Because I just came some time ago, I went to Huzhou and Nanxun to buy raw silk, and I was familiar with a lot.

It's still the same as last time, I went to several silk houses to buy raw silk, just because I had bought 600 bags of raw silk last time, and this time I bought it with a silver ticket worth 178,000 taels (about 270,000 yuan), and the total amount reached more than 1,600 bags.

Huzhou's raw silk is mainly supplied to Nanjing, Suzhou weaving bureau, the rest are also sold to Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Ningbo and other places, has always been more sought-after, Zhao Dagui after the acquisition, the price of raw silk inevitably rose, up five to one percent from the previous one.

However, Zhao Dagui didn't care, as long as the quality of raw silk was suitable, he would buy it, and he also discussed with Xie Zhang, and in the future, he would establish a silk village in Huzhou that specialized in the purchase of raw silk, and also send people to Jiaxing and Hangzhou to buy raw silk, and the main raw silk varieties such as Huzhou silk, round flower silk, and large silk should be operated, and even people should be sent to Shandong to buy wild silk and so on.

In addition, Zhao Dagui also mentioned the establishment of a professional silk reeling factory, their own purchase of silk after reeling silk, or the purchase of raw silk after the reeling of silk for sale, and at the same time the raw silk processed mature silk for sale, etc., which can increase the price and level of raw silk a lot, and the profit is much more than now.

However, after all, Shopkeeper Xie's knowledge is limited, and how to make cooked silk can still be put on a few sentences, and when it is the turn to reel silk or something, it is completely unclear that there is such a thing as this.

Zhao Dagui knew that there was almost no reeling in China's raw silk industry in this era, only some silk reeling factories in Guangzhou, which purchased Western silk reeling machines and steam engines for reeling, and other places were unheard of, so he could only tell Xie that he would have the opportunity to see it in the future.

At this time, China's silk industry basically took raw silk to produce silk directly, but the West had to recoil raw silk, that is, the raw silk was stretched three or four times, so that the re-reeling silk was three or four times thinner than raw silk, and the diameter was only one-third or quarter of raw silk, which was used to produce silk, which was improved a lot in terms of beauty, touch, color, and brightness.

In this way, the raw silk used in Western cloth and silk is three or four times thinner than the silk used by Chinese counterparts, and it looks lighter and more beautiful, and it is no wonder that China's native cloth and silk have been in a disadvantageous position in the market competition.

The Chinese raw silk sold to Britain and France is rewound in European silk reeling factories, and the United States may be due to the lack of industrial development, so the silk mills in Guangzhou are entrusted to re-reel the silk and then shipped to the United States for sale, so there are several re-reeling factories in Guangzhou that use steam engines and Western reeling machinery.

At this time, there were factories in Guangzhou that used steam engines and rewinding machinery, which may be a bit surprising to many book lovers.

In fact, at this time, there were already factories in Guangzhou that used steam engines, and there were shipyards in Hong Kong that produced steam ships in the second year after the end of the Opium War, of course, this was a British-funded shipyard set up by British merchants, and the engineers and senior technicians were British, but according to the situation at this time, the shipbuilders employed were still Chinese.

These are small historical packs.

Transferred to Zhao Dagui's side, spent about ten days to buy raw silk, and spent almost all the money, buying more than 1,000 bags of raw silk before and after.

Zhang Meng of the Fuwei Dart Bureau, that is, the head of the Zhang Dart, came over and talked to Zhao Dagui.

"Master Zhao, when you came to Huzhou this time, it seems that you bought more raw silk than last time. ”

"That is, the raw silk sold better last time, so this time I simply borrowed money and made a big one. More than 1,000 bales of raw silk have been purchased now, and another 5 or 600 bales will be purchased in the future.

What's wrong?"

"Fifteen or six hundred bags of raw silk, the principal alone is 150,000 or 60,000 taels, which is a big business.

However, the scale of your single business is so large, I'm afraid it's a bit too ostentatious.

I've been walking around here for the past few days, and I've found some fresh faces inquiring about your shipment, and I'm afraid there are already a few heroes who have taken a fancy to your shipment. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Dagui's face changed slightly, he was really afraid of something, he was targeted by bandits.

