Chapter 204: Tonghaiyi Road
In a courtyard, Yuwen Wen in the lobby is discussing with several businessmen in Huangzhou, in recent days, Huangzhou's 'business delegation' has been busy in Panyu, and now it is time to report to the big proprietors behind the scenes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
It was one of the most important tasks for the merchants of Huangzhou to sell goods to the Lingnan slang marshals and cave owners, and it was the second priority to do business with the foreign merchants who were stranded in Panyu, and the other party could make huge profits by selling all kinds of treasures to Shannan or beyond.
However, Yu Wenwen was more concerned about another matter, the big shopkeeper Wang Yue held a piece of paper and introduced him to a brief overview of a trade route that had just been sorted out.
This trade route is another way to make a fortune for the merchants of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion and even the surrounding areas to make a lot of money in the future, and it is also a killer feature to unite the hearts of big families and strong people from all over the world and let them stand by Yuwenwen's side.
According to the locals, this road of wealth starts in Panyu and is called "Tonghaiyi Road".
"From Panyu to the southeast sea, 200 miles to Tuen Mun Mountain, it is a sail to the west, two to Kyushu Stone..."
"Two days south to Elephant Stone. He traveled southwest for three days to the mountains of Zhanbulao, which were in the sea two hundred miles east of the kingdom. ā
"Two days south to Lingshan. Another day's travel, to the door of the poisonous country. Another day's journey to the ancient country. Another half-day trip to Bentuo Langzhou. ā
"Another two days, to the army to the mountain. Here you can get the 'urn man'. ā
"Another five days to the sea Kip, the Tibetan people called it "quality", north and south hundred miles, the north shore is Luo Yue country, the south bank is the Buddha died country. The Buddha passed away in the east of the country for four or five days, to the country of Heling, the largest in South Central Continent. ā
"And out of the west, three days to Ge Ge monk only country, in the northwest corner of the Buddha on the other island, the country is more brutal, the people are afraid. On its northern shore is the country of Luo. Rossi, Zego, and the country of Luo. ā
"And from Ge Ge monk only four or five days to win Deng Zhou. and traveled west for five days, to the country of Bolu. Another six days, to the country of the Buddha Garanzhou. It is four days to the north, to the country of Shizi, and its north coast is 100 miles away from the south Tianzhu bank. ā
"To the kingdom of Ura is the river Frira of the kingdom of Persia, and it enters into the sea in the south. The boat traces the river for two days to the end of the country, and the big food town is also. and traveled thousands of miles to the northwest by land, until the capital of the king of Maomen was bound to the city. ā
Hearing this, Yu Wenwen suddenly interjected: "The Tibetan people call the strait of "quality", alias 'Malacca', and the so-called 'Tieda City' also has another name, called 'Baghdad'. ā
"The so-called 'Lion Country', also known as 'Ceylon', is lonely in the ocean, rich in all kinds of gemstones, these gems are everywhere in Ceylon, the price is low, but once it is shipped back to the Central Plains, its price can increase hundreds of times!"
Yuwen Wen was afraid that everyone would not be able to figure out the situation, so he specially quoted the scriptures: "During the Jin Dynasty, the monk Faxian traveled west by land to Tianzhu to seek the law, and returned to the Central Plains by sea by sea by the merchant ship, stopping in the Lion Country on the way. ā
What does this mean? It shows that the merchants of Fan have already had a mature route from the extreme west to Panyu, and the route of the monk Faxian back to the Central Plains, if it goes well, will take about 80 days..."
"Have you ever thought about where you can go from Xiyang in more than 80 days? The caravan was loaded with goods and went to Yecheng by land, and it took nearly 70 days to go back and forth. What are your experiences in Panyu these days? ā
Faced with this question, Wang Yue took the lead in answering: "King, Guangzhou is surrounded by mountains and seas, treasures and treasures, and can be used for generations." ā
Li Fang replied more bluntly: "King, the benefits of sea trade are very huge, we wait... It's really a frog at the bottom of a well. ā
Several other proprietors and shopkeepers nodded silently, acquiescing to Li Fang's statement, which is also their voice, these days they 'formed a group' to do business with the merchants of Panyu, which is really eye-opening.
All kinds of rare treasures, all kinds of overseas incense medicines, they all know in Xiyang, these things can make a lot of money when they are sold, and the price of these goods in Huangzhou is still carried by middlemen.
Now they are in Panyu, directly trading with the merchants who arrived in the Central Plains across the ocean, and they took the original 'purchase price', even if they were shipped back to Xiyang and immediately changed hands, the profits could make people think of it.
