Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 245
The tribal patriarch was startled, and said: "What, what are you talking about?... How can you be so rude, a senior official of the Ming Dynasty?"

Huang Laifu looked at him coldly and said: "If you barbarians dare to make such a noise again, beat me out!"

Governor Yang whispered beside him: "Huang Junmen, isn't it inappropriate to do this? My god, I treat people with courtesy. If it spreads like this, will it make the barbarians uneasy?"

Huang Laifu said lightly: "Mr. Yang, our Shanxi town can open a market with the captives, which is already a great kindness to them. If you still want to do something wrong, it will be in vain."

He said: "Mr. Yang, you must know that the money for this reward comes from the commercial tax of the city. If every barbarian wants to reward, where do we get so much money to reward?"

Governor Yang made sense after thinking about it. He coughed and said, "Then do as Huang Junmen said!"

Only the young minister of the Taipusi looked at him coldly, and when he heard Huang Laifu's words, he thought to himself: "If you are a rough man, you won't even pay me a mere reward, it really embarrasses me, Daming."

The tribal chief wanted to say something, Huang Laifu waved his hand, and Xie Qingkui drove them away with a group of wolves like tigers.This person will also be listed as an unwelcome person by the city, and will not be allowed to enter the customs trade in the future.

At this time, the surrounding area was crowded with Han and Mongolian merchants watching the excitement, and only then did they realize that it was the Chief Soldier and the Governor who had come.For all this, the Han merchants just watched the fun.

Although the Mongolian merchants felt a little uncomfortable, no one dared to say anything.Originally, some Mongolian merchants also mentioned the matter of rewards after the transaction was completed, but they were rejected by the officials and officials.Anyway, now that the mutual market is free and the profits are abundant, if there is no reward, there will be no reward.Especially after today's incident, they even gave up the idea of ​​rewarding him.

After some minor disturbances, Huang Laifu and others continued to inspect some places in the city.Although the market has not been open for a long time, the place is already quite spectacular, not to mention all kinds of civilian goods, but horses. Today, more than 7 official horses are traded, and the average price of each horse is 07 taels of silver. Among them, more than [-] horses of lower quality were resold to merchants and people, and they could earn a huge difference in price between them.

Seeing that Huang Laifu was secretly jealous, the trade of this horse was really a great source of wealth, but it was a pity that it returned to Taipusi.And the young minister of Taipusi looked at the bustle and bustle of the city, and he must have collected a lot of business taxes in a year without needing rewards. In this way, there would be more money in Huang Laifu's pocket. The young minister of Taipusi was surprised, It was also jealousy in his heart, and his eyes kept rolling.

Afterwards, Huang Laifu and others stayed in Shuiquanying Fort for a few days. Here, businessmen and people came and went every day.The news of the opening of the Shanxi Township came out, and it was free trade again, with no time limit.All of a sudden, not to mention the merchants from the Alda tribe rushing to come to trade, even the other tribes in the grassland, and the merchants from the mainland of Ming Dynasty also came here one after another after hearing the news.

The wool trade that Huang Laifu is concerned about is also going on steadily.After the opening of the market, the number of Han and Mongolian merchants entering and exiting the customs from Shuiquanyingbao increased every day. The wool carts and horses purchased from outside the Great Wall passed through the customs in an endless stream every day, which also brought a large number of customs duties to Huang Laifu.

Due to Wuzhai Fort's demand for wool, in previous years, after the summer, many Han businessmen came to the grasslands to transport carts of wool back to Wuzhai Fort, but this trade was still a bit sneaky.After the opening of Shanxi Town, the two sides can openly trade without restrictions, and the number of Han wool merchants operating outside the Great Wall has increased rapidly.

In the grasslands outside the Great Wall, the Mongolian people usually start shearing their flocks in early summer.At this time, a large-scale shearing scene appeared on the grassland.Various tribes set up big tents, and flocks of sheep gathered here from all over the grassland, and were driven into stone pens in batches.The shearer dragged a sheep from the sheepfold into the shearing room and laid it down. The sheep's head was clamped between his legs, and the sheep was cut from the head downwards. The wool was quickly sheared.

In addition to cutting by hand, many Mongolian tribes also use a special kind of scratcher to scratch their hair. This kind of scratcher is made of several thick iron wires more than one foot long. Hook, the front of the hook is a sharp point.The Mongolian herdsmen laid the sheep down and tied its limbs, and scratched the sheep from the calf. Soon, the scratches were covered with thick wool, and then they pushed them into the bag one by one.Sometimes the skin of the sheep will be accidentally scratched, and the blood will overflow immediately, and the herdsman will smear some soil on it.

