"Oh, so that's ......" Zhao Rui nodded and asked, "I don't know which country to go to to sell conveniently?" ”

Zhao Rui himself asked casually, but the merchant was stunned for a moment and then said with a somewhat playful expression: "Could it be that the shopkeeper still wants to go to sea by himself?" ”

But after all, it was a request from Zhao Rui, and the merchant still said: "Actually, I don't know very well, but it is nothing more than Goryeo, Japan, Ryukyu nearby, and if it is far away, Srivijaya is also there." ”

Zhao Rui immediately thought about it, yes, at this time, all the big ships that go to sea have more or less contact with the government, after all, it is a big ship that the government has the ability to build, and the boats built by ordinary shipyards are okay to run in the river, but they have to resist larger winds and waves when they go to the sea.

At the same time, Zhao Rui also realized that it is necessary to start the development of shipping in Anbang Prefecture, although now the main thing is to digest the textile inventory of Jiaozhi, but the market will be opened in the future, and there will definitely be more shipments.

Selling is selling fast, but it is not appropriate to be stripped of skin by others, and the most important thing is to use your own fleet to develop contacts and relations with other countries.

Then Zhao Rui did not break his promise, and ordered Fang Hongbin to find a few more people to load the goods separately for this merchant, because the purchase volume is relatively large, and it does not delay other customers, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

Seeing that things were going well, the merchant was very happy and chatted with Zhao Rui for a while.

Zhao Rui also knew that this person's name was Wan Yanli, and his family was in the Quancheng area and had a shipping business. also indirectly learned that he is now in charge of procurement, just to lay the foundation for becoming the patriarch, saying that Zhao Rui can go to him if he has shipping business in the future.

Zhao Rui nodded happily, if you want to develop shipping in the future, you really need some knowledgeable people, at least you have to figure out the cost of running the ship. Jiao Xian is just the commander of the navy, after all, he doesn't understand the business matters.

But after Zhao Rui signed up, he still frightened Wan Yanli, because the Great Treasure Sect in the southeast is developing extremely rapidly, and the name Zhao Rui is simply thunderous.

Because of Zhao Rui's age, Wan Yanli didn't believe it, and confirmed again: "You are Zhao Rui, who captured Xiangfan and defeated the Tartars?" ”

The voice was raised suddenly, and the merchants on the second floor all looked sideways.

What the?

The shopkeeper is Zhao Rui, who took down Xiangfan? Can't!

"It's me."

Zhao Rui spread his hands and said indifferently.

Zhao Rui has never hidden anyone from this, but no one really asks.

Ooh!

At this moment, the entire second floor was boiling, in fact, these merchants came to Fancheng to buy goods, and they also had the desire to meet Zhao Rui himself, but like him, he almost became a legendary figure, and it was easy to see.

No one thought that this young shopkeeper who gets along day and night turned out to be Zhao Rui himself, too young and too surprising!

Almost all of them stepped forward to salute, saying things like those who don't know Mount Tai with their eyes, whether they were from the Southern Song Dynasty or the old land of the Northern Song Dynasty, they praised Zhao Rui as a hero, saying that he was young and promising, with chivalry, the so-called chivalrous man, for the country and the people.

Zhao Rui himself doesn't know his reputation among the people, so he just thinks that everyone is exaggerating and modestly responding to it.

Everyone hated Tartar, and there were many people who wanted to contribute to the anti-yuan, thinking that Zhao Rui was doing cloth trading, wasn't it just to get the financial support of the anti-yuan, so a group of people wanted to donate money and materials, which made Zhao Rui smile bitterly and quickly dissuade them.

In other words, Zhao Rui is really not short of money now, although the gold obtained in Guangyuan Prefecture was used eight or nine times out of ten, but now with the continuous production capacity of the Jiaozhi textile industry, Zhao Rui is now really making money, and it is the time to make a lot of money.

And these merchants were originally Zhao Rui's big customers, but now they are no longer so.

For example, a boatload of cloth that just arrived yesterday was bought by two people, Zhao Rui had seen these two people, both dressed gorgeously and with luxury, but they didn't say a word about their identities.

This is clearly the people from the Yuan court and the Southern Song court, and their thoughts Zhao Rui can completely guess.

In these days, cloth was a substitute for silver, and it was also equivalent to a kind of currency.

The field has just started, and most of the merchants who come are from the surrounding areas, or a little farther away from the city, and then relatively far away, you may not have heard of the fabric here in Fancheng.

And the Yuan, the government of the Southern Song Dynasty, just raised the sickle to harvest leeks.

The fabric on Zhao Rui's side is only half of the market price, and they purchase it back to pay for expenses, which is equivalent to saving ordinary silver taels!

If it continues, this alone will save an astronomical amount of silver taels for the imperial court.

Of course, the price of cloth is not a secret, just because of the blockage of information, and when it spreads throughout the country, the value of the cloth will definitely be halved, but so what, does anyone dare to argue with the imperial court?

