Chapter 462: I am doing business in Daqin
After being reminded by Qin An, it seemed to make sense, but I felt something was strange, but I couldn't put it clearly.
"What about the third step?" Gan Luo asked.
Qin An smiled and said: "The third step is of course to do business with foreigners. There are a lot of resources overseas. I won't think about this for the time being, because the domestic resources have not been fully developed, so overseas will tolerate it for the time being.
What I want to say is that on the road, during the Western Han Dynasty, a Silk Road appeared, opening up the road to the Western Regions. From then on, merchants from all over the world came to Daqin to do business.
Every time they come, they can make a lot of money.
An ordinary person only needs to come to China with their own country's specialties, and buy some Chinese silk, porcelain and other goods before returning.
Such a back and forth could make them the richest men in their country.
Think about how much money this makes. In Da Qin, is this silk expensive? Ten guans a piece is about the same. "
Gan Luo said: "That's almost it. If you buy more, it will be cheaper."
"Then let's take it as ten guan of gold, but after reaching the countries in the Western Region, the price of this silk will increase at least ten times. That is one hundred guan, or even one hundred taels of gold.
There was also porcelain, which was also very expensive and could only be owned by nobles.
Therefore, in any dynasty, porcelain craftsmanship and sericulture were not allowed to be taken out of the country. m.
As long as people from the Western Regions are working in China, they are not allowed to return to China because they are afraid that their technology will be stolen. This is a loss to China.
Even now, some powerful technologies are closely guarded by various countries. No one is allowed to leak them. Anyone who leaks them will be convicted of treason.
This is not only a death sentence, but also his entire personal honor. He will not be included in the family tree after his death, and his relatives and friends will scold him.
The most heartbreaking thing is his close relatives. The whole family will be looked down upon for the rest of their lives. In the end, the children will not be able to marry a wife, the elderly will not be supported, and most importantly, if you are sick, the doctor may not come to see you.
Seeing it, if you die, your loved ones will be affected.
So my third step is to form a caravan and take our goods to various countries to sell them. Just the same glass can make the caravan make unexpected money. "
"Foreigners don't deserve to own such exquisite colored glaze," Gan Luo said in a deep voice.
Qin An looked confused and said, "Didn't you tell them that this glass is made of sand?"
Feng Quji was stunned and said, "What? Made of sand?"
Ying Zheng, Li Si and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They didn't want to be exposed so early. This would offend countless nobles. You know, these nobles spent a lot of money to buy colored glaze.
Once they knew that colored glaze was made of sand and wasn't worth that much money, these people didn't go crazy.
Gan Luo was also shocked that such exquisite things were actually made of sand.
At this time, both Gan Luo and Feng Quji looked at the glass in front of them. At first, they regarded it as a treasure, but now they no longer look at it, thinking that the glass in front of them is just sand.
Ying Zheng gave Li Si a look at this time.
Li Si understood and immediately said: "You don't know something. The village chief thinks that this glass is too exquisite. Once everyone knows that it is made of sand, I am afraid that people all over the world will think about making glass and forget other things.
Let me ask, who in this world can face such exquisite treasures without being tempted. "
Feng Quji and Gan Luo rolled their eyes. They were lying. Who would believe this? They were not trying to defraud us of our money.
They all spent a lot of money to buy it. In order to have top-quality colored glaze, they shamelessly asked Hu Hai to buy it.
Qin An said at this time: "It's made of sand, so what does it matter? Those foreigners don't know anyway.
Not only foreigners don't know, but even the nobles of the Qin Dynasty don't know. The only people who know are me and the prince, and at most the first emperor will know.
Anyone else who dares to reveal a little bit of information is leaking trade secrets and will go to jail.
So when no one knows, as soon as this colored glaze appears, I can sell it for as much money as I want, and no one dares to say anything.
The third step is to take some of our very cheap but seemingly very valuable things and sell them to other countries. Over and over again, I believe that the profits can definitely be doubled hundreds or thousands of times.
I believe that the nobles of Great Qin will cooperate with me and then form caravans to travel to various countries.
When I form a caravan, I will ask the First Emperor to form an imperial caravan, and then set off to various countries in the Western Regions, especially the Kingdom of Persia and the Mauryan Dynasty.
This is not just about doing business, but about exploring the road, understanding the market conditions of various countries, and preparing for the future. "
Gan Luo was startled and said: "Sir, what you mean is to attack other countries."
Qin An shrugged and said: "Of course, you don't know. In the era of Great Qin, it was among the best in terms of military and economy.
China has a very special situation. As long as the country is occupied by China, it will be infected by China's ideas and eventually become a part of China.
In the end, due to the incompetence of the emperor, some places established themselves as kings, but everything about them was inseparable from the shadow of China.
Therefore, if I were really in Da Qin, I would not only look for a way to go back during my lifetime, but also help Da Qin conquer all directions.
But we must first settle the internal affairs in order to fight against the outside world. I want to make the Qin Dynasty prosperous and strong first, and make the people prosperous. Everyone will have food to eat, clothes to wear, books to read, and work to do.
The first three steps are to make the First Emperor, court officials and nobles willing to do business, help the court's treasury become rich, and help merchants improve their status.
The next step is to follow the previous three steps from the three steps. The first step from the three steps is to let the people of the six countries return to the Qin Dynasty. I let the people of the six countries recognize themselves as the people of the Qin Dynasty, and no longer the people of Qi or Chu. etc. "
Ying Zheng asked: "What can we do?"
This is what the First Emperor dreamed of succeeding, but so far, many people are still against Qin.
"Treat everyone equally." Qin An said, "Didn't I hand over the salt-making technology to the imperial court? The imperial court used the manufacturing technology to produce a large amount of refined salt, and then sold it to the whole country at a cheap price.
If the journey is far, you can sell the right to sell salt in that county to the nobles or merchants.
Businessmen who buy the right to sell salt can build their own salt-making workshops in this county and present their own brands. The price is calculated based on the cost of salt production.
Don't underestimate the salt-making workshop, it is a huge profit.
In the Qing Dynasty, a small Yangzhou salt merchant could take out two large baskets of gold leaves and throw them into the river for the Yangzhou magistrate to listen to a sound. "
"What?" Feng Quji was shocked, "Two large baskets of gold leaves were thrown into the river just to hear a sound?"
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