There were more and more teams coming in the night, and the more they followed, there were groups of three or five. Some of the squads didn't come here to do business with Wang Zhi's fleet, they saw an opportunity to find something cheap among these people, and if they were lucky, they could make a fortune.

Su Ming knew that the three shops opened by Erweibao now consumed a lot every day, and he bought more than 100 rolls of coarse and fine cloth here, and he also bought some fine cloth and silk brocade, of which 3 rolls of silk cost more than 1,000 taels of silver, and Su Ming paid the other party more than 16 stone of snowflake salt.

In the Ming Dynasty, cloth was a hard currency, and in many places even cloth was traded. The cloth Su Ming bought was enough for Erweibao for five years, that is, now that their production of snow salt was high, he dared to do this.

In addition to cloth, Su Ming also bought a large number of tools, tea, porcelain, brown sugar and other materials, and he also found out how strong the assets of the many forces who came here were, just the carriages and cloths brought by the commanding steward were worth more than 10,000 taels of silver.

"Eighth brother, why are these machetes and axes exchanged for so much, we can't use them, as well as those tea, brown sugar, and porcelain, not many people in the castle can afford to buy them." Su Ren saw that his younger brother couldn't stop changing things, and said to him when he came back again.

"These things are much better than keeping snowflake salt, and it doesn't make much sense to exchange them for silver taels and not use them in your hands.

Now we Erweibao people can't afford to buy these things, and we will definitely be able to buy them in the future, and there is no harm in buying them back. Su Ming said.

"We buy so many things, we have to make many trips to transport them back, and when the time comes, our goal is so big, if someone pays attention to us, they will definitely recognize us." Su Ren said worriedly.

"We should pay attention to everything, if we want to develop and hide for a long time, we can't put the silver in our hands and do nothing, and in the end we will cheapen those who are officials." Su Ming said.

"Then I'll ask the thirteenth brother to lead people to hide these things in the depths of the bamboo forest first, and when the fleet arrives, we will finish the transaction, and then slowly transport these things back.

Before the arrival of this merchant ship, everyone was very obedient to the rules, but when the merchant ship left and everyone had the silver in their hands after the transaction was completed, many people couldn't bear it, although we brought a lot of soldiers, but if there were really big forces trying to clean us up, these soldiers might not be able to withstand it. Su Ren said.

"So be it! I'll give my pistol to the thirteenth brother, and I'll see if I can buy weapons and equipment in a while, and if so, buy some, and the combat strength of our troops will be improved as soon as possible."

In addition, I plan to buy some more grain, and after we finish the transaction, we will hide the grain in the depths of the bamboo forest first, and then slowly transport it back home when everyone is gone. This is a rare opportunity, and the next time you want to buy food, even if you spend more money, you may not be able to buy it. Su Ming said.

Su Ren only left more than 30 soldiers here to guard the remaining snowflake salt, and the rest of the personnel went to the hiding point with the items they had just exchanged, Su Ming continued to negotiate with the various trading convoys, and in more than an hour, he exchanged more than 600 stones of grain and dozens of rolls of cloth.

After questioning most of the trading team on the shores of Bishuiwan, Su Ming did not find anyone selling weapons and armor. Most of the iron production land in the Ming Dynasty is in the north, and most of the weapons and armor in the south are sent from the north, so the people and the families are short of weapons and armor, and the imperial court also intends to reduce the supply of iron tools in the south, otherwise the iron will flow into the people too much, and the pirates will be more rampant.

Su Ming originally wanted to buy some horses, cattle and sheep, so that the transportation and food of Erweibao could be more abundant and abundant, but the cattle, sheep and horses would only be sold at the end of September when the fleet returned from the north, and at this time, ordinary forces would not buy and sell livestock in this place.

Unconsciously, the sky gradually brightened, and Su Ming saw that the originally noisy shores of Bishui Bay gradually quieted down, and everyone hid.

Back in the bamboo forest, Su Ming saw that only the fifth brother was guarding Xuehua Salt with two teams of soldiers, and the others were gone.

"Fifth brother, what about the others?" Su Ming saw it and asked.

"Last night, we transported supplies twice, and the eldest brother let some of the young men go back, and transferred three teams of soldiers from the fort.

He is now taking his troops to set up defenses there, and all the food and cloth are there, and if you want to go over, I will have people take you there, and you will not find a place without you. Su Qingping said to Su Ming.

"I'm not going to go there, lest anyone find out and worry about it. We'll all rest here quietly, and when the merchant ships arrive, we'll sell the salt and leave. Su Ming said and came to the carriage, and some soldiers saw Su Ming coming to make way for him, Su Ming walked down beautifully, feeling that the fatigue of last night was dissipating little by little.

Last night, more than 80 stones of snowflake salt made him trade more than 30 stones, and now there are less than 50 stones left, and the value of the exchanged materials is more than 4,000 taels of silver, this result Su Ming is very satisfied.

