Chapter 21 Hot Spot
However, Chen Zuxiao's example did not cause a chain reaction.
These people are the noble forces behind them, and many members of the royal family are involved, representing almost half of the upper class forces in the entire Ming Dynasty. If calculated as total capital. One to twenty million taels is an undercount. Lan Yu made a fortune in Goryeo.
But these people are not a windfall. This was still a short period of time since the sea was opened, and not much wealth had been accumulated. In a few years, it is estimated that their wealth will be even higher. A single person may not be as rich as a country. But together they are, absolutely.
Otherwise, tariffs would not surpass salt taxes and become the second largest tax after land taxes.
Although these people are under the command of Xungui, they are all housekeepers and servants. But all of them are human beings. After all, if they run a good business. Naturally, one is superior to others. Even local officials don't care too much.
But once something goes wrong with the business. Their fate will definitely not be better than that of the refugees.
How can these people blindly follow other people's judgments.
Everyone looked at the products carefully with a smile on their faces. From time to time, whisper to the receptionist.
Yang Zhen knew that this was the time when horse bones were sold for a thousand pieces of gold, and the market must not be left cold. Yang Zhen said: "Brother Chen, you are so heroic. There are now a total of 600,000 horses. Calculate the total to 60,000 taels. Any cash or grain will do. I'm just sorry, these are all ready-made. It is impossible to change. But we accept reservations." "
During the former King of Goryeo's reign for several decades, he probably only produced one to two million pieces of this kind of cloth. But Liaodong was only the result of last year and half, which was also due to the shortage of raw materials. Last year there was war in Goryeo. The cultivation of traditional hemp materials in Korea was delayed for a while. But last year, He Xi had already reached an agreement with Gao Li. But it won’t be available until the second half of the year.
These 600,000 horses were obtained after He Xi collected all the flax materials from Liaodong, Korea, Shandong, Hebei and other places.
But, to be honest, people in the Ming Dynasty grew hemp mostly for their own use. Not just weaving. There is also hemp rope. and a series of things that people need daily. I didn't even think about selling. If it were before, it might still be sold, but as Zhu Yuanzhang promoted cotton cultivation.
Cotton has replaced linen in the market.
Linen materials are even rarer.
Not much can be collected.
That's all.
Chen Zuxiao was stunned and said, "Sixty thousand taels?"
Chen Zuxiao is here to support. He had not thought about how high the price was. I also didn't expect the price to be so low. Ordinary burlap, which costs less than a penny a piece, is available. But that kind is only worn by poor people. But this linen is different. Smooth and delicate, thin and even slightly translucent. It's top quality at first glance. It's not as good as silk, and the price should be around three cents per piece.
Don't underestimate these three cents. In bulk goods transactions, this reduction is not a small amount.
Not only Chen Zuxiao was surprised, but others were also surprised.
The shopkeepers were gently calculating in their hands, but it was not fortune-telling. But settle accounts. This is also an ancient algorithm. The details will not be elaborated here. In a moment, several shopkeepers calculated the profits of this batch of goods. Thirty thousand taels, at least 30,000 taels can be earned.
The disadvantage of Liaodong compared to Jiangnan is that it takes thousands of miles more to travel from Liaodong to Nanyang. Although shipping has become very mature in recent years. But the cost still increases. When this cloth reaches Nanyang, it can be worth at least twice as much, two coins a piece, or even more.
Remove boat shipping costs. Earning thirty thousand taels is already an undercount.
Even if you plan carefully, it is not impossible to earn 40,000 taels.
It's just that I didn't do the calculation for a while.
Several shopkeepers were really jealous at this moment.
Yang Zhen said with a smile: "That's not all." Then he asked four attendants to take out a roll of linen cloth from one side. Then it unfolded. For a moment, after a piece of linen was unfolded, many people were surprised. I don’t know who said: “The width is wrong.”
All talent discovered. There seems to be something wrong with this.
Although cloth, whether silk or cotton, was a bulk commodity exported by the Ming Dynasty. But not all businesses are working hard on it. It is normal for some people to be familiar with it and for others not to be familiar with it.
