Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 406
The person who greeted him was Sun Shoulian, a guerrilla guard patrolling northern Liaoning. Wang Tong turned around and saw Sun Shoulian standing by the river, smiling and bowing to him.

Sun Shoulian was still wearing the armor of a military general last time, but this time he came here with the appearance of a wealthy businessman, with a coat with money pattern on the front, a glamorous body, but with his gestures and beard all over his face, he still looks like a warrior.

Sun Shoulian walked over with a smile on his face, and said:
"We said goodbye last year in the twelfth lunar month, and Sun only came today. I wonder if Mr. Wang is anxious about waiting?"

"There, there, if Mr. Sun hadn't invited Wang to this post, Wang would have almost forgotten about the affairs outside the pass."

The two sides joked a few words, laughed, and walked to the river together. The porters by the Hai River had arrived and began to unload the goods from the boat.

Wang Tong and Sun Shoulian stood aside, and Sun Shoulian sighed and said:
"Today when the boat enters the Haihe River and sees the bustling shore, Sun thought he had come to the wrong place. The place was still desolate in the twelfth lunar month last year, and it has become such a bustling market in less than a year now. If it weren't for Sun If you see it with your own eyes, you won’t believe it.”

Wang Tong once sent people to investigate the market of goods outside the pass in the pass, and there is not much profit. On the contrary, it will make a lot of money to sell goods from inside the pass to outside the pass. But if this is done, in Tianjin It is more convenient and more profitable to sit on the ground and wholesale.

"Several large items in Liao Town are in the hands of the commander-in-chief's family. Sun can't get in. This time, he just brought some deerskin and other furs of various colors, medicinal materials such as tiger bones, ginseng, and velvet antlers. Shanzhen also brought some."

Hearing Sun Shoulian's words, Wang Tong couldn't help laughing and said:

"Master Sun knows what to sell!"

Deer skins and furs are indeed bulky goods in Tianjin Wei, but Tianjin Wei is just a place of transshipment. The furs are sold overseas to make profits. The taxes and prices abroad are high, and the profits are of course high. As for tiger bones, Ginseng, velvet antler, and other delicacies of various colors, there are always rich and powerful people in all over the world, and there are always needs in medicine shops and pharmacies. Sun Shoulian brought these, even after the tax is deducted, he can still make a lot of money.

Sun Shoulian smiled triumphantly, and said:
"Master Wang, although Sun has only come here now, he opened a shop in Tianjin Wei in April. The news on the market is very clear, and he knows how to make money!"

This was also expected by Wang Tong, and Sun Shoulian continued:

"Master Wang, Mr. Sun wants to ask for favors from you. The price of this buckskin is expensive, but the tax on it is too high. Can you reduce it by one or two? The reduced money will belong to you, isn't it you?" I am convenient."

Wang Tong shook his head with a smile, and said:
"I collected this money for the palace. A few days ago, the new admiral and eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor refused to pay the tax. I sank his ship with cannons. It is really unaccommodating."

Hearing Wang Tong say this, Sun Shoulian was stunned for a moment, stared at Wang Tong for a while, saw that Wang Tong was downplaying, but it didn't seem like he was talking nonsense, and after a little awkward silence, Sun Shoulian clasped his fists and said with a wry smile:

"Master Wang is really unique, Sun admires him."

The sea-going ship was not too big, and the furs and medicinal materials on the ship were quickly loaded and unloaded. Wang Tong was very familiar with this set now. For this kind of cargo, Sun Shoulian, as the general of Liao Town, really didn't need to come alone.

Liaozhen is different from other border towns. Liaozhen is the same size as several provinces in the interior, and it is always a military town without civil affairs officials. It means that all the power is in the hands of one person. Land tax, cattle and horse trade, salt tax, tea tax, and commercial tax are all divided up by the generals guarding layers. Selling, although there is a lot of profit, but in comparison, it is nothing.

While Wang Tong was wondering, Sun Shoulian showed a complacent look on his face, and said with a smile:

"Master Wang, I don't know how the market of Tianjin Wei Timber is going!?"

The topic suddenly changed to this, Wang Tong was stunned for a moment, not knowing what it meant, but the soldiers around him were awake, and hurried to the nearest warehouse to call a shopkeeper over.

Hearing that Wang Tong was summoned for something, the shopkeeper who was called over was terrified and relaxed a lot when he saw Wang Tong's amicable face. Upon hearing Wang Tong's inquiry, the shopkeeper immediately replied:

"My lord, the wood in Tianjin Wei is the first-class commodity."

"Oh?"

Wang Tong was a little surprised that wood can be found everywhere, how could it be a cheap commodity?
"Thanks to the great blessing of the great master, everyone's business is doing well. Everyone wants to open a store and open a storefront to do business. The master is repairing inside and outside the city, and the people of Tianjin Wei are also constantly building new houses inside and outside the city, and renovating old ones. Houses, building houses, do not need wood, and the ships on the canals on the Haihe River also need wood for construction and repair. The fire organ workshop outside the city also uses a lot of wood. I don’t know what to use inside and outside. How many go in, but our North Zhili has always been short of wood, let alone Tianjin Wei, a new place..."

