It is said that Zheng Zhilong's side is strong, and his vision is not so small, this Shandong salt goods, in front of his rich maritime empire, I am afraid that it will not be able to be put on the table. But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that the people below him don't care!

The price of salt in Fujian is five taels of silver a load when wholesaled, which is still the coarse salt eaten by ordinary people. And the salt road has always been controlled by the Huai merchants, they want to eat salt, can only eat the salt merchants three or four taels of silver a load of wholesale Huai salt, from other places, it is almost impossible to get salt goods in large quantities, and now the afterglow suddenly appeared in front of them, it is not an exaggeration to compare it to Ganlin falling from the sky. Don't underestimate the price difference between two and two, use a big degree, that is an astronomical amount, although the above does not look down on such a deal, but it will not prevent the people below from getting rich for no reason!

What's more, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom has goods to pull back and forth, and the back and forth are all huge profits, but the south goods can be transported to the north, and the goods from Jiangnan and Fujian are transported to the south and Shandong, and the goods are transported north through Caoyun, but there is no goods to pull when the return trip to the south, and the special goods from the north are pulled to the south, but there is not much profit, but if the ship is empty, it is too cost-effective, and now there is such a place, which is just used to transport salt, which is not a great thing!

The key is the price!! Before coming, Shopkeeper Zheng had already found out how much the salt goods in Yufeng's salt farm were wholesaled. The price of one or two or five cents, even if it is doubled, is a few percent cheaper than the salt goods sold by the Huai merchants, of course, he knows in his heart that the price of one or two or five cents of this Yu Feng is the price given to the local, he is afraid that he will not get this price, but even if it is high, it will not be much higher! Talking about businessTalking about business, you have to sit down and talk slowly!

Fujian's sea ships are loaded with thousands of quintals of salt at a time, which is not a problem at all, even if the salt goods of Yufeng are more expensive than the local salt goods and give them one or two or five cents, this boat will make a profit of several thousand taels of silver, which is the difference between reaching out and scooping up so many scoops in the Golden River. Shopkeeper Zheng is not in a hurry, since Yu Fengkou is loose, then he is confident that he will negotiate this deal.

However, Yu Feng also had the bottom in his heart, and the news that he asked Xu Chang in advance came in handy at this time, he learned that the salt goods given by Huaishang to the Zheng family were three or five taels of silver, and he wanted to make more money, but also to make the Zheng family feel worthy, and this measure had to be grasped well, and it was not for no reason to let the other party take advantage of the boss.

After bargaining for a long time, the two sides did not reach a consensus on the price, the Zheng family had already paid two taels and two cents of silver, this price was hard to double for Yu Feng, and for the Zheng shopkeeper, it was also about the same amount of money, and the amount of both sides was very large, even if it was a small amount of a few taels or a few cents, it became a lot of money when converted into such a large amount.

But Yu Feng always felt that he had suffered a loss, thinking of the huge profits of sea trade that Xu Chang said, he couldn't help but ask tentatively: "This price matter, is it not negotiable, but there are many female dependents in the brother's family, but I am a little interested in some rare things overseas, if I want to buy some of these things overseas, I don't know if there is any obstacle?" ”

The sea trade of the Ming Dynasty is the most prosperous industry, there is a way that the sea is full of gold and silver, as long as you take a boat to go to sea, it is loaded with gold and silver back, relying on the prosperous industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the backward manufacturing industry and surrounding countries, as well as the difference in gold and silver, the Zheng family who controlled the sea made a lot of money, and the people who had a relationship with the Zheng family did not want to get a piece of the pie, and the two Huai salt merchants were like this.

Those salt merchants have always wanted to take the opportunity of selling illegal salt to Fujian and Guangdong to join the maritime foreign trade, but the Huai salt merchants have been rich for generations, and the accumulation is not trivial, Zheng Zhilong naturally will not easily lead the wolf into the room, the two sides have been deadlocked, and they are unwilling to give in to each other. Even if a Huai merchant posted it and allowed Zheng Zhilong to make a small fuss, if a large-scale fleet appeared on the sea, with a flag that was not his Zheng family, I was afraid that pirates would come to greet him immediately.

Now that Yu Feng made this request, the shopkeeper Zheng felt a thrill: "It's here, it's still here, but I don't know if this person's appetite is big!" If you're older, you won't be able to be the master! ”

"If it's an adult's own purchase, of course, there's nothing to interfere with! My Zheng family doesn't have anything else, but there are many boats, as long as the adults order them down, they can dial two sea boats at any time! Shopkeeper Zheng pondered for a moment and replied slowly.

This sentence expresses his meaning very well, as long as the amount is not large, it is still no problem for one or two ships to come and go, but it is better to rent the Zheng family's boat.

