What Wang Yue said is a problem that Huangzhou merchants are facing today: if they want to expand the market, the resistance is getting bigger and bigger. There are no rich merchants among Huangzhou merchants. If they are businessmen, they are not as good as others in any way.

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According to different business methods, merchants are divided into "travel merchants" and "sitting business". According to the original saying, "trading business" is called "trading business", and those who set up shop to sell are called "trading business".

Therefore, when you go out and often travel to do business, you are a businessman, while when you open a store and do business in a fixed place, you are a businessman. The pros and cons of the two are different.

The merchants traveled everywhere, and there were countless difficulties and obstacles. The villagers along the way, who were strong and ill-intentioned with the scissors, who were both farmers and bandits, would lose both goods at any time. The so-called high risks and high returns, and the businessmen would make it very profitable if they did a good job.

The risk of sitting in a business is relatively small. After all, you only do business in a familiar place, but in most cases you have to rely on vendors to get goods. Once you misappropriately get money, it will be in your hands.

It’s okay that goods are selling well, but once the market falls, it will be unsuccessful, so there is no way to solve the problem of business. Therefore, there is a saying that business is not as good as businessmen.

It is natural for merchants to pursue profits. The merchants in Huangzhou have good and cheap cloths, complete books, soaps, hams and daily necessities. Naturally, they are unwilling to be businessmen, hoping to go out and do business and maximize profits.

However, their ability is limited. Many people were originally just local bullies in Huangzhou, and the local tyrants may not be considered a slight dimple. It is just the management of the passes along the way, which can make the costs soar.

Fortunately, Yuwen Wen took the lead and organized everyone to join us, and deliberately or unintentionally made their name to help everyone overcome the initial difficulties.

However, as the scope of activities increases, old problems emerge again. In Shannan, you can rely on Yuwen Wen's name as an amulet. However, starting from crossing the Dabie Mountains to the boundary of Henan, the further the distance becomes, the more difficult it is.

It is better to be in charge of county officials now. No matter how powerful Yuwen is in Shannan, he cannot be in charge of Henan prefectures and counties, let alone Hebei territory. Huangzhou merchants dare not give in. Some of the local tyrants have the means to make people cry without tears.

There are horse bandits everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will be killed and seized. These people may be thugs or accomplices of the powerful, or even another identity of the powerful. As for buying clerks and making things difficult for them, it is not uncommon.

This is still one of the problems. The caravan takes a large amount of goods to travel far away. When the time is not right, when he encounters retreat, he has to leave after one night until the second day. What should I do with the goods at this time?

It is easy to deal with. There will be a residence next to the pass, which allows you to stay and store goods. Of course, this kind of service will be charged. As for how much it is, it will be as "fat sheep".

If you can't stay, then camp in the wild. Once a thief comes over in the middle of the night, sets a fire and fires a hidden arrow, the goods are burned and killed, and you will be responsible.

Even if you are safe overnight, if it rains heavily, people will get gonorrhea and goods will get wet, should you do this business?

These are all problems, so you have to make concessions and manage the work along the way is essential. In the past, the caravans were small in size, and local snakes were not so cruel. Now that Huangzhou's cloth books are becoming famous, the scale of Huangzhou caravans is getting bigger and bigger, the "money to buy roads" has also begun to soar.

It’s okay to say that the journey is short, but now the merchants in Huangzhou have made the transaction to Yecheng, a journey of 1,400 to 500 miles. The blood-sucking worms along the way are very painful, so there must be countermeasures.

"King, everyone has been thinking about this for the whole afternoon. Now it's time to set up a residence along the way, which is to provide convenience for our own people and also inquire about local news. If there is any disturbance, I can at least report a letter."

"Open a living store? If you steal the business of the living store opened by locals, aren't you afraid that they will order the house?"

"There is no need to be too big for the diners. It is mainly because there is a reliable place to stay for your own people." Wang Yue further explained, "These people are responsible for managing local tyrants, and it is not good to live in the inn."

"Take some things? No matter how good you are, how much money can you reduce when you buy a road?"

