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    Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, things became more and more lively.  As a businessman who travels all year round, Zhao Yuan is used to the depression in troubled times, and Zhao Yuan feels this aspect the most.  The local people are getting richer and richer, and as long as the goods are suitable, there is no shortage of goods for sale, which will naturally attract more caravans like him to come.  There are more than thirty unofficial guesthouses in Luoyang City, but after asking around, none of them were vacant. There were nearly a hundred people in my caravan, so in the end they had to stay separately.  The guest house where I live has three large shops and more than ten single rooms. The caravan clerks, stewards, and two or three rangers can fill it completely.  The guest house business is getting better and better. When Zhao Yuan came to Henan County a few years ago, most of the guest houses here were only good people who took care of them. But now the owners of the guest houses are almost all first-class meritorious citizens.  The food purchased from the owner of the guest house was distributed by the steward to the workers. Zhao Yuan sat in the living room of the guest house and slowly enjoyed his food, recalling the changes in this land. Occasionally, he met the three people he invited  The guards chatted for a while, or looked at the two sword-wielding rangers behind the desk next to the door.  Everyone is eating, but only the guests staying in single rooms eat in the living room, and the guys can only squat in the yard.  "Ziting! Ziting!" Suddenly, a rapid cry came from the courtyard outside the hall, and the voice was very familiar.  Ziting was his name. Zhao Yuan's heart tightened and he replied loudly: "Uncle, I'm here!" Upon hearing the answer, the man immediately ran towards the hall door with heavy footsteps.  The person who came here was the chief steward of his caravan, a figure that had been used by his father's generation, and he was very stable.  I have led some of my staff to stay in another guesthouse these days.  Look at him panting heavily when he appeared outside the hall door.  Zhao Yuan was even more frightened, stood up hurriedly and asked, "What's the matter?" The chief steward also saw Zhao Yuan, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly crossed the threshold and ran over. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? He was panting heavily, and his feet have already become weak. By the time he was a ranger, he was on the case.  Suddenly lost strength and fell.  At this moment, his arm knocked over a bowl of soup on the table, and most of the soup in it spilled onto the ranger's robe, and a lot of it was also stained on the steward's body.  The ranger immediately became furious. He picked up the sword that he had put on the table before, stood up and pressed the sword angrily: "Old man! You are seeking death!"  No crime! No crime! I will pay for the money and then buy you some food and wine!" "Is it possible for me to do anything like this?" The three guards who were usually very generous stood up with their swords in hand.  Stand behind Zhao Yuan.  The tense atmosphere frightened other merchants and guards in the hall to get up and hide in corners.  The ranger¡¯s companions were also advising him.  The ranger was still angry, staring at the three guards, and was about to draw his sword.  "Stop!" A female voice sounded at the right time. Everyone looked back, but it was the shopkeeper's wife who quickly rushed over with her skirt in hand. As she walked, she shouted: "Stop!" A woman dared to get involved?  While the knight who was about to draw his sword was slightly stunned, the shopkeeper's wife had already stopped in front of Zhao Yuan and the chief steward. She smiled at the knight Yingying and said, "Your honor, I think you came here after hearing the article urging knights. How can you draw your sword at will?"  Trying to show off one's strength? If so, what's the difference with Gan Ning's generation?" After a word of advice, the shop owner's wife said seriously: "Luoyang is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and the orders of Henan Yin and Luoyang have abandoned Rong Bairi to have such a thing happen?  Think twice!" Next to him, Zhao Yuan apologized again and again, promising to pay for laundry and meals. The Ranger Fang was dragged back to his room to change his clothes.  Zhao Yuan thanked the shopkeeper's wife and complained to other customers for causing disturbance, and then asked the chief steward: "Uncle, why is it so urgent?" The chief steward looked at the people around him and whispered in his ear: "I  Hearing the announcement from the official temple in Luoyang, he wanted to find a merchant who could sell goods for the Yuan Dynasty. If he succeeded, he would be awarded a first-class meritorious service. He was anxious to report it to Ziting, not wanting to cause trouble. " "Seriously?" Hearing this, Zhao Yuan almost  They're all going to explode.  Watching the chief steward nodding eagerly, and then looking anxiously at the people waiting for him, Zhao Yuan also lowered his voice and said: "I will go to the official temple to inquire carefully. My uncle will ask the knight to accuse him. It doesn't hurt to pay more money, but don't  Just make trouble for this." He asked three guards to accompany the chief steward, and he hurriedly hitched his mule and went out to the official temple.  Zhao Yuan was from Donghai, Xuzhou, and brought a caravan with him.  Since the first time I sold salt to Henan six years ago, I have been coming every year since then. In the past two years, I have made a trip every three or four months. The purchase and sale of goods have been based on local demand.  The more he learned about it, the more Zhao Yuan felt he fell in love with this place.  