"Well frogs can't speak to the sea, and summer insects can't speak to the ice." Yu Wenwen concluded, "Don't think that the widow asked you to come to Panyu to find someone to chat and relieve boredom, only when you see it with your own eyes can you know what a narrow vision is!" ā
"To do maritime trade, if you organize a fleet to go to the sea, I am afraid that it will take a year and a half to go back and forth, and if you encounter wind and waves on the way, it is likely that you will lose both people and money, but why are the merchants willing to take such a huge risk and cross the ocean to the Central Plains to do business?"
"That's because of the profiteering! The windfall profits of sea trade are calculated by several times or even dozens of times, and a sea vessel, with a cargo capacity of up to 10,000 hundreds, takes a huge risk, and spends a year to earn enough wealth for children and grandchildren, who can not be tempted? ā
"Widows know, some people think that it is enough to do business in Yecheng, but now, do you think it is enough? At that point in the scale of the workshop, if you want to do sea trade, how many sea ships can your goods fill? ā
"If you transport the hot-selling goods from Huangzhou to Panyu and sell them to the merchants, have you ever thought that the production capacity of your own workshop is too low? Ever wondered if there is a shortage of workers? ā
Everyone present nodded silently, the king of Xiyang was right, he looked at the Yangtze River in Xiyang and thought that there was a lot of water, but when he came to Panyu and saw the sea, he knew what was endless.
The goods they carefully prepared were well received by the Panyu merchants, and the transparent glass products, high-quality and inexpensive colored cloths, and white porcelain were all sold out.
In exchange for ivory, rhino horn, hawksbill turtle, coral, pearls, and all kinds of overseas incense, and people.
The whole body is pitch black, the teeth and eyes are very white, the face is different black like lacquer, all are shiny, also known as 'Kunlun slave', this strange urn man, there have already been Lingnan merchants along the Yushui to the west into the water into Yelang and other places, the price has doubled several times.
Shannan, Guanzhong, and Henan rarely have such "goods", if the 'urn people' are brought there, you can imagine how strong the desire to buy will be from the powerful and the family.
Not to mention the orchid, which is not uncommon, that kind of exotic style can make rich men warm their lower abdomen, and they can't help but pay for it to 'try it'.
It is not uncommon for orchids to be found in Chang'an, Guanzhong, Jinyang, Hebei, Yecheng, and Jiangnan, but there are some 'strange goods' in Shannan, Henan and other places, so they will also be hot-selling 'goods'.
The businessmen of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion have never seen such an amazing money-making opportunity in front of them, and it is not too much to describe it as readily available, the only problem is that their production capacity is not enough.
Can do a big businessman, there must be someone behind them, they are either the agents of large households around the country, or they are the head of the family, some people's relatives have entered the official office, if the organization of manpower to increase production capacity is not difficult, but now to Panyu contact with the sea trade, only to know that it is far from enough.
This is no longer a matter of eating alone, you must partner with others to do business in order to have sufficient supply and eat huge profits, so the imminent problem is to attract people into the gang.
Of course, those families in Shannan who are related to their ancestors must be pulled, and the Lingnan slang and cave masters who have just returned to the imperial court not long ago are also the best choice.
A few days ago, Wang Yue made a 'Huangzhou Commodity Promotion Meeting', and set a preliminary intention with the leaders to purchase a large number of stone honey, which was the beginning of the cooperation between the two sides.
"Lingnan stone honey, there are ancients, but the color is black and red, the quality is not good, the quality of Tianzhu stone honey is slightly better, the color is red, called brown sugar, and our Huangzhou refined stone honey, fine white as frost, the price of this white sugar can be doubled several times!"
"The specific production process, you all know it, and the widow will not repeat it, and the raw material for making white sugar is stone honey, so we must negotiate with the leaders, and strive to let them get more stone honey, which is purified and decolorized to make white sugar, which is a hot commodity in the eyes of the merchants!"
"The widow will appease the states and counties in Lingnan soon, you elect a few representatives, follow the widow to go with him, negotiate a place when you go to a place, and seize the market before others react."
"The road from Nanchang to Shixing, whether it is a waterway or a land route, sooner or later must be renovated and widened, you and Jiangzhou local bigwigs, Haoqiang to discuss, how to get better, from Nanchang to Shixing to Panyu, must be smooth all the way."
"Also, we should also pay close attention to the promotion of tea to the merchants, so that the tea merchants in Jiangzhou can also participate appropriately, and everyone will earn money together, and attract more people to join the family, so that the business will be stable, and everyone can make more money by relying on Tonghaiyi Road."
"We can't organize a fleet to trade in the Lion Country, Tianzhu or even Persia, but we can expand our share of the Panyu sea trade, and use glass products, white porcelain, tea, sugar and other products as a means to reduce prices, so that the merchants can sell us exotic treasures at preferential prices!"