The fleet of three slave traders, Gu Rui, Lu Frei, and Rochiel, left Tianzhu and headed south along the east coast of Mozhou.
The three of them still met from time to time to discuss the details of opening a brothel in Meng County.
At the same time, he is also screening and selecting suitable personnel on his own ship.
Gu Rui went to choose Hu Ji, who was more slutty.
Gu Rui's brothels are all high-quality and low-priced.
That is to say, those who go straight to the kidneys, and do not engage in any tricks such as playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, arty, or selling money to fish.
Rothschild also chose a boy with a similar style.
Luo Xier doesn't have any business concept of a brothel for the time being, and the brothel to be opened is nominally run by Gu Rui, so it is natural that Gu Rui's business model should be copied.
Gu Rui's ship has arrived at its destination and directly applies for customs declaration to enter the port to "unload".
The destination of Luvrei and Rochiel is Southwest Mozhou, and they are now applying for supply and repair at the Meng County port.
Luvrey had no worries and dared to actually stop here for supplies.
Rothschild thought he had a safe way to hide the cargo, and since there was currently no cargo on the ship, he dared to dock directly.
Rothschild withdrew a sum of money and gave it to his two capable men. The whole family relied on the Rothschild Consortium to survive.
Let them take the promiscuous young man they selected and follow Gu Rui ashore to try to register and open a brothel.
In addition, arrange a dozen ordinary Tianzhu servants who do not know their true identity or their smuggling methods. They will not be able to spit out anything if they are caught, and they will not feel bad if they give up.
Let them go to the island to wander around and observe the environment and conditions on the island.
Later that evening, the servants returned to the ship and reported their findings to Rothschild.
Mine protection and anti-submarine nets have been added around Mengxian Island, making it impossible for submarines of all sizes to sneak in and out.
The control of entry and exit from Mengxian Island is much stricter than before the crackdown last year, but it is much looser than during the crackdown.
At the same time, news was received that Prince Dashi had left Meng County with his family papers.
There are no wanted notices for Aunt An and a few other men inside or outside the city.
On the next morning, Aunt An carefully put on makeup and completely changed her appearance.
From an old Persian woman to a middle-aged Thai woman.
Then he took a few of his men, as well as a few servants of Rochiel, and went ashore into the city.
Aunt An underwent strict inspection at the exit of the pier and was reminded to undergo a full body inspection when leaving.
It explains which goods have purchase restrictions, how much above the limit will cause the goods to be detained, and how much over the limit will be considered smuggling.
After Aunt An successfully left the port, she walked around Mengxian City.
After confirming that no one was following him, he asked two servants from Rochiel to go to the New Rome Tea House to check the situation.
None of them have appeared in Meng County, so they should not attract the attention of the government.
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Today is April 8, the third year of Ankang, the first rest day in April for workers in Dashi Country.
Aoxue was wearing a red shirt and sitting at the counter of New Rome Tea Shop in a daze.
As one of Zhu Jingyuan's de facto subordinates, Aoxue was notified when Zhu Jingyuan left.
Some people will continue to connect with us, and some people can continue to supply us.
If you encounter anything, you can directly report and seek help from Master Pan. He is the supervisor of the entire Dongmo Continent.
Master Pan knew that his king had arranged it, so he was very polite to himself and expressed his full support for him.
In the entire Meng County, and even the entire Dongmo Continent, there is no one with a tougher background than himself.
However, Aoxue was not happy at all.
"The king is gone, what's the meaning of my life..."
Aoxue once again lost her ideals and turned to a mechanically numb and step-by-step work and life.
His two brothers got married one after another, and they were able to rent a separate apartment with their wives.
His parents didn't want to see him, and after they got space in the dormitory that was convenient for work, they no longer came to the tea shop to use the room.
My sister often visits me, and recently someone has wanted to introduce someone to her.
But Aoxue vaguely felt that her sister didn't seem to want to get married, and was very perfunctory about such things.
