Chapter 246: High Profits
The first batch of glass worth 1,000 equal coins of Liang Xin's Liang Chamber of Commerce was successfully transported to General Lin's jurisdiction, and as Liang Xin's partner, Zhang Qing had already taken people and 10,000 taels of silver to wait here.
A business worth 10,000 taels of silver was not a small amount of money for Zhang Qing, but it was not to the point where he personally went out to do so, but if he bought the glass mirror with 10,000 taels of silver, if he sold it all, he would be able to recover at least 50,000 taels of silver.
What's more, this glass mirror business has just begun, and Zhang Qing will buy multiple batches of glass mirrors in the future, which is a business of hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver.
In view of the importance of the glass mirror business, Zhang Qingcai personally went to Linwu County, a very dangerous place near the People's Army-ruled area.
Compared with Zhang Qing, who dared to go out in person, Liang Xin didn't dare to personally escort the glass mirror to General Lin's jurisdiction, it would not be good if he was caught as a spy, anyway, it was just a business worth 1,000 equal coins, even if he added the cost of opening up the trade route before, he would lose it, and it would not make the Liang Chamber of Commerce hurt.
Responsible for escorting the glass mirror is Liang Xin's other henchman Liu Ping, and Wang Youtian is currently waiting for Liu Ping to escort the glass mirror to arrive in the jurisdiction of General Lin.
Finally, the glass mirror of the Liang Chamber of Commerce was successfully transported to the jurisdiction of General Lin, and Wang Youtian and Liu Ping sold the glass mirror to Zhang Qing's Zhang Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Liang Chamber of Commerce.
The Liang Chamber of Commerce obtained a total of 8,500 taels of silver, but only 4,750 taels of silver could be transported back to the KPA-ruled area.
Liang Xin wanted to give 30% of the profits to the big men who were in the normal business of protecting glass mirrors in the Ming Dynasty, a total of 2,250 taels of silver, and also give 20% of the profits to General Lin, who was the most important part of the trade route, a total of 1,500 taels of silver.
Even if the remaining 4,750 taels of silver were transported back to the KPA area, in the end, only 3,250 taels of silver were left in Liang Xin's hands, and 1,500 taels of silver were commercial taxes that needed to be paid to the KPA government.
This commercial tax is undoubtedly very high, much higher than doing business in the area ruled by the People's Army, but Liang Xin is still willing to do this glass mirror business, invest 1,000 equal coins, and then deduct costs, commercial taxes, labor costs, etc., Liang Xin can also get 2,000 taels of silver, which is a business with a profit of up to 200%.
With such a high profit and relatively general danger, Liang Xin is very willing to continue to do it.
The second batch of glass mirrors has not yet been on the road, and Zhang Qing has to wait for Zhang Qing to sell the glass mirrors, if the performance is good, Zhang Qing will purchase more glass mirrors from Liang Xin, and then Liang Xin will send someone to transport the glass mirrors over, of course, you can also reserve a batch of glass mirrors in the border city in advance.
The Ming ruling area is so large, such a glass mirror is easy to digest, but the first batch of glass mirrors purchased by Zhang Qing will only be sold in the Huguang area, and Liang Xin will also not sell glass mirrors to merchants in Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangxi.
In the People's Army's ruling area, Liang Xin is not the only businessman who has successfully opened up the trade route to the Ming Dynasty, under the leadership of the People's Chamber of Commerce, these businessmen have been divided into regions, and the current Huguang area is the Liangxin glass mirror sales area, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi are other business glass mirror sales areas, and the latecomers can only sell glass mirrors farther away.
The Ming ruling area is so large that it is enough for the merchants to divide it, and they can contact the "protective umbrella" in the Ming ruling area, and there are relatively few such merchants.
Not only is it a division of sales areas, but the People's Chamber of Commerce also determines the selling price of glass mirrors, for example, if they sell glass mirrors for 1,000 equal coins to merchants under the rule of the People's Army, the price of these glass mirrors will increase tenfold to 10,000 taels of silver when they sell them to partners, and when they are sold in the Ming Dynasty, the price of glass mirrors will increase by at least five times.
That is to say, the common people in the People's Army-ruled area can buy a glass mirror the size of a palm worth a dime of equal coins, and it will cost at least five taels of silver to buy it in the Ming Dynasty-ruled area.
However, even if the price is increased by fifty times, compared with the glass mirror that was only accessible to the upper class before, the glass mirror is only worth five taels of silver, and the wealthier middle families can afford it.
Zhang Qing sold the glass mirror he bought with 8,500 taels of silver in the Huguang area, and the final income was expected to exceed 40,000 taels of silver, but Zhang Qing could not pocket all the 40,000 taels of silver.
The glass mirror that Liang Xin sold to Zhang Qing had to be shared by General Lin and a certain big man, and after Zhang Qing sold the glass mirror, he also had to give General Lin and the big man a profit share.
Not only General Lin and the big man, but also the transportation of glass mirrors in the Ming Dynasty rule area needs to pay tolls, which is another sense of commercial tax, in the sale of glass mirrors in Huguang all over the country, Zhang Qing also has to give a certain profit share to the cooperation in the local forces.
Even so, Zhang Qing estimated that the final profit of this glass mirror business would be more than 150 percent, and with such a high profit, Zhang Qing could not calm down and personally came to this dangerous place in Linwu County to receive the first batch of glass mirrors.
If there is a second glass mirror business, the value of the second batch of glass mirrors will be higher, and Zhang Qing will have to go to Linwu County to receive the glass in person.
The autumn harvest of the fifteenth year of Wanli is getting closer and closer, and the glass mirror in Zhang Qing's hand has finally begun to be sold in Wuchang City, Hanyang Fucheng, Huangzhou Fucheng and other cities above the level of Fucheng.
Wuchang City is the center of Huguang and the city with the most rich people.
Glass mirror is the name of the Guangdong region, and it is still a glass mirror to ensure the value of the glass mirror.
The people who came into contact with the glass mirror in Wuchang City were more than in the previous Guangzhou City, but almost all the big families knew the treasure of the glass mirror, and there were also a few people who collected a two-sided glass mirror, and the palm-sized glass mirror was worth as much as a hundred taels of silver.
Now, the Zhang Chamber of Commerce sells glass mirrors in Wuchang City, not only the palm-sized glass mirror, but also the half-body size glass mirror, the palm-sized glass mirror is less than ten taels of silver, even if it is the largest glass mirror, the price is only a few thousand taels of silver.
Seeing that the price is so low, the glass mirror was sold out in less than two days, and Zhang Qing made a lot of money.
Originally, Zhang Qing could sell the price of the glass mirror higher, but Zhang Qing did not do it, Zhang Qing felt that this glass mirror business was a business that would appear at least a year, and it would not be long before a batch of glass mirrors would be sold in Wuchang City, at this time everyone understood that there were many glass mirrors and would not buy them at a high price.
Zhang Qing lowered the price of the glass mirror, but offended the people who bought the glass mirror at a high price before, among which there were many powerful people who Zhang Qing could not afford to offend, so it was better to directly set a lower price, make less money, but not offend people.