Gonggong Shi is the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch, and among the 100,000 eunuchs in the inner court, he is also in the top ten. Even if he sends a decree to a governor like Hu Zongxian, he won't be needed, let alone give a marriage to a small five-grade official, as for letting his old man go on a trip for the New Year?

In fact, Eunuch Shi is here, and he has another task, Jiajing wants him to actually observe the operation of the City Division, and by the way, he also wants to talk about the situation in the place, to put it bluntly, it is to monitor whether Tang Yi is doing a good job.

Tang Yi knew that he spent three days personally accompanying Gonggong Shi to go all over the city, carefully explaining every aspect of the transaction, especially telling many hidden mysteries.

Hearing this, Gonggong Shi was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this is an open sea, it is simply digging a pit! It's also beautifully packaged, so that you don't know what happened when you fell into it unconsciously.

From the first moment the foreign merchants came ashore, they stepped into a trap set with great painstaking warmth, all with the only purpose, that is, to squeeze their silver dry, and not once, but for a long time, so that they could act as hard worker bees and bring all the gold and silver to Daming.

First of all, when they go ashore, the security of the port soldiers will inspect the ships for prohibited items, and then the scribe of the city will register them and issue them an identity card, with which they will be able to move around Quanzhou.

The first step to enter Quanzhou, usually to go to the Tongyi Chamber of Commerce, there are staff, will considerately help foreign businessmen deal with all affairs, first of all, if they carry gold and silver, more than 1,000 taels must be handed over to the official silver number, kept by the official silver number, more than 100,000 taels, free of handling fees. If it is less than 100,000 taels, you need to pay a storage fee of 1/1000.

Compared with the money bank ticket number, this storage fee is not much, but the wonderful thing is that the official bank account also provides loans.

For example, if a merchant brings 200,000 taels of silver, but wants to buy 300,000 taels of goods, what should he do if there is a shortfall? You can borrow money from the official bank, and after taking the silver, in order to ensure that it can be returned smoothly, the official bank will send personnel to go to sea with the merchants, and wait until the next time you come to Daming, you will pay back the arrears.

"Lord Tang, you really think about Xiyi for the sake of Xiyi, most of them are grateful to Dade."

"Father-in-law Shi. I was afraid that they would scold me behind my back. ”

Tang Yi smiled and explained to Gonggong Shi - this regulation seems to be for the sake of foreign businessmen, but in fact it is sinister intentions, and it is a typical borrowing a boat to go to sea. It is important to know that sailing a sailboat across the ocean requires great skill and courage, the skill of maneuvering the sailboat, the navigation technique, and the hydrological sea conditions along the way. Where to resupply, what are the indigenous customs and habits of each place. What do you like and what are your specialties......

All of them are the most valuable pieces of knowledge, and they are all worth a thousand dollars.

Originally, Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, had already opened up the road, but unfortunately the charts were all burned, and Tang Yi had to fake his hands as a Western merchant. Renew your knowledge of the ocean.

In a few years, the route was figured out, and the sea ships were built, and the merchant fleet of the Ming Dynasty could run rampant across the ocean.

Tang Yi felt that the people he sent out were like rattan seeds, parasitic under the big trees. Little by little, it grows up and eventually strangles the tree alive!

Although it is a bit despicable and even shameless to say, Tang Yi is fearless for the sake of the great cause of the ocean......

In fact, there is another situation, that is, there is not enough goods to procure, the money is left, if you go back with a lot of gold and silver, once you meet pirates, you will lose everything.

At this time, the merchant can choose to leave the silver in the official silver number, wait for the next time he comes, and then continue to use it, all in all, every merchant who enters the Ming Dynasty will have his own account, and no one outside can move to ensure the safety of the property.

But don't forget, it will take at least a year or two to go back and forth, and during this time, maybe the merchant will die at sea, and the silver he left behind in the official silver will become ownerless.

Sailing is still a very high-risk thing, and it is optimistically estimated that for every million taels of silver deposited, 100,000 taels will go to the official silver number in vain.

After Gonggong Shi heard the trick here, his eyes changed when he saw Tang Yi, the warm-hearted official silver number actually wanted to make dead money, which was too ruthless! He even doubted that Tang Yi would assassinate those Western merchants for the sake of silver.

Soon, he found that compared to the design behind it, the official silver number was simply too kind, as simple as a little sheep.

Western merchants will enter the buying and selling process after dealing with the gold and silver problem, and the market department has set up a trading hall, and the products from all over the country are complete and dazzling, as long as they are willing to spend money, they will not worry about not being able to buy what they want.

And the trading floor, which is also the place with the most traps, is simply unguardable.

For example, there is an Arab merchant named Silly Damu, he went to the silk hall and handed over the specifications and prices he hoped to the clerk, and the scribe would post the bidding information on the public notice board, and after knowing the news, many merchants from the Ming Dynasty would come, and they would find Silly Damu.

Mr. Silly Oki will use his ingenuity and shrewd mind to fight with them, and finally find the lowest price and make a happy deal.

