bestfiction Chapter 281 Trading abroad
Chapter 281 Trading abroad
Lin Xiaofan was slightly startled. When will I develop my own salt merchant? I think Guan Gui has misunderstood what he meant. Just when he was about to explain, Guan Gui spoke first.
"Brother Lin, let me introduce myself again. My name is Guan Gui, and I am one of the leaders of the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce in the Great Shang Kingdom. The industries of our Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce are mainly concentrated in the Great Tang Kingdom, and the surrounding neighboring countries are also involved. I am very familiar with business. We have a lot of experience and a lot of manpower at our disposal. It just so happens that I don’t like those salt merchants who are driving up the price of salt, so why don’t we cooperate and take the entire salt production industry in Qingzhou into our own pockets.”
Guan Gui said.
When Lin Xiaofan heard this, he temporarily took back what he said.
He had never heard of the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce, but he knew about the Tang Dynasty. It was a powerful country and its territory was nearly ten times that of the Daqian Kingdom. The most important thing is that the two countries are not far apart.
And since Guan Gui reported his family status, it shows that the Guangyuan Chamber of Commerce still has some strength. If we could get him to join the gang, wouldn't we be able to sell the refined salt to Datang?
The Tang Dynasty was a prosperous country with a large land and a large population. If it could really develop there, the money it would earn would be worth millions of silver taels a year.
Thinking of such a large amount, Lin Xiaofan's breathing became heavier.
The previous exercise only sold for 800,000 yuan. If you can really get this money, you can use it to recruit troops and horses, which will be enough to steal the country.
Calm down, calm down first.
Lin Xiaofan stabilized his emotions and thought about the pros and cons of this matter. After a long time, he still shook his head and refused.
"Brother Guangui, forget it. I made this decision in a hurry. I didn't make much preparation and I don't know how much market I can capture.
If you were included, the amount of money each family would receive would be too little. How about this, how about we collect two thousand five hundred taels of silver as compensation? "
Lin Xiaofan said.
The common man is not guilty, but Huaibi is guilty. Now his power is still too weak, so it is better to be safer and expand his power first.
I will make plans for foreign trade later.
When Guan Gui heard this, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
However, he was not short of the money, and when he tried to join the gang, he just wanted to make more profits for the housekeeper. After all, he will have to return to the Great Shang Kingdom in a while, so he can't stay in the housekeeper forever. Although the housekeeper is a talented person, he is still too young. He wanted to give the housekeeper a little more information before leaving.
"If this is the case, two thousand five hundred taels of silver is too little. At least five thousand taels of silver are needed."
Guan Gui said. Since you can't join the gang, try to find a way to get more money.
When Lin Xiaofan heard this, he shook his head slightly and said:
"Brother Guan Gui, five thousand taels of silver is too much. After all, whether we can make money or not is still a question. Three thousand taels of silver cannot be more."
"Three thousand taels of silver? Brother Lin, salt is a necessity of life. Wherever there are people there is salt to sell. Even if you only earn a few taels of silver a year, you can get your money back sooner or later. Brother Lin, at least four thousand taels."
Guan Gui relaxed a little. For the production of salt, the compensation of four thousand taels was not much. As long as Lin Xiaofan did something better, their housekeeper would still suffer a lot. But they only had a verbal agreement, so he didn't dare to ask for a high price.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiaofan nodded and agreed:
"Okay, then it's four thousand taels of silver."
Four thousand taels of silver was already a huge advantage to the housekeeper. After all, once his refined salt is born, the housekeeper will not get a penny.
"Okay, that's it. Brother Lin, if you want to cooperate in the future, you can come to the housekeeper and contact the steward at any time, and he will contact me."
Guan Gui opened his mouth and agreed to the matter. The compensation of four thousand taels of silver is already the best result.
After a few more polite words on both sides, the people went back to their homes.
On the way back, Lin Xiaofan kept thinking about foreign trade.
After all, Daqian Country is still too small and can only earn so much money in a year. He wants to quickly develop his power and then expand the market to the whole world.
After all, Li Feng Town was not his place, and he couldn't let go. It seemed that he had to return to Degao County sooner.
"Brother Lin, if we work harder, sooner or later we will be able to expand our trade overseas."
Zhao Shan felt that Lin Xiaofan was not in a high mood and comforted him.
But she spoke from the bottom of her heart. After all, there was so much money to be gained from refined salt, and this money was enough for Lin Xiaofan to develop rapidly.
"We will meet sooner or later."
Lin Xiaofan nodded slightly, then looked at the two family heads and asked:
"Jiang Family Master, Wen Family Master, if you have nothing to do tonight, how about you go to my place for a dinner? You guys should also try it, how does the refined salt taste?"
The two of them agreed immediately. They had just given away four thousand taels of silver, and they were a little worried, not sure whether the money would be wasted. Now, in their eyes, no matter how big the issue is, it can't be as big as this refined salt issue.
After returning to the inn, Lin Xiaofan led Liu Sisi to cook in person, and all they cooked were home-cooked dishes. After a while, the aroma came from the kitchen.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that the two family owners left the clerk's inn. The first thing he did when he returned to the family was to urge the family members to get the salt-making documents down, and at the same time call the elders in the family to discuss matters urgently.
There are many people from both families in the government, and with the secret help of the Zhao family, the government approved the salt-making documents that night.
Before dawn the next day, the city was already bustling with activity. The two families spent a lot of money and arranged most of the backbone of the family to do this. They recruited workers in the city, and after gathering the manpower as quickly as possible, they went to the coast to make salt fields.
After hearing the news, Qing Qu, the head of the Qing family, was furious. It is said that he wanted to talk about it at that time, but was persuaded by other members of the family.
They don't have a paper agreement, and they can't stop it even if they go. Moreover, the Qing family once used their talents to almost kill the patriarchs of the two families, and they had already formed a great feud.
However, the Qing family could not swallow their anger and immediately sent someone to the housekeeper to discuss the matter. However, for some reason, the man's face was very gloomy when he came out of the housekeeper.
Lin Xiaofan didn't know these things yet, and was watching the artificial salt fields on the shore.
According to his expectation, the salt field is divided into two major areas. The first area is just like an ordinary salt field, with seawater introduced and exposed to natural wind and sun.
The second largest area is to introduce nearly saturated salt water, add plant ash solution and slaked lime to it, and perform secondary filtration. This step should be as hidden as possible so that others can’t figure out how much refined salt they can make.
After all, their first-hand business is to make money from the wealthy class. They focus on making things rare and only releasing a small amount to the outside world.
In these days, Lin Xiaofan also stored a lot of refined salt, which he boiled out bit by bit in a pot. He distributed part of it to the Jiang family and Wen family, and planned to take most of the rest home to eat slowly.