Because the goods are transported by relay, it doesn't look much smarter than caravan transportation in the past, but the efficiency is really high. Although it can't be seen yet, its powerful kinetic energy far exceeds those of straggler-style operations.
Way.
It can be said that from ancient times to today's Tang Dynasty, only two people have accomplished this thing. Yes, one of them is the emperor Li Longji who lives in the Daming Palace, and the efficiency of the emperor's organization far exceeds that of Li Siye and Dai Wang.
The difference between them is like the difference between domestic express delivery and commodity logistics. It's a pity that the emperor made such a big splash just to get fresh lychees from Lingnan for his concubine, which was a waste of resources.
The wall of the trading house has not yet been completed, and all the craftsmen can see from a distance that Li Siye and Dai Wang are taking the lead in burning incense and worshiping the goods shipped in the yard. It is not clear who the founder of Yi Chuan's business is, and which god protects this business.
I don’t know, so I just burn incense and offer sacrifices casually. Because both life and work require a sense of ritual.
Li Siye first held the incense and bowed down, then inserted it into the incense burner and said loudly: "You are goods, you are money, you are my spring and autumn righteousness, I represent the entire Qixi, and even the entire Longyou, and I also represent 20,000
Four thousand people from Anxi, 20,000 people from Beiting, and 70,000 people from Hexi are here to worship you. Please bring us more money so that we can stand firm on this leg."
Dai Wang also stepped forward to place incense to worship, and also murmured to himself, saying that he would make back all the initial investment within this year. Because a total of 750,000 yuan was spent, which is an astronomical figure. It was decided this year
The selling price is 600 guan per bucket, so one stone is 6,000 guan. They need to transport 125 stone pepper within a year, and the weight is about seven to eight tons, which is a lot of weight. You must know that the Tang Dynasty is the first
The stock of pepper in Yuan Zai's home was 800 shi, equivalent to more than 60 tons.
There were no roads in this era. The so-called Silk Trade Road was just a road that people and livestock could walk. All long-distance transportation relied on packhorses and camels. Even if it was a stack cart pulled by livestock, some places were inaccessible. Every packhorse or
The carrying capacity of a camel is only about one stone, and the total annual transportation volume on the trade road is not too much.
They started to take the next step. They took out the receipt and compared it with the tracking number affixed to the shipping package. This was to prevent the goods from being lost in pieces. They then compared the stamp and weight on the tracking number and re-weighed it to ensure that no one stole it during the process.
Pick.
Dai Wang ordered the merchants to unload the goods and pile the peppercorns into the warehouse that had been prepared.
Of course, these three stones are not enough to shock people. The biggest advantage of the station relay method is its continuity. Three days later, two stones of pepper were delivered, and three days after that, another two stones were delivered. In just half a month,
, thirteen stones of pepper were piled up in the storeroom of the merchant house.
After the pepper arrived at the trading house, Dai Wang immediately sent someone to notify Zhang Kuo, Suotong and Xue Yong. They arrived with pack horses and dried the thirteen stones of pepper at once.
Zhang Kuo and the others thought that this was the case for the first half of the year, and they felt regretful and unfulfilled at the same time. However, a month later, another twenty stone pepper arrived. This gave them the pleasure of surprise. You must know that this is just a post logistics system.
It has just been built, and all aspects are being adjusted. There are still many problems, and the means of transportation are also very incomplete. There is still huge room for improvement in the future, but this has made them excited enough. They quickly settled the money and put all the pepper in the warehouse together.
Move and empty.
Since the pepper trade involves a large amount of money, it is not cost-effective to use Tongbao to deliver it. Therefore, Li Siye's trading method is gold collar, fine cotton silk and ripe cotton silk. The price of these two kinds of silk is 1,800 yuan respectively.
One horse and two thousand four hundred cents per horse. It is a hard currency that will not depreciate like gold, but it is still harder to carry than one or two dozen gold coins, so it is used as scraps for payment.
Immediately afterwards, Sha Li also joined the commercial distribution of pepper. For Miji Trading Company, Michagan, which is his own industry, Li Siye also followed the principle of fairness and justice without any partiality, and the price was also 600 guan. But he set conditions not to let others
Selling pepper to Chang'an was actually the biggest act of partiality towards Miji Trading Company.
Michagan owns the entire Chang'an market, which is equivalent to possessing huge wealth. Although there are other pepper spices trafficked by stragglers in Chang'an today, with Dai Wang controlling the entire trade route to India, only rice can finally enter Chang'an.
Note down the goods in the hands of the merchant house.
Although the overall population of Chang'an, a metropolis with a population of one million, is not comparable to that of the big merchants who control the markets of several states, the density of the population, especially the proportion of the ruling class and the rich, is far higher than that of other regions.
Amount. Pepper is a luxury condiment that is not indispensable. The vast number of poor people cannot afford it. Only the rich and the ruling class are qualified to consume it. This highlights the importance of Chang'an and Luoyang.
That's why when he was in Chang'an, Li Siye found a solid backer from the Yang family for Micha Gan.
There is no shortage of wealth chasers with a keen sense of smell in any era, nor is there a shortage of lucky people who get opportunities. Some people are stubborn and lose the opportunity, and some people quickly take their place at the forefront.
Li Siye and Dai Wang no longer need to deal with those opponents who are ignorant of current affairs. As long as they hold pepper, a symbol of wealth, in their hands, people who are driven by desire will rush forward and trample to death the slow-moving front wave.
on the beach.
Indeed, as Dai Wang expected, Zhang Kuo, Suotong and Xue Yong's monopoly on goods only lasted for half a year. Soon merchants from Lanzhou and Liangzhou came to seek pepper, and then signed a contract after weighing the interests.
, those people who fled the banquet had lost their last chance.
Next, a wealthy businessman from Luoyang named Zheng came to him and signed the sales agency right of Luoyang City. Dai Wang didn’t know whether Zheng Twelve Lang could keep his sales agency right in Luoyang City where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but
This is not within the scope of his concern. Because Li Siye has already explained that if someone comes and wants to replace someone else, the only answer for them is that we will never take the initiative to terminate the contract with the supplier unless he comes to ask for termination in person.
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Of course, there are people among them who are unwilling to abide by the rules. They overestimate themselves and come to Yangguan to intercept Husband, or use official connections or borrow the power of Jianghu Caowang to put pressure on the Western Regions Commercial Bank. But when they arrive, these people
I knew I was wrong. The local Doulu Army secretly colluded with the Western Regions Trading Company. Even if they brought out the name of such-and-such general as the governor, Dai Wang, the owner of the Western Regions Trading Company, had a contemptuous smile in his eyes under the mask.
They lost the confidence to fight.
"I repeat to you, don't try to break the rules in our business. All merchants must abide by our rules when they come to us. There can only be one dealer in an area. If you want to replace others, go outside.
If you think of other ways, here you will only end up scratching the surface."
The arrogant Luoyang Shangba pressed his hands on the case in front of Dai Wang and asked, "If I kill your so-called agent in Luoyang City, can I replace him?"
"It is written in our contracts that if the agent dies or loses news during the process, his immediate family members such as children can come over with the contract to continue performing the contract, and they can inherit his father's business relationship."
"Then what if I kill his children?"
"You can check the public contract on the notice board at the door. If the agent or his family does not contact us within a year, it will be deemed to have voluntarily given up the cooperative relationship. At this time, others will be allowed to replace him."
Luoyang Shangba laughed cruelly: "I will come to you again this time next year, I can afford to wait!"