Li Shan had to admit that after coming to this era for more than two years, even though he traveled to Hebei and Shandong, even though he had a fight with the Cui family of Qinghe, even though he became famous in Chang'an and interacted with many children of aristocratic families... he still underestimated
It shows the influence of aristocratic families in this era.
This kind of influence is not limited to the status of the official, not only to the title or official position, but to more horizontal development, involving almost all aspects.
Li Shan's previous plan was too taken for granted. He hoped that the Hedong family could provide a large supply of goods, and he would work as a channel dealer with the powerful people in Dai County.
In a sense, Li Shan's idea was perfect. After all, going out to the fortress was risky. Daixian's powerful clans borne such risks, while Hedong aristocratic families and merchants transported goods from various places.
Especially after years of war, only aristocratic families have the connections, resources and manpower to transport large amounts of tea, salt, lacquerware, porcelain and other goods... On the other hand, because of years of war, the aristocratic families also lack such sales channels.
So, this is a good thing that benefits both sides.
But soon, Li Shan discovered that something was wrong, especially after Pei Huaiyi arrived in Dai County.
The originally lively market gradually became deserted, and the once prosperous transactions gradually became less and less... Li Shan quickly determined the problem. In this era, the status of merchants was very low, and they often had to rely on large or small aristocratic families.
Speaking of other things, the first pot of gold that Li Shan dug when he came to this era would have been difficult to obtain if it weren't for Wang Renbiao and Li Kai.
This is especially true for those caravans that travel north and south. Everywhere they go, they have to pay homage to the dock... And in this era, behind the docks are always the wealthy families entrenched in various places.
Pei Huaiyi spoke, and with the help of the Liu family in Jie County and the Xue family in Hedong, those merchants would easily make their choice.
but why?
Why did Pei Huaiyi do this?
Li Shan was puzzled at first, until Ma Yiyi made it clear...it's the same with or without you.
Greed is fixed, whether from the perspective of aristocratic families or from a business perspective. You can organize a caravan to go out to do business, but can't those wealthy families?
They can completely ignore Li Shan and Dai County's powerful clan and form a caravan on their own to obtain maximum benefits.
Why do those wealthy families want to cooperate with Li Shan? On the one hand, it's because of the wine, and on the other hand, he is the acting county magistrate after all.
Li Shan stared at Pei Huaiyi coldly, "You guys want to occupy the magpie's nest!"
From a supplier to a joint supplier, channel providers are integrated. Instead, it was Li Shan who provided Yu Hu Chun, and he changed from a channel provider to a supplier.
Pei Huaiyi looked relaxed, he knew that Li Shan could see through all this... As the person in charge of the Wenxi Pei family's general affairs, he had been thinking about this trade route for a long time, starting from the Gaoman political coup Shuozhou surrendered to the Tang Dynasty a few months ago.
It was a bit taboo at first. After all, this trade route has disappeared for a long time. At most, some small families in Dai County transport small quantities of goods out of the fortress. If they bring large quantities of goods out of the fortress, who knows whether the Turks will not follow the rules and loot them.
caravan.
But now, it's no problem, someone has already walked this road... Since someone has walked it, we can walk it too.
Indeed, Pei Huaiyi and the others can completely get rid of Li Shan... The reason why they have stayed in Dai County and tried to maintain contact with Li Shan is because they covet Li Shan's Jade Huchun, and because Li Shan is still alive after all.
As the county magistrate, he is a local snake.
Li Shan took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "If Dai County organizes a caravan to go out, we can give you two points of profit."
Pei Huaiyi chuckled and said calmly: "This time I went north and passed through various states. I heard that food prices have increased again."
Li Shan's face became more and more ugly. He promised to share the profits, but he didn't want the family members to form their own caravans to go out. Pei Huaiyi threatened without any scruples... Believe it or not, the price of food will rise if he turns around. Believe it or not, he will let you buy it later.
To large quantities of food!
Pei Huaiyi was very sure that Li Shan would give in... Without large quantities of grain, where would Yuhuchun come from?
As for large-volume grain transactions, it was impossible to bypass the network headed by the Pei family of Wenxi, the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Xue family of Hedong, and the Liu family of Jiexian County.
