Chapter 93 Warning (II)

Since the Chanyuan Alliance, since the annual tribute of Liao Kingdom needs to be delivered every year, it has always been a tangle for the weaving industry to become an imperial merchant.

The annual demand for 300,000 pieces of silk is not a small amount. If it were not for the whole, no cloth merchant would be able to eat it. Even if the whole was divided into small pieces, the imperial court still gave a large number. However, with such a huge amount of cloth, the imperial court's acquisition could not give a real high price. This is not a luxury product, and the price is often lower than that on the market.

Every year, some rare silks, silks, etc. will be purchased by the palace. This is the price of luxury goods. Of course, there is a profit, but compared with 300,000 horses, the demand is not large. Being an imperial merchant will definitely have certain privileges, so in terms of large merchants, some merchants will have free up their spare time to eat orders related to annual monies, and they will simply not consider making money, and use some privileges given by the court to develop business in other places.

The Su family's background is still a little insufficient in this regard. Of course, it is okay to take over the next small part, but it will be quite troublesome if you take the initiative to ask for it. The Su family itself has a large amount of business to maintain. Once the royal order is taken, they will not care about the time you need to buffer or something. When the time comes, you must have goods. If you want not to affect the already saturated business supply and demand relationship, the Su family must ensure sufficient supply capacity in advance.

In other words, you have to prepare new workshops and new sources of raw materials in advance. These businesses do not provide much profit, which may bring certain privileges. However, the energy spent on expanding these new workshops will itself make the Su family's expansion ability truly saturated. If you have the privileges, you will not have the energy to expand.

On the other hand, if you can take over the next part of the annual cloth business and you have a better cloth, the palace will also relax the demand for some precious silk, and this small part will make more money. Everyone wants this part of the business, but in addition to several rare silk cloths that are famous nationwide, the rest of the cloth merchants have to pack up some of the annual cloth that has no profitability. In addition, the miscellaneous expenses of opening up various joints, it is difficult to make profits purely on this, that is, the super big merchants with plenty of money can do their business even more after obtaining privileges.

There are many large cloth merchants like this in the Bianliang area. Although Jiangning is also a place where the weaving industry is prosperous, the business of the imperial merchants is basically fixed by several medium-sized cloth merchants. They switched to this area, but they were very glorious. The status of the cloth merchants in the cloth business is no different from that of the Wu, Xue and Su families. Of course, they will occasionally share some. It is not that the medium-sized cloth merchants always take over the deal of the annual cloth, but become the imperial merchants. In the end, they only achieved medium-sized cloth. The reason is that the pressure on the annual cloth is too great and the profit is not high.

To solve such a problem, the best way to solve it is actually technological improvement. Xi Junyu could probably feel some of Su Tan'er's efforts in this regard. After working hard for several years, he probably had some clues in front of him, but now the problem arises...

"In the past few years, if you could further reduce the cost of the annual cloth and improve efficiency, you would be fine even if you take on a large amount of money in this business... Of course, you will definitely be jealous in a year or two. But the problem is that since last year, the relationship between the Liao and Jin countries was tense. Now one or two are waiting for the beginning of this war. Once the fight starts, the two tigers fight, our dynasty will definitely send troops, and we will definitely not send annual coins to the Liao people in the future. The 300,000 cloth can only be eaten by ourselves..."

"But if the annual monies are no longer available, the Imperial Commodity Institute will receive all the silks sent to the palace. The Xue family and the Wu family must have been following up now. We may be able to beat the Xue family, but we can't beat the Wu family. They have a relationship in the palace and are very familiar with the adults of the weaving house. I know that you have spent some time preparing for the past few years, but now in this situation, the chance of winning is no longer high. The main thing is in the aspect of the year cloth. No matter how good the silk you offer, the demand in the palace is not high, but they don't want to join the year of the year. And you have invested in a large number of new workshops and emptied them all at once. But if you don't prepare a new workshop, what should we do if the year cloth still needs another year..."

After Xi Junyu said this, Su Tan'er was silent for a long time before speaking: "Isn't the Xue family and the Wu family the same difficult to do with the topic of Suibu?"

