"No, that's not right," Dai Wang shook his head solemnly: "Now is the best time for planning. You just need to be your Beiting Jiedushi. I will take care of everything. I will only invest in the early stage but not operate it. Naturally,
No one will pay attention to us. When you take over Anxi in a dignified manner in the future, we will officially open the line."
Li Siye knew very well that this kind of behavior would accelerate the transformation of the Anxi Protectorate into a vassal town, which would be very detrimental to the centralization of the imperial court. But thinking about it conversely, Anxi and Beiting themselves are semi-autonomous systems.
All taxes do not need to be turned over to the central government, but are used directly for the military. This method is legitimate and suitable for the remote and barren Anxi.
There is nothing wrong with Anxi doing this, but the imperial court actually turned a large piece of land in Hebei into the private land of Fan Yang Jiedushi, allowing the Jiedushi to collect rent and raise troops within his jurisdiction. Wouldn't it be even more harmful to be completely self-sufficient? If this is the case
Thinking about it, it's not a big deal that he monopolized a spice trade route in Anxi.
"What if I am unable to concurrently serve as the governor of Anxi?"
"Then I will make the business more secretive and expand it after you take office."
After careful consideration, Li Siye finally made up his mind and agreed with Dai Wang to prepare a trade route from Congling to India.
Some people may think that the trade road from Congling to Tianzhu has already existed, so there is no need to prepare it. What they are talking about is a trade road in a narrow sense, which is just an irregular route through mountains and rivers. It is full of dangers and dangers. Dai Wang laid it
The route is definitely different.
"I agree and fully support your initial investment. If you don't have enough money, you can go to Congling to catch Yu Gou and get it. I will use my private seal to give it to Congling to catch Yu Gou, and I will identify the leader of the country if he loses Luo.
Write three letters to Quy Nhon Army envoy Zhao Congfang. If you need their help, you can give the letter to them."
Dai Wang crossed his hands and thanked: "Thank you very much, Li Zhongcheng. If the three of them help, I will be more confident."
Li Siye smiled and nodded and asked, "Can you tell me your investment plan and your trade route management methods?"
He stood up from the straw mat again with his knees propped up, pointed to the middle of the Congling mountains and rivers on the wall and said: "I plan to build six commercial posthouses between Congling Shouchuo and Tanjuling. Each of the commercial posthouses will have fixed
warehouse. According to the detailed mileage information of Chifotang Road, the average distance between these six post stations is twenty-five miles. After completion, delivery people will only deliver goods between the two post stations."
"Of course, this is only the first step. The second step is to build a post station between Tanjuling and Xiaobolu, which is completed with the assistance of Quy Nhon Army. The third step is to use cooked silk and thorn willow paper to bribe the local king of Qunu City in India and purchase
Plantations and set up inns along the way. After completing these three steps, the entire transportation line from India to Chang'an was successfully built. I roughly estimated that the distance from India to Chang'an is estimated to be 15,000 miles, with a total of 500 inns in between.
, if there are people relaying the goods at each station, I believe the cargo volume and speed will be very fast. "
After hearing what he said, Li Siye couldn't help but shake his head: "Your idea is too big. Pepper is a valuable item, and the front line is too long. If there are people doing tricks along the way, how can we supervise it? Besides, now in Hexi and Longyou,
Guanzhong is not within our sphere of influence, and even if it is lost, it will be difficult to trace it."
"It doesn't matter. We can improve it step by step. After I finish laying the post station from Congling to India and open up Qunu City, you will also serve as the governor of Anxi and you can extend the transmission between the post stations to Yangguan." Dai Wang
Holding the edge of the wine cup, he continued to think carefully and completed the repair of certain clauses: "In order to avoid losing it in the middle, we sent people to pack and weigh the goods at the source of the shipment, with one dendrobium as a package, and after weighing, affixed
The receipt must indicate the weight, and each transfer station along the way must be weighed and inspected. We will then allocate a seal to the post director of each station, and stamp it after each station is weighed and inspected. If a shortage is found, the post director will stop stamping.
Zhang, transfer the problematic goods to the next station until the final destination, Yangguan Station, so that we know which station has the problem."
Li Siye couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. If you continue to improve it like this, will it become the prototype of modern logistics?
