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Chapter 25 (Untitled for now)

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There are officials in Shifangmen. This is an inequality official and is considered the lowest-level civil servant in the Tang Dynasty.

But the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the little ghost is difficult to deal with.

These clerks are not even foreign officials, but they cannot be offended by merchants.

There are two management agencies in the Shifang.

One is the Municipal Bureau and the other is the Pingju Bureau. The Municipal Bureau is responsible for managing public security in the city. The Pingju Bureau is responsible for collecting commercial taxes and also for calming market prices.

The municipal officials need to be responsible for these two departments. They must check the incoming and outgoing goods and confirm that there are no prohibited items. In addition, they must be responsible for calculating the value of the goods and collecting municipal taxes.

Naturally, the value of this goods cannot be determined by the owner. Instead, it is calculated based on the prices of similar products in the city.

That seems to be very objective.

But don’t forget that every type of goods also has levels. Rice and grain are divided into refined rice and brown rice, new grain and old grain.

Therefore, the rights of the clerks to the merchants seem to be great.

Their rating of goods will affect how much tax the merchants have to pay.

"It's sheepskin, cheese, and bacon." Yang Hao answered this way when he asked the doorman.

But those who carry thirty trucks of goods like him must be carefully checked.

However, Chang'an has been relatively safe recently, and the surrounding areas are also stable. It is impossible to check so many goods one by one.

The doorman just randomly selected three trucks of goods and unboxed and bagged all of them.

Seeing that it was indeed as Yang Hao said, the level of the goods was verified: "Six thousand pieces of high-quality sheepskin, five thousand pounds of wax pig meat, and five thousand pounds of beef cheese."

Then someone calculated the trade tax he needed to pay.

Yang Hao looked at the tax payment document and asked for a piece of sheepskin to pay three cents of tax, which means that the release of the upper-class sheepskin is about one hundred cents per piece.

For 5,000 kilograms of bacon, you need to pay 7 jin and 5 dan. Then the average market price of bacon is nearly 50 cents. For cheese, you need to pay 2 cents per kilogram, and the market price is 60 or 70 cents.

He also had a clear idea.

However, before the goods were sold, they paid more than 30 cents of tax. Xi Xiaoshu felt distressed when he looked at it.

After getting the goods back on the car and entering the western market, he was worried: "Langjun, if this goods cannot be sold, wouldn't it be a loss?"

"Don't say a crow." Yang Hao said with a smile. "I don't look at what this is? This is Chang'an. In Chang'an, a population of millions. Most ordinary people shop in the West Market. Merchants all over the world purchase here and ship them to all parts of the world. Are you still afraid that we can't sell this little thing?"

"I'm not worried that there are too many goods and I can't sell them all at once. We don't have a store."

"We don't have a store, so we look for people who have it."

He was not worried at all.

This is a little cheaper to sell.

Fortunately, Yang Hao kept a hand and the box was filled with lambskin. When the doorman counted the number, he only regarded it as ordinary lambskin.

When calculating taxes, it will naturally be lower.

But no one will sell lamb skin at this time - who is willing to kill a lamb? Of course, I won’t think lamb skin is more expensive.

Moreover, ordinary people also think that this sheepskin is relatively small and not worthwhile.

But in his heart, the difference between lambskin and adult sheepskin was like silk and acrylic cloth.

Lambskin can be regarded as a luxury for civilians.

Strictly speaking, it is a light luxury product.

Xi Xiaoshu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Yang Hao saw that it was still early. After entering the door, he walked along the north and south road towards the south.

I have to say that the western market is very prosperous. Perhaps it is because Guanzhong has been stable for many years and there are many shops in the city.

In the city, there are two avenues running north and south and east, forming a well, which divides the 1,600 acres of western city with an equal size of nine grid layout.

The width of the avenue can walk more than eight carriages side by side, which should look more than fifteen meters.

Along both sides of the street, there are shops and the storefronts are quite large.

Each square has nine grids and many lanes. Judging from the width, it can pass at least two carriages side by side, while the larger ones can pass three or four cars side by side.

When I looked in the alley, there were many shops. But when I saw that the store was smaller, I could smell the fragrance of food.

Many intersections are golden places, mostly occupied by vendors. The shouts of shouting and hawking are endless, and they will not block traffic.

Otherwise, the city bureau patrol team that patrols back and forth will drive people away.

There is also the sound of bamboo silk, which is the accompaniment of the restaurant Hu Ji's spiral dance?

Not to mention Xi Xiaoshu's stunning, she looked like a ghost in an illusion.

Even Yang Hao was a little dazed.

I just walked on the avenue dozens of meters wide, but there were not many pedestrians. I didn’t feel like the legendary Tang Dynasty Chang’an.

This place finally gave him the feeling of being in Chang'an and the capital of the world.

If he hadn't been dragging dozens of cars of goods, he would have been unable to help but visiting everywhere.

He looked around and saw a fur shop holding a donkey in one hand.

