Chapter 65: Buying Sugar (Sanjiang Evenings on Weekends)
Chapter 65 Buying Sugar (Sanjiang on weekends, extra updates, and more in the evening)
Author: Fat Bird Goes First
Chapter 65 Buying Sugar (Sanjiang on weekends, extra updates, and more in the evening)
Arriving at the back of the ghost market, Su Ze also saw an acquaintance.
It was the manager who bought salt from Lin Deqing last time. He searched for Lin Deqing's stall for a long time. Finally, he saw Lin Deqing selling salt at the market stall and rushed over.
However, there is no refined salt for sale today, which is destined to disappoint the manager.
A smile appeared on Su Ze's lips. This is a customer resource. When he can produce sugar, this will be an excellent source of customers.
Su Ze followed Zhu Qi's description and saw a vendor with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks in the corner of the market.
Su Ze was tall, so he let Lin Xianyang go up and talk on his behalf.
After covering his face with a towel, Su Ze explained to Lin Xianyang again and asked Lin Xianyang to walk to the stall.
There is a scar on the street vendor's face, and his hair is curled up and full of salt grains. At first glance, he looks like someone who makes a living at sea.
There were all kinds of strange products on the stall. Lin Xianyang saw a strange cross-shaped pendant and an exotic wine glass. He didn't know whether they were stolen or bought.
Following Su Ze's instructions, Lin Xianyang squatted down and pretended to pick products at the stall.
The organization of the conference was still in its infancy these days, and it had not yet formed the cumbersome rules that would become the later generations, nor did it have the slang in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies. Lin Xianyang just reported the name Zhu Qi, and the stall owner with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks sat up and said:
"Zhu Qilang finally figured it out? Are you going to the island?"
Lin Xianyang said quickly: "Master Qi doesn't want to go to the island, he just wants to do business with Master Zhang."
The sharp-mouthed stall owner glanced at Lin Xianyang and asked:
"You want to do business with Mr. Zhang? What do you want Qilang to buy?"
Lin Xianyang said: "Master Qi wants to buy Cochin candy."
"Cochin candy?"
The stall owner with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks looked at Lin Xianyang and said, "Aren't you salt dices? Why are you doing the candy business again?"
Lin Xianyang whispered: "My seventh master has a way of selling sugar."
Choosing to do business with Zhang Haihu was also a carefully considered choice by Su Ze.
If a sugar factory is opened, it will naturally require long-term and stable supply, and smugglers like Zhang Haihu are undoubtedly the best long-term partners.
Zhang Haihu is the black glove that makes money for the Fuzhou Zhang family. As long as it is a profitable business, he must do it.
Using Zhu Qi's banner can also push the matter onto Zhu Qi's head.
Sure enough, this Japanese pirate with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks stared at Lin Xianyang with wide eyes.
Lin Xianyang was nervous, but thinking of Su Ze's instructions, he straightened his back immediately.
Cochin sugar is the ballast of many maritime merchants when doing business, and it is not a highly profitable commodity.
Zhang Haihu's fleet sometimes buys some, but the demand for this thing is limited.
If someone else said that they had a way to sell candy, this Japanese pirate with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks would definitely not believe it.
But Zhu Qi's family has been a salt farm owner for generations, and he has been selling salt in the ghost market for a while. Maybe Zhu Qi actually has some kind of shipping channel?
Competition at sea is also fierce these days. In the smuggling business, one channel is king!
Any Japanese pirate who engages in smuggling cannot refuse a stable shipping channel.
The Japanese pirate with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks began to breathe quickly. He was Zhang Haihu, the second leader of the Japanese pirate gang, known as Haihouer.
Haihou'er knows some words and has a quick mind. He is Zhang Haihu's think tank and adviser.
This stall is not only a window for their group of Japanese pirates to sell their stolen goods, but also a node for gathering information, so Haihouer, the second boss, stays here.
Zhu Qi was making salt on Meiyue Island before, so Zhang Haihu wanted to recruit them. Unexpectedly, Zhu Qi also had a talent for business. Haihouer was even more attracted to Zhu Qi and his group.
