All the things used by people in the palace are purchased through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Many businessmen also subsidize themselves for their own publicity, so as long as they do business with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they say that they are royal merchants.
"But in fact, the things sold by some imperial merchants are ordinary, just better than ordinary ones. They are used by the maids and internal officials in the palace. If you encounter a greedy person in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, many imperial merchants will The ones sold to the Ministry of Internal Affairs are just expensive, but the goods may not be as good as others."
Only businessmen can understand this kind of thing. Even if Su Tang asked Song Yi, he might not be able to understand it so clearly. As ministers of the former dynasty, Song Yi and the others would not understand such a trivial matter.
"But the tributes are different. The tributes must be the best and are for the nobles. Those who are lucky will be favored by His Majesty. Those who are not lucky can also get a plaque of reputation. But if they are good, they will be used by His Majesty a few years ago. There is a brewing family in the south. The wine they bought caught the favor of the imperial merchant, and they were awarded a title. Although this was a false position, after all, it was already an official title."
Luo Xingchen's face really lit up when he talked about it. Under the background of this era, it is basically a very rare achievement to have his products become tributes.
In fact, what Luo Xingchen said is not complicated. To put it simply, they are all imperial merchants. In fact, there are differences. The imperial merchants who send tributes are more powerful because they are for the nobles. On the contrary, they provide things to the royal servants. Although They are also called imperial merchants, but in fact many imperial merchants financed them themselves, which is far from the same.
Su Tang also understood. "Is that so? I'll think about it."
Luo Xingchen thought that he had made it clearer. They were all women and could not rely on the imperial examination to become famous or achieve anything. However, tribute was a way to get ahead. Su Tang actually said that she still had to consider it.
"If you are selected, you may get a title. You still have to think about it. Do you really want to be a peasant girl for the rest of your life?" Luo Xingchen said directly.
Don't listen to scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, as if farmers have a high status. In fact, poor farmers only have a false name, and they still live a bad life. In fact, only being an official can have status, even if it is a false position, it is still status.
Luo Xingchen clearly saw that Su Tang was capable and capable. Is it enough to just be a small peasant girl
Of course Su Tang knew what Luo Xingchen meant, but she really hesitated. In fact, Su Tang understood the truth, but Luo Xingchen was just an ordinary businessman and didn't know what the current situation in the capital was like.
Even Song Yi deliberately used the excuse of recuperation to escape to Qinghe Town, and some of the contents revealed in Pei Xuan's previous letter indicated that the situation in the capital was not as peaceful as ordinary people thought.
This was a major matter involving the seizure of the legitimate heir, and the reputation of the tribute was quite high, but if her identity was used by others, Song Yi might be implicated.
So it was impossible for Su Tang not to think about this, but she couldn't directly tell Luo Xingchen these words. After all, Luo Xingchen was just an ordinary businessman.
"What you said is that what we want to do is righteous business. Even if we are businessmen, we still serve the common people. This is much more meaningful than working for the royal family. The work lies in the country, do you understand?"
Su Tang opened his mouth to tell the truth and deceived people.
When Luo Xingchen heard Su Tang's righteous words, he suddenly felt that his ideological consciousness was really too low. He only wanted to make money, his own wealth, and not the world.
(End of chapter)