"Why do guests want to buy fur? The shop has tiger skin, fox skin, deer skin from Marin, bear skin, wolf skin from Central Plains, and sheep skin from Mobei."

Yang Hao couldn't stand the waiter's enthusiasm for welcoming guests and said, "You can collect the lamb skin."

"Lambskin?" The waiter said he had never heard of it.

Yang Hao pointed back at the carriage that was being pulled over by Xi Xiaoshu: "It's the skin of the lamb. The fur of the lamb is the softest, and can be made into robes or leather boot linings, which are very warm."

The waiter couldn't make the decision, so of course he didn't dare to drive the person away rashly. He quickly called the boss.

It may be the first time that the owner heard that someone sold lambskin, so he came out to invite Yang Hao into the store.

Yang Hao asked Xi Xiaoshu to carry a big box into the store.

He unboxed and took out a piece of lamb skin to his boss: "Is the surname Yang, I don't know the store owner's surname?"

"I don't have the price, my surname is He." The shop owner kneaded the sheepskin for a while, but it felt very good.

Of course the lamb skin is tenderer, not as wear-resistant as adult sheep skin.

But the hair is very soft and has almost no hard hair.

"This lambskin is indeed different from other lambskins?"

He Dongjia didn't know how many leather he touched with his hands. By the way, he knew that the tanning technique of this leather was very good.

I blew it again. The wool was snow-white and soft, almost all of it was fluffy. The fur and leather were very complete.

I smelled it again, and there was no stinking smell.

The more He Dong’s family touched, the more they loved it. It felt like this skin was no worse than the fox fur.

Yang Hao flattened another piece of sheepskin and said with a smile: "Please see if you are from He Dong."

After turning into skin, the cute appearance of the little lamb no longer exists.

But it can be seen from the naked eye that this is indeed the skin of a lamb.

He Dongjia thoughts and pondered: "This leather is good, but it is not as durable as the big sheepskin."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "Big sheepskin has the benefits of big sheepskin. Lambskin also has the beauty of lambskin. How soft the lambskin is, you and me, and how warm it is to wear when you touch it. If it is used for lining, it is both warm and comfortable to wear, and it is available to children under three years old. This is no worse than fox fur."

Without waiting for He Dongjia to speak, he reached out to touch the wool: "Hangjun He is a person who knows the goods, and he must be able to see that the tanning technique is very good."

He Dongjia could not deny this. If he really insisted on making a statement, he seemed to be an amateur.

There is no need to find any quality, but he can start from the market: "This skin is really good. It's just that no one has ever sold it before. I'm afraid it's not easy to sell it."

Yang Hao smiled and said, "He Langjun's words are reasonable. If you have something, others may not want it. But good things, especially good things for daily use, are as long as people see the real benefits. Why worry about not being able to sell them? You are a senior, so you will naturally have more ways than me."

The face of He Dong's family was slightly hot, but he was already an old fox and still kept his face calm: "This is right." He seemed to hesitate for a moment and asked, "Then what is the price of this skin?"

"I brought three colors in total, black, white and purple. The two black and white are the same price, three hundred and fifty cents and eight hundred cents of purple."

He Dongjia took a breath of cold air, which was a little exaggerated. He shook his head and said, "A sheep is only five hundred yuan. This skin is too expensive."

Unexpectedly, Yang Hao nodded and said, "It's indeed expensive. But the so-called value, we look at the goods, not only the price, but also whether it is worth it."

He pulled the sheepskin and said, "The skin is thin and elastic, soft and gentle. It can be seen how good the tanning craftsmanship is. And the tenderer the skin is, the harder it is to peel it. That is not a comparison between sheepskin."

"No matter how good the skin is, what's the use if no one can afford it?" He Dongjia shook his head repeatedly. "Yang Langjun, I do have the intention to do this business. But you always have to give me a sincere price."

"Don't be wronged by Mr. He." Yang Hao shouted injustice. "I really don't speak loudly than a lion. This leather is not easy to choose from, regardless of the texture or craftsmanship. And lamb skin is not easy to make, and it is a world of difference from big sheepskin. I really don't have the price."

He paused and said, "As for Mr. He, worried that the price is high, no one will buy it. In my opinion, he was over-concerned. Gold, silver, jade beads, abalone ginseng and bird's nests are affordable by ordinary people. Why do people sell it? Isn't there always someone to buy it?

"The texture of this lamb skin does not need to be poor in fox skin, and the skin color is better. It is also fluffy all over, and the whole skin is used. The price is only far lower than that of fox skin.

"You said that if there are many people who are rich at home but are reluctant to buy fox fur, or are there many people who are wealthy at home and willing to buy fox fur? Of course, there are many people who are the former."

Yang Hao was full of confidence: "With these people here, why worry about not being able to sell this skin?"

After a pause, he compromised and said, "If you think the price is high, I wonder how much your husband is willing to pay?"

"Eighty-month! A big sheepskin is only sixty-month. Although your skin has many benefits, it is small and not wear-resistant. People who are willing to buy sheepskin will probably choose this."
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