"If there is still one year of Sui Bu asking, they plan to hold on and not add chips, first give up part of the market share. If they send troops next year or the year after, they turn against each other, and then turn against each other, they will take the silk business, take the privileges of the royal merchants, and then get back the market share. But you are improving the loom, you are taking risks, and you have invested too much. If I certainly support you a few years ago, but now it may not be able to compete on the surface. This is no longer a profitable deal. It is better to withdraw as soon as possible." He sighed, "This is not your calculation error, but the opportunity is here, and there is no way..."

In the past, because of Suibu's relationship, the imperial merchants were not a fancy bun. For large merchants who were truly able to swallow, they could become bigger, but for the Su family or smaller merchants, it was a burden or even poison. But when Su Tan'er wanted to take action, she was going to fight again. Seeing hope, Suibu might be gone, and the Xue family and Wu family also came to fight, and the Su family's investment became a joke.

After hearing Xi Junyu say this, Su Tan'er frowned slightly and shook her head: "Shopkeeper Xi thinks... what will happen after this war?"

"Uh?" Xi Junyu was slightly stunned, and then said, "After fighting..." He said this, and suddenly understood what the other party meant: "You are..."

"Since I was born, I have been giving the annual monies every year." Su Tan'er said softly, "Some things are not glorious, but they just seem to think that they are endless things. Of course, I also hope that we can beat the Liao people. But... I have never won. The Tanyuan Alliance more than 60 years ago and the Black Water Alliance seven years ago have another Jin Kingdom. What will happen if the fight is going to happen? The two tigers fight to die together. Of course, that's fine, is it really going to happen?"

Su Tan'er shook her head: "Everyone says that the Liao people are savage and cruel, and the Jin people are vulgar and uncivilized. Speaking of my Wu Dynasty, I... I also like to hear this story. When I was a child, I went to a teahouse and heard stories, and I couldn't help but clap my hands and laugh. But if I say that it is true... I don't believe it. There are wise people everywhere. We can't beat them. It only means that they are stronger than us and have to recognize them..."

"Only those who can admit defeat can win back. I am a businessman. If I lose, I lose. If the money is gone, it is useless. No excuse is used. If you know what they do, you will not lose. Only then do you know to be careful of him. If you give yourself the shortcomings, I can see myself clearly. Manager Xi, the Liao Kingdom could force us to sign the Black Water Alliance seven years ago. The Jin Kingdom could challenge the Liao Kingdom to fight with the Liao Kingdom at this time. When they fight, no one really pays attention to the Wu Chao watching?"

"I am now visiting teahouses and restaurants. I heard that the talented man in the humanities always talk about how my Wu Dynasty would reap the benefits of fishermen, how the Jin Dynasty in the Liao Dynasty was barbaric and vulgar, stupid and brainless, and how they discussed how they were so angry about how they tried to provoke them... Even if I were in the Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, I would not be so short-sighted. My dynasty was bullied for nearly a hundred years, and they were still so happy that the other party was stupid beasts. Will we be bullied by a group of stupid beasts for so long? Perhaps it was because these talented men told the story of my martial arts heroes defeating the barbarians in the Liao Dynasty all day long that our dynasty would be so weak..."

Her expression was gloomy: "If the fight really starts, the best result is that they are really both sides of the country. Our dynasty will never have to give any annual monies. By then, the improved loom will always be useful. But there are other results. The Liao Kingdom won and the army was punished. The annual monies given to the Liao Kingdom will increase. If the Jin Kingdom wins, would they not want annual monies? How can it be so good? I heard that the friction between the Liao and Jin Kingdom is largely because the Jin Kingdom wants to do business with me. It is also possible that if the two countries stop fighting, our Wu Dynasty will not only give Liao Dynasty an annual monies, but also the Jin Kingdom at the same time, but... it is impossible that they will give me Wu Dynasty an annual monies..."

"I also hope that my dynasty can win. If one day the army starts to be transferred, the government will definitely come to the house to ask for money, and grandfather and father are ready. But if they cannot win in the end, then... what should I do..."