In previous years, the wool sheared by the Mongolian tribes was piled there to rot. However, since the end of August this year, Han merchants have been going out to buy wool. scale up.Not to mention that many Han merchants came to various tribes, even among the many Mongolians, many wool traders also appeared, and each tribe bought wool from each tribe.

In the past, the worthless things turned into white money. All the tribes in the Alda tribe, from the patriarchs to the ordinary herdsmen, were all very happy.After getting the money, they came to Shanxi towns and cities to purchase the things they needed, and all of a sudden, this kind of economy circulated.

Of course, when those Han and Mongolian wool merchants came to buy wool, they calculated the money according to the grade of wool, packed it according to different grades, and then gathered it to a certain place, and finally shipped it to the customs, forming a dense purchasing network and transportation network.

Guihua City, as the sacred place in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Mongols in the Alta tribe, is naturally the place where the best wool is concentrated.Since August Huang Laifu and San Niangzi reached a cooperation agreement.There are a large number of Shanxi merchants who have received notices and licenses from Huang Laifu, and rushed to set up shops in Guihua City.Since the opening of Shanxi Town in September, more Shanxi merchants have poured into Guihua City, most of them are engaged in warehouses, camel transportation, grain trading and business related to livestock fur.

All of a sudden, there were many shops in Guihua City, and Danan Street, Dabei Street, Dadong Street, Daxi Street, Dazhaoqian, Xiaozhaoqian, Beimen, Nanchafang and other places in the city had initially formed. In the commercial district, all kinds of "pretends", "tricks" and "brands" sway in the wind.

This made the San Niangzi and others in the city very excited. With so many Han merchants coming, they will make a lot of money just by collecting taxes.After purchasing the wool from the surrounding tribes, most of it was collected in Guihua City.The south gate of Guihua City has formed the "Yangqiao Camel Market". Many warehouses have been built here, and a lot of wool is collected here. After some simple processing, it is then transported to Wuzhai Fort. There are several pack teams.

After entering October, the weather outside the Great Wall became colder every day, and the grass on both sides of the pack road became withered and yellow.

The camel bell rang, and a caravan came here.The camel team was not big, only dozens of humps, and each camel carried a huge leather bag, needless to say, it was filled with wool.The leaders are three middle-aged people, and the rest are some Hanmeng guys.These three middle-aged people seem to be people who are used to walking outside for many years. Each of them is wearing an old, shiny old sheepskin coat, and under the leather hood, there are weather-beaten faces.

Looking at the long road ahead, a guy sighed. After a day, his whole body seemed to be falling apart, and the bosses still seemed tireless.He couldn't help but said to someone: "Shi Dong's family, after walking for a day, why don't you take a rest on the grassy slope in front? It doesn't matter that we are cheap, but don't exhaust yourself, Master!"

The middle-aged man named Stone's family was tall, with long hands and feet, and a bronze face. He was the oldest of the three leaders.Hearing this, he said: "Don't worry, go to Zhenlu Fort ahead to rest, so that we can travel a little longer and reach Wuzhai Fort as soon as possible."

Seeing everyone's expressions, he sighed and said, "The owner of the goods is in a hurry. Our Jishengtang was originally opened for a small profit. If we can't deliver the goods on time, and no owner of the goods will come to deliver the goods, don't think about it." There is business."

Another person said: "Brother Shi is right. Right now, from Guihua City to Wuzhai Fort, there are several camel teams, and all of them are rich and powerful. Shuangxingde has 700 camels, and Yuan Dekui has [-] camels. Tianjude has [-] peaks, and even Tianxingheng has [-] peaks, and our Jishengtang has less than [-] peaks, if the goods delivered by the consignors don’t arrive on time, we can only wait for the door to close.”

Another person said: "What the two big brothers said is that the mutual market has just started, as long as we survive this hurdle, our Jishengtang will only become more and more prosperous in the future!"

The three middle-aged people were Wang Xiangqing from Taigu County, Shi University and Zhang Jie from Qi County.Among the three, Yi Shi University is the oldest.Because of the cooperation between Huang Laifu and San Niangzi, various merchants purchased a large amount of wool, and transporting the wool back to Wuzhaibao from outside the Great Wall required a large number of camel caravans.Seeing this business opportunity, several camel caravans have appeared between Guihua City and Wuzhai Fort within two months. Shi University, Wang Xiangqing, and Zhang Jie saw all this and were also tempted. The three of them invested and built the Jishengtang Camel Caravan.But they are not big, so far, there are only dozens of camels.

