Although Ma Du is an official under Lao Zhu, due to the secrecy of the Firearms Bureau, his name is not in the ordinary roster. Not to mention a businessman, even if Zhang Shicheng's spy came, he might not be able to find out, but the spy was not as rich as Shen Wansan.

Just as Shen Wansan said now, "As long as you spend money, you can do most things in the world." It was this mentality of his that sent him to the point of no return in the future.

"Huh...... Since Shen Yuanwai has his own way, why bother to find me here. ”

"They're just small fish and shrimp, and they don't know how to do business."

"Oh, since I'm here to do business, I don't have to be so restrained, and now I'm not an official." Ma Du stretched out his hand and invited Shen Wansan to sit down, "Lao Liu poured tea for Shen Yuan!" ”

Shen Wansan took off his robe and sat down, picked up the tea bowl and said: "The prison is really different, it's not like those officials, who obviously accepted my money but still pretended to be high." ”

A businessman wants to demand equal status with officials, which is a good idea, but it is out of place.

Ma Du said with a smile: "When you do business, what you pay attention to is a fair trade, otherwise it won't last long." I don't know how big a deal Shen Yuanwai brought this time, but I'm not interested in it. ”

Shen Wansan took a sip of tea, "10,000 pieces of high-grade soap in a porcelain box, and another 100,000 pieces of ordinary soap, the price will be according to the normal shipping price, what does the supervisor think?" ”

The shipment price of high-end soap has stabilized at 15 taels, although the profit is much thinner, but it still makes more than half of the profits.

Last month, a simple soap was launched, and Mrs. Chang felt that the price of Madu was too low at 500 yuan, so she remade a larger mold, and changed it to one or two pieces of silver, which shipped a lot of money, and was already an indispensable thing for large families to wash clothes.

Listening to Shen Wansan's words, Ma Du looked up to the sky and laughed, where is this business, it is still his mother's political refuge.

Shen Wansan asked, "Why is Jian Zheng laughing, do you think this business is still small?" ”

"I'm laughing at Shen Yuanwai for not having the slightest sincerity, obviously he is here to bribe, but he is still under the guise of doing business. Lao Liu withdrew the tea outside Shen Yuan. ”

In the end, it was a person who did big business, and his mind was pierced, Shen Wansan's face didn't even blush, and he got up and handed it over without hurrying, "If the prison has something to say, just say it." ”

Ma Du said a little helplessly: "Shen Yuanwai just said that I am different from others, but why do you treat me in the same way, insincere!" ”

"What does the supervisor think Shen should do to show his sincerity, or do you have a better way?" Shen Wansan said in his heart, this young but greedy person is very greedy.

"I came up with a secret recipe, you built a workshop, and you and I **** shared the account after making money, and you were six and I were four? Do you see my sincerity? ”

Shen Wansan gasped, "Why did the supervisor treat Shen so well?" Shen Wansan was worried in his heart, he had dealt with officials a lot, and there were a few who didn't eat people and didn't spit out bones.

Ma Du gave him a business, which was still a lucrative business, and the cost of soap before, Ma Du told him that it was only a dozen dollars.

With such a comparison, Shen Wansan was of course surprised, and he was inevitably uneasy in his heart, always feeling that Ma Du wanted him to do something.

He really didn't think wrong, Ma Du really wanted to ask him something, "Don't be surprised Shen Yuanwai, I'm conditional." ”

Am I pleasantly surprised? Shen Wansan smiled bitterly: "Don't you let me go and make a stumbling block for King Zhang Wu, right?" Shen is just a pure businessman. ”

Ma Du pursed his lips disdainfully, first he was ambiguous with Zhang Shicheng, and now he came to me to have a relationship with Lao Zhu Pan, a pure businessman of bullshit. Shen Wansan actually didn't want to, but if the business was done to his part, he couldn't deal with the people in power.

"This official knows that Shen Yuanwai is a pure businessman and will not do a business of killing heads. Actually, my conditions are very simple. You can't sell the output of the workshop I built with you in King Wu's market, and wherever King Wu's army hits, you must stop buying and selling soap there. ”

Madu continued to explain: "You know that this soap workshop is not mine, there are other people's shares, they can't do business with you, but they are good at killing people, if you hurt their interests, I can't protect you."

