When Gao pragmatically said this, Cao Gan felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "When the young master said this, I feel relieved."
"What do you mean by this?" Gao Pingshi showed a trace of curiosity: "You do a resale business in Bailixia. You can earn two taels of silver per horse. In one year, you will only earn more than two thousand taels. Although it is not a small amount. But you’re not so reluctant to part with it, right?”
"Young master, I don't know. Although our business with the border army is huge, we don't earn much because we sell at a favor price. We only make about two thousand taels a year." Cao Gan lowered his voice slightly and said, He said: "But with such a large population in Bailixia, how can we only live on this mere two thousand taels of silver? If we really only have this little money, how can we expand the cavalry team year after year?"
Gao pragmatic understood immediately and suddenly said: "So, are you saying that this deal with the Bianjun is just a way to buy money for you to operate under the nose of the Xuanfu. In fact, the way for you to make money is to sell it yourself? "
"Young master, I see you clearly." Cao Gan said with a smile: "The Xuanfu frontier army is very poor. The supplies they can spare to buy horses in a year are only a few miscellaneous groceries. I don't know where they are collected from. We will be so poor someday that we may not even be able to afford a horse, and we at Bailixia can’t follow them and smoke.”
"Since selling horses to the border troops is a favor price, what is the normal market price?" Gao Pragmatic was a little curious.
The smile on Cao Gan's face grew thicker, and he said proudly: "The middle gelding is more than twenty taels, and the upper gelding is more than twenty-five taels!"
Gao pragmatic was shocked: "Doubled?"
"A little more than double." Cao Gan touched his bald head and said, "Because we can't just buy horses, we can only eat three to four thousand upper and middle geldings a year, and we will get rid of them and sell them to Xuan. In addition to the frontier army, I can earn about two to thirty thousand taels a year from horse trading."
Gao Pangshi's eyes widened, and his heart was filled with turmoil!
It has been two or three years since Yuegang opened its doors, and the tariffs that the imperial court can collect from Yuegang every year are less than this amount! Gao Gong also said that Yuegang's tariff revenue is almost 30% of Fujian's annual tax. In other words, excluding Yuegang, Fujian as a whole only pays about 70,000 taels of tax in a year.
This alone can show how big the business of Cao Gan, the leader of thieves, is. And he said that they couldn't just buy horses in Bailixia, which meant they had other businesses.
Gao pragmatic couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Okay, don't say it word by word, just introduce what kind of business you do and how much you can earn every year."
When Cao Gan saw this, he thought to himself: Although I, Mr. Cao, admit defeat, but I have lost such a big fortune, even if your family is rich and distinguished, you should look at me seriously, right?
He did not hesitate and said directly: "In addition to selling horses, Bailixia also buys and sells cattle and sheep every year. We can probably earn more than 10,000 taels here, but as I said just now, it has been a bit difficult to buy cattle in the past two years. , so we mainly work on sheep; we also buy and sell all kinds of felt skins, horse tails, mules and donkeys, and we probably earn more than 10,000 taels from this. In total, we make about 50,000 taels a year."
Gao Pingshi was overjoyed and thought to himself: I have found a treasure!
But he still pretended to be reserved and only showed an appreciative smile, saying: "Okay, your business is doing well. In the future, with me here, this business can be even bigger." He saw Cao Gan's face lit up. , then said: "Since you are mostly bartering, where do the goods you exchange come from and what are they? Are there any difficulties in obtaining the goods?"
Cao Gan said with a smile: "Anyway, the Mongolians have a great demand in our north. We can easily find sources of goods. We will exchange the things we just mentioned and give them to the Mongols. However, the young master said that when it comes to obtaining goods There are some obstacles..."
"Oh, tell me."
"Because after all, Bailixia's main business is horse trading, and those who can sell horses in large quantities are people with high status in Mongolia, so what they like are high-quality goods, and Seven Silk and Four Embroidery is their My favorite thing, but it’s not easy for us to get these goods, and even if we can get some, the price is not cheap.”
The so-called Seven Silks and Four Embroideries, Qisi refers to the seven most famous silk cities, including Huzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc. The exquisite silk brocades produced are world-famous and praised all over the world; Four Embroideries refers to Chinese embroidery craftsmanship. The four most exquisite and distinctive ones include Hunan embroidery, Su embroidery, Shu embroidery and Cantonese embroidery. Of course, in addition to the Four Embroideries, there are quite a few outstanding local famous embroideries in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Four Embroideries not only have exquisite craftsmanship, but also have large production and sales, so Four Embroideries take the lead in being famous.
Ordinary Mongolians only want to buy some grains and cloth to satisfy their hunger and keep out the cold when trading with each other, but the requirements of the upper-class Mongolian nobles must be different. They also yearn for the high-end goods of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not willing to buy those that are not high-end or famous.
However, Gao Pragmatic was happy when he heard the news. He thought that some people in China in later generations were just like these Mongolians now. It is clear that many foreign brand goods are actually produced by Chinese OEMs, but they are often willing to spend a lot of money to buy OEM products. brand-name products, and not domestic products that are much cheaper but of the same quality. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a comparison mentality: My dress costs 10,000 yuan, so it must be better than yours, which costs 1,000 yuan!
This kind of people belong to the category of people who feel unhappy if they don't get slaughtered, but you can't say that they just have brain problems: people sometimes need "level" to stimulate them. As long as you are not so vain that you break the law and commit crimes, you can barely understand being pragmatic. Just think of it as promoting consumption and increasing GDP.
Turning this idea to the Mongols, Gao Pragmatic had other ideas. He rolled his eyes and said, "I will help you think of a solution for this matter, but it will always take some time. It will be difficult to talk about it elsewhere. We should be able to get some of the finest silk brocades from Jiangnan...as long as we have enough payment."
Cao Gan was overjoyed: "Young Master actually has such connections? He is indeed from a wealthy family. I can guarantee that the silk here will be of high quality. If the silk is really high-quality, selling it to Mongolia will earn at least twice as much as him!"
Of course Gao Pragmatic knew that silk, a flagship product in China's history, was hugely profitable, so he just briefly explained the route: "As you know, my uncle Zhang Shilang has a third brother, my third uncle, whose name is taboo Sijiao. He is the actual person in charge of the Zhang family's business affairs. He and my mother are the same mother and father. They have been stationed in Yangzhou in recent years. I plan to ask him to contact me... I guess with his connections in the south, this matter should not be a problem. big."
Cao Gan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He rubbed his bald head vigorously: "That's good, that's good. As long as the goods are guaranteed, even if our Bailixia revenue is doubled, it won't be a problem. ah!"
Gao pragmatic also smiled, but corrected a little: "In the future, we will talk about our Sanshen Garden."
"Yes, yes, yes, Sanshen Garden, Sanshen Garden."
