Since Li Guozhu just came over, Zheng Zhilong guessed that his intention was to reprimand himself, or to reconcile?

With Li Guozhu's character, it is most likely the former, after all, the festival between the two sides is too big, and there is almost no possibility of reconciliation.

When Li Guozhu said that he didn't talk about the previous things, Zheng Zhilong was very happy and a little puzzled, after all, it is not Li Guozhu's character to give up hatred easily, and when Li Guozhu said that he wanted hundreds of loads of raw silk, Zheng Zhilong's heart finally settled.

It seems that after losing Xu Xinsu, Li Guozhu has indeed reached the end of his rope, and he has to choose to reconcile with himself in order to survive.

However, now that the cargo of the fleet is not completely in charge of itself, should he agree to Li Guozhu, Zheng Zhilong hesitated for a while.

"Why, hundreds of loads of raw silk refuse to sell me?" Li Guozhu's face suddenly sank, "Since this is the case, I came in vain." ”

"Brother, don't go." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly stopped Li Guozhu.

"Brother, let's be honest, although I am nominally the owner of the fleet, in fact, there are other people behind this fleet, and I can't call the shots about trade." Zheng Zhilong sighed.

It is important to reconcile with Li Guozhu, but this raw silk means a business of hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of silver, and Zheng Zhilong will naturally not abandon the public for personal reasons.

"But don't worry, brother, I will definitely speak for my brother, and I will leave two hundred loads of raw silk for my brother. In terms of price, I'm afraid I have to go with the market. ”

Li Guozhu nodded: "In terms of price, you can rest assured, I will pay as much money as others pay, and I will not let you suffer." ”

After talking about things, Li Guozhu refused Zheng Zhilong's retention and immediately left.

"This is Li Dan's son, right?" Mao Liangzhe said to Zheng Zhilong. Mao Liangzhe has also heard of the grievances between Zheng Zhilong and Li Dan's father and son.

Zheng Zhilong sighed: "Exactly." ”

"Since it's an old acquaintance, some raw silk is nothing, but you have to wait until after the trade fair, the price, in business, just do what you just said." Mao Liangzhe said.

Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed: "Thank you, Brother Mao." ”

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On the morning of 10 August, all powerful Japanese businessmen came to Fukue Island, numbering more than 20 people.

The so-called strength is that Mao Liangzhe agreed in advance that if he wanted to participate in the purchase of raw silk satin, he must pay a deposit of 10,000 taels of silver, and if he could successfully reach a deal afterwards, this 10,000 taels would be used as silver to buy raw silk. If the transaction cannot be reached, 10,000 taels will be returned.

There were hundreds of merchants in Nagasaki, but there were not too many powerful merchants, and the deposit of 10,000 taels of silver should exclude even those small and medium-sized Japanese merchants.

There are more than 20 businessmen, most of whom are Japanese businessmen, and there are also Ming businessmen. In Nagasaki Hirado, there are many Ming immigrants, these people rely on the sea trade for a living, engaged in all kinds of trading, among which there are many powerful people, such as Li Guozhu is one of them.

More than 20 businessmen want to buy raw silk, which shows the shortage of raw silk this year.

After no one came, Mao Liangzhe announced the rules for the bidding of raw silk on behalf of the fleet, and adopted the form of bidding, and the highest price was won.

The low price of raw silk is 400 taels per quintal, and each of the merchants present secretly writes the amount of raw silk they want to buy and the price on the slip of paper, and the price cannot be less than 400 taels, and the increase cannot be less than 10 taels of silver.

In the final transaction, the one with the highest price will get the opportunity to buy first, but the final selling price will be according to the lowest price of the crowd.

Hearing the rules Mao Liangzhe said, the businessmen present looked at each other, and such a way of selling goods was simply unheard of.

Mao Liangzhe did not rely on the strange goods to ask for a high price, but set a reserve price of 400 taels and 1 quintals. Four hundred taels and one quintals is indeed a bit high compared to previous years, but who made many Daming sea ships encounter hurricanes this year, and the shortage of raw silk is naturally high, and four hundred and one quintals is not too outrageous. In fact, in the past two days, many Japanese merchants have secretly come to Fujiang Island and are willing to buy raw silk for 400 taels and 11 quintals, but they have all been politely rejected by Mao Liangzhe, and they will talk about it on August 10.

The fleet of raw silk is only 2,300 quintals, but there are 267 merchants present, and on average, each person does not row 100 quintals.

If you want to buy it, you have to get a high price, four hundred taels is not low, and a higher price means spending more silver, which is naturally distressing. But Mao Liangzhe said that the final selling price is not calculated by the bid price, but by the lowest price offered by everyone.

That is to say, even if you get a thousand taels of silver, as long as someone offers the lowest price of 400 taels, the final price will be 400 taels. In that case, why not make a high price and get the right to buy!

However, after careful consideration, many businessmen were shocked to find that this kind of bidding method is so insidious, it simply counts people's hearts to the extreme!

Everyone wants to pay a high price to get the right to buy, and in the end, the lowest price will also rise, which will inevitably be much higher than four hundred taels! Unless someone is willing to sacrifice themselves and deliberately offer a minimum price of four hundred taels.

