Mi Yu took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "The villain's business in the capital is also thanks to Feng Xingshou's care. Therefore, a banquet was held several times. On the day before leaving Beijing, on the court, the Keju team of Cotton Bank won 15 to 3 Che Ma Xing. When he talked about the matter of Pingnan at the celebration banquet, Feng Xingshou said that with Han Longtu and General Li here, he would be able to break through the Shenglong Mansion and return with a great victory. Feng Xingshou has never lied, since he said so, no one dared to gamble with him. ”

Mi Yu babbled a long way, Li Xin doubted his friendship with Feng Congyi, and he was busy defending himself.

Li Xin's face couldn't tell whether he believed it or not, and with Mi Yu's more than ten years of experience in the rivers and lakes, he couldn't tell the truth. has been in the officialdom for a long time, and the city government has also deepened, "Brother Mi is a cloth merchant, if he wants to sell goods, he should go to Qiongya, how can he come to the poor place of Jiaozhou?" ”

"How can Jiaozhou be said to be a poor place." Mi Yu laughed, "Since Jiaozhou's administrative office is located in Haimen, presumably Zhang and Han have the intention to open a port here, and in the future, Jiaozhou's goods can also be traveled by sea, without having to go over mountains and mountains." ”

Mi Yu cautiously peeked at the look on Li Xin's face, "However, it will take a long time for Jiaozhou to open a port, if you want to be like Hangzhou and Guangzhou." It is difficult to do it without the power of tens of millions of people. He stood up and bowed to Li Xin, "The villain is not talented, and he is willing to attach his tail to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Mi Yu didn't mind smashing all the belongings he had on Li Xin. How can there be a reason not to spend money on befriending Shangguan? Mi Yu also read a little book, but the competition in Fujian was too great, and he knew that he didn't have the ability to take the Jinshi exam, so he went to the sea to engage in business. What he admires most in his life is Lu Buwei, no matter what happens in the future, he is a businessman who has an investment vision and has become the prime minister of a country.

But Li Xin was unmoved, and he had seen a lot of empty words: "Jiaozhou has just gone through the war, and there may not be any production in three or five years." I wonder if Brother Mi has the patience to wait until the state settles down? ”

Of course, Mi Yu won't have that patience, he still owes people tens of thousands of dollars.

"The general doesn't know about it, but he doesn't need to wait that long. The Great Song Dynasty has a lot of things, everything, but there are no good horses. Therefore, the root of Xihe Road is a tea and horse market, and the imperial court has to work Xihe Road, also for the sake of war horses. When there were more households in the road, and with Han Longtu's proposal and Han Lao Fengweng's presiding, the road began to grow cotton and grain, and cotton cloth appeared. But horses are fundamental. ”

Mi Yu has had an in-depth understanding of the enemies in the shopping mall, and he has inquired about the rise of Longyou Cotton Shop. Saying it in front of Li Xin now just proves that his dealings with Feng Congyi are not boastful.

Seeing Li Xin nodding contemplatively, he was shocked and continued: "What can Jiaozhou have." Fruits and wood, as long as they are rare goods, can indeed be sold at a high price in the north, and now it is indeed necessary to wait for three years and five years. And in terms of net profit, the same shipment will not be much higher than grain - one is time-consuming and labor-intensive to handle, and the other is to occupy space.

The only thing that can be obtained immediately is incense! Cardamom, cloves, agarwood, ivory, myrrh, sandalwood, chicken tongue, these specialties of Jiaozhou can be sold at a high price in the north...... It should be said that the price is sky-high. ”

Li Xin's face changed slightly, "I heard that incense medicine is the same as salt and iron, and it is forbidden. ”

"There are many names of incense medicines, and the only ones that are forbidden are rhino horn, frankincense, and borneol. And the transit in the country does not do the business of the city. The ban can only prohibit foreign goods, and from Haimen to Hangzhou, at most it will only be extracted by the city to do taxes, and then buy [parity acquisition] three percent. There are still sixty percent in hand, as long as you sell it, its profit can be expected to be ten times. The profits are huge, just look at Jiaozhi relying on the incense trade with the Great Song Dynasty and become a tyrant in Tiannan, and you will know the end. ”

But Li Xin didn't pay attention to this, and the oil and salt did not enter. What's more, what Mi Yu said is not true, "How many times can you do such a deal?" ”

"Isn't one time enough?" Mi Yu approached, and whispered mysteriously, "There are not many people who think of this section at the moment, as long as one boat can have an income of 100,000 yuan, but after half a year, it will only be 20,000 or 30,000 yuan." The implication is that I want to leave myself and go to my cousin to transfer the money, but I can't help it.

100,000 is indeed a lot, but it is not much to distribute to yourself. Where would Li Xin put this kind of risky return in his eyes. He will meet Mi Yu, and he just wants to know the news of Lu Dao's cousin and family. He has a dry stock in SF Express, and he has a stable income of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan every year, and it is still growing, so he is not short of money to spend at all.

Looking at the treacherous and flattering smiling face that came to the front with some unhappiness in his heart, Li Xin frowned and thought, "No wonder the third brother doesn't like business, they are all like this." ’

Li Xinzhi said that his cousin did not discriminate against businessmen, according to Han Gang, industry and commerce are not separated, and even if the grain grown is not sold, it can be stored at home and will not be wasted. If the goods that come out of the workshop can't be sold, they can only occupy the warehouse and make people hungry.

