178, 10 years of monopoly profits
When Qin Zi and the three left, their figures also fell into the eyes of those who cared.
They are just talking on the side, and others will not pay attention, but if they go inside to find Zhou Quan, it must be some behind-the-scenes deal.
So Ye Chu got busy.
One after another, there were people who wanted to see Zhou Quan, and he had to find a way to separate these and arrange different times for them to meet Zhou Quan.
There are always many smart people, and they ate the bait of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce thrown by Zhou Quan, but they only ate it on behalf of the huge forces behind them, and they themselves wanted to follow Zhou Quan and share a share of the steamed buns of overseas trade.
So when everyone gathered in the cafeteria after lunch, and when Zhou Quan appeared, he couldn't help but be full of spring breeze.
"What do you think of this set of glassware?" He addressed the people.
Everyone had already seen the glassware, although it was still a little rough, but in the eyes of everyone, it was the result of Fanren's poor skills. The glass itself, however, is very good, similar to gemstones.
In short, this set of glassware, although not enough to be called a rare treasure, can be placed in the home of a middle-aged person and used as a ritual or a large banquet utensils.
Next, Zhou Quan did something that everyone found interesting.
Auction this set of glassware.
This is actually a temptation, and Zhou Quan wants to see how determined everyone is to participate in his two trading companies.
The cotton cloth trading company, as well as the Great Song Donghai Trading Company, of which the cotton cloth trading company was internal, and the Great Song Donghai trading company was external. The cotton cloth trading company was to promote the industrial transformation of the Great Song Dynasty, while the Tokai Trading Company was to obtain the precious metals urgently needed for the industrial transformation of the Great Song Dynasty.
This set of glassware, Zhou Quan's estimate, was about 500 yuan, but in the end, it was bought by Qin Zi at a high price of 2,000 yuan.
Zhou Quan couldn't help but stare at Qin Zi for a while at this time, this unknown person in history, if he hadn't had a younger brother Qin Hui, Zhou Quan wouldn't have paid so much attention to him before, but now it seems that Qin Zi still has some vision and ambition.
Two thousand guan is not a small amount of money in Jingshi, but in Zhou Quan's eyes now, it is nothing. His Great Song Donghai Trading Company had already raised 80,000 yuan of start-up capital - after Qin Zi and others had contracted all the official affairs, those who later consulted with Zhou Quan could only pay for it.
And the addition of Qin Zi and others also made the latecomers more confident and willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in cash.
Therefore, the Cotton Chamber of Commerce was joined by all the visitors, and the Tokai Chamber of Commerce was joined by 12 companies. The support brought by these joiners made Zhou Quan very happy, and his plan could be advanced by two years!
When he was happy in his heart, he saw that there was a little chaos outside, and then, Ye Chu came to report: "Miao Zhong came first!" ”
Zhou Quan was slightly stunned, there was something on his side, how could he have time to care about these two pupils were Brother Kong Fang's guards!
He also heard that this Miao Taishou, after preemptively printing more than 2,000 copies of the Yellow Mansion Monument, completely destroyed the original monument, and he was so good at monopolizing his own interests, and he despised his character very much.
"Please, sir." He whispered.
Ye Chu understood, and immediately went to Zhou Fu's side, Zhou Fu heard the news that Miao Zhong came first, and he also felt a headache, his son was doing something important today, could it be that this guy ate a nail last time and came to make trouble today?
At this time, he felt a little regretful in his heart, until now, he did not have any reliable think tanks around him who could give him advice. Those who have read some books and have some skills seem to look down on him as a rough man who only knows how to do practical things, and those who take the initiative to take refuge are not enough to use their ability and wisdom.
In any case, he couldn't let him wait outside, so Zhou Fu came outside the cafeteria.
Miao Zhongxian didn't bring too many followers, just three or five people, standing in front of a tree behind him, as if admiring the tree whose leaves had fallen off.
Hearing Zhou Fu's footsteps, he turned around with a smile: "I heard that Linglang is holding a grand event here, Miao yearns for it in his heart, and he also wants to see it, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
Zhou Fu was stunned for a moment, this guy is also going to participate in this meeting?
His heart moved, if this guy really made something happen at the meeting, it would be a good thing!
The people who participated in the meeting here, all of them came from Beijing, not from the family of the powerful, but also the door of the wealthy, no matter how tight they were, there may be one or two princes and princesses behind them. If Miao Zhongxian didn't open his eyes and made trouble here, there was no doubt that everyone would join forces to make him a fan.
Even if Miao Zhongxian is behind He Zhizhong, he can't protect him!
"Since Taishou is coming, where can I refuse, please, please."
Miao Zhong followed Zhou Fu first and stepped into the door of the canteen. He came here once last time, but this time he came in, and he felt that the atmosphere was different.
As if on the battlefield, the two sides of the battle are tense, and in the blink of an eye, there is about to usher in a bloody storm!
Miao Zhong took a breath of cool air first, and almost wanted to turn around and leave, but was blocked by Zhou Fu behind him.
When he looked closely, the room was full of people, but none of them paid attention to him.
It stands to reason that he is not a small official in Xuzhou, and after this term, he has the qualifications to go to the central departments of Beijing to serve as a waiter or something, and he can even go to the political hall to get started, boil up for a few years, and also mix a cool umbrella.
