Wu Huaiyu turned over Qiu Twelve's sign and entered the room with a hint of drunkenness.
"I'll make a pot of sobering tea for Alang first, and then wash your face with hot water." Qiu Derou was very gentle. Today Alang didn't turn over the cards to find her, but directly ordered her.
"With or without dandelion tea, lotus seed kernel tea will do," Huaiyu said. It is not suitable to drink green tea at night, but drinking some dandelion tea can soothe the mind and nourish the liver.
Lotus seed tea can also relieve irritability and insomnia caused by strong heart fire.
"Can I have longan lily tea?"
"That's okay. Longan and lily tea can nourish the blood and calm the mind. It's good to drink it at night."
Qiu Derou asked her maid to boil water and get herself longan lily tea. This was the tea she usually drank. Sometimes she couldn't sleep at night, so drinking this tea could calm her nerves. Her husband prescribed it for her.
After the tea was brewed, she specially added some sugar to the tea.
Longan is already sweet, but after adding sugar, it becomes a little sweeter. "Although this tea can nourish the blood, calm the nerves, and moisturize the lungs, you should drink it less in the evening. Just make it as afternoon tea." He reminded the concubine.
"Um."
While Huaiyu was drinking tea, Twelve Niang stood behind him and massaged her, pressing her shoulders and neck, and massaging her head. She knew acupuncture points, and her massage techniques were quite good, with moderate intensity, which was suitable for Wu Huaiyu.
The whole person was very relaxed, and his head was tilted back, leaning against the high mountain peak.
As she pressed, Huaiyu, with her eyes closed, felt as if she was rising and falling on the waves.
"From now on, you can hang out with the Xian family more often when you have time. When you arrive in Lingnan, the Feng family will be the landlords,"
"Um."
Wu Huaiyu and Xian Zhidai are related to each other. Feng Junhao, the eldest son of the Feng family, betrothed Huaiyu and Qiu Twelveniang’s daughter Wu Sixiniang and Wu Jinyu.
Although according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the children of concubines can only call their legitimate wives mother, and the concubines and maid mothers can only be called aunt, but the Wu family has never been strict about this, and Wu Huaiyu doesn't care, preferring the children who are born as concubines.
It can also be called birth mother.
Wu Huaiyu also hoped that Qiu Twelveniang could have more contact with the Xian family as the mother-in-law of the Feng family.
Qiu Twelve Niang was very happy to hear this and pressed harder.
"If you are willing, you can join Fan Lou's group."
"That's Madam's property, so I won't join in the fun anymore," Qiu Twelve said. Although she was a little moved, there were some boundaries that couldn't be easily broken.
But after all, she also came from Tan Guogong's house. Although her father was a concubine, he was also worshiped as the governor by the Tianshui County official. Her mother was also a famous Taiyuan Guo family. Although she was a concubine for Wu Huaiyu, she also had a large dowry.
"Have you ever thought about doing something in the future? If you want to do something, I support you." He said.
Fan Xuanfu's Fan Lou is very popular. It has opened four stores in Chang'an, and now it is opening branches in Luoyang, Guangzhou and other places. Although it is just a restaurant, the main store of Fan Lou in Pingkangfang has five stores.
The three-story restaurant can accommodate more than a thousand guests.
A meal here costs at least three to five thousand dollars per person.
Fan Lou is not only a place for eating and drinking. It is also a famous brewery. It brews a lot of wine, which is not only supplied to Fan Lou but also sold to foreign countries. In addition, Fan Lou also sells distilled yeast.
In addition, this place actually also serves as a dental dealer, acting as an intermediary. After all, Fanlou is now a very famous restaurant, just like Housuo. This kind of place is well-informed and is naturally unique in being an intermediary.
So on the surface Fanlou is a restaurant, but in fact it is a big wine shop, Daya Store.
There are even hundreds of prostitutes serving as escorts here, and there are performances by Kabuki, dancers, etc., making it very lively and lively.
As for Fan Tower, which has a strong backing, everyone can relax, eat, drink and have fun, making it an ideal place.
"Alang, I don't want to open a restaurant or anything like that. I'd rather open a business."
Qiu Twelve said boldly.
The atmosphere today is difficult and the opportunity is rare,
"Are you a trading company planning to do foreign trade in Guangzhou Port?"
"Well, the sea trade in Guangzhou Port is so busy now. Many Hu merchant ships dock in Guangzhou Port in May and June every year, bringing all kinds of imported goods. After unloading the ships, they purchase large quantities of silk, porcelain, tea, medicinal materials and other goods from the Central Plains. By September
Riding the wind southward in October,"
"I heard that the shipping company in Guangzhou can now earn 600,000 yuan a year. In the future, Guangzhou Port's foreign trade will probably become more and more prosperous. I also have some dowry money, so I want to open a trading firm and rely on Guangzhou.
Go to the port and do some import and export trade to earn some money."
This is indeed a promising and profitable business.
The famous Guangli Company in Guangzhou is actually engaged in import and export trade. It is controlled by Tang Fengxiao, but the big boss behind the scenes is Wu Huaiyu, and there are many nobles who are partners.
Guanglihao has more than a hundred shops of various types in Guangzhou, running a variety of businesses, basically following export and sea trade.
In addition to Guanglihao, there are many businesses in this industry in Guangzhou, many of which are famous and large-scale. Several of them are controlled by Wu Huaiyu, and there are also many businesses in which he has participated in shares.
