The fifth is sent The first mutual market was very successful.
In the end, there are indeed cases where some goods are not sold, and some people sell the goods but do not buy the goods they like.
But under Zhang Chao's final matchmaking, those businessmen finally bought the remaining goods.
The total turnover reached more than 80,000 yuan.
Zhang Chao charged a handling fee of 2 percent, and this money alone earned 1,600 yuan, plus the batch of goods he organized, he earned a total of more than 3,000 yuan in one transaction.
Of course, this more than 3,000 guan is just a unit of measurement, in fact he earned a thousand sheep and fifty cows.
"If you transport these cattle and sheep to Guanzhong, you can make even more money."
One pound of tea in exchange for three sheep, five pounds of tea in exchange for a cow, to the Central Plains, a sheep can be sold for at least three pounds of tea, which is quite a high profit.
Cattle and sheep buy money and then buy tea and ship it here to sell, which can be exchanged for more cattle, sheep and horses.
"The profit on this transaction is really high, but there are also some reasons."
Zhang Chao summed up with a smile, the main reason is that just after a big war, Zhang Chao's Taozhou reopened the mutual market, and other border Hezhou, Fangzhou, etc. are still strictly guarding the border, how can they boldly open the mutual market It is precisely because only Zhang Chao has opened a mutual market in Taozhou here, so the materials brought by Han merchants can be so valuable.
One pound of tea can be exchanged for three sheep, and five pounds of tea can be exchanged for one horse.
If this is not the case, even if the tea in the border market is already expensive, and the cattle and horses are much cheaper than those in the Central Plains, there is no such disparity.
"I think we should build some houses on that island and build pontoons on both sides, so that we can not be affected by the weather.
The time of the mutual market can also be fixed, once every ten days. ” "So much trouble" Zhang Chao originally wanted to set up the border city outside Taozhou City in the future, but after thinking about it, it would be located on the Jiangxin Peninsula.
As for repairing pontoon bridges and building houses, although it is more troublesome, it is not free.
Zhang Chao had already thought about it, and sent troops to build a wall on the south side of the peninsula leading to the land, only allowing pontoon bridges to cross from the river on the east and west sides, and then he built a bridgehead and sent troops there to collect customs fees.
The customs fee is calculated as 5% of the value of the goods they trade in the market, and after the transaction, they pay the money directly in the market, and after paying the money, the market management personnel will issue them a receipt, and then they can cross the bridge from the island with this receipt.
Otherwise, don't think about leaving.
That way, they don't want to evade taxes.
Zhang Chao calculated, if he could really receive five percent, it would be very profitable.
With this money, Zhang Chao raised 5,000 soldiers and horses in Taozhou, which was more than enough.
Although the 5 percent tariff is not cheap, it can have a better place to trade, and the security of the transaction is guaranteed, and I believe that those businessmen are still willing to come.
Especially now, where other places are closed, and they want to trade, there is nowhere to go.
The border market was not a market in the Tang Dynasty, and the profits of the border market were huge.
Zhang Chao opened a border market in Taozhou, and the Tuyuhun people, Tubo people, Qiang people, and Di people all came, and they did not produce tea, silk, and even cloth in their territory, mainly by trading.
The specialty of Tuyuhun is cattle and horses, especially horses, Tuyuhun's Qinghai horse, but it is a very high-quality high-grade war horse, which was very popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Qinghai horse is like a Ferrari, Porsche and other expensive sports cars imported from abroad in later generations, which are unique to foreign countries.
What are the specialties of Tuyuhun and Tubo "Cordyceps, yak jerky, barley wine, snow lotus, saffron, yogurt, ginseng fruit, wolfberry" However, these things were not the most important in this era, and the most important specialties were cattle and horses.
After changing 1,000 sheep, Zhang Chao decided to kill 500 on the same day, reward the soldiers, and divide one sheep among the ten soldiers On the same day, the soldiers of Taozhou were happy to eat roast whole sheep and haggis soup.
Zhang Chao stood sullenly at the head of the city.
"Saburo seems to have something on his mind" Zhang Chao patted the city wall, "I guess I may not be able to go back to Chang'an" "Why" "Why do you knowingly ask," Zhang Chao shook his head and sighed.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be so stingy, at that time, San Lang did nothing wrong, the national disaster was at the head, the enemy invaded the territory, and he should put aside those who hated the same enemy.
San Lang saved the King of Qin, kept Longxi, and forced Tuyuhun to retreat, which was a great contribution to the court. ” "But this made the prince very unhappy."
Zhang Chao said that the prince was unhappy or said lightly, this time, the prince would not be happy.
Zhang Chao believes that after the prince knows what happened here, he probably has the heart to kill himself.
It can be said that his identity is now exposed, and it will be impossible to think of being an undercover agent in the East Palace in the future.
He wasn't too worried about himself, after all, this rescue of Li Shimin, this matter was put on the table, and Li Jiancheng couldn't find fault with him.
But what he is worried about is Li Jiancheng's black hand, after all, Li Jiancheng is the prince, if he wants to deal with Zhang Chao, there is a way.
It is also a kind of revenge to let Zhang Chao stay here and not be able to go back, a Taozhou assassination history, in fact, is not much different from exile.
What worries Zhang Chao the most is the situation at home, he is not in Chang'an, what if the prince instructs someone to deliberately engage in the Zhang family and his industry.
Zhang Chao sent the two brothers back to Chang'an and asked them to send a letter to Thirteen Niang and asked her to be more careful.
At the same time, Zhang Chao also asked Thirteen Niang to arrange a workshop and organize people to prepare to transport goods to the Taozhou border market for trading.