However, thanks to the mutual market, there are many merchants who go out to buy wool. Although they have little capital, their camel caravan business is still good.They also know that the camel team is small in size and cannot compete with other camel teams. They can only make up for it with diligence. Even Shi Daxue, Wang Xiangqing, and Zhang Jie are the owners, and they must accompany each shipment.

Moreover, Shi Daxue also has a brain. Even if the amount of barter is not large, he tries his best to buy and sell fairly, and the service is considerate, so he is very popular with the owner.Many wool merchants entrust their goods to them for transportation.According to Shi University's plan, his shop assistants will live in Guihua City in the future. After they learn Mongolian, they will form several teams to sell goods to various tribes in the grassland.Xia Tian sells the goods and can exchange them for sheep and horses.If the goods are sold in winter, they can be exchanged for skins.Going on like this, presumably Jishengtang will grow bigger and bigger.For Shi University's plan, Wang Xiangqing and Zhang Jie are also very supportive.

At this time, after everyone encouraged each other, Shi Daxue said: "Everyone, let's hurry up. After another hour, we will arrive at Zhenlu Fort. Then we can have a good rest."

Wang Xiangqing and Zhang Jie also said: "Go, go, work harder, everyone work harder!"

The camel bell rang, and the camel team moved forward again.

Shi University is still at the forefront, although he is extremely tired, his eyes are still firm.

Of course he didn't know that "Ji Sheng Tang" was later renamed to the famous "Da Sheng Kui".

In the original history, at its peak, Dashengkui had 7000 employees and a caravan of nearly [-] camels, almost monopolizing the market in Mongolian pastoral areas. Most of the Mongolian princes, nobles and herdsmen were its debtors.The firm pays dividends once every three years, and in its prime, the dividends per share can reach more than [-] silver taels.

At its peak, it set up branches, semicolons and staff in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces and cities, known as " It is known as the rare goods of 22 provinces".It also opened up a pack road tea road, and its activity areas include the four major parts of Khalkha, Khobdo, Uliasutai, Kulun, Qiaktu, the banners of the Inner Mongolia Leagues, Kuqa, Ili and Moscow, Russia, etc. In addition, it also has business contacts with international businessmen from France, Germany, and Britain.Its capital is very strong, and it claims that 50 taels of silver ingots can be used to pave a road from Kulun to Beijing.

In the original history, Dashengkui flourished in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, but due to the arrival of Huang Laifu, history has changed. Jishengtang, the predecessor of Dashengkui, appeared earlier, and it will be more glorious than the original history.Not only will it enter the entire Asian region, but it will even extend its tentacles to the European market. The clerks among them can speak fluently with various people in Mongolian, Kazakh, Uighur, Russian, and Latin.

Of course, the current Shi University and others certainly don't understand that their "Jishengtang" will achieve such an achievement in the future. After they finally delivered the wool to Wuzhaibao on the delivery date, everyone was relieved and busy again. Go about your business.

After being received by the owner, the bags of wool were first sent to the Wuzhaibao Wool Scrubbing Factory. Accompanied by a strong smell of sheep, the raw wool was processed and greased, and then sent to the Wuzhaibao Wool Top Factory to be made. The wool tops, and then the wool tops are sent to the spinning mill.Then countless female workers weave them into various woolen fabric products.Of course, some wool can't be used for weaving, only for carpets and blankets.

After all kinds of woolen clothes and woolen products are formed, they are finally packaged with the brand "Wuzhaibao" pasted on them, and then they can be shipped.Next door to Wuzhaibao Woolen Mill, there are rows of retail stores where buyers gather from all over the world to select and inspect goods.Soon, these products will be shipped to various places and become one of the best-selling products in Wuzhaibao.

After several years of development, Wuzhaibao Wool Spinning Factory has formed a one-stop chain service of purchase, transportation and sales. It has its own raw materials and products in Junbao Prefecture and counties around Wuzhaibao, and even far away. outlets.Officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty were also proud of using various products produced by Wuzhaibao Woolen Mill, which brought Huang Laifu a lot of money.

And the wool trade between Shanxi Town and the Alta Department outside the Great Wall has also brought the two parties closer. It can be said that both parties are mutually beneficial and form a win-win situation.From the end of August in the 22nd year of Wanli, from Guihua City to Wuzhai Fort, the sound of camel bells continued day and night, an unprecedented event.

(End of this chapter)