When Li Ke said these prices, everyone took a deep breath.
This price is too low, especially since His Highness wants to increase the price of raw materials, which means to ensure that the majority of people can make profits.
Under such circumstances, His Highness will not allow them to increase prices arbitrarily and earn higher profits.
"So, everyone, people's livelihood products like this will need to have basic pricing set by the Ministry of Commerce in the future."
"Of course, Datang will not compete with the people for profit. You are also people. How to set prices is your freedom." Li Ke said lightly. Li Ke did not mention the price bureau. In fact, if Datang now establishes a price bureau, If so, it’s not that difficult.
Anyway, all six ministries have been reformed to what they are now. It is not difficult to add another Price Bureau or simply add another Ministry of Development and Reform.
But you have to eat one bite at a time. Anyway, there are not many products in Datang now. For the time being, the Ministry of Commerce will set a basic price and leave the rest to the market.
As for price control, Datang's state-owned commercial banks are responsible for the control for the time being.
For example, Tang Chuliang is responsible for stabilizing grain prices. If the grain harvest falls too sharply, it will buy a large amount of grain from all over the country. If the grain price is too high and there are merchants with rare goods, it will directly release grain.
There will be no major natural disasters in Datang in the next few years or even decades, and these times are the best time for Datang to reserve food.
As long as the entire Tang Dynasty had enough food to feed the people of the country for one year or even two years, it would be impossible for food prices to collapse.
The most important thing is that in the future, as Datang's land area continues to expand, and various terrains and climates become more abundant, Datang's ability to resist risks will be stronger!
For example, if there is a drought in the north, it is impossible for Southeast China regions such as Linyi and Zhenwa in the future to experience drought. The food in these places is naturally guaranteed to have a good harvest.
For another example, certain places are hit by locust plagues. The Central China region is prone to locust plagues, but areas such as the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty may not have locust plagues. Then the risk of fighting against the entire food supply will naturally be greatly enhanced.
It's not just about food, it's also true in pastoral areas. As the saying goes, if a family has a lot of money, it doesn't count those with fur. Cattle and sheep plagues or snow disasters can easily lead to the death of cattle and sheep in large numbers. As long as there are enough pastoral areas in Datang, the risk of losses caused by these disasters is not great.
Li Ke's words made the people below think deeply. The price should be decided by themselves? In other words, His Highness only protected the interests of the people responsible for producing basic materials, which was in line with His Highness's long-standing reform arrangements for Datang.
They had no problem with this.
Or to be precise, even if they have opinions, they can only have no opinions. Their opinions are not important now.
If you want to survive in the Tang Dynasty, you can only follow His Highness's path now, because it is impossible for these powerful families to fully unite.
The various wealthy families in Lingnan Road have already stood on the same line with His Highness the King of Qin, and all the wealthy families in the entire Tang Dynasty know about Lizhi Gang's investment.
They all know the terrain near Lizhi Port. They know what the future will be like in that place without even thinking about it. As long as they invest, they will not lose money, and even the foundation is hundreds of years old. Who can refuse such an industry.
If you dare to object, then King Qin will be able to find an excuse to take back the entire Lizhi Port.
In addition to Lizhi Port, others such as Yuzhang Port, Baling Peninsula, etc. are said to have begun to attract investment nationwide.
There will inevitably be a large number of families investing in these ports. As long as families invest in these assets, it is impossible for them to go against His Highness the King of Qin.
And as His Highness said, the textile industry was very important in the entire Tang Dynasty, and every household was involved. The earliest reason was that silk was money in the Tang Dynasty, so every household was involved. of.
However, His Highness the King of Qin has reformed the currency system of the Tang Dynasty in the past two years, and even made a new legal reform at this year's Zhongshu Confidential Conference, that is, the Tang Dynasty has its own legal currency, and any other currency All are prohibited from circulation.
Under the new currency system, although various silk and silk industries also made profits, the profits were not large because the demand for silk and silk in the Tang Dynasty was actually not that high.
Of course, if His Highness had not conducted trade with other countries, the Tang Dynasty would not have been able to consume so much silk.
Now, the cost of silk fabrics has been reduced to this point. Although they set the selling price themselves, there must be something wrong with it.
No one is a fool. His Highness said that brand new spinning machines, looms, etc. can be sold, which means they can buy the machines. The problem is that the cost of your production is the same as that of His Highness, but your How much can the price increase?
It is impossible to sell it at the previous price. Because don’t forget, His Highness also owns a weaving factory. If Your Highness sells a piece for 100 Wen, then tell me if they sell it for 200 Wen, will anyone buy it?
Obviously not, so this price seems to be free market pricing, but in fact as long as His Highness also has the factory in his hands, their price cannot be much higher.
At most, His Highness has a weaving factory in Chang'an, which can be sold for 100 Wen a piece, and they have a factory in Yizhou, which can be sold locally for 120 Wen, which is the profit of multiple freight charges.
It is no longer possible to obtain the ultra-high profits as before.
Whether the price can reach 120 yuan per piece of cloth is still unknown.
"These cloths will have ex-factory prices at that time. If you want to buy them, you can go directly to the relevant industries to buy them. If you want to set up your own weaving factory or spinning factory, you can also directly contact the machinery manufacturer to buy related machines."
"If you have any questions, you can consult relevant personnel after the fashion show is over later." Li Ke said with a smile.
After the speech, Li Ke left temporarily. It is estimated that these people will have many problems in the future, such as the sale of looms and spinning machines. By then, a considerable number of these wealthy families will definitely invest a lot of money. .
The profits of the first batch of machines are very high, or very high. The reason why they are priced so high is naturally to suck up the cash in the hands of these powerful families.
Li Ke had to let them understand that there was no use burying money.
In the past, these aristocratic families liked to hide money. In fact, many times it was because they did not have much place to spend money. For personal enjoyment, they did not have much place to enjoy it, and they could not spend it all on investments and other aspects.
But it's different now. Li Ke has many ways to make them spend money.
As long as the large amount of cash in their hands is spent and turned into fixed assets, and they need to start taking out loans whether they continue to invest or spend in the future, they will be in the game.
Because that means that their family assets, transactions, etc. are already in the records of the court.
