During this period, since the imperial court opened the sea, Yang Fu was so busy that no one was seen.
I was invited to have tea and wine every day and discuss maritime trade.
Since Guangfeng Shui took over the business of the health center and sold some rare foreign goods back from Songjiang, he has become somewhat famous among the major shops in the capital.
Yang Fu was doing business in Beijing, so he naturally had his circle. He was busy socializing outside during the day, and when he came back in the evening, he told Huo Xiyi all kinds of news, and Huo Xi also fell into deep thought.
Although the maritime trade route is now open, having financial resources does not mean that you have the ability to go to sea. All aspects must be weighed, and you must have experienced sailors and boatmen who have experienced strong winds and waves.
Moreover, the sea is very windy and rough, and there are many Japanese pirates along the coast.
There are not many companies that dare to pat their chests, spend a lot of money to build a ship, load the ship with goods, and move forward bravely, heading overseas.
As a result, various cooperation models have emerged.
One of them is called the "sole proprietorship model". This is a large business that spends its own money to build ships, hires sailors and boatmen, and then recruits merchants from the private sector to sell goods overseas together.
In this model, although everyone goes to sea together, I am the boss, and all of you younger brothers have to listen to me. I eat meat, and I don’t mind if you follow me and drink soup.
I am the major shareholder and you are the minority shareholders. You share the profits, but you have to listen to me.
There is another type called "joint venture shipbuilding model".
In this case, everyone is a shareholder. We all contribute money to build a great fortune ship together, find sailors and boatmen together, and share the risks and profits.
The proportion of money contributed can be the same or different, and the risks and profits borne can be the same, or different risks and profits can be borne according to the amount of investment.
Yang Fu sent back a bunch of news.
Huo Xi knew that it was impossible for anyone who was doing business not to be tempted when seeing the profits of several times the sea trade before their eyes. But behind closed doors, there were not many who secretly prepared goods and shipped them overseas.
Even those big business houses and wealthy businessmen are very cautious.
This is not a matter of transporting a cargo on the inland river.
Although there are water thieves in inland rivers, the risk is controllable. The probability of shipwreck and death is 1 or 2 out of 10, which is considered high. But when going overseas, 1 out of 10 is considered good.
So, right now, everyone is just snooping around, looking for opportunities.
Is Huo Xi jealous?
No, she is jealous. Since she was six years old, she has wanted to make money, a lot of money. She even wants to sell her personal wealth.
It's just that she has a thief's heart and courage, but she is short of money. She has used Master Mu's money to buy land and shops. She only has a few thousand taels of money in her hands at most.
To build a blessing boat with two thousand materials, it will cost several thousand taels of silver. If one material can carry one stone, then the blessing ship with two thousand materials can carry two thousand stones, but a blessing ship with more than one thousand materials will need more than 1000 yuan.
Hundreds of people came to drive.
In addition to the money for building ships, the money for hiring sailors and boatmen, the money for buying goods...
And it can be as short as one year, as long as two or three years, or even longer.
The profits are considerable, but Guangfeng Shui cannot do the overseas business at present. Without money, there is no one. It is better to pick up the leaks, just be a middleman.
A penny stumps a heroic man.
Next, Yang Fu went out to socialize again. His ears were still perked, but what he said changed to, "If you need anything, tell me and I will sell it for you."
After a month of tossing, news suddenly came from the court that Emperor Yongkang, against all odds, appointed Taining Marquis Chen Gui to supervise the construction of Beiping City.
For a while, the price of glutinous rice was so expensive that it once reached two liang and one stone, and it was not available anywhere.
As soon as the court dismissed, Zhang Fu and a group of ministers walked out of the palace gate.
Chen Gui, the Marquis of Taining, was surrounded by people, who were all asking him for information. Zhang Fu only glanced that way and kept walking.
Several colleagues who had always been close to him were walking side by side with Zhang Fu, whispering: "Some people say that His Majesty plans to move the capital? How likely is this to Wen Bi?"
Zhang Fu was silent and shook his head: "It's hard to guess what His Majesty is thinking. Now he only talks about building the palace of the original Fan Kingdom. He doesn't talk about building the city of Beiping. Beiping is the land of Longxing, so it makes sense that Your Majesty wants to build a palace."
Two colleagues, one on the left and one on the right, glanced at him, obviously not believing him. But people have many eyes, so it is difficult to explain in detail.
Zhang Fu naturally has his own ideas in mind. If His Majesty wants to move the capital, he agrees.
He was a military commander. After the Jingkang disaster, the northern region fell under foreign rule for more than two hundred years.
He was born in Beiping and grew up in Beiping, so his feelings for Beiping are naturally deeper. If His Majesty moves the capital and the dynasty is located in the north, our Han people's control over the northern region will reach a level never achieved by our predecessors.
When the border was established, the capital was close to the Great Wall, so the court could quickly mobilize troops to defend against the enemy.
The remnants of the previous dynasty could only flee deeper into the grasslands. In terms of military command, the capital was in the north, so it naturally had an advantage over Yingtian Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River.
But he couldn't say this.
For the ministers who grew up in the south, the climate in the north is difficult to adapt to. Moreover, moving the capital will consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and may empty the treasury.
When the time comes, there will be no silver in the national treasury, military expenses cannot be met, and foreign enemies will invade from the north... There may be a change of dynasty in the Davidic dynasty.
He would never dare to say this.
In the Imperial College, a group of Mu Yan's classmates also gathered around Chen Xi to ask for news.
"I don't know, don't ask me. My father never lets us discuss government affairs."
"What are you talking about? It's just discussion, discussion, do you understand? We are about to go to the six ministries to review the affairs, and we are about to enter the various ministries of the imperial court to observe the government. How can we not ask or investigate everything if we don't know everything?"
"That's right. Tell me what your father said."
"I really don't know. Anyway, I only know that when my father went back to Peking this time, he only brought his master and a group of subordinates to take care of things, and no family members. My father said that many craftsmen would be recruited to Peking this time. What do you think?
, Even if His Majesty has that idea, can this be done in a short time?"
When Chen Xi couldn't get any news, everyone gathered around Mu Yan.
"Mu Bin, Duke Dingguo is your cousin, and the queen is Duke Dingguo's aunt. You can always hear something, right?"
Mu Yan raised his eyebrows: "I didn't hear anything. I only know that when the Emperor of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he decided to establish Chang'an as the capital. It took six or seven years to build Chang'an Palace and Weiyang Palace. These are just palaces."
Well……
All the classmates looked at each other and were silent for a long time. Also, what kind of relocation of the capital can be done overnight?
Putting aside the conversation, we also discussed where to go to eat, drink and have fun after school.
Huo Xi, on the other hand, sold out all the glutinous rice in the warehouse at a high price of two taels and one stone.
One stone netted nearly sixty-seven taels of silver.
Just the glutinous rice in the warehouse earned her nearly one thousand taels of silver, which made her extremely happy.
With money in hand and no feet touching the ground, he and Huo Erhuai were busy contacting the shipowners and looking for people to collect the goods everywhere. There was a shortage of manpower and they were almost overwhelmed.
That day I suddenly received a letter from Shangyong, which was a great surprise.
I don’t think I’m good enough. Why should I point out that what I’m writing is the history of the Ming Dynasty? It should be written in an abstract way, and it should be made up and written casually. This is clear, so I don’t dare to write blindly. I need to check the information and respect the historical facts. It costs money.
A lot of time affects my coding speed. I want to cry~