Pei Huaiyi turned his head and glanced sideways. Wang Jin looked at this scene with a smile, without any surprise, and he didn't seem to be on Li Shan's side.
After a long silence, Li Shan slowly spoke: "There is no shortage of goods in the city, and I ask for your help."
"The caravan is not limited to Dai County. It depends on life and death."
"On the way back to the caravan, the market collected the cattle and horses, and divided them into batches of Yu Hu Chun according to their quantity."
Pei Huaiyi frowned slowly as he listened. The caravan was not limited to Dai County, which meant that Li Shan no longer insisted on only forming a caravan in Dai County.
Li Shan put forward this condition, requiring each company to provide various salt and tea goods for trading in the market, and requiring the caravan to carry cattle and horses on the return journey, and the number of cattle and horses repurchased would be used to determine Yuhuchun's share.
Pei Huaiyi did not expect that Li Shan would not retreat at all. He couldn't help being a little surprised, and he was angry deep down in his heart. "The fields in the Ming Dynasty are so vast. Do we still need to raise cattle and horses?"
Cattle and horses were the most profitable goods to carry back from the Turks, and Pei Huaiyi certainly did not want to give up this piece of fat easily.
"Then there is no need for Brother Huaiyi to take care of you." Li Shan said coldly: "You all come from aristocratic families, but Dai County is in ruins. If I serve as Dai County Magistrate, I will always be a Bailihou."
"As I said just now, do you just leave some residue of a bowl of noodle soup for someone?"
Pei Huaiyi sneered, "If it weren't for Yuhuchun, we would have left the city right now!"
There is no doubt that Yuhuchun must be the most profitable commodity. The middle and upper classes in Yunzhou and Turks are not short of salt. The price of salt outside the Great Wall is not exaggerated. Tea is needed by the middle and upper class, but there is less supply north of the Yangtze River.
Tea and tea leaves have to be purchased from Jiangnan. On the one hand, it takes a long time. On the other hand, Jiangnan is still raging with war, and the Jianghuai Army and the Tang Army are still fighting inextricably.
Li Shan's frosty face suddenly thawed, and he said with a smile: "Brother Huaiyi, these things can benefit both sides, so why bother saying such words."
"I have to rely on Brother Huaiyi for everything in the winery."
Pei Huaiyi's expression slowed down, but he still shook his head slightly, "Although I am a Marquis of Baili, how many years can I stay in Dai County?"
This sentence is a vague threat to Li Shan. Believe it or not, a bipolar Pei family can immediately drive you away from Dai County... and you were appointed as Dai County Magistrate by Pei Shiju.
Li Shan held back his laughter. You really went to find Pei Shiju... Believe it or not, that old man called you a bastard.
Li Shan thought for a while, then took a step back, "Let's do this. Each family will pay the price of food for wine, and their share will be increased by 20%."
Liu Xi and Xue Zhuo sat aside and seemed indifferent. They didn't have such high expectations. They just wanted to see Pei Huaiyi's attitude and advance together and retreat together.
Wang Jin advised: "If you are righteous, please take a step back."
Pei Huaiyi shook his head again, "Enrich the goods in the market, but all Yuhuchun will be profited by each family."
Li Shan sighed softly, this is the way of the aristocratic family, swallowing all the meat in one bite... However, this is what Li Shan expected, other families may not, but Wen Xi Pei in his heyday now
The West Family House has this possibility and confidence.
We have still come to this point... When Li Shan decided to revitalize the land through commerce, he had considered bringing in the Wenxi Pei Family's West Dependent House, but he did not expect that the situation would get out of control to this extent.
If Yu Huchun is lost, what weight will he still have on this trade road?
What weight does Dai County have?
This is something I won't allow!
Li Shan stood up, walked around for a few steps, and clapped his hands vigorously. Not far from the door, a young man was led by his bodyguard.
"Come, come, these are all heroes from Hedong."
The young man saluted Li Shan first, then saluted everyone, "Meet you all."
Pei Huaiyi narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Shan, "Who is this?"
Li Shan did not speak, only smiled.
The young man looked a little flinched, but he still raised his voice and said, "In Xiayuan Xiaozheng, my ancestor once served as acting governor."
Pei Huaiyi's face changed drastically, he was actually Yuan Junzhang's son!