Water transportation or sea transportation, the real answer is river-sea combined transportation!
Sea routes connect all countries, river transportation unites the Ming Dynasty...it connects the inside and outside, and the whole country is a game of chess.
Zhu Di examined the huge map, and routes kept emerging in his mind. Each route had sails flying. During the sailing of the ship, gold and silver wealth also flowed along the waterways.
Silk from Bashu was transported to Liujiagang via the Yangtze River.
In Liujiagang, the sea-going ships were refitted and sent to Annan. From Annan, they were filled with grain and transported to Tianjin, and then to Peiping to supply military supplies to the nine sides...
Each of these trade routes was profitable, millions of people living along the coast were able to make a living, the government's finances and taxes were enriched, and the national strength was greatly increased.
A prosperous country and people are just around the corner!
The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more comfortable he felt. He couldn't help but glare at Xu Jingchang and complained: "Such a good idea, why did you just say it now?"
Xu Jingchang grinned bitterly, it would be great if this thing were so easy.
"Your Majesty can't just settle accounts... Single-item trade is not a good thing. In that case, it is equivalent to drawing blood from the interior of the south to nourish the nine sides, which will not last long. To exchange what is needed, the north must also have something to go south.
That’s all.”
Zhu Di asked curiously: "As you said, is there anything from the north to the south now?"
"Yes!" Xu Jingchang said: "It is for this reason that we established the market at this time, encouraged the kings to set up industries, and established farms."
Zhu Di nodded, "In that case, you have done a great job for your hard work and should be rewarded generously."
The others didn't say anything, so Zhu Zhanji said quietly, "Grandpa Huang, there is no need for you to give too much in rewards, just don't spend too much money."
When Zhu Di heard this, he became furious and glared at Zhu Zhanji fiercely.
The black boy didn't know where he got the courage to stare back.
"Grandpa Huang, you gave the longan to King Qi!"
Zhu Di was immediately stunned. Tianjin Port is the finishing touch of the dragon's eye in the north. It is really unreasonable for him to give it to the King of Qi hastily.
Zhu Di rolled his eyes and suddenly said with a smile: "Since King Qi has made a fortune, let's go and have a look, let him treat us, and let's have a good meal."
Xu Jingchang's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, do you want a full meal?"
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Yes, not only me, but everyone must eat well!"
Then Zhu Di led the big guys to kill Tianjin...
Compared with the time of crisis a few years ago, it was much more lively.
Merchants from all over the world gathered together, crowded and crowded.
There was a strong smoke of fireworks in the air.
Zhu Di was shocked, it was so lively?
He quickly found King Zhu Shu of Qi. At this time, Zhu Shu hurried over with a fishy smell on his body. His boots seemed to be stained with dark blood.
Zhu Shu saw Zhu Di and quickly apologized.
"My brother came in a hurry, I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
Zhu Di didn't care, "I have been through life and death on the battlefield, and I have never seen anything! It's just seventh brother, what are you busy with now? Why are you in such a mess?"
Zhu Shu chuckled and said, "If I reply to Your Majesty, it's just a small business, not worth mentioning."
Xu Jingchang said quietly: "His Royal Highness, selling meat to Jiangnan is not a small business!"
Zhu Shu grinned, "It's not big, it's really not big, I just make a few pocket money."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "Uncle Qi, can't you see that you are a nephew? I calculated that at least one million taels per year would be much more comfortable than if you were the king of Qi!"
Zhu Shu quickly shook his head, "You can't talk nonsense about it. It's not happening. It's absolutely not happening!"
Zhu Di became curious when he saw Zhu Shu's change of expression. He rewarded him with so much money just by saying something, which was really a waste of money.
no!
Must ask clearly.
Zhu Di was not afraid of the hard work and went directly to the dock to check the situation.
It stands to reason that he handed over the dock to Zhu Su just because he wanted to do business. He just collected a toll. How much money could he have?
But when he was actually at the dock, Zhu Di suddenly realized that his thoughts were simple.
At this time, Tianjin has formed a huge industrial chain.
And Xu Jingchang is the biggest contributor.
After he arrived in Peiping, he eradicated many smugglers, killing them into rivers of blood... But Xu Jingchang did not cut off the trade between the two sides. On the contrary, he set up a smuggling shop in Daning and turned the smuggling trade into a regular trade.
Suddenly, the situation has changed a lot.
Because formal trade was opened, many merchants rushed to come, and an inevitable situation appeared, that is, involution!
Tea, silk, cotton, porcelain, ironware...the commodities needed by the grassland people suddenly became abundant.
On the grassland side, there are no other commodities that can be produced except cattle, sheep and horses.
The business did not last for two months. According to rough estimates, Daming made a net profit of 150,000 taels from the grassland.
Not to mention Duoyan Sanwei, even Arutai, who had previously negotiated a trade with Xu Jingchang, couldn't stand it.
This is too exaggerated. So much money was lost in two months, and a million taels were lost in a year.
