Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 492 Exploiting the source of wealth, the chair of the grand master

With the seal of the leader of the Central Committee, for Yuan Tan, many things can be done more smoothly. For example, he has been unwilling to open trade routes before, only willing to come to Xuzhou to buy goods, but refused to let Xuzhou merchants settle in. Pingyuan and other places, along with Yuan Tan once again promoted to the ranks.

Those big merchants in Pingyuan and Qingzhou obediently let out part of the market, and let Xuzhou merchants join in with their capital.

It's not that they don't know how to flatter them. In the final analysis, it's because Xuzhou has no other specialties, and the only thing that can be sold is Xuzhou salt.

But the special products of Qingzhou and Xuzhou are all salt. Xuzhou merchants came in and took a piece of the market. The original Qingzhou merchants would lose a piece of fat. The first-line states and counties are expanded to all states and counties under the jurisdiction of the generals who lead the army abroad.

It is estimated that they are still unwilling to sell this part of the market.

Moreover, even if this market is sold, the commercial tax that Xuzhou can really get is still limited, not to mention the past.

Xuzhou's commercial taxes in the first year of Ding'an alone totaled less than 30 yuan. Not to mention Yuan Tan, even Zhuge Jin, who has always liked to cry about being poor, looked down on him.

After all, the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army were paid an extra [-] yuan a month, except for the government soldiers who could only develop food.

In the end of this month, nearly 200 million yuan was thrown out, and the 30 yuan would not last for half a month, let alone a month.

The reason why we can still support the money and food of the new army is, in the final analysis, thanks to the large amount of gold that Cao Cao smuggled Xuzhou armor and sent over.

Fortunately, now, everything is not a problem.

"Teacher, according to your instructions, the three grades of tables and chairs are selling very well in my Xuzhou market!"

Yuan Tan sat in the main hall of the Hou Mansion, listening to the reports from the officials below, and just as he sat down, he heard good news first.

"Oh? Yuan Zhi, why don't you explain in detail?" Yuan Tan smiled slightly.

Although Xu Shu has been strengthened, he still holds the position of chief historian, and his main responsibility is still to be responsible for counting the memorials sent by various government offices, and submitting them to Yuan Tan for review after summarizing and screening.

What Xu Shu reported to Yuan Tan now is the sales volume after the first batch of [-] sets of tables and chairs entered the market.

In fact, long before Yuan Tan began to develop a series of tables and chairs that were more comfortable than the kneeling system of the Han Dynasty, such as the Grand Master Chair.

In Yecheng, Xuzhou and other places, in order to facilitate his basic necessities of life, he specially prepared Taishi chairs and similar imitations on the market.

As the saying goes, what is good at the top must be followed by the bottom, not to mention that Yuan Tan himself is the Marquis of the Great Han Qi, the general who conquers the East, and the freshly-baked leader of the Central Committee... one halo after another has been added to him.

His every move will naturally attract people below to follow suit, and the first ones to be affected are naturally the lower-level officials who intend to take refuge in Xuzhou, that is, the descendants of various Central Plains aristocratic families.

Nowadays, the children of aristocratic families in the four states of the Central Plains have begun to drink tea and sit on sandalwood chairs as the trend. Invisibly, Yuan Tan has become at the forefront of fashion. He has only now begun to develop the Taishi chair. It can be said that he is a bit of an afterthought. Sleep.

The king of Chu is so thin-waisted that many people starved to death in the palace.There were already similar allusions in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, not to mention that things like Taishi chairs are much more comfortable to sit on than to kneel.

Human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and avoid disadvantages when they are easy. In order to cater to the superiors, they would even endure hunger and starvation, let alone change a chair?
Therefore, although there are many criticisms among scholars about the fact that a large number of people have changed from kneeling to sitting on chairs, they are just talking, and very few people can actually take practical actions to resist chairs.

"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xuzhou can earn millions of dollars from this batch of seats alone. Not to mention, now all the merchants from all over the world come to Xuzhou, and [-] seats have been swept away. Buying."

Xu Shu's eyebrows were beaming, obviously excited that this originally humble seat could be exchanged for so much money.

Compared to Xu Shu's excitement, Yuan Tan is much calmer. After all, he comes from a later generation, and many of his marketing concepts are better than those of businessmen of this era. Even if he is not an official or has no system, even if he is a businessman, he still has the confidence to accumulate. Get up to a great fortune.

Of course, in that case, Wan Guan's wealth would have no official status protection, and it would just be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Naturally, the [-] batches of seats are not all of the same batch. As Xu Shu said, Yuan Tan deliberately divided the [-] seats into three classes. The first class is made of top-quality sandalwood and agarwood. The quantity is also limited, and the first batch of shipments is only [-].

The mid-level chairs are made of inferior wood, but some precious spices are added to the process of smoking and roasting, and the shipment volume is [-].

The remaining [-] seats are made of durable and practical wood.

The three grades are naturally aimed at the three levels of buyers in the market, so the lowest level is naturally for ordinary people.

Xuzhou was stabilized, and the four states in the Central Plains were also stabilized. In addition, various policies were implemented, such as determining land ownership, recruiting refugees, dividing fields, exempting taxes, etc. Although the other three states in the Central Plains have not yet restored their people's strength.

But the lives of the people in Xuzhou are much better than in previous years, especially those refugees, who only need to pay [-]% of the tax in the first three years, even if the output is low, the fertilizer given by Qihou is not enough to use, and they have to cultivate. Finally, not only set aside next year's rations.

There is still a lot of savings, and the year is approaching, and the refugees also want to add some new atmosphere to their homes. These cheap and practical seats on the market have naturally become the first choice of the refugees.

Although scholastics have been advocating the so-called Confucian ethics, but as the saying goes, courtesy should not be inferior to the common people. The common people don't care about kneeling or sitting on any chairs.

As for the second level, it is mainly for businessmen, as well as restaurants, inns, etc. Those shops have purchased many imitation Taishi chairs in their private rooms long before the introduction of Taishi chairs, but the imitation Taishi chairs are not the same.

Firstly, without the blessing of Qihou's aura, and secondly, technically, how could it be better to have a whole army of generals working for Yuan Tan?
In comparison, those big restaurants and inns all purchased a large number of tables and chairs immediately after Qihou launched their own Taishi chairs, and replaced the equipment in their private rooms.

As for the first-class Taishi chairs, they are the least in number, but they account for the bulk of the million yuan profit. There are only [-] high-quality Taishi chairs, each costing less than [-] yuan, but they are sold abruptly. A high price of a thousand dollars has been paid, and there is still a situation where there is a price but no market.

In short, the [-] chairs were sold out in less than three days, and even the local market in Xuzhou was not filled. I asked Yuan Tan to order the general office to work overtime for a few days to produce more chairs to ease the current financial pressure in Xuzhou.

(End of this chapter)