That night, the inner and outer cities of Tanglong Town were filled with joy. The merchants who came here had enough food and drink, lit a bonfire outside the tent, sang and danced around. The shops in the city survived the difficult moments of the previous few days and finally started to make a lot of money.

In the flower hall of the Houya, Du Zhongxiao and Zhang Ke were very busy.

After a clerk finished the accounts, he said to Du Zhongxiao and Zhang Ke who were standing next to the brazier: "The army, the deployment is small, and the small ones can be calculated clearly. Today, they have a total of 52 jin and 361 cents, and the profit is always high."

Zhang Ji felt a little sorry for hearing this: "The interest rate is lower, and I have to be consistent in one day. What's the point?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "One day, one day, thirty days means thirty days, which is not much. This is a business without a foundation, so you can't be too greedy. Loaning cash to the merchants is to make it convenient for them. The shops in the city are convenient, not for the interest."

Zhang Ke was still not satisfied. The money he borrowed was spent, the Volcano Army and the Du Inspection Department each paid half of the capital, and the money he earned was half the money he earned, and what was the use of dozens of chunks a month? As for the business prosperity that resulted in, the tax revenue increased, and the Inspection Department did not get any benefits.

But there is nothing we can do about it. The border troops are mostly sending soldiers to traffic in goods, and rarely doing business, making a little profit. Zhang Ke thought for a while and said, "This is just the first day, with more and more merchants. This is a long-term business. Unfortunately, we don't have that much capital."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The foreign merchants have to spend money on loans in these few days. After selling the goods in a few days, they will be returned. Don't have much capital."

Iron money is iron after all, and the foreign merchants were not strong in transporting them to Khitan and Dangxiang, and most of them were circulated in Tanglong Town. The merchants spent it, and the merchants made money, and the yamen then started the next cycle by doing business, collecting taxes and recycling. Tanglong Town was tax-free, and the taxes for businessmen were exempted, and the taxes for shops were still paid. The taxes collected supported the army and yamen in the city.

On the other hand, several officials followed Du Zhongxiao's instructions to calculate the business of each store under the Volcano Army. Which store, which goods sold in one day, and how much money they made, and counted them one by one. From this, they calculated which businesses to strengthen, control which ones to grasp the business situation in the future.

It was roughly the same, Yang Kongmu said to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhijun, the small ones have roughly clarified their etiquette. Today, the more they sell, there are all kinds of foods. Especially the fried fish, they will be sold out soon. We want to send more farmland stewards."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Most of the people who come from the northern grasslands are rare to eat fish. They always have to taste it when they have the opportunity. There are countless fish in the Yellow River, which is not worth much. Unfortunately, the weather is warm now and it is rare to let the field stewards fry the fish and send it over, and then fry it again when selling it."

Yang Kongmu responded to the promise and ordered the officials to record it.

The Volcanic Army is surrounded by mountains and has many ponds and is rich in fresh fish. Fish is a food that is full of food for wealthy families in prosperous areas. Steamed and braised, and each has its own flavor. In this era, raw fish sashimi was popular in Jiangnan, which is the sashimi mentioned in later generations. It is a rare product in the hearts of many scholars in Jiangnan. However, for the lower class, the steamed fish meat is bland and tasteless, and the fish sashimi has no taste. To be more precise, their nutritional level is not as good as the taste of fish. The lower class people are not enthusiastic about eating fish, shrimps and crabs, and most places are the same price as vegetables. Fish is rare in grasslands, but they eat a single diet, lack nutrition, and do not like the light taste. At this time, the benefits of frying are revealed. Of course, braised with heavy oil and salt are better, and the fish sashimi that Jiangnan people like will be rejected by them.

Du Zhongxiao's guiding idea of ​​Tanglong Town's diet is to use more strong-flavored broth and more fried to cater to the tastes of nomads in the grassland. Selling roasted whole lamb in this place is the wrong direction and you can't make much money.

After everything was sorted out, Yang Kongmu said: "But it's a big deal. Not much wine is sold today. It is said that Fanhu is addicted to alcohol, but today the whole city only sold 2,100 kilograms, which is only a few jin of money."