He then raised a question: "This one, how to prevent the entire package of goods from being lost? Second, let's say that people in the world seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so it is unreasonable to let the post station transport such expensive goods without paying them."
Dai Wang opened the book he had written on his desk, flipped through it and said, "I have already thought about the remuneration. It will be distributed on a piece-by-piece basis. The delivery of a bushel of pepper to each station ranges from ten to twenty coins. Of course, this is just
The temporary budget will be adjusted in the future. Let me think about how to prevent the various inns from stealing from each other and swallowing up the entire package of goods..."
Li Siye then added: "Why not design a seal with a number and a seam seal to prevent counterfeiting, and issue it yourself, so that you can control the quantity shipped this year and adjust the price. For example..." He will
Put a piece of paper on the table, separate it in the middle, and then merge it together and say: "These are two parts of a document. The left one is the delivery note, and the right one is the receipt note. The two documents share the same tracking number.
For example, Tianbao's six-year order No. 001 is handed over to the consignor and consignee respectively. The consignor posts the shipment at the source, and the consignee receives the goods at the end. The order number and signature are compared with the seam seal to identify it.
Authenticity, if there is a shortage in the tracking number, it means that the goods have been pocketed by others. Then someone will be sent to trace the whereabouts of the goods."
Dai Wang thought about it carefully and found that Li Siye had thought very comprehensively and there was no other reliable way.
Li Siye smiled and said: "Otherwise, how about you just open a company and set up shopkeepers, sub-shopkeepers, and Yilu supervision?"
"Company? Public company?" Dai Wang chewed on these two words with wide eyes, but in fact they were the same words: "Only the imperial court has the power to assign officials and organize public companies. Li Zhongcheng, you really don't think that the emperor will allow you to do such a thing.
The Imperial Post Office is the government office that made the fortune."
He explained with a smile: "This is just a title. In fact, it is asking you to set up a non-governmental organization, similar to a chamber of commerce, but more tightly organized than a chamber of commerce. You will take the lead in setting up an accounting office, create rules and regulations, and pay salaries to the people below.
"
"I understand," Dai Wang raised his head and thought: "This should be called a business gang, or synagogue. Develop a group of your own confidants, worship the righteous gods with them, make blood alliances, and then announce twenty rules and violate the oath.
Severe punishment will not be tolerated. I will find a way to tame a group of dead swordsmen to protect the merchant gang, but if anyone dares to betray the merchant gang or enrich his own pockets, I will issue a kill order... How about?"
"Well," Li Siye put his hand on his forehead and said: "We are not talking about the same thing, but this is what we will do for the time being, but you must make a good distribution of benefits. At the same time, aren't you an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs? You are responsible for the personnel organization of the imperial court.
If you are well aware of the laws and regulations, you should move closer to this aspect and don’t make yourself too dark.”
Dai Wang nodded solemnly: "The section from India to Shazhou Yangguan has been solved, but how to solve the section from the Hexi Corridor to Chang'an?"
Li Siye raised his head and thought carefully, then put several wine cups on the table and said: "Starting from Shazhou Dunhuang, the Hexi Corridor has become a prosperous place in the world, and the demand for pepper and other spices has doubled. By then we will put some Hexi Corridor
The merchants gathered together, negotiated with agents and listed out the contract. For example, Zhang Kuo's power in Dunhuang was in Dunhuang and Jiuquan, and the contract required that his sales area was limited to Shazhou and Suzhou. Another example was that Suoxi's area in Guazhou was Shazhou.
, anyway, matters in the distribution area are up to them to negotiate themselves. The most important thing is that their goods cannot flow into Changan Luoyang."
"Chang'an and Luoyang have the largest market share, so naturally we can't leave it to just one family. In short, we have to make this cake big enough and bring in all kinds of people, so as to ensure that this business will continue smoothly, and at the same time, we will bring together the official and official circles surrounding the spice business.
The people and the people are integrated to form a community of interests, and the interests are even rooted in Chang'an, Luoyang and even the middle and upper levels of the DPRK."
Dai Wang's face covered with scars showed an enchanting smile: "Let's turn this business into a huge and intricate organization with deep roots. When the time comes, even if some people find out and become jealous and want to stop us, they will find out