Chapter 107 The Starting Point of Family Expansion
The Thirteenth Princess smiled and said: "Brother Zheng, this time there is finally something you didn't expect? Well, by the way, this time my father plans to canonize me as the Princess of Huai'an. My sixth brother should have told you the news? In fact, my father plans to make me the Princess of Huai'an."
Originally, it was planned to seal me in Yangzhou, but the ministers were very dissatisfied. In the end, even my father had no choice but to move up to Huai'an."
Yunzheng found that his mind was a little out of tune. Wasn't he talking about her shop just now? Why did he talk about the issue of fiefdom again?
Fortunately, Princess Thirteen’s next words cleared up his confusion: “Originally, we planned to seal it in Yangzhou because Yangzhou is related to the business of my shop. Most of our porcelain comes from Ru Kiln, which goes to Yangzhou via the Grand Canal, and silk tea leaves
Most of them are produced in the south of the Yangtze River, and also go to Yangzhou via the Grand Canal, and then leave the port from Yangzhou to the south. After the South China Sea, they are transferred to the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, who distribute Champa, Chenla, Srivijaya, Kelantan, and Bo Ni.
Balinfeng, Lanwuli, Diqie, Sanyu, Dashi, Daqin, Persia, Baida, Maga, Yilu, Gulin, Xilan, Dengliumei, Zhongli, Sjialiye, Mulanpi and other countries...
...Well, so Yangzhou is the distribution center for my store."
Now Yunzheng finally understood that father and daughter Xiao Yan'er and Emperor Wanchang were engaging in bureaucratic capital monopoly. What was Ru kiln? It was a typical official kiln almost exclusively for the royal family. Xiao Yan'er's "
Almost all of the porcelain exported to foreign countries by the "shop" is Ru kiln. Needless to say, this is definitely the emperor's intention - without his nod, can Ru kiln products be sold abroad? Unless the officials of the Yangzhou Shipping Department have the courage to speak up
If you keep silent, you will be slapped with the huge golden-winged Dapeng of Lingshan!
As for the origin of the silk and tea, although the thirteenth princess did not elaborate on it, from the analogy analysis of the origin of porcelain, it must have followed the path of "bureaucratic capitalism". This is privileged capitalism, and it is very powerful.
The product itself is almost the pinnacle of this era, coupled with the extremely tough backend, it is really difficult not to make money. But... what is the Four Seas Business Alliance? Forget it, this is a small issue, let’s not discuss it for the time being.
The key is, Xiao Yan'er wants to cooperate with us, but what do we have to cooperate with?
"I understand this, but Yan'er, what does this have to do with partnering with me? I don't have any high-value products for you to sell," Yun Zheng said with a smile.
The thirteenth princess smiled and said: "Isn't the Yun family's yours? Brother Zheng, don't sit on the Jinshan Mountain and cry about poverty. You must know that the Yun family owns three giant mines and more than a dozen large mines in Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
There are countless small mines. According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, nearly half of the coal in the Wei Dynasty was produced in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, and 70% of it was the property of the Yun family; 30% to 40% of the ironware in the Guo Dynasty came from Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
, nearly half of which are produced by the Yun family's industry. Of course, the most powerful thing about the Yun family is that there are so many iron craftsmen... Among the hundreds of thousands of military households in your family, there are probably about five or so blacksmiths who have been passed down from generation to generation.
Thousands of people? People from the Ministry of Industry say that the quality of the Yun family’s ironware is better than theirs - Brother Zheng, do you know that there is a great need for these ironware in Southeast Asia and the West? I heard from people who have been to the sea below,
A high-quality iron hoe can be exchanged for an ivory or two rhinoceros horns in Nanyang! If you exchange it for pepper, it will be even more profitable! Also, a hatchet can be exchanged for an agate the size of a pigeon egg..."
In the continuous narration of the Thirteenth Princess, Yun Zheng finally understood a general idea, that is: although high-end porcelain such as the royal tribute from Ru Kiln is extremely expensive in other countries, its sales are generally limited.
, the same is true for silk, but those countries with low technology are extremely welcoming to the iron products of the Wei Dynasty. At the same time, they are also in great demand for low-end ceramics such as bowls and pottery pots.
Some countries are not incapable of making good iron tools, such as Tianzhu, Persia, etc., which can make good steel for weapons, but the cost is so high that many rich people can only watch it, but how can they use it?
In actual production? So the Wei Dynasty actually produced a lot of ironware every year, but it was far from meeting the needs of those places.
The four major border towns all have their own blacksmiths and military households. However, due to the coal and iron resources in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, the Yun family has a very obvious advantage in this area. The blacksmiths and military households of the Yun family originally had to manufacture a lot of farm tools, but
Most of them are only for internal use of the Yun family (including the army, military households, etc.), and at most some will flow out to the people in the two provinces, and then these people will farm and weave like ordinary farmers.
To put it simply, the meaning of the Thirteenth Princess is to let Yunzheng use his identity to let these blacksmiths and military households continue to make iron tools in their spare time - to be precise, they specialize in making agricultural iron tools - and sell them to those who are interested in iron through ocean-going trade.
Countries and regions with huge demand for agricultural products
This is indeed a very profitable way, but Yunzheng is very confused about something: under the feudal system, iron tools seemed to be "strategic materials" strictly controlled by the state? Did the Wei Dynasty allow iron tools to be bought, sold and even exported at will?
He couldn't help asking this question to the Thirteenth Princess, but he only got a sweet smile from the elf: "Not to mention that those barbarian countries are far away from our Wei Dynasty and cannot threaten us at all. Even if
We are really close at hand, and we don’t have to worry about these problems. Brother Zheng, do you think those barbarians can recast the iron tools made by the Yun family and then turn them into weapons and armor? Huh, if they had that ability, they would still
Why not just make it yourself! - What is the most profitable thing that our Wei Dynasty sells to them, but it is clear that they can’t do it by bullying them?"
Yunzheng was stunned at first, and then laughed: "That's true, they don't know how to make silk; they don't know how to make porcelain; now even if it's a hoe, shovel or even an iron pot, they still can't reach our level...
…Haha, it’s true that technology monopoly can create huge profits, haha! Okay, I like this!”
Seeing Yun Zheng's hearty smile, the Thirteenth Princess also became happy and said: "Then we have decided, brother Zheng, you will be responsible for getting the iron farm tools, and I will be responsible for selling them at a good price... Oh, by the way, we import them.
The goods mainly include ivory, coral, agate, pearls, incense, myrrh, benzoin, pepper, colored glaze, tortoise shell, etc. In the past, most of these items were resold by my Yinfengzhai for 70% of the money.
The ones that go directly into the inner treasury, but when we become a partnership in the future, the batch that the Yun family exchanged will not be able to be like this again, so we need to have another store."
Yun Zheng scratched his head and nodded: "That's true, then just open one."
----------Separating line----------The best, what is the best, I guess everyone has different understandings. But in Yunzheng's own opinion, money is absolutely indispensable.
is an important indicator that is lacking, so it is absolutely necessary for him to control a certain amount of wealth...
