Twenty taels of silver per prisoner, he calculated silently, he had captured more than 1,500 prisoners in the past two days, and the total amount was thirty thousand taels of silver.
Thirty thousand silver is definitely a huge sum of money in this era. You must know that when he goes to visit Liu Jian, a fellow villager, he usually asks Liu Jian to leave some calligraphy treasures, and the retouching fee of several hundred taels of silver is a huge sum of money. You must know that ordinary people
For a small family, a few taels of silver a year is enough for living expenses.
Before there was a large-scale inflow of silver into the Americas, the purchasing power of silver was at a disadvantage.
Originally, I just thought about transporting these prisoners to the capital to present them to Emperor Hongzhi, but I didn't expect to bring myself a windfall.
Qiao Yong successfully spent 30,000 taels of silver to buy more than 1,500 captives from Liu Yu, and Liu Yu directly gave away the small amount.
As for the trilateral commander Liu Yu, having tasted the sweetness, he immediately ordered to capture as many live prisoners as possible. Each prisoner was worth twenty taels of silver, which was almost the same as the price of a bad horse.
At this time, he even hoped that the little prince would come and attack Datong a few more times. In this case, he might be able to capture thousands of prisoners and sell them for tens of thousands of taels of silver. This money would come quickly and be an extra windfall.
Qiao Yong here sold more than 1,500 captives, and he immediately organized people to put anklets and bracelets on these captives. The injured captives were treated by someone, and then he pressed his slaves non-stop towards the capital.
Walk away.
He was still a little uneasy in his heart. It was still unknown whether a prisoner could make money after spending twenty taels of silver. These people were grassland people after all. It was still unknown whether the owners of those factories and workshops would dare to use it.
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If these prisoners cannot be sold, then he will suffer a big loss on this transaction. Thirty thousand taels of silver is a huge sum of money. Although his Qiao family has a big business, a one-time transaction of tens of thousands taels of silver is also a loss.
If you can't afford it a few times, after all, you are still not as good as the Huizhou merchants in the south.
After about ten days of travel, Qiao Yong arrived in the capital very smoothly with more than 1,500 captives. The journey was very smooth. The Qiao family had a wide network of connections, and there were frequent helpers along the way, without any twists and turns.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, Qiao Yong, as a businessman, had many contacts in the capital. He had a wide network of contacts and knew the owners of many cement plants and coal plants, so he quickly invited some
People come here.
In a private room at Wangyue Tower in Beijing, Qiao Yong was entertaining guests with a smile on his face. The guests in the private room were all the owners of powerful cement and coal plants in Beijing invited by Qiao Yong. Of course, many owners were quite powerful.
The characters in the background will not come forward in person, but they have also sent people they trust.
"Old Qiao, when you call the big guys here this time, it must not be as simple as inviting everyone to dinner, right?"
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, someone asked with a smile.
"Old Zhang, you know me well. This time, I have brought a batch of goods that everyone is in urgent need of. You will definitely like them."
Qiao Yong smiled and said that the old Li he was talking about was named Zhang Rui. Zhang Rui was a clan member of the Zhang brothers in Boshou Ninghou, Jianchang. He was responsible for helping the Zhang brothers run the Zhang cement factory. In the past, Qiao Yong was accused of buying cement.
, so I also have a lot of contacts with Zhang Rui, and we get to know each other very well after going back and forth.
"The goods we need urgently?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately became energetic.
"Old Qiao, please stop pretending. Show me what good things you have brought."
Zhang Rui smiled and said, and at the same time, he was also confused in his mind, is there something that everyone needs urgently?
"That's right, Lao Qiao, show it quickly, we can find what we need urgently."
Everyone else also nodded.
"This time I brought more than a thousand two-legged sheep~ I think you must be in great need of these things."
Qiao Yong smiled, and then said very cryptically. He did not say it directly, but used the word "two-legged sheep" instead. Everyone's eyes widened slightly when they heard it. They are all sensible people, and they knew what it was as soon as they heard it.
"Where do they all come from?"
Zhang Rui asked quickly.
"More than ten days ago, the prairie wolf soldiers from the north invaded Datong and suffered a huge defeat at the gate of Datong City. Tens of thousands of people died, and more than a thousand were injured and captured. The goods in my hand came from here.
, please rest assured on this point, even if I had a hundred courages, I would never dare to arrest one of our own."
Qiao Yong told the origin of the slaves in his hands.
Everyone nodded immediately upon hearing this. The news of Datong's great victory had already reached the capital, and Emperor Hongzhi, who was greatly pleased, had already ordered a report to be announced to the world.
