As soon as Gao Pragmatic said this, Cao Gan relieved himself, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "As soon as the young master said this, the little one was relieved." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Gao Shishi showed a hint of curiosity: "Your Baili Gorge is a change of hands, a horse earns two taels of silver, and it only earns more than two thousand taels in a year, although it is not a decimal, but it is not so reluctant, right?" ”

"Young master, I don't know, although our business with the border army is large, but because we sell it at a human price, we don't make much money, and it is indeed about two thousand taels all year round." Cao Gan lowered his voice a little and said, "But we have such a population in Baili Gorge, how can we only rely on this mere two thousand taels of silver to eat?" If there is really only this little money, how can the small one expand the horse team year after year? ”

Gao Pragmatic immediately understood, and suddenly said: "So, are you saying that this deal with the border army is just a way to buy money that you rely on to operate under the nose of the Xuanfu, in fact, your way to make money is still to sell it yourself?" ”

"Young Master, I see it." Cao Gan said with a smile: "The Xuanfu border army is so poor, and the materials that can be used to buy horses in a year are just so many kinds of groceries, and I don't know where to collect them. ”

"Since selling horses to the border army is the price of favors, what is the ordinary market price?" Gao Pragmatic was a little curious.

The smile on Cao Gan's face became thicker, and he said a little proudly: "There are more than twenty taels of geldings in the middle, and more than twenty-five taels of geldings in the upper gelding!" ”

Gao was taken aback: "Doubled? ”

"A little more than double." Cao Gan touched his bald head and said: "Because we can't just buy horses, we can only eat three or four thousand upper and middle geldings a year, except for those who are sold to the Xuanfu border army, we can probably earn twenty or thirty thousand taels from selling horses in a year." ”

Gao Shishi's eyes widened, and there was a turbulent wave in his heart!

It has been two or three years since the opening of the Moon Port, and the tariffs that the imperial court can collect in the Moon Port every year are less than this amount! Gao Gong also said that the tariff revenue of Yuegang is almost 30% of Fujian's annual tax, that is to say, if Yuegang is not counted, the entire Fujian will only pay about 70,000 taels of silver in taxes a year.

This alone can see how big Cao Gan's business is as a horse thief. And he said that they couldn't just buy horses in Bailixia, which meant that there was other business.

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help it, and asked: "Okay, don't say it sentence by sentence, just introduce what kind of business you do and how much you can earn every year." ”

Seeing this, Cao Gan said in his heart: Although I Cao admitted it, but I lost such a big industry, even if your family is rich and respectful, you should look at me squarely, right?

He was not verbose, and said directly: "In addition to selling horses every year, Bailixia will also buy and sell cattle and sheep, and there are about more than 10,000 taels here, but the little one also said just now that cattle are a little difficult to buy in the past two years, so they are mainly sheep; They also bought and sold all kinds of felt skins, horsetails, mules and donkeys, which amounted to more than 10,000 taels. In the whole calculation, we make about 50,000 taels a year. ”

Gao Shishi was overjoyed in his heart, and said secretly: I have found a treasure!

But he still pretended to be reserved and only showed an appreciative smile on his face, and said: "Okay, your business is doing well, and with me in the future, this business can be even bigger." He saw Cao Gan's face was overjoyed, and said: "Since you are more bartering, where did the goods you took out to exchange come from, and what are they?" Are there any obstacles to obtaining the goods? ”

Cao Gan said with a smile: "Anyway, the Mongolians are in great demand in the north, and we can find a source of goods casually, and we will change the things that we just said to the Mongolians." However, when the young master talks about the difficulties in obtaining the goods, there are also some ......"

"Oh, tell me about it."

"Because after all, Baili Gorge is mainly engaged in selling horses, and those who can sell a large number of horses are people with a high status in Mongolia, so what they like are some high-quality goods, and seven silk and four embroidery are their favorite things, but it is not easy for us to get these goods, even if we can get some, the price is not cheap."

The so-called seven silk and four embroidery, seven silk refers to the most famous seven silk cities, including Huzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc., the silk brocade produced is exquisite, famous all over the world, and the four seas are good; Four embroidery refers to the most exquisite and distinctive four kinds of Chinese embroidery craft, including Hunan embroidery, Suzhou embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery. Of course, in fact, in addition to the four embroidery, there are some outstanding local embroidery in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, but the four embroidery is not only exquisite, but also the production and sales are large, so the name is headed by the four embroidery.

Ordinary Mongolians just want to buy some grain and cloth to satisfy their hunger and keep out the cold, but the requirements of the upper-class Mongolian nobles are definitely different, and they also yearn for the high-end goods of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not willing to ask for them if they are not high-end and famous.

However, Gao Pragmatic was happy when he heard the news, and he remembered that some people in China in later generations were like these Mongolians now, and many foreign brands of goods were actually OEM produced in China, but they were often willing to spend a lot of money to buy OEM products, and they did not want much cheaper domestic products of the same quality. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a comparison psychology: my 10,000 yuan of clothes must be better than your 1,000 yuan!

This kind of person belongs to the category of not being slaughtered and unhappy, but you can't say that they just have a problem with their brains: people sometimes need "grade" to stimulate. As long as it is not vain enough to break the law and commit crimes, Gao Pragmatic can barely understand it, so it should be regarded as promoting consumption and increasing GDP.

Turning this line of thought to the Mongols, Gao Pragmatic had other ideas, rolled his eyes, and said: "I will help you think of a way to do this, but it will always take some time...... As long as we have enough money. ”

Cao Gan was overjoyed: "The young master still has such a way?" Sure enough, it is a wealthy family, and the small one can make a package ticket here, if it is really high-grade silk, sell it to Mongolia and earn at least twice as much! ”

Of course, Gao Pragmatic knew that silk, the fist product of China's past dynasties, was hugely profitable, so he only explained the way a little: "My uncle Zhang Shilang, you know, he has a third brother, that is, my third uncle, known as the four sects, is the actual helmsman of the Zhang family's business, he and my mother are the same mother, and they have been based in Yangzhou in recent years, and I plan to contact him...... Presumably, with his connections in the south, this matter should not be a big problem. ”

Cao Gan was so happy that he couldn't close his big mouth, and rubbed his bald head hard: "That dare is good, that dare is good, as long as the goods are guaranteed, even if the income of our Baili Gorge is doubled, the small ones don't think it's a problem!" ”

Gao Pragmatic also smiled, but corrected a little: "In the future, I will talk about our Sanshenyuan." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, Sanshenyuan, Sanshenyuan."