In Quanzhou Port, a few days later, a large number of businessmen who came to hear the wind went several times a day, wanting to enter the port to meet Tang Xun to purchase Western goods, but the port was noisy and shouting, and it was not quiet.

At the same time, the guards should further strengthen the patrol of the ports, and no one should approach the ships loaded with goods without authorization.

The Yamen of Quanzhou City had already sent people to come three times a day to ask when they could take over the goods and start the franchise, but Tang Xun did not reply clearly, saying that he would have to wait for the order of the imperial court.

After the exotic materials arrived in Quanzhou, most of them were monopolized by the city's shipping department, and merchants were not allowed to purchase directly from foreign merchants. The city is monopolized, one is to control prices, and the other is to ensure that profits are in the hands of the imperial court.

This time the fleet brought back so many goods, the city division is naturally not willing to be lonely, and also wants to come to get a piece of the pie, but they also know that this time the Yi fleet is the imperial court, the fleet sells itself, and it is also a franchise, and there are court officials in person, they are not good at using words to take the fleet trading rights back to the city, if they are found to have this meaning, the fleet is estimated to leave the port immediately, go north to Mingzhou, and go straight to Hangzhou Bay, and they will not be able to get any benefits at that time.

There are too many goods in the fleet, and Quanzhou, as a large port for foreign trade, is impossible not to leave a part, and the Yamen of the City Shipping Division is not too anxious.

Therefore, when the merchants were closed at the port and went to communicate with the Yamen, the Yamen did not send officials to the port, but asked them to wait patiently and ensure that within a month, everyone could buy the goods they wanted.

The merchants continued to gather at Hanjiang Port and waited for five days, and finally waited for the news they wanted.

I only heard the guard at the gate of the camp announce loudly: "Lord Tang has an order, you can go in to discuss trade, but you are not allowed to walk around without permission." ”

Immediately, the door of the camp opened, and excited businessmen and delegates poured in.

As soon as they entered the camp, they saw two rows of wooden shelves not far away, which seemed to be full of goods.

The long two rows of wooden shelves are filled with hundreds of kinds of goods, the names and prices hanging above the wooden shelves, and the corresponding half-framed goods in baskets below.

A group of businessmen He had seen such a wide variety of goods, blue, red, white, green, yellow, orange, black, etc., which immediately dazzled them, and they didn't know what to see.

Someone stood in front of the basket and grabbed a handful of spices and sniffed them non-stop, and after sniffing them, they looked at them repeatedly, nodding their heads again and again, very satisfied with the exotic goods.

Someone quickly swept the goods on one side of the wooden shelf on the periphery, and then turned around and went to scan the other side.

Some people even looked at several kinds of goods, and then looked at the price and shook their heads again and again, the price is too high.

There are even more people who can't squeeze into the crowd, they can only look at the periphery with their eyes, and only the people in front of them can go, so they can get close to each other, smell and touch the three products, and confirm whether the goods in front of them are as good value for money as the price.

Half an hour later, after all the businessmen had seen what they should have seen, Tang Xun came out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what you are looking at is the goods that the imperial court has brought back from the Tianzhu countries and the Seljuk kingdoms in the Western Regions. The name of each item is clearly marked, and the price is clearly marked. Starting today, it is for external sales, if there is anything you want to ask, you can put it up now. Tang Xun stood in the middle of the field and shouted loudly to the merchants.

The merchants suddenly quieted down, turned to look at the young officials standing in the middle, and almost all of them had one thought in their hearts, the official in charge of the fleet's return to Yi was so young!

Seeing that everyone looked at each other and no one spoke, Tang Xun said: "My surname is Tang, I was in charge of the fleet back to Yi to supervise, and I was responsible for the exchange and procurement of goods after going to sea. The spices and medicinal herbs you see are carefully purchased by the fleet after selection, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed. You haven't seen these things before, and you probably don't know about them yet, so you don't know what they are for, so I'll tell you. As he spoke, he walked into the wooden rack where the goods were placed.

Pick up a hanging wooden sign at random and say: "The goods of the hanging wooden brand are auxiliary spices that can be used to cook meals, whether it is frying, stir-frying, steaming, or stewing, as long as the right spices are used, the taste of the meal is suddenly very different." However, the diet of the countries of the Western Regions is not very different from that of the Great Song Dynasty, how they are used, and the diet of the Great Song Dynasty is difficult to learn from, but you should all have a lot of research on the diet, and how to use these spices together, I think you all have your own opinions. ”

After saying that, he walked a few steps, picked up a hanging bamboo board, and said to everyone: "The bamboo board is a medicinal material, there are tens of millions of kinds of medicinal materials in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are many kinds of overseas medicinal materials. ”

After putting down the bamboo board, he returned to the field and said in a loud voice: "Okay, I'll introduce so much first." If you have any questions about transactions and goods, you can ask them now. ”

After listening to the brief introduction, a businessman in the crowd asked: "My lord, we don't know much about these spices and medicinal materials, can we buy less first, and then purchase them after some research?" ”

Tang Xun smiled: "Of course, if you want to do a detailed study of the efficacy of spices and medicinal herbs, then you can go back with a pound of goods you fancy for free, and it will not be too late to come after the effect is determined." But what needs to be told to you is that the fleet will not stay in Quanzhou for too long, and will soon go to Mingzhou and Lin'an. ”

Originally, there were businessmen who also meant this, and they wanted to get a little less to see the effect, and then decide whether to purchase, after all, the price is really not cheap. But when he heard that the fleet was going to Mingzhou and Lin'an soon, he immediately dispelled this idea. There are so many businessmen gathered here, there are a lot of rich people, they have to do a large transaction, the delivery and handling is very troublesome, very time-consuming, and the fleet time is limited, who knows if you miss today's opportunity, whether you can be in line in the future.

