Not only white raw silk, but also later yellow raw silk, various colors of silk, cane sugar, and the prices assessed by the Satsuma clan were quite fair. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Xiao Xiangui bargained a little, and promised all the goods to the Satsuma Domain, and only waited for a few days to deliver the goods as agreed to pay the money.

After Naomitsu Miyajo and the samurai went back satisfied, Xiao Xiangui turned around excitedly, grabbed Li Tu's hand, and said with a grin:

"The second shop official is really a hole in the fire, this Satsuma clan is honest and does not deceive me. The price offered by the Satsuma clan was higher than the price I got in Hirado last year! ”

Li Tu was not accustomed to the hand-holding ceremony of the ancients, so he quickly withdrew his hand from Xiao Xiangui's hand and said indifferently:

"That's nature."

Seeing that Li Tu always looked indifferent, Xiao Xiangui didn't know why, and felt that this Li Tu was not an ordinary person, so he couldn't help but feel a burst of respect, and said with a cracked mouth: "The second shop is really my Wolong, and the ovary is also." ”

This Xiao Xiangui is timid, but he is generous in giving money. With a wave of his sleeves, he said loudly:

"The second shop has a far-sighted plan to break my predicament, and I Xiao Xiangui will reward sixty taels of silver to show my gratitude."

When Li Tu heard that there was a silver reward, there was a happy expression on his face.

This time, I earned another sixty taels, plus the reward for killing the enemy a few days ago, there were one hundred and eighty taels, and I could buy more than ten acres of paddy fields.

Li Tu is not a farmer, and he has no intention of digging in the soil. But with the experience of being deliberately annexed by Huang Kaichou and almost going bankrupt and becoming a tenant farmer, Li Tu subconsciously measured a person's net worth by the number of acres of land according to the standards of this era. Although one hundred and eighty taels of silver is still a little short of the life of a landlord who does not have to do anything, it is another step forward after all.

A month ago, when I was worried about the debt of forty taels all day, how could I have imagined that today I could earn sixty taels so easily.

Arching his hand, Li Tu said lightly:

"Thank you, owner."

Xiao Xiangui laughed and waved his hand.

Seeing Xiao Xiangui and Li Tu talking, Xue Yiming, the chief manager standing next to him, also surrounded him and praised loudly:

"Little Brother Li is really powerful, and he has calculated that this Satsuma Domain is kind and does not deceive people. If it weren't for my little brother's foresight, I would have waited for the boat to escape, and I don't know what kind of turmoil and how much of a joke I would make. ”

Hearing this, Liu Huadian, the helmsman who came up, said:

"I said Erpu, how did you calculate that this Satsuma Domain is an honest lord?"

This Liu Huadian is a straight person, and his speech is straightforward.

But Li Tu didn't know how to answer his words. Li Tu couldn't tell him that he was traveling, and in later generations, he played the Internet every day that they couldn't think of, and he was in the era of information explosion every day, and he learned about this section of knowledge on the Internet, right?

Blinking, Li Tu said, "I know. ”

Liu Huadian is a person who likes to get to the bottom of things, so he just asked;

"How did the second shop know?"

Hearing this, everyone looked curious, looked at Li Tu, and asked him to explain the reason.

Hearing Liu Huadian's question, Wang Jian, the head shop not far away, was also interested, turned his head curiously to look here, and listened carefully.

Seeing everyone looking around, Li Tu thought about it and said lightly:

"I've read some books about overseas monsters, so I know."

As soon as he heard this, the manager Xue Yiming immediately said in surprise: "Oh? Erpu is still a reader? Can read and hyphenate? ”

You know, in this era, most people are illiterate, and knowledge is in the hands of a few readers. Literacy is not only a skill, but also a symbol of identity. Even if you don't have fame, you're not the same as a mortal. It is the official of the imperial court, and he must give a little respect in front of intellectuals.

Hearing Li Tu say that he had read and read, everyone praised him again, and invisibly had a little more respect for Li Tu.