She bought her own bicycle and often went for walks by herself.
But these have nothing to do with me.
Aoxue only had one thought in her mind: How could she have a chance to see the king.
This morning, when Aoxue was in a daze, two people walked into the store and came to the opposite side of her.
They should be barbarians of a certain ethnic group. They look like men, but they feel very much like women.
The body is also slender and slender than ordinary girls, and the image and temperament are also very soft and delicate.
They all seemed to be fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys, wearing similar styles of clothes to themselves.
But the skirt was shorter than hers, only covering half of her thighs, and she was wearing white pantyhose on her legs.
A slightly taller boy spoke first, speaking in a very non-standard Daming dialect:
"You are Aoxue, right? Aunt An asked us to come. Can you still supply us now?"
When Aoxue heard these two sentences, she immediately became energetic.
Ever since Aunt An escaped, Aoxue has been looking forward to her coming back to find him again.
In order to complete his mission, he continued to investigate and track the smuggling methods of this group of smugglers.
This is also about making money for yourself.
Now no one is smuggling. If you can’t sell the goods you take, you won’t get a penny.
Every month's salary must be deducted to offset his "illegal misappropriation of stolen money."
But after waiting left and right, there was no one in sight.
Until the New Year, the entire first quarter has passed.
The king has already left with Empress Chunxiang.
I have made up for the stolen money with my wages, and now I finally have news again.
Now Aoxue was even more excited.
Only by catching the real big smuggler, the key is to figure out the smuggling method, then you will have the opportunity to report it to the king!
There is a chance to remind the king of his existence again.
Aoxue was extremely ecstatic in her heart, but on the surface she remained calm, and even said lazily and impatiently:
"Of course I can supply the goods, but why didn't Aunt An come? Can you two kids with hairless hair decide?"
When the two teenagers heard the insulting language, their expressions suddenly became a little ugly, but they resisted the urge to confront Aoxue:
"I'll take you to the person who can make the decision."
Aoxue hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded in agreement:
"Okay, you guys wait for me here for a while, I'll go get something from the yard."
Aoxue did not wait for the two teenagers to agree, and got up directly and went to the backyard to find Zhu Jingyuan and Chunxiang who were left here.
I explained the situation to them and asked them to act according to their circumstances, then returned to the front desk and followed the two teenagers out of the tea shop.
Aoxue followed the two teenagers through the streets and met Aunt An in a private room in another teahouse.
Aunt An smiled and saluted Aoxue, and at the same time asked straight to the point:
"I'm worried that I have registered with the Imperial Guard of Dashi Kingdom, so I don't dare to show up casually, so I can only ask the lady to come out and talk.
"Miss Aoxue, can you still supply goods now? Can you get the latest 30% elastic silk version? How much does one cost?"
Aoxue said very decisively:
"Okay, I can get any kind of goods, and the price is of course very high. A product made of 30% elastic yarn costs 70 silver notes."
Aunt An immediately shook her head and said:
“This price is too expensive and we cannot accept it.
“Currently, for 30% of stretch yarn products, the official sales plan is by invitation only.
“Anyone who has bought this product can buy it again and has the right to bring friends to buy it.
“But smuggled goods definitely don’t have this function, and they directly lose the possibility of being equivalent to the highest-end products.
"The key is that the new products with 20% elastic yarn have been sold for 70 silver notes for a long time.
“When worn simply, it looks no different from 30% elastic silk.
"So smuggled goods with 30% elastic yarn can only be sold for 80 silver notes at most, or even 70 silver notes.
"So when we receive the goods, we can only give out a maximum of thirty silver notes."
Aoxue's expression became ugly. After being silent for a long time, she seemed to have made some kind of decision:
"If you are ready to receive the goods with thirty silver notes, then tell me your shipping channels to Western Europe.
"I will give half of the goods to you, and I will sell the other half in Taixi myself.
"Also, you have to help me take the goods out."