Silently calculating, compared to the price in his heart, it is much cheaper, and it is much more favorable than the smuggling pirate, Mr. Silly Damu is satisfied, looking forward to the next time to repeat the old trick. But don't be busy, is it really a silk producer who came to bid, of course not!

Tang Yi has already said before, he will not engage in price competition, Tang Yi has already organized a large number of chambers of commerce, for each commodity, the city will announce a guide price, and then between the chambers of commerce, a preliminary price alliance has been reached, and then go to bid with Silly Damu.

To put it simply, this thing is like raising the price three times first, and then putting a 10% discount promotion, and the people who buy it think they are making a bargain, but in fact, the people who sell things are snickering.

The existence of the Chamber of Commerce not only solves the vicious competition, ensures that the least goods are exchanged for the most profits, but also balances the contradictions in various provinces and localities. More importantly, by guiding the price, the most critical pricing power is in the hands of the market, and all business activities will revolve around the price stick.

This is only for the interior, for external goods, such as wood, clocks, weapons, spices, precious stones, carpets, etc...... Tang Yi will not give them the opportunity to twist into a rope, on the contrary, he will use the excuse of pressing the goods, forcing them to get rid of them at a low price, and will also gather merchants with similar goods together, so that they can really have a hand-to-hand price battle.

All in all, in a word, I call the shots of my territory!

Foreign businessmen came to the city and let them take advantage, I am sorry for Tang Zhuangyuan's golden signboard!

If you think these are enough, it is too much to underestimate Tang Yi, and he has also launched two businesses: marine insurance services and escort very intimately.

Frankly speaking, due to the implementation of the policy of sea ban, Daming insurance business is far behind the West, as early as two or three hundred years ago, Italy, the Netherlands and other places have appeared marine insurance business.

But it doesn't matter, compared with these small countries, Daming's market is larger and its credit is better, Tang Yi has opened three major insurance projects: ship insurance, freight insurance, and cargo insurance.

The sea is very dangerous, even the best captain sometimes misses, but once he misses, it means that his family is ruined and his bones are gone.

If you spend a little silver to buy a peace, it is undoubtedly willing for many people. In particular, Tang Yi proposed to use Fujian sailors to escort them, and with the official guarantee of the Ming Dynasty, the businessmen were even more enthusiastic.

They didn't notice that relying on the so-called insurance, Tang Yi took back a sum of money from them openly. Insurance is a very lucrative business, Tang Yi plans to take out a large amount of premiums and hand them over to Yu Dayou, and use other people's money to expand his navy, no matter how you think about it, it is secretly refreshing.

Time is limited, and Shi Gonggong doesn't have the spirit to see everything, but just hearing and witnessing it makes him breathtaking. Tang Yi's various designs are packed with flowers, which seem to be very fair and thoughtful, but in fact, they make full use of the economic advantages of the Ming Dynasty to maximize the benefits of opening the sea.

He was no longer satisfied with just providing goods, but wanted to swallow finance, shipping, and trade.

With such a vision, such a means, and a broad vision, apart from Tang Yi, there is really no second person who can do it. After some observation, Gonggong Shi had two more chambers of commerce in his arms, plus the 1,000 acres of tea plantations he got before, Tang Yi believed that he would know how to report to Jiajing.

Seeing off Gonggong Shi and his party, Tang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, dragged his tired body, and returned to the inner house. sat on the Taishi chair, didn't even bother to move his fingers, opened his mouth slightly, and looked like he was waiting for food.

Wang Yueying was defeated by his laziness, so he could only eat Lantern Festival for him with his own hands, and half a bowl of sweet and greasy Lantern Festival was eaten, and Tang Yi finally came to a little spirit.

"What my daughter-in-law makes is delicious." Tang Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Yueying, have you read a book?" ”

Wang Yueying glanced at him, "In front of Tang Liuyuan, who dares to say that he has read a book?" The resentment she said, Tang Yi suddenly remembered that Wang Shimao had said in private that if his sister was a man, she would not be much worse than her eldest brother.

"Look at my head, guarding a talented woman, it's a tyrannical thing." Tang Yi said frustratedly: "Daughter-in-law, help me calculate the accounts of the city's boss, and see how much money Xianggong gets!" ”

Wang Yueying was still a little hesitant, "Outside the male lead, inside the female lead, I don't dare to disobey the woman's way." ”

"What kind of woman, the world and the earth are the biggest, and besides, how can my Tang Yi's woman not even understand some accounts, let me tell you, our family has a lot of properties, and we will have to rely on you to take care of it when the time comes, so let's practice first."

Tang Yi's tone was unquestionable, Wang Yueying obediently held the account book, and quickly browsed it, turning the page as fast as lightning, Tang Yi couldn't help but be stunned, and exclaimed: "Daughter-in-law, you don't need an abacus?" ”

"Hmph, I still need abacus in and out of the account, I don't believe me to report it to you, a total of 3,176,546 taels and 3 yuan were sold, of which the Ryukyu Mission bought 1,240,000 taels, a lot, they are really tyrants." Wang Yueying blinked her bright eyes and sighed sincerely. (To be continued.) )