Chapter 247: The Merchant's Status
"Boss Yu must have seen the samples we gave. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info I dare to say that the quality of those fabrics is definitely better than Jiangnan's products. Wang Jijie is full of confidence in the products of the security army.
"I've seen those fabrics, and the quality is indeed good, but Zheng Bao said that you can supply them at a lower price than Jiangnan fabrics, I don't know if it's true?"
"Of course, don't we businessmen pay attention to a letter? The words spoken are the water that is spilled, and there will be no remorse. ”
"I just don't understand, there are a lot of skilled weavers in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan produces cotton, saving the freight of cotton, how can you be profitable at such a low price."
"I really can't answer this question, if you want to understand this matter, you have to ask Zhang Chu, the commander of the security army, our cloth is produced in his factory."
"And how much cloth can his factory sell us?" Yu Chunguang was a little disappointed, he thought that these might be trade secrets, and Wang Jijie didn't want to say it.
Zhang Chu's factory in Zhongyang is very large, and the cloth produced has been sold to all parts of the nine borders, and Zhang Chu said that after the occupation of Yuncheng, a new textile factory will be established in Yuncheng, and the number of fabrics produced will increase greatly. At the same time, the cost of buying cotton directly from the Jiangnan area will also decrease. He said that he wanted all the people in Daming to buy the cloth produced by his textile factory, and to make all the handicraft workshops in Jiangnan yellow. Wang Jijie relayed what he didn't believe when he heard Zhang Chu say it. But now he believes that Zhang Chu has this ability.
"That's really bold." Yu Chunguang can't say that Zhang Chu is bragging there, and he really thinks that there is no such possibility, the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River has developed for hundreds of years, and there are thousands of weavers from all over the country, and the woven cloth is not only bought and sold in Daming, but also secretly sold abroad, earning back a lot of silver. That's not to say that yellow can be yellow. Besides, if everyone in the Ming Dynasty is asked to buy one person's cloth, then what a big deal this is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this person is rich and rivals the country. I can't do such a big business no matter how I think about it.
"Don't underestimate this Zhang Dashuai, he has made a lot of novelties, I will take you to see the wool products spun in his factory when you have time, if you still have a business in the north, this is also a big deal, and the cattle, sheep, and leather goods transported from the grassland are good deals to make money." Wang Jijie has been following Zhang Chu for a long time, and he has become more and more respectful of Zhang Chu.
"Can I meet this Zhang Dashuai? Yu Chunguang made up his mind, since he had reached the thief's territory, he didn't care about having more contact with the thief, he wanted to know more about Zhang Chu, otherwise Wang Jijie said that the sky would fall, and then Zhang Chu occupied a place like other thieves and ran away within a few days, not only his silver was lost, but even the head of the person on the item was in danger.
"This is easy to do, Zhang Chu is in Yuncheng, you can meet me in the past." When Wang Jijie heard this, he thought that this Boss Yu was really bold, not only dared to come to the territory of the security army to discuss business, but also went to meet Zhang Chu, the anti-thief leader. It seems that he is not the master of doing a few orders of business and running away after making a little money. Since Yu Chunguang had this idea, Wang Jijie did not stop him, and immediately sent someone to Yuncheng to send a letter to Zhang Chu to see if he was willing to see Yu Chunguang.
Wang Jijie knew that Zhang Chu would not refute his face, so without waiting for Zhang Chu's reply, he took Yu Chunguang and set off to cross the river to Yuncheng.
When he came to Dayudu, Yu Chunguang was immediately attracted by the busy image of the ferry. Many craftsmen were busy along the river, apparently expanding the wharf of the ferry, where many boats were loading and unloading goods, and the wharf showed a rare prosperity. It seems that the security forces are really going to make up their minds to live here permanently.
"In the future, this will be the main freight corridor from Shanxi to Henan. Due to the Tongguan Pass, the Fenglingdu side will cut off cross-strait traffic. Shanxi merchants who wanted to go south to buy and sell goods had to pass through here. Wang Jijie saw that Yu Chunguang was interested in the wharf, and at the same time he also had some pride in his heart. There are also a few merchants in Taiyuan who are more powerful than their Wang family, and it was really difficult to surpass them before, but now, their lifeblood is in their own hands.
Yu Chunguang didn't ask any more questions, and followed Wang Jijie to cross the river by boat, but he was more attentive to observing everything along the road.
Zhang Chu, who was in Yuncheng, was very busy these days, occupying a new place, and everything had to start from scratch. Although Zhang Chu brought some administrative personnel from Zhongyang and appointed them to various positions in the Yuncheng Special Economic Zone, setting up a basic framework, but it was really operational, but he found that there was still a lack of management personnel in all aspects. There was no way for Zhang Chu to add the officials from the original counties to his new team, fortunately, these counties all surrendered under the leadership of the magistrate, otherwise most of the officials would have their heads cut off. Zhang Chu really has a new understanding of the original magistrate of these five counties. Originally, they were sure to be corrupt, but in the new government, when corruption is about to lose their heads, their problems will not be there for the time being, and they will really be able to do things clearly.
Zhang Chu heard that Yu Chunguang had arrived and warmly received him. Zhang Chu already knows everything about Yu Chunguang. In order to open up the market south of the Yellow River, Zhang Chu sent people from the Bureau of Statistics to conduct a careful investigation, and Yu Chunguang was also one of the key personnel under investigation.
After meeting, Yu Chunguang was a little surprised by Zhang Chu's youth, this giant bandit who had been entrenched in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces for many years and defeated Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was only a young man in his twenties. And it doesn't seem to have the kind of gangsterism of a thief. Yu Chunguang's tense nerves relaxed a little.
"Boss Yu is really a bold businessman, and he came to Yuncheng to do business at this time." Zhang Chu sincerely admired these merchants of the Ming Dynasty, their courage was not ordinary, the court forbade trade with the outside of the Guan, they smuggled to Houjin, the court was not allowed to go to sea, and they earned more silver from overseas every year than the court's taxes. Now this Yu Chunguang ran directly to the territory of his anti-thief, and he still wants to meet him, the leader of the anti-thief.
"We businessmen are just lowly people, running errands to make some petty profits." In the Ming Dynasty, the status of businessmen was originally low, especially the scholars looked down on businessmen, Yu Chunguang looked at Zhang Chusiwen's appearance, thinking that maybe this was a rebellious scholar, and he couldn't see where to go for businessmen, so he tried to lower his figure.
"Merchants should not be lowly, the existence of businessmen can make goods circulate, society can develop, businessmen should be respected by the whole society. It is not as simple as making some small profits for businessmen, and the prosperity of the people depends on businessmen. "Zhang Chu didn't say good things by the way. Because he has seen the status and role of merchants when the commodity economy is highly developed.
"Thank you for your love for us businessmen, I will do my best to do anything for Dashuai if you need anything. "It was the first time Yu Chunguang saw a thief who said that businessmen were very important, and of course he didn't see many thieves. However, it is necessary to show favor to the leader of this thief. (To be continued.) )