It was already dark, and according to the rules of Guangzhou City and Beijing, it was already curfew time.

But the street in front of the main gate of Chunhui Garden is still bustling, even more prosperous than during the day. Huge lanterns hang throughout the street, and every shop is lit up in front of it.

The team responsible for security and fire prevention is constantly patrolling.

Originally, he thought that it was already dark, and Bai Minghe must still be busy over there, but Bai Chongxi didn't think that Bai Minghe would come over overnight. Bai Chongxi, who had never seen a bustling market at night, asked the people at the inn and learned that there were no restrictions or curfews, but outsiders could not leave this main street.

On the street, Bai Chongxi noticed that there were more officials than people here.

Wear four or five frets. People in civil and military uniforms account for at least fifty percent of the number of people here, and these people have no official authority, but are like normal guests.

Approaching the nearest shop, Pù, where there were already a dozen customers seated at five tables.

There are dozens of small servants holding trays and constantly letting these guests look at the samples in the tray, and everyone is highly trained. There are so many differences between the two sackcloths that seem to be indistinguishable.

Seeing Bai Chongxi and several elders of the Bai family coming in, a person wearing the shopkeeper's uniform immediately greeted him: "A few distinguished guests have come from afar, let's have a cup of tea and rest for a while." What kind of goods are needed, as long as you make a request, you will be sure to offer a sample. Even if it's just to watch the fun, it's the glory of the trumpet! ”

"We came from Guanzhong, and we had some business of cloth, salt, and tea in the northwest." Bai Chongxi is telling the truth, not a lie.

After sitting down, a few little guys came over with some pieces of cloth, which were specially prepared samples. It's thick and strong. It is also soft to the touch. Bai Chongxi estimated that such a load of cloth should be less than ten horses of 100 feet. It seems to be very suitable for the bitter cold of the northwest.

"No matter how light and light it is, and we want half a bag, we must use Luzon soft linen, and it must be brightly colored." The voice of a bearded man with a loud voice, wearing a military attache uniform of the fourth grade, frightened many people.

This is a bachelor, and immediately got up and hugged his fists: "The loud voice startled everyone." The brother has made amends here. ”

Each table is smiling and hugging fists, indicating that they don't mind.

has already made amends and given face, and it is not appropriate to care about it anymore.

Bai Chongxi was purely curious, and leaned over to look at a few pieces of cloth on the man's table, such a thin underwear was considered very thin. When he hugged his fist: "This official." ”

"Don't call the official, just call the brother here." The military attache was polite.

"Dare to ask this brother, I am from the northwest. In our place, such a thin fabric is considered a thin material for summer clothes, but I am curious, so I am very disturbed. ”

"You're from the Northwest. Naturally, I don't know. Brother, I'm from Chaozhouwei, and I'm in charge of the coconut fruit on Minnanlao Island in the south of Little Luzon. How hot it is there, even now in winter it is like sitting in a steamer. And the people there are poor, twenty feet of half-small horses, a horse only costs half a penny, what is the result? ”

It sounds like a rhetorical question, but who knows the outcome. It was the military attache who said: "As a result, seventy percent of the goods I pulled back were brought back." Let us command the Lord to give me a few whips, you must know that our brothers in the guard station rely on this in the wind and rain. I ran away in vain, and I felt uncomfortable myself. ”

"Yes, it's very uncomfortable for a businessman to run around with the goods in vain and pull them back again and again." Bai Chongxi can understand this.

Hearing someone approving it, the military attache was a little excited: "So this time, it's going to be lighter." This firm. It is one of the most elaborate white linen cloth in Guangdong, and Lei Zhouwei took 3,000 quintals of goods from them last month, and all the goods were shipped from Da Nang. ”

"Don't just think about thinness, think about practicality. No matter how light the fabric is, the strength of the fabric will decrease, and you can consider using ready-to-wear clothing. A few big bucks for a piece of clothing is still affordable on Nanlao Island. ”

I heard someone talking at the door. Many people turned their heads.

It was Bai Minghe who came in, and he couldn't find Bai Chongxi when he went to the inn, so he naturally found here. After all, it is Bai Minghe's father, and the people sent by the Dongchang side are secretly guarding, and his whereabouts will not be a secret.

There are definitely a lot of people who know the white crane here, especially other literati who take a folding fan, but only the white crane does not take it. This year, the white crane is holding a small bamboo board in his hand.

When everyone stepped forward to salute, Bai Minghe walked a few steps quickly and knelt on his knees, kowtowing heavily: "Greetings to my father, my father has not greeted me when I came to Guangdong, please punish my father." After Bai Minghe finished speaking, he picked up the bamboo board with both hands.

Sun Yuanjun and Huaiyu behind him also gave a salute: "Daughter-in-law to my father-in-law!" ”

"You can't be punished!" Seeing Bai Chongxi stretching out his hand, in fact, Bai Chongxi was excited and just wanted to help his son, but in the eyes of the four-rank military attaché, he was going to take the bamboo board, and he was in a hurry to block it. But halfway through the hand, he reacted and seemed to be unable to grab.

