Smuggling Daming

March in Yangchun is the best time of the year. Xia Qianfeng, a businessman who came to Shuangyu Port again from Nanjing, stood at the bow of the boat. Kind of a smile.

Last time Xia Qianfeng shipped a batch of silk from Nanjing. He wanted to sell the silk and buy a batch of pepper back home, but because of an accident at the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the pepper at the port was priceless and he couldn’t find it after searching for a few days. Pepper seller.But he had already received a deposit before, and he almost smashed his signboard in the end. Fortunately, Beigang Tea House launched a reform and posted a shipment list, which allowed him to find a batch of pepper and preserve his reputation.

Thinking of what happened last year, Xia Qianfeng, who was always smiling, couldn't help sighing. It was the last time he sold goods last year, but he only made some money on silk. As for the pepper he bought at a high price, instead of making money, he He also lost a little, because of this he felt a little unhappy when the Chinese New Year was over, so after the Chinese New Year, he immediately prepared another batch of goods to Shuangyu Port, and finally made back the money he lost last year.

With the successful experience of last time, this time Xia Qianfeng brought two big boats again, and the cabins were all bought high-quality silk, worth more than 5000 taels of silver, which was already half of his net worth. If this transaction If it goes well, at least he can make a net profit of more than 1000 taels. At that time, he will buy a batch of goods from Nanyang or Japan and ship them back, and the profit will be thousands of taels after changing hands.

Thinking of earning more than 2000 taels of silver this time, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help forgetting the unhappiness of last year, and even half-closed his eyes, leaning on the bow of the boat and humming a ditty.

Just when Xia Qianfeng was humming a ditty.His two ships finally entered the Beigang area, and this time he deliberately stopped at the port area controlled by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. This place is relatively close to Beigang Tea House. He had already thought about it on the way here. Listing for sale in teahouses not only saves trouble, but also sells quickly.

The two cargo ships docked slowly at the pier, and Xia Qianfeng woke up from his dream of making money. At this time, the people on the pier had already boarded the ship to check the cargo on board.Then a tax bill was issued according to the value of the goods. The accounting office on the ship had already prepared, and the taxes on the two ships were settled quickly.

Naturally, Xia Qianfeng didn't have to worry about such trivial matters as paying taxes. After he ordered the men he brought to guard the goods carefully, he walked towards Beigang Teahouse with the tax bill he had just received.If you want your goods to be hung in the Beigang Teahouse, you must let the people in the teahouse see your goods with their own eyes.This is mainly to prevent the owner of the goods from cheating.

However, if the ship is parked at the port of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, you only need to go to the teahouse with the tax bill. As long as you pay the money, you can quickly post the information of the goods, and you don't have to wait for the people in the teahouse to check the goods.But if it stops at a port controlled by other chambers of commerce in Beigang, it can only wait for the people in the teahouse to check the goods slowly.It is for this reason.That's why Xia Qianfeng chose the port of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce as his first choice.

Xia Qianfeng boarded the pier with the tax bill, and looked around.It turned out that compared with the last time I came here, the port area of ​​the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has undergone some changes. For example, there are more poles for lifting goods on the pier, and the shipyard adjacent to the west seems to have expanded a lot. Although Standing at the pier, I can see the situation in the shipyard clearly, but just listening to the noise of work over there, I know that the factory must have recruited a lot of people.

"The young owner of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is indeed not an ordinary person. It has only been less than half a year. It has brought the fragmented Nanyang Chamber of Commerce back to life again, and the port is different every time. It seems that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will rise again!" Xia Xia Qian Feng looked at the changes in the port and said a few words with emotion. At the same time, he thought of the sons in his family who were also in their teens. The sons in his family could do nothing but eat, drink and have fun. A comparison can piss people off.

Thinking of those useless sons at home, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help shaking his head helplessly, but he didn't slow down at all, and soon came to the Beigang Tea House.The current Beigang Teahouse has changed a lot. If a businessman came here for the first time after the Chinese New Year, he might not be able to recognize the original Beigang Teahouse in front of him.

I saw that although the original Beigang Tea House stood at its original location, the empty square around it has disappeared, because the entire square has been surrounded by walls, and a lot of buildings have been added inside the walls. These buildings are similar to the original Beigang Tea House. Together, it was named "Beigang Trading Center" by the young owner of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, but this strange name obviously does not meet the tastes of most people, so people still call it Beigang Tea House in habit.

Xia Qianfeng had already been here once a few years ago. Although the entire trading center hadn't been fully completed at that time, it had already established some foundations. Therefore, he didn't seem too surprised to see the changed Beigang Tea House before him.