When Liu Huadian heard this, his face was also grim. patted Li Tu's shoulder affectionately, and he said loudly: "I have long seen that Little Brother Li is not an ordinary person. ”

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Three days later, the agreed delivery date, the Satsuma clan delivered the money to the dock early in the morning. The sailors of the Zaixing were busy moving the cargo from the bilge one by one out of the cargo ship to the dock, and let Naomitsu Miya's men inspect the goods and report the loss. It was busy until the evening, and the two sides completed the handover and completed the transaction.

Xiao Xiangui saw the integrity of the Satsuma Domain, so he simply wrote the Japanese goods he wanted to sell back to Zhangzhou to Miyajo Naomitsu one by one, and asked him to quote the price and purchase the goods for himself.

In the end, the total price of this ship of goods surprised Li Tu.

A shipload of goods, including yellow and white raw silk, silk of various colors, and cane sugar, was sold for a total price of more than 40,000 taels of silver. Li Tu didn't know how much Xiao Xiangui spent on the purchase. But according to the estimation of the merchant Bao Xinqing, if the cost of raw silk and the like is only one hundred and one taels, but it can be sold for two hundred and fifty-five taels, it is estimated that the cost of that shipload of goods is only fifteen thousand taels.

For this ship of goods, Xiao Xiangui earned more than 20,000 taels of silver.

This kind of trade is really a lucrative business. Even Li Tu, a traverser, knew about the huge profits on the ocean in the Age of Discovery, and knew that Zheng Chenggong had relied on maritime trade to support the finances of the Nanming regime, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked by the single-ship trade volume of more than 40,000 taels of silver and more than 20,000 taels of profits.

This Xiao Xiangui has been running the sea for two years, and this year is the third year, and the money he earns may be able to buy a large farm with thousands of acres of paddy fields, employing countless slaves, three wives and four concubines. In the eyes of Li Tu, who was born as a yeoman farmer, this is already a huge rich family.

But on this sea, Xiao Xiangui is just a small maritime merchant, walking on thin ice as if facing the abyss, and he must beware of the merger and plunder of larger maritime merchants and bigger pirates everywhere.

This trade is really a magnificent business.

Knowing this, Li Tu's determination to continue on the road of running the sea was a little stronger.

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After receiving the silver, Xiao Xiangui was extremely happy and drank some wine. The so-called wine is strong and intimidating, and when the wine is strong, Xiao Xiangui said that he would take a few people in charge of the boat to Nahua Street to have fun.

As soon as they heard this, several men were full of interest, and immediately took the interpreter and went to find the flower street together.

Everyone searched for a while, only to find that the flower street of Hefangjin was in the middle of the port town.

At the entrance of Nahua Street is a Japanese-style torii with the word "Banyuan" written on it. Walked into the archway, but did not see the store, but saw several circular gardens, one large and four small, which are planted with all kinds of chrysanthemums, red and yellow are beautiful. Walking further in, I saw three two-story Japanese-style tiled houses, all of which were lined with girls soliciting customers.

Seeing that so many Datang maritime merchants came here, knowing that they were all rich guests, the girls were all bright-eyed and put on the most beautiful poses, hoping to attract guests.

Xiao Xiangui stood in the middle of the street and looked at it for a long time before choosing the one he thought was the most beautiful and entering the room where the girl was. The crowd followed, rushing in.

As soon as I entered the door, there was a hallway, and the proprietress who greeted the guests ran out of it, stood on the platform behind the entrance, smiled and groaned, and said something. Tongshi hurriedly translated:

"Welcome all the merchants from Datang, you are here, the small shop is full of brilliance."

"Please take off your shoes here and come with me."

Everyone took off their shoes and walked onto the platform, but they saw a virgin come out from behind the proprietress and tidy up everyone's shoes. She placed the shoes on the edge of the entrance against the wall, head facing outward, and then stopped.

It was not the first time that everyone had come to this kind of place, and they knew that this was the courtesy of the Wa Kingdom, so they only let the girl put it away.