There are also tobacco houses in XA County, although there are not as many tobacco houses as in Guangzhou, and as the county closest to Hong Kong, the distribution center of crows, the crow trade here is also quite prosperous. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although the war can be fought, and the crow trade is also a factor, Louis, who is a crow trader, definitely does not like this war. Because of this battle, he finally got a little better, and his business became difficult to do again. The Chinese are very strange, the country runs to the city when there is a war, and the city runs to the countryside when there is a war, and everyone runs away, of course, no one comes to buy crows.

The smoke house made it clear that it had no plans to enter the crow for the time being, and would not buy it no matter how much discount Louis gave.

But today the guy in the smoke house secretly passed him a message and introduced him to a business, for which he was extorted ten silver dollars by the guy.

I just hope to make a deal.

In this tea house with a depressed business, he waited until noon, only to see two people late, and the Chinese's concept of time is too poor, but Louis did not dare to be unhappy, and when he saw the smoke shop guy with two people, he stood up early and squeezed out a smile.

"Hello, my friend, my name is Louis. I heard that you want to buy crows, so if you look for me, you'll find the right person. ”

"Hello. We're going to buy crows. I just don't know if your goods are authentic or not. ”

The people who came were Zhu Jinglun and Fang Shan, and the guys from the smoke house who they had seen yesterday came to the inn to find them, and Zhu Jinglun asked for ten silver dollars as an intermediary fee, and then took them to this teahouse.

"I don't know how much you're going to buy?"

Louis asked.

"If your goods are genuine, we will have fifty quintals."

Big business, absolutely big business, Louis laughed.

Ten silver dollars were not in vain.

"Rest assured, my friend, there is no one more authentic than mine. I, Louis Sr., have been in this business for many years, and credibility is my greatest asset. It was all fine tobacco unloaded directly from the ships of the East India Company, and the crates had not even been opened. ”

"What about the price?"

"Two hundred taels a load!"

In normal times, a load of tobacco soil is sold for 500 taels in Guangzhou, but this is Xin'an, Hong Kong is a distribution center, the price is very low, Zhu Jinglun can get a wholesale price, but the price of 200 taels is still very low.

But bargaining is a good habit for Chinese: "One hundred taels." As far as I know, the smoke and soil are piled up in Hong Kong. Now it can't be sold at all. ”

Louis frowned, "My friend, do you know how difficult it is to transport our tobacco from India, encountering countless pirates along the way, and worrying about the threat of storms. A hundred taels is simply impossible, and even the cost is not enough. ”

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "One hundred and fifty taels, a fixed price, it can't be done." It's not up to me to find someone else. ”

As Zhu Jinglun said, due to the war, Hong Kong's tobacco soil has indeed accumulated like a mountain, and no buyer can be found. If you can't sell it, you have to pay storage fees if you put it in the warehouse.

Louis pondered for a long time, and finally spoke, "Well, my friend, you are really a vampire. Don't know when you're going to get the goods? ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "The sooner the better." Just on the dock outside the city, one hand to pay and one hand to deliver. ”

Louis said, "Okay, okay. Delivery will be available the day after tomorrow at the latest. Don't know where you're going to buy these goods? ”

Fifty quintals can be more than 7,000 catties, and Louis knows very well that XA County can't eat these goods, so this person must have other ways.

Zhu Jinglun smiled mysteriously: "My friend, finding out how others can make a fortune is not a good habit of doing business." ”

Louis shrugged: "That's what I asked, just out of curiosity. By the way, if you want any goods in the future, you can come to me at any time. I have as many as I want, but I am a big customer of the East India Company, and there are people up there. ”

It is estimated that this product has been in China for a long time, and even someone above can say it.

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Okay." I will always do the goods, I hope we have a happy cooperation. ”

Louis took out a business card at this time: "This is the name card below, I hope you will keep it." In addition, according to the principle of doing business, this deposit should be paid in advance. ”

Louis didn't believe much in the Chinese's creditworthiness and felt that it was a country full of commercial fraud, so although he wanted to make this big business, he still wanted to pay the deposit first.

Zhu Jinglun said: "Of course. But we Chinese are not used to it. We are based on integrity. Deposit, right here. ”

After speaking, he took out a burden and put it on the table, and Louis immediately counted it.

Zhu Jinglun was looking at Louis's business card, which said Louis Fisher.

"Are you a Jew?"

Zhu Jinglun couldn't help asking.

Louis said, "Yes, you can call me Louis, or Mr. Fisher. ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "Your ancestral home is Germany? ”

Louis shook his head: "My ancestors moved to London from Spain, but now I live in Calcutta. ”

"Fack!"

Louis miscounted again.

