Several major families in Ningbo support the opening of the sea on the surface, but secretly perfunctory.

asked them to contact the Fujian maritime merchants, and they did contact them, but they dragged out negotiations, and did not allow Zhang Xuan to directly contact the maritime merchants. In a fit of rage, Zhang Xuan no longer paid attention to these big clans, and went directly to Fuqing to discuss with the maritime merchant Xue.

Wang Yuan also sent a letter to invite Ningbo Haozu to come to Hangzhou to create a dental shop.

These guys thought that Wang Yuan gave too little share, and they were reluctant to express their attitude - Wang Yuan planned to set up ten major dental stores in Hangzhou, each of which could only invest in one dental bank, and the shares should not exceed 20%, which was to prevent one company from becoming dominant.

Other merchants also found it difficult to make up their minds to join the company, first, they were worried that Wang Yuan would not be able to contact the maritime merchants, and secondly, they were worried that the matter of opening the sea would be repeated.

July 28.

On the sea surface of Hangzhou Bay, more than 30 sea ships suddenly appeared, which immediately made the Qiantang Navy Division feel like a great enemy.

Fortunately, according to Wang Yuan's request, a huge flag was hung on the mast of each sea ship. The flag is inlaid with black edges on a blue background, and the word "Ming" is embroidered in the middle.

The pirates did not dare to sail into Hangzhou Bay, so only one-third of them were sent in, and the remaining two-thirds were all on guard outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the ship is coming." Wang Yuan said to the businessmen with a smile.

At this time, the harbor was not yet fully built, and there were only a few berths. The merchants followed Wang Yuan to the dock, and when they saw the ship, they were immediately overjoyed, and finally they didn't wait in vain!

The goods of the merchants from Suzhou and Hangzhou are all piled up on the side of the warehouse, and the earliest ones have been waiting for nearly a month.

Wang Yuan can't give the silver harvest, and it is impossible to harvest it officially. Hangzhou Yaxing didn't dare to accept it, for fear that it would be difficult to get rid of it, anyway, he had been waiting stupidly, and Wang Yuan was exempted from warehouse storage fees.

The goods were counted, and the certificates of stock of each house were stamped with the governor's seal.

With so many businesses involved, and a big seal is used, no one dares to swallow it privately, otherwise the lawsuit can reach the capital.

"It's ...... Pirate? "Someone recognized it.

"Governor Wang is really strange to appease so many pirates!"

"It doesn't matter if he's a maritime merchant or a pirate, he can sell his goods and go to sea. If the sea ship doesn't come again, I will pick up the freight and go to Ningbo. ”

“……”

These merchants on land stood on the dock and discussed.

Chen Shuangxi had scruples and did not dare to enter Hong Kong in person, so he only sent his own financial deputy.

The deputy of finance was named Zheng Shen, and after getting off the boat, he gave up his hand and said, "General Wang, the two ships you want have been brought with the sailors." ”

"Well," Wang Yuan asked with a smile, "aren't the other pirates willing to surrender their ships?" ”

Zheng Shen said: "They are all small doors, how can there be a sea boat to offer?" Everyone is going to spend money to buy Haiyin. There are one or two of them, and the silver can't be turned around a little, can you give it back to the ship? ”

Wang Yuan was very generous: "As long as the ship comes, the sea will owe the silver first." ”

He got three ships from Lu Qianhu, and Chen Shuangxi "dedicated" two more ships, and Wang Yuan now has a total of five sea ships, which can already be regarded as a powerful maritime businessman.

Wang Yuan suddenly shouted: "Hang the dragon flag!" ”

Disciple Bao Chaoxiang led the crowd to board the ship, took out the five-sided dragon flag, and hung them all on his own boat.

Everyone was shocked.

A businessman asked, "President Wang, is this the ship of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Except for today, who else dares to hang the regimental dragon flag?" ”

The Ming Dynasty forbade officials to do business, but since the Hongzhi Dynasty, officials have sent domestic slaves to do business, and Emperor Zhengde took the lead in sending eunuchs to do business. The ancestral system of the Emperor Ming has long been destroyed!

Wang Yuan opened the sea this time, not only to increase customs duties for the imperial court, but also to do business in partnership with the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao shared 50% of the profits from going to sea, and Wang Yuan shared 20%. The remaining thirty percent is collectively enjoyed by the disciples of the physics school, some are donated to the School of Physics, some are subsidized by poor students, and the rest is distributed to the disciples who opened the sea with Wang Yuan this time.

