After more than 20 days of sailing, he finally came to India, and the people of the Tang Dynasty should be accustomed to calling this place Tianzhu. However, Tianzhu in the Tang Xuanzong period was not so stable and unified, but somewhat like the state of division of the Three Kingdoms period.

South India was divided into two parts, and in the west was the relatively powerful state of Sizarus, which occupied one-third of India's territory under stable rule, and successfully resisted the Arab cavalry, curbed the momentum of Arab expansion, and preserved the ethnic civilization of India.

To the east is the country of East Jaruchi, which is smaller than that of West Jaru, but because of its geographical environment, it has become one of the longest states in India.

As for the north of India, the Jieri Dynasty, which flourished during the Tang Taizong period, that is, Tianzhu, where Xuanzang arrived, collapsed with the death of the Jieri King. Later, India fell into an era of juxtaposition.

Naturally, Li Shan's fleet chose to call at the stable and powerful port of the Western Chalou Kingdom, and in fact most of the trade began here. Not only that, but because of the travel time of cargo ships affected by the monsoon, regular fairs have been formed on these routes.

In early spring, when the last merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty entered the Indian Ocean, a large number of merchant ships arrived from the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, a large number of Indian merchants and Arab merchants gathered in the towns near the port to carry out commercial activities.

Li Shan's building ships docked on the dock one by one, such a large-scale building ship caused an exclamation from the merchants, and it is indeed rare for ten building ships to dock at the same time like this.

Charlie said to Li Shan: "Li, thank you so much, my friend. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to come to India for the rest of my life, and I don't know how to thank you. ”

Li Shan smiled: "Charlie, don't say these words. As long as you take me to the Cape of Good Hope, I will give you a boat to return to your hometown. ”

Charlie's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the building boat next to him and said, "Really? You're going to give me a ship? ”

Li Shan nodded and said, "We Tang people have always been true to our words, you can trust me." ”

Yang Miaoling said: "Li Shan, let's go to the port first, if you want to do a good job, you have to shop around." ”

Li Shan said: "That's right, let's go and have a look." ”

At that time, the Maritime Silk Road was the exchange of goods from various regions of the world, such as silk, tea, porcelain, copper and iron ware from China, spices, minerals, dyes, and sugar from India and the Malay Archipelago, precious stones from Central Asia, ivory and gold sand from East Africa, and honey, yellow wax, furs, and timber from Northern Europe and Rus' were all commodities operated by maritime merchants.

After a long walk back and forth, Yang Miaoling shook his head and said: "Although our goods are very popular here, the prices of cotton, cane sugar, indigo and other items they sell are not low, so although we can make a lot of money, it is still not as good as our expected goal." ”

Li Shan nodded and said: "These people have been operating here for hundreds of years, and the commodity market in various places knows each other very well, and they have formed a fixed situation, and they will not change easily." However, in general, the benefits of maritime trade are higher than those of the Silk Road at Yumen Pass, after all, the volume of incoming and outgoing goods is much larger. ”

Yang Miaoling said: "Having said that, it's just a pity to throw away so much silver for nothing." ”

The true character of a businessman is like this, he always wants to buy the most goods at the least price, and Yang Miaoling and Li Shan are surprisingly consistent in this regard.

Li Shandao: "Actually, it's not impossible. We're a big businessman now. Look at our building ships, which have accounted for half of the entire port side by side, we have the strength to change the market price. As long as the operation is done properly, within ten days, we can buy these goods at the lowest price. ”

Yang Miaoling looked at Li Shan with a smile on her eyebrows and said, "I knew you would have ideas, come and listen." ”

Li Shan whispered a few words in Yang Miaoling's ear, Yang Miaoling clapped his hands and smiled: "Miao, how did you come up with this idea?" Won't these people be angry when the time comes? ”

Li Shandao: "This is the secret of businessmen, small businessmen pursue profits, big businessmen move with the trend, and giant businessmen can stir up the storm and profit from it." ”

Yang Miaoling looked sideways and said, "I really can't see through you more and more, where did you learn these skills?" ”

Li Shandao: "Well, it's natural." ”

Back on the ship, Li Shan summoned Zhang Yanzhao and Zhuo Cheng to divide the goods on his ship into ten parts, and took out one to sell first. If a cargo ship like Li Shan sells all the goods at once, it will definitely cause market fluctuations and cause prices to fall, which will cause unnecessary losses, so it must be sold in batches. At the same time, let them immediately raise all the cash now, and Li Shan is going to go to the next set.

It has to be said that the city-states of India are much worse than those of the Tang Dynasty, and the number and scale of the city-states are far less than those of the Tang Dynasty, and the big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang are even more invisible.

However, as a port nearby, the size of the harbour city is still good, and the market in the city is not small, mainly for the sea merchants who come and go, and the merchants who provide these merchants with local goods.

