Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 54
After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Guangzhou Shipping Department was the first to open up.

Then came Hangzhou.

Then came Quanzhou.

Over the past few decades, Quanzhou has become the largest port in the Song Dynasty.

The tax revenue of the Shibo Department accounts for a large proportion of the total tax revenue of Fujian Road.

Quanzhou has also become a big city with a population of several 10.

These are all due to the principle of thinking about business that Quanzhou Shipbuilding Department has upheld since the first city shipping envoy.

So not to mention that more and more local people are willing to go to sea, and more and more sea ships from Fanwai are docking at Quanzhou Wharf.

However, after seeing so many ships, and now looking at the list in his hand, He Ming, the current ship envoy of Quanzhou City, is still a little surprised.

Looking up at Xie Jue and Li Xiang, He Ming smiled and said, "You two have gained a lot this time."

While speaking, he took another look at Xie Jue.

Li Xiang is a well-known sea merchant in Hangzhou with a family fortune of tens of millions. Last year he was willing to come to Quanzhou from Hangzhou and take a boat from Quanzhou. He was very happy.

Therefore, he was not surprised that the two ships brought back 560 million guan.

It's just that Xie Jue is still a novice. A novice can go out with 15 yuan and bring back 180 million goods.

But it was really surprising.

Xie Jue showed off his front teeth with yellow spots (spotted by Mr. Gu) and said with a smile: "It depends on Master Li's guidance, so I can buy good products in Baghdad."

But I was a little annoyed in my heart. It was supposed to be worth 30 million yuan, but the price of pepper in Song Dynasty has increased!
Basra had a large backlog of pepper at that time, and it was cheap, so Guanshi Gong bought 15 catties with a wave of his hand.

It used to be that the selling price of pepper in Song State was only eight guanice per catty, and the combined buying price was less than four guanice, but now it has risen to fifteen guanice per catty, and the joint buying price from the government is seven guanice per catty.

A catty has increased by three guans, which is an extra 45 guans.

Li wanted to buy more pepper. If he hadn't calculated 28% of the 600 catties of pepper as a loss, he would have exceeded [-] million.

Do you want to give advice?
He Ming lowered his head and continued to read the details on the list.

Xie Jue didn't have any valuables in the goods, and it was only five thousand catties of borneol, six thousand catties of agarwood, and ten thousand catties of white sandalwood, which were more valuable, but the bulk was pepper...

The rest of the goods looked like Baghdad specialties. They were small in size, so the purchase price should not be high, but it was a bargain. The price in Song Dynasty was not low, and there was no need to buy together. They were calculated at market prices, so the total value was quite a lot.

Then there is a batch of fragmentary gems, and the gem store specially showed them to him.

A box of unrecognizable rough stones, some big and many small, some maybe not much bigger than rice grains, there are about three or four hundred of them, no wonder the special library doesn't want to order...

And Li Xiang's list has many more precious things.

Not to mention the large amount of borneol and agarwood, even those coral pearls and ivory are also quite a lot.

Of course, minus the valuables, those odd bits and pieces are pretty much the same.

I'm afraid I bought it from the same place...

Look at the port documents of the two of them.

He Ming understood in his heart.

Since this Xie Jue's surname is Xie, I'm afraid he followed Xie Guang at first, and he didn't receive any care along the way, so he couldn't buy valuables.

After encountering a big storm, he got separated and followed Li Xiang.

Li Xiang is a real person. He took him to Baghdad and instructed him on what to buy.

It's just that borneol and agarwood are both Zhuli Sanfoqi's special products, and the only thing Xie Jue can buy along with it is pepper...

Fortunately, I hit it by mistake.

Seeing it clearly, He Ming didn't say much, and returned the list to the special warehouse, and asked them to pick up the goods and buy them.

Then he smiled at Li Xiang: "Has Captain Li ever thought about leaving Quanzhou in the future?"

The price of 560 is just calculated from the price of low-priced syndicated purchases. Li wants to sell it by himself, and it is definitely more than this amount.

As for the port, such a large merchant can collect a tax of 57 yuan at a time, and with the joint purchases, the Yamen can earn at least millions of guan.

It is comparable to drawing ten small boats.

Moreover, such an experienced businessman has a small chance of accidents, so it is worth wooing.

Li Xiang clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, my lord. I also think Quanzhou Port is more suitable. As long as my lord is in power, I will definitely go to Quanzhou Port if I want to go to sea."

He Ming was taken aback for a moment, then understood the meaning of these words, sighed unconsciously, shook his head slightly and said, "To be honest, the two of you came back by coincidence, after the new year, Quanzhou may behave like Hangzhou .”

In the past year or so, the income of the Hangzhou Shipping Department has increased greatly (so much tax has been added), and he can't carry it for so long.

The news just came from the capital a few days ago, I am afraid that the cabinet will implement Hangzhou's practice to all municipal departments at the earliest by the end of the year, and next year at the earliest.

Hey, how old is the emperor...

If the prince is still there, how can those people be allowed to act so recklessly!
The current lottery method is already taking profits from the maritime merchants, and if the interests of the maritime merchants cannot be protected, they will inevitably find another way.

Foreign merchants do not know the terrain and conditions, so they can only enter the port, while local maritime merchants are familiar with the terrain, whether it is Fujian or Liangzhe Road, most of them are deserted beaches and bays...

Where can it be prevented?
Didn't he get ashore by pirates this spring because of lack of precautions, burn, kill, and rob...

At that time, it will not be the imperial court that will suffer.

It's just that no one in the imperial court listens to him anymore.

Thinking of this, He Ming's mood faded, he gave Li Xiang and Xie Jue a hand, and got off the boat.

Li Xiang and Xie Jue looked at each other and sighed lightly.

When the first hand was looking at the goods below, I casually mentioned that now the Hangzhou port has changed the raffle rate half a year ago. The pearl is 15.00 cents (60.00% tax), and the low price is 20.00 cents ( [-]%), in the end only [-]% five returned to the maritime merchants.

I heard that they are planning to buy more spices at a lower price.

What's more, the cheap purchases at Quanzhou Port are at least 30.00% of the market price, and those at Hangzhou Port are less than [-]% of the market price.

In this way, more than half of the profits returned from the desperate and risky work in the sea merchant whale wave hurricane will be taken away by the Shibo Department.

"I'm getting old too, just right, take a break for a few years." Li Xiang chuckled lightly.

Although he didn't earn as much as Xie Jue this time, but with the gold, the final net profit should be 500 million.

enough.

"Master Li, don't you sell your goods in Quanzhou?" Xie Jue asked with a slight frown.

After the inspection by the Shipping Department, the goods can be unloaded and sold in Quanzhou, but if you want to leave Quanzhou for sale, you need to check the official documents again when you go out.

Li Xiang thought for a while and said, "If there are suitable businessmen in Quanzhou, I would like to unload some of the spices."

Xie Jue understood, Li thought this was to persuade him, if there is a suitable price, he would sell them all to big merchants, it would be easier for him now.

Xie Jue nodded and said, "Well, that's fine, I'll just follow Master Li."

"If the two of you want to sell goods, I have someone who can introduce you." Shi Bosi happened to pass by, and when he heard the two talking, he poked his head over and said, "That is a big businessman from the capital. Some diptero and agarwood to go back, but the ship that came back recently didn’t bring any diptero agarwood, saying they couldn’t find the goods, so they have been waiting in the city, if you two want to sell, don’t worry about the price.”

Li Xiangmo.

Well, Xie Jue ordered Zhu Li and Sanfoqi's diptero agarwood with tea cakes, it's no wonder others can buy them.

(End of this chapter)