After seeing the goods of both sides, the next thing is naturally to bargain for this transaction, as usual, Deng Shifeng still handed over this matter to Qin Er, although Qin Er didn't understand what Deng Shifeng was going to do about many things pulled by the Huang shopkeeper, but this did not prevent him from trying to lower the price proposed by the other party to increase his own profits, this process was very difficult, after all, two people have different understandings and ideas about many goods, and they don't know what they can do. Deng Shifeng, who knows the role best, will not come forward to explain...... It's no wonder that this progress can be so fast!

However, among the two people, Huang Zhangshi can at least have a relatively clear sales price from the cost of collection and acquisition, logistics and transportation, so the bargaining between the two people can still not be so big, Qin Er is black-hearted, and he also understands the freight cost caused by the delivery of a bag of sand, and the two sides spent about two hours, and finally negotiated the price and quantity of the transaction. The village side is the same as last time, basically eating all kinds of goods and samples pulled by the other party, and for the total price of different items and different prices, the village side trades a total of 90 straight-handled survival knives and 50 folding knives and switchblades, as well as those ten long knives of extraordinary quality.

After the transaction was completed, according to the experience of the last time, Deng Shifeng and Huang Zhangshi ran to the side and muttered for a while, and the things that the two exchanged and negotiated were still the materials on the list and the key content of the next transaction. In addition to manganese ore, copper, lead, tin, mercury, Deng Shifeng put forward different amounts of orders for other similar sand, clay and other samples brought by Huang to Huang Zhangshi, and Huang Zhangshi was very happy to place an order, after all, no one wants to discard or even pull back the things they have worked so hard to traffick. It's just that seeing the amount proposed by Deng Shifeng made Huang Zhangshi embarrassed......

"This ...... Ertouren, these things you ordered are not too difficult to find, even if you want the white sand on the beach in Guangdong, I can also find a way to transport it to you through our trading house, but brother, let me tell you the truth, the cost of sending it in is too high, and the amount of goods is limited by horses and camels, if you take the land route...... Unless there is a road from Taiping to here, which can be opened to traffic, otherwise...... Brother, I can't guarantee such a large amount of ......."

The difficulties of Huang Zhangshi are indeed very realistic, the logistics and transportation industry in this era is really not high by the limitation of transportation capacity, all kinds of cargo vehicles pull horses and camels plus personnel, not only the carrying capacity is small and the cost of eating and chewing and taking out food and accommodation will definitely not be reduced, unless the overall road is transformed on a large scale, or even if it is opened up from the direction of Liucheng County, it will not be able to meet the process of gathering and transferring a large number of other goods to Liuzhou Commercial Bank.

The difficulties mentioned by Huang Zhangshi made Deng Shifeng stand in place and think for a long time, he did not think about the problem of relying on the logistics and transportation capacity generated in the process of the other party's firm, but he did not expect the other party to find and provide several materials that he needs to eat in large quantities so quickly, and the total amount of these materials in each transaction has indeed become a great burden and cost loss for the other party, so that he can either reduce the demand himself, or he has to consider how to solve this problem in advance.

"Huang Zhangshi, how much of the goods of your trading house are taken by water to Liuzhou City?"

After thinking about this situation for a while, Deng Shifeng decided that he had to solve the problem of the flow of goods that came ahead of schedule. Huang Zhangshi's eyes flickered inadvertently when he heard Deng Shifeng's question, smart people can get a lot of what they want from as long as they take some small breaths, Deng Shifeng's waterway shows in a sense, maybe the other party's hinterland, by waterway, can be reached or as close as possible. However, Huang Zhangshi's mood only changed for a moment, and he began to explain in detail the logistics and currency situation of his firm.

Guangxi's road construction began after the Qin Dynasty was incorporated into the territory of Greater China, but due to the actual conditions of the mountainous environment, its land transportation was not very developed. As early as the Qin Dynasty, the ancients have understood that inland waterway shipping is of great significance to Guangxi's transportation, so they have built a spiritual canal connecting the Pearl River water system and the Yangtze River water system, not only the ships coming from the south to the north do not need to take the sea route to detour, but also stimulate a large number of river boats to shuttle through the various rivers of Guangxi, carrying goods and personnel.

