After several back and forths, the situation changed. Mengliang Feige sent a message back saying that the cloth sent to Yanmen County could not be sold because the price of cloth in Yanmen County had dropped to thirty-eight yuan per piece.
Shen Bing was stunned when he heard this.
If the cloth produced in Yunzhong County was sold for thirty-eight yuan a piece, there would still be a profit, and it would still be a big profit.
But the cloth in Yanmen County sells for thirty-eight yuan... I'm afraid I won't even be able to make back the raw materials and labor costs.
You must know that it was originally sold for 50 yuan, and the profit of 10 yuan is already overwhelming. So wouldn't the 38 yuan be a loss?
If this is the case, how can Yanmen County keep the price down to this level?
After thinking about it, Shen Bing realized that someone wanted to monopolize Yanmen County's cloth industry and start a price war with Yunzhong County.
Shen Bing was confused...Hand-woven fabrics actually want to start a price war with hydraulic weaving fabrics?
Shen Bing's guess was correct. The Yanmen County cloth industry has always been controlled by a businessman named Chen Yong, and Chen Yong also relied on the wealth he earned over the years to recruit dozens of nursing homes... said to be nursing homes. In fact, they are scoundrels.
Generally, there are relatively few crimes committed in Da Qin, especially forming parties for personal gain is not tolerated by Qin law.
However, Yanmen County itself was located in a remote area and had only just been recovered from Zhao State, so the Qin Law had not yet been implemented.
In fact, it was Wu Xiao of Yanmen County who hoped to manage Yanmen County with the help of Chen Yong... As the saying goes, it is difficult for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake. When Wu Xiao came from the Yan Kingdom to govern Yanmen County in the future, he would inevitably encounter dissatisfaction and unclear situations. So I wanted to keep these people and stabilize the situation first.
The cloth from Yunzhong County actually caught Chen Yong's attention when it was sold in Yanmen County for the first time.
If he were an ordinary businessman, Chen Yong's group of people would have already started beating people and grabbing goods.
But as soon as the person guarding the cloth was dressed as a Qin merchant and had a weapon in his hand, he didn't dare to act rashly.
These "Qin merchants" were actually Mengliang's personal guards. Because Qin law stipulated that soldiers were not allowed to engage in business, they disguised themselves as merchants to avoid suspicion and to avoid scaring the people from buying cloth, so they came up with this strategy.
At this time, it is still easy to distinguish the Qin people from the original Zhao people, such as their clothes, hair styles, accents, etc. are different.
Yanmen County had just been included in the territory of the Qin State, and the people in the entire Yanmen County could be said to be "unruly people." Of course, the nursing staff did not dare to do anything wrong when they saw the Qin State merchants.
So the nursing home could only report to Chen Yong. Chen Yong thought about it and said:
"Perhaps it's just that the Qin people are in urgent need of money and sell the cloth at a low price. More than a thousand pieces is not a lot. It's just sold out."
This is what Chen Yong said and this is what he hopes.
However, the facts disappointed him. These Qin people repeatedly transported pieces of cloth to Yanzhong County for sale, and nearly a thousand pieces were shipped in one shipment.
Is this good enough?
If this continues, won't it ruin Chen Yong's job?
But Chen Yong thought about it and felt that he still dared not use force with the Qin people... At this time, the Qin people were the people of the state. If the trouble got bigger and the county guards came, they would just help the Qin people to speak.
So Chen Yong decided to lower the price of cloth.
In his words, it is:
"We have lowered the price of cloth so that these Qin merchants cannot sell the cloth, and they will naturally sell it elsewhere."
"When the time comes, I will adjust the cloth price back, or even raise it even higher."
Chen Yong's wishful thinking was very clear, and after Qin Shang left, he would increase the price of cloth... In fact, there would be no loss for him.
But what he didn't expect was that Shen Bing wanted to do long-term business, and Yanmen County was the closest stop to Yunzhong County, and it was also the first battle of the textile workshop. If he was defeated like this... How did Hourang Yunzhong County's cloth gain a foothold in Yanmen County?!
Fusu saw this information and asked:
"What should I do now?"
Fatty Tun said without thinking:
“Of course the price is reduced!”
"We still have a lot of room to reduce the price. Even if we drop it to 20 yuan, we won't lose money. Are we still afraid of him?"
Fusu frowned and said:
"But...just as the general said before."
"If we lower the price, the price of cloth will become even lower, and the people will suffer too much loss?"
Shen Bing replied:
"So you can't lower the price, but buy it!"
Fusu asked in surprise:
"What does the general mean by this?"
Shen Bing explained:
"According to the normal price, I sell it for 45 yuan and he sells it for 40 yuan."
"He sold it for thirty-eight yuan. If I buy it, I can make two yuan for each horse..."
Fusu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this:
"The general's intention is for us to purchase the cloth from the other party?"
Shen Bing nodded and said:
"Exactly."
Fatty Tun asked in confusion:
"General!"
"Why should we buy a piece of inferior cloth for thirty-eight yuan when we can obviously make a piece of high-quality cloth for more than ten yuan?"
Shen Bing replied:
"It's a matter of purchasing power."
"If we lower the price, a large number of people in Yanmen County who need cloth will buy it at a lower price."
"The purchasing power then decreases."
"But if we buy it fully and others can't buy it, it won't have much impact on purchasing power."
"When we adjust the price back to the original price, even those inferior fabrics bought at low prices will make money."
Fusu was a little dazed, and his face seemed to understand.
But after hearing this, Fatty Tun suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.
This is actually not complicated.
In the final analysis, the initiative lies entirely in Shen Bing's hands. Shen Bing has sufficient funds because he can make paper and has the power of hydraulic weaving.
Unless the opponent is as rich as the enemy... In fact, even if he is as wealthy as the enemy, he may not be able to defeat Shen Bing.
In a price war under such circumstances, the other party will be in a state of "never dead"... Every time Shen Bing buys a piece of cloth, the other party will lose a sum of money until he buys it and has no more cloth to sell. At that time, the price will not be random. How to decide Shen Bing?
And during this price war, as long as Shen Bing purchases quickly enough, those who really need to "weave" cloth will not be able to buy cloth at all.
Therefore, "rigid need" is still "rigid need", and they can only wait until the price falls back before buying.
This is actually a kind of protection for the people... Because the "rigorous needs" are not excessively released, the cloth in the hands of the people can still be sold for 40 yuan as long as the price war is over.
The only loss was the guy who tried to start a price war with Shen Bing.
Although Shen Bing still doesn't know who he is at this time.
So there was nothing to say, so Shen Bing quickly transported a batch of paper to Taiyuan County for sale.
The reason why it was not shipped to Yanmen County but to Taiyuan County for sale was because Shen Bing was worried about attracting the attention of this profiteer... If he realized that both paper and cloth were made by the same person, he would sense the strength of the other party and retreat. , then Shen Bing lost a big fish.
As mentioned before, paper is used to "rob the rich and give to the poor", so Shen Bing feels at ease when he dislikes money.
The paper was sold quickly, and the funds were raised in just a few days.
In addition, the surplus from the previous sale of cloth was sent to Meng Liang, and then Shen Bing issued an order to purchase...