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Shen naturally understands this truth, but it is only one day...... Well, if King Zhu Wu rules the world, wouldn't this business between you and me be yellow......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a crisp crack, and the tea cup in Ma Du's hand was thrown on the stone table, and the tea mixed with the broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere.

Shen Wansan's heart chuckled, and when he looked up at Ma Du, he saw that Ma Du's face was already full of anger, although he didn't have much contact with Ma Du, but in his impression, Ma Du was a very kind person, and he didn't expect him to start a fire, which was also very terrifying.

Suddenly thinking of the news that I don't know whether it is true or not, I can't help but feel a pang in my heart, whether the news should be true. If it's true, then this person in front of him is also a ruthless man who kills people without blinking.

Seeing that Shen Wansan's face finally changed color, not as calm as before, Ma Du pretended to be very helpless and sat on the chair, "I have shown great sincerity, but Shen Yuanwai is hiding it, without any sincerity, if you don't do this business, please go back!" ”

Shen Wan's 30,000 yuan was depressed, obviously he came to give silver, but it was the first time he was rejected like this, and he was very puzzled.

Fortunately, Ma Du didn't be cruel to him, even if he was detained here and asked for money from his family, he could only eat this loss and serve it obediently.

He took a few steps back and was about to turn around and leave, when his heart flashed and he raised his head suddenly, "What did the supervisor say about doing sea trade?" ”

The corners of Ma Du's mouth twitched, and he smiled: "I finally don't want me to poke it, Shen Yuanwai still has that little bit of sincerity, it seems that we still have the possibility of cooperation." ”

Shen Wansan smiled bitterly, "This is Shen's biggest secret, how did the prison know it!" “

Everyone said that Shen Wansan has a cornucopia in his family, and countless treasures can be born in just one night, which is of course fake, but the daily progress of the gold is enough to show that Shen Wansan's wealth is wide, and sea trade is Shen Wansan's biggest source of wealth.

During the Song Dynasty, maritime trade was very developed, especially after the loss of the Central Plains, the tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty was greatly reduced, and the Southern Song Dynasty court had to open up financial routes on the sea.

Although the Southern Song Dynasty died, the maritime trade was not greatly affected. The Mengyuan Imperial Court will not learn from Lao Zhu to ban the sea, why should things that can be collected be banned, and because there are maritime smuggling, the "City Ship Rule" was also introduced.

In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the sea trade was also unprecedentedly prosperous, but later saw that there was money to be made, and the imperial court also mixed in, and once the imperial court was involved, most of them were not good.

First of all, the trade rights were collected, and the officials and merchants divided the profits between the officials and the merchants, and the enthusiasm of the merchants was greatly hit, and they simply smuggled and did not even have to pay taxes. As soon as the imperial court saw that this could not be done and abolished, it simply rolled up its sleeves and did it in person, and the kings, horses, powerful people, and powerful people joined one after another, and the overseas market tended to be saturated, so that there was a situation of "Chinese goods are light, and the goods are heavy".

Later, in addition to the great chaos in the world, there were more and more pirates and pirates (Note 1) on the sea, and the sea trade had begun to decline by the end of the Yuan Dynasty. At this time, he dared to set foot in it, which shows that Shen Wansan is bold enough.

To be precise, what Shen Wansan did was not sea trade, but smuggling, this kind of illegal and eye-catching thing, of course, will not be known.

Even Zhang Shicheng only knew that his sea ships were going back and forth in China, transporting goods from the north and south, and did not know that he was "Tongfan".

So the biggest secret in his heart was suddenly revealed by Ma Du, and Shen Wansan couldn't help but be surprised.

Note 1: It is not that Qi Jiguang only had it at that time. It was very early, and it began to be serious after Zhu Yuanzhang banned the sea, and when the Wa Kingdom entered the Warring States Period, more and more failed samurai joined, and it became a mess.