Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 375 Dividing the spoils

Li Shan has to admit that he has been in this era for more than two years, even though he traveled to Hebei and Shandong, even though he had a fight with the Qinghe Cui family, and even though he became famous in Chang'an and associated with many powerful families... But he still underestimated The influence of the aristocratic family in this era.

This kind of influence is not limited to the status of the official, not only limited to titles and official positions, but more horizontal development, involving almost all aspects.

Li Shan's previous plan was too much taken for granted. He hoped that the Hedong family could provide a large number of sources of goods, and he and the Daixian family would be channel dealers.

In a sense, Li Shan's idea was perfect. After all, going out of the fortress was risky, and the generational family of the county took on such risks, while the Hedong family and merchants transshipped goods from various places.

Especially after many years of war, only the aristocratic family has the connections and resources to organize manpower to transport a large amount of goods such as tea, salt, lacquerware, and porcelain... Conversely, because of the years of war, the aristocratic family also lacks such sales channels.

Therefore, this is a good thing that benefits both sides.

But soon, Li Shan realized something was wrong, especially after Pei Huaiyi arrived in Dai County.

The originally bustling market gradually became deserted, and the originally prosperous transactions gradually decreased... Li Shan quickly judged the problem. In this era, the status of merchants is very low, and they often have to depend on big or small aristocratic families. Speaking of other things, if it weren't for Wang Renbiao and Li Kai, the first pot of gold that Li Shan dug in this era would have been very difficult to obtain.

This is especially true for those caravans traveling north and south. Everywhere they go, they have to visit the dock... And in this era, behind the docks are always rich families entrenched in various places.

With Pei Huaiyi's words, together with the Liu family in Xie County and the Xue family in Hedong, those merchants will make choices easily.

but why?
Why did Pei Huaiyi do this?
Li Shangang was puzzled at the beginning, until Ma Zhouyi explained it...it's the same with you or without you.

Greed is fixed, whether it is from the perspective of aristocratic families or from the perspective of business, you can organize caravans to do business, can't those aristocratic families?
They can completely set aside Li Shan and the Daixian family and form a caravan by themselves to obtain the greatest benefits.

The reason why those big families cooperate with Li Shan is because of the wine on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are acting county magistrates after all.

Li Shan stared at Pei Huaiyi coldly, you are trying to occupy the magpie's nest!

Changing from a supplier to an existence integrating suppliers and channel providers, Li Shan provided Yuhuchun instead, changing from a channel provider to a supplier.

Pei Huaiyi's expression was relaxed, he knew that Li Shan could see through all this... As the manager of Wenxi Pei's general affairs, he had been thinking about this business route for a long time, since Gao Manzheng elected Shuozhou to the Tang Dynasty a few months ago.

At the beginning, I was a bit taboo. After all, this trade route has disappeared for a long time. At most, some small families in Daixian County transported small quantities of goods out of the fortress. If they brought large quantities of goods out of the fortress, who knows if the Turks will not follow the rules and loot Caravan.

But now, it's okay, someone has already walked this path... Since someone has gone, then we can too.

Indeed, Pei Huaiyi and the others can completely get rid of Li Shan... The reason why they have been staying in Dai County and trying to maintain contact with Li Shan is, on the one hand, because they are jealous of Li Shan's Yuhuchun, and on the other hand, it is because Li Shan is still alive after all. Acting as the county magistrate, he is a local snake.

Li Shan took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Daixian County will set up a caravan to go out of the fortress, and we can give two points of profit."

Pei Huaiyi chuckled, and said nonchalantly, "This time I went north and passed through various states. I heard that food prices have risen again."

Li Shan's complexion became more and more ugly. He promised to share profits, but he didn't want the aristocratic family to form a caravan on their own, and Pei Huaiyi threatened without any scruples... Believe it or not, the price of food will rise, and believe it or not, you will not be able to buy it To large batches of grain!
Pei Huaiyi was sure that Li Shan would give in... Without a large amount of grain, where would Yuhuchun come from?

