"Introduce everyone to a new friend."

Li Feihu pointed to Xu Shiyang and introduced to the people in the house:

"This is General Xu from Jiangbei, and this is General Xu's cousin, who is about to study in Da Zhou. The two of them are big names who have been jinshi! ”

"Oh~~~!"

When the Han people heard the word Jinshi, they made a sound of admiration together.

Foreigners didn't react much, and some even whispered to the Han people around them who knew each other what kind of official position this jinshi was, and why it was worth making such a fuss.

"I invite you to come today, it's still the same business as before."

After a brief introduction to the Xu Shiyang brothers, Li Feihu went beyond the polite procedure and went directly to the topic of the meeting:

"I said in advance that Dajin will be given 300,000 pieces of silk in Da Zhou this year, so the silk satin that can be transported outside will be much less than in previous years."

Hearing this, a representative from Tianzhu anxiously asked loudly, "Lord Li, how much silk can you provide this year?" ”

Tianzhu and Pars were important destinations for the Great Zhou's exports, and they also benefited from the entrepot trade of Zhou's goods to more western countries.

Pars, in particular, resold the goods of the Great Zhou, which was very important for the country's finances.

As a result, the amount of goods exported by the Lee Group each year can even influence many of the country's policies.

"The third batch this year, 200,000 horses, is still the same as before, and the one with the highest price will get it." Li Feihu said with a smile: "But there is one point, if the price of a silk horse is less than 40 dirhams this year, you will not be able to open your mouth." ”

Hearing this, Xu Shiyang frowned slightly, this is still an auction?

A silk of 40 silver coins is 8 taels of silver according to the prevailing exchange rate, which should be almost 4 to 5 times the purchase price of the silk origin in Jiangnan.

I don't know how much profit the Li Group can make from it, but I think it shouldn't be less than 2 taels per horse.

This is the fifth batch this year, if the previous profit is similar to this time, it means that this year the Li Group only exports silk, and the current profit has exceeded one million taels of silver.

"Can these pirates earn three or four million taels a year?"

After calculating these clearly, Xu Shiliu's mouth was a little closed:

"Silver is so easy to earn?"

"It's definitely more than that. In addition to silk, porcelain, incense, frosting sugar and tea, for the maritime merchants, they all received as much as they wanted, and those who came did not refuse. ”

Xu Shiyang whispered:

"I think they can earn 10 million taels a year."

"That's fifteen million guan!"

Xu Shiliu exclaimed:

"If our family earns so much every year, it will be enough to kill the Tartars with money!"

As a comparison, Xu Shiyang's current income, grain, cloth, cattle and sheep are all combined, which is equivalent to about 1,000 yuan per year, which is one-ten-thousandth of the Li Group.

And because of the need to raise the new army, these incomes will go around the accounts and disappear into the bottomless pit that maintains the normal operation of the troops in a blink of an eye.

If Xu Shiyang fails to earn enough income during this trip to Jiangnan, the Xu family will soon enter a state of negative equity operation.

"Maybe we should also find a way to make some money through sea trade."

In the previous battles, Xu Shiyang had captured some of the silk they had looted from the Tartars, and because it could be used as currency, he simply pulled all those supplies to Jiangnan to exchange for food.

Now Xu Shiyang regrets a little, if there was a way to sell those silk to foreign merchants, he could have made more money.

Of course, Xu Shiyang has no way, not before, and no now.

That's the second thing he regrets a little - maybe he shouldn't have turned down the Lee Group's solicitation too soon.

There is nothing wrong with hanging a small cabinet in this loose collective, and you can also use the sales channels of the Li Group.

"We just have some capital right now." Xu Shiliu said: "The gold and silver that I just snatched from the hands of the widows can be about 20,000 taels, plus the money from the sale of the goods and the sword, there can be 25,000. Otherwise, let's buy some silk and sell it? ”

Xu Shiyang didn't make a decision, he looked up, and found that it was different from what he thought just now, this was not a real auction, after announcing the total number of this batch of silk, the three representatives of the Li family transferred into the three suites respectively, and several housekeepers outside beckoned the merchants to enter the negotiation separately.

The Li family seems to want to add some pressure to the distributors and divide them in such a way, so as to prevent these foreigners from uniting and bargaining with the Li family.

"How much do you think the Li family can give us?" Xu Shiyang asked.

"Can't we buy directly from Jiangnan? It's cheaper over there, right? ”

"That is to directly provoke the entire Li family, how many pirates can we deal with with one ship and 6 small cannons?"

Xu Shiyang shook his head helplessly and said:

"Wait and see, they're talking one by one, and since we're in this room too, I'm sure we'll be able to talk to them separately later. Let's see what they want, and what we can come up with in exchange. ”

At this time, Xu Shiyang gradually had a plan in his heart, but he still needed to listen specifically to whether the Li family really valued that kind of thing.

……

A moment later, Xu Shiyang and his entourage also entered a small suite.

They were greeted by Li Feihu and Li Feihuang.

After Xu Shiyang and Xu Shiliu sat down, a maid served them tea.

"I'm tired of the girl."

Xu Shiyang politely nodded to the maid in thanks, and the girl smiled, did not speak, and stepped back lightly.

"Brother Xu, I'm a rough person, so I have something to say."

Li Feihu went straight in:

"Two things, we want to discuss with you."

"Please." Xu Shiyang took a sip of tea and waited patiently.

Li Feihuang grabbed the topic, pointed at Zhao Lin and said seriously: "The first thing is that I bought your maid, the girl in front of me." ”

Pounce on the ......, cough cough .......

Xu Shiyang choked on tea.

He raised his head and looked at Li Feihuang with a smile, if Li Feihu said this, Xu Shiyang should be ready to merge now.

But the other party is a female pirate, so it shouldn't be because of that reason that he wants Zhao Lin, right?

Probably.......

"Please explain."

"I can see that girl is not a maid...... she is not a simple maid, she has killed people, right?"

"I've killed, and I've killed a lot. There must be 2 or 3 of them. ”

"Such a woman is not suitable to be a maid, sell it to me, and I will give you two thin horses in exchange." Li Feihuang explained: "My situation is ......, and I need some female warriors to form their own guards, and I think this maid of yours is more suitable to stay by my side." ”

"Her name is Zhao Lin, and she is my concubine." Xu Shiyang smiled and refused: "She is also a very useful talent with me. ”

"So, let me refuse."