The demands of the court were met, and then it was the turn of the shorthair side to make their request, or rather, to put forward their overall plan for the matter: considering that fruits and vegetables are perishable over long distances, we will transport them more. And so many vegetables and fruits, if they are sent to the palace at one time, they are easy to spoil if they can't be eaten, so we will build a big warehouse in the capital to store things, and if there is a need in the harem, you can go to the warehouse at any time to get it.

In addition, considering that most of the court will have some additional needs that are not originally on the catalog, Qiongzhen also specially reserved a "mobile quota" for them: with silver coins as a unit, there is a free quota of 1,000 taels per month, that is to say, in addition to those things that are fixed on the roster, what else is needed in the court, as long as it is worth less than 1,000 taels, you can freely choose from here. Moreover, it is specifically noted in the text that the 1,000 taels of silver are based on the local price of the goods in Hainan, that is, the so-called "parity", not the market price after they are transported to the capital, which can be several times different.

- Listen, what a good plan, Rao is Wang Chengen has been on an errand in the court for many years, and he has long been exercised with a cold and hard heart, and when he saw this plan, he couldn't help but be quite moved, thinking that who said that Shorthair was disloyal to Daming? With this tribute plan alone, who can consider so many state officials in the world as meticulous and thoughtful as them?

“…… As for the extra part, we will give some to our friends in the capital for friends to share. If there are more, they will be sold to restaurants and restaurants in the capital to make some price difference, and it is better to subsidize it, and you can't always do loss-making transactions, right? From Hainan to Tianjin by sea, we can be responsible for ourselves, but the storage in Tianjin port. Transshipment, as well as the journey to Beijing City, you have to ask the prince to take care of it. Of course, we are still responsible for the transportation, and if there are normal taxes and fees along the way, we will also pay them, but we don't want to be wronged by the officials along the way. ”

-- I gave so many benefits earlier, and in the end, when Wang Chengen heard Chen Tao say this, he secretly thought in his heart that you finally made some practical requests, if you don't ask for anything at all, but give so many things in vain, I really have to wonder if there is anything greasy in this.

At that time, he was full of promises. said that as long as the goods arrive in Tianjin, it will be guaranteed to be convenient, and no one will come to find trouble. As for paying taxes, not to mention - the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty originally went directly into the royal treasury, but now since it is a tribute to the royal family, it can naturally be reduced or exempted - Wang Chengen had already thought that Shorthair might use this to transport more goods to Beijing for sale, but he never expected that there would be so many!

It wasn't until he saw the scale of the warehouse area with his own eyes that Wang Chengen really realized a fact that others had repeatedly reminded him before - Shorthair never did anything to suffer. In other words, many times they seem to have suffered a loss, but then they will inevitably earn back tenfold and hundredfold. As he saw it now, there was a whole whole area of Lifang! All of them have been built into rows and rows of warehouses. Each row of warehouses was divided into several rooms, each of which was stacked with a kind of goods brought from the south. Not only vegetables and fruits, but also sugar, cloth. Glassware, ironware, and more. Some were already stuffed, some were only half-full, or they had been stuffed and emptied—just for half a day that Wang Chengen had been here. I saw at least two large warehouses being emptied. The four-wheeled small flatbed truck carrying goods flowed back and forth, and he had never seen such a busy scene when he was in charge of the heavenly sacrifices during the Chinese New Year in the court.

"These ...... You brought it all from the south? ”

Wang Chengen seemed to ask a nonsense, but Chen Tao felt his complicated state of mind. Not without a proud smile:

"Yes, taking advantage of the fact that the fleet is still free in the recent period, the logistics is relatively smooth, so hurry up and bring more goods over. In the future, if the war in the north is tight, the fleet will give priority to solving the military needs of the north, and it will not be as convenient as it is now. ”

-- As a matter of fact, the Qionghai Trading Company has always wanted to expand the Hainan market model to the north, and has long made a lot of preparations for this -- many of the goods here have long been transported to the Weihai base for storage, just waiting to enter the northern market. This time, taking advantage of the east wind of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, Julie, who was very good at seizing opportunities, immediately began to really start to operate this matter. Even if she has a big belly, it can't stop her enthusiasm for work.

And since the northern version of the Qionghai Market was to be established in Daming Jingshi, it was a business plan made by Julie herself, and its scale was of course much grander than Chen Tao's original "Mingguangtang Plan". Julie has carefully designed a very stylish, very luxurious opening ceremony, she intends to make the whole city of Beijing shake, and to do this, one of the first conditions is to prepare enough supplies, when there will be a large number of real and excellent goods to come out, in order to match the luxury ceremony.

At present, it is in the stage of hoarding, it is only the early stage, but Wang Chengen, Qian Qianyi and others have been "shocked" a lot, they are already the most well-informed in the Ming Dynasty, but in the face of the scale of logistics in this era of big business, the surprise and surprise shown are still no different from ordinary hillbillies.

Along the way, talking all the way, Chen Tao took them to visit the reservoir area, although in order not to lose face, the two of them almost didn't talk much later, and even asked few questions, but even with Chen Tao's not very clever observation ability, they could clearly see the shock on each other's faces. However, of course, Chen Tao will not be superficial enough to show contempt or ridicule, and after being mixed in the Beijing Division for several years, this growth is still there. And at the end of the visit, he also took a stack of small pieces of paper from the tray served by the man next to him and respectfully handed it to Eunuch Wang.

