"The port is almost ready. It will be improved after Wu Zuocheng is built." Lin Fengjin said to Yi Li and Tuoba Zhen:
"Next, I think we should formalize our trading market. The trading conference we hold now is still a chaotic mess. Although this has been done in our grasslands for thousands of years, it seems too unfair.
It’s formal.”
"Our Sanli tribe was the first to build a city on the seashore! Our Sanli tribe was the first to dare to stand up and pat our chests and say we were free from the threat of Baimaofeng. Our Sanli tribe was the first to travel thousands of miles to defeat the descendants of Canglang!
Why can't we change this bad custom? As long as it is good, I believe other people can accept it."
"My hope for you is to make all the tribesmen in the Sanli tribe the envy of everyone on the grassland. Girls from our Sanli tribe like to wear big braids, and girls from other tribes immediately feel that big braids look good.
, our warriors from the Sanli tribe like to wear red cloaks, and the warriors from other tribes will immediately feel that wearing red cloaks is very majestic! Everything you are doing now has not been done by other grassland tribes, as long as it is good stuff
, don’t be afraid to learn from it and use it, and don’t be afraid that others won’t be able to adapt!”
After listening to Lin Fengjin's words, Oli and Tuoba Zhen, and even the other people listening, felt their hearts surging and couldn't control themselves. Even Tuoba Zhen opened his mouth in shock.
Lin Fengjin's words kept echoing in their ears------We want all the tribesmen in the Sanli tribe to be the envy of everyone on the grassland. We girls in the Sanli tribe like to wear big braids, and other tribes
The girl immediately felt from the bottom of her heart that big braids looked good. Our warriors from the Sanli tribe liked to wear red cloaks, and the warriors from other tribes also immediately felt that wearing red cloaks was very majestic!
What a spirit! Even if it is the king of the grassland, it will be difficult for him to do this. If such a day comes, everyone in Sanlibu will be as proud as an eagle in the sky. The ancestors of Sanlibu
.I can rest in peace even underground.
Lin Fengjin waved his hand casually and said:
"Come here and listen to me. The market I planned is like this. There is a horse farm outside first. After all the people come, this is where they will store their excess livestock. Then it is divided into two areas. This is
A place to eat and rest. If you don’t want to leave after buying things, you can come here to eat and rest, and then watch juggling, storytelling and other performances.”
"The cargo area here is further subdivided into A, B, C, D, etc. For example, Area A is for daily necessities. Merchants selling oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, sugar, iron pots, needlework and other small things for daily living are all here.
They are all sold together here. District B is for the furniture business. People who want to buy stools, new coffee tables, tents, etc. come here... District B is for selling old goods. Everything is sold old.
People from all over the world come here.”
"Then there is the issue of regional planning. It must be atmospheric, and road signs must be written clearly. It is impossible to use paintings. At the same time, people must be organized to patrol the market, which can not only facilitate people's inquiries, but also maintain public order."
"The distance between each area must be left, and ditches for discharging waste must be dug. Toilets must be purchased every five hundred meters. Do not allow cattle and horses to defecate everywhere. This will cause a plague.
Yes, all the tents here are not allowed to be placed randomly. We first draw the lines and dig out shallow trenches. The tents can only be set up within the scope we specified."
Lin Fengjin was talking here, and someone next to him naturally took note of it. As he said before, prairie people are also human beings. They are not fools. There are heroes and smart people among them. What they lack is just the inheritance of insight and knowledge. Plus
Among the Sanli tribe, Lin Fengjin's prestige can be said to be at its peak. When he gives an order, everyone will naturally do it bravely.
On only the third day, he saw rows of colorful mushroom-like tents standing in the designated market area. They were as straight as a line drawn with a ruler, as if they were about to spread to the horizon.
The divisions of each area are also very clear, and some people have begun to dig drainage ditches and toilets.
Not to mention the people of the Sanli tribe, even some Han people couldn't help but marvel at this situation. They thought it was quite pleasing to the eye, like a wonder. And if you go shopping in it, you must be because of the relaxed environment and convenient and fast service.
praised.
Just when Lin Fengjin went to watch the market, Tuoba Zhen suddenly remembered something again and said:
"Sir, I have one more thing to ask you to tell me."
Lin Fengjin said:
"What's up?"
Tuoba Zhen said:
"Last month last month, when the sheep had just finished moulting, another group of Han people came to us and wanted to do business with us. The goods they brought were not as good as yours, but the prices they asked were higher than
Yours is expensive, so we didn’t trade with them. However, half a month after their ship left, they turned around again. This time, the price they offered was quite good according to Old Kurt, so we
I just made a deal with them, what should I do if something like this happens again in the future?"
