Chapter 206: Re-entering Quanzhou
Entering Quanzhou here, Ji Yunkong changed his appearance slightly, painted his eyebrows, and stained a few whiskers, mainly because of the change in temperament, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see that he is Ji Yunkong.
Ji Yunkong has not forgotten that the last time he was assassinated in Quanzhou, Kitty Eagle was seriously injured by the city-breaking crossbow. The seven people who assassinated him must have been inextricably linked with the imperial court, otherwise, there would not have been such a strict instrument in the army. Without a certain level of order, all officials who use city-breaking crossbows without authorization will be dealt with as the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, which is a major crime of the Nine Clans.
"Okay, Fire Qilin, you don't have to twist me, isn't it okay? Who makes you usually show off your might, let you be low-key, low-key, when have you heard of it. Ji Yunkong gloated and looked at the fire unicorn beside him. Because he became famous all over the world at the Heroes Conference, the world also knew that he had such a fiery red tall horse. The horse form of this fire unicorn has almost become the symbol of Ji Yunkong.
It's a pity that this time, Ji Yunkong is going to quietly enter Quanzhou, and the fire unicorn is such an obvious sign that he can only disguise it. So, the great wizard concocted a secret medicine to dye the fire qilin's whole body black. Moreover, a layer of black hair has grown on its outer skin, which blocks the exposed scale armor tightly.
For this matter, of course, the arrogant Qilin is not happy. almost fought with Ji Yunkong because of this, and in the end, after Ji Yunkong promised thousands of benefits, he reluctantly let it dissipate.
"Hmph" "Hmph" The black fire qilin spewed out two angry gases from its nostrils.
"You said this time because I was too ostentatious...... Ahem, it seems to be. Oops, don't talk about these irrelevant topics, who made you so dazzling! By the way, don't talk to me for a while, you've seen a horse as smart as you. ”
"Humph!" The fire unicorn is in a hurry.
"Yes, yes, yes! You're not a horse, you're a mythical beast, okay, I'm not making an analogy? Ji Yunkong hurriedly curryed favor.
In the midst of the constant noise between Ji Yunkong and Huo Qilin and Miao Miaoding's interjections from time to time, the group finally succeeded in arriving in Quanzhou. The Great Wizard and Miao Miaoding also dressed up a little and put on the clothes of Han women, they came to the Central Plains for the first time, but they didn't have to change their appearances, and if they covered it up a little, others wouldn't be able to see it.
After Ji Yunkong took the two of them to stay, he prepared a generous gift and went to the Quanzhou City Lord's Mansion.
"Please let me know, the villain is not talented, but Jiaozhou Fujia, this time I came to discuss a big business with the city lord." Ji Yunkong smiled and gave the two people guarding the door of the City Lord's Mansion a piece of snowflake silver.
The lord of Quanzhou is slightly different from the lord of other cities, in addition to being in charge of the political affairs and military affairs of a city, he is also the largest merchant in the whole of Quanzhou. He accounted for more than forty percent of the cargo ships in Quanzhou port alone. Most of the restaurants and storefronts in the city have him behind him.
This kind of collusion between officials and businessmen has been very common since ancient times, but it is really rare to do it blatantly like the city lord of Quanzhou. However, neither the court nor the people were dissatisfied with this phenomenon. Although it was a collusion between officials and businessmen, the lord of Quanzhou did not use his power to buy and sell, on the contrary, every inch of his land and every penny of his wealth was obtained through business.
Over the years, Quanzhou not only contributed a large amount of taxes to the imperial court, but the people of the city also became rich through business. When the three parties are suitable, the court is too lazy to care whether you collude with officials and businessmen.
The guards received the benefits, and naturally they did things quickly. After a while, someone came out and invited Ji Yunkong in.
The city lord of Quanzhou was originally a businessman, and when discussing business with others, it was naturally inconvenient to wear official uniforms. "Hahaha, the distinguished guest is coming, the old man is far away!" The city lord was a fat man who looked full of red light, and his small eyes flashed with a trace of essence, but he really looked like a complete profiteer.
The city lord looked at the young man in front of him, although he was not dressed expensively, but he was very decent, and the jade pendant on his waist was even better. As soon as you enter the door, before you open your mouth, you can feel a wave of luxury coming. He quickly made a judgment in his heart, this person is definitely a child from the family, when he goes out, even the kind of nouveau riche who is not afraid of death will not swagger through the market, and the businessmen understand the truth of "wealth is not exposed".
"This son's surname is noble, I don't know what's important?" The city lord asked with a smile.
"Well, I am exempting your surname Ji," Ji Yunkong replied with a smile, "I am the eldest son of the Ji family of the Jiaozhou chaebol, and I came here to transport a batch of minerals to Quanzhou to do business." ”
"Oh?" The city lord's eyes rolled slightly, "Minerals, this is a rare commodity, and only Jiaozhou produces the most in the whole world." However, as far as I know, none of the big families in Jiaozhou are surnamed Ji. ”
"Hehe, it's not a secret," Ji Yunkong said, "The family under it is the legacy of the previous dynasty, and when the previous dynasty was in power, it was also brilliant for a while. However, since the founding of this dynasty, the ancestors were afraid of inviting trouble, so they led the whole family to flee to Jiaozhou and lived incognito. After so many years, the family has been sitting on empty food, and it has reached the moment of being a stranger. In desperation, he could only blow up the mine at home and bring in some minerals, hoping to help his family tide over the difficulties. ”
"Oh?" The city lord smiled, "Young Master Ji, didn't the elders in your family tell you that when doing business, don't show this kind of difficult things in the family?" Aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to lower the price and force you to sell cheaply? ”
"Don't be afraid!" Ji Yunkong said categorically, "I have made full preparations before I came, and I have investigated the prices of minerals in various places in the market. The lord tried to deceive me, but he couldn't. What's more, although Quanzhou is the largest port in the world, it is not the only one, and it is a big deal to transport minerals to other cities and sell them in batches. ”
Sure enough, he came prepared, and the city lord listened to Ji Yunkong's words, and let go of the little Jiujiu in his heart. To deal with different people, you have to use different methods, and it is better to do business with the person in front of you in a proper manner.
"I wonder how many minerals Childe brought this time?" The city lord asked.
"There are five ships of 1,000 materials, which are iron ore, and the remaining 500 ships are 20 ships, most of which are copper, aluminum ore, and some other minerals, and the total number of materials is only 2,000 materials." Ji Yun Kongdao.
"......Sizzle" This time, the city lord can no longer pretend to be calm, minerals are scarce resources, and most of them are under the strict control of the imperial court. Private circulation is already scarce, and in the past, there were thousands of large ships of minerals, and the amount of transactions could reach tens of thousands. You know, one material of minerals, but one hundred and twenty catties, is enough to arm a heavy cavalry