Liquor, Buddhist scriptures, these are all goods made by the Zhang family themselves, and the profits can be higher without going through other links.
At the same time, it can also expand the sales of the workshop.
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Both Tubo and Tuyuhun are more Buddha-worshippers, and they can naturally make a lot of money by selling Buddhist scriptures to nobles or even monasteries.
As for liquor, Wang Yongan can sell so well on the grassland, so naturally it can sell better in Qinghai-Tibet.
Transporting liquor and Buddhist scriptures, and then transporting cattle, sheep, horses, camels, furs, herbs, etc., back is very profitable.
After the opening of the first Jiangxin Island side market, many merchants came over.
In the city of Taozhou, many Han merchants came, especially when they heard that five catties of tea would change to a horse, they were even more excited.
Even if it is the most ordinary mare, it can be exchanged for a horse as long as five catties of tea, and the profit in it is still very attractive.
Many of the merchants who came here mainly brought tea.
The Hu people's need for tea is huge, and they would rather not eat for a day than go without tea for a day.
As a nomadic tribe, they usually eat meat and drink milk, and they need tea the most.
Zhang Chao welcomed these merchants who came to hear the news, because these merchants stayed in Taozhou City until the trading time.
This made Taozhou City suddenly regain a lot of vitality and liveliness.
There are Taozhou soldiers and horses, and the security in the city is also very good.
Ten days after the last transaction, the border market on the Jiangxin Peninsula has started again.
This time, the merchants from both sides are several times higher than the last time, and when the other states are closed, this border market in Taozhou is becoming more and more rare.
The last time the merchants came again, they found that the place had changed drastically.
On the Jiangxin Peninsula, it became a town.
There are pontoon bridges, watchtowers, and a fence to the south.
There is also a dunker at the head of the bridge, on which there are archers, guarding the drawbridge, the gate.
Many houses have been built on the island, and many people can be seen still building walls, and it seems that they are preparing to build a fort city.
There are quite a few houses on the fenced peninsula.
Warehouses, taverns, restaurants, tea shops, auction houses, money houses, gambling houses, green houses Rows of houses, surrounded by cross streets, actually have the feel of a city.
Although many of the houses are still unfinished, you can imagine that it will be very bustling when it is finished.
"The border market once every ten days, why is it so big" "It seems that our Liu Yuanjun has a big heart, and plans to make this a commercial town, and in the future, not only will everyone come here in the border market once every ten days, but even this place will be an open market all year round.
When it's coming, when it's ready to trade.
It's early, you don't have to wait in Taozhou City, you can come here directly, the goods can also be stored in inns, restaurants and restaurants, and you don't have to cook and eat by yourself in the wilderness. ” However, on the banks of the river, many people found signs standing there, stating that the tariff on the island would be collected by 20 tariffs.
"One out of twenty, I didn't have it before."
"It's really black-hearted, if you don't go to the island, we'll go directly to the Hu people to trade."
"Be quiet, didn't you see that the announcement also says that the Tang Dynasty merchants who came out of Taozhou can only trade on this island, and the violators are regarded as smuggling, and once they are discovered, the goods will be confiscated, arrested and imprisoned."
Zhang Chao took so much effort, of course, he couldn't allow the businessmen to go out of the market to trade on their own.
Everyone is like this, how can he continue to open this market.
Therefore, with his right to assassinate history, Zhang Chao directly wrote a notice.
Every merchant from Taozhou can only trade with the Hu people here, and the violators will be regarded as smuggling, and the smuggling Taozhou government will be severely cracked down, and the goods will be confiscated if they are found, and they will be arrested and imprisoned, and those who resist will be directly executed.
And those who trade on the island have to draw one out of twenty.
Those who have paid customs duties can be protected by Taozhou soldiers to ensure the safety of their persons and goods in Taozhou.
"You see, there is another one here, in the future, all the Fanhan merchants who come to the Jiangxin Island market to trade, depending on the number of pack horses in the caravan, need to transport the corresponding grain and grass to sell to the Taozhou government.
Ten pounds per person and per horse. ” A group of businessmen looked at each other.
If their caravan had twenty men and fifty mules and horses, wouldn't they have to bring seven hundred pounds of grain at one time?
"It's too troublesome, come here to trade, who doesn't want to carry more tea and other goods, what kind of food to bring here, and you have to add a few pack horses."
Someone asked, "Is it okay to pay money directly?"
Carrying a few hundred catties of grain on a trip is not a very big burden for a caravan, and a few stones of grain is a matter of several thousand dollars.
But it is more troublesome to transport grain for thousands of miles, and it will occupy pack horses.
A few horses transporting grain can make a lot of money if they carry tea and other commodities and trade with Fanren.
"The next time Shiyi is going to start enforcing these rules, come here to trade once, not only will you have to draw one out of twenty, but you will also have to pay ten catties of grain per horse."
Many businessmen sighed repeatedly.
But no one said that they would not come next time, there was no such border market in other places, and they would not be able to make so much money.
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Even if you have to transport rice to the officers and soldiers, the money you earn here is far from comparable to other places.
Of course, there are also some people who are secretly wondering whether to smuggle next time.
It's just that the murderous crackdown on smuggling above, many people retreat, making money is important, but if even the life is gone, then the money is still not good, and it is useless to earn money without spending it.
The merchants looked at this notice, and they all loved and hated this assassin and governor of Taozhou.
Love him, because others don't open the border market, he opens.
He hated him because he wanted one out of twenty, and he had to let the merchants carry grain for him.
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