As for large-scale grain transactions, it is impossible to bypass the network headed by the Wenxi Pei family, the Taiyuan Wang family, the Hedong Xue family, and the Jiexian Liu family.

Pei Huaiyi glanced sideways, and 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 said slowly: "There is no shortage of goods in the city, please help me."

"The caravan is not limited to Dai County, life and death are life and death."

"On the return journey of the caravan, the market collects cattle and horses, and the batches are divided into batches according to the number of Yuhuchun."

Pei Huaiyi frowned slowly as he listened, the caravan was not limited to Dai County, which meant that Li Shan no longer insisted on forming a caravan only in Dai County.

But Li Shan came up with this condition and asked each company to provide various goods of salt and tea for trading in the market, and asked the caravan to carry cattle and horses on the return trip, and the number of cattle and horses repurchased was used to determine Yuhuchun's share.

Pei Huaiyi did not expect that Li Shan would not back down at all, so he couldn't help being a little surprised, and he felt angry deep in his heart, "Ming's family has a lot of fields, and they still need to raise cattle and horses?"

Cattle and horses are the most profitable of the goods carried back from the Turks. Of course, Pei Huaiyi does not want to give up this piece of fat easily.

"Then there is no need for Brother Huai to take care of you." Li Shan said coldly: "You all come from aristocratic families, but Dai County is in ruins, and I will be the magistrate of Dai County. I will be Bailihou."

"Just like what I just said, do you only leave some residue for a bowl of noodle soup?"

Pei Huaiyi sneered, "If it wasn't for Yuhuchun, we would have left the city at this moment!"

There is no doubt that Yuhuchun must be the most profitable commodity. In Yunzhou and Turks, the middle and upper classes do not lack salt, and the price of salt outside the Great Wall is not exaggerated. Tea is needed by the middle and upper classes, but it is rare in the 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 Army and Tang Army are still fighting fiercely.

Li Shan's icy face suddenly thawed out, and he said with a smile: "Brother Huaiyi, if these things are done together, both parties will benefit, why bother to say such things."

"Everything in the winery depends on Brother Huai."

Pei Huaiyi's expression slowed down, but he still shook his head slightly, "Although you are a Marquis of Baili, how many years can you stay in Dai County?"

This sentence faintly threatens Li Shan. Believe it or not, a bipolar Pei family can immediately drive you away from Dai County... and you were originally recommended by Pei Shiju as the magistrate of Dai County.

Li Shan resisted laughing, you really need to go to Pei Shiju... Believe it or not, the old man called you a bloody spiel.

Li Shan thought for a while, then took another step back, "How about this, the Zhujia will pay the price of food for wine, and the share will increase by [-]%."

It doesn't matter if Liu Xi and Xue Zhou sit aside, they don't have such high expectations, they just want to see Pei Huaiyi's attitude, they advance together and retreat together.

Wang Jin persuaded: "Huai Yi, take a step back."

Pei Huaiyi shook his head again, "Enrich the goods in the market, but Yuhuchun will be shared by each family."

Li Shan sighed softly, this is the way of a family, swallowing all the meat in one gulp... However, this is what Li Shan expected, not necessarily the other families, but Wen Xipei in the heyday of today Clan's Xijuanfang has this possibility and confidence.

It's come to this point... Li Shan had already considered bringing in Wenxi Pei's family's western family home when he decided to revitalize his business, but he didn't expect the situation to get out of control to this point.

If you lose Yuhuchun, what weight do you have on this business road?

What weight does Dai County have?

This is not allowed to appear!
Li Shan got up and took a few steps, clapped his hands vigorously, not far from the door, a young man was led by his personal guard.

"Come, come, these are all He Dongjunjie."

The young man bowed to Li Shan first, and then bowed to everyone, "Greetings, gentlemen."

Pei Huaiyi squinted at Li Shan, "Who is this?"

Li Shan didn't speak, just smiled.

The young man looked a little shy, but he still raised his voice, "In Xiayuan Xiaozheng, the ancestor was the acting governor."

Pei Huaiyi's face changed drastically, he was Yuan Junzhang's son!
(End of this chapter)