Married a scholar

▍ Form your own caravan.

There are several caravans in Guqu County, some short-distance and some long-distance.Some were formed by individuals, and some were trained by those big merchants themselves.

He asked the people in these caravans what they need to pay attention to when forming a caravan of their own.

For short-distance ones, less attention is required. If it is a long-distance one, the force of the personnel must be carefully considered, because right now people are panicking everywhere because of the drought, and bandits and robbers are even more rampant.Especially on the way to the border.

At that time, other people's money will be lost.

Then there is the commercial quotation.Today's sages don't emphasize civility over military affairs, and don't emphasize agriculture and business, but the business tax is higher than the agricultural tax, and the management is stricter.

Some things need to be attracted to trade, otherwise they will be charged with smuggling, not only will they lose money, but they may also go to jail.

There are two types of commercial quotations, one is official commercial quotations, such as salt, which can only be traded with official permission.But Yanyin is not easy to get. At present, there are only a few aristocratic families with Yanyin.I haven't heard of anyone who owns it. If I want to sell salt, I can't get it, but I can buy it from those aristocratic families and get the buying and selling rights similar to modern agents.

There are also some business quotations, which can be distributed to various businesses regardless of size. Such business quotations are semi-official, which is better.Such as tea, wine, cloth, medicinal materials, etc., as long as you have the means to get these things, you can go to the government office to get business leads. Note, it’s like various qualifications for opening a shop in modern times. Pay business tax.

Of course, if the things you buy are not for sale, but just as a kind of material, it will be easier to obtain business quotations. You only need to go to the Yamen to make a note, and then pay the entry fee and so on. As long as you don’t leave the customs, The court will not care.At present, the imperial court has stopped the border trade and mutual market because of the Xiongnu's affairs, so it is not open.Of course, if you take the risk, you have to be prepared to bear the crime of smuggling and betraying the country.

After all, tea, wine, cloth, porcelain, and medicinal materials are not only needed by border towns, but also by foreigners.In the past, when the border trade market was opened, it was okay, and the court didn't care about it, but now due to disasters and wars, the border trade market has been cancelled, and all materials that go to the border customs need to be registered.

For example, if Meng Yining wants to go all the way to hide the old warehouse, then he can only obtain business quotations and have the right to buy and sell, otherwise it will only be registered as an inherent material, so how can he do anything?

But as long as you buy or sell, you must make a note at the Yamen to obtain a quotation for the sale, otherwise, once it is found out, the consequences will be very serious.

The imperial court still attaches great importance to this aspect, and severely cracks down on all kinds of smuggling and tax evasion.

To form a caravan, for Meng Yining and the others, not only the personnel had to be carefully selected, but also some precautions related to the formation of a caravan had to be carefully inquired about.

Based on what I have learned in the past few days, it is not difficult to form a caravan. After selecting the items, get in touch with the relevant aristocratic families, so that they will not trouble you later.Then there is the yamen, filial piety is indispensable.Although the imperial court encourages everyone to buy commercial quotations, this purchase is also learned.

So Meng Yining was still thinking about what to do.

Xia Wenze was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately understood the key point, "Is this what Ning'er is busy these days?"

"Yes." Meng Yining moved his head, "It's a long way to the border. If we don't bring too many things, it's okay, but we didn't go for fun. Those potatoes That's the point. In this way, the potatoes have to be put on the bright side. Didn't we think to take out the potatoes after we reached the border at the beginning? But this method is really not safe. It's okay not to be stared at. People are watching, and after checking we are full of loopholes."

Xia Wenze nodded, "That's true." But at that time they didn't think of too good a way. Because of Ning Ge'er's secret, they wanted to go all the way to the border by themselves.

Meng Yining said with a smile: "Actually, we two are thinking about it. Potatoes are not shameful things. We can hire people to escort us. But I have a lot of secrets, so hiring people is not very good. These days I Just thinking that we can form a caravan, there are too many articles that can be done between buying and selling, as for the people in the caravan, it is still the old rule to buy people. Now the only thing we need to determine is actually about the business quotation.” As for those so-called He is not afraid of making trouble for the aristocratic family, and he has no intention of affecting their interests. He just needs a way to deceive others so that he can do tricks on the way to the border.

Xia Wenze said: "Materials at the border are scarce, and many things will be bought there, so we don't have to worry about not being able to sell them. But we can't be too complicated, otherwise it will attract too much attention." Mainly the attention of those aristocratic families.Not afraid of making trouble, but afraid of being too noticeable.

"Yes, after all, I'm not specifically for selling things, but I just want to do something else in the middle." Meng Yining nodded, "So I thought, let's not touch the food, we already have potatoes, and it's too late this year I have planted it, but I can plant it in the spring of next year, and harvest it in the fall of next year. Not only will the life of the soldiers be better, but the life of the people at the border will also be much easier. I plan to mainly collect medicinal materials, and the other is some groceries, such as dry goods , cloth, porcelain, tea, and salt, we won’t touch them.”

