Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 68

[Chapter 68 War Horse]

“Monopoly?”

Yan County Trading Company.

As soon as Yang He took office, he immediately put the monopoly on the agenda.

Unable to get goods in the palace, the merchants were extremely anxious.

Knowing that the business of the palace is now under the jurisdiction of the commercial firm, they all came here one after another.

After arriving at the firm, they saw a huge blueprint on the wall of the firm, marking all the cities of Dasong on the blueprint.

And each city is marked with the exclusive right purchase fee of this city.

“The monopoly of Yan County requires 60,000 taels of silver, and the monopoly of Fan Yang requires 80,000 taels…”

Gathering in front of the blueprints, the businessmen looked at them one by one, shaking their heads and smacking their tongues.

“If two or more people are interested in the same city, they need to bid against each other, and the one with the highest price wins.”

Seeing that there were more and more merchants, Yang He came down from the stairs at this time.

Many people in the merchants knew Yang He, and they all knew that Yang He was now an official of Prince Yan’s Mansion.   Some acquaintances said: “Yang He, you are too ruthless

. You actually want to dig meat from us and eat it.”   Slowly, he continued to smile and said: “Why is this poaching your meat to eat? It is clearly to make you rich, and also to make the business of the palace better. May I ask how many merchants were here in Yan County a few days ago?” Selling fine wine from the palace? With so many people, how much do you benefit from?”   Yang He said so, and the businessman had nothing to say.   Because there are too many wine sellers in Yan County, their wine has indeed backlogged a lot.

Seeing the businessman’s thoughtful expression, Yang He strikes while the iron is hot, “That’s why King Yan and I have provided you with this method. Just imagine winning the monopoly rights of Yan County, and other merchants will not be able to sell wine in Yan County. The profit of this wine is not all the same. It’s crazy, you can earn it back in a few years, and besides, you don’t want the monopoly anymore, and you can resell it without losing any money.”

Yang He’s words awakened the dreamer.

“That’s right, it’s not a loss to sell the monopoly rights to others after earning enough.”

“That’s right, the monopoly rights themselves are money.”

“…” The

merchants whispered.

Yang He continued: “Furthermore, there are seven counties in Yan County. After you win the monopoly rights, you can subdivide them into seven parts for the merchants in the county to buy. This is also the right given to you by the chamber of commerce.”

Merchants Hearing this, he became more and more motivated.

One person hurriedly said: “I want the monopoly of Yan County.”

“Give me the one from Shanggu County.”

“Give me the one from Fan Yang.”

“…” The

merchants shouted one by one.

There are also several merchants who are from the same county, and they compete with each other.

Yang He’s eyes narrowed with a smile.

The smoothness of the monopoly sale was beyond his expectation.

But he is very clear that this is all due to the exclusive goods of the palace.

After all, this is the only one in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

“Don’t worry, bring the money and deliver the monopoly documents on the spot. For those who bid, the highest bidder wins. You are lucky today. If it is later, you will have no chance to buy it.” Yang He said loudly.

Hearing this, the merchants immediately sent their servants back to get the silver, and if the silver was not enough, they would borrow it and take it.

“Master Yang, I’m a merchant from Jinzhou. It’s far away from here, and I can’t carry so much money with me. What if there is a delay?” A middle-aged merchant looked anxious.

Yang He sighed in his heart, King Yan had considered this situation, so he gave him a solution.   So he said: “It’s okay

, you can pay part of the deposit first, and agree on a date for paying the money. If the money is not available by the due date, the commercial bank will no longer keep it for you.”

Day, just give me six days.”

The situation faced by middle-aged businessmen is also encountered by many foreign businessmen.

They breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to sign a deposit document with Yang He, agreeing on a time to pay the money.

One morning down.

The monopoly rights of all counties in Yanzhou were sold, Jinzhou to the west of Yanzhou, Jinzhou to the south, and even more than half of the monopoly rights to Qizhou to the south of Jinzhou.

And further south, the states and counties including Jiangnan sold less.

One is that the monopoly rights in these places are expensive, and the second is that there are few merchants in these places in Yan County, and the reputation of the palace’s fine wines has not spread in these places.

However, Yang He believed that merchants from these places would flock here in a short time.

In the evening, almost all the merchants who could bring the silver brought the silver.

Yang He ordered people to carry the silver and signed documents to the palace.

“Your Highness, a total of 20 monopoly rights were sold today, and the cash received was 360,000 taels. The rest of the documents were signed. If all the money is sent, our chamber of commerce can earn a total of 1.22 million taels this time.” .” Yang He himself was taken aback.

Looking at this monopoly alone, there are not many counties.

But it’s a lot to add up. ,

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

He was not so surprised, after all, the high agency fees of various contemporary brands are not uncommon.

Once, his classmate in a small 18th-tier county was an agent of Coca-Cola and paid more than one million agency fees.

And the monopoly rights won by these merchants are Dasong’s unique fine wine.

This is not much money.

“Yes, this is a good beginning.” Zhao Xu smiled.

This is also one of the reasons why when he just woke up, after much deliberation, he finally decided to sell the ice-making technology instead of monopolizing it.

Because ice-making technology simply cannot be monopolized like wine and other goods.

Although it is novel, it can only make huge profits for a while.

And the wine and the things he will bring out in the future have always had a long history of energy.

“Send the silver to the warehouse.” Zhao Xu ordered again.

After counting the silver last time, he suddenly felt that he was very poor, and it was difficult to equip a cavalry of 5,000 men.

Now, with this investment, the problem is solved.

“Continue to keep an eye on the monopoly. Also, keep in touch with these merchants. It is best to let them leave a contact person in the merchant, so that the palace can contact them in time and let them provide what they need.”

Da Song, all the supplies are under control In the hands of merchants and wealthy families.

Mastering merchants is equivalent to mastering materials. ‘

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a platform that can communicate with these merchants in a timely manner.

Today, this platform is undoubtedly his firm.

“Yes, I understand.” Yang He replied.

Thinking of the establishment of the cavalry, he said: “There is one more thing. The palace needs ten thousand good horses, and this matter also needs the business to do it.”

“Ten thousand good horses?” Yang He clicked his tongue, “Your Highness, this It’s not a small amount, and I’m afraid it will take some time.”

“It’s okay, you just need to put your heart

into it.” The establishment of a cavalry cannot be completed in a short period of time.

Even if the horse is bought back, it has to be trained.

But this matter needs to be planned. It is not a matter for Beidi to enter Kouyan County every year.

Sooner or later, he will let his cavalry across the grasslands, so that Beidi dare not go south to herd horses, and the soldiers dare not bend their bows and complain.

Make Yang He go back.

Zhao Xu returned to the bedroom.

next morning.

He had just woken up when another piece of good news came.

(end of this chapter)