Ye Mingsheng got up early the next morning, jogged around in the back garden, and did a set of Bajiquan to exercise. Then at Chen time, he had breakfast with his family. After doing this, Ye Mingsheng was like Came to his study room.
What surprised Ye Mingsheng was that Gu Sansi had been waiting outside the door for a long time. It seemed that he couldn't wait to report the situation to Ye Mingsheng...
After the ceremony, the two walked into the study. Ye Mingsheng asked the maid to serve them a cup of fragrant tea, then had the door of the study closed and nodded to indicate that Gu Sansi could start.
"I would like to inform you that after several rounds of negotiations with Hu Jian, Hu Jian is basically willing to agree to invest 30,000 taels of silver to purchase the firearm technology of our army's Polu gun. As a condition, our army needs to send craftsmen to Youyan for technical guidance. As for the follow-up threat Youyan needs to see how effective Yuangun’s firearm technology is before Youyan can decide whether to continue purchasing it!”
Ye Mingsheng's expression did not change when he heard this. Po Lu Gun's firearm technology sold for 30,000 taels of silver. Although it was somewhat beyond Ye Mingsheng's expectations, the excess was not too much. In addition, he still had to leave a lobby for Gu Sansi. Youyan's funds don't really have much money that can be used to improve Liaoyang's financial situation...
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng didn't look overjoyed, Gu Sansi also felt a little pressure and immediately continued:
"Sir, after having been in contact with Hu Jian these days, the Coordination Office has successfully placed an informant around him, and I have also figured out Hu Jian's true purpose of coming to Liaoyang!"
"Hu Jian, this unlucky scoundrel, took the initiative to ask Zhao Fuqu to go to Liaoyang this time. Obtaining firearms technology for Zhao Fuqu was only secondary. His real purpose was to obtain ginseng, deer antlers, and mink from Liaoyang. These precious resources can be trafficked back to Youyan to earn a high price!"
Ye Mingsheng suddenly became interested when he heard this and said:
"Please tell me in detail!"
"Yes, sir! When Song Wenhui was in power a year ago, the premium ginseng trafficked from Liaoyang to Youyan cost nineteen taels of silver per catty, the gross ginseng cost ten taels of silver per catty, and the inferior ginseng cost seven taels of silver per catty. As for old ginseng, it is very expensive, starting at at least one hundred taels of silver, and other deer antlers and mink skins are also valuable."
"Now, after nearly a year of war and continuous trade road congestion, the external supply of Liaoyang ginseng has been reduced by nearly 70%. In addition, unscrupulous drug dealers have maliciously raised the market price."
"As a result, the price of ginseng on the market has been rising all the way. The high-quality ginseng on the Youyan market now costs at least fifty taels of silver per pound. As for other hairy ginseng, the price of these ginseng has also at least doubled. Even if That’s right, it’s still on the market now, but it’s still priceless.”
"And this is just Youyan. The price of ginseng is higher as you go south. Now ginseng is gold..."
"Now as long as you transport ginseng from Liaoyang to Youyan, you can make a lot of money. There is no shortage of sellers!" Gu Sansi introduced:
Listening to Gu Sansi's introduction, Ye Mingsheng began to think about it. In this feudal era when medicine was not developed and there were not so many special medicines, people were very crazy about precious medicinal materials like ginseng. Everyone believed in this kind of thing. At critical moments, It can save someone’s life, so no one can have too much of this kind of thing! "
No matter when, the richer and more powerful people are, the more they are afraid of death. In fear of death, they will be very happy to spend a lot of money on precious medicinal materials such as ginseng. This is why the price of ginseng has been so high. location
Due to the uniqueness of the geographical location and the limitations of technological development, it is difficult to cultivate ginseng artificially in this era, so the only known ginseng production area is Liaoning ginseng in Liaoyang.
And even if the Korean ginseng produced in Silla, Korea, and Gongdu, which are inferior, wants to be transported to Dazhou, the main consumer country, it must pass through Liaoyang whether by water or land, so this is This means that Ye Mingsheng can completely monopolize the ginseng business and make the ginseng business a pillar industry in Liaoyang...
After thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng asked Gu Sansi:
“How much ginseng can Liaoyang produce in a year?”
Gu Sansi shook his head and said:
"My lord, the Liao ginseng business is currently mainly carried out by the Cui family, the Yun family, and the Gongsun family. In fact, not only Liao ginseng, but also rare items such as mink skin and deer antlers are jointly monopolized by the three of them.
"Only they know the specific output and profits, but I also asked some drug store owners and they all said that by selling ginseng, the three of them can earn at least one hundred thousand taels of silver every year. As for deer antlers and mink skins, they can Together, they can earn 80,000 to 100,000 taels of silver every year, and when all these things are added up, the taxes they pay to the government are only 5,000 taels of silver at most!"
Hearing "one hundred thousand taels of silver" and it was a conservative estimate, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but narrowed his eyes. He secretly determined to seize these profitable businesses, carry out government participation in control, and obtain profits from them to fill Liaoyang's fiscal deficit.
Although Ye Mingsheng had decided to take over these businesses, he did not do it blindly, but ordered:
"Think twice and I will ask Wang Xuecheng to cooperate with you. You can collect more information on industry goods as soon as possible and give me a more detailed report as soon as possible!"
"Yes!" Gu Sansi nodded, and then continued to say tentatively:
"Hu Jian wants to open up trade routes this time and get a batch of ginseng, deer antlers, and mink skins from us. For this reason, he is willing to pay 10% higher than the market price..." ····”
Ye Mingsheng heard this and said:
"This matter will be left to you, Sansi. You go find him something to fool him first. It will take some time for us to accept these businesses!"
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Gu Sansi nodded. What he wanted was Ye Mingsheng's words. With Ye Mingsheng as his backer, he could go forward without any scruples and charge boldly and work hard. .
Everyone who should report to Ye Mingsheng has already been reported. Just when Gu Sansi was about to say goodbye to Ye Mingsheng, Ye Mingsheng brought a few pieces of paper and handed them to him and said:
"Think twice, take a look at these things!"
Gu Sansi heard the words without doubting him, so he took the pieces of paper with both hands and observed the contents. At first he didn't mean it was anything important, but after he read a few paragraphs, he His face instantly became wonderful...
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