"Do you have to use foreigners' gunpowder, we also have many black workshops in the Qing Kingdom itself, and the price is much cheaper than foreign goods. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With our Sanyuan view of connections, buying 100,000 catties of gunpowder on the black market is much easier than dealing with foreigners. Wang Jiuxuan frowned and said.

"It's better not to. Li Xian said: "The gunpowder on these two sides is very different from the explosion power, safety and storage. ”

"In that case, I'll find a way to contact some businessmen. Many businessmen of Thirteen Foreign Banks have some connection with our Sanyuan Concept, and they should be able to help. Wang Jiuxuan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Li Xian said was indeed reasonable, so he agreed to find some relationships to try.

Gunpowder was strictly forbidden by the imperial court, and it was purchased from foreign merchants and then transported inland from Macao and other places.

However, the geographical location of Donghai Island, where the Mixed Yuan Sect is located, is special, if you negotiate business with foreign merchants in Macao, directly deliver gunpowder and money at sea, or even trade on Donghai Island, you can completely avoid the monitoring of the imperial court, and many merchants may have the courage to try.

"However, in this way, there are many more links, and some benefits will be given to the merchants, and this additional cost may be higher than the price of gunpowder itself. Wang Jiuxuan couldn't help but sigh, thinking of some rather realistic difficulties.

Gunpowder is really not something that can be bought with money.

"I have some ideas about money.

Although Sanyuanguan is a martial arts sect, it has been operating in Guangzhou for a long time, and there are people who know each other in the three religions and nine streams, especially the big businessmen who know it.

I don't have much else on my side, but there are a lot of souvenirs, and I have seized a lot of materials from pirates, but because I have been busy with the military, I have not been able to take care of this area, and I have not opened up a market.

If Sanyuanguan can help sell these things, you can make a lot of profit from them, not to mention that it is not difficult to earn the difference between 50,000 and 100,000 taels.

I don't know if you dare to be interested?" Hearing Wang Jiuxuan's complaint, Li Xian calmly put forward his biggest concern.

"You have some good things here, I believe it, but there is such a large amount that you can get more than 50,000 taels?" Hearing Li Xian's words, Wang Jiuxuan was really surprised, and expressed surprise at Li Xian's financial resources.

"It's useless to just talk about this, I'll take you to see our Mixed Yuan Sect's belongings. Li Xian asked Wang Jiuxuan to go with him to some warehouses to check.

The first thing to look at is the warehouse where the soap is stored.

The production capacity of the soap workshop has been improving, and it is extremely easy to produce more than 30,000 yuan a month, but because of the suppression of the government, there is obviously a strong market demand, but it is impossible to expand the sales channel, not to mention that during this time, the Thirteen Foreign Banks also began to target the soap business, and wanted to warn Li Xian not to get involved in the sea trade business.

The inventory of soap is about 60,000 yuan, and according to the market value of 12,000 yuan, the net profit can reach more than 5,000 yuan if it is really sold.

The second thing to look at is the whale oil warehouse.

The whaling team established by the Mixed Yuan Sect in cooperation with the original whaling fishermen, equipped with large clippers and whaling guns, has greatly improved the speed and safety of whaling, and can catch five to ten whales every month.

Based on the 10 tonnes of whale oil per adult whale, this is more than 50 tonnes of whale oil harvested per month.

At present, the mixed yuan sect has no competitors in Leizhou Bay, monopolizes all whale oil, and currently has about 300 tons of whale oil in the warehouse, which is 600,000 catties of whale oil, according to the price of lard in big cities at least one dime per catty, this is a huge property worth about 60,000 oceans.

Li Xian's requirements are not high, these whale oils can be wholesaled at a price of six cents per catty, he is very satisfied, although this is cheaper than lard, but when opening up the market, it can't be too demanding, isn't it.

Whale oil is a very useful resource, which can be used as a high-grade edible oil, a raw material for candles or soaps, can be directly made into lamp oil, can be made into perfumes, high-grade lubricants and essential oils, etc., which is definitely a sought-after commodity in Europe, and it is also a promising product in Qingguo.

If it weren't for Lin Zexu and other officials repeatedly suppressing it, and even the grain and oil merchants in Leizhou joining forces to resist the impact of whale oil on the traditional lard and soybean oil markets, Li Xian would not have squeezed so much whale oil in his hands.

However, if the sales of whale oil can be opened, Li Xian will be able to earn at least 4,000 yuan more net income per month, which will greatly alleviate the financial pressure.

In addition to soap and whale oil, there are also a large number of whale skins (equivalent to high-grade cowhides), tiger skins, tiger bone wine, sugar, salt, and other local products in the warehouses of the Mixed Yuan Sect.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xian originally tried to establish a salted fish and preserved fish processing factory, taking advantage of the abundant fish and salt in the Leizhou Bay area to make profits, but unfortunately because of the suppression of the government and feudal guilds, he could not enter the market, and could only supply it to the people of the escort to improve their food.

Leizhou is rich in sugar, and most of the farmland is used to grow sugarcane, while grain has been affected and has always relied on external grain imports to sustain itself.

Under these circumstances, the grain and oil guilds in Leizhou also jointly resisted the entry of food products such as whale oil and salted fish into the market, which made a good note on the backwardness and reactionary nature of the feudal guilds.

If it weren't for the fact that he was too busy during this time, Li Xian would have taken action to clean up these businessmen who didn't know what to do, but the market in Leizhou was not big after all, and Li Xian hoped that Wang Jiuxuan could help him enter the Guangzhou market, and then enter the Guangdong and other provincial markets.

After seeing these things, Wang Jiuxuan nodded, feeling that the Mixed Yuan Sect really has a foundation, this family business is indeed not small, and the key is that it is a business that can be done continuously, as long as the sales channel is opened, it can make money continuously, not just a hammer deal.

After letting Wang Jiuxuan look at these inventory items, Li Xian also took people to the depths of Donghai Island and found several hidden warehouses for Wang Jiuxuan to watch.

What is stored in these warehouses is a load of tea, almost more than 1,000 tons, that is, about 20,000 loads, worth more than 100,000 taels.

In addition, there are a large number of foreign cloths, horse lanterns and other glass products, pocket watches, spices and other traditional products imported from the West, according to the market price, there are also 30,000 to 40,000 yuan of value.

"Some of these things I have seized from pirates, some of which I have traded with some foreign merchants, but because the court is at war with the British, I can neither sell them to the British, nor sell them to the Thirteen Merchants, and they are all backlogged.

These things are worth more than 100,000 yuan, and now in this world, I don't expect to make any profits, and I am very happy that Sanyuanguan can sell these goods at half price.

It's not easy for everyone to make money, and I don't want to make any money to make grenades when the Sanyuan Temple is in trouble.

The Sanyuan Concept has some power, if I can sell these goods in my hands, I can also fall into the ocean of seventy or eighty thousand yuan, and the money to buy grenades will come out, and there will even be some surplus.

I think this business is very good, I don't know what you think?" Li Xian asked Wang Jiuxuan without a trace.

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