But everyone who comes here is to buy raw silk, and who is willing to sacrifice themselves to fulfill others?

For a while, all the merchants looked at each other, and they were all hesitating, not knowing what kind of price they could pay to buy raw silk without making the final price of raw silk too high.

Many people wanted to discuss it, but Mao Liangzhe warned them that the bid could only be made secretly, and whoever secretly colluded would be driven out of Fujiang Island.

Li Guozhu's eyes flickered, and when he was about to make a move, Zheng Zhilong walked towards him with a smile: "The raw silk has been prepared for my brother, and it is not included in this sale." Brother, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go outside and have a good chat. ”

Li Guozhu was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay." ”

Seeing Li Guozhu go with Zheng Zhilong, there was a little commotion among the businessmen present.

"Mao Sang, what's going on, why didn't Li Sang participate in the bidding?" Ichiro Yamada asked.

Mao Liangzhe glanced at Li Guozhu's back and said with a smile: "Li Guozhu and our owner are brothers, so naturally we want to leave him some raw silk." But don't worry, the price for him is the same as yours. ”

Ichiro Yamada was still a little dissatisfied, but he had nothing to say. While he was questioning, some of the businessmen had already begun to write, and Yamada Ichiro focused on the bidding.

After struggling and hesitating, a group of businessmen still wrote and handed in their quotations.

Mao Liangzhe asked everyone to sit down and wait for tea, and then personally led people to deal with these people's offers.

"Inu-raisan Saburo, if you want to buy five hundred quintals of raw silk, the price is five hundred and ten taels of silver."

"The pig is fifty-six, and if you want to buy four hundred quintals of raw silk, the price is six hundred and twenty taels of silver."

A few men read the quotation notes written by the merchants in public, and another man was responsible for transcribing them on the white paper.

The merchants drank tea and listened to it over and over again, and when they heard six hundred and twenty taels of silver, they immediately scolded.

"Pig Benjun, are you crazy to quote such a high price?"

"What a brute, aren't you afraid that you will be beaten to death by your clan lord when you go back?"

Soon, however, the men stopped scolding the poor pig Ben Fifty-Six, because someone had quoted a higher price.

"Ichiro Yamada, if you want to buy five hundred quintals of raw silk, the price is eight hundred taels of silver."

"Matsuura Masao, pre-order six hundred quintals of raw silk, and quote eight hundred and fifty taels of silver."

Suddenly, the hall boiled, and the merchants were so shocked that their mouths grew.

Eight hundred and fifty taels of silver, which is already four times the selling price of previous years, this Ichiro Yamada and Masao Matsuura are really crazy! Buying raw silk at such a high price, what is the profit of being able to buy it? Most of them will lose money!

"Yamada, Matsuura, you two are really crazy!" Someone pointed at the two and muttered. Just now I scolded the pig Ben fifty-six beasts, and this Yamada and Matsuura are even worse than the beasts!

"Hehe, how can you buy raw silk without a high price?" Yamada Ichiro lewd way. Even if the price is more than 800 taels, the final transaction price is the lowest, so a fool can't come up with a high price.

All the quotations were read, and the highest bid was 850 taels for Matsuura Masao, the lowest was 510 taels for Inukai Saburo, and the final transaction price was 510 taels of silver per quintal.

Inukai Saburo made the lowest bid and made sacrifices for the merchants, but he didn't get a tael of raw silk.

A few of the merchants who had obtained the right to trade were happily taken to the inner room by a few men to sign a sales contract, and after the contract was signed, a formal transaction would be carried out in the port of Nagasaki.

The price of five hundred and ten taels is one hundred and ten taels higher than four hundred taels, but for these merchants, there is still a profit. After all, the wool comes out of the sheep, and the purchase price is higher, and the price of raw silk will be higher. Anyway, the lords of the feudal lords all have silver, and they don't care about the price of raw silk and satin.

Zheng Zhilong, who accompanied Li Guozhu back, suddenly crooked his mouth when he heard the final price. The price of five hundred and ten taels is two and a half times that of last year. There are a total of 2,500 quintals of raw silk in the fleet, and if it is sold at this price, it will be sold for more than 1.3 million taels of silver!

And that's just raw silk, and there were fifty thousand horses of all kinds of silk in the fleet, as well as a great deal of other cargo. For large quantities that are sold well in Japan, you can use this method of bidding and sales, and you will definitely sell more than in previous years!

In the Royal Sea Trade Firm, there are 30% of their own shares, the higher the price they sell, the more they earn, this time it is really a fortune!

Compared with Zheng Zhilong, whose eyebrows were dancing, Li Guozhu's expression was a little gloomy, and the price of five hundred and ten taels had exceeded his psychological expectations. At this price, 200 quintals of raw silk will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver, which will almost empty his family's foundation.

In order to make money, he gave up his past grievances and came to Fukue Island regardless of his face, hoping to get some scarce goods at a low price and earn more silver to feed his brothers. But I didn't expect Zheng Zhilong, a bastard, to sell it to himself at such a high price!

At this moment, Li Guozhu was full of resentment towards Zheng Zhilong.