However, Lin Xianyang's next words made Haihou'er temporarily give up the idea of using violence.
I only heard Lin Xianyang say: "If the boss can bring the goods to Changningwei, we can cooperate for a long time, and the quantity is not small!"
No wonder Zhu Qi and his gang have been missing these days. It turns out they voted for the Changning Guards!
The Changning Guard is also a feared presence in the nearby sea areas. Both Baihu were brave and good at fighting. They fought against Japanese pirates from the nearby plundering faction and did not dare to land. Even Japanese pirates from the trading faction like Zhang Haihu had to avoid the Changning Guard.
Do business.
Changning Guard actually accepted Zhu Qi and his gang!
Haihou'er immediately wrote down this information, and his mind started spinning rapidly.
Zhu Qi voted for Changningwei. It seems that the new hundred households in Changningwei have finally come to their senses and want to get involved in this maritime trade.
Working part-time in business at the Coast Guard is a very common thing in the southeastern region. It would be shameful to protect Zhu Qi and his gang when doing business, and there are some who shamelessly just open warships for smuggling.
If Changning Guard protects smuggling, the situation in the nearby sea areas will undergo new changes. Haihou'er quickly wrote down this information and went back to report it to the boss.
Lin Xianyang's back was actually wet. He was considered a smart person in Changning Guard, but this was his first contact with Japanese pirates.
Su Ze had finished telling him what he had to say, and was just waiting for Haihou'er's reaction.
As expected by Su Ze, Haihouer's heart was moved.
Although doing business at sea is very profitable, over the years, the way to make money has been basically monopolized.
Zhang Haihu also sold Cochin sugar. A pound of Cochin brown sugar was shipped to Nanping County, and the wholesale price was one penny and four cents of silver.
Taking into account the purchase price of sugar in Cochin and the cost of shipping, the cost of a pound of Cochin sugar is almost nine cents of silver.
Earning five cents per pound, although the profit is not high, it is also a business with a stable risk of drought and flood.
Haihouer regretted it at this time. When he recruited Zhu Qi, he did not use force in order to convince Zhu Qi.
He wanted Zhu Qi to make life difficult on Meiyue Island and then take the initiative to seek refuge with Zhang Haihu.
Now it seems that it was a stupid move. Zhu Qi should have been kidnapped and brought to the island at that time!
Zhang Haihu's command lacks people with such bright minds who can do business! But it's too late now, Zhu Qi has already defected to Changning Guard.
Although Zhang Haihu's power is not small, he still has to weigh his weight in a head-to-head confrontation with Chang Ningwei.
Besides, Zhang Haihu himself is a smuggler, not a robber like the plundering faction. Since Zhu Qi wants to talk about cooperation, it is not impossible to talk about it.
A smile appeared on Haihou'er's face: "How much Cochin candy does Master Qi want?"
The change in title shows that Haihouer has regarded Zhu Qi as an equal trading partner.
Lin Xianyang was a little timid, but remembering Su Ze's instructions, he still stretched out a finger and said:
"Our seventh master wants a hundred pounds of Jiaozhi brown sugar first. If it is of good quality, the more the better."
"The more the merrier, Master Qi has such a big mouth! I don't know if you can eat it!"
The sea monkeys will laugh. There are a lot of Cochin Brown Sugar in the sea. If the quantity is increased, the profit will be quite good.
Lin Xianyang continued: "But we first need to inspect the 100 kilograms of Cochin brown sugar! We will only pay if there is no problem with the goods!"
One hundred kilograms of Jiaozhi brown sugar costs nine taels of silver. According to Nanping's market price, it is fourteen taels of silver. It's not much, but it's not much.
Originally, Lin Xianyang was worried because he was afraid that Haihouer would refuse to deliver the goods first and then pay.
Unexpectedly, Hai Hou'er thought for a while and said immediately: "It's a deal! But we will send the candy to Changning Wei, and you have to unload the goods yourself."
(There will be more in the evening, this is an extra update.
Some plot transitions are a bit boring, or my updates are too slow. It will be released next Friday, it will explode!)