A gentleman should also be said to be profitable, and use interests to tie many disciples together.

Wang Yuan turned to those merchants and said, "There are too many goods in the warehouse, there are many land merchants who sell goods, and there are many maritime merchants who harvest. If you refuse to join forces to open a dental shop, then this overseas transaction will be presided over by this official to preside over the auction. ”

No matter how businessmen or pirates are suspicious, they don't know how to buy and sell.

Wang Yuan summoned each pirate in charge of the harvest, issued a number plate to each family, and then gathered outside the warehouse for an auction.

Jiang Xin presided over the auction meeting, and did not explain anything, but started directly: "The goods auctioned today will be carried out in the order of warehousing. Now the auction Huzhou Fulongsheng transported 500 catties of raw silk, the starting price is 1,500 taels. Willing to bid the maritime merchants, please raise the card, each time the price increase, not less than fifty taels! ”

Disciple Bao Chaoxiang was in charge of going to sea for Wang Yuan, and he held up a sign and said: "One thousand five hundred taels!" ”

No one dared to bid, for fear of losing Wang Yuan's face.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "If you want to increase the price, you can add it, don't keep your hand." ”

The deputy of a pirate felt that the price was very low, and couldn't help but hold up a sign and say, "I'll increase the price by fifty taels." ”

Jiang Xin immediately said: "No. 4 A, the price increase is fifty taels, is there any price increase?" ”

Seeing that this person didn't eat and hang, someone immediately raised the price, until it was 1,700 taels and finally stopped.

This 1,700 taels of raw silk, after deducting the customs duties and other costs, will make at least 5,000 taels of net profit when it is shipped to Japan.

It's not gross profit, it's net profit!

During the Zhengde years, it was quite good, and the profit of Sino-Japanese trade was about three to five times.

When the sea was banned during the Jiajing period, the profits once rose to more than ten times, and such huge profits led to more and more crazy smuggling at sea.

Wang Yuan's opening of the sea is good for small pirates and small maritime merchants. Otherwise, the net profit of 5,000 taels will be divided into a lot to deal with the government, and the filial piety silver is far higher than the tariff on going to sea.

Jiang Xin settled the sound, and the pirate who photographed the raw silk was immediately taken to inspect and pick up the goods, and then hired people to move them to the ship on the spot.

Jiang Xin continued: "The goods auctioned today were all valued by the old shopkeeper of Yaxing. Therefore, the inspection and valuation are exempted, and the following auction of Suzhou lacquerware is a number, with a reserve price of 1,200 taels! ”

No pirate dared to raise a card.

The raw silk before is good to say, and the silk transported from Huzhou is not much worse. Now I just say that there are a number of lacquerware, and I don't know how many pieces, let alone the quality, it's just a blind guess.

"One thousand two hundred taels." Bao Chaoxiang continued to hold up the card.

Those pirates didn't know that Bao Chaoxiang, as a disciple of Wang Yuan, knew that today's auction reserve prices were all slightly lower than the market price.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Xin saw that there was no one bidding, and immediately auctioned Xingmu: "There are a number of Suzhou lacquerware, and 1,200 taels are sold, which is auctioned by Jiazi No. 1!" ”

The pirates immediately understood that the reserve price would definitely not suffer.

From mid-morning, until the evening, the ships arriving at the port were finally full, and more than 60% of the pirates in the waters of Zhejiang came.

On the second day, 34 sea ships went to sea collectively under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to doing business, they also have a mission. If you encounter a lone ship on the way, you can directly attack it, and share the looted goods with everyone - Wang Yuan stipulated that Chinese merchant ships with sea attraction must gather more than ten ships to go to sea together, and the Chinese fleet of less than ten ships must be illegal smuggling!

The pirates were happy to go to Japan, and the land merchants were happy to keep their mouths shut. Because there are no middlemen to eat the difference, they make more money this time than before, and it is the first time they have tasted the sweetness of opening the sea.

There is still a lot of cargo left on the shore, just waiting for the next batch of sea ships to arrive.

Wang Yuan convened the merchants again to discuss the establishment of a dental store in Hangzhou. This matter must be led by the government, otherwise it will definitely spontaneously form a tooth shop, and then be controlled by a few big businessmen to send and receive goods.

Well, Zhao Yidao and Lin Fatzi have been detained in the Governor's Mansion and are undergoing rounds of fatigue interrogation.