Snowflake salt is a scarce thing in this world, and the annual output of Daming may be only dozens of stones, but now that he has taken out so much at once, the price of snowflake salt will inevitably decline in the future. Moreover, the increase in snowflake salt may also affect the price of mid-range table salts such as green salt.

I quietly sold the snowflake salt in batches this time, which can be said to maximize the value of snowflake salt. When he sells the remaining nearly 50 stone snowflake salt to Wang Zhi's caravan, these salts will flow into the major cities of Daming, and the price of snowflake salt will soon drop.

Erweibao Salt Production produces thousands of stone of snowflake salt in the next month, and the price of snowflake salt may be lower than that of the current green salt. Now the forces of all parties are not paying much attention to Erweibao, Erweibao must seize the time to improve its strength, this time Wang Zhi's fleet passing through Bishui Bay is the biggest opportunity for them, not to mention the cheap price of buying materials here, it will not attract the attention of others, so Su Ming must sell as much snowflake salt as possible.

Su Ming was also tired after a busy night, and soon fell asleep in the carriage. When he woke up again, he saw that he was covered with clothes, and the eldest brother and fifth brother were here.

"Woke up?" Su Ren saw his younger brother wake up and stepped forward to ask.

"Well, what time is it, has the fleet arrived? Can we all put our things in order? Su Ming asked.

"It is estimated that the fleet will only dock in the evening after dark, after all, those fleet leaders don't dare to go too far, otherwise it will be difficult for the Ming East Sea Master to explain to the imperial court.

I've already hidden everything, there should be no problem with the 70 soldiers guarding there, I've already let most of the young people go back to rest, and tonight after all the caravan is traded, we'll slowly transport the things back. Wei Hong, Tie Zhu, and the thirteenth brother are all there, so there should be no accident. Su Ren said.

"Well, you don't have to worry about my eldest brother here, if anyone dares to reach out to us, I will definitely make them regret it. Today, you still don't show up for trading big brother, it's enough for me and the fifth brother. "Su Ming doesn't want his eldest brother to be involved in smuggling, and if people find out, there may be unnecessary trouble, although most of the officials along the coast of Daming are themselves involved in smuggling activities.

It's ridiculous to think about it, such a huge Ming Dynasty, with a population of nearly 200 million, but a tax revenue of only 20 million taels of silver a year. And Bishui Bay now stays in hundreds of goods, the value is at least hundreds of thousands, handed over to the sea ship team to transport to the north is more valuable, the sea ship team from south to north size docking points do not know how many, this trip profit is at least tens of millions of taels.

If Daming controlled the shipping by himself, it would not be a dream to earn hundreds of millions of silver a year.

Of course, this is just Su Ming's own opinion, the Ming Dynasty does not value business, how much tax revenue per year in his opinion cannot be compared with the stability of the imperial power, and the royal family controls the shipping, and many financial routes of coastal officials will be blocked, even if the royal family wants to open a shipping route, it is not so easy.

It is boring to hide in the woods, and Su Ming also knows that this is not the time to show up, in broad daylight, you go to other people's teams to trade, and people may drive you out, so it is better to wait for Wang Zhi's fleet obediently.

When he was hungry, he took out the things he brought and ate them slowly, and when he was sleepy, he took turns lying down in the carriage and rested for a while, and the eldest brother took the two soldiers back to the hiding point at noon, and now they are waiting near the coast of Bihai Bay.

As soon as it was dark at night, some people came to the beach to wait, and after a while, there were more and more people here, and the natural harbor more than two miles wide slowly everyone moved the goods out, Su Ming estimated that the caravan had news, and knew that the caravan would inevitably come tonight.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a ship to come over on the coast in the distance, Su Ming and the fifth brother took thirty soldiers to bring the snowflake salt to the seaside, and watched the fleet in the distance slowly approach.

Those sea ships didn't look big, their displacement was less than 100 tons, they didn't dock when they came to Bishui Bay, but patrolled along the seashore, and soon Su Ming saw lights flickering on the southern sea.

Su Ming had never seen such a grand scene, in the distance, a merchant fleet of large and small ships was slowly approaching them, the largest ship seemed to be several feet high, and the displacement was at least a thousand tons, which was already a very large ship in this era.

There are at least more than a dozen such big ships, and under the moonlight, Su Ming estimated that there are at least more than 100 merchant ships with a fleet of more than 100 tons, and other dense small boats are scattered around the big ships.

Su Ming had never participated in such a transaction, and when those ships docked, the fleets around him did not move, and Su Ming and the fifth brother were also waiting quietly, he wanted to see how this Wang Zhi merchant ship was traded.

When hundreds of ships docked, some small boats also docked their boats to the shore, and many armed people got on and off the boats, looking at the leather armor and longbows, they should not be weaker than the Ming soldiers.

Su Ming saw that a caravan went up to negotiate with the personnel of this fleet, he did not know who to find for the first time to participate in the transaction, and soon all the caravans were scattered, Su Ming saw that everyone went to the shore ships with a purpose, and he stepped forward to ask the landed merchant personnel.