In the past few days, the number of merchants who have come to Zhaojiabao to transport supplies has increased.

Two days ago, a Shandong businessman drove more than 1,000 horses from Xuanda Ma City, which frightened Zhao Yan a lot, and he actually drove so many horses over at one time. also made Tang Zhengze a little scrambling, and hurriedly let people expand the stable.

The horse market in the Ming Dynasty was the most important in Liaodong, but at this time, the situation in Liaodong was erosive, and the horse market in Liaodong also disappeared, and only the Jin merchants were left to get horses in Liaodong.

The horse market in Gansu was also heavily traded, and the peasant army often went to the ethnic minorities in the west to replenish their horses.

There are more than 300 horses in this batch of horses, most of which are bought from ethnic minorities, and the current price is four stone rice and three cloth silk for one horse, and the price is less than ten taels.

And sold to Zhaojiabao, a horse can be worth 24 taels, if it is sold to other places, the highest price is 15 taels, provided that you meet a fool.

Zhao Yan's mirror, even if it is the largest in size, costs less than ten taels. The most expensive thing is not the mirror, but the frame.

How to make the frame more gorgeous, heavy and noble, if you are setting some gemstones, the cost will increase a lot, and of course, the price will increase exponentially.

Trafficking the Zhao family's materials to Zhaojiabao will make a fortune, and the silver will be delivered in mirrors. The purchase price of the largest mirror is 1,200 taels, and you can save part of it, and then sell it instead, at least for 2,000 taels.

At the beginning, only a few wealthy businessmen in Shandong dared to buy glass mirrors in large quantities, and other businessmen with weaker capital were waiting.

Well-informed businessmen have learned that the glass mirror of the Zhao family is selling hot in Yangzhou, and the wind of comparison between the two Huai salt merchants has come up again, and it is necessary to have this glass mirror when marrying a daughter and welcoming relatives.

Yangzhou can be said to be the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, and the financial resources of the two Huai salt merchants are definitely the most in the world.

Therefore, Yangzhou has also become the most fiercely contested area for those qualified Shandong businessmen, but they maintain a tacit understanding with each other, and will definitely not reduce the price of the mirror to below 2000 taels, but more from the publicity, packaging competition.

Some big businessmen have flexible brains and see that the essence of glass mirrors is the same, but the different grades of the frames will affect the different prices.

Therefore, some big businessmen removed the frames made by the Zhao family, and then made their own higher-grade frames.

Meaning, inscription, portrayal.

Mirrors have been turned into exquisite crafts.

As for the broken mirror, they are not worried, the Zhao family has made a number mark on the side of the glass, and if it is damaged during transportation within three months, they can take the broken mirror back and replace it.

This made those businessmen always think that the Zhao family could repair the broken mirror, because in their impression, the cost of this glass mirror should be very high, and no one would do a loss-making business, and the only explanation was that they could spend very little money to repair the broken mirror.

Zhao Yan also knew the actions of these merchants, so he simply took out the mirror and sold it to them. But when I sell glass products, I definitely don't sell flat glass.

At any time, Zhao Yan did not underestimate the intelligence and imitation ability of the Ming Dynasty people, if he sold flat glass, it is estimated that there will be a copycat glass mirror in less than a year.

Not only in Yangzhou, but also in the capital has set off a trend, the bigwigs in the court generally do not buy this mirror, but the gift is like to receive these glass mirrors, one side of the hall is wide, the other side of their own grooming, x face concubine use.

If you don't have a gift, buy it yourself!

For those dignitaries, more than 2,000 taels of silver is really not much, not to mention that there are mirrors with lower prices, so you have to buy one anyway.

The greatest demand for mirrors is undoubtedly those of the imperial relatives, especially those vassal kings.

Those vassal kings had no personal freedom and could only stay in the city for the rest of their lives. Although the food is fine, after all, it feels like going to prison.

If it is sealed in a small place, it will be even more uncomfortable.

If you have no ideals, no goals, no freedom, you can only be poor and luxurious, and if you feel bored at the same time, then take pleasure in the fish and meat people!

The mirror is definitely a new thing for those vassal kings, and for the vassal kings who pursue a luxurious life, it is undoubtedly a thing to buy when you see it.

I heard that a merchant made a glass mirror inlaid with ten gems and sold it for 50,000 taels of silver from King Lu, but even Zhao Yan didn't know whether it was true or not.

These success stories show that the future of glass mirrors is bright.

At the same time, these news also stimulated more Shandong businessmen, and those who were still waiting and waiting took action. In order to obtain a glass mirror at a lower price, they began to use the capital in their hands to buy the materials needed by the Zhao family and sell them to Zhaojiabao.

But at the same time, Zhao Yan caught two more nights from Ninghaizhou, and like last time, these two nights were still probing their brains outside the barracks, and they were arrested.

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Ning Haizhou, General Military Administration.

"My lord, I wonder what you thought about the last time you discussed?" A fat, round, satin-clad merchant asked with a smile on his face.

"What's the matter?" Opposite the merchant sat a middle-aged man who looked to be about forty years old, looking powerful and powerful, wearing a general military uniform and a crown of loyalty and tranquility on his head. glanced at the fat man and said casually.

The fat man's expression froze, and then he immediately showed a flattering smile, lowered his voice and said, "The matter of the glass mirror!" As long as you send the soldiers and horses in your hands, the people of the Zhao family will ...... I got the secret recipe of the glass mirror, and when the time comes, the small ones will help the adults sell it, which is unique in our Daming. ”

The fat man said and made a neck-slashing pose.

"Then don't mention it, Lord Ben sent two nights and didn't take it away, but they were all arrested! Then the Zhao family is not easy to mess with! Unless......" The middle-aged man took a sip from his teacup and stopped talking.

This person is Wu Anbang, the chief soldier stationed in Ninghaizhou.

"The chief soldier is really joking." The fat man smiled on his face, but in his heart he secretly scolded Wu Anbang for being greedy and insufficient, according to the last discussion, the two sides were divided into fifty and fifty.

Now it seems that people are not satisfied.

The fat man scolded in his heart, and was silent for a while. Wu Anbang also sat there and didn't speak.

After a while, the fat man couldn't hold back, gritted his teeth and said: "After the matter is completed, the silver sold will be divided into four or six points with the chief soldier, you are six and I are four, what do you think?" ”

Saying that, the fat man snorted coldly in his heart, since this vulgar martial artist is so greedy, uncle, I can do something in the operation? Let's see if you are strong, or uncle, I am clever.

"Haha! Good. Wu Anbang suddenly laughed, a cold light flashed in his eyes, "I want to see how many catties and taels this Zhao family has, dare to catch Lord Ben's night and don't accept it, I'm tired of him." ”

"Huh! My lord is brave and invincible, so the Zhao family is not scared when they see your army! Adults are naturally hand-to-hand when they go out. The fat man laughed and sycophant.

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