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Don't count, there are a thousand oceans in total." ”

All of them were wrapped in red paper, a total of ten packets, each of which was a hundred oceans.

Louis gave up the inventory, and Zhu Jinglun no longer looked at Louis's business card, which also said that his position was the governor of the East India Company, which was not credible at all, and the East India Company was probably dissolved by the British king now, because the Indian uprising was caused by the looting of the East India Company, and from this year, India will officially become the territory of the British crown. It used to be just colonized by a company, which is really sad enough.

"Are you really a senior at Jardine Matheson?"

Louis's business card also has the identity of the manager of Jardine Matheson, which is now quite famous in the crow industry. Founded in 1832, the founder Jardine's was the main culprit who lobbied Britain to start a war against China and fight the First Raven War.

Louis looked apologetic: "Actually, I am one of the agents of Jardine Matheson. But please believe in my strength, I am also preparing a foreign company. ”

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Okay." I hope next time I will do a deal with your foreign company, to be honest, I don't like Jardine Matheson very much. ”

Louis laughed, "It will." ”

The business went smoothly, and both parties seemed to be happy, but when they walked out of the teahouse, Zhu Jinglun secretly cursed the damned Jew.

The largest group of merchants who sold crows to China were the Jewish merchants, a people who only valued profits, and were extremely good at commercial operations, which can be said to be pervasive.

Early in the morning of the third day, at the better place, Louis's merchant ship arrived. Zhu Jinglun's boat was also waiting.

For some unknown purpose, Louis actually hired a steamship with a lot of ribbons on it, and the name of Fisher & Co. was written on it, perhaps to show his strength.

Zhu Jinglun's fishing boat is a fishing boat used by Shajing Township to go to sea, and it can only barely fit fifty quintals of crows, which is 7 and a half tons, Zhu Jinglun also boarded the fishing boat and left immediately.

When I returned to Shajing Township, I watched the drill of Shajing Township Yong, which was just a drill of cold weapons, with a gun and a stick to teach the head to practice martial arts. In the polemical array exercises, their professionalism may not be as good as that of the Green Battalion, but what is stronger is their will to fight. This kind of local village soldier has a very firm belief in defending his own land.

Every day, news came back from Xa County, and there was not much movement of the British army, and there was no increase in troops, and there was no sign of an increase in troops. The fishermen of Xa County are active around Hong Kong, and every move on this small island cannot escape their vision, and even on the island of Hong Kong, there are Xa County spies. However, not all of them were in the hands of Shajing Township, and a large part of them were in the hands of the county commander in the past, but unfortunately XA County was occupied, the government organization was destroyed, and many lines were broken. Shajing Xiangyong does not have many dark lines in his hands, so he does not know much about the situation on Hong Kong Island. However, the news they sent back showed that the island of Hong Kong was not peaceful, and conflicts between China and the Ocean broke out from time to time.

Zhu Jinglun went to XA County again, this time by land, in order to reconnoiter the terrain. XA County is close to the sea, the terrain is basically flat, and the mountains in the territory are not high, it should be said that there is no natural danger, even if it is not easy to ambush. It's not good to lure snakes out of their holes to ambush them, otherwise it's not bad to attack XA County and lead them out to ambush.

Under the guidance of the manhole guide, three roads leading to Xa County were walked in a row, the roads in both directions in the northwest were taken, and the waterway was convenient in the south.

When he returned from XA County for the third time, Zhu Jinglun's army came to Shajing Township, and none of the 3,000 people were left behind.

At this time, it had been 20 days since he left Guangzhou, and the time was late October, and Erjin had already finished negotiating a trade treaty with the Qing court in Shidu.

Although it took 20 days to hurry, but these people are still very tired, Guangzhou is more than 500 miles away from Shajing by land, they walk more than 20 miles on average every day, but the army marches, and ordinary people rush differently, they have to guard against the elusive township militia and bandits, these people are not good stubble, don't think that the name Xiangyong can only defend the hometown, robbing the passing business travel is not the patent of bandits.

Knowing that they were very tired, Zhu Jinglun still didn't plan to let them rest, and gave 3 cigarette bubbles to each of the black dogs' battalion, asking them to rest for a while and set off immediately.

"Today it's you, tomorrow it's the one who changes the scar. The day after tomorrow is Brother Kui's. The day after tomorrow is a curly-haired person. Everyone came in turns. But the most important thing is not to kill a few foreigners, but to save the lives of the brothers, even if not a single foreigner is killed, it is a great achievement. Do you understand everything? ”

Zhu Jinglun held a meeting with the battalion officers.

"A strategy for exhausting the enemy?"

Fang Shan listened to the sound beside him.

Zhu Jinglun said: "That's right, you can't let foreigners live in peace for a day!" Lao Tzu wants them to be soldiers! ”