Kai Fu Han

Chapter 209
"Gold may not work, but copper can. So what ratio should be used to exchange it? What is the quality of the coins you make?" Matsuura Yoshinobu asked.

Liu Xinqi took out a few copper coins from his breast pocket. They were all Tongbao coins of recent years. The quality was very good, with clear edges and corners and clear handwriting.After handing it to Matsuura Jiaxin, he said: "For copper coins of this quality, I will exchange them with you for copper materials according to weight. One catty of copper coins will be exchanged for three catties of copper materials."

Matsuura Jiaxin took the copper coins in his hand and inspected them carefully. He found that the quality was indeed very good, surpassing the quality of the coins made by Zhao Guoguan. He nodded and said: "The quality is indeed good, but it would be unprofitable for me to exchange it according to the ratio you said." It's not a good idea, but I might lose some money. It's better to exchange one pound of copper coins for one and a half pounds of copper materials. I can make a little bit, and it also helps the people working below not work in vain."

With a ratio of 1:1.5, Liu Xinqi's profit is estimated to be less than [-]%. Traveling such a long sea route and making such a small profit will make people laugh.

The two officially entered business negotiation mode, one asked for a high price, and the other sat down to pay back the money.

"One pound of copper coins is exchanged for one and a half pounds of copper. Not to mention the manpower and material resources I spent on coining the money, even the cost of running a ship back and forth between Zhao and Japan is not enough. No matter what I ship to Japan, the profit is higher than this. One pound of copper coins Let’s exchange it for two and a half pounds of copper, and let’s each take a step back.”

After several rounds of negotiations, it was finally decided that one pound of copper coins would be exchanged for two pounds and one tael of copper material.

Although this profit is not as good as that of other goods, it is more stable and long-lasting.As long as the ship does not sink, there is basically no risk of losing money.

When doing sea trade business, you need to have goods with a high risk of huge profits, as well as those with large stable quantities and small profits. This is basically the same as the concept of family investment in later generations: small profits to protect capital, huge profits to make a fortune.

And in addition to stable profits, there is another benefit.As long as the Japanese country fully accepts the copper coins produced by the Xinghan League and establishes credibility, then they can try to let the Xinghan League's banknotes enter the Japanese market.

After the two discussed, Liu Xinqi asked him to help buy some cheap grain in Hirado City to avoid running back to Dengzhou with an empty ship.

In addition to grain, Matsuura Jiaxin also provided Liu Xinqi with [-] kilograms of copper materials in exchange for copper coins. Liu Xinqi first paid silver for the first batch of copper materials. After the copper coins were minted, he would then transport them over to exchange for silver or continue to exchange for copper. material.

On September [-]th, all the purchased grain was shipped, totaling [-] koku, which emptied the remaining balance in Hirado City. Once the ships of the Xinghan League left, it is estimated that the price of food in Hirado City would rise a lot.

Liu Xinqi left Liu Xinde in Hirado, along with the Japanese heads of two intelligence organizations, a brigade of naval officers and soldiers, a county-level sand ship and nine morning ships captured in Hirado.

Liu Xinde was a contemporary of Liu Xinqi. When he was in Liujiapu, Qizhou, he and Liu Xinqi were arranged to take refuge in the mountains by the clan. Liu Xinqi invited him to join the hunting team, and he was one of the first dozen or so people to whom Liu Xinqi attached a military card. , followed Liu Xinqi to counterattack Liujiapu. Along the way, he had some credit and some hard work. His original position was the captain of a county-level sand ship.

This person's ability is not very outstanding, but he is pretty good in all aspects. He is a mediocre talent, he is steady, he usually talks less, but he is very capable of execution.

Retaining Liu Xinde as the person in charge in Hirado is because of his stability. The Xinghan Alliance's current policy in Japan is to focus on stability, stabilize this trade route, and continue to deliver supplies to the Xinghan Alliance.

In the following two months, Liu Xinde's main job was to smoothly hand over two acres of land each inside and outside the city, and then recruit local people to train and master the ten ships in their hands (one county-level sand ship, nine The early ship captured in the Battle of Hirado), waited two months later, and the subsequent immigrants sent to the Japanese Kingdom from Toshu arrived, and then slowly developed to the five Kinnei countries of the Japanese Kingdom, opened a business station there, and did business while inquiring about information.

At [-] o'clock on the [-]th, twelve large ships and two full-loaded vehicles set off from Hirado Port. Liu Xinde saw them off at the port, and Matsuura Yixin also came to the port to say goodbye on behalf of the Matsuura family.

Liu Xinqi stood on the deck and waved to the shore. He didn't turn back and enter the cabin until the ship was far away.

Nowadays, Tsuima and Hizen Kingdom basically no longer dare to "make trouble" with the ships of the Xinghan Alliance. Although Iki Island has not yet dealt with it, the families on it are not powerful themselves. They have learned from the mistakes of the Ma Zong family and the Hizen Matsuura family. Presumably, as long as the families on Iqi Island had any brains, they would not dare to cause trouble on the way back to the Xinghan Alliance fleet.Before dark that day, the fleet returned to Tumanan Port and docked at the port for the night. It was planned to spend a day here to rest and recuperate the ships damaged in the previous Battle of Hirado to ensure that the ships were in the best condition before crossing the sea and returning to Noshu. .

On September [-], Zong Laimao, who had returned home, came to see Liu Xinqi again.

"I've been eating and drinking here with you all the time, and I don't have anything to give away. This is Iwami country's specialty honey. I think it's the sweetest honey I've ever eaten in Wa country. I'll give it to you."

The servants following Zong Laimao carried two large jars. Zong Laimao opened one of the jars and showed it to Liu Xinqi. It was full of golden honey. If both jars were full, there would be hundreds of them. Kilograms of honey.

Honey is still very valuable in this era, and Zong Laimao's gift is not light.

"Thank you, I like it very much. Shi Jianguo you are talking about? Is Shi Jianguo from Shanyin?" Liu Xinqi asked.

I haven't thought about this "Ishikami" for so long since I came to Japan. Now that Zong Laimao mentioned it, Liu Xinqi suddenly remembered something very important.

"Yes, Ishigami Country in Shangyin is located in the westernmost part of Shangyin, not far from Tsushima Island." Muneyarimo replied.

"Aside from honey, does this Shi Jian country have any specialties?" Liu Xinqi asked again.

"Specialty? Let me think about it..." Zong Laimao thought: "Their ginseng and carp are also good."

They are all about food... Although Muneyarimo's foodie attribute is a disguise, it is also part of his nature.

"What about food?" Liu Xinqi asked patiently again.

"I used to think that the paper made there was pretty good and could be considered a specialty. But since I saw your Xinghan League's paper, I don't think so anymore. Yours is much better than Ishigami's." Soraimo thought about it again. replied.

"Are there any minerals?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"I haven't heard of this. There are many mountains in the country, so there is not much arable land. The mountains and valleys are not very wealthy. If there were minerals, they should have been mined and sold to make money." Zong Laimao replied.

"Oh." Liu Xinqi responded, thinking in his mind: "That means we haven't discovered it yet."

Liu Xinqi directed that Shi Jianguo has a very famous specialty, which is "silver".

(End of this chapter)