This time it was Aunt An's turn to be surprised:
"You...ask us to help you take the goods out of the island? In other words, the people behind you don't have the ability?"
Aoxue said rather melancholy:
"They have left Mengxian County, and I have left all matters to myself."
Aunt An once again confirmed her guess that Aoxue's owner was really from the harem of the King of Food.
Because the big shots who left Meng County recently were the Big Food King and the people around him.
But before Aunt An could test it, Aoxue Aoxue cheered up again and said very rudely:
"Stop talking nonsense, you can accept my goods or not."
Aunt An thought for a few seconds and then said:
"Even if you take half of the goods to Taipei and hand them over to the end sellers for sale, you can only sell them for fifty to sixty silver notes, because they also have to make money.
"You have to sell us the other half of thirty silver coins. A compromise between the two is equivalent to selling all the goods for forty silver coins in total. Why don't you just sell it to us for forty silver coins?"
Aoxue waved her hands a little irritably and said:
"You are wrong. If you don't help me bring the goods out and introduce the channels to me, I will not sell you a piece of goods for thirty silver coins, not even forty silver coins.
"If you only want the goods and are not willing to give me anything else, then I'll give you seventy silver coins a piece. Do you want it?"
Aunt An asked very confusedly:
"If we tell you the channels and help you take the goods out, why will you be willing to ship goods to us in the future? Aren't you going to sell them all yourself?"
Aoxue scratched her head in disgust:
"Then I'll take a step back and you can help me take the goods out without telling your Taixi channels."
Aunt An immediately asked:
“You don’t want channels, as long as we help bring the goods, after we help you take them out, will you sell them to us again?
"What's the difference between that and just calculating the price here and selling it to us directly?"
Aoxue said with a straight face:
“I’m going to retail in Thailand myself, and now I need a way to get the goods out.
"If you have a safe way to give me, I can pay a sufficient price in exchange.
“I definitely won’t be able to sell much in the early days, so I still have to give you the early bulk goods.
“If you tell me how, I will continue to ship to you even if I bring the goods myself in the future.
“We can even cooperate, bring goods together, and sell together.
“Establish a smuggling channel from the Mengxian workshop and warehouse directly to customers in Thailand and Western countries.
“Without any other middlemen, we make all the profits.
"You can refuse, and I will continue to find a way on my own.
"When I find a solution myself, you can stop trying to get goods from me.
"Because if you don't cooperate with me, then we are competitors, and of course we will strangle your supply of goods."
After hearing this, Aunt An shook her head:
"Miss Aoxue, if you are not just for smuggling, if you are an official of the Big Food Country...
"We told you how to bring the goods, but you are really throwing yourself into a trap."
Aoxue's expression was very ugly:
"Since you still don't believe me, then go away and don't come to me again.
"Let's see whether I find a way to bring the goods first, or you find a sufficient supply of goods first."
Aunt An was used to being scolded by Aoxue, and she wouldn't lose a piece of meat anyway if she was scolded.
Still sitting there without moving.
If Rochiel talks in person... Even if Rochiel talks in person, the method of bringing goods is not impossible to trade.
According to the Thai people, everything has a value.
Anything can be sold as long as it has enough value.
Moreover, the same thing has different values in the hands of different people.
In the hands of Rothschild, no one may be able to bear the value of the method of bringing goods.
Because that's how he monopolizes smuggling channels, and it represents almost unlimited profit margins.
But in Aunt An's hands, the value is not that high.
Because this method is not his own, using it for smuggling is just to work for Rohir.
If I can take advantage of this matter and make enough profits at once, I can run away from Rothschild and run my own business.
So the secret is not for sale.
However, when selling, you still have to pay attention to methods.
After careful calculation, Aunt An looked around. Two Rohirrim followers were nearby.
But don't worry about leaking information. You won't reveal your intention to make a profit during the conversation.
In fact, if possible, he would try to get away with nothing.
