Pei Xiuli came to serve dishes again, "This is foie gras paste." She said, "This wine was given by Mr. Wu. How about you take the trouble to plan their affairs for them?" She said with a wink.
By serving wine, half of his body was leaning on Guo Yi.
When Wu and Dong saw it, they couldn't help but feel overjoyed. They didn't expect that this girl Pei was actually willing to do so much. She was indeed a person who kept her word! With her taking the lead, this matter would most likely be successful!
Half of Guo Yi's body was numb. Although he knew it was an act, he couldn't stop complaining in his heart. He had to pretend to be enjoying it and said: "It's easy to say! It's easy to say. Since you two value your brothers, I will naturally treat you well."
Make some plans."
"Take care! It's hard work!"
Guo Yi said to the two of them: "I have something to ask."
"Okay, okay. Please tell me."
"I dare not not give my best to both of you. But first I would like to ask you how much money you have. To use this money, you must have a plan. Will you be able to repay the principal in one or two months? Or
Is it okay for a year and a half? How much profit do you want? I have to make a big idea first so that I can be caught off guard."
Wu Zhixiang looked at Dong Jizhong and asked for his opinion with his eyes.
"Brother Ziyan," Dong Jizhong said, "I don't have much money. I have 50,000, and Brother Wu also has more than 30,000. The total is only eighty or ninety thousand. The money cannot be laid aside for a long time, so it must be turned over quickly."
A small amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and he said it was not a big amount, so rich. The wealth of this officialdom was really shocking. Guo Yi thought to himself, no wonder the Ming Dynasty was about to fall.
He nodded: "I understand what you two are thinking. It's not a big deal. But businessmen value integrity the most. Now all the Australian goods sold by Zizhenzhai are sold by Mr. Gao, so I can't go back on my word.
If I release goods to you two without permission, otherwise I, Mr. Guo, will lose all my credibility in this market."
Help, why should I help you? Guo Yixin said that the dandy is just a dandy, and he doesn’t even know these basic human ways and sophistication. However, although the dandy is not sociable, he is rich. Now that he has to use their money, the so-called "help" is also to help himself.
"I have another way to make a fortune. Would you two be interested?"
"I'd like to hear the details!" Both of them were immediately interested.
"Do you two know anything about sugar?"
"I know, I know," Dong Jizhong nodded repeatedly, "sugar is a big business!" Although he is not engaged in maritime trade, he has heard about it in Guangzhou and knows that sugar is a highly sold foreign product.
Rushing for it.
"In Australia, sugar is also very easy to sell. So, in the past one or two months, I have been collecting sugar in Guangdong. I receive the sugar, ship it back, and it is money. Are you two interested in investing in it?
share?"
He didn't talk about borrowing money. Firstly, borrowing money required extremely high interest. Secondly, they had just said that they were very worried about loan sharking, so he just asked them to take a share.
Wu Zhixiang said without hesitation: "Okay, okay, I just don't know what the profit will be?"
"It's hard to say, but as a rule every year, if you spend one tael of silver, you will always get two cents in return."
"How long will it take? It's not okay to delay it for too long." Dong Jizhong interrupted.
Guo Yi nodded: "Of course! If it takes a year and a half to get back the principal and interest, you can just keep it on the big counter. My deal will be settled within three months."
In fact, it doesn't even take a month. Guo Yi himself has calculated that it only takes ten days at the fastest to transport a ship of sugar from Xuwen to Guangzhou. A total of two cents of interest will be paid for three months, and the profit is also very heavy, but
Compared with the interest rate of borrowing money, it is much lower. What's more, in these three months, the money can be passed through one or two hands again, which is equivalent to tripling the amount for use.
Dong Jizhong's face turned red when his thoughts were exposed, and he said quickly: "That's not what I meant! Brother Ziyan is so helpful to my brothers! How dare brothers argue about too much and too little? It's just some inconvenient things..." In order to show that he was not talking nonsense,
He coquettishly revealed some information, saying that part of the money was "temporarily borrowed public funds" and could not be kept in his hands for a long time. Guo Yi thought, how much public money could his father have for a deputy general? This money was probably just salary.
"It's okay, it's okay, we are all brothers!" Guo Yi pretended to be a good friend, "Come on, come on, have a drink!"
"It's been agreed, but I don't know where to send the money?" Dong Jizhong was anxious to finalize the matter, "I'll write a note right away and ask someone to pick it up and send it to my house immediately..."
