In a sense, Liujiagang is not a seaport, but an inland port connected to the East China Sea, but it is included in the seaport because of its distance from the sea.

However, in terms of scale, Liujiagang handles 3 million feet of silk and nearly 1.8 million boxes of tea every year, plus the same amount of porcelain, and Liujiagang has a trade volume of nearly 20 million taels a year.

This is not counting the bulk of Jiaozhou rice, gray sugar, jewelry and other goods that landed from Liujiagang.

Suzhou Mansion in the Ming Dynasty, relying on a Liujiagang, the annual tax reached 37.8 million taels, which far exceeded the tax revenue of the Wu Dynasty from the whole territory of the state, and the Wu Dynasty relied on the eight major cities to obtain finance and taxes in the past.

What's even more terrifying is that similar ports under the rule of the Ming Dynasty also have Wenzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Penghu, Guangzhou five, overseas more Manchuka, Klang and other small and medium-sized garrison ports, if not the overseas ports are not in the hands of the merchant group, or under the command of the sailor, relying on these seaports alone, the Ming Dynasty can support even if it does not collect taxes internally.

"Throughput is just an indicator, the key is market cultivation, compared with ordinary raw materials, we value the future of your country more, such as ......" Song Jia picked up the teacup in his hand, swaying the milky white brewed milk, "Milk powder, this is a miracle in my opinion!" ”

"Milk powder, the demand is vast, where is this mouthful of milk, this is creation?"

What are the benefits of milk?

There is no need for data, and there is no need for indicators, a little comparison of the physique of the grass man and the martial artist, the life span of the martial man and the Ming man, is that everyone will understand where the gap comes from?

Don't mention what to eat meat...... There are many kinds of meat in the north, but there are also a lot in the south, and the river fresh is in the recipe of the southerners, and the development of maritime trade has brought seafood, and seafood has been added to the recipe of the Ming people for more than 100 years.

In terms of social structure, the warriors and Ming people of the same class consume about the same amount of meat every year.

But there is still a gap in physique, and this gap is in the understanding of the Ming people.

It's not that Ming people don't want to engage in milk, but they don't have that environment, and they don't have that ability.

Key milk powder is not very expensive!

If it weren't for the low production this time, all the merchant ships on the return voyage would have filled their cabins with milk powder.

"Rest assured, there will be no problem with the supply of milk powder!" Xia Dachuan said with a smile.

Milk powder, it's good if Ming people like it.

Before the appearance of milk powder, the milk powder poured out in the northern grasslands every year was enough for the Ming people to drink.

At present, a bucket of 30 liters of milk is collected, but it is only 10 yuan copper plate, and the processed milk powder weighing one pound is only 20 yuan, which can be sold, but a pound of milk powder can be bought for 300 yuan, which is a full fifteen times the profit.

The maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty wanted to fill the cabin, and the warriors wanted it even more, because it was all money!

Unfortunately, this year's preparation was not enough.

In order to make up 10,000 catties of milk powder, Nian Run has pulled all the inventory under the name of Zhongshan Xia's, Hejian merchants, Guangchang Li's, and the equation.

The household department did not make any money from it, but each family received six or seven hundred taels of silver.

Judging from the current situation, if you want to meet the needs of the Ming people, the current grain production is not enough.

"That's it this year, but we hope that the amount of milk powder next year can reach 100,000 catties and 30,000 catties of butter, otherwise it will only be a month's worth of consumption!"

Zhang Gaodong proposed.

When the people are rich, there are more children, and the process of overseas expansion needs strong Ming people, and in order to feed the children, Ming people are very willing to pay for it.

10,000 catties of milk powder is not enough for 10,000 children to eat for a month.

Don't look at the market has not been tested, but the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, who are extremely sensitive to the commercial market, have long been concerned about this, and they do not need to be shipped overseas, with an annual output of less than 500,000 catties, and the Ming Dynasty can digest it.

Without this understanding, it would be impossible for milk powder to be put on the surface in today's negotiations.

"We have the heart to provide milk powder, but we hope that your country can understand that milk powder itself is ......"

"We can sign the contract first, 100,000 catties, 250 wen per catty, and pay it before August next year, and after the contract is signed, my Shen family can pay it in full!"

Shen Qingtian, who was sitting behind Zhang Gaodong, stood up and shouted at Wu Chao's side.

"It's the same with my Yan family!"

"Seconded!"

The six representatives representing the Ming Dynasty Chamber of Commerce shouted one after another.

The figure of 100,000 catties sounds very large, but in fact it is only 25,000 taels, which is nothing at all for the maritime merchants who conduct large transactions all year round, and the silver used for ballast in their own fleet is this tael.

The six families together are only 150,000 taels.

In the face of such a big deal, the Wu Dynasty was in chaos, Nian Run and Xia Dachuan glanced at each other, and turned their heads to look at the Ming Dynasty, "Yes!" ”

Summer is the usual milk season, and the milk is overflowing, but it does not mean that the other three seasons of cattle and sheep are short of milk.

And with these 150,000 taels, the household department can scrape away at least sixty percent, that is, 90,000 taels.

More than 90,000 taels is not much, how much is not too much, but the problem comes in vain.

The sale of milk powder was negotiated, and the topic of pulling away was back on track, and Shen's Commercial Bank, as the main body responsible for the operation of the wharf in the future, began to give the situation to the Ming Dynasty court and introduce the specific project planning.

Time passed little by little, night fell, the lights were on, the small door opened and closed more than a dozen times, but no one stopped, everyone's attention was invested in it, even the details were deduced in every way, lest they lose their own money.

Bell Bell ......

Late at night, the sub-clock strikes.

Zhang Gaodong and Xia Dachuan glanced at each other, lifted the brush, "I signed!" ”

"Me too!"

The pen fell on paper, and the new round of contracts was quickly completed under the gaze of dozens of bigwigs on both sides.

……

"Finally got one side, and the day after tomorrow we can get a good night's sleep!"

The old man took a short nap and missed the best time to fall asleep, even though his body was tired, Xia Dachuan still didn't feel a little sleepy, "Old, this kind of long-term alliance, it's better to be less in the future!" ”

"It's a must, without Xia Lao and Zhang Ge Lao in charge, how can this matter be delayed four or five times, and more than four million taels of investment come and go, to be honest, I am convinced of Mingren!"

When I think of 1.8 million taels, the cost of wharf construction, there is no need to go through the account books of the Ming Dynasty household department and the inner treasury, and several large chambers of commerce are all covered, and they are willing to pay for it for more than ten years.

The other party controls the magnitude of wealth, and he gave Wu Chao a moment solidly.

The wealth gap here is really incomparable.

"Where is the gap between our two dynasties, you don't need to think about it, the Ming people are not fools, if you want the other party to put all the investment in place, how much more do we need to do, the Wu Dynasty is poor, but we must not be crooked, I have a hunch that the Wu Dynasty wants to develop, there will be a lot of such transnational cooperation in the future, and don't lose the overall situation for a few sesame seeds!"

"Understand, how did the Song Dynasty cargo pass Kyushu model come about, I know very well, although the process is aggrieved, there is a taste of mistakes, but in terms of results, the Song people are undoubtedly the winners, the Ming Dynasty has also developed its financial resources to the extreme over the years, how can it be smooth this time, there is no Ming people want to break the bottleneck of development!"

Nian Run gave his opinion.