"Three thousand materials!"
After sending Shen Qingquan away, Shang Zhong smacked his lips.
The Shen family is indeed a wealthy family in Yangzhou. It was the first family to start maritime trade. There were only a few large ships with three thousand materials in the Wu Dynasty. Five ships were mobilized just for a batch of mutton. God knows how many ships of the same size the Shen family has. Ships, and how many merchant ships are larger than three thousand materials.
I recall that when the first treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty was launched, the Quanzhou Shipyard of the Ming Dynasty tried its best to produce only 2,200 pieces of materials.
But now, ordinary merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty cost three thousand materials, and the new generation of treasure ships cost more than ten thousand materials.
What does Wu Chao compare with others?
"Hey, who was stimulated by this?"
Huang An, who was lying on the recliner with a teapot in hand, looked at Shang Zhong who walked in and couldn't help but joked.
In the past few days, Fang Fang left with Xiaohu, the Li brothers, and Xia Heng. Everything in the village fell into Shang Zhong's hands. In order to deal with the coming merchants from all walks of life, Shang Zhong treated them as his grandchildren.
"Who else could it be? It was Shen Qingquan who picked him up. He must have been stimulated by the Shen family's financial resources, but this is normal. After all, it was the Shen family. They walked on two legs on the sea. Their wealth exceeded tens of millions. Rich?" Yu Xianke joked.
"You still have time to laugh at me, that guy Shen Qingquan, whoever is in trouble, knows the trouble, so he thought of transporting the mutton back quickly, so he dispatched five ships worth 3,000 yuan, and one person could bring back 20,000 shi of mutton at a time. !”
The larger the ship's material, the higher the volume ratio, and the more cargo it can carry. A ship with three thousand materials can haul about four thousand shi of goods in one trip, and if it is replaced by a horse-drawn carriage, it can take about a hundred.
The key person is very fast. It takes half a month on the road and only four or five days on the sea. The shortened time is a profit.
"If I remember correctly, Shen Qingquan only has a contract worth about 30,000 dan now, right?"
"After getting the stock, Shen Qingquan took out part of it, and it is still in his hands, which is about 28,000 shi." Shang Zhong quickly replied.
"Including the carriage, does this mean that people are ready to close it as soon as it is ready this year?"
Five sea ships took away more than 20,000 stones, and the rest was taken away by horse-drawn carriage. The contract in hand was just used up.
"It is difficult to determine at the moment. After all, it also involves the slaughter date. The details will not be clear until the market opens."
It's easier said than done to give up when you're done.
There are too many people in this world who think too big at the beginning, but then fail to control themselves.
After all, it is still greed.
If Shen Qingquan can get away, not only will he make a lot of money this year, but what's even more frightening is that he will still make a lot of money in the future.
"Whatever, the descendants of these wealthy people have long thought differently from us. If the situation is good and there is no trouble, it will be considered qualified. But I don't know where Master Fang is now?"
…
The sun is high at noon, the water vapor is steaming, and the unique sultry feeling in the south is replicated in the north. The single clothes fit tightly together. If you can't find a place to change clothes as soon as possible, you will be uncomfortable at night.
Fortunately, in Yuyang, Zijin Pass is already in front of us.
Zijin Pass, with the ancient Great Wall to the north and south, was the first line of defense against the Xianbei Prairie in the early years. However, with the expansion of the grassland power territory and the Wu Dynasty, it gradually became the central location.
Three hundred miles outside the Great Wall were all tribes supported by the Wu Dynasty, and one hundred miles east was the Peiping buffer zone set up by the Wu Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom.
"What a majestic pass!"
Sitting in the carriage, looking at Anza's camp in the valley on both sides and the caravans passing by on the road, Fang Fang thought he had seen it before and was also intimidated by this majestic pass.
"Fifty years ago, when Emperor Yongye was here, he rebuilt the Zijin Pass. When this pass city, which was originally used to resist the northern troops, became the core of Youzhou, the specific cost was about six million taels. It took thirteen years to build. Forty years ago, our army conquered the Jurchens and the middle army that swept away the Three Koreas set out from Zijin Pass. Unfortunately, this huge pass with a lot of investment did not witness history as expected!" Xia Heng looked sad.
"But fortunately, when the country was at its peak, it was only the Zijin Pass that was rebuilt, which gave our country a new foothold in the northeastern territory and prevented the grasslands from encroaching on our living space in the past forty years."
"If I remember correctly, Zijinhu City is the third largest city in our dynasty?"
Among the eight major cities, Guangchang is first, Mayi is second, and Zijin is third. Although it is only third, the annual volume of goods transactions handled by Zijinhu City is still higher than that of the next five major cities, close to 70% of Guangchanghu City. .
Zijinhu City failed to surpass Mayi, not because the throughput was insufficient, but because the profits were not available.
"The so-called third, the key depends on how you evaluate it. The main trade in Zijinhu City is medicinal materials and mountain goods outside the customs. There are ten shops in the city's commercial streets with eight medicines. The remaining two shops are mostly related to medicinal materials. The largest wound medicine shop in our country is also in the customs. , When I was stationed in Yuyang in the early years, I once heard an old man in the army say that the wound medicine stored in Zijin Pass was enough for me to use the army for three years!"
Has the wound medicine been stored for three years, or is it the amount used by the entire army?
Coupled with a thirty-meter-high city wall and a platform for horse racing on top of the city wall, how can anyone fight against this?
"Not only have I heard what Xia Heng said, I also have another theory. It is said that in the early years, Beidian claimed to be in charge of the defense of the North. The four counties of Youzhou should be under the jurisdiction of Beidian, rather than setting up a separate Zijin Captain’s Mansion, but at that time, Governor Zijin said that even if the Zijin Captain’s Mansion did not rely on the seven northern counties, the Captain’s Mansion itself could hold back the two Northeastern forces with 300,000 troops a year!” Xiaohu added .
Warriors are rough and arrogant, but they rarely speak big words. Every word they say to shout out the sky is backed by enough confidence. If a person dares to shout it, he can definitely do it.
"ox!"
Equation gives a thumbs up.
"You kids, what are you talking about here? The majesty of Zijin Pass is not only the city walls and reserves, but also a large number of internal defense facilities. This is a city that can be turned into a military city within three days. No matter how specific it is, You can’t figure it out either, so why not go see it yourself!”
Song Hai's voice sounded, and he threw a bag of things directly into Xiaohu's chest, "Take your things and go to the city. Find a place to stay by yourself. When everyone is here, there will be a summons to come to you!"
Xiaohu quickly opened his leather bag, took out a dozen tokens, and immediately nodded to the equation.
Zijin Pass is transformed into a military city in the first month. Anyone who enters or exits needs a corresponding token. Without a token, it will be difficult to move within the city. At the same time, they hold different tokens and move in different areas. This is for them to stay in the city. The key is to wait outside.
"In that case, let's go into the city!"
…
"Ignore them?"
Looking at the departure equation and others, the deputy general was puzzled.
"He's not a soldier, so what do you care about? Besides, there are still people who want to see him in private!" Song Hai shrugged.
"Isn't this deception?"
"Whether it's hiding our ears or protecting them, these are not things we should care about. Let's go and catch that old guy Niuzhang!"
Song Hai felt particularly dizzy when he thought of Niu Zhang who had left the matter to him and ran to the battlefield by himself.
Can't people who are over fifty years old be more at ease?
