Seeing the confused appearance of the ancient young master and the white young master, Qin Guoliang on the side hurriedly smiled and said, "The two young masters don't know anything. Speaking of which, this is all the ugliness of our Ming family. Because my third uncle and you two hit it off at first sight, I'll just say it. The reason why we took this trade route this time was because my fourth uncle wanted to get ahead and seize the right of my third uncle to take care of the housework. ”

"Actually, our Ming family has always been the most polite. The eldest son of the eldest house is the clan house, and he is naturally the patriarch and guards the ancestral industry. The rest of the rooms are also arranged. Generally, the second son will be allowed to study and inherit the fragrance of books. For example, now in the capital, we are the second master of the Ming family. Then the promotion of officials in the world is in charge, and the power is great. As for the rest of the sons, they are in charge of the clan, the various businesses, the granges, and the estates of the clan. Our third young master is the third son, so he is naturally in charge of these things. ”

"Of course, over the years, my third uncle has worked hard to manage the family business of a big family, which is not easy, and he has also managed the grange in an orderly manner. However, now, the fourth uncle suddenly jumped out and said that it was not a good job to take care of the grange. We should take care of our Ming family's business, that's the ability. I don't know what's going on, but his words reached the ears of the second master of the capital. The second master personally wrote to say that he wanted the fourth uncle and the third uncle to go out to trade with a caravan to see who earned more silver. The victorious one manages the family estate. ”

At this moment, Young Master Bai and Young Master Gu understood. Looking at it, Qin Kang, who was indignant, thought in his heart that this one must be relying on his identity as a concubine, and he was greedy, which made the family industry regress, which attracted the dissatisfaction of the second master in the capital, who was actually in charge of the family, so he used this method to replace the third young master of Ming with the fourth young master of Ming.

Qin Guoliang continued: "Originally, my third uncle was resolutely unwilling to compare. If he is not victorious, what is it better than? Besides, compared with a concubine, there is no loss of identity. However, in this matter, the second master spoke, and it is not possible to compare. There was no help, so the third and fourth uncles set off with their respective caravans. ”

"Fourth uncle, he chose to go to the west road, this year, the situation in Daxia has stabilized, and many people have gone to Daxia, hoping to earn more silver. My third uncle saw that this time in Great Xia, it was out of the borders of Great Zhou. So far, the natural profit is higher. Naturally, he couldn't just sell his goods in places like the capital or Zhili Jiangnan. Only Ba Province can be selected. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the products are abundant, the folk customs are simple, many things, are loved by the nobles of the capital and Zhili, and you should be able to earn a lot of silver by taking a trip. So, here it is. ”

Hearing this, the ancient young master and the white young master both muttered in their hearts. Although I don't know much about the affairs of the Ming family. But just by listening like this, you can tell that this Fourth Young Master Ming is a person who does practical things. Look at people, in order to make more money with a trip to goods, I went directly to Daxia. The most profitable caravan in this big week is, of course, the sea trade business.

However, this maritime trade business is not something that anyone can get involved in. There are too many uncertainties at sea, and there is no direction for sailing on the sea. It's not that I'm used to going by sea, I have skilled sailors at home, and I go to the sea just to find death.

The sea trade is not good, and the business on land is naturally the most profitable in the northwest. In the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was also a prosperous place. Just look at the previous Qin Mingyue who just used the Empress Dowager of Great Xia to not leave the capital and earn the silver of Great Xia Plain Silk. This goods were transported to Daxia, and then some exquisite carpets, furs and other products were transported back from Daxia, which was naturally profitable, and it was the first way for inland merchants to make money.

However, the people who walked far away in the desert were not only far away, but also infested with horse thieves, and the people of Great Xia were not very reasonable, so the danger was also very great. Not to mention, going to Bactria is all the way to the west, mostly mountainous areas, wastelands, Gobi, deserts, and the climate and environment are difficult and scary. The boy in front of him naturally couldn't stand it.

If the fourth young master of Ming completes this trade, I am afraid that the third young master of Ming will step down. There is no way, the third young master of Ming can't go to the capital or Jiangnan and other prosperous places to do business, so he can only choose to go to places like southern Xinjiang and Ba Province.

Compared with the big mountainous area in southern Xinjiang, Ba Province, a place where the waterways and the people are relatively wealthy, is naturally a good place to go. Therefore, this gentlemanly Ming Sanshao came to Dujiang City with three ships of goods.

Such a good thing is not unprecedented, but most of them only come once in a few years, and the eyes of the ancient young master and the white young master are shining.

The difference between the Gu family and the Bai family and the other eight families is that these two families are not only doing business in Ba Province, they also extend their tentacles outside Ba Province.

For example, the Bai family, relying on the convenience of the water in the Dujiang River, has continuously transported some special products of Ba Province to the Central Plains, including Jiangnan, Lingnan, and Northwest, and the most is the capital. Then bring some products such as silk from the south of the Yangtze River, popular jewelry and clothing from the capital, exquisite porcelain, and beautiful furniture to Ba Province. These are all things that are very popular with the people of the 100 ethnic groups in Pakistan. You can make a lot of money.

However, these two families are hand-eyed in Ba Province, and they have no power outside Ba Province. It's okay to get general goods, but you can't get this top-notch goods. For example, the best rouge gouache in the capital is not only liked by the nobles of Ba Province, but also by the wealthy families of ordinary people.

Another example is the most popular clothes and jewelry in the capital, and I don't know how many ladies in this province are vying for it. No money spared.

There is also the exquisite porcelain in the capital, the delicious tea in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, although Ba Province also has a good tea output, but the people of Ba Province are used to drinking it, and they also like to taste foreign tastes. There is also the capital, the exquisite furniture in the south of the Yangtze River, which is something that the simple people of Ba Province could not dream of. Once there is such goods in Ba Province, it is always not enough to grab.

But although these things are sold well, as a foreigner, they really can't get it. Therefore, we can only hope that every few years, a large caravan from the Central Plains will come over and bring top-notch items. That's the feast of fortune that the eight great families all like.

Young Master Gu and Young Master Bai didn't expect that the three young masters of the Ming family in front of them were such big customers.

The eyes of the two young masters sparkled.