His Majesty Li Er seems to be curious about everything, because many things are far beyond his understanding, such as the numerous cargo ships on the river.
"I noticed that there are almost all merchants from the south and north of the Yangtze River here. Why do these merchants sell their goods to Fang Jun?"
Ren Zhongliu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are aware that these merchants are not selling goods to house servants, they are just hoarding goods here. Instead of transporting goods all the way here, they have to sell door to door. How can they compare with renting goods?"
How many warehouses are there to store goods here, waiting for merchants to come to buy them?"
His Majesty Li Er dared to be surprised: "Even if there are merchants coming to buy, so many goods gathered in one place must be mixed with good and bad, and the prices are confusing. How to deal with this situation?"
Ren Zhongliu smiled confidently, pointed to a ship of goods that had just been hoisted ashore with a boom, and said: "Your Majesty, please see, for every ship of goods that comes ashore, there must be experts invited from all over Guanzhong to know its place of origin and quantity.
The quality is recorded, then classified into categories, and inventoried. For each product, the details and the price the owner intends to sell it for are written on a wooden sign and put up for sale. When buying goods, buyers do not need to communicate with the seller.
You only need to measure it according to the goods listed for sale in the trading hall. When there are more goods, the price will naturally drop, and buyers will follow the news; when there are more buyers, the shipment volume will naturally increase greatly, and you can sell more even if you make a small profit.
Sellers will naturally gather here. Under a virtuous cycle, it will naturally become... the distribution center for Guanzhong goods!"
These are Fang Jun's exact words. Ren Zhongliu used what he learned and sold it to deceive His Majesty Li Er...
His Majesty Li Er thinks this method is good. When the goods arrive, the buyer lowers the price, and the quality of the goods is not good after paying, etc., which are very easy to encounter in commodity transactions. This can be avoided to a great extent.
But there was one thing he couldn't figure out: "How does Fang Jun make money?"
Speaking of this, Ren Zhongliu sighed repeatedly: "The idea of the Chamberlain is indeed like a stroke of genius, and it cannot be speculated by ordinary people! There are three ways to make money, one is the loading and unloading fees at the dock. The Chamberlain will not take any of this money, but will go to Dongda
Tang Business Company', to pay the wages of dock workers and the daily maintenance of the dock; the second is the leasing of the warehouse, but the price is extremely low, which will be enough to maintain the management of the entire warehouse; the third is to charge a percentage during transactions
With a transaction tax of one, this amount is very large; but the house servant said that the most profitable thing is not these, but the payment of goods after ten days."
His Majesty Li Er felt that his self-confidence was deeply affected, and his brain was a bit insufficient...
Come to think of it, I am gifted by nature and extremely intelligent, so why am I always baffled by Fang Jun's methods?
"Then it still has to be delivered? But it can't be turned into his own money..."
His Majesty Li Er is still broad-minded and not ashamed to ask questions.
Ren Zhongliu exclaimed: "Wei Chen also asked this question at first, but when the business at the dock became more and more prosperous, Wei Chen understood."
You know...you know a hammer!
His Majesty Li Er is very angry. I understand, but you say, do you still want me to be ashamed to ask?
Fang Jun is a coward, but the people under him are also lovable...
Fortunately, Ren Zhongliu did not wait for His Majesty to ask questions, and said: "There is a stipulation in the transaction contract that the seller must make no normal complaints after buying the house ten days before paying the price. However, the buyer still paid the price when taking delivery of the goods.
Qing, so it was left in the hands of the Fang Shilang. This made both the buyer and the seller agree and could avoid a lot of trouble. It seemed that the Fang Shilang only withheld the payment for ten days and had to hand it over in the end. But in fact, as long as the goods yard
existence, then goods are sold every day, so this kind of payment is also received every day... So Wei Chen discovered that in fact, from beginning to end, there was a sum of money that had been left in the hands of the Fang Shilang.
It is equivalent to his own money, and he can use it for whatever he wants, and as the warehouse expands, this money will become more and more..."
His Majesty Li Er finally understood.
This is a white wolf with nothing to show for it!
Using a goods yard to build a trading platform, buyers and sellers will willingly hand over their money to him...
And looking at the prosperous appearance of this dock, we can see how much money flows into Fang Jun's hands every day.
Not surprisingly, His Majesty Li Er was deeply jealous...
I am racking my brains thinking about how to make money, and I am about to raise taxes on the people. If Fang Jun comes up with a random idea, there will be people willing to send money to my door.
What kind of world is this?
