Gong Ziyi followed and watched the excitement, and his eyes were very excited.
"Are you going to Nanyang next year?"
Huo Xi looked at him: "It's not what I thought, is it?"
Gong Ziyi raised his eyebrows: "What do you think?"
Huo Xi smiled: "I haven't thought about anything. However, you'd better not even think about it. You are the heir of a salt merchant, just stay in the country, lie down and eat, wait for death, don't do those unrealistic things
dream."
"Why is this an unrealistic dream?"
"Of course it's unrealistic. Your family has a big business and no one is left at home. How can you let your young master run away to sea? If you are not careful, no one can come back. You are not afraid that the family business will be swallowed up by your concubines.
Already?"
Gong Ziyi was silent.
Sighing secretly. He longed for the vast world and hoped to travel around and see every inch of the beautiful scenery of the country. Now that he heard about the customs and customs of overseas countries, he was thinking about it again. But he knew that his family would not allow him to go to sea.
Maybe when he becomes the head of the family in the future, he can decide what he wants to do.
After gathering his emotions, he looked at Huo Xi and said jokingly: "Remember my family's affairs so clearly. What's your plan?"
Ah? I have a good memory. Is this wrong?
Seeing Huo Xi looking at him with wide eyes, Gong Ziyi covered her big eyes with his hands in a funny way.
Huo Xi didn't pay attention and his eyes were covered by him.
Somewhat uncomfortable with the darkness, he blinked his eyes. The long eyelashes brushed in Gong Ziyi's palm, tickling his mind.
Seeing that he didn't let go, Huo Xi pulled his hand off directly and bared her teeth at him: "What for? Take advantage of me!"
Gong Ziyi's face turned red. He turned around quickly, his ears burning with heat.
Huo Xi was puzzled for a while. Why is this young master acting so weird lately? Tsk, it seems like there is an imbalance of yin and yang.
Seeing that he had run away, she ignored him and just went to the shop to take stock of the goods brought back from Nanyang, and discussed with Yang Fu and several shopkeepers to arrange where to transport them for sale.
Most of the valuable jewelry, spices, handicrafts and ornaments were sorted out and handed over to Langguang Pavilion. The rest were sorted and arranged for shipment in the two shops.
They also sent them to shops in various cities. Now the other four stores have brought back a large amount of goods. Once there are too many things, they are all piled up in the capital, fearing that they will not be able to sell at a high price.
Many well-informed merchants, who were unable to go overseas, also kept an eye on them and came to buy them one after another, preparing to transport them to further places for sale.
As long as the price is right, Huo Xi sells everything. Such bulk shipments result in less profit than retail sales, but they also collect funds quickly and do not take up labor and other costs.
In two months, Dongyang's ship will be back, so to avoid the accumulation of goods, it is better to collect funds. On the other hand, we can also strengthen closer cooperation with various merchants.
After going overseas with the ship, Wanjia Timber Company opened a specialty shop in the capital.
But the Wan family has many members, and the other four are independent businesses. Only Wan family's goods are still part of the goods of all clans. Now that the goods are shipped back, the Wan family members are doing their own business. When they compete, the prices are also
It's very messy.
Huo Xi had a severe headache.
Decisively, he kept some of his own goods in storage, and handed over the fine and rare goods to Langguang Pavilion. The other part was sent to other shops, and some were shipped in bulk to other merchants.
It's not like he's hanging out in the capital with those bastards from the Wan family who can fight with their own people.
The other three families are also annoying Wanjia.
But there was no other way. The two purchases of boats were made by Wanjia, and it was not easy to burn bridges across rivers.
As for Patriarch Wan, he himself has a severe headache.
After the goods were shipped back, the tribesmen went to his house every day to ask for explanations.
"Chief, a pound of pepper only costs four cents and five cents, which is much lower than the market price. How can we sell it?"
"It's my family's business if I sell it for four cents or five cents, it has nothing to do with you. I can make a lot of money even if I sell it for four cents, and I'm happy with it. If you want to sell it for five cents or six cents, just sell it."
