Zhao Fujin looked at the two brothers who were still stunned, and said funny: "Uncles, don't think that this price is too high, in fact, this is normal, we want to calculate some losses and then set a reasonable price." The uncles were lucky on this trip, and they came all the way safely, and the loss was very small. But there are exceptions, there are those who are unlucky and it is very likely that a shipload will sink in the sea, sometimes there may be casualties when encountering pirates, sometimes the waves are too strong and it is very likely that the goods that cannot be wet will be scrapped in the water, and sometimes this trip earns that trip and loses a fine light, so the one who runs the sea business must first be prepared to either earn or lose death. Maritime merchants everywhere understand this, so the price of this cargo is ten or twenty times higher than the cost, and everyone defaults. When my uncles buy goods from here again, they will find that some of the goods of this country that our family is also selling, and the selling price is dozens of times higher than our purchase price. Because there is also an inland merchant who buys and sells in the middle, and adds a few percent of the profit to it, even if the price is so high, there are still people who buy it, isn't it? ”

Uncle Ah Jing hurriedly shook his head: "No! No! We didn't think the price was too high, but we were very glad that you came and helped us recover a lot of losses, otherwise we would not have been able to recover the silver even if we cried to death. ”

Zhao Fujin smiled, that's right! They may not sell a bowl for a dozen yuan, but it is also possible to ask the merchant to buy the bowl for a maximum of twenty yuan each. Their main cargo is porcelain this time, and if they lose more than half of it in this regard, it will be a trip in vain.

When Uncle Ah Jing thought of these things, he couldn't wait to give the silver to Zhao Fujin immediately to express his gratitude. It's just that he also thought that Zhao Fujin was helping his nephew and son-in-law's family, so he gave him the silver, just afraid that it would cause dissatisfaction among his nephew and son-in-law's family. Then he asked his brother, "Then should we secretly give him the money or give it to our nephew and son-in-law first, and then let my nephew and son-in-law pass it on to him?" ”

The boss thought for a while and replied, "Let's let my nephew and son-in-law hand it over to him!" We can explain the situation to our niece and son-in-law, and he will decide the rest of the matter. After all, Zhao Fujin is willing to take care of us. It's also because of my nephew and son-in-law. ”

"That's right! The nephew and son-in-law are big officials, and the family is so rich, they don't care about such a small amount of money. I will definitely help transfer it to Zhao Fujin. ”

Uncle Ah Jing glared at his younger brother: "What are you thinking?" The nephew and son-in-law are not officials, and the family has no money, so you can't think of the nephew and son-in-law so badly. ”

The younger brother is trained by the elder brother. I can't just laugh angrily, and my mouth is still muttering to justify my original intention: "I know! I don't think about my nephew and son-in-law in a bad way, I just think that Zhao Fujin is helping their family do things, and it makes sense for him to give it or not. ”

"You! I still don't know about my nephew and son-in-law's family! Children who grew up in their parents, no matter how much money they earned. They will give 1510 to those children, and never take half a penny from the children. Zhao Fujin They can also bring goods, and it is said that they can earn a lot of money on one trip. ”

The two brothers were talking in the room, and on the deck outside, the concubine of the landlord's family was complimenting Wang Shoucheng. Because Wang Shoucheng knew that he was the one who had harmed Xiaohu in the first place, he had always respected him, but because Wang Shoucheng was Xiaohu's cousin, he was close to him, and longed for Wang Shoucheng to help him say good things in front of Xiaohu.

"Uncle Wang! You've had a good time! Listen to them. As far as you are the best at doing business, saying that the things you bring are selling at the highest price, people are happy to say that your goods are the best. Uncle! Tell me how to do business and teach me! ”

Wang Shoucheng looked at this person, he really didn't know how to speak. He has been doing business independently for more than ten years, and he has been an apprentice for almost 20 years, can he be like these laymen? And this business is the accumulation of experience, and I have suffered losses and bargains, how can it be taught in a few words?!

"If you run a few more times, you will naturally understand, and no matter how much you are told, you will not understand." Wang Shoucheng's tone was a little cold.

This man is not a fool. Of course, he knew that doing business was not something that could be said in a few words, he just wanted to find a topic to chat with Wang Shoucheng so that he could get closer. So he laughed dryly: "Hehe! What Uncle Wang said is that Uncle Wang earned a lot this time, right? ”

Wang Shoucheng felt more and more annoying that this person was very annoying. No matter how much he earns, can he have as many as them? He scraped together only 10,000 taels of silver as a book, because he was not familiar with the market, so he made some ordinary porcelain and silk to follow. Like them, there are embroidery, ready-to-wear, auspicious knots, glass utensils, fur sweaters, shoes, bags, and clothes made of squeezed silk, with many varieties and small quantities. When I arrived at the wharf, before I unloaded, I was divided up in advance by several overseas businessmen in the same company, and the price was as much as I said, and I didn't press the price with them at all. He made porcelain and silk have long had the usual price in other countries, even if it is a little higher, how high can it be?

However, when he thought of what he had gained from this trip, he still couldn't help but feel excited in his heart. Although he used to deal with some maritime merchants at the southern wharf, he already had an idea of how much profit they would make on a business trip, but he was still confused that he could earn so much on this trip.

