Chapter 53 Arrangements for the aftermath (Part 2)
When Gao pragmatic said this, Cao Gan felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When the young master said this, I feel relieved."
"What do you mean by this?" Gao Pingshi showed a trace of curiosity: "You do a resale business in Bailixia. You can earn two taels of silver per horse. In one year, you will only earn more than two thousand taels. Although it is not a small amount.
But you’re not so reluctant to part with it, right?”
"Young master, I don't know. Although our business with the border army is huge, we don't make much because we sell at a favor price. We only make about two thousand taels a year." Cao Gan lowered his voice slightly and said.
He said: "But with such a large population in Bailixia, how can we only live on this mere two thousand taels of silver? If we really only have this little money, how can we expand the cavalry team year after year?"
Gao pragmatic understood immediately and suddenly said: "So, you are saying that this deal with the Bianjun is just a way to buy money for you to operate under the nose of Xuanfu. In fact, the way for you to make money is to sell it yourself?
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"Young master, I see you clearly." Cao Gan said with a smile: "The Xuanfu frontier army is very poor. The supplies they can spare to buy horses in a year are only a few miscellaneous groceries. I don't know where they are collected from.
One year we will be so poor that we may not even be able to afford a horse. Then we at Bailixia cannot follow them and smoke."
"Since selling horses to the border troops is a favor, what is the normal market price?" Gao Pragmatic was a little curious.
The smile on Cao Gan's face grew thicker, and he said proudly: "The middle gelding is more than twenty taels, and the upper gelding is more than twenty-five taels!"
Gao Pragmatic was shocked: "Doubled?"
"A little more than double." Cao Gan touched his bald head and said, "Because we can't just buy horses, we can only eat three to four thousand horses a year. We will get rid of the mid-range geldings and sell them to Xuan."
In addition to the frontier army, I can probably earn 20,000 to 30,000 taels a year from selling horses."
Gao Pragmatic's eyes widened, and his heart was filled with turmoil!
It has been two or three years since Yuegang opened its doors, and the tariffs that the imperial court can collect in Yuegang every year are less than this amount! And Gao Gong also said that the tariff revenue of Yuegang is almost 30% of Fujian's annual tax, which means that it is not
Counting Yuegang, the entire Fujian Province only pays about 70,000 taels of tax in tax per year.
This alone shows how big the business of Cao Gan, the leader of the horse thieves, is. Moreover, he said that they can't just buy horses in Bailixia, which means they have other businesses.
Gao pragmatic couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Okay, don't say it word by word, just introduce what kind of business you do and how much you can earn every year."
When Cao Gan saw this, he thought to himself: Although I, Mr. Cao, admit defeat, but I have lost such a big fortune, even if your family is rich and distinguished, you should look at me seriously, right?
He did not hesitate and said directly: "In addition to selling horses, Bailixia also buys and sells cattle and sheep every year. We can probably earn more than ten thousand taels here, but as I said just now, it has been a bit difficult to buy cattle in the past two years.
, so we mainly work on sheep; we also buy and sell all kinds of felt skins, horse tails, mules and donkeys, and we probably earn more than 10,000 taels from this. In total, we make about 50,000 taels a year."
Gao Pingshi was overjoyed and thought to himself: I have found a treasure!
But he still pretended to be reserved and only showed an appreciative smile, saying: "Okay, your business is doing well. In the future, with me here, this business can be even bigger." He saw Cao Gan's face lit up.
, and then said: "Since you are mostly bartering, where do the goods you exchange come from and what are they? Are there any difficulties in obtaining the goods?"
Cao Gan said with a smile: "Anyway, the Mongolians have a huge demand for these things in our north. We can easily find sources of goods. We will exchange the things we just mentioned and give them to the Mongols. However, the young master said that we can obtain the goods.
There are some obstacles..."
"Oh, tell me."
"Because after all, Bailixia's main business is horse trading, and those who can sell horses in large quantities are people with high status in Mongolia, so what they like are high-quality goods, and Seven Silk and Four Embroidery is their
My favorite thing, but it’s not easy for us to get these goods. Even if we can get some, the price is not cheap.”
The so-called Seven Silks and Four Embroideries, Qisi refers to the seven most famous silk cities, including Huzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc. The exquisite silk brocades produced are world-famous and praised all over the world; Four Embroideries refers to Chinese embroidery
The four most exquisite and distinctive crafts include Hunan embroidery, Su embroidery, Shu embroidery and Cantonese embroidery. Of course, in addition to the Four Embroideries, there are some outstanding local famous embroideries in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Four Embroideries are not only exquisite in craftsmanship but also in production and sales.
The quantity is still large, so it is named after Sixiu.
Normally, Mongolians only want to buy some grains and cloths when trading with each other to satisfy their hunger and keep out the cold. However, the requirements of the upper-class Mongolian nobles must be different. They also yearn for the high-end goods of the Ming Dynasty. They are not willing to buy the goods that are not high-end or famous.
However, Gao Pragmatic was happy when he heard the news. He thought that some people in China in later generations were just like the Mongolians now. It is clear that many foreign brand goods are actually produced in China, but they are often willing to spend a lot of money to buy OEM products.
Brand-name products, and not domestic products that are much cheaper but of the same quality. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a comparison mentality: my dress costs 10,000 yuan, it must be better than yours, which costs 1,000 yuan!
This kind of people belong to the category of people who feel unhappy if they don't get slaughtered, but you can't say that they just have brain problems: people sometimes need "class" to stimulate them. As long as they are not so vain that they break the law and commit crimes, being highly pragmatic is still acceptable.
I can understand it, just think of it as promoting consumption and increasing GDP.
Turning this idea to the Mongols, Gao Pragmatic had another idea. He rolled his eyes and said, "I will help you find a way to do this, but it will always take some time. It will be difficult to talk about it elsewhere.
We should be able to get some of the finest silk brocades from Jiangnan...as long as we have enough payment."
Cao Gan was overjoyed: "Young Master actually has such connections? He is indeed from a wealthy family. I can guarantee that the silk here will be of high quality. If the silk is really high-quality, selling it to Mongolia will earn at least twice as much!"
Of course Gao Pragmatic knew that silk, a flagship product in China's history, was hugely profitable, so he just briefly explained the relationship: "As you know, my uncle Zhang Shilang has a third brother, who is also my third uncle, and his name is Sijiao.
He is the actual person in charge of the Zhang family's business affairs. He and my mother are the same mother. He has been stationed in Yangzhou in recent years. I plan to ask him to contact me... I guess with his connections in the south, this matter should not be a problem.
big."
Cao Gan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He rubbed his bald head vigorously: "That's good, that's good. As long as the goods are guaranteed, even if our Bailixia revenue is doubled, it won't be a problem.
ah!"
Gao Pragmatic also smiled, but corrected one thing: "In the future, we will talk about our Sanshen Garden."