"As the king said, if you have money, everyone will make money together, and the powerful may not have the energy to organize caravans to do business. So what's the harm in Huangzhou's caravans helping you? You can talk about the specific details."

"Some people stay in a regular place and can coordinate in time. If there is a mansion opened by their own people, Huangzhou businessmen will feel more at ease when they stay in the mansion next to him. They are not afraid of being cut in the middle of the night and picking the meat as beef for selling it."

Yuwen put one hand on the table and tapped the desk rhythmically with his fingers. He could understand what Wang Yue said, the key was in what name this layout was carried out.

"Of course it is carried out in the name of Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Just like the current ‘consignment’ business, Shannan’s consignment business is well carried out, and the routes to Chang'an in Guanzhong are even more busy."

When Wang Yue said this, he did not forget to praise Yuwen Wen: "Thanks to the king, the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce was allowed to open up a commercial road to Guanzhong without any obstacles."

"Thanks to the Lord of Yongzhou, the noble family in Guanzhong, have countless industries under their name. Anyone who wants to kill Huangzhou merchants is simply effortless."

Yuwen Wen added a few words, of course, this does not mean that he has any negative emotions. Being a person requires reality. The Huangzhou businessman wants to make money from other places depends on his name of Yuwen Wen, and what he depends on is the name of his father Yuwen Liang.

Without these, the merchants in Huangzhou are just locals, and he is just a leisurely royal family that is in danger of danger.

When doing things, you should know who gave the rice bowl in your hand. Don’t hold the bowl and eat meat, put down the bowl and curse your mother. If you don’t adjust your mindset, something big will happen sooner or later.

"What the king said is that the prospects of the Huangzhou Chamber of Commerce are becoming brighter now, and the caravans are spreading bigger and bigger, and there are more and more places to use people. The owners want to have a foundation. Can those people be used?"

"Yes, what's wrong? We have worked together for so long, knowing the bottom line, and having more opportunities to make big money, so let's make money together."

"Since that's the case, I'll know."

"But there is no armor, at least it cannot be equipped on a large scale, and there are also crossbows. After all, these two things are taboos. There are private soldiers from the powerful and powerful families of aristocratic families. That is an exception. Don't think that monks can touch it yourself."

The "people" mentioned by Yuwen Wen and Wang Yue are some of the people of the villages in the Dabie Mountains and other mountains. The leaders of these villages are aware of the current affairs, stand on the side of the government, and organize "Yi soldiers" to enter the mountains to attack the rebellious mountain barbarians.

In fact, it is the slave hunting team. Among the popular products in Huangzhou, there is an unexplainable type called slaves.

From slave hunting to transportation to sales, the chain of this industry has been very complete. Not only in the Dabie Mountains, but also in the mountains in southern Ezhou, there are active slave hunting teams.

I won’t talk much about the benefits, and I will skip the morality and other aspects. Yuwen Wen also adopted the attitude of "wealth together" towards these village leaders.

The slave hunting team naturally uses force to carry out "business". If those soldiers are brought to the battlefield and are killed, it may not be possible, but it is suitable to be incorporated into a caravan as a guard. If you catch slaves in the mountains, you must prevent sneak attacks and plots. What's the difficulty of protecting the caravan on the plain?

The only problem is identity ownership.

Are they the mountain barbarians who disobey Wang Hua, intercepted and killed good people on the official road, or were they assigned to the government's jurisdiction and hired to guard the caravan to repel the bandits?

It is necessary to have a name to be justified. These soldiers in the village basically do not speak official language. If they are slandered by others, they will be killed in vain if they are slandered in other places.

You said you are a good citizen? Then you have to go to Huangzhou to verify it. After you have to check it, you are indeed a good citizen, and people have turned into bones.

Wang Yue had an idea about this question. Since Yuwen Wen set the tone, he could make a statement: "Your Majesty, it's better to set up an overseas county so that these people have formal identities."

"No need to be so troublesome." Yuwen Wen smiled. This kind of problem was not a problem for him at all.
Chapter completed!