
"The imperial court also has several racecourses in the southwest. Although Xifan is now a vassal state of our dynasty, the emperor believed that asking for horses from Xifan was still subject to others, so he opened several racecourses in the southwest and other places, but the imperial court allocated money to the racecourses every year
There is a lot of money, but in the end the horses supplied to the army are getting worse every year."
The quantity is not good and the quality is not good either.
Mu Yan sarcastically said. As the money allocated by the imperial court falls layer by layer, how much money is left on the horse farm? Even if it all falls on the horse farm, how much of it is used to raise horses?
"The sky is high, are you greedy?"
If you exploit them layer by layer, you won't be able to raise any good horses, and you won't be able to provide a few horses for the army. "Then let's exchange for tea."
"The imperial court's horse farm is useless. There are many reasons for not being able to raise good horses. There is water and land, and there are people, and the same goes for horses. The terrain in our country is not as good as that of the Western Regions, and the horses we raise generally have short limbs and are not suitable for long-term raids. Count.
Years ago, my father-in-law and I fought against the Tatar Walas in the north in Mobei. Most of their cavalry carried two or more horses, so that they could change horses at any time to meet the needs of the attack. However, my court had few war horses and insufficient cavalry.
Fighting against the grassland peoples was obviously at a disadvantage. Therefore, the imperial court spared no effort to exchange horses with the Western Regions, and also exchanged silk with Korea, and had to exchange many war horses every year."
"Then your soldiers, I heard that there are a thousand elites equipped with war horses? How did you hide it from the eyes of the imperial court?"
Mu Yan raised his eyebrows.
"Are you very proud?" Huo Xi laughed at him. Is this your own territory?
"Not all of them are good horses, half of them are medium-quality horses. But they are completely adequate for use in the southwest region."
"That will cost a lot of money." Huo Xi felt a little hurt.
"That's not a lot of money, it's a lot of money. I'm already poor to support my husband." Mu Yan would often tease Huo Xi in front of him.
"Horses are money for horses, as well as horse gear, such as harnesses, saddles, horse ropes, horseshoes, etc. A horse costs at least seven to eight taels to twelve taels of silver for equipment. In addition, a horse needs to eat and drink for a month.
The cost ranges from a few taels to one tael. And the heavy armor for a cavalry costs another twenty or thirty taels... Madam, when I open my eyes every day, I see bills flying towards me from everywhere."
Huo Xi laughed... "No wonder you were so stingy before."
Isn't it okay for him not to be stingy? He was really poor before. There were not only a bunch of people waiting for him to raise, but also horses. The horses wailed every day waiting for food.
"Then the price of our exchange for this batch of tea will be higher. Don't exchange all of it. Leave some of it to be sold in the capital and other places in the south of the Yangtze River. This will help you save more and exchange it for horse silver."
"Madam, please be considerate of your husband." He ordered outside, "Did you hear Madam's instructions?"
Xunwu and others all said out in unison: "Yes, I will do it according to Madam's instructions."
After watching Golden Flower Tea, Huo Xi took Mu Yan to Caiyun Courtyard to see several of her workshops.
"Madam!" Everyone came up to say hello everywhere they passed.
"This is the crown prince."
"I've met the crown prince." "No courtesy."
Wow, the prince looks so majestic. Standing with his wife, they are a perfect match. They are a match made in heaven. No one dared to look directly at them, they only dared to look at them secretly, as if they saw a pair of beautiful people.
"Has everything been shipped?"
This mushroom sauce tastes very good. Mu Yan asked Huo Xi while visiting. His Xi'er had a pair of hands holding money, and his mind was full of ideas for making money.
Huo Xi nodded, "They have all been shipped, and the sales are pretty good. But the profit is not big. It just helps solve the redundant labor of the military family members."
Mu Yan had already heard about the military family members blocking the door. Mu Yan was very dissatisfied with the Mu family for blaming Xi'er for such a thing. He ignored the fact that the war ahead had not stopped and had a fit in the camp. Only then did he let go.
The Duke of Guo gave Deyuan to Xi'er.
"I have already written to the court about the military expenses and military arrears that the imperial court owes. My father-in-law also said that he would help find a solution. I think it will be solved soon."
"Yes. It would be great if we can solve it. But for this part of the remaining labor force, we still need to arrange for them to have work to do, a steady flow of water, and a stable life. The soldiers at the front will have less worries, so that their military morale can be stable and they can fight the enemy bravely."
After hearing this, Mu Yan looked at her with great relief.
His Xi'er was different from the woman trapped in the back house. She understood current affairs, understood and cared about him, and could talk to him. He sighed more than once that having her in this life was enough.
"So you want to continue running this workshop?"
Huo Xi nodded. Yesterday, she heard that Aunt Jun sent two stewards from her dowry shop to take over the Jun family's workshop. It seemed that Aunt Jun didn't want her to take on this business alone.
"Jun Mingzhang originally wanted to unite with other merchants to drive me out of business and make me close down. He first raised the price so that I could not continue my business. After I took over the business in Kunming City, he lowered the price so that he could monopolize one business. Unexpectedly
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"I didn't expect you made him a lot of money. And the shop and workshop didn't collapse." Mu Yan smiled with a smile on his face. Jun Mingzhang underestimated Xi'er. Guangfeng Shui, who really deserves Xi'er, only has two shops in the capital.
Woolen cloth?
"That's right." Huo Xi was quite proud. "I'm still too soft-hearted, otherwise I'd better make him a few more price differences and run him out tit for tat."
But this is not in line with her original intention of making money quietly.
In the business world, it is also important to keep people on the front line so that they can meet each other easily in the future. Unless you can suppress them so much that they can never stand up again, otherwise you will be prone to backlash if you do too much. At that time, you will be retaliated by the other party's family, and both parties will suffer.
Walking to the flower shop, Mu Yan was so fragrant that he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
"The smell is somewhat similar to what I put on you." Mu Yan turned his head and sniffed Huo Xi.
"Well, the sesame oil I extract from flowers is better than the styrax from the Big Food Country! Whether I sell sesame oil, essence or ointment, it will be very expensive, and you can't buy it with money. It's just that it's not easy to extract, the conditions are simple, and the production is not
not much."
"What good thing can't be bought with money?" Mu Yan strode into the flower shop.