Not only did the Gongshu Family pay attention to the Capital Express, but so did the other families! It was a mixed bag of praise and criticism. Friends praised it, while some criticized it.
Those who agreed believed that the Mo Family had eliminated the disadvantages of the merchants and delivered their products directly to the people. This solved the problem of merchants hoarding and profiting, which was beneficial to the people.
All along, the circulation of information in the Great Tang had been slow. Merchants took advantage of the opaque information gap to earn several times the profit. Thus, the phenomenon of merchants charging prices could be found everywhere. It was precisely because of this that once the Mo Magazine was launched, the fair prices were immediately welcomed by the masses. This was the true opportunity for the Mo Magazine to explode.
Now, with the Mo Magazine's price information, the prices of goods in the Guannei Circuit were becoming transparent. Merchants no longer dared to arbitrarily set prices, which made some unscrupulous merchants gnash their teeth in anger. The era of huge profits was gone, but no one sympathized with these unscrupulous merchants.
Firstly, these people were already disdainful for falsely raising prices. There was a saying, "When the tide recedes, you will know who is swimming naked!" The Mo Magazine directly made the goods of the World Workshop transparent. Those merchants who set prices with conscience and those who were unscrupulous were exposed.
Secondly, these unscrupulous merchants had once betrayed the Mo Family. Mo Jiazi exposed their true colors. It could be said that this was an eye for an eye.
There were also people from the other families who objected. They believed that Mo Jiazi's move had greatly damaged the stable situation that had been formed since ancient times. It would only benefit the Mo Family. If all the merchants in the world suffered losses, it would cause chaos in the world.
Among the merchants, those who belonged to the aristocratic families suffered the most. For a long time, the aristocratic families had monopolized the business. Once they entered a place, no one would compete with them. But with the launch of the Capital Express, their monopoly was instantly broken. Originally, the aristocratic families' workshops were not competitive. They could not even compete with normal business competition, let alone enter the hellish business competition of online shopping. In a short period of time, the aristocratic families' shops were all overturned.
"What are you doing? You have been suffering losses for the past few months." In the courtyard of the Zheng Family, Zheng Chang looked at the account book for the past few months and roared.
"Young Master, it's not that we're not doing our job well. It's just that the Capital City Express Delivery is expanding too quickly in Chang 'an City. They can deliver the goods in a day and the people can buy the goods without even leaving the house. We have no choice!" A shopkeeper of the Zheng family complained tearfully.
"Trash. Chang 'an City has a population of nearly a million people. Do you think everyone uses the Capital City Express to buy things? Most people still have to go to the shops to buy things." Zheng Chang frowned.
"Young Master is right. There are indeed many people who still come to the shop to buy goods. However, the prices in the newspapers are much lower than the prices in our shops. Many people look at the prices in the newspapers and then look at the prices in our shops and leave without looking back. The goods that were originally popular are no longer being sold."
"Even if we buy more, we have to give up a lot of profits to sell the goods. Not only are the sales low, but the profits are also low."
One shopkeeper after another complained tearfully. In the face of this hellish price war, the Zheng family's shops were simply unable to fight back.
"Price war!" Zheng Chang gritted his teeth. He was very familiar with this trick. In the past, a group of aristocratic families desperately used price war to seize the market in the Mo family's village in order to squeeze the Mo family's products. Now, the tables had turned. They also tasted the taste of price war. Even their opponent was not the Mo family's village, but an unknown small workshop.
Originally, this small workshop would not be taken seriously by the aristocratic families. Their production capacity and sales were extremely limited, and they had no credibility. However, with the support of the Mo family, these small workshops were like pigs in the wind. They flew into the sky and suppressed the aristocratic families.
"Young Master, this battle is not their fault. Not only us, but also the famous big businesses in Chang 'an City. They have all been attacked by the Capital City Express Delivery. Now the entire business world of Chang' an City is in mourning." Uncle Zheng spoke for the shopkeepers.
Now, with the price information of the items in the Mo family's magazine, the price of the goods in the entire Guannei Road was becoming transparent, so the merchants no longer dared to price randomly. The originally popular goods suddenly stopped selling, and the high profits no longer existed.