The goods are sold far away, and the world only knows that?The price is several times higher than that of the place of origin, so merchants naturally make huge profits, but they don¡¯t know the hardships involved: bandits, plunder, extortion by soldiers, and government tariffs. After spreading like this, how much real profit can be left?  How can a businessman survive without increasing the price several times?  Not to mention, if you are not careful, losing your property is only a trivial matter, and whether you have to save your life is the most important thing.  When was there not a time when my loved ones at home and myself were all on tenterhooks from the time we left home?  After walking through troubled times, I realized that only under the rule of Deng Gong could I avoid these troubles.  However, apart from being happy, there is also another kind of hatred towards this place, that is, only first-class meritorious citizens can do business, and they have nothing to do except doing business. If they settle here, they can only live as ordinary civilians!  ???????????These local merchants seem to have their nostrils pointing upward when they look at outsiders.  It is a rare peaceful place in troubled times. The more he likes this land, the more he hates the law that only first-class meritorious citizens can do business. If it were not restricted by this, he would undoubtedly move his entire family here!  Merchants, merchants, have been merchants since ancient times, and they have been merchants.  Strictly speaking, there are actually no merchants in the Yuan Dynasty household registration. These first-class meritorious citizens who open shops to sell goods can only be called "Jia" and should not be called "merchants". But if you can have great luck like that  Liu Xuban was granted a first-class meritorious residence registration. Even if he gave up his best business career and became a businessman, what would it mean?  Is it possible that anyone is really willing to chase profits year after year?  Stimulated by Liu Xu's incident, Zhao Yuan also thought about where to find some shipping materials to sell to Dayuan, but unfortunately he had no way to purchase them.  Secondly, the shipping material is heavy.  He is accustomed to traveling by land.  There are only a few dozen mules and horses, and even if they are purchased, it will not be easy to transport them over a long distance.  What I have been secretly talking about over and over again, now Dayuan actually gave me a chance!  But what are you going to sell?  Why should we make announcements in official temples?  At this moment, Zhao Yuan really wished that he, the only trader, could have this secret to himself.  ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT out of mind, there doesn't seem to be anything important enough to be awarded a first-class meritorious service, giving it the same treatment as a fifth-rank or higher civil and military officer.  Once this news spreads, how many businessmen will be moved by it?  Even if you lose money, you still have to fight for it?  Indeed.  On the way, he encountered many people riding mules, horses or on foot who were rushing to the official temple. When he arrived at the official temple, many merchants were crowding in front of the courtyard wall to watch the announcement.  Most of the merchants were literate, and even those who were illiterate were asked to keep accounts. Before the announcement, everyone just stood around and watched. Some people who had already seen it gathered around and asked the officers, but a few of the officers just shook their heads and said they didn't know.  Zhao Yuan didn't bother to tie the mule to the hitching post. He jumped down and rushed over to read the notice first.  The notice did not clearly state what kind of goods the merchants were invited to sell. It only said that the goods were expensive. Only those who needed more than 100,000 yuan to prepare the goods could go to Zhen's house in Luoyang for detailed discussions on the first day of August.  After seeing it clearly and carefully.  Zhao Yuan squeezed out of the crowd again and went to ask the officer.  Others still said they didn't know, so he could only make secret calculations.  One hundred thousand dollars is not a small number, but the notice says it must be at least one hundred thousand.  Even if all the current goods are sold out, there will probably only be this amount. It is only early July, and there are still more than 20 days before the first day of August. This notice must be hidden, and there is no telling how many merchants will be there by then.  To compete.  With so many people involved, even if Henan wants to sell a large amount of goods, one hundred thousand dollars is not safe!  While he was thinking about it secretly, he suddenly heard someone in the crowd behind him ask in a low voice: "Deng Muan wants to sell the household registration of a first-class meritorious citizen? One hundred thousand yuan per household, how expensive is it?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan sneered at the corner of his mouth and said secretly:  "If one hundred thousand dollars can really buy a meritorious household registration, I just think it's cheap!" Thinking about the past behavior of the owner of this place, Zhao Yuan shook his head. He couldn't guess the left and right. Looking back, his mule was still there and had not been lost.  , I went to hold him up and prepared to go back to the guest house to discuss with the stewards.  Riding on the mule, I looked at the notice and among the merchants, there were many familiar faces, and several were also Xuzhou merchants. At this time, there was some suspicion and fear on their faces.  ¡°After all, since ancient times, there are not a few businessmen who have caused trouble because of their wealth. Even if Deng Muan took advantage of his family and others to gather a huge sum of money and suddenly robbed it, it is normal.  Zhao Yuan was startled, and it took him a while to understand why he and others were suspicious. He remembered that many merchants were afraid of the bad reputation of the owner of this place. They had only been together for a short time and knew very little.  