Naturally, Luo Huaiyuan couldn't take Shen Qi to open some foreign meat, he was just a mouthful.
The two sat together and talked for a long time, talking about their respective situations after they separated from each other. Luo Huaiyuan hadn't been to Fuzhou for a long time, and learned a lot of changes in recent years from Shen Qi's mouth.
In the evening, Shen Qi set up a banquet to entertain Luo Huaiyuan, and the two of them got very drunk. The two separated the next day, Shen Qi returned to the barracks, while Luo Huaiyuan continued to work on his own business.
The business here has been going very smoothly, with people from Xie Mao and Shen Xuan helping to watch, and Luo Huaiyuan's confidant taking care of it here, it can be regarded as daily gold. A light textile factory is a machine that makes money. Not to mention that every time he made a surplus, Luo Huaiyuan took back some of the dividends, and the rest discussed with Xie Mao and Shen Xuan and put them into merchant ships.
Up to now, there are as many as seven merchant ships under the names of the three of them.
Today's sea trade is a profitable business, and if a merchant ship is in hand, it is a hen that can lay golden eggs. Even if you can't use so many ships for your own goods, as long as the ships go to sea, many small merchants who do not have merchant ships will flock to them.
Luo Huaiyuan inspected the business in various places, and went to meet Xie Mao again. He and Xie Mao and Shen Xuan said that they were doing business in partnership. In general, Xie Mao was more concerned. Luo Huai was far away in the capital, and Shen Xuan was busy with various affairs of the navy. Although Xie Mao had the title of the admiral of the navy, he was not busy with his daily business.
I haven't seen each other for several years, Xie Mao is very radiant now, and it can be seen that the past few years have been going well.
Indeed, in his position, many people want to flatter him. Powerful and rich, but not the appearance of a red-faced adjutant with good luck.
Naturally, Xie Mao didn't forget who brought him the daily gold medal. After contacting him for so many years, he could also see that the real identity of this little nephew named 'Chen Yun' was not as simple as it appeared. As the confidant of Duke Zhen Guo, Xie Mao was naturally very familiar with the situation in Beijing and even the Shen family. A fat man who is very close to the Shen family, who else is the fourth prince besides the husband-in-law of the granddaughter of Duke Zhen Guo
It's just that Xie Mao is so happy to pretend he doesn't know if others don't say it outright. People often need to be more interesting.
Xie Mao hosted a banquet to entertain Luo Huaiyuan, and the two chatted a lot at the banquet, and after chatting about Luo Huaiyuan, they got to the point.
This is also the purpose of his coming this time. He had this idea earlier, but the time was not ripe at that time, but now it is just right.
Especially after he came to Fuzhou, Luo Huaiyuan also inquired about the situation of some small countries around him from the mouths of his acquaintances. It seems that the thinking of people in this era is not so advanced for the time being. Maybe there will be many sharp-eyed people in the future. Merchants can discover this, but not at this level yet.
Luo Huaiyuan told his thoughts bit by bit, Xie Mao went from being surprised at first to being stunned after that, and finally couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
After a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "Brother Chen, you know that if what you said can be true, we, we..."
Xie Mao's eyes turned red because of the shocking thing Luo Huaiyuan said. It sounds like everything seems to be a fantasy, maybe because Luo Huaiyuan has indeed created a miracle in front of Xie Mao, or because Xie Mao also has the blood of a businessman in his blood, he actually thinks this is feasible? !
He stood up nervously, paced back and forth, and after a long time, sat down again at the seat opposite Luo Huaiyuan. He also seemed to feel that he had lost his temper. He raised his glass to cover it up and said, "This matter is definitely not as simple as Brother Chen said. I don't know if it can be more specific."
Luo Huaiyuan told a series of his thoughts in more detail.
In fact, Luo Huaiyuan's whole idea was inspired by the history of the Ming Dynasty that he knew in modern times. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the prosperity of maritime trade, many businessmen found a business opportunity, which is similar to the speculation of foreign exchange in modern society.
At this time, Daxi's environment was essentially the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, but due to historical deviations, there were many differences. The same is that Daxi's status in today's world is very light, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most central point of the whole world. Daxi's silk, tea, porcelain, textiles, and many other handicrafts are very popular all over the world, even for the humble daily necessities like coins.
Many small countries along the coast do not have mature copper smelting skills, but due to the increasingly prosperous maritime trade, there is an urgent need for a creditable currency for circulation and transactions. To know that some small countries, if they mint copper coins themselves, not to mention that they must master copper mines themselves, or need a stable source of copper materials, whether their casting techniques can meet the standards, and the proportion of coins minted materials also needs to be studied. Cannot be stored for a long time. Of course, the most important thing is whether the coin can be circulated and whether others will recognize it when it is used for trading.
These are all problems that need to be overcome. The simplest is to use it, importing the currency of a creditworthy country as the currency in circulation in the country.
As a powerful and prosperous country, Daxi ranks among the best in terms of national strength and even economy. The copper coins it casts are of high quality and can be preserved for a long time. Moreover, the national strength is strong and the credit of the currency is guaranteed. For some small overseas countries, their own Minting coins is not as easy as importing some copper coins directly from Daxi, as domestic currency.
Under this general trend, there are many places that can be used.
For example, some copper materials can be imported from foreign countries, and then shipped back to Daxi to cast copper coins. The technology that other small countries do not know does not mean that it is also difficult for Luo Huaiyuan, Xie Mao, and even Duke Zhen Guo, who are the top strengths of Daxi. For example, Daxi market not only circulates copper coins, but also circulates silver. Daxi uses copper coins as currency because of the scarcity of gold and silver, but what Daxi lacks is not lacking in other countries. They can completely transport copper coins out, exchange for silver back to their own countries, and then exchange for a large amount of copper coins to transport them out.