Li Shan is dressed very special today, with a gold crown on his head, a thick gold chain around his neck, and his fingers full of jewelry, and his clothes are also very gorgeous. At first glance, he was a local tyrant merchant from the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Miaoling was also very cooperative and wore a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to accompany Li Shan.

Ah San followed behind Li Shan with dozens of entourages and swaggered into the downtown of the city.

Sure enough, Li Shan's swaggering actions soon attracted the attention of Indian businessmen, and some people stepped forward to ask Li Shan about the goods he needed to buy.

Li Shan said: "I want all the cotton, cane sugar and indigo you have here, as much as you want, the more the merrier." I didn't see the Tang Dynasty ships in the port, they were all mine. We Tang Dynasty people like your cotton and cane sugar very much. If you buy it, you will definitely be able to sell it for a good price. ”

There are at least twenty or thirty Tang Dynasty building ships in the port, but Li Shan's building ships are indeed relatively large, and they can be regarded as monopolistic parties, which makes people feel that Li Shan does have the momentum to buy the entire port.

An Indian merchant who was richly dressed and looked very gentle said: "This friend from the Tang Dynasty, you are our guests, please come with me, as long as you need, we will definitely do our best to satisfy you." ”

Li Shan was overjoyed, a big fish was hooked, and said, "Okay, what is it selling?" ”

The Indian merchant said: "We have been running the foreign trade business of Harbour City for generations, and you can provide all the cotton, cane sugar, and indigo you need, although you can rest assured." ”

Li Shandao: "The amount I want is very large, can you meet it?" ”

The Indian merchant said very confidently: "How much you need, just mention it." ”

Li Shandao: "I need 8,000 stone of sucrose, 6,000 stone of cane sugar, 3,000 stone of indigo, and some other goods, so I won't say them one by one." ”

The face of the Indian merchant changed, the idler did not expect that Li Shan's demand was so large, and the onlookers also exclaimed, such a large demand is not at all something that a merchant can meet, in fact, this Indian merchant is already one of the few merchants here, and he can provide less than a quarter.

The Indian merchant smiled and said, "Friend, are you sure you need so many goods?" I'm afraid you can't even pay the deposit, right? ”

Li Shanden said angrily: "Are you looking down on me? What is this money to me? Ah San, bring the money up. ”

Li Shan had already prepared, packed all the silver and carried it out, and just swung it into the middle of the downtown area, and when the box was opened, it was full of large pieces of gold and silver, which made people's eyes hurt.

The surrounding merchants were boiling, and if it weren't for the dozens of heavily armed guards guarding them, I am afraid that these people would have rushed up and robbed the silver.

Li Shandao: "How about it, these are one-tenth of the deposit, and I can't take out so much silver at one time and bring it with me, if you are interested, you can come to my building to talk to me." The price is not a problem, as long as the quantity is large enough. ”

The Indian merchant hurriedly said respectfully: "Friend, rest assured, we will do our best to serve you." ”

Li Shan nodded, looked around at the countless greedy eyes around him and said, "It's too dangerous to have this gold here, I'd better go back first, otherwise my guards won't be able to resist their fiery eyes." ”

Saying that, Li Shan hurriedly ordered to return to the building ship with gold and silver, got on his own ship, and returned to the cabin, Yang Miaoling smiled and said: "Wow, Xianggong, you are really amazing, I have to believe what you played, if I didn't know the truth in advance, I thought you were going to buy the entire Harbour City." ”

Li Shandao: "This is called slapping a swollen face and becoming fat, but they don't know if you are this fat man or a fake fat man, just look at it." Within ten days, the amount of cotton, cane sugar, and indigo in the city had at least doubled. We'll ...... then."

Li Shan secretly said a few words in Yang Miaoling's ear again, and Yang Miaoling pursed her lips and said: "Xianggong, I really found that you are too bad, you are a complete profiteer." ”

Li Shan smiled: "It's me, I'm a big profiteer, and I, a big profiteer, want to eat you, a little profiteer." ”

Saying that, Li Shan threw Yang Miaoling on the bed like a hungry tiger pounced on a sheep, Yang Miaoling exclaimed, and the two were very happy.

And the Indian merchants in the city are frying, and people keep coming to Li Shan's building to inquire about the deal. But in fact, no merchant has the ability to eat such a large single business, of course, Li Shan actually does not need such a large single order of goods, he needs a third of it at most.

But these merchants did not know, because the trade at sea was itself a huge profit, and these cotton, sugar, and indigo were sold to the shippers at very high prices, and the profits brought by such a large business were enough to make any Indian merchant feel excited.

What they do is to purchase raw materials as much as possible, including buying the goods of small merchants, and the big merchants are in competition with each other, and no one wants their competitors to get this business. A battle between price and resources quietly kicked off because of Li Shan's performance. (To be continued.) )