When Yu Feng heard this, he made up his mind, he didn't plan to build his own ship now, even if he had that thought, he had to have so much money! Besides, even if you build your own ship, this private port is still a matter that you don't have a single thing to do, and your own ship has transported the goods, where to put it, is it impossible to put it in Jining, and then transport it back by land.

The two sides then agreed that in the future, the Zheng family would sell the salt goods in the Yu family's salt farm, and Yu Feng would rent two sea ships from the Zheng family and go to the Wa Kingdom to test the water. However, regarding the docking of the Zheng family's sea boat, Yu Feng and the other party also mentioned that such a quantity of salt goods, of course, is directly loaded and transported away at the place of origin, and it is not possible to transport it back to the big ship like the ants moved by small boats!

At this time, the Zheng shopkeeper reflected the pride of the Zheng family. This Lingshan private port can be repaired at the Zheng family's expense, but they have the conditions, after the private port is completed, within one year, the private port will not accept a penny of silver from the Zheng family, and within three years, the Zheng family's fleet will only need to pay half of the docking fee in this private port.

For such a solution, Yu Feng naturally accepted it gladly, it seems that Yu Feng is a little lost, this account Yu Feng is not calculated in this way. For him, not to mention that he got a port for nothing, he tied his own Zheng family together in disguise, I believe that at least in the past three years, anyone who wants to fight this private port has to pass the Zheng family first.

However, when Yu Feng returned to Zhaojiazhuang and excitedly informed Wu Yanran of the agreement he had reached with the Zheng family, Wu Yanran mercilessly gave him a bucket of cold water.

"Our salt pan by the sea has been opened to the extreme, although it is said that the salt goods supplied to our Ludong are more than enough, and now with the Zheng family, I am afraid that there will be a problem with the output! Then the Zheng family said that it was about how much salt they wanted per month! ”

"There are about twenty or thirty sea ships in January, and according to the loading of about 1,000 quintals of each sea boat, it is about 20,000 or 30,000 quintals!" As soon as he calculated this number, Yu Feng himself was dumbfounded, he still knew a little about the production capacity of his salt fields, but he had ignored this before.

"It's time to open a new field!" Wu Yanran muttered. This part of Zhaojia Village is estimated to be the most suitable place for salt fields in this area, except for the Lingshan Salt Field, Wu Yanran has not gone to the field to investigate, and now although she said the words of opening a new field, she is not sure in her heart.

"Go and ask the old lady to come over!" Yu Feng shouted to the guards outside the study, at this time, he realized the benefits of the sentence "There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure", there is an old man who really thinks about himself and has rich experience, it is really a happy thing, for example, at this time, he needs Zhao Zongqi's guidance very much.

In the Yu family manor, the subordinates all call Yu Feng the master, and naturally call Zhao Zongqi the old lady, by the way, Zhao Deng and Zhao Lai have also become the uncle and young master, Yu Feng shouted, naturally someone rushed to invite Zhao Zongqi to come over.

Hearing Yu Feng talk about the current situation, there is nothing difficult about this Zhao Zongqi, and after thinking for a while, he said: "In our Lingshan area, where we can be a salt field, not only this Zhaojia Village, when the situation of the virtuous son-in-law is not bigger, how many families near the sea do not boil salt?" A little open tidal flats, it will also get salt out, but if it is like our village, there are not many salt pans that can be opened up to more than 100 acres at once, I heard that there are some good places in Jimo, but since we want to open a private port here, the salt pans are placed over there, but it is a little inconvenient! ”

"Is there anything similar to our village?" It was Wu Yanran who asked, she seemed to be a little more concerned about this than Yu Feng Weng's son-in-law, and now these two brothers and sisters are producing and selling one by one, and they are doing it with taste, and they are quite happy in it.

"Xue Jia Island, I'll take the Wu family sister over there to have a look, the Wu family sister is an expert, you can know at a glance, it should be no worse than our Zhaojia Village, and it is convenient for boats to come and go!"

The next day, Wu Yanran and Zhao Zongqi went out, and when they came back, they were very satisfied! On the other side of Xuejia Island, it is simply where the natural salt pan is, the salt content of the sea is high, the terrain is good, in addition to the sea, the land route to the salt pan is only one road between the two mountains, and it is better than Zhaojia Village in terms of security.

What's more, the island is sparsely populated, if Yu Feng is willing, put up a notice, I am afraid that a large number of refugees from Dengzhou are willing to come here to work, Yu Feng will make this island his Yu family's private island is not impossible, of course, in Yu Feng's wording, I am afraid that the term "industrial base" that belongs to him is more appropriate.

This matter was decided in this way. During the wax moon, Yu Feng let out a rumor, recruited a large number of laborers, and carried out the construction of salt fields and private ports at the same time, because of Yu Feng's move, many people who were desperate in their hearts and couldn't survive this winter at all had a glimmer of life. For a time, Yu Inspector of the Inspection Department faintly had the reputation of "good man" among the people, which was something that Yu Feng did not expect.