Chapter 10 Technology Monopoly and Vicious Competition
Xiao Feng naturally knew that there was a small tail hanging not far behind him, but he had no choice but to use the small tail. Xiao Feng stopped, and the small tail also stopped, looking at Xiao Feng with only pitiful eyes.
However, this little tail was not close to Xiao Feng, but just followed him from afar.
Lin Dalang naturally noticed the little tail. He glanced at it, but said to Xiao Feng: "Dear guest, you have to be careful. These are three hands. He must have taken a fancy to your property. However, these little guys are all pitiful people. They are all suffering from difficulties at home and have no place to go. If there is a place to go, no one is willing to do this."
Lin Dalang's words made Xiao Feng feel a little favorable to this young man who looked older than him.
He first reminded Xiao Feng that he was afraid that Xiao Feng would be stolen accidentally, but the words he said to this little pickpocket later also mean kindness. It can be seen that he is a kind person.
He nodded with a smile, and Xiao Feng nodded in the little tail behind him, but just started chatting with Lin Dalang.
After a while, Lin Dalang naturally asked Xiao Feng's details without any trace, and he also did not hide anything from Xiao Feng, only saying that it was a business failure, so he wanted to go back to Guanzhong.
Xiao Feng could see that Lin Dalang had some ambitions and abilities besides being honest and kind, but the wine shop they run had no competitiveness under the impact of the wine shops of Goryeo merchants.
Compared with the three famous wines owned by the Korean merchants, the local soju wine from the Tang Dynasty is far behind.
As for the three famous wines of Korean merchants, Xiao Feng has heard of them, namely "Koryo roast", "Koryo rice wine" and "Koryo wine".
Don’t talk about wine, Xiao Feng just knows a rough idea, not how this thing was brewed.
Compared with the local soybean from the Tang Dynasty, the two are not comparable at all. Xiao Feng has tasted the local soybean from the Tang Dynasty, which is light but tasteless and has a very poor taste. When Xiao Feng once smelled the fragrance of the Korean soybean, he knew in his heart that this was a distilled liquor with extremely high concentration, and the taste was definitely not comparable to that of the local soybean brewed by the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to this distilled liquor, even in ordinary brewed liquor, the local rice wine is not on the same level as the Korean rice wine. Xiao Feng tasted the Korean rice wine a few times in the courtyard. This taste is not comparable to the local rice wine of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, although the price of Goryeo and Goryeo rice wine is more than ten or twenty times more expensive than that of the local wines in the Tang Dynasty, rich people generally like Goryeo and Goryeo rice wine. Only poor families will drink the local shoji and homemade rice wine in the Tang Dynasty to satisfy their cravings.
What’s abominable is that Goryeo merchants often raise the prices of “Goryeo roast” and “Goryeo rice wine” to a very high level, and sell the local soju and rice wine from the Tang Dynasty almost at a price close to the cost, thereby squeezing down the local wine shops of the Tang Dynasty.
Under such competition, how could Tang Shang still have a way out?
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Feng asked, "Shopkeeper Lin, why don't you brew Goryeo and Goryeo rice wine by yourself? They have been operating for so many years, and I believe this method has been spread a long time ago."
With a bitter smile, Lin Dalang said, "Dalang, you don't know that even this Korean merchant only has the power to sell. I heard that these Korean roasts and Korean rice wine are all wines operated by the Koryo dynasty countries. They were transported to various marinas along the coast and rivers by the Korean sailboat to the Goryo Chamber of Commerce and then transferred to various places. Our Tang merchants cannot obtain these rare things."
Xiao Feng was a little clear about this statement. The Goryeo Dynasty's methods were very simple, there were two types: technological monopoly and vicious competition. In the face of these two methods, the Tang merchants who fought each other had no resistance at all, so the wealth of the entire Central Plains continued to flow into the pockets of the Goryeo merchants. Of course, it was more directly flowed into the hands of Jin Zhendong, the Goryeo Emperor who had monopoly technology in the Goryeo Dynasty.
Xiao Feng would not doubt Jin Zhendong's ability to invent distilled liquor and improve the brewing rice wine. As a drug lord, Jin Zhendong's knowledge of chemistry is naturally deeper than that of ordinary people, and he naturally understands the basic principles of these liquors.
Even Xiao Feng only knew the principle of making distilled liquor at most, but he knew nothing about improving the methods of brewing rice wine because it involved more complex knowledge.
At this time, after carefully analyzing the information in Lin Dalang's mouth, Xiao Feng thought of another idea in his mind. The state-owned system of the Goryeo Dynasty seemed to be able to ensure the monopoly of technology, but in fact it was not impeccable.
Xiao Feng could conclude that Jinzhendong would not be placed in the territory of the Central Plains countries in this type of production base for technology-monopoly industries that are uniformly operated by the state. It would definitely be placed in the Goryeo land that can be strictly monitored or completely controlled.
Therefore, the biggest disadvantage of these goods is that the transportation cost is too high!
Think about it, how many ways does it take to get from the local area of Goryeo to a corner of the Tang Dynasty?
When Xiao Feng thought about this, his eyes became brighter and brighter.
If they slowly support the local wine shops in the Tang Dynasty so that they can also master these monopoly technologies, wouldn’t the advantages of Goryeo merchants disappear?
Thinking of this, even Xiao Feng felt a hint of excitement in his heart.
There are some things that you really need to read, listen, and think more to find a good way, just like yourself. If you hadn't suddenly thought about Lin Dalang's insights, you would probably not have figured out the tricks in the middle for the time being.
At this moment, Lin Dalang heard him say, "Xiao Dalang, there is a humble house in front of him."
Xiao Feng looked up and saw that it was a big house.
After Lin Dalang led Xiao Feng into his house, the little tail that followed frowned and pouted his mouth for a while, and finally hid in a corner and waited.
After Xiao Feng entered the house, Lin Dalang's father came out when he heard the sound. Of course, Xiao Feng could see that the face of the old boss Lin's family was full of forced smiles.
After pretending to look at the house a few casually, Xiao Feng said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, let's find a quiet place to have a good talk first?"
"Okay, please come here." Old Master Lin naturally smiled and let Xiao Feng into the living room.
When everyone sat down, naturally some servants brought the tea up. Xiao Feng was not in a hurry to drink tea. He asked with a smile: "Uncle Lin, I am a little curious. Although the business has failed temporarily, you don't need to be so discouraged. Why did you go back to Guanzhong?"
A bitter smile appeared on his face, and the old boss Lin did not hide it at all: "Xiaolang, if you don't have a good life in this Luoyang city, it will be extremely difficult to live. I can't let them have a few of them to help the servants make a living, right? Fortunately, there are still a few acres of thin land at home and an old house. When you go back to collect some land rent, you can still live."
The "some of them" mentioned by the old boss Lin's family should be his children.
[A pink and tender calf, I asked everyone for votes. Okay... I admit, I am actually an old cow~ Can't the old cow ask for votes? Moo~~~]
;
Chapter completed!