Anyone familiar with it can tell at a glance that the cloth is much wider. At least half a foot.
You must know that a piece of cloth is four feet long and half a foot wide, which is not a small number.
This has been said before. Loom for home use. It's almost the width of a person's arms. Because people need to shuttle back and forth. No matter how wide it is, it will be difficult to operate. Now it has been changed to mechanical. In fact, it can be as wide as you want. Of course, it's too wide. How many feet wide it needs to be, and there will be other problems.
But adding half a foot to a foot is a small problem.
But the sweetness cannot be given enough at one time.
That's why we made such a decision.
But even so, it is a surprise for many people.
Many managers immediately overturned their previous expectations, because half a foot more was almost equal to one-tenth more than a piece of cloth. The price of this kind of wide cloth should be higher. It's not impossible to sell it for two or three cents in Nanyang.
Profit needs to be re-estimated.
As a result, someone naturally spoke. Said: "Brother Chen, you have a great career in the Nanyang family. But you can't leave no benefits to your brothers. This will make it difficult for everyone to go back and explain. This time everyone has come all the way here."
"It can't be a waste of time. Besides, do you have enough shipping for 60,000 horses?"
Everything was said for a while.
Although Chen Zuxiao felt that under his operation, this business could earn around one hundred thousand taels. After all, the biggest difference between the Lu family's business and these families is that the Lu family's business can reach Tianzhu. If this batch of linen can be resold to Tianzhu, the price can double again. More profitable.
But the Lu family's business also has flaws.
That is Lu Zhongheng has no foundation in the court.
Although Lu Zhongheng is a noble person. But like Zhu Yuanzhang, he came from the lowest level of the common people. Before joining the army, his personal wealth was only a few buckets of rice. After he became rich, he didn't know how to make money except breaking the law and discipline. This made him miserable. The salary and land on hand are not enough to support his life. Among the nobles, they are almost the poorest.
Because of this, Lu Zhongheng did not have any business network in Ming Dynasty. The things he purchased were mostly from cooperation with the companies in front of him. There are two main businesses that the Lu family does. The first is to sell Nanyang's products to the Central Plains, and the second is to sell Ming's products to the West.
So the person in front of me. You can offend one or two, but you must not offend them all.
Moreover, Chen Zuxiao really didn’t have enough ships to carry 60,000 pieces of cloth. It is estimated that there will be at least 40,000 to 50,000 boxes of goods. Not many ships came today. It is estimated that they are all filled up to get this amount. He also wanted to borrow someone else's boat.
After thinking about it, Chen Zuxiao said: "That's natural. This is the courtesy of the consort, how can I have the nerve to keep it to myself?"
It's just one thing to be embarrassed to keep it all, but another thing to share it.
After some discussion, the 60,000 pieces of linen were all gone.
And the scene became heated.
These are businessmen who are more interested in making money. I came here because of the ideas and favors of the big guys behind it, but now that I found out that I was making money, I naturally became more excited, and the whole scene became heated.
There are also inquiries about the prices of other items.
Yang Zhen answered one by one. Of course, they are all about 20% lower than the market price.
It's just that the inventory is relatively small.
In fact, many stocks are more than just small? Simply not. For example, salt, sun-dried salt depends on the season. Can we get salt on the coast of Liaodong? Of course it is possible. But winter is absolutely impossible. Not to mention whether the sun could possibly dry out the sea water, let’s just say that the sea water is frozen. Along the coastline, there are layers of ice ranging from a few meters wide to a mile or two wide. How to get dry salt.
But other goods, such as paper. Such as ironware, etc. All are in stock. Especially iron, there is a large stock. It's just that He Xi didn't dare to sell more. Because arms exports are related to national strategy. The imperial court must nod in this regard, and the imperial court’s nod is the business of the Taiping Iron Works.
But iron is a necessity of life. Nanyang naturally has huge needs. There are some places in Java that produce iron. It's just that the current situation in Java is that the two powers are facing each other. It has changed from export to import.
