Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Very well, the business is done. Let's drink and talk slowly."

The general custom is to serve wine first, and then talk about things. Zhang Shouren did the opposite, talking when he was sober, and then served wine. You can't look at it with the eyes of an ordinary martial artist.

Think about it carefully, how can someone who can kill more than [-] heads of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and train such a strong soldier be mediocre!

At this time, it was nearly midnight, and the officers retreated to rest. Only Ma Hongjun, Zhong Xian, Zhang Deqi and others sat with them. It was twice as far away and there was a journey, it was extraordinarily hard work, and I hadn’t eaten much. At this time, the banquet was served, large pieces of fat duck and braised sea cucumbers, and the steamed sea fish were extraordinarily delicious. The dishes were good, and the wine was also well brewed. Zhang Shouren personally I raised a cup to persuade them, saying that it was brewed with spring water from Laoshan Mountain, steamed and brewed several times, it was very strong and strong.

The Liao region was bitterly cold, several Liao merchants worked hard, now that their minds had settled down, the wine was indeed not bad, and they immediately changed their cups and drank to their heart's content. [

"Shaobao, if Fushan sends a ship to pick up the goods every time, I wonder if it will be empty?"

"Besides the ballast, I haven't thought of any other cargo."

"Pig iron, how about grain? It is very suitable for ballast. Once these goods arrive in Liaodong, they will be ten times more profitable. Moreover, with these two kinds of goods, the joints are easy to pass. Even if Manchuria knows it, there will be no words Can say."

These few Liao merchants dared to make this request only at this time, and they pretended to be unintentional when they said it, but in fact, in the trade between the two sides, what the Liao merchants want most is these two things.

Pig iron and grain!

These two are the goods that are most lacking and most valued by the Eight Banners.If these Liao merchants can bring a whole ship of grain there, I am afraid that Huang Taiji will personally meet them, and the private trade can completely become the open trade allowed by the highest level. Not only can they make money, but they can also gain political trust. It is much more lucrative than doing business in private.

Just like Shanxi merchants did, but Liao merchants can do better.After all, shipping by sea saves time and effort. Shanxi merchants need to transfer a shipment of grain from outside the mouth. If a stone of grain enters Liaodong, at least two stones of grain will be used as travel expenses. Not to mention expensive, it will take a long time. If there is any trouble, the pass will be closed at any time, and smuggling will be more laborious and costly.

Sea transportation is completely different. The sea distance from Dengzhou to Lushun is extremely short, and it is much closer to Liaoyang and Shenyang from Lushun to Liaoyang and Shenyang than to detour through Mongolia.

The three businessmen all looked at Zhang Shouren with burning eyes.

Zhang Shouren stopped drinking, his face also showing a pensive expression.From this incident, it can also be seen that food is really very important. He is very grateful in his heart that he has spent a lot of money. Even if he can't make ends meet now, he still wants to rejuvenate the farm. Now it seems that this move is very correct.

Marching and fighting in the south, there is little possibility of food shortages. The northern provinces such as Henan, Shandong, Liaodong, etc. may fall into a crisis of food shortage at any time. From this point of view, the main reason for the Qing Dynasty to win the world is that it entered the customs smoothly at the beginning of the founding of the country. After winning Jiangnan and Huguang, the Southern Ming Dynasty went through repeated efforts, and the efforts of Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo and others always fell short. The most important reason is that Jiangnan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other grain-producing areas have always been in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

It is absolutely impossible to agree to the Liao merchant's request.

He is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention national sentiments and the attitude of taking the Qing Dynasty as the number one life and death enemy, even in terms of his status as a military officer of the Ming Dynasty, using food to support the enemy is a person who is ashamed of the emperor and the court, ashamed of the gods thing.

He had already made arrangements for this matter, and while he was pondering, Zhang Deqi smiled and said to several merchants: "A few of you are from Liao, do you know whether to smoke or not?"