There are five surnames and seven hopes, and there are so many wealthy and famous families in the world. They have been bloodied every day in the past few years.
And not only that, there is another benefit to engaging in sea trade this time.
That is, not only can blood be restored this time, but also profit can be made. The key is not just profit. Since I have decided not to take Li Er's unreasonable reward this time, the profit is probably not a huge profit. The key is that this is a way.
A way out! It means that the five surnames and Qi Wang can not only rely on this wave of sea trade to restore health, but also rely on continued sea trade in the future to continue to restore health...
Of course, the blood recovery is short-lived.
Wang Jing and others knew...
"After all, this sea trade is not a long-term solution. The sea is rough and the waves are rough, and ships may capsize in a sudden. How long can it last?"
Wang Jing frowned again and poured cold water on him.
But a splash of cold water...
Li Tiancheng, Cui Baihe... everyone, as well as Pei Ji, did not show displeasure that the exciting atmosphere was broken, but were all solemn.
Obviously, Wang Jing's words touched their hearts!
Can sea trade really help a wealthy family develop and grow? Impossible!
Absolutely impossible.
This is not pessimism out of thin air, but an extremely obvious objective fact, because the sea is really windy and rough - who can deny this?
Of course... Recently, it seems that there are more and more powerful shipwrights in Hangzhou, and more and more famous ones are becoming more and more famous. There are also many new boats that claim to be able to withstand strong winds and waves...
However, in Wang Jing's view, this is just a cunning trick.
Every good thing about a ship must be accompanied by a bad thing. After all, God gives you a ship just like a wooden barrel, and you just have to choose between various long and short boards. Pareto improvements, whatever...
I don't know, I haven't heard of it.
In short, Wang Jing and others still do not believe that they can settle down and make a fortune in the matter of sea trade, but...
This time, everyone is indeed excited, and the excitement is real, because this is at least a chance to regain blood!
However, if you want to participate in maritime trade, what exactly you will trade is also a question.
Of course, this is not a problem in the first place. For people of Wang Jing's level, it is such a trivial matter that they have the most astute accountant in the world to calculate for them which goods will be more profitable to trade.
But this time the situation is a little different, because this time regarding the question of "which trade point is better?" Li Er himself actually gave a direct answer.
It's very simple, you can just earn gold and silver.
As for other goods and treasures, the court's interest will be divided into three, six or nine, depending on the situation, such as improved grains and the like. As long as you bring back a batch of seeds or samples like potato tubers, the court will directly reward you. Other... fruits,
If there is any jewelry, the court will look at the situation.
That is to say...
Li Er's "trade category guidance" is almost equivalent to no guidance, because when merchants go out to trade, their first goal is nothing else, which is gold and silver!
There is no merchant who does not do business for the purpose of directly obtaining gold and silver.
The reason is very simple, the value density of gold and silver is high.
Ordinary businessmen may acquire antiques, works of art, jade and the like for investment. After all, these things have investment value and the value density is not small.
But things are different at sea, because who knows whether these things overseas have added value similar to antiques?
Then, the best products to bring out are top-grade silk, porcelain, or fine steel products, such as manufacturing products.
But if you bring something home, since there are no investment products, of course you have to bring gold and silver.
The risks of maritime trade are high. Not only Wang Jing and others know this, but countless merchants also don’t know this?
Therefore, the ship that sails back should try to carry a high enough value density on it. It is best that one ship can carry a large amount of wealth.
The second is that the value must be stable, and everyone must calculate how much profit this boatload of things can bring back to Datang.
These two requirements directly point to gold and silver. After all, these things are worth thousands of gold at any time, and they are quite stable in prosperous and troubled times.
Of course, the value of food and cloth is also stable, but the density of these two values is too low. Large-scale transportation requires countless sea ships. So much transportation capacity is a cost...
And there is obviously no money to be made by transporting it back to the Tang Dynasty. After all, the Tang Dynasty is not yet an industrial country, and its consumption capacity for commercial grain is really average, so there are only things like gold and silver——
In this way, we can understand that Li Er's guiding reward order actually has some problems.
After all, merchants who go out for sea trade will most likely bring gold and silver back with them. What's the point of you specifically encouraging this?
This is one of the reasons why Wang Jing and others cannot understand Li Er's thoughts. This is almost equivalent to teleportation in place... What is the purpose of teleportation in place?
Of course, Wang Jing and the others have already established their future course of action. No matter what medicine Li Erhulu sells, we can just act quietly.
But since Li Er is very likely that there is indeed medicine in the gourd - no matter what the medicine is, it must be there.
Then you must be careful when choosing trade categories!
Should we dump goods out and transport gold, silver and grain seeds back, or should we go out with gold and silver and buy all kinds of exotic goods from overseas...
This is a problem that has to be faced.
And in the face of this problem, how could Wang Jing and others leave the details of various affairs to their subordinates like before? That's impossible, so you must be careful.
"...In that case, what should I expect?"
Wang Jing frowned and couldn't help stroking his beard, feeling a little worried. "Now we have to be careful of the traps of Erlang Li, and we also have to make profits...what kind of goods should we sell?"
"Ordinary businessmen go out to sell goods and earn a lot of gold and silver, but Li Er specially encourages it, which seems to be weird..."
Wang Jing directly expressed this concern. Li Tiancheng, Cui Baihe, Pei Ji, and the others originally just felt bad and had some hidden worries. After Wang Jing said this, they also felt that this matter was indeed a problem.
However, after thinking about it, Pei Ji's face turned a little darker, but he made a point that Wang Jing and others could not deny.
"This Li Er is extremely cunning, and with the help of monsters like Wei Zheng and Li Sheng, how can we be deceived by him once or twice?"
"In my opinion, we may need to do the opposite this time... Others are taking goods from the Tang Dynasty out in exchange for gold and silver from overseas to buy back. Then I will ask the fleet to take the gold and silver out to sea and buy them.
The exotic goods from overseas return to the Tang Dynasty!"
Pei Ji thought about it for a long time before saying this.
At first glance, this statement is actually a bit nonsense - other merchants make money by selling goods and collecting gold and silver, but if they do the opposite, wouldn't they lose money?
But considering that Li Er actually encouraged merchants this time and named the types of goods in sea trade, this is a bit...