Master Wan has a headache: "It costs five cents per catty on the market. If you sell it too low, it will disturb the market price."
The tribesmen who were sold at a low price were disapproving of it, and those who couldn't sell it at a high price started arguing endlessly.
Before the price of a pepper could be settled, other clan members who had not benefited came to make trouble again. "Chief, when will it be my family's turn?"
"Why is it your family's turn? It was your family's turn last year, but your family was not happy. They were afraid that they would not be able to come back after going to Nanyang. Now they are jealous? If you want to queue up, just wait in line at the back and don't try to jump in the queue."
Wanjia is very lively every day.
When Wanjia sold pepper for three cents and five cents, Huo Xi found out about it.
Her pepper could no longer be sold. Grinders seemed to be everywhere in the capital.
Huo Xi is so angry.
Immediately let Shen Qianzhong represent Guangfengshui, and united the Pei family, Langguang Pavilion, Xin Jiutong, and the four families to find the head of the Wan family and ask him to take charge of the clan. If the market price is messed up, the Wan family will be eliminated in the future.
His family cooperated.
If there is a pound of pepper that costs three cents and five cents, others would be stupid enough to buy four cents and five cents a pound?
Now that a large amount of pepper has been shipped back, it's normal for you to want to sell it and collect funds, but don't compete maliciously and destroy market prices.
You, Wanjia, sell pepper at a low price, which will cause others to sell at a low price. Then other merchants will buy it at a low price and stock up on it. When this wave passes, pepper will be in short supply, and others will stock up on it. They have worked hard.
On a trip to sea, everyone made wedding dresses for others.
"If the Wanjia is so competitive, the four of us will follow the bidding. When your pepper reaches the lowest price, the four of us will join forces and buy them all. When the time comes, you, the Wanjia, don't blame the four of us for not talking about the old friendship.
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Only then did Master Wan panic.
Making less money is not a big deal. His family has made a lot of money in the past two years. He has done little serious timber business and only focuses on overseas business.
If he is abandoned by the other four companies, it is not impossible for his family to go out to sea as a sole proprietor with his current ability, but firstly, he does not dare to take such a big risk, and secondly, he is afraid of being suppressed by others.
The head of the Wan family finally took a ruthless hand, cleaned up some members of the clan, made countless smiles to the four families, and gave him a generous gift, so that the four families stopped arguing with him.
"Xi'er, let's go to Dongyang next year, don't go with the Wan family. And I know that his family has secretly prepared a ship to prepare their own goods to go to Dongyang." Yang Fu was quite unhappy.
Going to Dongyang, whether starting from Ningbo or Taicang, is only about 1,600 miles away, which is closer than going to Guangzhou Port. The sea route to Dongyang has been familiar to all merchants in recent years.
After running for two years without incident, everyone is ready to make a move.
Who doesn’t want to make more money? The imperial court keeps changing every day, but what if the sea ban is banned again?
Huo Xi pondered for a moment: "We'll wait until the ships from the East come back and see what they want. I guess our family is not the only one who wants to go to sea alone. Let's not mention it and let them mention it first."
Yang Fu nodded. Among the five families, it seems that Guangfeng Shui is the weakest and cannot be the first. As Xi'er said, it is better to keep a low profile, not show your face, and make money quietly.
In fact, Huo Xi didn't want to go to Japan exclusively.
The Japanese pirates and ronin along the coast of the East are still very powerful in combat. If you want to go to the East, you have to bring Langguang Pavilion with you. Langguang Pavilion has manpower. Moreover, Langguang Pavilion also accounts for 20% of Guangfeng Water.
I'm afraid that stingy young master will agree.
As for the Western-Nanyang Line, she still doesn't dare to break up the partnership. I guess those other families don't dare either. But the Pei family has successful experience in going to sea exclusively. If the partnership is broken up, I'm afraid his family will also be willing to do so.