In particular, the Zheng family suffered heavy losses. Since Zheng Chonghua entered the palace, the Zheng family could be said to be active in the layout of Chang 'an City. They bought a lot of industries in Chang' an City. In addition, they took the initiative to take the heavy responsibility of attacking the Mo family. They attacked the Mo family's village at a low price similar to the Mo family's industry, and earned profits from other industries at a high price. These big shopkeepers originally relied on the name of the Zheng family in Xingyang City to monopolize the business. However, the Mo family's shopping and Capital City Express Delivery made the Zheng family suffer heavy losses. It was even the first time that they suffered a loss.
"A group of good-for-nothings. We aristocratic families have invested so much money in the workshops, but we can't even deal with a small workshop!" Zheng Chang said with hatred. If the aristocratic families' workshops were defeated by the Mo family's village, he would accept it. However, they were defeated by an unknown small workshop, which made him lose face.
Uncle Zheng said with a look of shame, "Young master, we didn't take those small workshops seriously at first. However, after they followed the Mo family, they were heavily supported by Mo Jiazi and received a lot of Mo family's ink skills and machinery. Now the quality of their products is comparable to ours. In terms of products, the Zheng family's workshops have no advantage at all."
After these small workshops received the support of the Mo family, their craftsmanship improved greatly, and the quality of their products improved qualitatively. Naturally, they were grateful to the Mo family. In addition, the Mo family's purchases were quite large. Naturally, these workshops would supply the Mo family with the best price, or use the goods to offset the price of the Mo family's machinery. It was a win-win situation for the Mo family and the small and medium-sized workshops.
The Mo family's shops did not have to spend money on shops and manpower, so the cost was greatly reduced. Naturally, they could sell at a very low price and still make a profit. However, the aristocratic families' shops' costs were too high, so naturally, they could not be compared with the Mo family's shops.
"Mo Jiazi is too much! He's trying to kill us all! " Zheng Chang said angrily. He originally thought that with the aristocratic families taking the initiative to stop, Mo Jiazi would tactfully maintain a tacit understanding. The two families would share the benefits of the world, so why not?
However, they were wrong about Mo Jiazi once again. Mo Jiazi did not accept the goodwill of the aristocratic families. Instead, he continued to stand on the side of the small and medium-sized workshops that survived in the cracks, continuing to oppose the aristocratic families.
"Everyone in the world can cooperate with the aristocratic families, but Mo Jiazi can't! Brother Zheng was wrong from the beginning! "Wei Sian's familiar voice suddenly sounded behind Zheng Chang.
"Why is that?" Zheng Chang asked in confusion.
"What is the Mohist School? Back then, Mo Jiazi wore clothes made of cotton and silk, and he worked day and night without rest, suffering himself to the extreme. Those who followed Mo Jiazi were all bumpkins, and Mo Jiazi believed himself to be the successor of Mo Jiazi's ideals. Naturally, he would side with the common people. If the Mohist School really cooperated with the aristocratic families, wouldn't it lose the foundation that it relied on to survive? With Mo Jiazi's intelligence, he naturally wouldn't make such a mistake, "Wei Sian said.
In Wei Sian's view, the Mohist School of Thought was the best way to carry out the Mohist School's ideals. Everyone could use the Mohist School of Thought to shop, and everyone could buy low-priced goods from the Mohist School of Thought. The common people and the small workshops were the ultimate beneficiaries of the Mohist School of Thought.
"So you're saying that Mo Jiazi isn't on the same side as us!" Zheng Chang said with a frown.
Wei Sian sneered. "The Mohist School of Thought has never been on the same side as us! We aristocratic families can use the Confucian ideals to gain power, can use the Qian School of Thought to earn money, but the Mohist School of Thought is different. The Mohist School of Thought's Mohist School of Thought is truly a good thing, but the Mohist School of Thought is incompatible with the aristocratic families. "
Zheng Chang nodded in agreement.
"I think it's time for the aristocratic families to cooperate with the Confucian School of Thought!" Wei Sian declared.
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