But behind the people present, there are more than one or two prime ministers, political participants or privy secrets, the prime minister's concierge seven officials, who will put him in his heart as a distant governor!
Miao Zhongxian was not annoyed, with a smile on his face, he found a place to sit down.
The auction of the glassware was just an introduction, and what was really fierce was the monopoly of cotton cloth in various places.
Everyone knows very well that the more populous and richer Zhulu, the higher the interests of cotton cloth, although they also want to reduce the price, but the money from everyone does not fall into the hands of Zhou Quan, and there is no point in lowering the price.
"The first monopoly is Guangnan Lianglu, and I want to fight for the right to monopolize cotton cloth here for ten years, with 1,000 guan as the base price, 200 guan and one plus, you can start bidding." Zhou Quan said on stage at this time.
The two roads in Quang Nam are remote and poor, and the weather is hot, and the local cotton cloth can also be produced locally, so it is cold. After a while, Meng Guang and Shen Fatzi muttered twice, and they obtained the monopoly right of these two roads of cotton cloth at a reserve price of 1,000 yuan.
When Zhou Quan made the final decision, they could no longer control the joy on their faces, and they were all smiling.
Seeing this, some people sneered: "After all, he is the landlord of a small place, what kind of money can he make on Guangnan Road?" ”
Meng Guang didn't pay it back, Shen Fatzi was a hard-mouthed man, he laughed: "There is Guangzhou Mansion on Guangnan Road, I sold it to a merchant who came to Guangzhou, this is always okay, right?" ”
Everyone's eyes lit up, and some people even jumped up suddenly: "This doesn't count, start again." ”
Those merchants came to the Great Song Dynasty, they all took the sea ship, they needed to mobilize goods, often in Guangzhou and other places for half a year or even a year, in order to gather a ship of goods, and then wait for the good wind to return to the sea. In the past, they only had silk, porcelain, etc., but now they add a pile of cotton cloth, how can they not be happy?
Cotton cloth was exchanged for spices, precious stones, ivory, rhino horn, etc., from these merchants, and not one profit, but two!
Thinking about this, everyone will shout and feel that they should start over.
Zhou Quan smiled and waved his hand: "Rules are rules, if we don't abide by the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, then there will be infighting, and in the end, no one wants to get rich...... Anyway, we only compete for the right for ten years this time, and after ten years, we will bid again! ”
But everyone was still reluctant, Zhou Quan smiled again: "What's more, although Liangguang is good, there are better places, Liangguang has a city port, could it be that there is no city port or market in the rest of the place?" ”
As soon as these words came out, although everyone knew that he was dividing and disintegrating, and at the same time he was forcing everyone to pay more, but at this moment, they couldn't help but get excited.
When they came before, their respective backers had authorized them to use the corresponding funds, such as Qin Zi, Liang Shicheng said to him very clearly, below 50,000 guan, he can decide for himself, between 50,000 and 100,000, he needs to consider carefully, and if he is more than 100,000, he does not need to participate.
Rao is like this, and the authorization of 100,000 guan is enough to make his eyes hot.
Some people even can't help asking, "If I have enough money, can I run two roads at the same time?" ”
"As long as you have money, why not?" Zhou Quan said.
Everyone began to whisper in private again, and Zhou Quan immediately launched the highlight: "Liangzhejiang Road!" ”
If Gyeonggi Road is definitely the first object of contention, then Liangzhejiang Road is by no means below Gyeonggi Road.
Even if you calculate this account carefully, although the population of Suzhou and Hangzhou on the Liangzhejiang Road is not as good as that of Beijing, it is also a large port in the world, and Mingzhou is a good port where merchants have arrived.
Therefore, when the competition began, it was extremely fierce, and in a very short period of time, the bid increased from 3,000 to 50,000!
Miao Zhongxian, who had been sitting in the position, twisted his body uneasily after hearing the figure of 50,000 guan.
He gave up his face and smashed the stone tablet of Su Shi's handwriting, which is estimated to earn one or two hundred thousand yuan - this is still the most ideal state. But Zhou Quan just raised a hammer to draw a big pie on it, and someone was already willing to give 50,000 yuan!
Just when he thought that 50,000 guan was the limit, Qin Zi, who had never made a bid, suddenly spoke: "60,000 guan!" ”
Previously, everyone increased the price, all of which were two thousand or two thousand, but as soon as Qin Zi made a move, he added 10,000 yuan!
"Seventy thousand!" Another person spoke, but it was Shi Xuan.
"Seventy-five thousand!" Lu Tianrong, who came on behalf of Tong Guan, shouted.
This is the representative sent by the most powerful three people under the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Liang Shicheng, Cai Jing, and Tong Guan, as soon as the three of them made a move, everyone else quieted down.
In fact, everyone also understands that if you want to stabilize Liangzhejiang Road, it is not as simple as Liangguang, there is still a local snake on the side of Liangzhejiang Road, and there is not enough power to suppress the greedy snake, and in the end I am afraid that it will be a failure.
And Liang, Cai, and Tong, there is no doubt that they can suppress the greedy snake.
After Lu Tianrong called the price, after another moment, Qin Zi called the price for the second time: "Eighty thousand!" ”