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Chapter 205 Big Business (3000-word chapter)

Speaking of this, Tang Jian even knows what happened no matter how stupid he is.

If Xue Yantuo's offense has nothing to do with Li Muyun, then he will be called a ghost.

But it seems nothing to do with it. The Tang Dynasty doesn't care about such trivial matters. As long as a battle on the border is won, the power of the Tang Dynasty will not be lost. This matter is basically over. From the emperor to the people, no one cares about the cause of this matter, and even Tang Jian himself doesn't care.

What really made him care about was another thing, so after the wine and food were arranged, Tang Jian took a deep breath and asked, "I heard that Xiaoyao Hou still has many war horses in his hand? Is this true?"

"Yes, six thousand Turkic Tun horses, absolutely good horses!" When Tang Jian mentioned the war horse, Li Muyun immediately became energetic, poured him a glass of wine and took the opportunity to say, "Why, Shangshu Tang is interested?"

"Tang is not interested, he is just asking for others." Tang Jian shook his head. He would not reveal his bottom line before he completely believed Li Muyun.

However, Li Muyun is a smart person. He has experienced very little in his secret business in his previous life. He saw Tang Jian’s performance and knew that this guy didn’t seem to believe in him very much. The reason why he asked about horses was just to explore his own words and see how he planned to be like those horses.

In fact, Li Muyun was also worried about the war horses. There were more than 6,000 war horses. At present, he could not find someone to eat in one bite. It would be fine if he kept it in his hand. Once winter comes, these horses will consume a lot of forage, so if he cannot get rid of these war horses before winter, he will suffer a lot.

Thinking of this, Li Muyun showed a sad expression, sighed a long time, stuffed the wine in his glass, and then said, "When talking about those horses, it's actually a headache. When I stayed, I planned to make a small fortune, but I didn't expect that the business is now in a downturn, and after I got it, I couldn't take it off. Seeing that autumn is coming, I'm afraid that it will be all in my hands if I don't take it off again."

"Oh? So Xiaoyaohou is planning to sell these war horses as soon as possible?" Tang Jian turned the wine glass in his hand and asked in vain.

"Isn't it true? After fighting such a big battle, I have lost a lot of manpower. I always have to give some compensation. Those who have been injured and those who have lost their labor force must also be compensated? After all, there is no such thing as one, I am afraid that the two of them will not be able to deal with it at all."

He was injured and died, and this was nonsense. He was used to deceive outsiders and even settle down. For Tang Jian, who had already read the war report, it was simply a move to steal the bell.

But Tang Jian also knew that what Li Muyun said before was basically nonsense, but just excuses. The real focus was on the last sentence "One or 20,000 guan".

This is to tell Tang Jian clearly that as long as he takes out one to twenty thousand guan, he can take all these war horses away. As for how much money he can sell in the end, whether they are partnering with others, he doesn't care or participate.

This was the first time Tang Jian met such a "pragmatic" person, and for a moment he was a little confused about what to say.

Li Muyun didn't seem to be in a hurry. After quoting the price, he picked up a bite of the dish and filled it into his mouth, and slowly tasted it, as if Tang Jian was not around.

After a long time, Tang Jian, who was silent, drank the wine in his glass and said, "Eight thousand guan!"

"Impossible. If it's eight thousand guan, I would rather let it go!" Li Muyun shook his head decisively.

"Eight thousand is already a lot, Xiaoyaohou, you must know that keeping so many war horses in your hands is not a long-term solution. If someone impeaches you in Beijing, it will be a big or small problem." Tang Jian looked at Li Muyun and said.

Li Chengqian seemed not to understand Tang Jian's threat, poured him a glass of wine, and then slowly said: "Ten thousand five thousand guan."

"Ten thousand, no more. You just said ten thousand yuan!" Tang Jian looked at the wine in front of him and did not move.

After drinking the glass of wine just now, he felt a little overwhelmed. If he drinks it, he is afraid that his mind will not be clear. If he says the wrong thing, he will be afraid that it will be a loss.

"I also said 20,000 yuan, why didn't Tang Shangshu hear it?" Li Muyun smiled and shook his head, and continued, "In fact, 15,000 yuan is not much, and I just want these things, I don't care about anything else, as long as I see money, those horses are yours."

"Then it's 12,000 yuan. After all, it's not easy for everyone. No one's money is blown by the strong wind." Tang Jian increased by another 2,000 yuan, and at the same time, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, as if he was very reluctant to leave.

"Ten thousand, no less. Apart from the pension money, you must leave me a little. You have also seen this copycat. There are thousands of people at the top and bottom. It always costs money to feed people. I believe you also know that the population in our county has soared this year, but because most of the fields are first cultivated, taxes and other things cannot be paid at all. You also want me to leave some money for taxes, right?"