"My lord, is there any requirement for the purchase quantity?" A businessman asked.

"Of course there are requirements. The quantity of each type of goods must be purchased in units of 100 catties, which can be 100 catties, 200 catties, 300 catties, or 1,000 catties or 1,300 catties. The minimum purchase quantity of each spice and medicinal herb is 100 catties, and the upper limit is 20,000 catties. ”

"My lord, why do you want to set an upper limit, 20,000 catties is only a lot of goods, and it is not enough to stuff your teeth. At least raise it to 100,000 catties or 200,000 catties, otherwise we won't come for nothing, aren't we, everyone! When a businessman heard that he could only purchase a maximum of 20,000 catties, he immediately became anxious.

20,000 catties is a little bigger, these are all goods from the Western Regions, miss this opportunity, next time you want to purchase, either wait for the imperial court to go to the South Seas in a few years, or form your own fleet to go to the South Seas, that will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse.

When everyone heard this, they shouted: "Yes, my lord, 20,000 catties is too little, not enough for our own use, how can we use it for business." ”

"At least it must be raised to 300,000 catties, otherwise this business will not be able to be done."

"300,000 catties is too little, it should be raised to 500,000 catties, my two ships are not satisfied, how can I have the face to go back."

"If you want me to say, there should be a lower limit, and the lower limit for procurement is 100,000 catties, and there is no upper limit."

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Listening to the more businessmen talked, the more outrageous it became, as if they were all worth millions or tens of millions, Tang Xun shook his head secretly.

The businessmen are not afraid of the wind flashing their tongues, they are all bragging here, nothing more than trying to scare away other people, they can negotiate to reduce the price, low-price bulk purchases, the goods are taken away by them, when the time comes, how much a pound of goods sell will be up to them, it is not impossible to raise the price by double or two, and the goods that have been transported back with hard work will be earned by them.

If the fleet wants to make more money, it must sell its goods extensively, and the more people can buy it, the better, rather than setting a limit and selling it to only a few big merchants.

"Everyone, please be quiet." Tang Xun shouted twice in a row, and the merchants stopped shouting and talking to each other.

"I can also understand your feelings, the Great Song Dynasty is so big, but there are so many goods brought back, the fleet is the fleet of the imperial court, and this cargo is naturally also the imperial court, and every state and government must be taken care of, otherwise don't make trouble in Lin'an. Also, don't look at the fleet is so large and there are so many goods, half of this is to be put into the treasury of the official warehouse, and only a few can be taken out and sold, and it is also a last resort to set a procurement ceiling, I hope you can understand. ”

"But 20,000 catties is too little, not enough to stuff your teeth."

Everyone began to talk to each other again, discussing privately, and was very dissatisfied with the limit of 20,000 catties.

Seeing that the effect met expectations, Tang Xun said, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me." ”

After the businessmen stopped discussing, Tang Xun said: "Since you are so dissatisfied with the upper limit of 20,000, then Tang Mou will have the courage to call the shots and raise the upper limit to 50,000 catties, this is the limit I can call the shots, only today and tomorrow, and the upper limit of 20,000 catties will be restored the day after tomorrow." Whether to adjust the upper limit in the future will be up to the imperial court. What do you think? ”

"Fifty thousand catties, although it is still less, but the adults have been accommodating, and we are no longer interested, so it can't be said. My lord, can I trade now? "There is a businessman.

"There are also barracks and tea and snacks over there, and these goods can be seen casually. If you have already decided to purchase, please come with me and start trading immediately. With that, Tang Xun turned around and walked towards a large barracks.

More than a dozen businessmen each had a ghost and followed one after another, and when they looked back halfway, most of them were still inspecting the goods, and they were secretly happy.

When I walked into the barracks, I saw that the furnishings in the barracks were very simple, except for a table, a dozen chairs, and a few boxes, there was no other business.

"Please take a seat first, presumably it is too crowded, and you haven't seen the goods and prices yet, before purchasing, you should take a look." Tang Xun said as he sat down behind the table.

After the merchants sat down, Tang Liuniang, who was waiting to help in the room, opened a box, took out a stack of commodity brochures, and distributed them to the merchants one by one.

When the merchant received the pamphlet and opened it, he saw that each page contained detailed information about a type of goods, where it was produced, how it was used, what it did, and how it was priced.

Someone quickly got up and said, "My lord, I have thought about it, I want to be the first to purchase." ”

Tang Xun opened an account book and said with a smile: "Okay, what goods do you want to purchase, and how much?" ”

The man smiled and said, "All spices, 50,000 catties each." ”