Ji Qingwen is not a stupid person, but also a traverser who has opened the perspective of God, listening to Xu Guangqi's simple introduction, he figured out the ins and outs of "exploration trade".

But the survey in Zheng Zhilong's hand was indeed not distributed from Ji Qingwen's hand, so he asked: "Ship Master Zheng, do you have your survey with you, I want to see it." ”

Zheng Zhilong took out a leather wallet from his arms, and said in an interview: "Lord Ji, a small maritime merchant like me can only get one or two surveys for a whole year. Don't be fake, right? As he spoke, he took out a piece of yellow paper from his wallet and handed it to Ji Qingwen.

Ji Qingwen also saw the original for the first time, and he couldn't distinguish the true from the fake, but the Suzhou Weaving Yamen Pass Seal covered under the big seal of the Ministry of Rites was covered by the big seal of the Ministry of Rites, but he was in contact with it every day, and the truth and falsehood were clear at a glance - it was really covered with the seal that he was familiar with.

"That's weird." Ji Qingwen gasped, "The weaving yamen seal on this survey is really true, and the date of payment is also last month, but since I went to serve as the weaving admiral, I have not issued a survey." Ship Master Zheng, where did you get this survey? ”

Zheng Zhilong stretched out his hand to take the survey, folded it meticulously, put it in his wallet, and put it in his arms, and then said, "I'm not afraid that Lord Ji will blame me." I didn't take it from the weaving yamen, but a comprador in Ningbo bought it for three thousand taels of silver! ”

"It's inexplicable." Ji Qingwen frowned and said, "During this time, the silk output of the weaving workshop is high, warehousing, bookkeeping, and write-off, don't use this big seal all the time, it will never be lost!" ”

Xu Guangqi was still scheming and said: "I remember that during the Hongwu period of Taizu, there was an 'empty seal case', and it was the local officials who deliberately brought blank documents to the household department to write off the accounts in order to be cheap, and then stamped the seal after aligning the numbers. According to the old man, the matter of the investigation seems to be different from the 'empty seal case' and is the same......"

"Okay, I figured it out!" was enlightened by Xu Guangqi, Ji Qingwen was already open, "It's Guo Jing, this kid who is making trouble here!" He took the survey and stamped the big seal of the weaving yamen, but he didn't hand it over to me with an empty date, and he is still selling it privately. ”

These few words made Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua think so, and they couldn't help nodding.

Zheng Zhilong was a little frightened, and asked, "Lord Ji, is this survey still counted?" For the sake of Father Tong and these parishioners, don't confiscate it for me. ”

Ji Qingwen waved his hand: "You can rest assured." These people have a big face, not to mention confiscating them for you, even if you don't, I will also send you a few surveys. It's a pity that I don't have a ...... in my hand right now."

Zheng Zhilong was happy to hear this, and immediately gave up his hand and said: "My lord didn't know the situation for a while, and he was stolen by Guo Jing." But the survey of the Ministry of Rites was sent to the weaving yamen, not to him Guo Jing, and to stay until next year, won't there be another survey in the hands of adults? When the time comes, if the adults give me one or two more, I will not be able to use them all. ”

"Then don't worry, I'll keep it for you, when the time comes, you will make a fortune, don't forget my benefits......" As soon as Ji Qingwen heard that it was profitable, a silver light immediately appeared in his eyes, and even the sound of copper plates hitting echoed in his voice.

Over there, Xu Guangqi reminded: "My lord, you are young and have a bright future, don't violate the law of the country for the sake of this little profit!" ”

Ji Qingwen smiled bitterly: "Lord Xu, how can I have any future?" If I can't find a way to sell the silk now, then I, the weaver admiral, will not be able to sit still. I thought that since this survey was valuable, then I would simply sell it, and at least exchange it for one or two thousand taels of silver and pay it to the emperor. ”

Zheng Zhilong hadn't listened to their conversation just now, so he didn't know about the unsalable silk of the weaving yamen.

