On the dock.
Li Zexuan was talking to Yan Lide and the others when Wang Renbiao had already left and came back.
He first said hello to the two court officials, then looked at Li Zexuan and said: "Xiaoxuan, I have prepared the small boat, and I will take you to the big boat to see the goods~!"
"Well, okay~!"
Li Zexuan nodded in agreement and was about to leave with Wang Renbiao, but unexpectedly, Xiao Yu behind him suddenly said: "Marquis Yong'an, do you still have your goods on the Wang family's ship?"
Li Zexuan didn't know what Xiao Yu meant, so he turned around and replied: "Exactly, before the imperial fleet went south, the boy Tuo Renbiao helped transport some goods back from Nanyang!"
Xiao Yu twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Haha~! That's just right~! You asked the students from your academy to come over to help settle the accounts, and I happened to let your batch of goods dock early, so I consider it as repayment!"
Hey, Li Zexuan smiled secretly in his heart. He didn't expect that Xiao Yu would open the back door for him. This was good, as it would save him waiting on the dock for a long time!
"Haha! Then thank you, Mr. Xiao Ge!"
Li Zexuan thanked Xiao Yu, and then followed Wang Renbiao onto the boat and headed for the Wang family's main fleet.
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"Xiaoxuan, come and see if this is the rubber you need?"
The boat rowed downstream along the Bahe River for nearly a mile before arriving at the Wang family's fleet. From this, we can see how many boats were lining up to dock. If Xiao Yu hadn't opened the back door for Li Zexuan, at this speed, , I really have to wait in line all afternoon. After boarding a building ship, Wang Renbiao said to Li Zexuan behind him.
Li Zexuan responded, his heart full of expectations. Many industrial products now require rubber, and he needs this stuff very much!
A man who looked like a steward on the ship led the two of them into the cabin. They saw that the huge cabin was filled with rows of wooden barrels.
"Sir, Lord Marquis, this is the rubber we brought back from Nanyang. You two have a look at it!"
The guide bowed his body and smiled at Wang Renbiao and Li Zexuan.
At this time, Li Zexuan no longer cared about being polite. He came to a wooden barrel with a quick step and quickly opened the lid. He saw that it was filled with a barrel of white glue-like liquid. When you smell it, you can also smell a faint fragrance. Isn't this natural rubber or something? Oh, no, it should be called natural latex!
When Li Zexuan was in college in his previous life, one of his college classmates opened a factory in his home, which happened to make latex pillows and latex mattresses. The second generation of rich people generally like to show off. When they were sophomores, they invited everyone in the class to visit their factory.
That was the first time Li Zexuan saw what the so-called natural latex looked like. It was also during that visit that Li Zexuan learned that truly natural latex does not have a pungent smell, but instead has a light fragrance. Some people have learned from Those so-called pure natural latex pillows you buy online have a strong pungent smell when you buy them. This means that you have bought parallel imports. They are synthetic rubber, not pure natural ones.
"Xiaoxuan, how are you? Is this the rubber you need~?"
Wang Renbiao saw Li Zexuan staring into the barrel without saying anything for a long time, so he couldn't help but asked worriedly.
"Yes, yes, this is the rubber, this is the rubber I need!"
Li Zexuan came back to his senses from the chaotic thoughts, his voice was extremely excited, "Renbiao, it's really thanks to you this time! I just don't know how much rubber you brought back in total?"
There was a hint of hope in his voice, which surprised Wang Renbiao. It was really hard to understand that the young man in front of him was in a high position at a young age and had a huge fortune. Something to look forward to.
Wang Renbiao looked at the steward next to him and indicated that he should answer the question.
The middle-aged steward did not dare to neglect, and cupped his hands towards Li Zexuan and said: "Going back to the Marquis, the island where we found rubber is full of rubber trees. We loaded twenty boats, but we didn't finish loading them, but in order not to fall behind, We only brought back twenty ships of rubber, and each ship contained about fifty thousand kilograms!"
Each boat has 50,000 jins, so twenty boats are...that's one million jins! ! !
Li Zexuan's breathing suddenly became rapid. One million kilograms, that's more than five hundred tons! Get rich! Get rich! There are only three words in Li Zexuan's mind now, and that is to get rich! Such a huge amount of rubber is enough for him to do many things.
"Great! Renbiao, I won't say too many polite words, but I will remember this affection! I will have the money sent to your house now, and you will have these boats rowed directly upstream for another three miles. , that’s Qiquge’s new workshop, just move the rubber there!”
According to the initial agreement, if the Wang family's fleet found rubber in Nanyang, Li Zexuan would have to spend 400 guan to purchase each ship of rubber. Of course, these 400 guan were completely regarded as a friendship price, because he could buy it from Nanyang. Transporting a boatload of spices and other things would definitely cost more than 400 guan. Mainly because at that time Wang Renbiao was looking for Li Zexuan to purchase a large number of compasses to ensure the navigation safety of the Wang family fleet. It can also be said to be an exchange of interests!
"Haha, Xiaoxuan, you are so polite~!"
Wang Renbiao responded with a smile.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel relieved. After such an incident, the relationship between the Wang family and Li Zexuan became stronger. This is more valuable than anything else. After all, the young man in front of him became the founding prince before he was fifteen years old. ! Its future achievements are simply incalculable!
After leaving the cabin, Wang Renbiao ordered the stewards on the ship to start sailing, bypassing the ships lined up in front and heading towards the dock.
Such a blatant queue-jumping behavior would of course anger some people, but after seeing that this was a merchant ship belonging to the Wang family in Taiyuan, most people shut up. The name of Five Surnames and Qiwang was not something to be denied. There were also people who were not afraid of the Taiyuan Wang family, but when they saw Li Zexuan on the bow, they all hesitated.
After a while, a fleet of twenty boats loaded with rubber jumped to the front and began to dock.
Xiao Yu kept his word and had already sent officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to wait at the dock to calculate the total value of the goods on board.
Perhaps it was because Li Zexuan had been promoted to a prince, or perhaps because Li Zexuan sent people to build a shed on the dock for the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and also brought ice cubes and ice water. The officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs who came to contact him were particularly enthusiastic. This made Li Zexuan feel a little uncomfortable.
However, when faced with the buckets of white gelatinous liquid that they had never seen before on the ship, the Ministry of Civil Affairs officials who came to contact them couldn't help but have difficulties. How should this thing be valued and how much tax should be charged~?
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Third update!
Congratulations to the new cute little girl Ou!
Ahem, I haven’t paid off the debt I owed to the leader of the Anniversary Alliance yet, and I feel so melancholy! God lend me another hand!
(End of chapter)
