Chapter 404: Bartering
Han Qi's character, if he has doubts, he will go up directly to ask, and soon send personnel to the convoy to ask what the goods they brought are for.
I thought that maybe I would get someone else to bring it, but who would have thought that it would be replied to, and the goods specified in it were delivered, but the others were traded goods.
Commodity? Han Qi was stunned, he didn't expect it to be like this anyway, not only was it more efficient, it was at least 20 days earlier than he expected, and it also sent so many commodities for trading, it was difficult to come to another auction meeting.
In fact, after being seen by Han Qi, the heads of these chambers of commerce immediately followed the cavalry and came quickly, specifically to explain this matter.
Their purpose is very simple, that is, to use these goods urgently needed in Lingzhou to directly exchange cattle, horses and sheep, and this price can be set by Lingzhou, not by them.
The merchants put their posture very low, but the purpose has been clearly revealed, their purpose is these animals in Lingzhou.
It turned out that although the Lingzhou peace agreement had been signed, and most of the materials had been delivered, the high-level knew very well how much the final transaction was, but the slightly middle-level ones were not qualified to know the full content of the peace agreement, unless the transaction was completely completed.
Otherwise, if there is a little moth, when the time comes, there will be no way to end, this time the income of the Northern Song Dynasty is very large, but there are more than 10 million yuan, which are sent in from Hebei, in case it is stopped, it is also difficult to accept for the Northern Song Dynasty.
The status of businessmen is not very high, even if they are businessmen who control massive resources, their backstage may only be middle-level officials, and when it comes to the level of Zaifu, that is, there is such an alternative as Jia Chaochang, and the others, who will participate in the Chamber of Commerce, even if they take advantage of a little bit, they are just backers behind them, how can these things be mentioned to them.
The businessmen are quite smart, and from Han Qi's series of actions, coupled with the permanent venues in Weizhou, it is inferred that there are many cattle and horses in Lingzhou.
Cattle and horses are all good things, as long as there are enough channels, they will never worry about selling, as long as there are cattle and horses here in Lingzhou, they must get them.
After meeting with the representatives of these chambers of commerce, Han Qi realized that what he did not expect was a huge advantage of Lingzhou.
That's right, it is to control the huge cattle and horses, this huge advantage that he didn't realize before, in the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce, is a huge pie.
Perhaps before, the head of the chamber of commerce could not judge how many cattle and horses there could be in Lingzhou, but it can be seen from the large-scale construction of the trading market in Weizhou that there will definitely be no less.
What kind of place is Weizhou, Fengxiang Road is a very inconspicuous small state, with no characteristics and no advantages, so it is developing unhurriedly.
But now, after a cattle and horse conference, Weizhou Ling even invested more than 300,000 yuan for infrastructure construction, mainly inns, hotels and trading markets, what does it represent, it represents the entire Weizhou cattle and horse conference, which is not held temporarily, but is a normalized thing, which means that the cattle and horses in the hands of the entire Lingzhou military will be dozens or hundreds of times that of such an auction.
If it is an ordinary person, more people will think that since this is the case, then wait, raise funds, and wait for the opening of the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference again, but the minds of these chambers of commerce, the problems they think about, are completely different from these ordinary people.
Efficiency, resources, time, these seemingly unrelated things, but they can be contacted, which can be seen from the current delivery, itself, according to the terms negotiated with Lingzhou, their goods will be transported within 40 days, even if an agreement is reached.
However, with the advent of a large number of horses, their ability to transport in a short period of time has greatly improved.
Manpower may only walk 30 miles a day, and horse-drawn carriages, when it is safe, can travel at least 100 miles a day, or even 150 miles, which saves a lot of time.
The Chamber of Commerce knows very well that Lingzhou has the resources of cattle and horses, this is what they are looking forward to, it stands to reason that these chambers of commerce have no way to attract their attention, but now, they have a piece of information, Han Qi has got a large amount of materials to Lingzhou in order to develop Lingzhou, and entrusted Qian Zhuang and the Chamber of Commerce to carry out a huge purchase plan.
In this huge purchase plan, the things in demand are massive, and the types of these needs are not the ones that Lingzhou ordered in their hands.
With the needs of both sides and the means of transportation, this is the business, and the purpose of the chamber of commerce is to reach all directions and earn these differences in the price of goods.
Isn't this just in line with the current situation, transporting the things that Lingzhou needs to Lingzhou, and then getting enough cattle and horses, so that there will be no shortage.