"Then let's just 13,000 yuan, how about it?" Tang Jian avoided talking about what Li Muyun said.

He himself is a negotiating expert and knows very well that he cannot be led by others. If he really follows Li Muyun's words to negotiate, he will probably be fooled in the end.

Li Muyun was able to pay the price to 13,000 yuan, which exceeded his expectations. After all, at the beginning, his plan was to take action for 10,000 yuan.

So when Tang Jian asked him how it was, Li Muyun smiled and raised his cup: "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!" Seeing Li Muyun agreeing, Tang Jian also smiled on his face. He picked up the cup as he was like him. The two of them toasted each other and drank the wine.

You should know that since the Tang Dynasty, the military has had a huge demand for war horses. It can even be said that the Tang Dynasty had always lacked horses in the early days of Wude and Zhenguan.

Therefore, the price of war horses in the Zhenguan period has always been high. A war horse that can go to the battlefield often takes about ten taels to buy.

Of course, there are also horses that can be bought in two to three stakes, but they are all horses that can be used to pull carts or something. As for the battlefield, don’t think about it. Not to mention whether you can move the cavalry in armor, it is good to hear the sound of war drums and not peeing.

It is precisely because of the Tang Dynasty's infinite desire for war horses during the Zhenguan period that this period was also the period with the largest number of horses in the Central Plains. In terms of the ratio of horses to population, except for the period of the Mongol Empire, it can basically be said to be the highest proportion of China in 5,000 years.

So, although Tang Jian paid 13,000 guan for these six thousand war horses, when he sold them, he immediately earned 60,000 guan.

Although not all of this money belongs to Tang Jian, he still has to share the money with others, but in the end, there are still seven or eight thousand guan of coins that can fall into his hands.

In the early days of Zhenguan, some money was no longer a small amount, and it was calculated based on the price ratio to the agent at that time.

At that time, it was four cents for rice, which was twelve to five kilograms of rice, which was sold for four cents.

Modern times, it costs about two or five yuan per kilogram. In terms of conversion, the four cents of Zhenguan Chuqi are almost equal to the current thirty yuan.

With the same proportion, the money in the early Zhenguan period was basically equal to the current 7,500 yuan, and a war horse ten silos, which is equivalent to the 75,000 yuan in later generations, which is exactly the price of an ordinary family car.

If Tang Jian’s income this time was about 7,000 guan, it would be basically equal to about 5 million if it was exchanged for the soft sister coins of later generations.

I went to the county town and drank a meal of wine and earned five million yuan. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty did not have the concept of personal income tax, and there was no system for officials not to do business. In other words, five million is five million yuan, a lot of money.

With such a large amount of income, not to mention that Li Muyun left him in the county government for one day and ignored him, even if he was thrown away for ten or eight days, Tang Jian would not mind.

Li Muyun is actually not stupid. He has long calculated the same account clearly. Ten thousand 13,000 guan is almost 10 million in later generations. He doesn't have to worry about this, no matter who they sell to, no matter how to share the money, it's good to simply make 10 million yuan, and if he doesn't have to worry about it, it's probably going to be missed by others.

Even if there is an old man I picked up and help him with it, the old man will die one day. According to normal thinking, the old man must have died earlier than him. If the old man dies, he will not be a hatred for thousands of people.

So he would rather make less money and divide most of the profits, so that everyone can make a fortune together, and no one will suffer any losses. This is the way to do business.

"Mu Yun..." After drinking for thirty years and cooking for five flavors, Tang Jian smiled and said, "Xiaoyaohou doesn't mind that I call you that, do you?"

"Duke Ju is a senior, and he can call this kind of name to be a junior. How can he mind?" Everyone is grateful to Huahuaqiaozi. What Li Muyun is missing now is to have a relationship with these big figures, so he naturally won't pretend to be a silly at this time.

"Haha, you kid, the old guy Cheng Yaojin said that you are more furry than monkeys. It seems that you are right." Tang Jian was drinking a little high at this time, and he started to stop the door.

But Li Muyun didn't say anything, but just laughed and said, "That's what Uncle Cheng can look at!"

"Success, you can speak! Benevolent and righteous! As long as you don't do anything, you will be able to make a name for yourself in the future!" Tang Jian said with a laugh.

"Uncle Tang is grateful for his love, and I borrow your auspicious words. If you really can make a name for yourself in the future, you will definitely not forget the grace of Uncle Tang today!" Li Chengqian beat the snake and followed the stick, and took advantage of Tang Jian's words to get along with the relationship.

Anyway, he had just called Cheng Yaojin uncle, and it is not an exaggeration to call Tang Jian an uncle now.
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