Chapter 137 Copper Goes to Gold, Lotus Dance Wild Hope
When he learned that this merchant's ship was not an ordinary cargo, but a golden treasure of the Ming Dynasty, Yokoyama Takujin's two eyes were suddenly a small star fluttering, if this was the case, he didn't have any sales expenses, he only needed to eat the other party's copper coins, and he didn't even need to go to Kyoto to exchange them, just sit on the ground in Nagasaki and change hands, and it was a big profit in an instant.
In Japan, gold and silver are not lacking, but this as an auxiliary currency used in copper coins, but has always been very tight, the copper and lead ratio of the Ming copper coin is good, wear resistance, but also an indispensable boutique in the field of circulation, it can be said that in the circulation of auxiliary coins in Japan, at least eighty percent of the Ming copper coins, now the other party with these copper coins to trade with themselves, it is simply no different from sending money directly to his hands.
In the end, the price negotiated between Hengshan and Xuchang was the proportion of five hundred copper coins, exchanged for one or two silver, Hengshan knew that this was the other party left enough profit space for himself, and the current exchange ratio on the market has reached more than four hundred and five or even four hundred to exchange for one or two silver, and there is no market, such an exchange ratio, at least one to two percent of the profit left on Hengshang, with this result, what else can Hengshan say, naturally it is good again and again.
It's just that this merchant surnamed Xu doesn't want silver at all, but only gold, which makes Hengshan a little strange, but it's not a big deal, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty exchanged gold in Japan and brought back the Ming Dynasty, he has seen a lot, compared to the heavy silver, this gold is indeed much more convenient, and more importantly, it also frees up the space on the ship, so that these merchants can continue to fish when they return.
Of course, as a mature businessman, Yokoyama still had the necessary caution, and after agreeing to the other party's conditions, Yokoyama directly proposed to see the other party's goods.
This is a reasonable thing, whether it is Xu Chang or the General Mu behind him, naturally he has no objections, he rested in his shop for a while, and directly took him back to the port, in the port, a medium-sized Fu ship was parked there quietly, and the sailors with muskets were patrolling the ship, very well guarded.
Open the bottom bilge of the ship, and a basket of golden treasures is stacked there like ballast stones, as if piled up into a hill. The light of the lanterns in the hands of the group shone on these brand-new copper coins, and the reflection of the light made the entire cabin swaggering with gold.
"How many are there? Xu Jun! It took a lot of effort for Yokoyama to swallow his mouth full of saliva, turned his neck around vigorously, and asked Xu Chang.
"Thirty thousand!"
"Thirty thousand?" Yokoyama jumped up, "How is it possible, how is this only 30,000?" ”
"Boss Yokoyama! You are mistaken! Xu Chang secretly despised this little man, "I'm not talking about the number of these things, but the weight!" ”
"30,000 catties?!" Yokoyama Takujin was a little stunned, such a number far exceeded his expectations, before he got on the ship, he was only a few dozen white tens of thousands of copper coins to reach the sky, how did he expect that this Xu Jun was not calculated according to the quantity? According to him, wouldn't there be nearly 10 million copper coins in this boat?
"What's the matter, Boss Yokoyama is a little surprised?" Xu Chang said with a smile, but at this moment, Yokoyama Takujin didn't have time to care about the ridicule in his words, but held his fingers in his sleeve and kept calculating.
This boat is 30,000 catties, according to the weight of copper coins cast from four copper and six leads, one thousand copper coins is about twenty catties, so doesn't it mean that this boat of copper coins, according to the price negotiated with him, is almost nearly 30,000 taels of silver, even if it is exchanged for gold, it is almost seven or eight thousand taels. Looking at the quality of the money, maybe it's five links and five leads, but it's not necessarily, isn't that more money?
It was the profit of this boat, and between changing hands, he could get almost 10,000 taels of silver, this kind of easy and profitable business, he had never encountered it before.
"Uh, an accident, a little accident!" Yokoyama Takuzhen reacted, and the smile on his face seemed to bloom as if a chrysanthemum had bloomed: "I didn't expect there to be so much, Xu Jun takes care of my Hengshan family so much, from today on, you are the most honored guest of our Hengshan family!" ”
Walking out of the cabin, Takuma Yokoyama took a deep breath of the cold sea breeze with a fishy smell, walked back to the store in a hurry, and dug around in the back room for a long time before he walked out, and instructed Akijiro outside: "Take my handwritten book to the young master, the young master will naturally understand how to do it when he sees it!" ”
He finally understood why this Uncle Xu insisted that all his goods would not get off the ship, but asked him to get on the ship and pay the money and deliver the goods with one hand, such a large number of copper coins are brand new, if this is the copper coins collected in circulation on the market, no one will believe it, but if it is minted privately, looking at the quality of this craftsmanship, it is indeed not like it, it is very likely that these copper coins are flowing out of the household of the Ming Dynasty, and the servants behind the Xu merchant are not a few people, more like a warrior than a servant? Maybe it's the general of the Ming Dynasty.