"No need," Guo Yi said flatly, "Since we want to form a partnership, we must first pay attention to credibility and secondly pay attention to procedures. When the time comes, I will call the people from the Wei Escort Bureau to collect the money from you two. You two and the door
Master, just tell the accountant. I will ask Zizhenzhai to give you a discount, indicating three months, and the interest will be calculated at 2 cents. If the market is good, I will give you a bonus based on the share capital. How can this be done?"
"Make it, make it!" These words made the two of them nod their heads. They felt that Guo Dongzhu was beautiful and reliable in his words and deeds. They felt a little more close to him. When the big things were done, they felt naturally relaxed and drank more and more wine.
Yueshun and Guo Yi also took the opportunity to inquire about a lot of official news.
The most concerning thing is naturally Guangdong Dong's attitude towards Lingao. In Guangdong's official circles, the movements of Liu Xiang, Zhu Cailao and others are far more concerned than Lingao. Dong Jizhong has never even heard of this matter -
―Lingao reported banditry, but these days there are so many prefectures and counties reporting banditry. Lingao County is still in the hands of the government, so naturally no one cares about it.
As for Beijing, Chongzhen was still busy trying to "bring order to order" and clean up the remnants of Wei Zhongxian's party - this was the third time recently that he rebuked cabinet ministers for not doing enough to clean up the "rebellious parties". Seeing the "rebellion" between the southern and northern Beijing this year
The "Beijing Procuratorate" will inevitably make a big move to clean up Wei Zhongxian's "anti-Party", so the atmosphere in the officialdom is quite tense. The officials who were anti-Wei in the past will naturally take advantage of the situation and rise to power this time; those who secretly colluded in the past will be
Consider how to deal with various measures in order to escape the crime and preferably keep your official position; those who sit on the fence will want to take advantage of the new rich of the dynasty and advance to the next level... The entire court and officialdom are like a crowd of peaks, and there is no stability.
This is basically the same as the news Guo Yi got from the morning papers. Since no one is paying attention to Beijing and Guangdong, Lingao construction can still get a relatively stable buffer period. This news must be notified to the executive as soon as possible.
committee.
The drinks ended at three o'clock in the afternoon. Guo Yi exchanged some important words with Pepi, especially asking her to pay attention to whether anyone who came to Ziminglou recently mentioned sugar. It was important.
If there is any news, someone should be sent to report it in a timely manner.
Chuan Chuan Group’s control over Leizhou Sugar in Leizhou and Haiyitang are bound to be divided. According to Guo Yi’s opinion, no matter how strong Hai Yitang is, he can’t defeat the powerful dragon of Chuan Chuan Group, even if he doesn’t use law enforcement.
The committee's special forces, relying solely on the operation of Guangzhou, Hai Yitang will definitely lose in this sugar harvest war - after successfully pulling up two positions today, he has become more determined in this belief.
Now that the Cross Travel Group has a sure chance of winning in terms of money, I am afraid Hai Yitang did not expect that the Cross Traveler would be able to get hundreds of thousands of silver so quickly. There should be more positions that can be mobilized in the next few days -
Pepi said, in addition to Wu and Dong, there are several other officials and young men from similar families. I dare not say how many. It is no problem to mobilize another 40,000 to 50,000 silver. The figure of 200,000 taels is enough to defeat the sea.
Yitang couldn't get up.
China has always been called the black hole of silver. Guangzhou is probably the place with the largest hoard of silver. They say money is tight, but in fact there are many people with large sums of cash in their hands! We just have to find ways to dig them out.
In the past, he only thought that with the Gao family in the Cross Group, money would not be a problem at all, but this time he tried his hand at the sugar industry and found that the words "ample money" were still far away. In the long run,
Come on, raising funds from multiple parties is the most important thing. Along the way, I have been thinking about how to raise more funds to further expand the business.
I was meditating in the sedan when suddenly the sedan stopped and the attendant came to report: "Sir, someone from Shopkeeper Weisun is here to pay his respects. Please go to the Escort Bureau immediately."
"What's the matter?" Guo Yi opened his mouth and asked, realizing that he had been rash. The person who came was just a messenger. What could he know? Shopkeeper Sun probably had important news and had to report it in person. He couldn't be found on Huifu Street.
After knowing that he had arrived at Ziming Tower, he sent someone to look for him halfway.
"Go and show off!"
The sedan curtain opened and he immediately headed towards the Qiwei Escort Agency. He was a little nervous in his heart. Although he was already 99% sure about Leizhou's affairs this time, the closer it got to the last moment, the less likely it would go wrong.
