The price of goods is determined by the supply and demand relationship in the market.
When resources are abundant and demand is stable, it is basically unlikely that there will be a sharp rise or fall.
What’s more, Dahua has only established trade relations with places in Southeast Asia not long ago. How could there be a market imbalance under the leadership and supervision of the Qiongzhou Chamber of Commerce?
Although this matter is not a big deal, it is contrary to common sense.
So Qi Xiaotong decided to fully understand the reasons.
According to Dong Yun, the cause of this phenomenon is the secret operation of a mysterious wealthy businessman. As for his motive, it is still unknown.
What? A mysterious wealthy businessman?
Why does this sound like a conspiracy theory?
Perhaps, it was precisely because of this weird sixth sense that Qi Xiaotong had the idea of investigating the matter.
Although she currently lacks civil servants to govern the world, there is no shortage of strange people. In particular, scouts and spies with high martial arts skills are basically equipped with a vehicle-mounted fighting force.
Having more people is not only more powerful, but also the efficiency of doing things is quite high.
Just as the sun was setting, the reply came through.
According to secret reports, this mysterious wealthy businessman is a Korean who is proficient in Chinese culture, and his name is Kim Yunho. In the past two years, he also gave himself a Han Chinese name that brings prosperity and fortune, called Jin Liufu.
Meaning: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, harmony, filial piety.
Needless to say, the result is exactly as it sounds.
This person's business is prosperous, his business is all over the world, and his wealth reaches three rivers. It is said that his comprehensive financial strength has reached three-tenths of that of Sun Dacai.
What?
Is Gao Li Bangzi so good at doing business?
In fact, not really!
According to the spies, Jin Liufu's business ability was very average and there was nothing extraordinary about him. The reason why he has become so big is mainly because of Qiongzhou Province's opening-up policy.
how do I say this?
Is such that.
This guy has an extremely keen sense of smell. When the Confucius Institute was first established, he decisively got involved in it. Moreover, I also got a diploma that can show my face as I wished.
After that, he successfully passed a series of examinations from the Municipal Shipping Department and obtained preferential policies related to business and trade. After all the preliminary work was done, he changed his mind and directly started working as a monopoly dealer between Qiongzhou and Goryeo.
In this way, he quietly made a fortune.
But the question also arises, why did this guy suddenly give up his main business and start an unprofitable timber business instead?
Among the currently known profiteering industries, timber trafficking is not included.
Regarding this confusion, the spy also gave a relevant explanation.
He said:
The Goryeo government is currently purchasing a large amount of ironwood, and this special wood only grows in southern China, so he went to Qiongzhou for consultation.
It turned out that because this kind of wood was on the verge of extinction, with less than a thousand trees in stock, governments in various places unanimously issued bans on logging.
In this way, Jin Liufu was busy in vain.
However, just when he was about to give up this idea, he suddenly learned about it from the Haijia caravan traveling between Qiong and Australia. In the primeval forests of Australia, a towering giant tree called 'Almond Eucalyptus' grows widely.
The average diameter of this tree is more than three feet and its height is more than three hundred feet. It is praised by the locals as the king of tree species.
Gee, there is such a wonderful tree in this world?
After learning the news, Jin Liufu regained hope and hurriedly rushed to Australia again.
After making an on-the-spot investigation, he immediately proposed the idea of purchasing large quantities of eucalyptus almonds. However, local merchants are unwilling to undertake this work.
Because this kind of wood is too common in the local area and it is impossible to sell it at a good price.
As a last resort, Jinliufu had no choice but to sell at a high price.
As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there will be brave men. In fact, it is true.
However, this move also unexpectedly drove up the price of wood.
The above is the outline of the whole thing.
After listening to the above report, Qi Xiaotong immediately ordered: "Go and pass the order quickly, and you must not cut down excessively. In that case, supply will exceed demand and the price will plummet. As for Jin Liufu's order, I will arrange for Xie Jiong Your Excellency, please handle it yourself."
"yes!"
Oh, what a coincidence.
Say Xie Jiong, and Xie Jiong will arrive.
In fact, he has already paid attention to this matter and is currently planning to report it to the president.
After meeting, Qi Xiaotong first reiterated what he knew, and then asked him directly: "Master Xie, in your opinion, why did Jin Liufu spend so much money to acquire it? In other words, what is the use of these woods? ?”
"Usage?" Xie Jiong was stunned at first, and then said with a wry smile: "How could I have guessed this? Wood has a wide range of uses. It can be used as furniture, mule carts, and wooden boats and oars. It can be found everywhere in daily life. , It’s really difficult to judge.”
Xiaotong smiled and said: "In my opinion, the real use of these woods is to build warships. The iron smelting technology of Korea is very backward, and it is impossible to build large ships with steel keels. Therefore, they also You can only choose wood as the base.”
"You said... it's used to build battleships?"
"good!"
"Teacher Luo Yuan once taught me that ironwood has fine texture and extremely hardness, making it an ideal material for building ships. However, because of its high price, it cannot be used by civilians, so they can only be seen on military ships. Figure. If we take this as a lesson, then Jinliufu must have been entrusted by the King of Goryeo to go out to purchase military supplies under the guise of trade. However, contrary to expectations, they did not get the ideal iron wood, so they had to , I had to settle for the next best thing and come to Dahua to buy eucalyptus almond instead.”
So that’s it!
The president is the president, with clear logic and sharp eyesight. Just a few words can make people see the light and enlightenment.
Okay, let’s discuss business first.
Will these pieces of wood be sold?
Xie Jiong thought for a while and remonstrated: "Korea is only bordered by Dafeng. In addition, it is only bordered by Fusang State across the sea. With such few neighboring countries, they built a navy to deal with it. Who? According to my guess, it is most likely targeting Dafeng. Based on this consideration, these timber must not be sold, otherwise, it will be an act of digging one's own grave."
"Um……"
Although Xie Jiong is an official of Dahua, he still cares about China in his heart and has no intention of forgetting his ancestors.
It is indeed admirable to have such character.
Qi Xiaotong sincerely praised this.
"Our country has just been founded, and we are in urgent need of foreign funds to replenish the national treasury. Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such an opportunity to rip off customers? In my opinion, these timbers must be sold!"
"But……"
"There's nothing special about it. If you have money, why not make it?"
However, when her words changed, she added meaningfully: "However, when we deliver the wood, we can cut the wood into small pieces so that they can only be used for building fishing boats, but not for building ships."
Isn't this... a bit too deceptive?
However, it is indeed brilliant!
Xie Jiong laughed a few times, and then took the order and left.
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