But Han Gang didn't like simple businessmen very much, and those people didn't do much to produce, which would not be of much benefit to the country. He preferred the workers and peasants, whether farmers or artisans, from whom they could produce something. Moreover, if a merchant does not have his own industry, he is a tree without roots, and if there is an accident, he will go bankrupt.

Therefore, although SF Express's business is getting bigger and bigger, it is still on the land and workshops in Gongzhou Township. There is no foundation firmly grasped in the hands, relying on the main business of cotton cloth, just relying on the transfer of rivers and lakes, how can it be able to compete with the wealthy family in the capital?

Li Xin also didn't like businessmen like Mi Yu who planned to make a fortune and leave, so he deliberately embarrassed him and said, "How about the cattle trade?" There are many cattle in Jiaozhi. Jiangxi and Jinghu South all sell cattle from Guangxi, and I heard that Hongzhou, Jiangzhou and other places do not levy taxes on cattle. Just to have a little more cattle to cultivate the acres. This matter is beneficial to the country, if Brother Mi has a heart, I can go to Li Zhizhou to talk about it. ”

Mi Yu's face changed for a moment, but he immediately regained his humble smile: "There are many cattle in Guangxi, and there are also a lot of Jiaozhi, but unfortunately they are all buffaloes, and they can only be raised in Jiangnan." To get to the north, you still have to rely on scalpers. ”

Hundreds of miles do not sell wood, thousands of miles do not sell wood. It's a colloquial phrase for doing business these days.

The commercial tax rate of the Great Song Dynasty is not low, the tax is two cents, the residence tax is three cents, and every time a tax card is passed, two percent must be added to the cost; When you get to the ground and start selling, you have to add another three percent.

The farther you travel, the more you have to choose the goods that bring usurious profits. Otherwise, a little profit will be like clear water falling into the sand, and it will be sucked up by tax cards along the way.

Walking by sea, it can be exempted from the overland route, through the state and the county more than a cow's hair of taxes, but how to calculate the risk, sea rafting is not so safe, mainly the mother sea of pearl with high wind and waves, compared to the waterway from Guangzhou to Yangzhou, the risk is much greater, there are several shipwrecks every year. If there wasn't enough profit, why would he take that risk?

"That's a pity, I didn't think the business of selling cattle was so difficult."

Li Xin didn't plan to say anything more, he just needed to train his soldiers well and fight a good battle. With his cousin Han Gang and his old boss Zhang Dian to help, there is a chance to be promoted to the Sanya Management Army in the future, and there is no need to make friends with such villains.

If it weren't for the cousin who casually said a few words a few days ago, how to develop production in Jiaozhou, and asked his cousin Feng Congyi's recent situation, he would have ordered soup to send off the guests, where would he talk so much nonsense with a mere businessman, Li Xin originally didn't like to talk too much.

Seeing that Li Xin had a bit of soup to send off guests, Mi Yu was a little panicked. He didn't expect that there were generals who didn't love money, but he heard that Guo Kui and Guo Taiwei's hobby of trafficking in commercial goods made Mrs. Taiwei look at it.

Hurriedly said: "However, the villain is still a little familiar with the sea route to Jiangdong to sell cattle, but he is not familiar with the business of cultivating cattle." If the general can have a word to help, how can the villain be unwilling?

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It took only two days to get on the ship from Haimen Port to Qinzhou. From Qinzhou to Yongzhou, it will only take three or four days at most.

Compared with the whole overland, it is indeed time-saving and labor-saving. Except for being on a sea boat, you can't be down-to-earth and reassuring, but there are really no other shortcomings.

After more than a year of reconstruction, Qinzhou City and Anyuan Port have largely restored their old appearance.

Han Gang looked at the old and new buildings, and smiled at Zhang Dun: "In the future, when Haimen opens the port, I don't know if there will be more or fewer caravans to and from Qinzhou. ”

"Just for the pearls, hawksbill turtles, and corals of Qinzhou, there will be no shortage of caravans." Zhang Dian said.

Although not as well-known as the Hepu pearl in Lianzhou, Qinzhou also produces pearls. From the ship, I saw hundreds of pearl divers constantly entering and leaving the sea, picking up pearl oysters from the sea.

Looking a little farther away, along the coast, there are thousands of boats floating on the water like tiny eggshells, and each boat is a family of Tan people. In the coastal states of Liangguang and Fujian, there are hundreds of thousands of Tan people who live on ships all their lives.

"If these Tan people along the coast can be organized into households and settled down in a good way, the foundation of the imperial court in Guangxi will be stabilized again."

Zhang Dian smiled when he heard this, Han Gang said that it was Guangxi, but in fact he was talking about Jiaozhou, and all his thoughts were on this. But then again, as long as there are two or three thousand more households in Jiaozhou, that is twice the number of soldiers. The proportion of the household registration with the barbarian department can also be more reassuring.

"The Tan people don't know how to grow crops, so they have no other skills except fishing and pearl diving." The governor of Qinzhou said in the back, "If all the Tan people are organized into households, then there will be no pearls in Qinzhou." ”

"Are people not as good as pearls? How can you be a slut? Han Gang asked rhetorically, "Diving into the deep sea, there are not many lifespans, if you teach them to farm and cultivate, there are a few people who don't want to." ”