In March, it is the most beautiful time of the year, Xia Qianfeng, a businessman who came to Shuangyu Port again from Nanjing, stood on the bow of the ship and couldn't help but smile when he saw the north port area of Shuangyu Port in front of him.

Last time, Xia Qianfeng shipped a batch of silk from Nanjing, and he wanted to sell the silk to buy a batch of pepper back, but because of the accident of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the pepper in the port was priceless, and he couldn't find the seller of the pepper after looking for a few days. But he had already received a deposit before, and he almost let him smash his signboard after the worst, but fortunately, Beigang Tea House launched a reform and put out a shipping list, which allowed him to find a batch of pepper and keep his reputation.

Thinking of what happened last year, Xia Qianfeng, who was smiling all over his face, couldn't help but sigh, that was the last time he went to the goods last year, and he only made some money on silk, as for the pepper that was later purchased at a high price, not only failed to make money, but also lost a little, so he felt a little unhappy when he arrived at the New Year, so after the New Year, he immediately prepared a batch of freight to Shuangyu Port, and finally made back the money lost last year.

With the successful experience of the last time, this time Xia Qianfeng once again took two big ships, the cabin was full of fine silk purchased, worth more than 5,000 taels of silver, which is already most of his net worth, if this transaction goes well, at least he can make a net profit of more than 1,000 taels, and then he will buy a batch of goods from Nanyang or the Wa Kingdom and transport them back, and it will be a profit of thousands of taels when it changes hands.

Thinking that he could earn more than two thousand taels of silver this time, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help but forget last year's unhappiness, and even half-squinted his eyes, leaning on the bow of the boat and humming a little song.

Just as Xia Qianfeng was humming a little song, his two boats finally entered the Beigang area. And this time, he also deliberately docked in the port area controlled by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. It is relatively close to the Beigang Tea House. On the way here, he had already thought that this batch of silk would also be listed for sale in the teahouse, which would not only save trouble, but also sell it quickly.

The two cargo ships docked at the wharf slowly, Xia Qianfeng woke up from the dream of making money, at this time the people on the wharf had already boarded the ship to check the goods on the ship, and then issued a tax bill according to the value of the goods, and the ship's account room had already been prepared. The taxes on the two boats were soon settled.

Xia Qianfeng naturally didn't have to worry about such a trivial matter as paying taxes, he instructed the guys he brought to guard the goods carefully, and then walked towards the Beigang Teahouse with the tax bill that had just arrived. If you want to hang the goods in the Beigang Teahouse, you must let the people in the teahouse see your goods with your own eyes, so that the main reason is to prevent the owner from cheating.

However, if the ship is parked at the port of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, it only needs to go to the teahouse with the tax bill, as long as the money is paid, the information of the goods can be hung up soon, and there is no need to wait for the people in the teahouse to check the goods. But if it stops at a port controlled by other chambers of commerce in Beigang, then you can only wait for the people in the teahouse to slowly check the goods. That's why. That's why Xia Qianfeng will take the port of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce as the first choice.

Xia Qianfeng boarded the dock with the tax bill and looked around. It turned out that compared with the last time I arrived, the port area of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has changed a little, such as the number of poles on the dock to support the lifting of goods, and the shipyard adjacent to the west seems to have expanded a lot.

"The young proprietor of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is really not an ordinary person, it has only been less than half a year, and the divided Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has come to life again, and the port is different every time, it seems that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is going to rise again!" Xia Qianfeng looked at the changes in the port and sighed a few words, and at the same time thought of the sons in the family, who were also in their teens, and the sons in his family could not do anything other than eat, drink and have fun, and they were simply angry compared to the young owners of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking of the unsuccessful sons in the family, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, but he was not slow at all, and soon came to the location of the Beigang Teahouse. The current Beigang Tea House has changed greatly, if it is the first time to come here since the Chinese New Year, I am afraid that you will not be able to recognize the original Beigang Tea House in front of you.

I saw that although the original Beigang Tea House stood in the original position, but the empty square around it has disappeared, because the whole square has been walled, and a lot of buildings have been added to the wall, these buildings are integrated with the original Beigang Tea House, and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce has named it "Beigang Trading Center", but this strange name obviously does not meet the taste of most people, so it is customary for people to still call this place Beigang Tea House.

Xia Qian had already been here once after the year, and although the entire trading center had not yet been fully completed, it had already had some foundation, so he was not too surprised to see the Beigang Teahouse that had changed greatly in front of him.