Basically, those who do this trade on the Guangzhou wharf, no matter who is the boss on the surface, in fact, the owners behind the scenes are all powerful people, whether they are clan members or relatives, or even the royal family is directly involved.
Anyway, there is nothing new in the world, it has been the same for generations, in every dynasty.
The most profitable business is always those in control.
The more prosperous Guangzhou Port is, the bigger and more sharks it will naturally attract.
When Wu Huaiyu was in Guangzhou Port, it was like first-come-first-served. It was because of his good foresight that he could seize more opportunities. However, even so, he still shared the profits when it was necessary, cooperated when it was necessary, and could not go it alone.
Qiu Twelve's mother wanted to do some trading business, but it was not just a whim. After all, her grandfather Qiu He was the general manager of Jiaozhou during the Sui Dynasty. In the late Sui Dynasty, Jiaozhou was also divided for a period of time.
For a long time, the two ports of Jiaotong and Guangzhou were equally famous, both driven by maritime trade.
After Qiu He returned to the court, Qiu Xingze, Qiu Xiniang's uncle, went to Jiaozhou to serve as governor. Two generations of their family had been operating there for many years, and they were very confident in the maritime trade.
If Qiu Twelve Niang wants to do this business in Guangzhou, the Qiu family has ready-made people, and she will definitely bring her cousin Qiu Sanniang Deshu into partnership. Both of them are Huaiyu's concubines, and there are many people in the family.
This ready-made network of connections,
Even if you do it in Guangzhou instead of Jiaozhou, you still have an excellent foundation.
Of course, she was not that ambitious. She never thought that the Guangli Ship would be so big. Maritime trade is now so prosperous. Guangzhou Port has not yet ended this year, and nearly 5,000 ships have already entered the trade.
This in and out, the business is huge, just talk about some business, you will be full.
In the maritime trade of Guangzhou Port, the Shipping Department is the first to eat. They can not only collect taxes, but also buy goods. They pick the good stuff first.
Then there are those large commercial firms with strong backgrounds. These commercial firms are basically dental firms.
Although the imperial court is not too strict about maritime trade now and does not prohibit free trade with maritime merchants, sea trade has the characteristics of maritime trade, and they are more inclined to interact with tooth merchants.
Whether you are buying or selling goods, you must cooperate with these powerful tooth dealers. The tooth dealers help buy and sell goods, and also handle import and export procedures.
Of course, big trading houses such as Guanglihao are also engaged in self-operated business.
Qiu Twelve plans to open a business, which will definitely be small in scale. It will be both a dental shop and a self-employed business. Anyway, the sea trade business is so big. He has the manpower of the Qiu family and the relationship with his husband. No matter what, he will not worry about completing this business.
Even if you make second-hand orders for large commercial houses such as Guangxinghao and help them supply and ship goods, you can still make money.
"I'll go back and ask Tang Fengxiao to lend some people from Guangli to you first, and then I'll ask him to give you a few small orders from there to complete first."
Qiu Twelve thanked him happily without being pretentious.
For Wu Huaiyu, this is nothing,
"I heard that Alang is planning to form a fleet to go overseas?"
"Well, we have already placed an order with the Shipbuilding Bureau to build a ship," Huaiyu didn't hide it. In fact, there are many places to make money in sea trade. For example, Guangzhou Port is an intermediary, self-operated, and there are also cargo owners who supply goods.
merchant, merchant who buys goods,
In addition, there are many related things, such as those who go to sea. Some ship owners only rent ships to collect money, and some rent ships for sea transportation and earn shipping fees.
Others organize their own goods and transport them across the sea, but the risks are also high.
So in the maritime trade, some people only build and sell ships, some buy and rent ships, some are responsible for traveling to sea to earn freight, and some organize cargo chartering to earn money from buying and selling.
The risks at sea are high, but if you make a successful trip, the profits are indeed very high.
Some smart businessmen only do one part of the business to share the risk, and some even distribute the goods to multiple ships, so that they are not afraid of one ship capsizing. Unless all ships capsize, they will eventually make money.
When Wu Huaiyu first came to Guangzhou, he started as an intermediary firm at the dock, and then moved into self-operation. Now he has even greater ambitions.
We are already preparing to organize our own sea-going ship transportation. Next, we will organize our own sea-going trade of goods, and even build our own ships in the future.
By opening up every chain of the entire sea trade, benefits can be maximized.
Of course, all this takes time. Now, order a ship from the shipbuilding bureau. Later, you can also sum up your experience and design a new ship according to your own needs.
As for goods, not only can you purchase or even manufacture goods for export in the mainland, but you can also purchase good goods directly from the source overseas.
Take the pepper from Nanyang, for example. They buy it from the islanders, and it only costs one hundred kilograms. But in Chang'an, when it was most expensive, one tael of pepper cost eight kilograms.
If we could get a good source of goods ourselves and directly ship to purchase and then transport them back, we would gain thousands of times the profit.
However, sea trade in this era is actually very complicated. It is difficult to go directly to Nanyang production areas to purchase. There will be many vested interests that will obstruct it. However, with such amazing benefits, it is still worth taking the risk, or even going to war.
What Huaiyu needs is a route to the place of origin, a fleet, experienced captains, sailors, and even a team of maritime mercenaries full of adventurous spirit.
I thought too far for a moment.
This evening, Qiu Twelve Niang was particularly charming and open-minded, making Wu Huaiyu very comfortable.
At midnight, Huaiyu fell asleep with a satisfied look on his face and slept until dawn.