He can't compare with these people who have a minimum capital of 50,000 taels, but compared to the hard money he earned by moving the goods from south to north before, this trip can be regarded as making too easy to earn, and he feels a little rich. Not counting the goods brought back, he brought more than 90,000 taels of pure silver alone, which was several times more than what he had earned in the previous 20 years combined.

People who had already seen the shoreline ran to the deck and shouted. These people know that they can't sit on the Lord, and they have to discuss with each other what goods they want to bring on their next trip and what goods will be more profitable, and when they will set off again.

They were accompanied by Jesse, one of the four foreigners who came to Wangjiazhuang for the first time, and he brought several well-known scholars from their country to study the steam engine of the Wang family and the glass produced by the Wang family.

Their country also has a steam engine and glass, but it is not as advanced as the Wang family. The steam engine they made was like an air bag that expanded and contracted cold, and could only be used for the purpose of pumping water from underground wells. The Wang family's steam engine can obviously be used for more production machinery and has a wider range of mechanical functions. And then there's glass, and they can also produce glass, but no matter how much they deal with it, they can't handle the bubbles and the white cloudy impurities.

Not long after their fleet docked, the old lady in Wangjiazhuang got the news. Ziqing hurriedly ran into the house and shouted loudly: "Master! Grandma! My dad they're back! ”

Grandma doesn't do things like sweeping the floor and feeding pigs, but she can't be idle. When I have nothing to do, I like to go to her oversized pigsty to see how the pigs grow. Her jerky workshop is getting bigger and bigger, and the amount of pigs that need to be purchased is also large, and the cost has increased too much. After discussing it with the whole family, they decided to make a few pigsties of their own. Ask a few people to come back and help them raise pigs. Unexpectedly, the pigs were raised more and more, and they now have six large pigsties, and the pigsty and the people who feed the pigs are all on a newly bought piece of land next to the field of Xiaohu's house across the river from her house. She had just seen a batch of pigs coming home that was about to be slaughtered. I was thinking about talking to my father-in-law, killing a pig and inviting the people in the village to eat. Every time their family was in a hurry to ask for goods, the people in the Zhuangzi, whether they were from their own family or outsiders, came to help as soon as they shouted. After finishing his work, he left, and he didn't even eat a meal, but this time he just rushed the pig out of the slaughter and slaughtered a treat.

As soon as she entered the door of the hall, she was about to raise her voice and prepare to talk to her father-in-law, when she heard Ziqing of the third family calling: Dad is back!

Immediately turned around and ran towards the courtyard gate. looked at the blank space outside the gate, then turned around and asked Ziqing angrily: "Ziqing!" You've been an adult, why are you still lying? ”

Ziqing jumped to his feet to defend himself: "Grandma! Dad, they're already docked at the South China Sea Pier! The steward over there sent a message back with a bird, and asked our family to prepare a few wagons to wait at the river crossing, and they all had to unload some things and bring them home. In addition, there are some goods brought back that they will send to the capital for sale. ”

Although the old lady was deaf, Ziqing's voice was too loud, and he still vaguely heard a word or two, so he walked out and asked, "Ziqing!" Who do you say is back? But the third son is back? ”

Ziqing replied loudly: "Yes! Master! My dad is back, and he's already at the South Sea Pier! ”

Although the old man helped the third grandson at the beginning, he begged the second child to let him go to the ocean to run business. But he was more worried than his son and daughter-in-law. The more the old man thought about it, the more he was afraid that if he suddenly became unwell one day, he would not be able to notify his third grandson to come back to see him off. The third grandson finally came back safely, and he was finally at ease. He made a secret decision. No matter how much money he could make in this business, he would never agree to his grandson to go so far again.

Grandma Ziqing saw that her father-in-law nodded and didn't speak, so she asked Ziqing: "Is it your cousin Xiaohu who sued you?" Did they say when they would pick up something at the ferry? ”

"Hmmm! Brother Xiaohu said that it will take a while for them to transfer from the South China Sea to this side, so we don't need to be too anxious. Grandma, let me take someone to the ferry, okay? ”

"Your two younger brothers can't just ask for leave in the school. Only if you want to go to the academy, you can't go to the academy if you don't want to, who else can you pick up if you don't want to pick it up?! ”

Ziqing looked at her grandmother speechlessly, why did she have to say something so blunt in such a blunt tone?

Here, Xiaohu is also informing several other families to make an appointment to go to the river crossing to pick up things together.

followed everyone to the crossing of the river to see his father's Ziqing, and when he learned that the goods he was going to receive were actually nearly 100,000 taels of silver, he was so frightened that he couldn't stand up after standing up several times.

Wang Shoucheng lovingly knocked on his son's head, and joked with a smile: "Son! This little bit of money scares you like this bear? Your dad and I'm going to take you on the next trip! You can't do that! ”

Ziqing heard his father say that he would take him to the ocean next time, and jumped up excitedly, "Really? The excessive surprise made him quickly forget the fright.

Since he won Xiucai, there is no further possibility, he knows his own situation, and has always wanted to give up the path of continuing the scientific examination, but his father always forced him to continue to take the examination. He thought that he would have to stay up with the examination room that made him afraid when he thought about it all his life, but he didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly that his father was willing to let him go, and even more unexpectedly, he was willing to let him do business with him. It made him a little hard to believe his ears! (To be continued.) )