Du Zhongxiao said: "No hurry. They came for the first time and just bought it for free. After two days, when someone went back, they would buy it in the whole jar. At that time, it was the time to make money by selling wine, and now it was just a big deal."

Yang Kongmu nodded and didn't say anything. He also understood this principle. Now he sold daily food and bulk goods have not started yet.

After several officials finished their work, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhang Ji: "The opening of several goods yards tomorrow is the time to do business. We will separate tomorrow morning and see them in several goods yards to avoid chaos. There are more than a thousand merchants coming to Tanglong Town this time. Although we have been on guard, we should be careful. All bulk goods are not allowed to enter the city, and only a small amount is allowed to come in. The transaction has been decided, and we will go out of the city to pick up goods and make payments outside the city, so as not to any illegal people bring weapons into the city and do illegal things."

Zhang Xiao nodded and said yes. Before that, Zhang Xiao and his soldiers built many strongholds in the city based on the city walls, firmly controlling the key points in the city. Even if a thousand merchants make trouble together, they can be quickly pacified. This place is special and has to make such preparations. Even so, Du Zhongxiao was still worried. Some important trading locations were placed outside the city to limit the number of people entering the city. In the future, they should try to put the business outside the city, and the city was only used as a place for accommodation and entertainment. They were not afraid of thieves stealing, but were afraid of thieves thinking about it, and cut off the idea of ​​attacking the Khitan and Dangxiang in terms of arrangement.

In the tent outside the city, the little prince took a dagger, cut a large piece of meat from his thigh and stuffed it into his mouth, and nodded repeatedly: "This is great, countless times better than mutton! It is fragrant and rotten, and it has a sweet taste. I live so big, and it's the first time I have eaten such a good thing! You can try it too!"

Ren Ze cut a small piece and ate it, nodded and said, "It's really a good thing, no wonder it's so expensive. We raise sheep, and the Han people in the Central Plains raise pigs, but they like to eat mutton, so we like to eat pork."

The little prince said: "What do you know? This is called rare things being precious."

Several businessmen nodded together, thinking that the little prince made sense. Compared with mutton, pork has more oil, better taste, and various methods. However, the method on the grassland is simple, and many of the advantages of pork cannot be used.

While eating meat and drinking wine, the little prince felt extremely happy. The hard work and all kinds of grievances along the way went with this full meal. The life on the grassland was monotonous and boring, and the flower world of the Central Plains was more attractive.

After arguing, the little prince clapped his hands and said to Ren Ze: "Today's full meal, we will get up early tomorrow morning. Where to sell horses here and how to sell them, have you found out clearly? Many of your goods, my net worth is right away."

Ren Ze said: "I'll find out. The trade place here in Tanglong Town is divided into several places. Some fine goods, such as tea, silk, precious jade, gems, felt blankets, and the markets are all in the city. There are also some goods, such as horses, camels, various furs, spices and medicinal materials, and all kinds of miscellaneous things are all outside the city. Unlike the deliberation site, the buyers and sellers here trade freely, and the government does not interfere. There are also toothmen in each market inside and outside the city, but merchants do not force them to hire them. There are also book shops inside and outside the city, so you can make a contract. Other things will be read in a few days."

The little prince smiled and said, "I heard that the fangs are the most treacherous. The government does not force us to hire them, so who can use them!"

Ren Ze shook his head: "You can't say that, these teeth are still useful. It's like selling horses. The seller only knows the approximate price. Only the teeth know how much each horse costs. Not to mention the buyer, he doesn't know the price, and he doesn't know whether the horse is good or bad."

The little prince waved his hand: "Who is patient and sells one by one! Isn't it great to find a big businessman and sell it all at once?"

After hearing this, Ren Ze didn't say much. How easy is to do business? Not to mention that such big buyers are difficult to find, they will inevitably be suppressed. Even if they charge money after selling, it is also a big question. In this kind of place, no one uses cash to trade, and gold and silver are rarely seen. If the little prince sells his horse, it will take some time to exchange for what he wants.

The more experienced the merchants in this kind of free trade, the more useful the merchants are, they are more knowledgeable and know that the goods in different places are the best. They just want to sell a large batch of goods here and make a lot of money. Eight out of ten will suffer. Various intermediaries with the odor as the main body are a must here, otherwise many transactions will not be carried out.
Chapter completed!