But as soon as he heard the truth of this matter, he immediately patted his thigh and shouted, "Oh, why didn't Lord Ji say it earlier!" With so much silk, why do you have to sell it to the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce? Give it all to me, and I'll double the money for adults. ”

"All of them? Or double? Ji Qingwen said with some suspicion, "Although the quality of the silk in my hand is good, if it is sold to the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, it will only cost about three hundred taels of silver." If you want to double the acquisition, you are not afraid of losing money? ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "Your ears and eyes here in Suzhou are clear, but it's a pity that you don't know the situation overseas." The silk of the Central Plains, especially the tribute colored brocade produced by the weaving yamen, is not sold according to the 'horse', but by the 'ruler'! ”

As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong gushed about it.

It turned out that there was no large-scale supply of the colored brocade produced by the Suzhou Weaving Yamen in the market, and only two or three hundred horses occasionally flowed out of informal channels, that is, Guo Jing sold them privately.

Therefore, the quality of the colored brocade is very high, the quantity is small, and the price is naturally very expensive - if it is shipped to Japan, a foot of silk is worth a hundred taels of silver, and a horse is more than a thousand taels of silver, and it is often in short supply, as long as it appears in the market, it will be snatched up.

And if it is transported farther to the South Seas, India, and Europe, the price will rise exponentially.

Therefore, even if Zheng Zhilong buys these silks at the price of six hundred taels of silver a horse, as long as they are shipped to Japan, he can still have more than half of the profits, and he is naturally eager to buy them.

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed: "That's good, that's good, I'm ......"

Halfway through the words, Ji Qingwen still couldn't fully trust Zheng Zhilong, who met for the first time, thought about it in his heart, and said: "I'll give you five hundred pieces of silk now, and you give me 300,000 taels of silver." If the sales of these silks go well, I will expand the supply. Maybe you can add a share of your fleet to the future, which will be beneficial for you to get a survey in the future. ”

Although Zheng Zhilong is young, he has also been adrift at sea for several years, and he is already a mature maritime businessman.

Therefore, the plan he proposed at the beginning to wrap all the silk in round did not intend for Ji Qingwen to agree to it like this; Now the young weaver admiral was able to make a discount and promise him five hundred horses, and he was very happy.

So Zheng Zhilong immediately patted his chest and said: "My lord, I won't tell you, the silver I brought this time has a total of 350,000 taels of silver, just to purchase goods from the mainland and send them to Japan for sale." Now that I have these tribute silks that my lords have promised me, I don't have to buy anything else. My ship is parked in Ningbo, and when the lord sends someone to bring me silk, I will send me silver. ”

"Ningbo?" Ji Qingwen rubbed the telescope in his hand and said with some embarrassment, "That's too far, right?" I don't have enough people here, so you can't send someone to fetch it? ”

Zheng Zhilong was embarrassed: "I'm not afraid of adult jokes." There are a lot of people on my ship, who are people who have suffered lawsuits and bounties in Daming, and they really can't get along. If they go ashore and are targeted, they won't be able to go back, and if they miss Lord Ji's affairs because of this, the villain can't afford it! ”

Ji Qingwen said: "But I don't have anyone in my hands, Ningbo is so far away from Suzhou, and the ants are transported by car like moving, I don't know how ......much time it will take."

Suddenly, I heard Sun Yuanhua ask: "Feihuang (Zheng Zhilong's character), do you know where the nearest seaport to Suzhou is?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was proficient in sea conditions and sea conditions, and replied without thinking: "In Songjiang Mansion, leave here for two hundred miles. There are a couple of fishing ports over there, enough to park a sea boat for me. ”

Sun Yuanhua nodded and said, "That's easy." Lord Ji, two hundred miles of land, hurry up and hurry, you can make a round trip in a day or two. The lord could mobilize all the weavers in the yamen and transport all 500 pieces of silk to Songjiang Mansion in one transport. Zheng Feihuang took the first step, prepared the silver taels, and after the silk was received, he handed over the silver taels to Lord Ji. Lord Ji will bring the silver two back again, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

"I'm afraid that if a foreign ship moors moors in the fishing port without permission, local officials will have something to say,......" Xu said.

Sun Yuanhua said, "What is Mr. Xu afraid of? It took only one day before and after, and the Songjiang prefect didn't have time to mobilize people. ”

"But what if the news reaches Jingshi? Aren't you afraid that the Ministry of War will issue a document to ask? Xu Guangqi asked again.