Due to the need to go to sea frequently, the houses on the island are very simple, and some tents are set up at random.

Bandits like them, who have been begging for a living at sea for many years, basically live in the cabin of a ship.

When they got off the ship, they all took the silver and went to the richer places along the coast and threw it lavishly until they ran out of money.

Wang Youzhen followed the big shipowner to the stone house, which was not very well built outside, but it was quite luxurious inside.

Hats, chairs, coffee tables, screens...... It's all utensils made of red sandalwood.

The tea utensils used for drinking water are all high-quality official kiln porcelain.

On the walls of the dilapidated stone house, there are all kinds of calligraphy and paintings, although they are placed in a disorderly manner, but all of them are made by famous artists.

The big shipowner is very complacent about the ornaments in the stone house, elegant or not, but it is definitely face-saving.

There are many things that the big shipowners and other seafarers do to buy and sell, such as yarn spindles, cotton cloth, grain, and so on.

As long as you earn money, you will not refuse.

The biggest business I did was robbery, and most of the ornaments in the stone house were robbed.

The big shipowner didn't know what Wang Youzhen was going to do this time, so he took the initiative to ask Wang Erlong's face: "What kind of business is Mr. Wang going to do?" ”

Wang Youzhen did not directly say that the cheap cotton cloth was traded, but first probed the bottom: "I heard that there is a cotton cloth trade between the big shipowner and the notch of Yancang Village. ”

The big shipowner nodded and admitted the matter: "Yes, although we are licking blood on the knife edge. ”

"But it's impossible to grab merchant ships every month, and the brothers spend a lot of money every day."

"Basically, I'm doing robbery and selling foreign goods at the same time."

Wang Youzhen confirmed the transaction between Heidao Haikou and Caokou, and asked again: "I don't know what the price of cotton silver is for Caokou and the heroes and heroes." ”

When the big shipowner heard this, he probably guessed what Wang Youzhen meant, he was going to do cotton cloth trading.

The big shipowner was able to sit in the position of second-in-command of the entire Black Island, not only because he was more cruel than any other pirate, but more importantly, he was also a good hand at trading.

The big shipowner originally wanted to push down the silver price of cotton cloth, but he glanced at Wang Erlong, who was standing next to him, and said the silver price truthfully: "The silver price of cotton cloth is not high. ”

"Three coins of silver."

When Wang Youzhen heard this silver price, he nodded slightly, this silver price is not high.

Before going to Heidao, Wang Youzhen made an estimate of the cotton cloth trade between Caokou and Heidao Haikou.

The minimum is three coins of silver.

The Black Island Pirate is not a serious businessman, and there are not many people who dare to do business with the Haikou, so the price of silver will naturally rise slightly.

In addition, there is also pressure from the government, and if Caokou is found out by the government to do business with the Black Island Bandits, he will inevitably have to go to the prison cell.

As a result, the silver price of cotton cloth has risen a little, which can be the right thing to do.

Wang Youzhen didn't expect Caokou to be so bold, and he only sold it for three coins of silver.

The big shipowners are engaged in foreign sales, unlike the Xiangma in Fuyan Mountain, where there is a quota for the goods they eat.

The Black Island Fur Kou basically eats as much as they want.

After all, the cotton cloth in the hands of Heidao Haikou can not only be sold to the cloth village near the Shandong Buzheng Division, but also to the south of the Yangtze River, and even to the South Seas.

In this way, the trade route of the Black Island Haikou was wider, far exceeding that of Fuyanshan Xiangma.

Another major reason why Wang Youzhen wants to take the line of Heidao Haikou is because of this.

The Black Island Kou was able to eat cotton cloth in large quantities.

The biggest advantage of industrial machinery is that it can be mass-produced and cheaper.

The biggest shackle restricting the development of industrialization is the market.

As long as he can catch the line of Heidao Haikou, Wang Youzhen will have a big market for Yanding to eat.

Wang Youzhen cautiously calculated in his heart, calculated the open and dark accounts in it, and said directly: "I have set up a line with the Helan East India Company. ”

"Now he buys and sells cotton cloth for a captain of the Landong India Company, and the silver interest he gives to the Wang family is not a monthly money, but a share bonus."

Speaking of the word red, the big shipowner also knows it.

Not only because Daming already has a means of buying and selling stock bonuses, but also because Haikou has more contact with Western customs.

The red-haired ghost established a joint-stock company and a stock exchange market as early as the Wanli period.

However, the ticket number in the West was established for a relatively short time, and the Ming Dynasty had a ticket number, and the red-haired ghost only established a bank in the Wanli period.

The big shipowner nodded, indicating that he understood what Wang Youzhen meant, and motioned for him to continue.

Wang Youzhen said very calmly: "Two coins and five cents of silver." ”

When the big shipowner heard this outrageously low silver price, he first frowned, and then said with some displeasure: "What does Mr. Wang mean by this, is he playing tricks on us sea cowards?" ”

When the big shipowner heard the price of silver for two and a half cents, not only did he not get excited or ecstatic, but he was angry.

The reason is that the big shipowners absolutely do not believe that there is such a low price of cotton silver.

It's definitely Wang Youzhen playing with them.

At this time, a grumpy shipowner suddenly stood up: "You little cub, don't think that if Wang Erlong is here, you can play with us pirates." ”

"To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu has killed more people than you have ever seen."

"Now I talk to you in a good voice, that's because I respect Wang Erlong for being a man, and I respect Wang Erlong for piercing the Black Island."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Erlong's slightly narrowed Danfeng eyes looked over.

The shipowner, who was in a rage, suddenly died down when he saw Wang Erlong's action.

glared at Wang Youzhen fiercely, and sat back on the rosewood official hat chair, the anger on his face did not diminish at all.

All the other shipowners had the same thoughts in their hearts as this short-tempered shipowner, and Wang Youzhen was playing tricks on them.

Two coins and five cents of silver have been pressed on the cost line of cotton cloth woven by all the workshops of Daming.

Wang Youzhen knew that after saying this, the shipowner of Heidao must have reacted in this way.

In this era of small-scale peasant economy without industrial machinery, the cost price of cotton cloth will never be less than two and a half cents.

Whether it is the Ming Dynasty, or the Western Helan East India Company, the British East India Company, etc., the cost line of cotton cloth is basically about two dollars and five cents of silver.

For Wang Youzhen, even if the price of silver is pressed at two and a half cents of silver, he still earns, even more than the three coins of silver of the bureaucratic squire.

I made a lot of money.

Wang Youzhen didn't want to break the outlook on life formed by Heidao Haikou for so many years, and said seriously: "It's really only sold for two dollars and five cents of silver." ”

"There's one condition, though."