When Tian Meng sent someone to pick up the book, Li Ke made some calculations in his mind. Li Ke probably knew the financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Zhenguan, which was about 10.5 million guan, of which only about 2 million guan was copper coins. Grain, silk, cloth and cotton are equivalent to about 8.5 million guan.
Among them, there are about 7.4 million pieces of silk, each 4 feet long, worth 2.22 million yuan.
Cloth, that is, linen cloth made of various kinds of linen, is measured in units of ends, one end is five feet, which is about 16 million ends, which is equivalent to 2.41 million guan, and one end is equivalent to one piece, which is about 150 Wen.
The cotton here is not cotton, but silk cotton, a kind of silk. It is a high-end product. It is made of pure mulberry silk and looks like cotton. It is measured in tuns. A tun is 6 taels. The price is 80 Wen. The cotton is about 1.85 million Tun, 150,000 Guan.
The value of grain is about 3.75 million yuan. In other words, the Tang Dynasty's silk, cloth, etc. accounted for about 58% of the Tang Dynasty's fiscal revenue.
After finishing the calculation, Li Ke probably had an idea in his mind.
Tian Meng quickly took the book back. After about a few minutes, Li Ke opened the teacher's anthology and read it carefully. Tian Meng waited quietly beside him. Lu Daqiang and the others had already packed up and continued to work.
About an hour later, Li Ke raised his head, looked at Tian Meng and said, "I have an idea now, please help me analyze it."
"Your Highness, please tell me." Tian Meng said immediately.
"You said that the influence of the Five Surnames and the Seven Hopes is very huge, but they can't control everyone in the world, right?" Li Ke said, in the early Tang Dynasty, the tax policy implemented now was completely different from that of later generations.
What does the rent-transfer tax system implemented by the Tang Dynasty mean? The Tang Dynasty adopted the land equalization system, which meant that all the land in the world was distributed to the people. For example, each household was given 100 acres, of which 20 acres were permanent fields, which could be passed down to future generations forever. The 80 acres of farmland were rented by the state to the people.
The tax system was based on the tax rate per ding in the north, that is, 2 shi per ding for corn in the north, and 3 shi per ding for rice in the south.
Tiao: They are treated according to the national specialties. The silkworm area exports silk, a total of two feet of damask and three taels of cotton. In the hemp-producing area, 2.5 feet of cloth and 3 pounds of hemp were transported.
Yong: Adult men have to serve the state for 20 days every year, but they can pay with silk, which is three feet per day, so it is called Yong.
Land tax: It is similar to asset tax, with a standard payment of 2 liters per mu of land or a discount.
Moreover, the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty were the only periods in China that did not engage in salt and iron monopoly and levy industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes. In other words, there was no tax on anyone doing business at this time! Moreover, salt and iron can be produced and sold at will!
And such a system also means that the influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes on the people is not as great as the influence of later generations of landlords on the people! The influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes on the common people comes more from their influence on official officials, because they have a monopoly on books, and almost all officials are from them. This is their greatest influence.
But it is difficult for Li Shimin to break this influence, but for Li Ke... Looking at the book in his hand, Li Ke looked a little weird.
No wonder some people in later generations called this thing Dragon Slaying Technique.
"Of course not, the world belongs to the Li family." Tian Meng said quickly.
"And the families with the fifth surname and Qi Wang actually don't have that many people. Their influence is more about connecting with some surrounding small families and small aristocratic families to form a united front, right?" Li Ke asked with a weird look. .
"Yes." Tian Meng was a little confused and didn't know what Li Ke wanted to say.
"Then you say, if we dissolve Yuelai Trading Company, no, it cannot be called dissolution, but it should be restructured according to all the counties in the world, and each county will be transformed into a separate trading company, and then this trading company will unite these small families , a small aristocratic family, purchase silk directly from their hands!"
"Not counting raw materials, our production labor and material costs are about 6 Wen, while their production labor and material costs are about 120 Wen! You said, if we can produce a piece of silk for them for 100 Wen, will they be willing to come to us? ?" Li Ke asked strangely.
"No need to ask, of course!" Tian Meng answered directly without thinking. These people saved manpower and material resources, and even did not need transportation. They purchased silk directly from the people and made more money than they could by producing it themselves. , all fools agree!
"Okay, then, after one year, can I win over these small families and small aristocratic families?" Li Ke asked another question.
"Of course!" Tian Meng said immediately, benefits! Profit is the most advantageous means!
"Then do you think, after I win over all the small aristocratic families, how much influence will the five surnames and seven hopes have?" Li Ke asked the last question with a smile, "And can I pass these small families? How about the aristocratic family’s influence on the people they purchase silk?”
Tian Meng was stupid!
"This... this..." Tian Meng was completely confused. If this was the case... wouldn't it mean that His Highness... Tian Meng didn't dare to think about it.
At that time, were big families still so influential?
Li Ke looked at Tian Meng's bewildered expression and felt refreshed. This is called the countryside surrounding the city! This is called uniting all the forces that can be united. Those big and powerful families are the big compradors and big landlords! It must be opposed! Then the rest can be united!
The teachers are awesome.
For the time being, I am the foundry! But this foundry of ours has a monopoly on all production technologies. When other powerful families want to keep up, they will find themselves engaging in a price war? Li Ke played until they cried!
The production cost of linen is lower than that of silk. The production cost of Datang Trading Company is about 100 yuan. This is because linen is stronger and more durable, has less loss, and is easier to spin than silk.
"Do you understand now?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"I understand! What do you mean, Your Highness?" Tian Meng asked again.
"Except for the Yuelai Trading Company in the Western Regions and Grasslands, all the Yuelai Trading Company in the mulberry silkworm areas and hemp-producing areas in the Tang Dynasty are hidden under separate names based on counties. They can decide what name they want to use. Then these trading companies will specifically find the following people. Contact all the small aristocratic families in the country and tell them that a piece of silk costs 100 coins and an end of linen costs 80 coins, and we will help them produce it!"
"No need for them to transport! We will do it ourselves! Tell the Longmen Escort Bureau to mobilize their strength. After Lu Daqiang and the others make the loom and spinning machine, they will transport it to all the silkworm and hemp-producing areas as quickly as possible. In addition, silk floss Add 10 Wen every Tun, unlimited purchases!" Li Ke said solemnly!
"Yes!" Tian Meng was also completely excited. How much does this cost? In the Tang Dynasty, there were tens of millions of pieces of silk every year. If you calculate it this way, you can earn 70 yuan per piece, which is 700,000 yuan!
Seven hundred thousand dollars! Datang's annual tax revenue is only 10 million yuan! It is almost equivalent to one-tenth of the Tang Dynasty!
Although it is impossible for us to monopolize all silk and linen production in Datang...
This is Datang. If it were left to future generations, the nationwide logistics system of Yuelai Trading Company would be worth thousands or even trillions.