However, because Guangxi's economic development is greatly affected by Guangdong merchants, coupled with the limited carrying capacity of the Lingqu in the north, most of Guangxi's goods still go west from the direction of Guangdong, along the Pearl River water system, to Wuzhou, the gateway to Guangxi! From here, you can take the Guijiang River (Fujiang) all the way north to the Li River, Guilin, and even Hunan, Hubei, and even the provinces north of the Yangtze River. If you continue to go west from Wuzhou, you can go west through the Xunjiang River, and you can divert through the Qianjiang River, Liujiang Hongshui River to Liuzhou, Hechi and Guizhou, and you can also reach the Yongjiang River in Nanning in the south, and then reach Longzhou, Vietnam or Baise through the left and right rivers. (Note: Comrade Xiaoping arrived at Baise by water)

Huang Zhangshi's freight route is basically the same, all kinds of foreign provinces and foreign trade materials brought in from Guangdong arrive at the branches of various cities through the waterway, and then transport rice, minerals, medicinal materials and other materials from Guangxi to Guangdong on the return journey. Through Huang Zhangshi's introduction, Deng Shifeng roughly understood the other party's freight capacity and round-trip time.

"Ertouren, I asked some veterans of the bank when I returned last time, and they said that there is a small river nearby that can be used for canopy boats in the wet season......"

Looking at Deng Shifeng, who was silent and thinking about things in his heart, Huang Zhangshi tried to remind him of his surname, and he also suggested the other party's own thoughts. In fact, he has a traffic map of later generations, and he knows the geographical location and river situation of the vicinity better than the other party, the small river that Huang Zhangshi said is from the Liujiang River upstream, and there are two tributaries diverging up at the mouth of Fengshan Town in the later generations; The one on the left of these two rivers has a larger hydrological volume but is steep and rocky, while the one on the right has a small flow but a flat channel; Both creeks have their own advantages and disadvantages. However, because it is a small river, those big boats cannot sail in such a small river, so the tent boat mentioned by Huang Zhangshi has become the main means of transportation in these small rivers.

The shape of these boats is typical of Jiangnan Wupeng boats, often between three and five meters in length, but the width is slightly increased to reduce their draft and enhance the surname; The carrying weight is about 500 catties to 1,000 catties, so the shallow draft of the boat is short and convenient to pass through various narrow and sharp bends in the river, if it encounters a dangerous shoal or when the water flow is small, the boatman jumps off the boat and drags it to the knee to continue sailing......

If you use this kind of Wupeng boat to transport all kinds of goods and raw materials you need, to be honest, it is indeed easier and more convenient than the current horse and camel people, and more importantly, it not only reduces the cost of freight but also improves the transportation capacity, but one of the reasons why Deng Shifeng did not speak is that if the waterway transportation route is opened, although it facilitates the transportation of goods, but it also brings great safety hazards to the safety of his village, and the attackers can quickly reach the vicinity of the village through the waterway. I have a sparse population, but I don't have so many human resources, so I send people to guard the rivers and various paths into the mountains every day...... And if you build a land transportation corridor and use horse-drawn carriages to pull goods, it is not impossible to do it, but this kind of road opening action is too big, not only does you not have so much labor to complete, but it is also easy for the government to notice you, and it is difficult to do it through large-scale land transportation in a short time.

"Huang Zhangshi, where is your bank in Liuzhou City, can you report it to me, brother, I will bring someone to visit me in the near future......"

After thinking about it, Deng Shifeng felt that whether it was to open the water or land transportation, it was very important for the village, and he could not be too arbitrary in this matter, he needed meticulous preparation and detailed investigation before he could finally make a suitable judgment. And the best investigation is actually to walk along the two rivers in person, and the hydrological, geological, and transportation conditions and even the population along the way are not the information that can be obtained by sitting in a shack and looking at a map.

Hearing that Deng Shifeng did not answer himself but suddenly asked the location of his firm in Liuzhou City, the veteran Huang Zhangshi understood that Deng Shifeng did not intend to answer him directly, and he had to finally decide what form of freight to take by recognizing the door. Huang Zhangshi didn't say much about Deng Shifeng's caution, and his firm was not an underground black market, so he happily reported the location of his firm to Deng Shifeng to welcome him to visit, and even showed his surname and gave him a few roads to facilitate his outing; Deng Shifeng was not much surprised to see these roads, the business house itself made a living by walking around selling goods, and if it hadn't had some way and some special means in this regard, it would have been closed a long time ago......

After the end of this transaction and the next transaction agreed on the goods and approximate quantity, the two sides once again hugged their fists goodbye. Compared with last time, this time Huang Zhangshi did not send anyone to follow the villagers, and Deng Shifeng did not send anyone to follow the other party, and the two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, a very subtle but fragile trust; But this kind of trust is not blind, Deng Shifeng left a secret whistle to deal with the tail that may appear when he returned with people, and the order he gave to Luo Dan and a few young people is no longer to deter the other party, if someone is found to be following, whether it is the caravan or others, they will all be killed on the spot!! Sometimes, excessive tolerance can be mistaken for weakness!!

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