The scenery in Polygonum Garden is indeed elegant, but when it comes to places with elegant scenery, Jiangnan is full of them.
Therefore, Catherine did enjoy it a little bit when she first moved in for two days. However, staying here every day without the fun of playing made her feel a little boring.
Especially Jiang Wan, after entering the gate of Polygonum Garden, it seemed that she had no intention of going out.
Every day, I either meet this official or that official, and receive a lot of gifts. However, Jiang Wan is also a person who has seen money, will he care about those gifts?
Although she was not by Jiang Wan's side all the time, occasionally when she was by Jiang Wan's side, those officials from the Ming Dynasty always looked at her with strange eyes. She knew they had misunderstood something, but...
But she didn't want to defend herself, and she wouldn't even speak if there was no need to speak.
You know, if a Folangji person pretends not to understand the Ming dialect, he can hear a lot of interesting things.
And those officials of the Ming Dynasty sometimes thought that she couldn't understand what they were saying, so it was quite interesting to know that Jiang Wan, who knew the inside story, looked a little embarrassed.
However, after listening for more time, he finally understood something. It seemed that the officials in Jiangnan were raising military funds for Jiang Wan to purchase Franco machine cannons from his Victor Chamber of Commerce.
This is a good thing.
Although she knew that her personal invitation to come to Jiangnan was mixed with this matter, she didn't care at all. Seriously, she was involved in this matter from beginning to end. In the future, no one will gossip about this credit in the Chamber of Commerce.
No one can take it away.
She didn't ask Jiang Wan why she came to Jiangnan to raise money. As long as the Ming Dynasty came up with real gold and silver, the Chamber of Commerce didn't care where the money came from. Anyway, the cannon-making workshop in Haojing'ao was working day and night, so she hoped
The longer the process of raising money in Jiangnan, the better. In that case, more cannons can be made in the workshop.
"How many sixteen-pound guns do you have in stock now, and how many can you produce per month?"
After a noisy day, Jiang Wan and she had dinner quietly, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan and the delicious food. While eating and talking about business, Catherine felt that this was not the peak of her life, but that she was not far from the peak.
"I can't tell you this. It's a business secret. If you know it, it may cause losses to our Chamber of Commerce!"
Catherine said with a smile: "However, you can understand that we can supply as much as Ming Dynasty needs, if we do not negotiate other conditions and trade with gold and silver!"
"Stop making trouble, I'm talking to you about something serious!"
Jiang Wan shook his head: "Now it's not that you have as much as we want, but we want as much as you have. It also takes time in Liaodong from transportation to placement and preparation for war, to training gunners, but our enemies
You won’t give us much time!”
Jiang Wan said seriously: "How much money I need this time will determine how long I will stay here. I have to know the details in my heart!"
"Is it still the same price as last time?" Catherine asked, tilting her head.
"Could it be that you also want to raise the price on the ground?" Jiang Wan chuckled: "Think about the consequences, we don't need friends who take advantage of others!"
"Can't it just increase a little bit?" Catherine chuckled, seeming to be joking, but also seemed to be serious.
"It's best not to!" Jiang Wan said: "My last bottom line in Ming Dynasty was 5,000 taels of silver per cannon, and later it was almost 8,000 taels per cannon. You have made enough, don't be too greedy, someone told me
, don’t confront greedy people!”
"Well, my uncle's bottom line cannot be lower than the last transaction price!" Catherine nodded: "I know you have the ability to set the price, and your prince seems to trust you very much!"
"Eight thousand taels!" Jiang Wan sighed and made a calculation in his mind. The imperial court's plan was to purchase a hundred such Folangji cannons. However, even if it was the 300,000 taels that the emperor promised to the king,
When I took out the mine silver, I didn't even get half of it, let alone, if I could really get the silver from Jiangnan, the three hundred thousand taels of silver would definitely not be able to get out of the palace.
According to the price negotiated with Na Kou Shen in the past few days, Zhou Shunchang took the lead and launched an operation in Jiangsu to call on wealthy businessmen and gentry to donate money to raise military supplies. It was enough to raise a hundred thousand taels of silver. This was Zhou Shunchang's case.
The famous people took the lead, but if the government took the lead in calling for it, they might not even have ten thousand taels of silver.
In other words, he was busy for a long time and even offended Wei Zhongxian, so he only bought ten more cannons for Liaodong.
This is not worth it.
"Why are you sighing? Are you still not satisfied with the price?"
"The price is satisfactory, but it's really difficult to raise money!" Jiang Wan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's mid-March now, including the transportation and placement time, how many sixteen-pound cannons can you give me before the end of July!
"
Catherine lowered her head and pondered: "Thirty doors should be no problem!"
"I think this number should be your limit!" Jiang Wan nodded: "According to my understanding, your workshop can't produce one door in a month. Counting you working day and night, it can be done in a year.
Building twenty doors is a crazy number, plus you may still have some inventory, well, that’s about it!”
"Just prepare according to the thirty gates!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Do you want to give the news to the capital or directly to Hao Jing'ao? I will ask the officials here to send you the news. When we have raised the money, we will go directly to Hao Jing'ao.
Jing'ao, pay with one hand and deliver with the other hand!"
"Really?" Catherine was a little overjoyed: "Are you going to Haojing'ao too? I thought your officials from the Ming Dynasty were sending someone else there. It was like that last time!"
"Well, I'll go too!" Jiang Wan said with a smile: "If I have raised all the money, then I will definitely watch this money turn into cannons, and no one can take advantage of my hard work to raise it.
Take away every cent of the money you get!"
"I will write a letter in the evening and tell the people in Beijing and Haojing'ao!" Catherine nodded: "I am looking forward to going to Haojing'ao with you!"
"The premise is that I have to bring enough money!" Jiang Wan said seriously: "Your chamber of commerce will never welcome a pauper to your door!"
Catherine chuckled again, her eyes seemed to be filled with a pool of green spring water.
"You just said that someone told you not to confront greedy people. Who was that person? Did he tell you the consequences of confronting greedy people?"
"Don't confront greedy people, and don't shed tears for ruthless people!" Jiang Wan tilted her head and thought for a while: "That man's surname is Zhao, he is just a small person. What he said cannot be taken seriously!"