Is this the god of sunshine going to take care of our Yokoyama family? Yokoyama Takuzhen's mood is simply indescribably happy, such a way, other businessmen are trying their best to catch a lot of money, and they may not be able to get through, and they just sit at home, and the other party will come to the door, this is not what the sun god cares about.
After that, the transaction was very pleasant, from the handling to the transaction, Yokoyama Takuma was all using his own family or many years of slaves, and there was no outsider, and even the time of the transaction was at night, so to speak, very secretive and smooth. Although Xuchang is reluctant to publicize, Yokoyama Takujin is even more reluctant to let others know that he has such a financial path, and with the cooperation of the two, the transaction was completed quickly.
In addition to the gold that should be delivered to Xuchang, Yokoyama Takuma has prepared a lot of Japanese specialties and sent them to Xuchang, however, Xuchang resolutely did not accept it, and finally Yokoyama Takuma was unable to do it, and actually sent a pair of beautiful twin girls before Xuchang returned, saying that it was for Xuchang's daily life, and Xuchang accepted it with a wry smile. He didn't want to accept anything from Hengshan, but he also knew that if he really didn't accept anything, this Hengshan would inevitably not be down-to-earth enough, and the next cooperation would inevitably be a little estranged.
He didn't dare or wanted to accept the property or something, and naturally someone else was responsible for this maritime trade matter, and they were just responsible for exchanging the copper coins for gold in Japan and bringing them back to Dengzhou. However, this beautiful concubine is not afraid, whether it is the virgin that Hengshan said or not, anyway, when she arrives in Dengzhou, she will send it to Lord Yu, whether Lord Yu stays or rewards people, it will not hinder it. Anyway, with so many eyes watching, he is not afraid not to say it.
On the way back, all the people were very happy, one was that the errand was finally over, and the other was that the ship was returning from Nagasaki, but the ship was going directly to Dengzhou, and the people on this boat did not catch up at home during the New Year, and now they can finally go home after the New Year, so it is strange to say that they are not happy.
The only ones who weren't happy were the twin sisters sent by Takuma Yokoyama.
One of these sisters is called Hengshan Wu and the other is Hengshan Lian, who is about fourteen or fifteen years old, but they haven't opened their faces yet, and they look immature and youthful.
It's a good thing that I didn't open my face, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to see it. You must know that the dress of Japanese women at that time had a great conflict with the aesthetics of the Ming people. This Japanese woman, once she opens her face, whether she looks good or not, she has to coil her hair high, make a bun like a hundred birds and a phoenix, and try to make her face look bigger.
What's even more creepy is that on this whiteboard-like face, you have to shave your eyebrows clean, and then use charcoal to paint the bright spots of broad beans on the place where you shave off your eyebrows, and finally you don't know what to use to dye a mouthful of teeth black.
Xu Chang also saw that these two girls didn't seem to have been tragically poisoned, and he was relieved, if Yokoyama Takuma really sent so many ghost-like women, even if he pinched his nose and accepted it, he was afraid that he would have to sink them into the sea halfway, is there such a good thing?
"Sister, Master Xu doesn't seem to like the two of us?" The younger sister Yokoyama looked at her sister Yokoyama Lian, who was sitting on the edge of the cabin and looking out, and whispered.
She was very worried, although she had long known her fate, and she must have been given to other dignitaries by her lord as a gift, but he did not expect that he and his sister would be given to a Ming businessman together and leave the land he was familiar with. If there is attachment, no matter where you go, it is not a very worrying thing, the problem is that at the moment, this new master of his own, does not seem to be interested in his sisters at all, and those methods that he has learned to serve people since childhood are useless, so he can't help but panic.
"Maybe Master Xu is busy, right?" Hengshan Lian comforted her sister a little insincerely, and there was a faint melancholy between her eyebrows. This Master Xu even has to greet the parents of Hengshan, presumably he is not a simple person, if he really follows such a person, it may not be a good way out for their sisters. It's just that in the past few days, this Master Xu has refused to even step into their cabins, which is a bit worrying.
"Master Xu won't give us away, right!?" With two big black eyes, Yokoyama looked at her sister, as if she wanted to find out the answer she was satisfied with from her sister's face.
Hengshan Lian smiled sadly, opened her mouth slightly, and was about to comfort her sister a few words. There was only a loud bang, and then there was a violent shock, and she suddenly lost her footing, and suddenly fell to the bed.
Yokoyama Mai also rushed over in fright, gathered beside Yokoyama Lian, the two sisters hugged each other tightly, and looked outside in horror, outside the cabin, there was a muffled sound like firecrackers, mixed with the sound of the wind, and came in.