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin said curiously:
"There are still people who can sail across a long distance to trade with you? What kind of goods are they transporting?"
Tuoba Zhen said:
"Tea and porcelain."
Lin Fengjin frowned and thought for a moment:
"Do they still have any goods? If they do, bring them to me. By the way, I'll ask Shopkeeper Zhao and Shopkeeper Xiao from the dock to come over."
Soon, the goods brought by the other caravan were brought over. Shopkeeper Zhao, whom Lin Fengjin brought this time, went over to inspect them, and then said to Lin Fengjin:
"Returning to the young master, this is an authentic Fujian product. The tea is Tieguanyin and the silk is Fu silk. In fact, strictly speaking, in the Central Plains, this tea is better than the Kuding tea and scented tea we transport, but
The custom on the grasslands is to drink strong tea to relieve greasiness, and scented tea is even more fragrant when brewed, but Tieguanyin is not suitable for making milk tea, so although Tieguanyin is more expensive in the Central Plains, it cannot be sold at a good price on the grasslands.
This silk and satin is indeed not as good as the ones in Songjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou."
Lin Fengjin nodded. At this time, Shopkeeper Xiao, who was stationed here on the dock, also came. When Lin Fengjin asked about this matter, he said:
"I also know about this. It was a fleet formed by a company called Wensi Trading Company in Fujian. It only has three ships."
Lin Fengjin wondered:
"They just sailed over from Fujian and didn't encounter any danger?"
Lin Fengjin had heard from Li Hu before that the other states and counties were eager to form a merchant fleet. Although Lin Fengjin thought this was a good thing and asked Li Hu not to interfere, he did not expect that there would actually be a ship today.
The team is here!!
After listening to Lin Fengjin's words, Shopkeeper Xiao nodded and said:
"It should be."
Lin Fengjin wondered:
"What method did they use to avoid the dangers on this road?"
Shopkeeper Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:
"This, Young Master, I really don't know. It seems that this kind of method must be secret and cannot be leaked. For someone as open-minded as Young Master, who is willing to lead everyone to make a fortune together when he has the opportunity, I guess
It’s very rare in this world.”
Lin Fengjin laughed and said:
"Eating alone depends on what you eat alone. It's like business on the grassland. How much can I eat by myself? I can't even swallow it all until I die, so why don't we all eat together?"
Shopkeeper Xiao complimented Lin Fengjin, but lowered his voice and said:
"But Master, although I don't know how they got to this place safely, I did some research in secret and found that the amount of goods purchased by these Fujian guys was a bit strange. It was only half of the cargo volume of their three ships. But
The ship's draft shows it is fully loaded."
Lin Fengjin's eyes lit up and he said:
"You mean, there must be some secret in the cabins of their three ships that will account for half of their cargo volume?"
Shopkeeper Xiao nodded and said:
"This secret must be related to their ability to travel across the ocean."
Lin Fengjin nodded and said to Tuoba Zhen in silence for a while:
"If these people come again, as long as they are willing to deal fairly, then we will do business with them. However, the price of the transaction with them must be at least 50% higher than the price of the people I brought. This kind of thing will happen again in the future.
Just follow this example. Of course, if you are unwilling to do business honestly, use bows and arrows to challenge them."
The appearance of Fujian merchants also made Lin Fengjin realize that the world is huge and full of wonders. There is endless wealth in this sea. Countless people must have thought about it before him and achieved some results.
For now, at least in terms of shallow sea navigation, they can successfully cross the distance of thousands of miles and come to Wuzuo City for trading.
Thinking of this, Lin Fengjin pondered for a while. He didn't think it was a big deal for other businessmen to come to trade with Wu Zuocheng. The rich water would not flow to outsiders. For Wu Zuocheng, there were plenty of prairie specialties such as furs and so on, making money.
Whose money is not earned? These outsiders earn more.
The crux of the problem is that after these Fujianese people realized that they couldn't make any huge profits in Wu Zuocheng, their choice was to set sail and go out for a spin again, and finally came back to sell goods again. What were these people doing out there?
Apparently, we were looking for other ports to see if we could sell them.
Lin Fengjin certainly knows that the most profitable way in the world is monopoly, so for him, Wu Zuocheng can have many cooperative trading partners. But!! Just like a man can dominate many women, one woman can
You cannot have many men (ahem, the world view in this book).