His Royal Highness the King of Han wants to buy grain at market prices? After the news was released, a group of merchants below began to calculate. Food has always been small profits but quick turnover.
Liu Mang's Yangzhou grain prices are all controlled by the government, and are divided into several grades, coarse rice, fine rice, and those rices with bad bran.
Prices are of course different. But to sum it up, the price of grain is still in line with the market, so that the common people cannot afford to afford grain. Naturally, the price of this food will not be high.
But how much these merchants can buy grain from Funan and Lin Hu depends on the merchants themselves.
To make an analogy, to put it simply, Liu Mang’s grain price in Yangzhou is between 300 and 400 cash per stone, so if I was in Lin Hu and Funan, the price of the grain I bought was 200 cash per stone. Wen, then I will earn 100 Wen, if it is 100 Wen per stone, I will earn 200 Wen, if the purchase price is lower, I will earn more.
"Mi Shangshu!" The businessman surnamed Sun came out and said respectfully to Mi Zhu just now, he is lucky, in the past Mi Zhu would not appear in the Bureau of Commerce, unless something important happened,
And this time Liu Mang ordered it on purpose, even if something important happens, he doesn't have a place in the front row, what the hell is he, a small businessman from a remote place in the Jiaozhou countryside, who can enter the Commercial Bureau is already considered Your blessing is over, do you still want to stand in the front row? Isn't this daydreaming
But this time because he was from Jiaozhou and was familiar with Lin Hu, he had the opportunity to speak. Only after difficulties can we go to the front row.
This businessman surnamed Sun walked in front of Mi Zhu, he was terrified. It was. This Mi Zhu was originally a prodigy in the business world, and also a senior figure, Xu Banzhou was not just kidding.
Now Mi Zhu occupies the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households in Yangzhou, a position that is below one person and above ten thousand people.
It's not even worse than the state shepherd of their Jiaozhou.
He, a small businessman, wouldn't be terrified when he saw it.
"Your name is Sun Wen, right?" Mi Zhu looked at the businessman surnamed Sun with a smile.
"Ah!" The businessman named Sun was stunned for a moment, Mi Zhumi knew his name, so he actually knew him? All of a sudden, the businessman with the surname of descendants was stunned, and then he felt flattered.
"Yes, yes. Yes! I'm Sun Wen, I'm Sun Wen!" Fortunately, there were officials from the household department and people with Mi Zhu who reminded Sun Wen over there, otherwise Sun Wen would have to leave the country now. up.
Even so, Sun Wen was still overjoyed that this Mi Zhumi Shangshu actually knew him.
The crowd below also surged up one by one, this Sun Wen was originally a nameless rat, and this Lord Mi Zhu actually knew him! Everyone was burning with jealousy, so what kind of thing is Sun Wen
But immediately there were smiles on everyone's faces, this Mi Zhumi Shangshu even remembered a small businessman like Sun Wen, so there's no reason why he can't remember them big businessmen, isn't it
If Master Mi Zhu had a profound influence on him, he would have no money to make.
"Don't be polite!" Mi Zhu said to the merchants below. Just because he knows Sun Wen doesn't mean he knows everyone here.
Mi Zhu knew the reason why Sun Wen. That's because Sun Wen is from Jiaozhou. Although Liu Mang took over Jiangdong, Jiaozhou has not yet been completely attached to Jiaozhou. The scholars in Jiaozhou are still waiting to see, but they are still very polite to Liu Mang. Yes, there is no reason for Liu Mang to directly send troops to fight against them.
Because Liu Mang knew that if he won the battle of the Central Plains, the scholar family would definitely join him with all his strength, and if he lost, he would consider all the wool, just wash his neck and wait for death.
It is precisely because of this that he is not in a hurry to win Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou is not rich at all, so he will keep it if he keeps it. Even Liu Mang, a businessman from Jiaozhou, will give it to him to send a friendly message to Jiaozhou. .
This Sun Wen would naturally be noticed by Mi Zhu, and it was Mi Zhu's reason that Sun Wen was able to sneak into the business bureau by virtue of his identity as a small businessman.
