The money lost was given to the employees of the trading houses as monthly payments, which they used to support their families and themselves. To put it bluntly, it was also in the hands of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Li Ke didn't care, he was eager to put all the money into the hands of the people. hands, because it means that people have a way to make money, which is a good thing!
When people can make money, Li Ke can make more money, and money will circulate. When money circulates, Datang will be completely wealthy!
This is the correct way to use the economy.
"Yes." Tian Meng silently agreed, what else could he say.
"This year is a very important year. Our plan to encircle the cities from rural areas cannot be started this year, but we have signed contracts with some people to change their traditional planting, spinning and weaving work to specialized planting contracts. It's ready to be signed." Li Ke thought for a while and said.
The rice has to be eaten one bite at a time. Currently, Li Ke has Tubo as a place of origin for dumping, and the scale of hemp cultivation can be put on the agenda. In the past, common people planted, spun, and woven cloth by themselves, and then used the finished cloth to pay taxes or exchange for food, salt and other items. To put it nicely, linen and other cloth served as currency.
To put it bluntly, this is bartering.
Li Ke doesn't want to go into details about the advantages and disadvantages of bartering, but it is impossible to completely change it in one step, so let's start with the people who have the control of planting and producing raw materials.
Increase the purchase price of raw materials, lower Li Ke's own costs, and then give profits to the people so that they can get benefits. Let's roll it up first.
"yes!"
"In addition, ramie, sisal, flax and other hemp products can be given priority to people in mountainous areas. Perennial hemp products such as ramie are promoted first, especially in mountainous areas, because they are Planting in one year will bring benefits for many years, which can help most people in mountainous areas get out of trouble."
"As for annual flax crops (flax, a type of flax, which is oil flax, and fiber flax has not yet been introduced to the Tang Dynasty), you can choose to plant them in some plain areas. Flax oil is also a good edible oil. And its straw can be used to make paper and weave cloth. In addition, when signing purchase contracts in plains and other areas, be careful not to pay much more than the grain of one acre of land." Li Ke said seriously.
The economic minds of the people were actually relatively simple, and this was true even in later generations. It was even less clear in ancient times. If the contract you signed was too high, many people would automatically give up growing food, which was not a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, in order to ensure the cultivation of basic food, it is the best way to select some farmland that is not suitable for growing food but is suitable for growing hemp crops and sign contracts with the people.
But the purchase contract cannot be much higher than the price of grain.
"yes!"
The reason why we mainly talk about hemp crops is that they are the most widely planted, have the strongest adaptability, and are also the most purchased items by the people.
After finalizing this with Tian Meng and the others, Li Ke did not leave here. Instead, he stayed directly in Youjian Mall and waited for the business summit to be held the next day.
As for the businessmen and aristocratic families who are not outside the city and have not received the news, that has nothing to do with Li Ke.
On the second day, a shopping mall opened for business early in the morning. The reason for not accepting other customers today was mainly for these businessmen and people from aristocratic families.
No matter who comes today, everyone is welcome. Of course, Li Ke said that because the space is limited, only one person from each family can come, so naturally it is impossible for everyone to bring others.
Everyone is on time, and when the time opens, everyone comes.
When everyone came in, they had a number plate issued by the maid at the door. When the last person came in, someone quickly notified Li Ke, and a total of 503 number plates were issued.
In other words, there are now a total of 503 businessmen from wealthy families in this hall.
But for some big aristocratic families, they are not actually one person. For example, the Li family in Longxi has one person in each room, because for them, one room is a family, but it is related to the entire Li family in Longxi. When there are interests, there will be clan meetings.
In fact, sometimes these big families are like a small court.
Naturally, Li Ke would not restrict these. Not to mention anything else, the seven houses of the Five Surnames and Seven Views each have five or six rooms to more than ten rooms. The so-called fixed rooms, that is, the main rooms, are naturally The strongest one, the other houses are weaker.
Are there any conflicts of interest between these houses? There must be some! It's just that in the past, they had solved the problem internally and were very united externally, but now Li Ke has given them a quota for each room. When the interests of each of their rooms conflict, Li Ke wants to see if they really Are they so united? He didn't believe it.
If these five surnames and seven houses are dismantled, their threat will be greatly reduced.
"Welcome to today's Datang Business Summit. The people here today can be said to control at least 80% of Datang's business." Li Ke made the opening remarks with a smile. In fact, many of the businesses here are not the owners, but the shopkeepers. Because many firms have business in Chang'an, but their owners are not in Chang'an.
And these shopkeepers also came here on their own initiative. They all knew that this opportunity could not be missed.
Therefore, the shopkeepers of these ancient trading houses who could act independently were all talented people. In modern times, this would be at the level of a branch chairman. Because communications in ancient times were not that developed, a shopkeeper who controls a place is really responsible for everything.
"I invite you all to come here today, naturally, to discuss where the business of the Tang Dynasty will go! There is a saying, talk about business in business."
"Although I am the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty and the prince who is currently in charge of supervising the country, I am not here as a court today. I am participating in this meeting as the owner of Youjian Mall and Yuelai Trading Company to discuss business with everyone! "
"Of course, there is another matter, which is related to the establishment of the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery. I believe that many businessmen from powerful families here know the news. After all, you have always been well-informed, and there are many The small businessmen don’t know about it. Today, I will tell you what the National Cemetery of the Tang Dynasty Martyrs is.”
Li Ke smiled and said, and all the people from the wealthy families below secretly muttered, "Isn't it just asking for donations? It was already agreed."
After explaining the significance of the Datang National Martyrs Cemetery to these uninformed small businessmen, Li Ke smiled and said: "Originally, I wanted everyone to donate money directly, but then I thought about it, this can't be done, so, I changed my approach. Now, there is another property: Datang Evernight City. For those who purchase the property of Datang Evernight City, I will donate 20% of it in your name to the Datang National Martyrs Cemetery as funds for construction. Come on! Get on the PP...oh, no, get on the planning book!"
Li Ke waved his hand, and the people behind him immediately pulled the rope, and a thick stack of huge paper was directly lifted up and stood upright behind Li Ke.