Xi Junyu was stunned for a while. The situation in Jin and Liao was tense now. The whole country said that there would be a injury when fighting between two tigers. Wu Chao had a chance to breathe. Even if the result was bad, it would not be worse than the current situation. Unexpectedly, Su Tan'er was holding this idea. Should she say she was too pessimistic or too sober? Looking back on the woman's previous style of conduct, her style of conduct was indeed extremely hard under her soft appearance. It was really... he trembled slightly inside... it was so admirable.

But even so, Xi Junyu still had the idea that the Wu Dynasty would not change even worse. Improving the loom, using the power of spare time to take over a large number of annual cloth business, reduce costs and increase profits, is indeed a very upright plot. But such profits cannot be made for long. Generally speaking, the unique secret methods of printing and dyeing or needlework can often last longer, but the method of improving the loom will be spread in less than one or two years, and those who are interested will know that when everyone improves it, the profit will still be washed down. Many times, it takes effort but is often not pleasing.

He was about to say this when a clapping sound suddenly sounded next to him, and a figure slapped in the darkness on the other side of the corridor. Su Tan'er said that just now, but Xi Junyu didn't pay attention to the surroundings. At this time, Juan'er said in surprise: "Son-in-law, why are you here?"

The person in the darkness there was Ning Yi. He held an oil paper umbrella in one hand and two rustic mountain goods on the other hand, dry hares and so on. He smiled and signaled to the back. It was the direction of the small square where the carriage was parked: "I was waiting for dinner, so I ran to the kitchen to take a look. I just passed by here and remembered that there was something on the carriage that I didn't take... Ah, Xiaochan's fellow villagers gave Geng Guardian, so I took it with me, as a favor, so as not to be held by the guy who had sorted the carriage, and then I heard the sound of talking."

He smiled and pointed at Su Tan'er: "You are not right, you are not patriotic."

Xi Junyu originally planned to say a few words about this matter. When Ning Yi said this first, he frowned slightly. This guy is also a scholar. Even if he did a good job of writing, it was no different from the guy Tan'er who liked to tell the story of the heroes of the martial arts all day long. Logically speaking, Su Tan'er just said it was very reasonable, but it could not be generalized with the changes in business.

He turned his head and saw Su Tan'er next to him laughing. Such a smile was extremely rare in Xi Junyu's impression, because vaguely, the woman behind her seemed to be laughing, blending with Su Tan'er in front of him.

She smiled like that, turning her head in a bad mood, her eyes still on Ning Yi, her tone was slightly annoying, but she was not acting cute, just like a friend, she joked naturally: "My husband..."

At the same time, in another part of the city, in the Qinhuai River Bay under heavy rain, a figure knocked on the door of the stilt house with lights. When Nie Yunzhu pushed open the door, she saw Yuan Jiner holding her body and was wet with rain.

When she jumped out of Jinfeng Tower today, she was wearing thin cotton pajamas and pajamas. She was wet all the way. The clothes were stuck in the lights, and it seemed even more transparent. Of course, in the eyes of Nie Yunzhu, who was also a woman, this state only made Yuan Jiner even more petite and weaker. The young and lively girl smiled at this time, reached out to touch the rain on her face, then lowered her head and shook her long hair like aquatic plants, splashing everywhere, and then yawned.

"Ah... Sister Yunzhu, I'm so awesome, almost... Uh, I swam all the way from Jinfeng Tower, even so... Haha, I want to sleep, Sister Yunzhu, where is your room? I'll just sleep on the floor..."

She covered her mouth with one hand and yawned wildly, then coughed a few times, looking very sleepy. Nie Yunzhu was just a little stunned and immediately reached out to hug her: "No, you have to take a hot bath first... Hu Tao, boil hot water quickly..."

"Um... I won't take a shower anymore... The water is so bad, I'm almost soaked into a steamed bun... Hey, Sister Yunzhu, you are so warm..."

Yuan Jin'er softly in her arms, put her hands around her neck, closed her eyes, and smiled mutteredly, then wiped her face on Nie Yunzhu's shoulders for a few times, leaned there with satisfaction, and was about to fall asleep. Then, a voice came from the heavy rain: "Miss, Miss..."

Kuanger, who was almost wet, held a small package and chased after him.

Not long after, Nie Yunzhu looked at the woman who was naked and sleeping while holding her quilt on her bed, probably knowing the whole story...
Chapter completed!