"Mi Shangshu, that, that villain didn't know if he should say something!" Sun Wen asked cautiously.
"This is the Bureau of Commerce. As long as everything is related to business, you can speak as much as you want. There is no Mi Shangshu here. Just treat me as a businessman!" Mi Zhu said with a smile, Mi Zhu is worthy of being in the mall , and after being honed in the officialdom, he became even more able to speak, and this speech made everyone's relationship a lot closer.
Listening to Mi Zhu's words, Sun Wen also settled down, and then began to speak, "Mi Shangshu, the villain came from Jiaozhou, and the traffic in Jiaozhou is already in trouble. This land of Lin Hu originally belonged to the south of Nanyue Kingdom. It is owned by the local aborigines and the survivors of the South Vietnam first, it is not that villains look down on Lin Hu, those barbarian lands are compared to my Jiaozhou, just like Jiaozhou is compared to Yangzhou, how can this food be transported!" Sun Wen said to the man Mi Zhu next to him asked suspiciously.
As soon as Sun Wen's words came out, everyone present also nodded. This traffic is a very big problem.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that building roads is the first step in getting rich. The greatest contribution of the ancients is to build roads and bridges.
The traffic in Yangzhou can be said to be the most prosperous traffic route in the whole big man, because Liu Mang has opened up many channels for him, and they are no longer the kind of direct muddy land as before. ,. The kind that gets muddy when it rains.
But now they are all using those cements for paving, so those cement merchants are about to make a lot of money. You can imagine how many roads there are in the entire Yangzhou area. Now Jiangdong Xuzhou, these places are also paving cement road.
And Jiaozhou is still full of muddy land, and the land over there is not good, it is full of deep mountains and dense forests, and there is miasma.
Jiaozhou is so dilapidated, and Lin Hu is even more dilapidated than Jiaozhou, isn't that a joke!
In the past, there was a Nanyue Kingdom in the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, which is now Jiaozhou, and the southernmost part of Jiaozhou is the Lin Hu, which can be said to be the edge of the edge.
If there is a way to go. The aristocratic families in Jiaozhou had sent troops to Lin Hu long ago. Bring him some food. Selling to the Central Plains, this grain is a hard currency, so it's not a profit.
It was precisely because the road was difficult to walk, or there was no road at all, that this association was broken.
"That's right!" Mi Zhu nodded listening to Sun Wen's words, "You're right, this land of Lin Hu is even more fragmented than Jiaozhou, and it's difficult to pass by land, but this time we didn't travel by land. Go another way!"
"Another way?"
"Master Shang Shu, what do you mean?" Some merchants seemed to have thought of it.
"Well, let's take the sea route and follow the coast of Jiaozhou, we can directly reach Lin Hu and Funan. As long as you reach these two countries, you can sell the goods as much as you want, and then fill the ship with grain and come back!" Mi Zhu told everyone the news of Liu Neng's visit there. They even brought news that although Lin Hu and Funan were a little poorer, no matter how poor a country is. His gang of rulers is still rich, so another sentence is good. As long as you are an official, you will be popular and hot everywhere.
Sun Wen also nodded. It is true that there were many rich people in Lin Hu's generation. The patriarchs of those indigenous tribes were not only poor, but even wealthy, because they more or less knew where some gold mines were. But in the deep mountains and dense forests, no one mines, and the gold is all open-air dog's head gold. Someone brought it out.
However, because the tribes like Lin Hu are more superstitious, the Han people have nothing to exchange, so those dog-head golds have never been brought out. Those deep mountains and old forests, if you go in, let alone the enemy, it is just a small mosquito. Small spiders can kill you.
Maybe you took a breath one second, and died of poisoning the next second.
The receipt and payment are obviously out of proportion, so many people have no association.
But now it’s different. Let’s go by sea. We can go to the other party’s port by sea. As for the dog’s head gold, people from their small tribes will take it out to the port for us to trade, so it’s safe. It can be said that the sex has been greatly improved.
These businessmen are all dogs. This nose is so sensitive that he can smell the business opportunities here.
