The letter was delivered to Jia Ji Shipping Company, and within a few breaths, the electronic copy was transmitted to Zhao Lin's hand.

After reading the letter, Qi Ke couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

"It's only been a few days, and the cotton has risen to almost seven taels of silver? Fortunately, we set the shipping price early on as 226 yuan, plus 50% tax, and finally combined to the cost of 329 yuan per package. ”

"It's too expensive, fortunately we are first-hand goods, the store is also our own, the price of sixty-five wen a pound of retail is still profitable, if friends eat our second-hand goods, they will only have a small profit, unless they have a way to sell at a higher price."

"This one-size-fits-all tax is too rigid." Qi Ke frowned slightly.

"Be content, at least this fluctuates with the price increase, the price is low, the tax is less, the price is high, the tax is more, it is better than the amount tax, right? The ad hoc tax is the tax rate to deal with low-priced bulk commodities, not according to the price, according to the weight, quantity, capacity, area and length, 100 catties of cotton set a two tael tax, our 18,500 bags, has not been sold, pay the tax 37,000 first. ”

"Hmm...... That's still ad valorem tax, don't remind Baiqing that they still have a tax law for ad valorem tax. ”

"It would be good if Bai Jiajun could get permission from the imperial court and flexibly adjust the tax rate, and in the future, our global business bank can sell a lot of things, and we will have a good relationship with the business bank to ensure that we will not lose money."

"Like grain and minerals?"

"And weapons and ammunition."

"That's right!" Qi Ke suddenly had a whim, and thought of a new product to make money, "We can indeed sell grain." ”

"Huh? What to sell? Their staple? That choking man's bread? ”

"We have to come up with a name for the staple food they eat, and their aboriginal names have too many pronunciations, Aloe Curaçao, why not Aloe Vera. We had to come up with a name that suited local customs. ”

"The plant is starchy and looks like a tree, but it's actually a giant herb."

"Isn't that just a banana-like plant?" Qi Ke slapped his face suddenly, "Yes, there is a giant herb, rich in starch, it is called grass potato." ”vp

Zhao Lin smiled lightly and recorded the new name.

"It just so happens that this time we grabbed another batch of boats, and we can change a few ships in two months, and they will be used to pull straw potato flour when the time comes."

"We can first talk to the Bai Jiajun through the captain's mouth, and ask them if they want food, so as not to make a fuss."

"Well, it's okay to ask."

"Also, it is not in the interest of the maritime merchants to return empty, and the ship must carry some goods back."

"What good goods are there to sell in these disaster-stricken countries?"

"Traditional specialties never go out of style."

"Tea and porcelain?"

"Heyang Prefecture is already famous for its tea production, Jiuzhi Mountain is the best source of tea, and one of the most bought commodities by maritime merchants in Dong'an Province is tea."

"Well~ The ocean ship is here, and it is not very decent to go back without buying some traditional specialties. Oh, isn't this just that the money that has just arrived is not enough to warm up in the pocket and has to be spent again. ”

"You can tell Bai Jiajun, if they can supply, buy it from them, don't go around to Qingshui Port, fill it with tea and return, and bring cotton and grain back in two months."

"Well, it would be nice if the straw potato flour could make the pearls in the bubble tea, and the Ocean will bring the tea back, and we will teach His Excellency Keith to taste the milk tea with all kinds of tricks."

"Don't forget the other three nobles, otherwise sooner or later they will learn that we have coaxed four minor nobles at once but only got too close to His Excellency Kekith, they will be jealous, it would be bad if we took back the island as a punishment, we have so many slaves on it, we have invested capital and we can't let people take it back."

"Okay, okay, rain and dew, I know." Qi Ke nodded, "Is the ice cellar of His Excellency Kekeith's house built?" Is his daughter's wedding done? Have any of your guests ever enjoyed ice cubes? This second round of ice cube business, let's start with those three, it's really not good to neglect them for too long. ”

"Okay."