It is precisely for this reason that although the Yuan and Southern Song Dynasty had a hostile relationship with Zhao Rui, they did not impose any restrictions on the sales of Fancheng fabrics, but instead purchased them without restrictions.

Textile as a traditional handicraft, how many people, how many machines, how much cloth can be produced per unit time, there is a clear upper limit, so the cost is easy to calculate.

But why Zhao Rui's cloth is so cheap, they can't figure it out for the time being, but it is indeed a big bargain for their court.

Even the people in the two-sided court thought that Zhao Rui was losing money and making money, after all, the other income of this field also helped Zhao Rui earn a lot.

It is a fool not to take advantage of it, in the purchase of the two courts, Zhao Rui's fabrics are really not worried, sometimes the sea is stormy, and there are often out-of-stocks.

So Zhao Rui ordered the construction of more textile factories in Thang Long, and now the textile industry in Cochin has sprung up and become a pillar industry in Thang Long and even in Cochin country.

At the same time, the shipyards in Anbang Prefecture are also working day and night, and many large ships have been produced for Zhao Rui's cloth transportation, and the artillery of these ships is a powerful deterrent in this era when the sea is not peaceful.

More than half of the money Zhao Rui earns now has been invested in shipbuilding, and it can be said that he can use the dividends of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty to support him to make more big ships.

On the basis of increasing the transportation capacity, it can be regarded as laying a solid foundation for Zhao Rui's idea of developing a great voyage in the future.

On the other hand, Zhao Rui needs to spend a lot of money, that is, in the production and reserve of munitions, the mining and smelting in Wanya Prefecture, including the coal industry in Polynod Prefecture, have made great progress.

At this time, on the contrary, it tends to be stable, and most of the arms are supplied to the Dali War Zone of Sheliwei and the Zhancheng area of Arjuna, maybe Zhao Rui will go out much faster than them in person, but Zhao Rui is just thinking about it, and he will use himself for everything, and not give his subordinates a chance to exercise, which is very stupid.

No matter how invincible Zhao Rui is, he is a person who lacks skills after all, and he will still need some generals who can take charge of themselves and are proficient in the use of firearms in the future.

After another two months, by September, the heat has gradually dissipated, and the cool breeze in the morning and evening is very pleasant.

Zhao Rui had already sent the Xiong brothers to the west to recover Shu, looking at the battle reports that were often delivered, Zhao Rui was very pleased, they had mortars and muskets, coupled with the experience of following Zhao Rui, basically there was no time to miss.

It is estimated that the Yuan Dynasty also understood Zhao Rui's plan at this time, which was to drive the forces of the Yuan army to the north of the Yangtze River and add Shu before stopping.

Afraid of the strength of firearms, although the Yuan Dynasty was unwilling, but could only retreat gloomily, after a while, maybe the Xiong brothers' team, will be combined with the military strength of Sheliwei in Dali, when the time comes, the complete recovery of Dali, may be the destruction of the withering and decaying.

At this time, the fabrics of Fancheng's "Dabao Weaving Bureau" had spread all over the north and south of the river, resulting in a sharp drop in the price of cloth in the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty.

But Zhao Rui's sales did not decline, but increased significantly, because some old textile workshops were eliminated in large numbers, so who else can you buy if you don't buy Zhao Rui?

At this time, the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty also came back to their senses, realizing that the cloth brought a lot of wealth to Zhao Rui, which greatly increased his strength, although he wanted to stop it, but there was no workshop in the whole country, even if they were reorganized, whether it was efficiency or price, the gap between the cloth on Zhao Rui's side was too big.

Those who were Zhao Rui who lost money and made money were also slapped in the face one after another, if it was really a loss-making deal, who would have such an unlimited supply?

But Zhao Rui was not satisfied, I heard that Huang Xiu had developed a simple sewing machine and had begun to produce clothes in batches, so Zhao Rui launched Dabao brand ready-to-wear at the right time.

When a boatload of modern clothes arrived in Fancheng and put them on display, it simply shocked everyone.

Modern clothing is smooth and concise, and it is easier to wear than Song Dynasty clothing, but because of aesthetics, there are still many people who just look at it as a rarity.

But the most surprising thing is the price of ready-to-wear clothes, in this era when clothes are hand-sewn, people buy their own fabrics and sew them at home, and some tailor shops can make some clothes with styles, but that is also expensive.

But Zhao Rui's ready-to-wear is not much more than fabric, which is the most competitive aspect.

Although some people are not optimistic, some people have seen huge business opportunities from it, and the clothes have not been hung out for a long time, and they have been snapped up.

It's so easy to sell, right?

Zhao Rui was also a little surprised by the speed of sales, but because the sewing machine on the Jiaozhi side had the problem of constantly needing to be improved and had not become a stable source of supply, Zhao Rui didn't know when the next batch of clothes would arrive, but there was an endless stream of merchants who came to inquire.

In this way, although Zhao Rui has no stock, he has also understood the future development direction.

And those ready-to-wear that are sold, because of the scarcity of quantities and the excellent production, although a little weird, I didn't expect it to become a sought-after item everywhere.