"What is this?"

Wang Chengen looked at the pile of things with curiosity, which were colorful and green, and there were a number of patterns painted on it, but in addition to the different colors, it was marked with different denominations: Shiyuan, Ershiyuan, Wu Shiyuan, and so on. Other than that, the form is pretty much the same.

Eunuch Wang immediately had some understanding, but he was just reserved and did not take it right away-Qian Qianyi was next to him, even if he gave gifts so publicly, this kid surnamed Chen really couldn't do anything.

However, Chen Tao did not feel despised at all, but smiled as a matter of course:

"This is a shopping card that we are about to launch, and we plan to use it as a circulation voucher in this big market. It's just the first time I've implemented it, and I don't know what the actual effect will be. Princess, take some back and distribute them to the staff below, and also help us test them together to see what else is inappropriate, so that we can correct them in time. ”

Wang Chengen's face looked a little better - this kid is not pretty, and what he says is good. Although Chen Tao's new term is a bit obscure, with his IQ, of course, he can understand it immediately -- these so-called "shopping cards" can be used as money in this market -- isn't it just giving money, we can understand it. The reason for this is not bad. We can help with this!

So the prince was fair and bright, and quite strictly took the stack of papers, and checked it casually, but unfortunately because of the first contact, he had no experience, and he couldn't estimate the approximate amount, but he dared to send it directly to his own hands, and it would not be a small amount after all.

The visit was completed, and Wang Chengen left with his henchman and the little eunuch satisfied. Qian Qianyi next to him was also planning to leave-through the conversation just now, he had already learned that Qionghai Town was planning to open a big market similar to Qiongzhou in Hainan in the near future, so that the itinerary of those of them who went to Beijing would not be delayed, and there was no need for him to put on a roaring appearance and chase after him.

But Chen Tao asked him to wait. Turning his head, he took another stack of shopping cards from Chen Dalei and stuffed them to him:

"Ah, Lord Qian, it's about to be the New Year, you can take these. It's convenient to go back and give away anything. ”

When Chen Tao gave a gift to Eunuch Wang just now, Qian Qianyi kept smiling and watching from the side, although there was no reaction on his face. There is always a trace of unhappiness in the bottom of my heart - literati, always have a good face, and feel that they have been ignored. But at this time, Chen Tao really found him, but he immediately raised his hand to excuse himself, and even said that it was not necessary - my old servant had already taken a lot of things here. And the "free quota" you gave is really too generous.

-- As a high-ranking literati and a dignified old man, Qian Qianyi usually strictly adheres to the sage precept of "a gentleman is far away from cooking", and never takes care of the daily business of the family, anyway, he can eat and use it when he goes home. Any expenses outside are usually bookkeed, and they are settled by the family during the New Year's Festival, but this time it was quite surprising to meet their own servants in the market.

Later, the servant quietly came up and told him about the situation, and he realized that the so-called "free quota" provided by Shorthair to the palace was also available to his old Qian family. And it is listed in the list of "top customers", of course, it cannot be compared with the palace, but there is also a quota of two hundred yuan and one hundred taels per month, which means that no matter what their family buys in this big market, as long as it is worth one hundred taels of silver, it is all free - one hundred per month! One thousand two a year.

The purchasing power of silver in this era is not low, and in some novels in later generations, thousands of taels of silver are taken out at every turn to consume gifts, which is pure nonsense. Really more reliable records: For example, in "Dream of Red Mansions", the old lady Shi who is at the top of Jiafu has only forty taels of silver per month, and the two ladies of the king of punishment below will immediately halve it to twenty. Qian Qianyi Qian Ge is now the top bureaucrat of the Ming Dynasty, but the pomp and circumstance of his family is still far from the Jiangning Weaving Mansion in its heyday. With the 100 quotas given to him by Shorthair, Mrs. Qian can save at least half of her expenses in her monthly account book - why is the proportion so high? Don't forget that the 100 quota of short hairs is the so-called "parity", and if you really want to buy at the local price, the cost must be far exceeded.

Qian Qianyi is a very good-looking person, but he is not too greedy, after listening to the report of the servant, he was a little uneasy in his heart, and said that the wife of the family received such a heavy gift, why didn't she say a word to me, the head of the family-you must know the rules of the Jingshi, the amount of the gift has a certain standard, and more than 1,000 taels is definitely a very heavy gift. Although with his close relationship with Qiong Haijun, this kind of economic exchange between Cheng Dù is no longer a taboo, but the wife of the family, Chen, actually sent a servant to move things without saying hello to him, which is a bit too rash.

He still wanted to go back and talk to his wife, of course, he wouldn't accept it lightly at this moment, so he showed a quite resolute attitude of refusal, but Chen Tao was also very insistent:

"Eh, Lord Qian, you are our real own person, we really want to ask you for a favor about these shopping cards...... We want that...... It's ...... like this."

Chen Tao leaned next to Qian Qianyi, lowered his voice and muttered a lot, and the latter finally nodded his head to allow with Chen Tao's persuasion and accepted the pile of cards.

“…… That's right, okay, the old man can come forward. (To be continued......) I527