206, Ningbo's market 23

Luo Lemao talked about it in detail. They went to Ningbo this time to sail smoothly. According to Yi Yun, after crossing Hangzhou Bay south, he advanced along the coastline and soon found Ningbo Port.

Ningbo is the largest port in Dameng Country. Its name comes from the meaning of "Sea Determined Zebo Ning". It is very prosperous and prosperous. Hundreds of sea ships are moored at any time on the harbor. Luzons, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, British, Vietnamese... all went to Ningbo to do business. Fusang people used to buy and sell in Ningbo, but since the Japanese pirates rebelled, the people of Dameng Country began to hate Fusang people, so Fusang merchant ships no longer came. Only some maritime merchants from Dameng Country took the initiative to transport goods to Fusang.

This time after Luo Lemao and a group of girls from the cute girl group arrived in Ningbo, as soon as they docked, a business bank came up to him, first asking where they came from, and then asking what kind of cargo they were transporting.

It turns out that Ningbo wharf has become something similar to the industrial chain. Once any sea boat arrives at the port, there will be merchants to come and take on business. This is a bit like taking a train in later generations. As soon as you arrive at the station, a hotel owner stops you and asks: "Do you want to stay?"

As soon as Luo Lemao opened his mouth, the business company heard that he was from the big cute country and was not a native of Ningbo. So the first question was: "What goods did you ship?"

You should know that Da Mengguo has abundant material resources and is the best in the world. It is far from the Western, Eastern and Southern Oceans. Small countries such as the South China Sea can compare with the Americans. Generally, foreign merchant ships come to Ningbo Wharf to purchase goods, but only Da Mengguo’s merchant ships arrive at the wharf to usually ship goods.

Luo Lemao said that he had raw silk, silk, and porcelain, and needed to find a buyer. The people in the business immediately became enthusiastic. Selling raw silk to Fusang is a big profit. Silk and porcelain can also make a big profit when sold to the West. The people in the business immediately helped Luo Lemao to build a link and contacted a Dameng Guo maritime merchant who ran the Fusang line and transferred the raw silk to the maritime merchant. He also contacted the Western merchants and collected the silk and porcelain. The people in the businessmen took the introduction fee from it... It was similar to the middlemen in later generations, which was quite interesting.

In short, after running this trip, I bought more than 50,000 taels of silver, which was a small profit.

Yi Yun heard that there were 50,000 taels, but he was quite satisfied and could subsidize some military expenditure.

Luo Lemao smiled and said, "Prince, do we still have raw silk, silk and porcelain? Let's go there again! I found that going to business can make more money than being a water bandit, and a boat is tens of thousands of taels."

"Fool!" Yi Yun kicked over and cursed with a smile: "There is no reason to earn tens of thousands of taels every time. This time our goods were stolen from Japanese pirates, and the Japanese pirates were also stolen from other merchants. It is a transaction of no capital. Of course, tens of thousands of taels at a time. If you spend money to purchase goods and transport them over, you won't make so much."

Luo Lemao laughed dryly and said, "There is always a profit. Let's go and purchase goods quickly. There seems to be a lot of raw silk and silk in Suzhou and Hangzhou. The porcelain should be Jingdezhen... I'm addicted to running around business."

Yi Yun shook his head and sighed, "How can it be so easy... Do you think you can buy goods if you want to? Suzhou and Hangzhou are only a hundred miles away from Ningbo. The raw silk and silk produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou must have been purchased and resold by fixed merchants. This kind of industry generally has very stable channels for purchase and sale, and it is not something that anyone can do. For example, if you take the money to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy raw silk, no one is willing to sell it to you at all. Ordinary people dare not sell it to you, for fear of offending their superiors, and big merchants cannot sell it to you at all. They themselves have the ability to organize a transportation team and transport the goods to Ningbo."

Luo Lemao was shocked: "What should we do? Shouldn't we do sea transportation? No, I'm already addicted!"

Yi Yun frowned and said, "You went to Ningbo, not only to sell goods, but also have some other gains?"

"Are other gains? What gains?" Luo Lemao was confused.

"You... you trash." Yi Yun kicked Luo's leg hair away and summoned An Jing, who went to Ningbo with the boat this time, asked: "Big wife, Luo's leg hair is so unreliable. My husband would like to ask you, what have you gained in Ningbo this time?"

An Jing smiled softly and said, "It is indeed a bit of gain. I found that most of the merchants shipped to Westerners in Ningbo come from Jiangnan. In other words, the goods they sell to Westerners are all goods from Jiangnan, such as raw silk, silk, porcelain, and Longjing tea... I have never seen specialties from the southwest in the market."

"Yo, that is to say... there is still a gap in the goods?" Yi Yun was excited.

An Jing smiled and said, "Yes, Jiangjin rice candy, Fuling pickled cabbage, Chengdu Dandan noodles, Rongchang bedding noodles, etc. I haven't seen anyone sell it."

When Yi Yun heard this, his nose was pissed. An Jing was not much more reliable than Luo's leg hair: "I'm dizzy, how can these things be used for shipping? Does Westerners have nothing to eat? Are there any high-end spots that are high-end!"

