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Chapter 70: Xiangyang Chamber of Commerce

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    Liu Cong spent his first New Year in this world, and everything was spent in novelty and helplessness.

    Fortunately, there were Pang Tong and Ma Liang, who took care of many official affairs, so that he did not have to do it himself.

    But there are some things that Liu Cong must take care of himself, such as paying double salaries to soldiers.

    "My lord, according to custom, we must now pay the soldiers last year's rations. Is it based on the double salary standard?" Ma Liang is the governor of Xiangyang and is in charge of the entire Jingzhou's finances.

    "How can we not keep what we have said?" Liu Cong's attitude was very firm, "What was the salary of our Jingzhou soldiers in the past?"

    "An ordinary soldier gets one jun of grain per month, a centurion gets 2 jun, a thousand captain gets 3 jun, and an army commander gets one shi of grain!"

    "It's all grain?" Liu Cong was a little surprised. When he was in Shangyong, grain was used to reward soldiers. Liu Cong didn't have money at that time, but only grain.

    "My lord, not only soldiers, but also all officials' salaries are based on grain, and it's not just our Jingzhou, it's the same in other places. The price of grain in Jingzhou is relatively stable, and it doesn't rise too much. In some places in the north, the price of grain keeps rising every day! So there is no way  Measure it with money." Ma Liang was not surprised by Liu Cong's ignorance on this matter. As Liu Cong, he naturally would not care about this.

    "What's the price of food in Jingzhou now?"

    "Millet and beetroot cost one hundred and eighty yuan per stone, and wheat, millet, and rice cost two hundred yuan per stone!"

    Since Liu Cong came to this era, he has almost never bought anything with money in person. Only today did he know the true price of food.

    "Two hundred coins is equivalent to two hundred five-bead coins. Although one stone of grain costs one hundred and twenty kilograms, one pound in this era is only half a catty in later generations. In fact, it is only sixty catties. Two hundred five-bead coins are indeed not cheap.

    "Lord, the price of food in Jingzhou is very low. One stone of grain in Jiangdong costs about 300 yuan. In the Central Plains, it reaches 400 yuan. I heard that it is even 500 yuan in Yongliang. Only Yizhou has the lowest price, 120 yuan.  Money, but the road to Shu is difficult and it is difficult to transport it to other states."

    "How much food do we have in Jingzhou as a whole?"

    "Lord, when Cao Cao evacuated, he did not take away the 100,000 shi of grain in Xiangyang City. The Kuai family and the Cai family handed over a total of 70,000 shi of grain to the treasury. The Shen family and other aristocratic families in Shangyong City had more than 30,000 shi of grain.  , Wanlixiang Restaurant has accumulated another 50,000 shi of food, and our food is very sufficient."

    "Okay, if that's the case, then all of them will be distributed, one grain at a time. At the same time, all officials will be distributed in double portions starting from the date they took office."

    "My lord, officials' salaries are very high. If they are paid in double portions"

    "Don't worry this season, just execute it!"

    "No!"

    Although Ma Liang was a little worried, Liu Cong was confident that Wanlixiang Restaurant now only has two stores. In a few months, it can make a profit of 50,000 shi of food. So if the scale is expanded, the restaurant will be opened in Central Plains, North, Jiangdong, Yizhou and other places.  , and what kind of income will it be?

    And Shangyong¡¯s smelting technology has also matured. After Liu Cong¡¯s guidance, some of the iron farm tools made are of good quality, light and convenient to use. Now that spring plowing is about to begin, they will definitely sell for a good price.

    In addition, the smelting masters are trying to use the fried steel technology to forge weapons. The swords they create are both sharp and durable. As long as Liu Cong is willing to sell them, princes from all over the world will rush to buy them.

    ¡°And in the future, there will be many ways to make money, so you don¡¯t have to worry about food problems at all.

    Although Liu Cong¡¯s wedding day was on the 16th day of the first lunar month, just after the New Year, many people came to congratulate him and poured into Xiangyang City.

    Now all the major princes in the world, including Cao Cao in the north, Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Bei in Jiangxia, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Ma Teng, Han Sui and Liu Cong in Xiliang, have sent invitations one by one and sent out  The messenger.

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    The owner of Wanlixiang Restaurant in Xiangyang City is Ma Jing and Ma Bochang, who is Ma Liang¡¯s eldest brother.  The Ma family in Yicheng is a traditional merchant. Among the five permanent members of the Ma family, except Ma Liang and Ma Su, the other three are still doing business.

    Liu Cong intends to support the Ma family. In addition to Ma Liang being his important minister, he also plans to enable the Ma family to compete with the Cai family and Kuai in the future. Therefore, Ma Jing is the best candidate to be the owner of Wanlixiang Restaurant.

    Wanlixiang Restaurant only makes a profit, and makes a lot of money every day. Although 70% of the profit goes to Liu Cong, the Ma family is still very grateful, because 30% of the profit is already very high.

    ¡°According to Liu Cong¡¯s instructions, Ma Jing sent out two pieces of news. One wasLixiang Restaurant wants to open at least one branch in every state in the Han Dynasty and is looking for cooperative merchants.  The second is to prepare to establish a chamber of commerce to unite all businesses. When encountering difficulties, everyone will overcome them together and make money together.

    As soon as these two proposals came out, businessmen, big and small, were all excited and flocked to them like ants lining up.

    Since ancient times, people who do business have to deal with the government. Although the Ma family in Yicheng is still a small aristocratic family, everyone can see its future very clearly. In the past, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao were the right-hand men of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, but now Ma Liangcai  He is Liu Cong¡¯s humerus minister!  Although he was just the governor of Xiangyang, Ma Liang was involved in the appointment of Jingzhou officials, the management of the financial treasury, etc. In the future, it was inevitable that the Ma family would surpass the Kuai family and the Cai family.

    The north is already very depressed due to years of war, while the prosperity of the south is most prosperous in Xiangyang. The Chamber of Commerce naturally has Xiangyang as its center. Who else is qualified to be the president of the Chamber of Commerce except Ma Bochang?

    The two great merchants of the Han Dynasty, the Mi family in Xuzhou, have completely surrendered to Liu Bei and no longer do business. The Wuji Zhen family in Zhongshan has long lost its former prosperity after the Yuan family's regime was destroyed.  The remaining merchants did not have any princes to support them, so they were unable to compete with the Ma family.

    Of course, Liu Cong of the Chamber of Commerce just gave an idea and at the same time passed some laws to protect it. As for how to operate and develop, it was completely left to Ma Jing.

    Spring in the south seems to have come very early. Just after the New Year, many flowers bloomed. Liu Cong was in a good mood and asked Liu Hu to bring a few followers to change into casual clothes and leave Xiangyang City.

    On the official road outside the city, merchants, officials, and people were coming and going in an endless stream, and the land next to it had begun to be cultivated.

    In fact, among these people, there are also many members of Ma Zhong¡¯s Skynet Camp.

    Liu Cong wanted to travel incognito, which made Ma Zhong anxious. However, in the past few months, Tianwang camp had developed very quickly because it had enough money. Ma Zhong quickly conveyed the secret security measures, and all members arrived  own position.

    The salary of Tianwang camp is three times that of other soldiers. They know that all these benefits come from their lord Liu Cong, so Liu Cong is Tian in their hearts, and Liu Cong's safety is above all else to them.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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