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In the early morning, the fishing boats passed through the light mist, and by the time they finally passed through the dock area full of merchant ships and sailed into the offshore sea, the sky had completely lit up, and the wharf, which had been dead and silent, began to regain its original vitality, and the noise rose wave after wave -- while the chaos on the mainland was in the ascendant, Simingzhou (Xiamen), an island port occupied by Ming Zheng, attracted its most glorious moment in more than a decade. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

Under the rule of the merchant Ming Zheng, this small port quickly became the largest trading port in East Asia, and groups of merchant ships crossed the ocean to seek opportunities to make a fortune, including the Zheng family's own fleet from Taiwan, smuggling ships from Zhejiang, Guangdong and other Qing military-controlled areas, as well as plywood ships from England, Spain, and Portugal, and even the rare merchant ships of Korea, Ryukyu and Ayutthaya (Siam).

In addition to bringing all kinds of goods, the merchant ships that came and went brought with them all kinds of seafarers. In this era, sailors were one of the most adventurous professions, in addition to enduring long solitude, they also had to face the changing sea, so most of them were people who were drunk today, and the business of brothls and liquor shops in Siming Prefecture quickly flourished.

Of course, since there is no official commodity exchange in the port of Siming, the liquor shops are one of the best ways for merchants to obtain business information outside of the city, and there are not a few who make a big deal out of the cup-and-cup exchange.

"I heard that Zheng's fleet, this time from Taiwan trafficked a batch of excellent quality snow sugar, compared with this snow sugar, the previous snow sugar can be said to be extremely burnt and ugly, and it is said that there is a kind of candy like ice crystals that has never been seen before, I wonder if Wang Chaofeng is interested in eating this batch of goods?"

"I've heard about this, but it's just a good thing, but the price is not cheap, it is said that this batch of snow sugar is one and a half times more expensive than the usual goods, as for the kind of candy called rock sugar, the price of one pound can buy two pounds of ordinary snow sugar, this thing is too expensive, but it is not easy to sell." In the corner of the wine shop, the two people who had just made a lake silk business were communicating in a low voice. "Why, Li Chaofeng is interested."

"It's false to say that there is no interest." The courtiers surnamed Li are not secretive. "Although it's not easy to make a move, but when you return to the trip, it's not an extra profit, besides, things are good, it's okay to be a little more expensive, not to mention that rock candy is a new thing, and there are big families who like it."

"There is some truth in saying this, yes, yes, Yu remembered that behind Brother Li is the Hangzhou Weaving Mansion, and the noble lord is from the Internal Affairs Mansion, and his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and the palace may be happy with these new things."

As soon as Wang Chaofeng said this, he saw Li Chaofeng's face stiffen: "What does Brother Wang mean, does Brother Wang know the identity of Zaixia, and he doesn't know the origin of Brother Wang?" If this thing is put to the truth, it will not do any good to each other. ”

Regarding Li Chaofeng's remarks from the outside and inside, Wang Chaofeng smiled at the report: "Brother don't worry, this Zheng family has always recognized money and not people, and it is said that the elder brother is just running errands for others, even if you come to the family, the Zheng family will not take him seriously, after all, there are many friends and many roads, and the Zheng family is a smart person." ”

"That's what Brother Wang said." Li Chaofeng thought about it, and his face quickly slowed down. "It's the little brother who is in love, and the little brother is willing to punish himself with three cups." Three cups of punishable wine, Li Chaofeng, whose face was flushed, put down the cup, rolled his eyes, and continued to test the other party. "Brother Wang, are you really not interested in this batch of sugar?"

"Why can't you believe what you say? To be honest, of course, there is a little interest, but it is not much," Wang Chaofeng twisted the wine glass in his hand and looked at the other party with a smile. "After all, Guangdong can actually produce sugar, but it is not as good as Taiwan's sugar, and when it comes to this batch of sugar, there are too many people staring at it, and I am afraid it is not easy to get it."

"Brother Wang is talking about those red-haired people?" Li Chaofeng sneered disappreciatively. "Yu also looks at how much financial resources Hongyi can have"

"10,000 catties of new high-grade snow sugar." Before the voice of the tooth man in charge of the merchant on the dock landed, a group of well-dressed businessmen surrounded him, looking at the people who were eyeing him, and the tooth man who had been in battle for a long time was also inadvertently cold, and hurriedly said. "10,000 catties of high-grade snow sugar, the one with the highest price will get it!"

"Quanzhou Guangchang appeared six hundred and fifty taels of silver!"

A voice shouted, but after a while, a new quotation came out: "Guangzhou Nantianlong, six hundred and seventy taels of silver!" ”

"Ningbo, Xingfusheng is six hundred and eighty taels!"

"Nagasaki, and the Maosheng, may there be seven hundred and ten taels of silver!"

The price climbed all the way, soon exceeding the normal price of snow sugar more than 20% and gradually approaching the 30% mark, at this time, the original inevitable parties became silent, after all, no matter how good this batch of high-quality goods is, it is too risky to fight for it when the price is so high.