The key to this battle is the price of sugar in Guangzhou. According to the recent market situation, the price is rising steadily and has reached 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
The sugar output is "medium", which is an average level. However, Leizhou is not the only place where sugar is produced in China. Sugar is also produced in Fujian, which is just around the corner. He doesn't know anything about the local market. What if a large amount of sugar arrives?
If the price of goods falls, the position borrowed with a large amount of money at high interest rates will become a poison!
At this juncture, the most fearful thing is to encounter an accident. Guo Yi has informed Sun Kecheng that the semicolons in various places must be reported every three days. If there is sugar crossing the border, he must try to find out the origin and output of the sugar, and where to prepare for shipment.
?Let escorts go to teahouses more often, just to get useful information in these places - even just a few words, sometimes it is extremely crucial.
The sedan arrived without entering the main gate. He is a shareholder here and a close friend of the shopkeeper. He always comes once every three to five days. He is a very familiar guest. So the sedan went straight in through the side door and simply rested there.
Next to the flower hall.
Sun Kecheng was already waiting under the dripping eaves. This was not because he was being polite, but because the matter was urgent and he had to tell Guo Yi quickly.
"Dongzhu Guo, something happened!"
Those were the words that hit home, and it was obvious that the matter was urgent. Guo Yi nodded: "It's said inside."
Only then did Sun Kecheng realize that it was inappropriate to talk in the yard, so he quickly let him into the flower hall and into the pavilion on one side. This was where they had secret conversations.
"A sugar boat was robbed at sea yesterday!"
Guo Yi felt nervous for a while. It couldn't be the Deng Yingzhou, right? This ship is a treasure. Then he thought about it, Deng Yingzhou shipped a ship of sugar from Leizhou, and it was filled with bituminous coal and sent to Lingao the day before yesterday.
, should still be on the way now, so it can't be it anyway.
"It's Guang Bing!"
Guang Bing is a two-masted Guangzhou ship with a load capacity of more than 100 tons. It is a ship specialized in coastal freight of Gao Guang Shipping Company.
The so-called Gaoguang Shipping Company is a cargo shipping company jointly established by Guangzhou Station and Qiwei Escort Bureau in order to make up for the lack of water transportation capacity in Lingao. The ships used are small coastal cargo ships purchased locally, and the sailors are all hired locally.
The shipping company is operated by Guangzhou Station and is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Maritime Power. Its only business is to run the Lingao-Guangzhou route.
Due to the busy business, the fleet has expanded very quickly. Now it has six brigs, starting with the character Guang and sorted by heavenly stems, starting from Guangjia and ending with Guanggeng. They are responsible for more than half of the various transports to Lingao.
Material tasks.
Originally, Gao Guang's ships were mostly empty on the return trip from Lingao - the so-called "Australian goods" were small in quantity and high in value, so for safety reasons they had been transported on the Deng Yingzhou of the Ministry of Maritime Power. Currently, the sugar in the South China factory is backlogged
Guangzhou was also eager to withdraw funds. After discussion, the two parties decided to use the empty ship of Gaoguang Shipping Company to load sugar back on the way back from Lingao. It was a convenient and beneficial thing. Who knew that such a thing would happen!
Because the sea is not very calm, although there are no artillery on board the ships, the sailors are equipped with knives, guns and matchlocks for self-defense, and they are also equipped with bodyguards who specialize in traveling by sea. The route basically does not go outside the ocean, and only sails in the inland ocean. In this way
Although the journey is a little longer, it is safer, so the boat has been running for several months and nothing has happened yet - why did something happen as soon as it was loaded with sugar?
"What exactly happened? Tell me what happened."
Sun Kecheng whispered, "The ship came back, but five people died."
"Can the ship be used again?" He couldn't help but regret asking this. It would be too chilling to ask about the quality of the ship before asking about the casualties of his subordinates. He hurriedly added, "Are there any wounded?"
"The ship is on the dock, and we are looking for someone to repair it. There are some minor damages, but nothing serious!" Sun Kecheng said, "The sailors are resting at the Gaoguang Inn. Someone is injured and we are calling a doctor!"
"Is the ship okay? Where are the bodyguards?"
"I heard that he was injured, but it's not a problem. But two of the bodyguards died!" Sun Kecheng felt sad for a while, "We are all old brothers who have worked together for many years. I didn't expect such a thing to happen!"
Although it is not uncommon for people to die in the escort agency, these two are old people who have worked together all year round, and their relationships with the recent newcomers are naturally different.
"If a dead person cannot be resurrected, I will provide generous pensions here!" Guo Yi hurriedly patted his chest, "First of all, I will send two hundred taels of silver to each bereaved family member as a memorial ceremony. You can help me take care of the pension issue first, and we will discuss it together then -