Luo Huaiyuan had previously inquired about the ratio of copper coins to silver in some foreign countries. For example, one tael of silver can be exchanged for about 900 copper coins in Daxi, but in other countries, the same one tael of silver can only be exchanged for about 300 copper coins. The purchasing power far exceeds that of silver.
These are all business opportunities that make people tremble with excitement just by imagining them.
Therefore, Luo Huaiyuan was not too surprised that Xie Mao would behave so rudely. What could be more exciting in this world than a white wolf with empty gloves
Of course, there are definitely drawbacks to doing so. For example, a large influx of silver and a large loss of copper coins will cause market inflation and deflation.
It was just as early as when Daxi opened the trading port, Luo Huaiyuan faintly saw a hint of crisis. Maritime trade was indeed prosperous, but under the shadow of huge interests, Daxi exchanged various materials produced in his own country for countless gold. silver coins. The accumulation of the national treasury has increased by what we can see, but in the end, Daxi did not benefit from it in essence, and it was those small countries who benefited.
Of course, it is not very accurate to say that there is no benefit. It is just that Daxi, as the largest exporting country, can bear the proportion of the export volume that it can bear
However, these problems are not something that Luo Huaiyuan can worry about, let alone whether he has a high enough level to solve these problems, such as between countries, foreign exchange reserve economic problems, etc., are very complex problems in modern times , how could it be that he, an otaku who has nothing to do, could understand.
Maybe he has more foresight based on the issue of vision, but for Luo Huaiyuan today, that is also a matter of the future. You must know that the winner is still in the balance, he is still struggling for his future, and things like national responsibility are too far away for him.
Going back 10,000 steps, if fate is really unstoppable, and I can't get anything out of the way, it's a good idea to leave an invisible explosive bag for that insidious guy of Emperor Jin, and then blow up his bones.
All in all, for Luo Huaiyuan now, all he has to do now is to get a lot of money, then recruit troops and prepare for everything, and other issues are not in his scope of consideration.
The two talked for a long time, and the dishes on the table had been changed several times. It was not until almost midnight that Xie Mao let Luo Huaiyuan go and let him go to the guest room to rest, while he went back to the room and continued to think about how to operate the detailed process.
After completing the main task of coming to Fuzhou this time, Luo Huaiyuan seemed to have nothing to do.
So, he thought of Yan Zhi.
Yan Zhi was Yan Yan's uncle after all. Before leaving, Yan Yan also instructed him. Even if it was for the Xue family, those who could take care of him should take care of him.
Luo Huaiyuan asked Xie Mao to inquire about Yan Zhi's current situation.
After Yan Zhi came to Fuzhou, he joined the Shibo Division. There are Shen Xuan, Xie Mao and Luo Huaiyuan who stayed here, and his sex is higher than many others.
However, Yan Zhi is also a wise man. The convenience of others does not mean that you can spend freely. After he joined the Fuzhou Shipping Company, he never mentioned these relationships with outsiders, as if a person with no background began to work hard step by step.
Yan Zhi has a flexible mind and is good at both sides, and he quickly got mixed up in Fuzhou. Not only did he have a good relationship with his immediate boss, but he also gradually developed some friendship with many local businessmen in Fuzhou.
After finding out the situation, he took advantage of his position to entrust a familiar merchant to help him bring goods back from overseas. At first, he just did that a little bit together. Seeing that his colleagues and Shangguan were doing the same, gradually, he became more courageous.
After listening to the description of the fourth prince, he knew that there was a lot of oil and water in it. After this experience, Yan Zhi understood what was going on inside. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was a windfall. Some of the small officials who are also in charge of him are not full of oil.
And people have no reason to arrest them. After all, they did not greed for any money from the imperial court, but they used the psychology of many businessmen who want to please the officials of the Ministry of Shipping, and let others use some convenience for them. The cost is also paid by oneself, and then the cargo ships of the sea merchants are used to bring back the goods. Whatever is sold in Daxi, the goods will be taken over automatically as soon as they arrive at the port.
Within a few months, Yan Zhi had saved a lot of money.
He thought about buying a house, and dragged someone to quietly bring a letter back to the capital, asking Xue to bring his two sons to Fuzhou.
Due to the death of the old lady, Yan Zhi did not go back in time for the funeral. It stands to reason that the death of the parents in the official family of the imperial court requires Ding worry. But Yan Zhi understood that this opportunity was a rare opportunity, and at that time he came to Fuzhou from Beijing in the name of resigning from the official position. In addition, some official positions in the Fuzhou Ship Division have not formed a system. His name is the principal, and he is a ninth-rank petty official. In fact, he is just a miscellaneous person. In fact, it is not within the regulations of the imperial court, but is only recognized by the local organization.
Emperor Tiangao was far away, Yan Zhi was a small person, and there was Xue's help in Beijing, and he lived alone, so naturally he was not known to outsiders.
After Xue received the letter, she was still a little surprised.
Because Yan Zhi said that when he was leaving, he would pick her up when he got a firm foothold in the local area. It's only been less than a year, and it has gained a firm foothold
Of course, Shi Xue also believed that her husband was not someone who was aimless, so she quietly began to pack up and left Beijing with her two sons.
Only Shen Yiyao and married Yan Ru and Yan Ling knew about the whereabouts of the Xue family, and they naturally wouldn't talk too much outside.