"So what now?" Zhao Dagui asked.

"Our Fuwei Dart Bureau has more or less relationship with the heroes in this area, and there is filial piety during the New Year's holidays, and they usually don't touch the goods of our Dart Bureau.

However, the goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels are enough for some greedy people to ignore the morality of the rivers and lakes.

In this way, you can buy all the goods as soon as possible, the sooner the better, and then we will leave for the magic capital immediately, I am afraid that something will happen when it is too late. ”

"Well, I'll hurry up and buy the goods, and the return trip will all depend on your dart game. ”

"We took your dart this time, and it is appropriate to protect you, so you are welcome. ”

After Zhao Dagui talked to Zhang Meng, he felt that something was wrong, so he accelerated the pace of purchasing raw silk, even if the price rose a little, and he didn't care too much.

The area from Huzhou to the magic capital is only two or three hundred miles away, because there are many merchant ships and many bandits, and the ships are robbed from time to time.

In history, Liu Yong sold raw silk on a small scale, spending hundreds of dollars to rent a small boat to rock to Shanghai, and a ship loaded 80 to 100 bags of raw silk, a total of less than six tons, very inconspicuous, and the large-scale water bandits did not know the details, so they would not start to rob.

The last time Zhao Dagui came to buy raw silk, he was escorted by someone from the Fuwei Dart Bureau, and it was the first time he came to buy raw silk, and the bandits didn't know how much the goods on the ship were worth, so nothing happened.

However, he came over again this time, the news of the previous purchase had spread, and the scale of this time was so large, it almost had to get Huzhou's inventory upside down, the movement was too big, and there were naturally people who took risks under the huge profits.

Zhao Dagui figured out this joint, so he bought the remaining more than 500 bags of raw silk within three days, and then discussed with Zhang Meng and Zhang Darttou that he wanted to go back to the magic capital as soon as possible.

So, in the early morning of the next day after the raw silk was bought, Zhao Dagui and Zhang Meng and the others called up the men of the trading house and the executioners of the dart bureau, and immediately got on the boat and went back to the magic capital.

The boat that Zhao Dagui rented when he went to Huzhou was the last time he came, which belonged to a relatively large building ship of 150 to 200 tons, a bit like the painting boat that appeared in modern movies and television, that is, there was a two-story wooden building on the deck of the ship, which could carry nearly 100 tons of cargo and 60 or 70 people.

This kind of ship is not good for navigation, even supplies take up a lot of space, but it is no problem to sail on the river for several days.

Everyone got on the boat, immediately dropped anchor and left, from Huzhou down the river, to the magic capital is a day and a half away, as long as the heroes along the road did not react, they could still return to the magic capital smoothly without swords.

However, it was fine during the day, and after nightfall, the executioner on duty came to report that he had encountered three suspicious ships in the back, which seemed to be following them.

Zhang Meng didn't dare to be careless, went out to take a look, and when he came back, he looked serious, and asked people to quietly wake up the fallen executioners one by one and take their weapons.

"Master Zhao, I'm afraid that's what happened. In this way, you and the shopkeeper stay in the shipyard and do not come out, be careful not to run around until we have beaten the enemy back. ”

"I'm awake to this, and I won't drag the game back. I also hope that everyone in the dart head and the dart board should be careful, don't get hurt.

If there are really casualties, our noble firm will also have a pension. Zhao Dagui nodded and said.

Zhang Meng seemed a little surprised, but he didn't say anything, and after arching his hand with Zhao Dagui, he took the executioners out and hid behind the side of the boat.

Zhao Dagui looked left and right, Shopkeeper Xie and several guys trembled, it seemed that they had never seen this kind of battle, I am afraid they could not count on it.

"I have two suitcases in my room, so let's carry them outside together. Zhao Dagui thought about it and said to a few people.

At the same time, Zhao Dagui's mind moved, and layers of spiritual gold came out of his body, wrapping all parts of his body from the neck down, just because it came out under his clothes, others couldn't see it.