Chapter five hundred and fifty-one: strong buy and strong sell
One night passed, silk, porcelain, and tea were all sold, and 1.4 million taels of silver were obtained.
These three items are naturally the big ones, and some other products are not eager to sell. The big dealers are naturally satisfied with this bidding, but for the small and medium-sized dealers, it is nothing less than a disaster, and everyone is thousands of miles away.
You came all the way here to resell the goods, but after reselling the goods, do you return empty-handed?
What businessmen pursue is always profit. Now many businessmen have to start looking for other ways out.
Fortunately, Wang Zhi had already announced that he would start purchasing Fanshang's goods tomorrow, which made everyone pay attention. But now, it was almost the third watch, and everyone had a hasty sleep.
Immediately afterwards, a new transaction began.
The past few days have been a toss-up for the merchants, and everyone is dizzy after the tossing. But at this time, everyone has to brace themselves and deal with the Sea Route Pacification Envoy. The Sea Route Appeasement Envoy has posted a list of all the necessary items.
The purchased products are all posted, such as spices, rhinoceros horns, and all kinds of products, all purchased at the same time, but the price is only average.
What it generally means is that the price is only half of what it used to be.
As a result, the merchants suddenly exploded. It was really unreasonable. The prices of porcelain and silk had skyrocketed, but the various Xibei goods they brought had plummeted. This was clearly forced buying and selling, and it was clearly bullying.
That's right, it means forced buying and selling. As a monopoly giant, if you don't force buying and selling, then it's still a monopoly. It's better to open a charity.
The problem is that products such as rhinoceros horns, spices, cowhide, tiger skins, etc. often have two sales points, one is Europe and the other is Ming Dynasty. Although the prices in Europe are also high, they are all sold by the Francons and the Great Cannibals.
Furthermore, when traveling from Nanyang to Daming and from Nanyang to Europe, not to mention the voyage, there are many chances of encountering storms. After all, they have to cross the Indian Ocean and bypass Africa, which is extremely risky.
On the one hand, the risks are high and the benefits are large. On the other hand, the risks are significantly smaller and the benefits are much smaller. How to choose is naturally the business of these businessmen.
As a monopoly giant, we still have this awareness. If you don't want to sell, then don't sell. As long as the large-scale transactions are in Asia, if you want to ship the goods, you can only find the sea route to appease the envoy.
While everyone was scolding, there was nothing they could do. On the other hand, there were not many special products in the Japanese country, and knives were obviously not among the imports of the sea route pacifiers. However, there were quite a few women in the Japanese country. These deceitful merchants colluded with the daimyo, and they were wanton.
Purchasing captive female relatives In Edo, human trafficking has become an industry, and now these guys have come all the way here, but there is a group of people who want to trade with people.
However, no matter what they were selling, many people were greatly disappointed with the price offered by the Sea Route Comfort Envoy. Many small and medium-sized merchants even lost interest and suddenly felt that this trip was really not worth it. They did not buy a batch of silk.
The porcelain and the goods in hand were not sold at a good price. Although it was not a loss, the profit was not as expected.
Maritime trade is a hugely profitable industry in this era. Unfortunately, this sea trade company relies on its monopoly to take almost all the profits from the business. Some merchants have even backed down and are unwilling to return to Duangzhou next year.
The island port is coming.
In the city hall, a new plan is being planned, and money is naturally earned. One trip can easily bring millions of taels of silver. The sale of this kind of luxury goods can be said to be a huge profit.
However, it was obvious that Xu Qian was not satisfied with the sale of such luxury goods.
After all, this kind of export must be controlled. If you ship goods every two days, you are crazy if people are willing to buy them ten times or twenty times. The reason why luxury goods are called luxury goods is because they are not common. Therefore,
For this kind of trade, it is enough for the sea route to make two trips a year.
But if you want to make money, you can't just rely on luxury goods. Now there are so many workshops in Zhejiang and Tianjin. How many people can get rich just by relying on silk and porcelain?
What Xu Qian wants to formulate is a comprehensive strategy, and people need to have some pursuits. After all, Xu Qian is no longer a simple businessman, but also an official. Although the four characters of "official" in the imperial court mean making money, he has to do something serious.
, Moreover, this is also related to the success or failure of the New Deal, so it is natural not to be careless.
Xu Qian, #阝jian, Wang Zhi and others discussed in the city hall for several hours. Finally, a plan was released. Wang Zhi was a good plan executor. After understanding Xu Qian's intention, he started to work on it.
Get ready.
at night.