Don't really give me a way to get a batch of goods at the same time.
At the same time, if it can be verified that Aoxue is really sincere in cooperating, then it is not impossible to truly cooperate.
So Aunt An smiled and said:
“If Miss Aoxue really wants to cooperate, then let us see your sincerity.
"After all, we have only met twice, and we know nothing about your past.
“So, please provide two hundred pieces of goods for free and leave Meng County with us directly.
"After we get to the sea and avoid the possibility of being arrested, we can discuss cooperation."
Aoxue laughed directly and said:
"Old bitch, you want nothing more than nothing? Are you an idiot for being an aunt?
"Two hundred pieces of goods...things worth at least twenty thousand silver coins, in exchange for a groundless discussion opportunity for cooperation?
“Then the result of the discussion is that we can’t cooperate?
"After getting so much goods for nothing, you just ran away and stopped contacting me. Where can I find you?
"You don't understand me, and I don't understand you either!
"If you want to get goods from me, you should show some sincerity!"
Aunt An is used to being called an old bitch, and now she is not angry at all:
"If the result of the discussion is that we cannot cooperate, then we will purchase your goods for thirty silver coins."
Aoxue frowned and considered for a while:
"At least fifty silver notes, and we have to deal with it when it is delivered to you, instead of negotiating after we go out.
"I want to keep the money in Meng County, otherwise you guys may not dare to take advantage of others when we get to the high seas."
Aoxue had previously called for a fixed price of seventy silver notes, because that was purely a single transaction price.
In addition to the current selling price of fifty silver notes, it also comes with the opportunity for cooperation and discussion.
Aunt An also frowned and considered for a while:
"Fifty is too high, forty silver notes at most. We don't retail at the moment, we have to leave profits to the retailers.
"Now there are official high-end products with seventy silver notes, and their final retail price is difficult to exceed seventy silver notes..."
Aoxue said impatiently:
"The old bitch still treats me like a child. What do you mean it's hard to exceed seventy silver coins?
“The most important difference between the smuggled goods we sell and the official seal-marked goods sold with 120 silver notes is that we don’t have invitation-to-buy permission for the highest-end products.
"Nowadays, the official official seal-standard products sold with seventy-yin banknotes also do not have such invitation authority. In the past, the old-style seal-standard products sold officially with one hundred-yin banknotes did not have such a rule.
"If these external factors are excluded, the new seal-marked smuggled goods we sell are of a higher grade than the officially sold official marked-marked goods with seventy-yin banknotes.
"The proportion of elastic silk is 10% higher. The original price is one hundred and twenty silver notes. It is a top-notch seal script hot stamping label.
"If this kind of product can't be sold for 80 silver notes, it's trash. Ninety silver notes is the normal price. Only when it sells for 100 silver notes can it be considered capable!
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"Fifty silver notes is my bottom line. If I didn't want to cooperate with you, I wouldn't be able to give you this price!
"Or you can use the official seventy silver notes to mark the goods, and we can sell them to you in thirty silver notes."
Aunt An continued to persuade her several times, but Aoxue never let go and insisted on the price of fifty silver notes.
Aunt An felt very helpless, and at the same time she trusted Aoxue more.
This attitude of insisting on calculating every detail and raising the selling price as much as possible is really like someone who is just trying to make money.
If it were an official undercover investigating his own smuggling channels, he would not be so serious about the price issue.
That kind of person will be more eager to find smuggling channels and methods.
That kind of person may not have the ability to make such a fuss.
This bargaining process is also a process of increasing trust.
The large-scale transaction itself is also based on the common sincerity of both parties. After the transaction is completed, there will be a basis for cooperation.
Finally, Aunt An sighed helplessly and said:
“Well, for the sake of our future cooperation, we can make a slight concession now.
"The price is only fifty silver notes. You prepare the goods, and I will prepare the payment. We will contact you tomorrow."
The two negotiated the deal and left the scene immediately.