At this moment, an obviously strange accent sounded: "Dolphin, out of one thousand and forty riyals (note: a Spanish silver coin weighs about seven cents and two cents, and contains about ninety-three percent silver, but it is usually not folded in transactions)!" ”

This price is already sky-high, Li Chaofeng, who once boasted about Haikou in front of Wang Chaofeng, had an unnatural smile on his face, but his goal was not on Snow Candy, so he also held back his anger and allowed the Yaren to finally sell the goods to this Yiren captain named Adrian.

After the snow sugar is sold, it is going to sell rock sugar, and the tooth man who has learned from the past quickly showed a sample of the rock sugar, and when the rock sugar that was broken into small particles like diamonds melted in the mouths of the buyers, the tooth man shouted: "The old rule, the rock sugar is 4,000 catties, and the highest bidder wins." ”

"I will give out 2,800 guilders (note: three guilders denomination silver coins are about eight coins and six or seven cents of Kuping)." A voice sounded suddenly, because the quotation was in the Dutch currency, which was extremely unfriendly with Ming and Zheng, so it attracted all the merchants to look at it, but the bidder ignored the eyes of the crowd waiting to watch the monkey show, and shrugged his shoulders slightly. "Just came from Batavia and only have guilders on hand."

Looking at this fluent Hongmaoyi, Li Chaofeng's heart flashed Wang Chaofeng's original prediction, for fear that he would not receive anything, he couldn't help it, and shouted loudly: "Nine hundred taels, Hangzhou Tianchanglong bid nine hundred taels of silver!" ”

But this offer was quickly overwhelmed by the higher price, Li Chaofeng's face trembled, to be honest, he didn't care whether it was profitable or not, as long as he pleased Shangguan, he was afraid that as an official and businessman, he would never be afraid that he would have nowhere to make money: "One thousand taels!" ”

"Isn't this guy crazy!" There were businessmen who knew each other whispering. "At this price, you can buy three times as much sugar as you can in the past, how can you make money, aren't you afraid of smashing it in your hands?"

The merchants counted the accounts and felt incredible, but the tooth man with the commission danced with his eyebrows: "One thousand taels of silver, is there anything higher?" One thousand taels, no one bid, the first batch of rock candy in the world is Tianchanglong? Good! Congratulations to Li Chaofeng, there is a batch of deerskins to shoot next, and you can take a look at it if you are interested."

The arrogant Li Chaofeng was led away to pay the money to pick up the goods, and a businessman here who couldn't hold back quietly got up and grabbed the person in the tooth shop on the side and asked: "This old brother, this year's sugar season has just begun, will Taiwan bring new snow sugar and rock sugar?" ”

Holding the silver stuffed by the other party, the person in the tooth line smiled toothily, and quickly put the silver into his arms: "What the big official said is not right, whether it is snow candy or rock sugar, there will not be only such a batch, but the price is afraid that it will not fall much, after all, the output over there is not too high." ”

With this sentence, the businessman left with a smile, looking at his background, someone with a heart naturally figured out something, so he dotted the dot, the roundabout detour, and soon, the news that Taiwan was going to transport snow sugar and rock sugar to sell came out of nowhere, making those businessmen who were originally going to leave change their minds.

"John, is the news you are inquiring about? I guess I heard the gossip from some prostitute. ”

"Look at what Mr. Smit said," said the sailor named John, smiling at the captain and the accountant beside him. "How could I be joking about such a big thing, it's true, and I paid for someone to drink for it?"

"Don't believe his nonsense, he'll pay someone to drink? Others invited him to almost the same, anyway, he heard the news in the tavern. The captain, who knew his character, turned around and took a bottle of wine from the shelf behind him and threw it into John's arms. Drunkard, it's time for you to get out. When John stepped back, the captain looked at the accountant. Smidt, you seem to have something to build yì. ”

"Sir, I thought we shouldn't be on the island and compete with these opponents." Smidt straightened out his thoughts. "If the news is true, then we should go directly to Dayuan, after all, the things are produced there, and Dayuan has the East India Company's merchant house, so we can get these novelty goods from the source more conveniently."

"It makes sense, and it also avoids maliciously inflating prices when competing." The captain nodded and opened a bottle of rum. "It's my honor to have your advice, Mr. Smidt, come, have a drink together." The two clinked glasses and drank it all. "Very well, then give the order to go down, and prepare to set sail immediately."

"Sir, you have forgotten that we do not have sufficient funds, and a large part of the goods sold have not yet been recovered."

"No, it doesn't matter, the merchants of the Ming Kingdom are very reputable, and their arrears will be delivered sooner or later, but every day we delay in Siming, Taiwan's sugar reserves will be reduced by a large part." With that, the captain filled himself with another glass of wine. "Mr. Smidt, don't you have to worry that we don't have enough money to procure rock candy, there are more than a hundred smoothbore guns and three gold-plated clocks on board, presumably the big men are happy to make such an exchange, and there is a company's merchant house there, Heath?" Sir Palison would not be happy to vouch for the Kareni. ”

"You do seem to be a wise captain." The accountant complimented the other party. "I think you'll soon be returning to the world of the British aristocracy for more than 10,000 pounds."

"Hehe, hehe." The captain laughed wildly and raised his glass. "One more drink"

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