On November 20, the ship bound for the East returned to Taicang Port.
Five days later, ships from the five companies arrived in Beijing loaded with goods.
Guangfeng Shui put all the goods into the warehouse and put them on the shelves. After sorting them out, the five families finally sat together. The Wan family decided that next year their family would go to Japan alone instead of joining together as a joint venture.
The Wan family first proposed to break up the partnership.
The young master of the Wan family explained his family's difficulties. He had a large family, and he had many people and many houses. His grandfather's brothers and father's brothers were all close relatives.
When these tribesmen saw that their brother had made money by going to sea, they were very jealous. They stayed at his house every day, begging his father to make decisions for everyone and not to leave the tribe alone.
In the end, it was decided that the clan would finance the purchase of a ship and pool the goods to go to sea.
Everyone had expected that Wanjia would go it alone, and after hearing this, they all expressed their understanding of Wanjia's difficulties. Of course, the main reason was that each family also wanted to go it alone.
The Pei family returned safely from two trips to Nanyang, let alone going to Japan alone. When they were willing to team up with everyone, they also wanted to catch up with the mysterious Langguang Pavilion. Xin Jiutong was more powerful than the Wan family, so he agreed to break up the team.
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Pei Youjing thought that the weakest one among them was Guangfeng Shui, and felt a little sorry for leaving Guangfeng Shui behind.
He said to Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong: "Guangfeng water, please join my family." As soon as the words came out, other families were also willing to bring Guangfeng water.
Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong have already received Huo Xi's instructions. They are the weakest among the five, but they have made no less money than everyone else over the years. Since everyone wants to break up, there is no need to get together again.
He declined with a smile: "Since everyone wants to go it alone, my family can't do it. My family will sell the goods first and make plans next year."
Pei Youjing felt a little regretful: "Okay, if Guangfeng Shui is willing, you are always welcome at my house."
"Yes, yes, we welcome you too."
Dui Ba glanced at Shen Qianzhong and Yang Fu, and nodded to them with a smile. The two families had come to an agreement, and if they broke up, they would join forces together. But now it was not good to reveal it too early, lest everyone have their own thoughts.
"We are going to the West together, right?" Wan Shaodong looked at everyone with a smile. His family didn't want to break up the team when they went to Nanyang. The journey there was too long and the risk was too high. His family wanted to go to sea alone, but they didn't have the ability.
Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong didn't speak. The other four families all knew that Guangfeng Shui was the weakest, so they just listened and didn't intend to take the lead.
The Pei family didn't comment. Their own ship went to Nanyang and returned safely. It doesn't matter whether they join the others or not.
Xin Jiutong also thought that he was not capable of going to Western and Nanyang alone, so he agreed with Wan Jia and still wanted to go together.
So everyone looked towards Duiba.
Dui Ba smiled and nodded his chin towards Pei Youjing, "Wan Shaodong is your brother-in-law, why can't your family be with him?"
When Duiba said this, everyone understood that Langguang Pavilion wanted to break up the gang.
Wan Jingyu disagreed.
When his family boarded the Pei family's boat, they had to look at the Pei family's mood and act as the Pei family's younger brother. But if they join the other four families, they have the same share, no one is higher or lower, and their status is the same. Being the master of one's own family or being someone else's younger brother
, everyone knows how to choose.
Except for the Pei family, the other four families here are going to Nanyang for the first time, and they don't really want to break up the gang.
But the Wan family members sold the goods shipped back from Nanyang at random prices, which disrupted the market and angered Langguang Pavilion.
Langguang Pavilion didn't really want to break up the gang, but he was very dissatisfied with the way the Wan family leader handled things. He didn't want to bring such a dragging partner to play with.
If anything happens in the future, members of the Wan family will definitely come after the four of them. Mu Yan, who is behind Langguang Pavilion, doesn't want the emperor to catch him.
Wanjia paid a lot of compensation and made a lot of guarantees. Duiba didn't give a clear reply. He only said that we would discuss it in the next year.
After returning, Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong told Huo Xi what happened at the meeting, and Huo Xi was silent after listening.
"What do you two think?"
"We can break up the partnership if we go to the East. If we go to the South and West, I still think we can share some risks by working together." Shen Qianzhong did not agree to break up the partnership.
"Shopkeeper Li Yu also said that this journey has not been smooth sailing. They have encountered risks several times at sea. When they arrived at the extra territory, there were many incidents of people robbing goods and ships. I still recommend that several families Together."
Yang Fu also nodded: "Yes, we don't have the ability to go to East and Southeast Asia alone. And we should just keep our eyes open."
Huo Xi calculated in her mind that if she sold all the goods on this trip to Nanyang and deducted all costs, she would earn nearly a million taels.
Of course, nearly one-third of this is earned from white sugar and rock sugar. Others, including Langguang Pavilion, can only earn about 500,000 taels.
If you go to sea exclusively and don't have to divide your share, you will certainly earn more, but if the ship cannot come back, it will be wasted.
Such a huge loss will not be recovered within a few years, or it may not be recovered at all.
For example, the Ren family. Although the Ren family has recovered, it has been squeezed from one of the top two businesses to a third-rate or fourth-rate business. If it cannot recover, or stands still, it will be overtaken by latecomers, and once its market share is lost to other businesses. Once occupied, it will be difficult to stand up again.
Otherwise, the shopping mall is like a battlefield. If the strategy is wrong, it will change in an instant, whether it is death or life, and people will be caught off guard.
"Langguang Pavilion probably just wants to scare the Wan family. If the Wan family can take action to govern his clan members, it is not impossible for them to cooperate," Huo Xi said.
Shen Qian nodded: "Yes. I think so too. If we go it alone and buy such a big ship, we will probably have to wait a year or two. If we miss the opportunity in a year or two, the situation in the capital will change again."
Yang Fu was a little worried: "Can we buy a boat to go to the East?" He was not worried about sailors and boatmen. There have been many fishermen coming to him in the past two years, and it is not difficult to find a helper.
Huo Xi nodded: "Langguang Pavilion is ready."
Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong breathed a sigh of relief. Then they can make more money by going to Japan next year.
Huo Xi was also happy in her heart. Next year it would be her family and Langguang Pavilion, so they would be able to bring more goods. They would no longer have to cover up some hidden things.
Uncle Li Yu followed her instructions and exchanged a lot of gold for it in Nanyang. The price of gold there was cheap. Then he would transport the gold to the Japanese country, exchange one gold for fifteen silver, and exchange it for some silver.
In the Wei Dynasty, ten thousand gold could be exchanged for one hundred thousand silver. In Nanyang, six silvers were exchanged for one gold. In Japan, one gold was exchanged for fifteen silvers. In this way, ten thousand golds could be exchanged for two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver. More than doubled.
This kind of thing of making use of the interest rate differences between several countries to earn foreign exchange should be covered up as much as possible.
Then save some pepper and transport it to the East.
During the Wei Dynasty, pepper prices continued to fall from three taels of silver per catty to two taels, then one tael, and now only cost five cents or four cents.
The East Ocean also does not produce pepper, and they do not have the strength of the Wei Dynasty to build so many ships that can be used as envoys to the South and West.
There were few merchant ships going out to sea in the East, and it was not as big a country as the Wei Dynasty, with so many countries paying tribute. All the merchant ships gathered together to transport pepper, which was better than selling it in the Wei Dynasty.
In this way, Guangfeng Shui is obviously the weakest, but he earns no less than others every time.