Chapter 225: Wang Jiuxuan joins the gang
Wang Jiuxuan didn't speak, but his expression became very strange, and he went to those tea and other goods to look through them carefully, and frowned and thought from time to time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Li Xian knew that something was wrong, but he didn't bother, just let Wang Jiuxuan flip over there.
"This is the item that you Mixed Yuan Guan seized from the pirates?" After a long while, Wang Jiuxuan came over to ask Li Xian.
"Most of them, but some of them are Western items that I bought myself. Li Xian said without blinking.
"You're kidding. It's better to say that you captured it from a pirate, but you took it yourself as a pirate. Wang Jiuxuan is also very familiar with Li Xian, and he immediately exposed Li Xian's bottom.
"How do you say that, I've always been law-abiding, how could I do something like being a pirate?
You inquire throughout Leizhou Bay, everyone knows that Master Li Guan of the Mixed Yuan View hates pirates the most, and never disturbs past merchants, how can he become a pirate himself?" Li Xian denied it, but the corners of his mouth curled.
"Well, you may not have touched the merchant ships of our Qing Kingdom, but the ships of foreigners are not easy to say.
Before I came, I had heard that two foreign ships were missing, and no one knew where they had gone. Wang Jiuxuan also laughed.
"Foreigners, if you go to England to ask about Yilu, if you can't find Governor Lin in Guangzhou, don't come and tell me.
Let's talk about the business in front of us, I don't know if the three-element view dares to be interested?" Li Xian still said stiffly.
Wang Jiuxuan shook his head, and finally felt that he had understood a lot of things.
Since arriving at Donghai Island, he found that Li Xian spent money like flowing water, and originally thought it was the legacy of Hai Yan Luo or Zhu Jiu, but he didn't expect it to come from the plundering of foreign merchant ships.
Wang Jiuxuan, as the head disciple of the Sanyuan Temple, has his own set of intelligence sources, and when he saw those teas, Wang Jiuxuan understood that these were the goods issued by which merchant of the Thirteen Lines, and then he thought of the disappearance of foreign ships some time ago, and then he figured out the ins and outs of the matter.
With the current situation in Guangdong, Li Xian is the only one who has the ability and strength to rob two thousand-ton British merchant ships, and people can't find any clue.
In this regard, Wang Jiuxuan didn't care much, no matter how much Sanyuanguan prides itself on chivalry, foreigners' affairs can't be managed, not to mention that now China and Britain are at war, and people have driven warships over to block the Pearl River estuary.
As for the fact that there is an American ship among these two ships, it was directly ignored by Wang Jiuxuan, although the United States has always appeared in the guise of neutral mediation, but those who do not know that the United States and Britain are in cahoots and make profits from it, they say that the Americans did less than the British in selling opium in the first place.
Before Lin Zexu banned smoking, American merchants were already the second largest force transporting opium outside Britain, and more than ninety percent of the opium of the British was smuggled, and less than one percent of the opium had to be declared and taxed, and the Americans were even more desperate, all opium was directly smuggled, and not a single tax was handed over to the Qing government.
"These things of yours are also worth more than 100,000 yuan, and you can sell stolen goods, but I'm afraid the time will be slower, and the price will not be very high. Wang Jiuxuan said with a deep sigh.
"One thing to be clear, my goods are from a clean source, but none of them are stolen. Li Xian hurriedly corrected Wang Jiuxuan's statement.
Wang Jiuxuan was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and nodded, indeed, these things are not stolen goods.
To the British, these goods were stolen goods, but in the case of the Qing Kingdom, they were just trophies from the warring powers, and the origin was really innocent.
In the rivers and lakes, because of the fear of the government's investigation, the rule of selling stolen goods is to break in half when you get it, but this rule really does not apply to these goods.
The only thing to worry about is that there are a lot of these things, and they can't be made public for the time being, after all, Li Xian still has to do a few more trips to do business, and if the British pay attention to Donghai Island in advance, it will be harmful to him.
Sanyuanguan's capital turnover was a little tight during this time, otherwise it would not be so easy to agree to Li Xian's proposal to pay with Jingyuan Dan.
However, with so many relatively innocent goods in hand, there are many more doorways that can be operated.
"Your soap business, the government is too close, and it is too conspicuous, I can't help much, at most I can help you introduce some bold businessmen to see if you can sell it to other provinces."
This whale oil business can be done, but it is a big deal to sell it as lard or butter.
I don't believe it, no one has done money-losing business these days, and the business of cutting off heads is rushing.
Mr. Lin inspected opium so closely, and there were still people selling big cigarettes in Guangzhou, how could something as good as whale oil not be sold, I think those merchants in Leizhou also want to join forces to suppress your price.
As for your stolen goods, well, or the seized items, if you are not afraid of pressing time, I will use our relationship with the three-element view to slowly find you a home, as long as it is operated properly, six or seven percent of the market price should be fine. Wang Jiuxuan said.
Li Xian nodded, what Wang Jiuxuan said was similar to what he had thought in advance, but it was not good for these seizures to be sold too slowly.
"Personally, I think one dollar now is more useful than ten dollars a year from now.
If I could, I would like to see the seizures get rid of them as soon as possible, and it is not unacceptable for a slightly lower price for that.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that no one would take over, I would have wanted to sell those two thousand-ton ships. Li Xian said.
"That's right. Wang Jiuxuan pondered for a while, and then said, "If you want to get rid of it as soon as possible, it's no problem."
I also know people who specialize in this business, and they can ask people to pay half of the payment in advance, which is considered a deposit.
However, in this case, you have to put the things with someone else first, and the rest of the payment will be settled after the goods are sold out.
It's just that there will be some risks on your side, and the price of the goods will be lowered, only about 60% of the market price, I don't know if you can accept it?"
"That's fine, and I hope that in the future, when there are similar goods, they can be handled in this way. Li Xian clapped his hands and said.
With the current situation of the Mixed Yuan Sect, these goods can be sold for fifty percent of the market price, and Li Xian is about to burn high incense, and it is very good to be able to sell them at a price of sixty percent.
"In addition, I also have some business with no capital, low risk and high profit, if you can join in the Sanyuan Concept, we can make this business bigger together.
How about it, do you dare to be interested?" Li Xian asked as he stared at Wang Jiuxuan.
Wang Jiuxuan was a little moved by this invitation, the three-element view has always regarded itself as the right way, although the underworld and the white road have huge connections, but they cherish their reputation, and they are still reluctant to get involved in too black business.
However, robbing the merchant ships of those countries that are at war with their own country does not violate the chivalrous way at all, according to Li Xian's explanation, the risk is not big and the rewards are rich, it is still a good deal, and it is also very beneficial to the three-element concept of tight funds.