In a few years, all the gold and silver in the grassland will be absorbed.
At that time, there is really only one way to go south to plunder.
There is no way, who made you Ming Tai so profitable?
Xu Jingchang was not surprised at all by this. If he couldn't even win the business, then what a waste of time!
However, this is obviously not the way to go. We must come up with strategies to balance trade.
The solution has long been on Xu Jingchang's desk.
Zhu Di remembered, "Dong Guo, before I went north, you seemed to have passed a lot of orders, just to plan this matter, right? The grassland products are scarce, and they can't make any money from normal trade, so they can only rely on the court's rewards.
I don’t just spend money, sometimes I have no choice.”
Zhu Di is still trying to prove that he is not a prodigal.
Xu Jingchang didn't dare to really question the crime, so he could only tell his own method.
First of all, the trade volume must be large.
This is also the reason why Xu Jingchang encouraged businessmen to get involved in internal affairs in the early stage and desperately lower prices... Even if they make less money, they still have to push up the trade volume.
Because only when the trade quota increases and supplies become more abundant, including ordinary people, they can also drink tea bricks and use iron pots, can the entire business be irreversible.
Otherwise, it will only be enjoyed by a few top-level people, and even if the sale is stopped, the impact will not be that big.
"Play hard to get, isn't this a tactic in the art of war!"
Xu Jingchang nodded, "Your Majesty is wise, shopping malls are like battlefields, that's what you are saying... The door to trade is open, and the Tatar tribe cannot resist the trend. However, they have lost a large amount of gold and silver and cannot hold on. At this time, our opportunity is
Coming."
"What chance?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Buy in large quantities! I have arranged for merchants to go to the grassland every once in a while to purchase. Mainly cattle, sheep and horses, and various products. Whatever you want."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "That's not bad. I'm just afraid that they won't be able to satisfy your appetite because they don't have so much output. I've been on expeditions outside the Great Wall several times. The people in the various tribes of Mongolia are actually very poor. I know it well."
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "They can't produce so many products, so we can sign a contract and let them increase production according to our needs!"
Zhu Di frowned, "What do you mean?"
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Father, do you remember that when I was in western Zhejiang, when we were relieving the victims, we signed a contract to convert rice into mulberry. We must ensure their food so that the people can plant mulberry and raise silkworms with peace of mind."
Zhu Di was shocked, "What? This trick can also be used on all Mongolian tribes?"
Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "It's the same truth, what's wrong? We have signed contracts with the herdsmen of the grasslands... We want all the cattle and sheep they produce. If there is a disaster and we cannot deliver in full, we will
We can also provide low-interest or even interest-free loans to help them tide over the difficulties, as long as they can repay them in the coming year.”
Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, and was puzzled, "If you do this, the grassland tribes will naturally be willing to do it, but in the final analysis, what is the difference from me rewarding the tribes? Isn't it still a waste of Ming Dynasty's money?"
Xu Jingchang said slowly: "Your Majesty, you are giving a reward to a tribe, but I am signing a contract with ordinary herdsmen!"
Zhu Di was startled, "You mean...we can now control every herdsman?"
Xu Jingchang shook his head, "We can't do it yet. Although we want to sign a contract with every herdsman, the heads of the various tribes, the officials of the Duoyan Sanwei, and the royal nobles of the Tatar tribe have not agreed. After all, that would mean that the tribe would be
The people surrendered to us."
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "I just said, it's not that easy to do. You are just having your own imagination. If they agree, wouldn't they surrender and be at their mercy?"
"But the herdsmen of various departments still followed my wishes and began to raise more cattle and sheep."
"ah!"
Zhu Di couldn't help but whisper. He couldn't help but look at Zhu Shu, "Seventh brother, is this how your livestock business came about?"
Zhu Shu nodded helplessly, it was true.
Nowadays, thousands of sheep are sent to Tianjin every day... Among them, those in good health will be shipped and sent to Yingtian... In order to solve the problem of fat loss during shipping, these sheep usually dock in Chongming and other places.
They are fattened and then sent to Yingtian, where the live sheep are slaughtered.
As for those who are old and in poor health, they cannot be transported to Yingtian. They have to be slaughtered in Tianjin, then salted and sent to the south.
Many places in the south of the Yangtze River have the habit of eating bacon. These lamb legs and lamb chops were very popular after being sent there.
The profit for each live sheep was about five taels of silver, and a large ship of bacon could earn hundreds of taels of silver.
It has to be said that as long as it is meat, there is no need to worry about selling it... Sheep are being slaughtered on a large scale at the Tianjin Pier, and the discarded offal is taken away. There are several haggis soup restaurants right next to the wharf, which is extremely lively.
Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "Father, if this continues, in five years' time, there will only be herders raising sheep under Arutai's command, and there will no longer be any warriors controlling strings."
Zhu Di was shocked. Could it be that the power of business is more powerful than soldiers and horses?
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