After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty had never had such a great external victory. It defeated the enemy in one go and severely damaged the little prince. It reversed the embarrassing situation of the Ming Dynasty in the face of the invasion of northern nomads.
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"How are these two-legged sheep? Are they not seriously injured?"
When Zhang Rui heard this, he thought about it and asked.
As the manager of Zhang's Cement Factory, he certainly knows the importance of manpower. Nowadays, various cement factories, workshops, etc. are in short supply of manpower. However, these people who come to work will go back to farm when the farming season is busy, even if they are busy.
Even raising wages is of no use.
Nowadays, the demand for cement is getting stronger and stronger. Because the imperial court saw the important role of cement in defending against the attacks of the northern nomads, it once again placed more orders with major cement factories, preparing to move the various cement plants along the long border.
The passes, the Great Wall, the city, etc. were all repaired again.
The Zhang brothers' cement factory has always been involved in large orders from the imperial court. Coupled with the huge demand from the private sector, orders came in like snowflakes.
On the one hand, there is a strong demand for orders, and on the other hand, there is a serious shortage of manpower. The wages of workers in the capital are rising again and again. In order to recruit people, major factories and workshops even send people to various places to recruit people.
, the population here in the capital has now increased by millions.
However, major factories are still in short supply of manpower. Everyone is in a similar situation. They are all working hard to expand production capacity and scale, and they are all in urgent need of more manpower.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that Qiao Yong had a two-legged sheep in his hands, one that didn't require payment of wages and didn't have to worry about leaving things alone due to the busy farming schedule.
"You can absolutely rest assured. They are all minor injuries. Everyone knows that the sheep from the grassland grew up eating meat. They are strong and strong. If you are not worried, you can send someone first.
Let’s go inspect the goods and let’s talk later.”
Qiao Yong smiled and said that he saw something in everyone's eyes, and he knew that his shipment was definitely what they needed urgently.
"Old Qiao, these goods come from the grassland, but they are not very safe. If someone in the imperial court talks about them, there will be a lot of trouble."
Zhang Rui rolled his eyes, thought for a while and said.
"Lao Zhang, you are just joking. Who dares to tell you about the noble person behind you?"
"What's more, I have chained these two-legged sheep so nothing will happen to them."
Qiao Yong laughed even more happily when he heard this. The other party was obviously looking for an excuse to lower the price later.
"Old Qiao, give me a price, I'll take it all."
At this time, someone said very grandly. The person who spoke was called Zhu Ping. He was the director of Jingcheng Cement Factory, the largest cement factory in Beijing. The owners behind this Jingcheng Cement Factory were British Dukes, Cheng Guogong, Ding Guogong and others.
Liu Jin is a small shareholder.
"Lao Zhu, this is not kind. How can you eat alone? Those who see you have a share, and those who see you have a share."
"Yes, everyone who sees it has a share, so it should be distributed evenly to everyone."
"Lao Zhu, this is not possible. How can we keep good things to ourselves?"
When the others heard this, they immediately started talking, "This way we only need food, no wages, and we don't have to worry about the two-legged sheep who have to give up their load due to busy farming. Everyone needs it, and everyone can't finish the orders they have."
, are all expanding production and adding manpower.
"The price is one hundred and twenty silver each, you can choose whatever you want~"
Qiao Yong looked at everyone, smiled and quoted a price. Originally, he thought that it would be enough to sell it for a few dozen taels of silver. If he could make no loss, he would be satisfied if he could earn more than ten or twenty taels of silver each. But when he saw
When everyone seemed to be rushing to get it, he immediately opened his mouth.
"Old Qiao, your price is too expensive. It's too expensive. It takes one hundred and twenty-one years to get back the money. When I recruit workers, a worker can only earn less than two taels of silver a month at most, and only a year."
That’s twenty taels of silver.”
When Zhang Rui heard this, he immediately shook his head.
“It’s indeed too expensive~”
Zhu Ping also nodded and said.
"The price is negotiable, the price is negotiable~"
When Qiao Yong saw everyone shaking their heads, he smiled and said.
Soon everyone was bargaining, and everyone was fighting for it. All the 1,500 slaves in Qiao Yong's hands were divided up at the price of eighty taels of silver each. At the same time, each of these people kept secretly.
I forgot to tell Qiao Yong that if there is such a good product in the future, I must give priority to my brother and the price can be easily negotiated.
"A slave made a net profit of almost sixty taels of silver. In total, this transaction almost earned nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver~"
It's not that he didn't know, but he was shocked. Qiao Yong himself didn't expect that these slaves were so popular and sold so smoothly. They were sold for a sky-high price of eighty taels of silver. He made almost ten taels from this transaction.