This first wave may be a bit risky, but it also has huge opportunities. Mi Zhu over there has said that there will be a navy of 8,000 men with them, and that huge military power. The safety of the battleship is naturally guaranteed.
As for the storms that may be encountered above the sea, the Yangzhou Navy has already been to Funan and Lin Hu once, and this second time is naturally out of the question. Other risks are directly ignored. If there is no risk in doing anything, Then everyone is a rich boss.
But then a group of businessmen cried, because they found a serious problem. The big cake is well drawn, but you always have a boat. It must be a big ship with thousands of materials to enter the sea.
What do you use for transportation without a ship
It seems that our Highness the King of Han also knows about this drawback.
An official of the household department directly stepped forward to bring good news to those merchants, that is, the first batch of merchants who went there, His Royal Highness King of Han is responsible for leasing the sea ships to you.
These sea-going ships are naturally transformed from those Galen ships, and some are built-up ships. If you put them together, you can get hundreds of them.
Now many businessmen can't sit still, there are ships and trade routes, why not go there once.
The adventurous spirit of merchants is still very high, and the development of the Silk Road began with merchants.
However, the adventurous spirit belongs to the adventurous spirit, but the vigilance is still higher. Many merchants want three or four ships, some small merchants only need one, and even two of them jointly ordered one, just in case One, no one can explain the things above the sea.
"My lord, these are the ships ordered by those from the Commercial Bureau!" Mi Zhu, the Minister of the Household Department, walked up to Liu Mang and submitted the application.
"Oh!" Liu Mang nodded and looked at the already filled application form.
Liu Mang took out a total of hundreds of ships, but there are still vacancies, there are twenty empty ships that no one wants.
Liu Mang frowned, "There are no one renting these twenty ships, right?"
"Yes, my lord, those businessmen are still holding a wait-and-see attitude!" Mi Zhu was a little embarrassed. At that time, he, Mi Zhu, personally went out to do the work, but in the end there were still twenty Galen ships that no one rented. Mi Zhu felt a little embarrassed.
"Forget it!" Liu Mang waved his hand, and he snorted coldly, "Write down those merchants who rent boats. When we go out next time, these merchants will rent boats first. As for the rest, huh, businessmen." The bureau also wrote down one by one, and under the same conditions, they will rent last!" Liu Mang was also angry.
Liu Mang is good at supporting business, but it doesn’t mean that these businessmen will give you a chance to make a fortune. You still don’t believe me. This trip is not only Liu Mang’s support for business, but also a The reason is that Liu Mang wants those merchants to help him buy grain from Funan and Lin Hu and bring it back to Yangzhou. In this way, Yangzhou must maintain sufficient grain and grass so that Liu Mang can compete with Cao Cao in the Central Plains. showdown.
Now these businessmen are only thinking of benefits, and they are still waiting to help Liu Mang at the critical moment. Isn't this uncomfortable.
"Yes, I know!" Mi Zhu nodded. Even if the lord Liu Mang didn't say anything, he would do the same. This right and obligation will always complement each other. It is impossible for you to enjoy all the rights without performing the obligations. Now those who are waiting and watching are such a person.
"Four ships from the Mi family?" Liu Mang looked at the application form, and the word Mi family appeared, and couldn't help but smiled at Mi Zhu over there. Mi Zhu naturally wanted four Galen ships, one with two More than 100 tons, full load can reach about 350 tons.
This Mi Zhu will make money. If the transaction is really successful this time, then even if all of these four ships collide with food and grass, it will be worth a thousand gold. If so, then it will be even more profitable.
"Hehe!" Mi Zhu couldn't help but blush when he saw Liu Mang's playful smile, but then he became normal again. He Mi Zhu is a businessman, so what's wrong with being mercenary, not to mention that he neither steals nor robs, so it can be said that his name is justified. .
Liu Mang shook his head and didn't care too much. It's okay for his subordinates to give some benefits. You can't let a prime minister's family be so poor that they can't even afford meat.
"This Sun's firm?" Liu Mang became confused. (to be continued..)