Chapter Fifty-Seven: Making Sugar
Zhang Luo did not immediately respond to Iron Stick Three.
Iron Stick Three continued:
"Of course we deal with pirates and Japanese pirates."
"When doing business with those desperadoes, there is a lot of skill there."
"Do you need my help, little scholar?"
Zhang Luo looked at Iron Rod Three and asked:
"What's the point of trading with thieves?"
Tiegun San smiled and said:
"This is a business that is inherently complicated."
"The art of doing business with Japanese pirates is even deeper."
"Which gang should I choose to do business with?"
"It's hard to say how much money you can do in business."
Zhang Luo replied:
"Nowadays, the business at sea is nothing more than weapons and armor."
"There are also grains, wine, salt, and some gems."
"Some Nanyang people sold firearms to Japanese pirates at sea."
"To exchange for the Japanese pirates' silver."
"Sell gems and spices in exchange for silks and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty."
"Isn't it just this third-line transaction?"
Tiegun San felt that he had underestimated Zhang Luo.
Those words just now.
If it comes from a Fuzhou businessman.
Iron Stick Three wouldn't think anything of it either.
People who have always lived by the sea.
Naturally, we know this very well.
If you are a businessman from the county town.
Iron Stick Three will determine that this person is knowledgeable.
Jinjiang County also has many businessmen who go overseas.
Those who can have this kind of insight are definitely not ordinary businessmen.
But Zhang Luo came from a military family in a small coastal guard station.
But he can tell the details of maritime trade.
This made Iron Rod San pay more attention to it.
At the same time, Zhang Luo also thought about it for a while.
Tiegun San is a gang leader in the county.
He knows so much about pirates and Japanese pirates.
It seems that Iron Stick Three has quite a lot of background.
Iron Stick Three changed to a respectful tone and said:
"It seems that Tie Mou showed his shame."
"Mr. Zhang is really capable."
From a young scholar to Mr. Zhang.
Iron Stick Three has gradually taken Zhang Luo seriously.
Zhang Luo continued:
"Wang Yanchu, are there any sugar sellers in Luocheng?"
Tiegun San glanced at Zhang Luo.
Confused and said:
"Is Mr. Zhang planning to sell candy?"
"Although the brown sugar in Cochin Luoche City is cheap."
"But southerners still like local sugar pills."
"I want to make money through Luocheng Brown Sugar."
"You have to go north to sell to find a way out."
Tieguang said half of it in three words.
He didn't continue talking.
If we just talk about selling sugar.
Taking advantage of Zhenhaiwei’s geographical advantage, you can give it a try.
But I want to really sell sugar to the north.
A small Zhenhai Guard alone is not enough.
There are various hurdles that need to be overcome along the way.
In addition, the southeast is now unstable.
As soon as you leave the guard, you are afraid that you will be noticed by thieves.
Even the rich families in Fujian and Guangzhou.
Generally speaking, one would not risk going to the north to do business.
Zhang Luo naturally understood the meaning of Iron Stick Three.
Nowadays, there are businesses from all over the Ming Dynasty.
A foreigner wants a piece of the pie.
It's almost impossible.
Even in the twentieth century.
Each province and city still has corresponding monopoly industries.
Of course Zhang Luo had no idea of going north to do business.
He just wanted to get cheap brown sugar.
Then make your own white sugar.
"I didn't ask you anything else. I just asked Wang Yan if he had Luocheng brown sugar?"
Iron Stick Three said:
"He must have some. Nanyang people always carry some cheap goods with them."
"Wang Yan has a ship in Quanzhou Port."
"It's not difficult to get Luocheng brown sugar."
Quanzhou Port, Zhang Luo is very familiar with this place name.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was considered one of several smuggling trade holy places in the southeast.
"What is a boat guide?"
When I saw Zhang Luo, something happened that I didn’t understand.
Iron Rod Three can finally stand upright.
said:
"Vessels entering and exiting the port need a pilot."
"Quanzhou Port issues five hundred shipping guides a month."
"A ship without a pilot cannot dock."
"If we force our way into Hong Kong, we will be sunk by the army."
"Then how to get the ship's guide in Quanzhou Port?"
"Ship guides are rare."
"There is a shipping club in Quanzhou Port that cooperates with the government."
"Most of them are from Quanzhou's maritime merchant families."
"And a small number of pirates and Japanese pirates."
"These dozens of leaders gather once a year."
"We will discuss the quota for disembarkation."
Zhang Luo was stunned when he heard this.
A military port.
Even the Chamber of Commerce has been involved.
Tiegun San saw Zhang Luo acting like this.
Laughing more brazenly.
He continued:
"The ship's lead is silver."
"A ship guide can be sold for nearly ten thousand taels of silver."
"Most of the Quanzhou Boat Club's income comes from selling boats."
"They use the money to train local warriors."
"And buy some firearms from Nanyang."
"For the defense of the harbor."
"So Quanzhou Port can be said to be."
"We can defend it both by sea and land. Unless we send a large army, we won't be able to capture it."
Zhang Luo asked:
"Is there any firearms available for purchase in Quanzhou Port?"
Tiegun San was stunned by what Zhang Luo said.
He asked in confusion:
"Mr. Zhang still has plans to buy firearms?"
Zhang Luo said:
"You also know that Zhenhai Guards Office is in the area hardest hit by Japanese pirates."
"Firearms are more convenient to deal with Japanese pirates than swords and guns."
"So I want to see the power of maritime firearms."
Iron Stick Three was dubious about Zhang Luo's words.
But he didn't pursue it further.
He said to Zhang Luo:
"These firearms were first sent to Nanyang by Westerners."
"Businessmen from Southeast Asia are smuggling them over again."
"They only care about gold and silver, as long as they have money."
"I can even sell cannons."
"Only if you have enough money in your pocket."
“You can basically buy everything at Quanzhou Port.”
"But most of the Western firearms are expensive."
"The gunpowder alone costs several taels of silver."
"A cannon costs seventy or eighty taels at least."
Seventy-eight taels of silver.
Zhang Luo had a headache after hearing this.
Thinking back to the original fine for the armed fight, I paid forty-nine taels.
If I had known this, I would have asked the folks to act more gently.
Zhang Luo asked again:
"In addition to artillery, can we sell blunderbuss?"
"This is definitely for sale."
"There are not only Western products, but also local ones from Ming Dynasty."
"Some merchants will sell muskets to Japan."
"I've earned a lot of money."
"There are Japanese pirates even on the sea."
"It's not safe to go out to sea."
"A blunderbuss plus ammunition costs at least ten taels of silver."
"The ones made on land are cheaper, costing seven or eight taels of silver."
An artillery piece costs seventeen taels, and a blunderbuss costs ten taels.
Zhang Luo lamented that the arms business was really profitable.
But this thing is now the best-selling product in the world.
Zhang Luo did not expect that the firearms technology of the Ming Dynasty would follow very quickly.
There are already guns at the exit.
What if we produce our own arms?
Zhang Luo soon realized that this idea was unrealistic.
Not to mention that selling arms in the Ming Dynasty would kill the whole family.
It also violated the scope set by myself and Baihu.
A firearms room is to be built to produce muskets.
Various corresponding accessories are required.
Zhenhaiwei definitely has no such possibility now.
Forget it, let’s think about white sugar first.
Earn some money first.
Stop yourself from starving to death.
In the next few days.
Zhang Luo teaches first every afternoon.
After teaching, I went to the fields to give lectures.
The explanatory imperial examination has been raised to lv12,30/120
Calligraphy has also reached level 5,30/50
Zhang Luo continued to add attribute points to strength.
This chapter has been completed!