If the demand in Lingzhou continues to be huge, they can even put all the horses ordered from Weizhou into this line for special transactions, which will greatly improve efficiency.
This in itself was the purpose of their large-scale purchase of horses, but unexpectedly, they used the transaction itself.
This time it's just a test ***, at the same time, in the current Jingzhao Mansion, there are at least 3 caravans of this size, as long as the total demand on the Lingzhou side is determined, you can come over at any time.
A large number of caravans of horses have been added, from Jingzhaofu to Lingzhou, the distance of more than 1,000 miles is not a very long distance, and the time of a trip back and forth, if it is fast, can be controlled in 15 days, that is to say, a trip every 7 days, and the maximum speed of a day reaches 150 miles.
And 15 days is enough time for them to move to various places and get enough supplies.
Therefore, the first time the Chamber of Commerce shipped over, it was not the one promised before, but 10 times the total.
It can be said unceremoniously that this is an attempt at a big order, which proves the acumen of the businessman.
Han Qi had no doubt about this, when he was in Weizhou, he had proved their flexibility through various measures, but he didn't expect that the businessman would also do business here.
The materials agreed with the businessmen before, of course, are only the most basic needs of Lingzhou, a huge project covering 5 million mu, or even a limit of 37 million mu of land, requires a huge amount of resources.
The 10-fold increase not only allows Han Qi to devote himself to the entire project more freely, but also increases the speed and expands the effect, and most importantly, he does not have to pay.
That's right, money, this is a very important factor, Han Qi in the Weizhou Conference, just set the basic resources, it is because of money, even if the Weizhou Conference is very successful, but compared to the massive resources developed in Lingzhou, it is slightly insufficient, the total investment is expected to be more than 35 million, at the same time, the Weizhou Conference funds have not been completely in place, and what can be used may only be seven or eight million.
Seven or eight million guan, anywhere in the Northern Song Dynasty, is considered a lot of money, but put on this basic project, it is really not a lot of money, benefiting more than 30 million mu of huge water conservancy projects, tens of millions of guan, is really a small number, simply their increased production of grain, more than 15 million stone, even according to the value of the grain itself, take the price of the northwest, the total price may exceed 75 million, even according to Bianliang, it is also tens of millions.
Water conservancy project is not a short-term project, this is a long-term, at least 10 years and 20 years of effective projects, in this sense, 35 million yuan, really not much.
Simply having a consistent effect is enough to smooth out the difference.
Now, it is a great thing to trade directly, the goods are delivered, or to trade cattle and horses directly, which is equivalent to solving two problems in one fell swoop, one is the problem of money, and the other is the problem of the number of livestock.
In Han Qi's opinion, the arrival of a large number of livestock is a sweet annoyance, even if the Weizhou auction can go smoothly, it will take a long time to digest these livestock, which is not good.
Harvested such a large number of benefits, but can not cash out, and even in a sense, still need to slowly sell, perhaps, this can promote the rapid development of animal husbandry, but tens of millions of livestock as animal husbandry, the annual growth rate is too fast, and even affect the value of these things.
After thinking about everything, the result was a great surprise to Han Qi, since he was happy, then the price was easy to say.
To be honest, I already have a headache about these things, and it is a barter transaction, and it seems that the other party has no offer, obviously waiting for the price of these cattle and horses.
There are more than 20 million head of livestock, how can you still care about a little increase in the price of cattle and horses, it is natural that the price of commodities will fall, the price of horses is basically around 95 yuan, and the price of cattle is reduced to 10 yuan.
The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, who has been waiting for the news, was definitely pleasantly surprised after getting this price, before, they had already prepared for a little bleeding, this batch of trading cattle and horses has proven to be quite good, as long as it does not exceed too much in the auction, they have already brought the goods, which is also acceptable.
Who would have thought that not only less, but also a lot less, the goods they brought, can be exchanged for more, under the premise that the goods are cattle and horses, the things they bring may be able to exchange for 10% more, or even 15% cattle and horses, as long as they are brought back, it is pure profit.
Han Qi's purpose has never been for money, money is just a means, as long as it can ensure that the construction of Lingzhou can be carried out smoothly, more money and less money, it is not very important, no matter what, 5 million horses, this alone is almost 500 million yuan, compared with this, the total investment of 35 million water conservancy projects is really nothing.
The merchant immediately went back, the goods were still on the way, and in a day or two, they had to keep an eye on the goods, so that the goods could be successfully delivered, and then the whole transaction would be completed, which was the most important thing.