To be traded, one wants to buy and one wants to sell, and the sea trade of the Japanese country, Yu Wenwen, as a seller, has in his hand the porcelain, silk, and raw silk that will sell well for thousands of years in the Central Plains. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The demand for porcelain, silk, and raw silk in the Wa Kingdom will continue for thousands of years, but there are not many domestic specialties that can make Yuwenwen look at them, only gold, silver, and sulfur are what he wants.

Of course, the more gold and silver, the better, but Yu Wenwen was a little worried about the purchasing power of the Japanese country, although the Japanese archipelago was rich in gold and silver mines, there should not be too many mines mined in this year.

Therefore, the annual production of gold and silver on the other side may not be very high, and a large amount of sulfur will be used to pay the bill.

Sulfur is needed to make gunpowder, but if it is too much, it can only be stored in the warehouse, if it is taken out and sold for money, ordinary merchants do not need so much sulfur, and they cannot smoke vegetables with sulfur, and then take it to the market to sell it as shoddy.

So Yuwenwen still wants silver, how much is the annual output of silver in the Wa Kingdom, Zhang Yu can't give a specific figure, but the Minister of the Wa Kingdom, Su I Mazi, has solemnly promised: Every cargo ship that arrives in Hakata by the King of Xiyang can return full of silver and sulfur.

This is not just lip service, Su I Mazi also made a promise in the letter to Yuwenwen, of course, this letter is written by Sima Da and other ghostwriters, written in Chinese characters.

"Lord Lang, if the Su clan buys the goods transported by sea ship, as long as it changes hands in the country, it can earn back the money from other wealthy families, so the small one thinks that the transaction must be no problem."

"It's a question of the amount of trade, what is the upper limit of the total value of the cargo that the fleet brings with them every time they arrive in Hakata, and what is the limit of what they can pay for in silver?"

On this issue, Zhang Yu had already carefully discussed with the other party in the Wa Kingdom, and the amount of cargo was more appropriate for this time: three large ships full of porcelain, silk, cloth, and incense.

In the next transaction, more silver will be used to pay the bills than this time, and the share of silver will increase in the future, and of course, there will be more or less sulfur.

If a ship that arrives at one time carries a lot of cargo, it will be necessary to stay in Hakata for a period of time so that the other party can work on capital, and there will be a limit on the number of times a ship can arrive at Hakata.

The restrictions mentioned here do not mean artificial restrictions, but because of the influence of the season, the navigation of ships will be restricted, so the number of times that Yuwenwen's fleet can reach Hakata Port is actually not much.

The route from the Central Plains to Hakata is not suitable for ships to sail for 365 days a year, and there are often big storms at sea in summer and autumn, when ships are absolutely not allowed to go to sea.

Even if there was no storm, the ship had to wait until there was a wind hascia before setting sail, so it was impossible for the sea ship to travel back and forth between the Central Plains and the Wa Kingdom as they pleased.

Yu Wenwen also considered this problem, when the sea was banned in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the merchant ships of the Central Plains arrived in Japan every year, that is, about thirty or forty, which was the result of many maritime merchant fleets combined.

By the time the merchant ships arrived in Japan at Longqing, the number of merchant ships that had soared to one hundred and thirty or forty per year, and he did not feel that he was now capable of organizing such a large fleet.

Considering the situation, his fleet can only maintain a small scale of three or four ships, and it is already God's blessing to be able to make three or four trips back and forth safely every year due to his lack of sailing experience.

In this way, the silver that can be used to buy goods on the side of the Wa Kingdom should be within its production range, and if it is more, both sides will be a little embarrassed.

The ship that arrived in Hakata, if you want to leave for the Central Plains, you have to wait for the hyacinth, which can be long or short, Zhang Yu is lucky to come back this time, and he didn't wait for a few days to get the hyacinth, but if he is unlucky, it is possible to wait for several months.

That's why Yuwen Wen planned to set up a merchant house in Hakata, so that his crew and fleet would have a place to repair, even if they lived for more than half a year.

The matter was settled, and Su Ma Zi asked Zhang Yu to land in Hakata Port and set up a pavilion so that the fleet could berth here and the cargo and personnel could be properly housed on the shore.

"Lord Lang, Hakata Port is the big port of the Wa Kingdom, and it is its gateway port, and the sea ships from Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo to and from the Wa Kingdom all dock at Hakata, because there are many people, so the location is a little troublesome..."

Zhang Yu took out a few diagrams, which were schematic diagrams of Hakata Bay drawn by him and his companions, and with the help of primary measuring tools, these schematic diagrams were quite "reproducible".

One of the drawings is a bird's-eye view of the hill near the Hakata Port and a charcoal sketch, and through this sketch, Ubun Wen feels as if he is in Hakata Port.

Of course, he had been to Hakata Port, so with his memory and these maps, he could understand the local terrain well, and he successfully obtained a piece of land in Hakata Port as a foothold, which was of course different from the colonial fort, and at most it was called a merchant house in later generations.

The address of the merchant hall is located on the westerly side of Hakata Bay, and ships from the west are inspected by Japanese officials outside the bay, and after entering Hakata Bay, they will berth here nearby, and will not be mixed with ships from other countries.

There will be a dedicated wharf, a warehouse, a pavilion and a series of outbuildings, and finally form a manor-like merchant house, the planning of this merchant hall is in charge of the companions left by Zhang Yu, and the Su family is responsible for the construction.

After the completion of the merchant hall, the Soga clan will deploy private troops to protect the perimeter, and it is not far from the garrison of Hakata's Japanese military station, so the security is good.

This merchant hall is only open to the fleet directly under the king of Xiyang, and does not disclose the details to the outside world, and it is a private dock that exists in the name of the Su I clan.

And Yu Wenwen's previous Qingzhou maritime merchant fleet appointed by Yecheng Cui through the door of Yecheng Cui's shopkeeper still berthed at Hakata Port as before, trading according to the original rules.

The Qingzhou merchant fleet took the traditional route, sailing northeast or east from the Shandong Peninsula to the western side of the Korean Peninsula, and then sailing southeast along the coastline to the Wa Kingdom, and Yu Wenwen did not intend to associate it with his own fleet.

The new route should be kept secret, but at the same time, there are two routes that can be used as double insurance, try to maintain the newly developed sea trade, and slowly develop in the future, so the establishment of the merchant hall will not be publicized to the public.

However, money is moving, he wants to keep a low profile, but others are not blind, Zhang Yu brought the Zhantan Buddha statue and many goods to Hakata this time, which will definitely attract the attention of people with hearts.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, in addition to avoiding natural disasters, doing maritime trade also has to guard against man-made disasters, Yuwenwen doesn't think that those who rely on the sea to eat the sea will not let go of such a fat big fish, so the next step is to take corresponding countermeasures.

"When you went out of the Yangtze River estuary, you met Haikou, and when you came back?"

"Lord Lang, after I waited out of Hakata Bay, a ship followed me, and I was dumped later."

"Is it a pirate?"

"I don't know, but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between fishing boats and pirates."

Zhang Yu said with a smile, the world is as black as a crow, and many fishermen and water gulves in the Jiangchu area are two sides of the same person, and the same is true at sea.

"If you go out to do business, you have to beware of thieves who cut the path, and when you go to sea, you have to guard against pirates, are there pirates along the coast of the Japanese country?"

"Yes, the village master Sima reminded us."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu's face became solemn: "In the seas of the Wa Kingdom, there is more than one sea coward. ”