Hearing this, Wang Tong finally understood, and the shopkeeper continued:

"I use a lot, I need a lot, and the price is soaring upwards. Everyone has made money and has money to buy, and the price keeps rising. Nowadays, the capital, the Baoding mansion, There are also large wood merchants from several prefectures in Shandong who have opened wood yards in our Tianjin Wei, and the daily prices flow in and out. I went to buy it outside, but I couldn’t find it. Finally, I found a few wooden sticks and nailed it randomly. Alas, not to mention the wood, even carpenters are in short supply. Now that the wages have tripled, it is not possible to find someone. Even the carpenters from Hejian Mansion and Shuntian Mansion come to Tianjin Wei..."

He babbled non-stop, but Wang Tong had already learned enough things, he smiled and ordered his soldiers to give the shopkeeper five taels of silver, and seeing the anecdote leave with gratitude, Wang Tong turned his head and said to Sun Shoulian :
"Brother Sun, don't be a fool, do you have any way to deal with the shortage of wood?"

The shortage of timber restricted the construction speed of Tianjin Wei and increased the construction cost of Tianjin Wei. In terms of that life, this was considered a bottleneck. Sun Shoulian's complacency seemed to have a solution.

"My lord, there is nothing else outside the pass, but there is no shortage of this big tree. I don't know how many there are in the deep mountains and old forests. We have it outside the pass, and the lack of it here, isn't it just complementary?"

Listening to Sun Shoulian, Wang Tong also laughed, and Sun Shoulian said while the iron was hot:

"My lord Wang, there is such a shortage of wood now, Mr. Sun sent someone from outside the customs to send it over. If it is not convenient, this business is really meaningless!"

If there is something missing, they should be attracted with favorable conditions. This is also the theory that Wang Tong learned in that life. Wang Tong said after a moment of pondering:
"Timber sales can be tax-free when entering Tianjin Wei. In the timber yard and corresponding shops, there is no need to hang safe signs. There are also discussions on loading and unloading costs."

This condition is very generous. Judging from the current situation of Tianjin Wei, it is equivalent to making a lot of money by transporting the timber. Of course, Tianjin Wei itself has also benefited from it.

However, what really made Wang Tong make this decision was the shopkeeper's words "ships on the canals on the Haihe River". In this era, shipbuilding must have high-quality logs. At present, only outsiders can supply them.

Hearing Wang Tong make such a promise, Sun Shoulian nodded with a smile, and said:

"With Mr. Wang's words, the brother can rest assured. The brother is not someone who doesn't know how to do things. From now on, any business related to the brother will not be lost. As long as the profit is made, there will be Mr. Wang [-]% of the profit."

Wang Tong nodded and thanked. In the official relationship, the other party offered benefits. If his family rejected them all, it would actually arouse the other party's suspicion and dissatisfaction.

Having said that, Wang Tong asked:
"Brother Sun, when will the timber from your side arrive? Tianjin Wei and Liao Town are not far away. It is already August. If you come back, I'm afraid the sea will be sealed off. How come there is still time?"

Hearing Wang Tong's question, Sun Shoulian laughed out loud. The two parties had just talked for a long time and they had gotten to know each other quite well. Sun Shoulian reached out and patted Wang Tong's shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Master Wang, it's dark under the lamp, it's dark under the lamp!!"

When he was told this, Wang Tong was taken aback for a moment, and he realized that he was a little bit astonished. He couldn't help laughing out loud. Sun Shoulian did bring a big log with him this time. Every seagoing ship had a big raft hanging behind it. Wasn't it the logs that bound the raft? What is wood.

With such an adjustment, the relationship between the two parties became closer again. Sun Shoulian said:
"Take the Shanhai Pass to enter Yongping Mansion, and go to the capital by land, whether it is far or near, the special products of fur and medicinal materials will not make much money by sea, but this big tree can be so easily transported without water, Timber is a commodity in Tianjin Wei, but such huge logs are worth a lot of money in Beizhili and even the surrounding provinces."

Wang Tong nodded. There was a fire in several temples between the capital and Tianxia, ​​and large trees were needed to make beams and pillars. However, these large trees in the northern and southern provinces have been cut down. There are some in Yunnan and Guizhou, but they can't be transported out. Use wood splicing to deal with it. Looking at the big wood in front of you, not to mention Tianjin Wei's own needs, I am afraid that everyone will rush to buy it as a treasure.

"Brother Sun, since the transportation is difficult, how will such a big log go to sea?"

Wang Tong suddenly thought of this, and asked aloud, Sun Shoulian showed a sly look, and said with a smile:

"The trees were cut down at Fort Kuandian, pushed along the hillside into the river, tied up into rafts in the river, and drifted to the seaport to hang on a sea boat. It's very convenient."
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