Princess Gao Yang stood obediently next to His Majesty Li Er, pursed her lips, and looked at the novelty around her with her beautiful eyes, feeling slightly shocked...
Until the barge arrived, His Majesty Li Er got back into the carriage and did not say another word, feeling very unhappy.
Neither Ren Zhongliu nor Li Junxian knew why this noble man looked so gloomy, and they did not dare to speak casually. The group walked through the dock area in silence and headed straight for the hillside behind the dock.
As soon as I left the dock area, I saw some horses riding on me.
His Majesty Li Er looked out from the car curtain and happened to see a young knight sitting on the leading horse.
The young girl has a beautiful face, wears a long sleeved coat, and riding boots on her feet. She has a dashing appearance.
Immediately, a large group of people trotted around the dock area, surrounding the young knight.
The young knight dismounted her horse, smiling brightly, but she also looked aloof and arrogant, refusing to let others stand thousands of miles away.
Seeing a group of people who looked like traders surrounding the girl, like stars surrounding the moon, His Majesty Li Er was surprised and asked: "Who is this girl?"
Princess Gaoyang curled her lips when she heard this: "Of course it's the concubine that His Majesty the Emperor gave to Fang Jun..."
The strong sourness in his tone could not be concealed no matter what.
His Majesty Li Er suddenly realized that upon closer inspection, it was indeed Wu Meiniang.
It's just that when she was in the palace in the past, this girl was very slim, with a kind of graceful beauty. Now I don't know if Fang Jun has nourished her properly, and she has become a little rounder, but she is not fat by any means, but more graceful.
Gorgeous and radiant.
His Majesty Li Er then smiled and said: "Listen to what you mean, are you blaming the emperor? You know, at that time, you proposed to give this girl to Fang Jun, so as to see if Fang Jun was really a rabbit husband... I haven't asked yet.
Are you and Fang Jun responsible for this?"
Princess Gaoyang's pretty face was slightly red, and she thought to herself that the black-faced god was so strong and strong, so normal...
His Majesty Li Er looked at Wu Meiniang, who was surrounded by a group of wealthy businessmen not far away, and couldn't help but frowned: "Why does Fang Jun allow his concubine to show his face?"
No matter how liberal the customs of the Tang Dynasty were, it was still inappropriate for such an unmarried concubine to mingle among a group of wealthy businessmen.
Ren Zhongliu, who was outside the car, was always paying attention to the situation inside the car. Hearing this, he explained: "Didn't His Majesty entrust the Eastern trade of glass to His Highness the King of Qi? His Highness the King of Qi has a close friendship with the Minister of Fang, and each holds half of the share.
In addition, there are soaps and other items produced by the Fang family workshop, which are the capital of the 'Eastern Datang Company'. Among them, the part of Fang Shilang is fully taken care of by Mrs. Wu."
Princess Gaoyang was surprised: "Then Fang Jun is not afraid that Lady Wu will abscond with the money?"
Ren Zhongliu smiled and said, "I'm probably not afraid."
His Majesty Li Er was concerned about another matter: "There are officials from the Ministry of Industry on the other side of the pier, and the business side is in the hands of Mrs. Wu. What is Fang Jun doing?"
If he leaves important things to others, why should he count the money at home?
Ren Zhongliu had a look of admiration on his face and said with infinite admiration: "Fang Shilang... write a book at home!"
Write a book and talk about it?!
At this moment, both Princess Gao Yang and Li Junxian, as well as His Majesty Li Er, who thought he was a master at nourishing qi, were all speechless.
Can you compose two crooked poems and write a book?
This is the highest achievement in a literary man's life!
Not only can one's thoughts be passed down, one's talents can be prevented from being annihilated by the end of one's life, but one can be recognized by the world and leave one's place in the history of the ocean.
But is writing a book that easy?
Splendid literary talent, strong character, support from scholars, huge expenditure on engraving...
It puts most literati away.
Now, that seventeen-year-old Fang Jun actually wants to write a book?
His Majesty Li Er was very dissatisfied with this. In his opinion, writing a book was not difficult. Fang Jun was just relying on his rich net worth and the reputation of his father Fang Xuanling to make up an unseemly book. Just publish dozens or hundreds of copies at random, and give away a few copies to friends and relatives, and you can be considered as having passed the book-writing addiction.
But when it comes to "standing theory", that's pure nonsense.
You are just a stickler and are stunned. What opinions and thoughts do you have that can be recognized by the world's scholars?
However, His Majesty Li Er also has to admit that Fang Jun is really very capable...
The carriage swayed upstream along a small river with abundant water. When it reached the hillside, it heard a blast of trumpets not far away.