"High-end? Isn't Jiangjin rice candy considered high-end? I like it very much." An Jing was confused.

"I'm dizzy, go play with me." Yi Yun threw An Jing aside, called a girl from the cute girl's troop group and asked seriously: "Girl, your eldest lady is so worry-free. Tell me what high-end goods are missing in the market?"

The girl was much more reliable. After thinking about it carefully, she said seriously: "We Sichuan produce Shu brocade, which is also high-end silk, but the silk on the market here mainly comes from Nanjing, Suzhou and Zhejiang. Maybe no one comes from Sichuan to go to business."

Yi Yun was overjoyed: "Yes, Shu Jin, why did I forget this thing? It is one of the four famous Chinese brocades. Since Sichuan is far away from the coast, the Shu Jin there did not enter the Ningbo market. This is a very worthwhile information. We can go to Sichuan to purchase goods, hahaha! Hurry up, let’s talk about a few more famous products from Sichuan..."

The girl frowned and thought for a while, and whispered: "There are Mengding Tea, Luzhou Laoyao Wine, Qingcheng Silk Blanket..."

Yi Yun quickly wrote down these things.

"By the way, Eastern, Western, and Southerners have any useful goods to transport in?" Yi Yun asked casually.

"Yes!" The girl said seriously: "I saw Westerners transporting some strange fruit and melon seeds. Someone on the dock introduced them, saying that they were called corn, tomatoes, peppers, etc., but people in our cute country don't like to buy them. They think that these things are definitely not delicious when planting them, and they are not good at growing rice."

When Yi Yun heard this, he was overjoyed: "These... are all good things, what else? Tell me quickly."

"Westerns also brought some muskets, about 150 taels of silver per, but no one bought them. Our Da Meng Kingdom does not promote the use of such weapons. Westerners are so stupid. Our Da Meng Kingdom's government also prohibits the people from holding such dangerous weapons... There are also merchants who traveled to the East to transport some samurai swords from Fusang. This is quite easy to sell. Many people bought them to make decorations. Fusang's fans and screens are also exquisitely made. Many merchants purchased goods and transported them to Suzhou and Hangzhou and Nanjing to sell them to dignitaries. By the way, by the way, Fusang also has muskets. According to the merchants who traveled to the East, Fusang's muskets are not inferior to those in the West and are cheaper. Just one hundred taels per, hehe, it's still too expensive, and no one wants them at all."

When Yi Yun heard this, he was overjoyed. Muskets were sold? That's great! According to Yi Yun's understanding, in the Age of Discovery, muskets were introduced to Fusang. At that time, Fusang happened to be a chaotic era in the Warring States Period. Muskets, a weapon, developed greatly under the promotion of war. At that time, Fusang's musket technology was not worse than that of Westerners, and even more so.

Fusang is very close again. It is obviously faster to transport muskets from there than to transport them from the West, and the transportation costs are also lower, so the price is cheaper than Western muskets. It's great that you can buy a large amount of muskets and use Fusang's muskets to deal with Japanese pirates from Fusang. This is called using his stick to beat his dog.

Yi Yun was overjoyed and was about to ask Luo Lemao to buy muskets, but suddenly he thought, "No, Luo Lemao is a fool, who came back after traveling to Ningbo and didn't know anything. He asked him to buy muskets and wouldn't be cheated, right? No, I have to go there myself to buy hot weapons. In Dameng Country, who else knows hot weapons best besides me?

"That's great. I decided to go to Ningbo and buy muskets myself."

"Scared? The prince is going to Ningbo?" Luo Lemao was frightened: "Not very good, we are having a bad time in this sea boat. What if something happens..."

"Tsk, what can happen? Will you overturn the boat?" Yi Yun complained: "If you want to overturn the boat along the coastline, I see what qualifications do you have to call yourself the leader of the water bandits."

"But...but...but...but...who might...probably..." Luo Lemao said sweating.

"But you are." Yi Yun waved his hand: "That's it. I'm not in a hurry to go to Ningbo. I'll get back from Sichuan first. Then I'll kill two birds with one stone. You can go back to Chongqing first and summon all your minions to me as a navy. I'll give them a good citizen. In the future, they will become a navy. Isn't it glorious to say it out? You go to Jinli Ancient Street in Chengdu and buy a large number of Shu brocade, Shu embroidery, Mengding tea, Luzhou Laoyao wine, Qingcheng silk blankets and other things. Let's go to Ningbo to sell."

"This is no problem." Luo Lemao said happily.

Yi Yun quickly wrote two letters, one to her cousin Han Daosi, asking her to help her watch in Chengdu and come back from this good product. Another letter was written to Prince Yu, who first criticized himself for being unfilial and went to Jiangnan to play. Then he said that the child's fiefdom is very difficult now and needs money, but he didn't want to ask his parents for money and wanted to make money by himself. He asked Prince Yu to help him watch and buy some good products for him to do business.

After writing, I handed the letter to a few girls from the cute girl group and asked them to accompany Luo Shanmao to go back to Sichuan...
Chapter completed!