If you don¡¯t believe it, maybe you can take advantage of it!  No matter what, I have to give it a try. After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Yuan raised his voice on the back of the mule: "I am Zhao Yuan of the East China Sea. I live in Lanling County. My family has a small income. I am also a businessman. I have never broken my trust in personnel.  Those who travel to Xuzhou may know that I want to buy things in Sizhou for sale, but I don't have enough money. I would like to ask you to make a contract to borrow money, and the borrower can pay double the amount!  Ask for it back at my home, or go to Luoyang Jinyuan in February next year.??Look for me again!  " Hearing him suddenly loudly asking for a loan on this occasion, the merchants couldn't help but look at each other. Zhao Yuan said it again loudly. One of them happened to be going back to Xuzhou. Knowing that Zhao Yuan was not an idiot, he replied to the crowd: "I still have some money.  The ten pieces of gold were left unused in the guest house. If Mr. Zhao wants to use them, just take them away.  " Most people would not go out with a few taels of gold. Zhao Yuan was overjoyed. He first reported his residence in a guest house, then asked where the other party lived, and told him to come to collect the money in the evening to sign a contract. " Double the return, and the profit from hard work  It was no more than this amount, and the other party was reputable. Two other Xuzhou businessmen thought that as long as they had enough 100,000 yuan left, it would be good to give some to Zhao Yuan for profit, so they lent him six and ten gold each.  He said nothing else. In this era, although gold and silver are rarely used, they are also portable equivalents. The price of silver fluctuates depending on the place of origin and the quality of the silver. However, the exchange rate of gold for silver is generally one to five, and silver for copper coins.  It was roughly one to one thousand, and he borrowed 26 gold, which was about 130,000 yuan. Zhao Yuan was determined to achieve something, and it was an unexpected surprise to be able to get an extra 130,000 yuan, which greatly increased the cost. He thanked him repeatedly.  , Quan asked for his address, and planned to pick it up in the evening. He hurried back to the guest house and told the manager to sell the goods urgently tomorrow, and then exchange all the Han-made copper coins with the government for new Yuan coins.  The other merchants in the caravan were also convinced, and they rushed to the official temple one by one. Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth and called his men to bring all their livestock to the official temple. There were more than thirty animals in the caravan.  The head belongs to him, and the rest are leased from others. The official price of livestock in Dayuan is too low, which leads to low livestock prices in Henan County, but there is no sale. No one runs this business, so if you want to sell it, you can only sell it to others.  Merchant, now the merchants are gathering in front of the official temple, but there is no place to sell it in the horse market. But he is in a hurry to sell it, so as not to be taken advantage of. Even if he sells it to his peers, the price will be severely suppressed. In troubled times, even if he has money.  It is difficult to buy so many large livestock at one time, more than 30 of them, but Zhao Yuan only sold them all for less than 190,000 yuan. Many people laughed at him because he was crazy. He didn't know how long it would take to buy them all in the future.  The price would be nearly 100,000 yuan more, but Zhao Yuan didn't care about other people's jokes. He just thought that the notice said the price was more than 100,000 yuan, and didn't say that he needed to prepare more livestock. He estimated that there were nearly 50 mules left.  Horses and donkeys were enough. If they were not enough, he would rent them from others at a high price. After all the livestock were sold, Zhao Yuan began to calculate his own capital. Every time he went out to do business, he would secretly prepare forty taels of gold.  According to a few confidants, the goods for this trip were estimated to be worth 110,000 to 20,000 yuan. I told the steward and the clerk that they would not distribute them for the time being. Including the borrowed money, the total amount was more than 600,000 yuan.  Afraid of any eventuality, and considering that it was not completely safe, Zhao Yuan made up his mind not to go anywhere in the next days, but to stay in front of the official temple every day, looking for other colleagues who didn't care about him to borrow more money.  The act of burning the boat was both a joke and a frightening one, and fewer and fewer people were willing to lend him money. On the other hand, the number of businessmen who brought livestock and goods to the official temple to sell them at low prices was also increasing.  More and more people came to borrow money from the same county and the same state. Those who joked about Zhao Yuan soon stopped laughing.  They were forcibly driven to the horse market for trading.  Like a trend, the news spread quickly, and caravans of all sizes selling goods across Henan began to rush to Luoyang. Many who did not have enough money beat their chests and wailed.  This is also a business opportunity. Those merchants who are not interested in Dayuan household registration buy urgently sold goods and livestock at low prices, and some local wealthy and meritorious people's homes begin to lend money to small businesses with contacts, established roots, and credibility.  Traders.  This July, Luoyang City is almost in a state of excitement.  (I thought it could be updated before twelve o'clock, but I didn't expect that the number of words was too much, so it was delayed.) (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotia.net
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