There are still patrolling sailors on the streets. There are more than 7,000 sailors under the Sea Route Pacification Division. They are all recruited from Tianjin, Shandong and other places. They are physically strong. After several battles with Japanese pirates, compared with the official army,
They can be considered elite, and the number of sailors in Shuangyu Port has exceeded 3,000. They are divided into three squads and patrol day and night.
Even at night, you can still see groups of figures appearing across the sword in the empty streets under the moonlight. Just in a warehouse not far from the city hall, there are now hundreds of people! Activities, under Wang Zhi's order.
Next, these people repaired and renovated the warehouse overnight. At the same time, boxes of goods began to be shipped in from the ship.
Wang Zhi was very tired, but he was still here working hard to instruct the craftsmen, how to place things, where candles should not be lit, and he had to care about every detail.
Looking at the warehouse that was gradually taking shape and beginning to change due to his own efforts, Wang Zhi showed a bit of a smile. After being defeated and becoming a prisoner, Wang Zhi had to become Xu Qian's private slave.
I rarely show such a satisfied smile.
Sometimes, Wang Zhi had to admire Mr. Futai. Although he was an official, he never followed the rules and had many unexpected ideas that even he had never thought of.
Seeing that the arrangements were almost complete, he gave a few instructions, then returned to his office, called a clerk, explained his intention, and asked the clerk to copy the announcement overnight and spread it widely.
In the second half of the night, Wang Zhi leaned on his desk and managed to sleep all night. At about midnight, he became energetic and quickly went to the city hall to pay a visit to Xu Qian. Xu Qian had just rinsed his mouth, drank a sip of tea, and said
: "Are you all ready?"
Wang Zhi bowed and said: "My lord, everything has been prepared and the notice has been sent out. I believe that this matter will definitely succeed."
Xu Qian became interested: "Why do you see it?"
Wang Zhidao: "On the one hand, the maritime merchants have transported all kinds of sea goods to Shuangyu Port. It is impossible to return empty ships. They have to bring in some goods and sell them back. Even if the profit is not high, the money earned is better than the pressure in the cabin."
The stone is good.”
Wang Zhi glanced at Xu Qian, saw Xu Qian nodded slightly, and continued: "The second thing is the goods of the Ming Dynasty. Because tea, silk, and porcelain are all fine products in the eyes of all countries. Since they are fine products, they are not
Don’t worry about sales, even if all countries have the same goods, there will definitely be people who would rather buy high-quality Ming products.”
Xu Qian smiled and said: "This matter is just a matter of words, but you made it so sure in the first place. Whether it succeeds or fails, we will know immediately."
At a time when many businessmen were disappointed, some were even thinking of quitting. At this time, another announcement appeared on the streets.
This evening, the governor of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty will host a banquet for all merchants, but anyone who is willing can participate.
Banquet...
Everyone became a little interested. Although they wanted to leave, they couldn't leave so quickly. They had to replenish fresh water and install ballast stones in the cabin. After all, many people returned empty-handed and did not carry anything.
goods.
In this case, you might as well go and meet the legendary governor. Anyone who does business doesn't want to build more relationships. Sometimes, establishing a good relationship is more practical than real money.
Big merchants are also sharpening their knives. The power of the governor of the Ming Dynasty is no less than that of the king of a certain country. It is even said that this young and promising governor is a popular figure of the Ming Emperor and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Such a huge empire,
A random decree not only changes the fate of millions of people, but even merchants like them are affected by the emperor's decrees all the time.
If I can win over this Futai, I don't know how much convenience it will provide in the future.
As for the small businessmen, they were just there to join in the fun, and they had nothing to do anyway.
As a result, many people began to look forward to it. In a hotel in Shuangyu Port, the nobleman named Liu Da was sitting here wiping a short blunderbuss. Standing next to him was the Lord.
The old man who was beside him in the bidding meeting for the first time said in fluent Spanish: "No trace of them has been found yet, but it can be confirmed that they should be among the businessmen. Sir, do we really care?
What do these dark-skinned monkeys think?”
Liu Da squinted his green eyes, smiled, and said: "They are naturally insignificant, but don't forget that these people still have some influence after all. Who can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will not use this as a bargaining chip to intimidate and extort
Well, in everything, it is better to be careful. People from the Far East say, be careful with a ship that can travel for thousands of years, so let people continue to search, find them, and kill them! Can you understand what I mean?"
The old man was silent for a moment, then nodded finally, took off his hat and bowed: "As you wish!"
The second chapter is delivered. In the last three days, my moral integrity has not been preserved. Alas...