The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and it was natural for a father to beat his son.

The military attache also knelt down for Bai Chongxi: "Old lady Bai, you can't fight it." Lord Xiaobai is busy day and night for us in Guangdong, and he is the best person. If you fight, I have rough skin and thick meat, you can beat me. ”

Not to mention Bai Chongxi, even Bai Minghe couldn't cry or laugh because of this.

Bai Minghe is not playing, according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, the son is rude in front of his father, even if it is said that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, it can be seen that there is also a process of asking for guilt. My father said forgiveness, and that's it.

Otherwise, whether it is a folk or a royal history, it can also define an unfilial piety for you.

The original process, a process that many scribes and common people understood, could not continue at this point. Bai Chongxi can be regarded as having seen some of the world, gritted his teeth and picked up the bamboo board and slapped Bai Minghe's left and right shoulders: "For the first time for my father, I don't know how to take care of your body, and your body is affected by your parents, and you should also pay attention to maintenance when you are diligent in official duties." How noble it is to hit your two princesses this second time, but you don't know how to be polite, and there is a rule for princesses to give gifts to my people. ”

helped Bai Minghe to get up, Bai Chongxi bowed to Sun Yuanjun and Huaiyu: "Bai Chongxi of the Bai clan in Guanzhong greets Princess Liyuan and Princess Huaqing." ”

The Bai family and the people around them also followed suit.

When the princess is there, they naturally sit up, which is royal etiquette.

"Father, how about taking care of some small things and then accompanying my father home?" Bai Minghe asked respectfully.

"Official duties are important!" Bai Chongxi responded very strictly.

Bai Minghe pulled up the military attaché: "Listen to me, I know that your Chaozhou Wei has not made any money in these few businesses." Bai Minghe said that he didn't earn any money, and this sentence is understood by people who are in charge of these things in Chaozhou.

It's not that they didn't earn it, but they didn't have their share.

Every time you go to sea, there is a strict distribution plan, how much is the hard-earned money of the crew, how much is handed over to the guard, how much is given to the escort army, how much is paid to the tax of the political secretary, how much is handed over to the royal family (that is, to the white crane), and so on.

"In this way, we can be flexible. I don't doubt the level of murder of you people, and I don't worry about encountering pirates at sea. But you can't make money on the sea routes for which you are responsible. In that case, I'll give you a workaround. ”

After Bai Minghe finished speaking, he said to the shopkeeper: "You may be in charge?" ”

According to modern parlance, the shopkeeper is a sales manager of an exhibition hall, and he can be the master of small things, but can Bai Minghe say small things?

The shopkeeper also has a heart, and after giving a gift, he said: "Lord Bai is the master of things, and the small one can be the master of the trumpet!" ”

What a clever sentence, that means that Lord Bai, you are all in charge, and we don't dare to say no to what you say!

"Can you cooperate with Chaozhou Wei and take what you need! Transportation and maritime security are entrusted to Chaozhou Wei, and various taxes on maritime trade are finalized and will not be moved casually. There are different proportions of different goods in the imperial tax of sea trade, and this is also final. On this basis, what you earn is your own. The only thing that may be different from what you are doing business now is that you have to report the types of goods you are dealing in. ”

Speaking of reporting, the military attache knew it in detail.

At the moment, he explained to the shopkeeper in the simplest and most stupid way: "Long live this business on the sea, and the rest is ours." This report is to divide the silver, we can't fight with several other guards for the goods, this is not in accordance with the rules, and the territory has been divided in advance. ”

The shopkeeper understood.

This is a great thing, and the two most dangerous points of maritime trade are transportation and safety.

With the protection of the sailor, transportation and safety are not a problem.

Coupled with the fact that the area of the transaction is allocated in advance, as well as the type of goods, then it can be said that it is only earned.

Bai Minghe glanced at the military attache again: "The batch of linen cloth that you didn't earn silver last time, how much profit is a piece of cloth, sue sù this shopkeeper!" ”

"After paying all kinds of taxes, give yourself a net profit of six coconut fruits for a horse of twenty feet!"

I didn't say silver, I just said coconut fruit.

But the shopkeeper will also count, the price of six coconut fruits getting off the boat here is 60 yuan, 20 feet 60 yuan, this is half a penny of silver, it is definitely a huge profit. This is the net profit excluding all kinds of expenses, even if it is divided in half for the guards, and half for the sailors who run the boat, there is also a profit of fifteen yuan, which is definitely a huge interest difference.

"Look at your smiling eyes, it's a good thing. I will give you the real bottom again, these six coconut fruits are left to us to run the ship after they are handed over to the health office, as well as the benefits of the brothers who repair the ship and move the goods on the shore. That is, the reward for the hard work of our people, if you are capable, it is estimated that our commander will give you all this. ”

It's so exciting, it's too lucrative.

The shopkeeper felt a little out of breath. (To be continued......)