Cloth and other things are the business of Jaeger-LeCoultre, a wealthy family. It is difficult for outsiders to buy at a low price, and it is not easy to get business introductions.But dry goods are better. These things are cheap, and they have to be collected slowly. The general caravans don’t think much of them. It’s not that they won’t accept them. .

He specializes in collecting dry goods along the way, and he can go to those mountains along the way, and the articles in the middle will be better.

If you don't touch porcelain, cloth, tea and salt, most people will not pay attention to them.

Of course, if people still pay attention, then there is nothing to do.I can only work hard to help my brother accumulate military merits at the border, and hope that this cheap brother can live up to his expectations.

Xia Wenze nodded, "If Ning'er wants to form a caravan, you can actually ask Mr. Su."

"Eh?" Meng Yining was surprised: "Boss Su's family has a caravan?" Isn't he just an ordinary scholar, and the owner of a small bookstore?

"Yes." Xia Wenze lay down with his arms around him, "Mr. Su's family is a big family in Guqu County. His family started as a businessman, and there is even a tea shop and cloth village in the family."

"That's it, then I'll ask Boss Su about Shang Yin tomorrow." Meng Yining didn't ask any more questions, "This will save me the time of going to the yamen."

"Yeah." Xia Wenze patted him, "Go to sleep."

The next day, Meng Yining followed Xia Wenze to find Boss Su, and asked about Shangyin from there.

Generally speaking, commercial quotations are actually very good. After all, the more commercial quotations, the more commercial tax the imperial court receives every year. It should be noted that the interests of those aristocratic families should not be too involved.

After all, the cake is only that big, if everyone divides it up, wouldn't those aristocratic families have no money to earn? !

In addition, if you go to the border, the force of the caravan is worth keeping up with, otherwise the bandits and robbers passing along the way will have to take off your skin.

Only when the value of force keeps up, you can bargain with people when you encounter robbers and bandits. If you lose some money, you can save your life and goods.

If the force value can't keep up, it may be a serious loss of life and wealth.

Robbers and bandits also watch people order dishes.

The best thing is to have several caravans on the road together.

Meng Yining thanked Boss Su and took Xia Wenze to the tooth shop. "Aren't you reading today?"

"Don't watch it, take a good rest these two days." Xia Wenze pulled him and walked under the eaves, "Let He Fangliang be the main person in charge of the caravan, and let's buy some strong men. It doesn't matter what the value is, the main thing is that it looks like that."

No matter how high the force value is, it can't be higher than Ning'er. Besides, people with high force value can't be bought by dental shops. Once there are such people, those aristocratic families have already bought them.

"Okay, if you buy people, you will teach them martial arts along the way. You can sharpen your knives in front of the battle, and you will be happy if you are unhappy. Just bluff people." With him around, there is really no need to buy someone with high force value.If it wasn't for the sake of reducing trouble in the future, he wouldn't even want to buy it, so the two of them went all the way to the border to save worry and time.

"Ah."

Drought coupled with hail and heavy rain, there are many people who sell themselves in the dental shop, asking for nothing but their family to survive.

Meng Yining and Xia Wenze picked fifty strong peasants, and naturally, even his family members bought them together.After buying the people back, Meng Yining asked one of them to go to Shangyao Village and call He Guanshi and He Fangliang over.

"Master Ning, Master." Guanshi He was sweating all over, thinking that something had happened, and hurried to the county seat.

"Let's rest first." Meng Yining asked a little brother on the side to serve herbal tea, "I bought some people, fifty of them have to go to the border with me, and you can take their families back to Shangyao Village How to arrange it, you should discuss it with Fang Guanshi. In addition, Fang Liang will stay, and these people will mainly be managed by Fang Liang."

He Fangliang's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and Guan Shi was taken aback for a moment, but then immediately responded, "No problem, Liang'er will follow the two young masters."

"There is still some money here. I thought I would give it to you when you came over two days later. Now it's just right. You can take it back. In addition, you can also think about what you can do to make a living at home during this period of time." Meng Yining said In this way, he is in charge of the school.He gave Manager He 5000 taels of silver. The money was enough to build two houses in the Food City and Department Store Supermarket. After all, he did not leave Shangyao Village. The wood, bricks, stones, etc. are all available in the village, so he didn’t need much money. .There is no shortage of food and vegetables at home, and even a few more people will be enough to eat.

However, it is impossible for him to just keep a group of people like this. He has to find something for them to do. Those who buy houses can’t help them, so they need professional people to do it.

Therefore, it is very important to increase income and reduce expenditure. What if he comes back late and the family runs out of money?

There will always be emergencies.

Therefore, it is very necessary for He Guanshi to take the money to make money. You don't need to earn more, as long as you can earn money.

If he doesn't even have this ability, then he will have to find someone else to manage the Food City and Department Store Supermarket.

The author says:

Business introduction, customs introduction, salt introduction, etc., everyone knows that there is such a thing.If I have to say it, it is probably similar to the various modern shop openings and import and export qualifications?Just like selling cigarettes, you have to have a license to sell cigarettes.This is probably the case, it should be easy to understand.

Good night~ Mejiu~