I saw Xia Qianfeng walk to the gate of the trading center, and then showed the tax bill in his hand to the guards in front of the door, and the two guards immediately let him go. There are two ways to enter the trading center, the first is to show the tax bill of the port, of course, it must be issued by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and the tax bill of other chambers of commerce is not good at all. The second way is to pay money, and one or two pieces of silver can buy a passable list, which allows people to enter and exit at will within ten days.

After entering the gate of the trading center, what appeared in front of Xia Qianfeng was a straight avenue, with this avenue as the boundary, the entire garden was distributed in two parts, east and west, of which the eastern part is called the purchase area, and there is a purchase hall in the purchase area. To the west is the shipping area, which also has a shipping hall.

Xia Qianfeng came to sell goods this time, so he naturally wanted to go to the shipping area, I saw him quickly come to the shipping hall, the whole hall was built very distinctively, the hall was divided into several areas according to the type of goods sold, and each area had several signs, on which various goods information was pasted.

Xia Qianfeng entered the hall and turned right, came to the counter in the center of the hall, handed over his tax bill to the shopkeeper inside, and after handing over a sum of money, the other party picked up a pen and wrote his silk information on it, and then asked the guy to paste it in the silk trading area.

After looking at his silk information pasted, Xia Qianfeng did not leave immediately, but prepared to take a few turns in the shipping hall, and probably took a look at what goods were to be sold, after all, after he sold silk, he would definitely have to transport a batch of goods back, and now he can do it with confidence.

But just as Xia Qianfeng turned around and wanted to leave the counter, suddenly the old shopkeeper inside called him, and took out a piece of paper full of writing and handed it to him: "Shopkeeper Xia, our Chamber of Commerce has recently launched a new business, which can multiply the income of your batch of silk, if you are interested, you can come to me at any time." ”

Xia Qianfeng's eyes lit up when he heard what the other party said to multiply his income several times, but then he glanced at the other party with some suspicion, and asked with some disbelief: "Shopkeeper, aren't you making fun of me, what new business can make my silk income several times more?" ”

The shopkeeper was obviously used to Xia Qianfeng's questions, but he smiled and didn't explain, just stuffed the paper in his hand into Xia Qianfeng's hand and said: "This is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences, but what is written on this piece of paper is clear, you can find a place to take a good look, I believe you will be interested!" ”

Xia Qianfeng was puzzled, took the paper and walked to the side to find a seat to sit down and take a look, but as soon as he saw the beginning, he immediately attracted his whole mind to this paper, and then began to read the content of the paper a few times seriously, and his face couldn't help but show a look of excitement and hesitation.

According to the above introduction, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is willing to provide ships and manpower to transport the cargo owner's goods to overseas transactions, and the profits of the transaction are divided between the cargo owner and the Chamber of Commerce, and the proportion of the share is also different according to the type of goods.

This list is very detailed, especially at the bottom, and there are also some common goods with a share ratio, such as Xia Qianfeng's silk, if it is handed over to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to be shipped overseas for trading, then he can get 40% of all profits. Although it is still the Chamber of Commerce that takes the lion's share, it is also a great risk that people provide ships and manpower, and it is not an exaggeration to take the lion's share.

In addition, overseas trade is at least ten times the income, forty percent of the profit is converted, which is four times the value of the goods, that is to say, if his more than 5,000 taels of goods can be successfully traded, the silver he will receive will be as high as 20,000 taels, which is ten times higher than his expected income of 2,000 taels of silver.

However, after all, Xia Qianfeng has been in business for many years, and he knows that there can be no good thing in this world, so he quickly calmed down and reconsidered the new business launched by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and sure enough, he found that the money from this new business was not so easy to make.

If he wants to do this business with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Xia Qianfeng must first entrust the goods to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce for transportation, which requires him to have absolute trust in the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and will not worry about the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce swallowing his goods. Xia Qianfeng can do this, after all, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is one of the four major chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port, and it is impossible to lose his reputation because of his own goods. In addition, before the goods are sold, Xia Qianfeng will not get a penny, and if the goods encounter wind and waves at sea, he will lose all his money.

Thinking of the risk he had to take in this business, Xia Qianfeng couldn't help but hesitate, but soon he thought that if this business was completed, then he would be able to bring himself nearly 20,000 taels, which also made his heart hot again: With such a big profit, it seems that it is worth taking a little risk? (To be continued......)