Xia Qianfeng walked to the gate of the trading center, and then showed the tax form in his hand to the guards in front of the gate, and the two guards let him go immediately.There are two ways to enter the trading center. The first is to show the tax bill of the port. Of course, it must be issued by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. The tax bills of other chambers of commerce will not work at all.The second way is to pay money, one tael of silver can buy a pass list, this list allows people to enter and exit at will within ten days.

After entering the gate of the trading center, a straight avenue appeared in front of Xia Qianfeng. With this avenue as the boundary, the whole garden was divided into east and west parts. The east part was called the Buying Area, and there was a Buying Hall in the Buying Area. If there is any kind of goods that a merchant needs, and the seller cannot be found temporarily, they can go to the begging hall to list for purchase.To the west is the shipping area, which also has a shipping hall.

Xia Qianfeng came to sell goods this time, so he naturally went to the shipping area. He walked quickly to the shipping hall. The whole hall was very distinctively constructed. The hall was divided into several areas according to the types of goods sold. , each area has several notice boards with various cargo information posted on them.

Xia Qianfeng entered the hall and turned right, came to the counter in the center of the hall, handed over his tax bill to the shopkeeper inside, and after paying another sum of money, the other party picked up a pen and wrote his silk information on it, Then ask the buddy to post it to the silk trading area.

After seeing his silk information posted, Xia Qianfeng did not leave immediately, but was going to walk around the shipping hall a few times to see what goods were for sale. After all, after he sold the silk, I will definitely have to transport a batch of goods back, and I can feel confident after looking at it now.

But just when Xia Qianfeng turned around and was about to leave the counter, suddenly the old shopkeeper inside stopped him, and took out a piece of paper full of writing and handed it to him, saying: "Treasurer Xia, our chamber of commerce recently Launching a new business can double your income from this batch of silk, if you are interested, you can come to me to handle it at any time."

Xia Qianfeng's eyes lit up when he heard what the other party said to double his income, but then he looked at the other party suspiciously, and asked in disbelief: "Boss, are you Make fun of me, what new business can double my silk income?"

The shopkeeper was obviously used to Xia Qianfeng's questions for a long time, so he smiled and didn't explain, but just stuffed the paper in Xia Qianfeng's hand and said: "This can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences, But this piece of paper is clearly written, you can find a place to take a good look, I believe you will be interested!"

Xia Qianfeng was puzzled, took the paper and walked to the side, found a seat and sat down to read it. As a result, he just read the beginning, and immediately attracted his whole mind to the paper, and then began to be serious. After reading the content on the paper several times, I couldn't help showing a look of excitement and hesitation on my face.

It turned out that the paper in his hand did introduce a new business of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. The content of this business was very ordinary. According to the above introduction, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was willing to provide ships and manpower to transport the goods of the owner to overseas transactions. The profit is divided between the owner of the goods and the chamber of commerce, and the proportion of the share varies according to the type of goods.

This list is very detailed, especially at the bottom, and there are some common commodity sharing ratios, such as Xia Qianfeng's silk, if it is handed over to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce for overseas trading, then he can get all [-]% of the profit.Although it is still the Chamber of Commerce that takes the bulk, it is not an exaggeration to take the bulk because they have taken great risks in providing ships and manpower.

In addition, overseas trade is at least ten times the income, and the 5000% profit is four times the value of the goods. In other words, if he can successfully trade the goods of more than 2 taels, the silver he will get will be as high as 2000. Two, the income of [-] taels is ten times higher than he expected. Just thinking about this ratio makes Xia Qianfeng feel excited, and he can't wait to hand over the goods in his hand to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to ship overseas to trade.

However, Xia Qianfeng has been in business for many years after all, knowing that there is no such thing as a good thing in this world, so he quickly calmed down and reconsidered the new business launched by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. Money is not so easy to earn.

To do this business with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Xia Qianfeng must first entrust the goods to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce for transportation. This requires him to have absolute trust in the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and he will not worry that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will swallow his goods.Xia Qianfeng can do this. After all, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is one of the four major chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port, and it is impossible to lose its reputation because of its small amount of goods.In addition, before the goods were sold, Xia Qianfeng would not get a penny, and if the goods were lost in storms and waves at sea, he would lose everything.

Thinking of the risks he had to bear in this business, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help hesitating, but soon he thought that if this business was completed, it would bring him nearly 2 taels of income. It also made him feel hot again: With such a large profit, it seems worthwhile to take a little risk? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)