20. Overseas trade
"Alas, I don't want to, but while practicing, I found that practicing calligraphy is also quite fun. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Eleven Niang comfortably enjoys Siniang's horse killing chickens, and she owes a beating.
"Alas, don't let Brother Jin hear this, he will cry to you," Siniang glanced at her and said, "I heard that you are now the fastest in memorizing, the fastest in learning, and the best in writing, even Mr. Qin praised you in front of your grandmother, which can make Brother Jin and Brother Lang envious." ”
"Hmm-" Eleven Niang groaned comfortably and said, "Fourth Sister came here today to teach me a lesson?"
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. Siniang pushed her, but Eleven Niang quickly dodged, and then lay in Siniang's arms and tickled her, and the two sisters played for a while before stopping.
Mama Li sat on the brocade stool under the bed and concentrated on being a female celebrity, letting the two sisters play.
"Okay, okay, don't play," Siniang, who had been at a disadvantage, surrendered: "I can't play with you!"
Seeing that Eleven Niang withdrew her hand, Siniang sat up straight, and asked Mama Li mysteriously: "Mama, I heard that the Zhao Mansion next door has made a fortune, do you know about it?"
Hearing the word fortune, Eleven Niang immediately pricked up her ears.
Mama Li looked at the two little masters, and kept doing needlework in her hands and said: "Well, I heard a little bit, saying that the ship of the Zhao Mansion went to sea came back, and in just one year, it made twice as much money." ”
Overseas trade! This dynasty can't help but go to sea, great!
Siniang sighed: "It's twice as much in a year! Oh my God, this is too profitable! No wonder Zhao Mansion has been so lively in the past two days, and it actually set off artillery battles!"
Shi Niang was concerned: "Mama, what did Zhao Fu bring back from overseas?
Siniang said: "Yes, yes, Mama, I also want to know this!"
"Of course there is, I heard that there are many overseas gems like stones, they are not worth anything at all, Zhao Fu went to sea this time is Zhao Sanye, I heard that he went out with 30,000 goods, of which 10,000 is still borrowed money, and when he came back in Mingzhou, he sold out most of the goods, and earned 60,000 taels, even if it was the tax money paid to the imperial court, there were 50,000 taels of silver!"
For 90,000 imported goods, the government collects 10,000 taxes, and about 10% of the tariffs, Eleven Niang silently calculated in her heart.
"Wow, now the Zhao Mansion has more than 100,000 family assets, so if you go a few more times, won't the Zhao Mansion surpass the Li Mansion?" Siniang said excitedly, as if the person who made the money was herself.
"That's a bit difficult, I heard that the Li Mansion has millions of assets. Mama Li replied with a smile.
"Mama, what's so difficult about this," Shi Niang counted with her fingers: "If you don't count the tax money, Zhao Fu will earn 60,000 silver by taking 30,000 taels this time, and you can take 80,000 silver next time, you can earn back 160,000 silver, and then next time you will have at least 200,000 silver, you can earn 400,000 silver, and then next time you will have 600,000 taels of capital, you can earn 1.2 million silver, so that the family wealth will have millions?"
Siniang listened in a fog and asked, "Can you really make so much?"
Mama Li will settle accounts herself, after listening to Eleven Niang's words, she silently calculated in her heart, and then happily touched Eleven Niang's head and said: "It's really almost like this, I didn't expect that Miss is young, but she has this intelligence in arithmetic, and Mrs. will be gratified in the spirit of heaven!"
Siniang nodded and said: "The eleventh sister is really worthy of being the daughter of the fourth aunt, and she is so good at settling accounts at a young age." ”
"My mother is very good at settling accounts?"
"Of course," Siniang replied, "The fourth aunt's abacus is even more powerful than Steward Xu!"
What kind of woman is a woman who has "Qi Min's Technique" in her hand and can calculate with one hand, what kind of woman is it, so that Eleven Niang is curious about her own body. What's more, with these two things, how can a woman who dares to open a tavern outside only have so much money left! This really makes Eleven Niang puzzled.
Here they were chatting about the topic of Zhao Mansion, and Mrs. Xu in the main room was talking to the housekeeper, and Xu Boyan was next to her.
"This is sent by the Zhao Mansion this morning?" Mrs. Xu looked at with a small box of spices in her hand.
"Exactly, the little guy who sent things said that this is a high-quality spice, which was purchased by Zhao Sanye in Zhuluo Kingdom, and it is priceless in Hangzhou, so it was specially sent for Mrs. Tai to use, and he sent a post, saying that Zhao Mansion will hold a banquet tomorrow and want to invite the eldest master to come to the house for a gathering. After speaking, Steward Xu handed the post to Mrs. Xu with both hands.
Mrs. Xu opened it and looked at it, so she took it and handed it to Xu Boyan.
Xu Boyan also opened it and looked at the post, and then asked, "Mother, what about tomorrow?"
Mrs. Xu asked Steward Xu, "Do you know who else was invited besides our family?"
Steward Xu replied: "The servant asked the little guy, and I heard him say that he still wants to send posts to the Li Mansion, Zhang Mansion, Wu Mansion, Wangfu, Xie Mansion, Gao Mansion, Liu Mansion, Wen Mansion, Feng Mansion, Zheng Mansion, Jiang Mansion and the county government. ”
Xu Boyan sneered and said: "These people invited are all rich or expensive, what kind of drama is Zhao Fu going to sing? Could it be that after making some money, you want to show off to the whole county?"
Mrs. Xu shook her head and said: "Then the Zhao Mansion is also cautious on weekdays, and the banquet can't be held to show off, I'm afraid that they are here to borrow money, it's just that, since they have posted to so many families, we naturally want to go, Steward Xu, you prepare ten of the best silk horses, and you will give a gift when you go to the banquet tomorrow!"
"Yes!" Steward Xu replied.
After chatting for a morning, Shi Niang knew that as soon as the emperor of this dynasty ascended the throne, he set up a city shipping department (that is, customs) in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Mingzhou, and Hangzhou to encourage maritime trade.
"Alas, when will I be able to go overseas to pan for gold!" Shi Niang hugged her money box and sighed as she counted the small silver ingots inside. Since she knew that Eleven Niang began to get rich, Mama Li took 100 taels from the 500 taels of silver for her to keep, and she took 20 taels to Li Sanbao a few days earlier, and now there are only 80 taels left.
This morning, when the three of them were chatting, they also talked about the matter of the third grandmother of the Li Mansion, and I heard from Grandma Li that the brother and sister-in-law of the third grandmother of Li Fu came, and there was no objection to the misfall of the Li Mansion at all, and the Li Mansion also deeply regretted the accident of the third grandmother of Li Fu, and gave the brother and sister-in-law a lot of property to appease, and then the two sides finished the funeral affairs of the third grandmother Li in a harmonious and friendly situation.