Emperor Jing Xing and others were quite surprised when they heard this.
Someone actually buys the mahogany that costs five taels of silver per pound!
You know, the current market price of mahogany is only one tael of silver per pound.
Spending five times the price to buy such a large quantity of mahogany, are these people fools?
Only Li Changkong knew that the news should have come from Yizhou.
So he shook his head, looked at the other person, and said, "How much do you want to pay?"
"Six taels of silver! I'll give you six taels of silver per catty!" the person who was called said immediately.
Although the price is indeed scary, they are all old foxes who have been working in the Qiandu merchant circle for decades, and they have countless operating channels.
As long as they have the goods on hand, they can spend more than anyone else on hoarding goods!
At that time, let alone six taels of silver per pound, it would not be surprising if it sold for ten taels!
"Six taels of silver and five hundred copper coins per catty!" Another merchant shouted quickly, fearing that Li Changkong would sell the mahogany wood to the previous person.
Li Changkong became interested and said: "Then you start bidding. Whoever bids the highest price in the end will be the one I sell to. I will only sell to one house!"
The statement that only one house will be sold is equivalent to giving reassurance to the merchants who are bidding.
In other words, as long as they capture this batch of redwood, they will completely lose their competitors.
By then, won’t they be able to make a lot of money with their methods?
After a while, the merchants finally settled on a high price of eight taels of silver!
This is already eight times the market price!
It's really...somewhat appalling.
The bidder is a middle-aged man named Wang Hua, who is nearly forty years old. He is luxuriously dressed and has a graceful posture. He looks like a perfect businessman.
This person is from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, and it is said that behind this Sihai Chamber of Commerce, there is a Prince Daqian, who has countless financial resources!
The one with the highest price will win. Li Changkong did not hesitate anymore and decided to sell all the mahogany wood to the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.
But by chance he saw the surprised look in Emperor Jing Xing's eyes, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Wouldn't this person be dissatisfied with this matter?
So he looked at Wang Hua and asked, "Mr. Wang, you bought this mahogany voluntarily, right?"
"Yes, yes, of course." Wang Hua nodded. Being able to sign such a large number of mahogany trees was enough to make him famous even among the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
"Why do you want to pay such a high price? Is it because you are afraid of the Wulinghou Mansion behind me?"
When Wang Hua heard this, he was a little speechless.
The person standing behind the Sihai Chamber of Commerce is a prince. Let alone the Marquis of Wuling Mansion, I am afraid that Dingguo Duke Zhang Xun is here, so I don't pay much attention to him.
Basically, within the territory of Daqian, no one can take advantage of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce in front of the backstage when doing business.
"Of course not. The strong winds in Yizhou have almost wiped out the redwood production. Nowadays, things are rare and expensive. The price of eight taels per kilogram is not bad."
Wang Hua smiled while calming Li Changkong's mood, fearing that at this juncture, the other party would be in a bad mood and change his mind.
Seeing Li Changkong induce Wang Hua to say such words, Emperor Jing Xing was completely relieved.
He has always been tolerant, as long as he doesn't oppress the people and doesn't break the law, it doesn't matter how much money he has, as long as you have the ability, just make it.
I feel relieved, but the surprise in my heart has not diminished at all.
In this short period of time, Li Changkong's image in his mind has undergone a 180-degree turn.
From a playboy with no skills to a prodigal, to a genius who can write Shanziying policy theory, to a business wizard.
It can be seen that this piece is indeed a piece of rough jade that can be carved.
It's just that you are a playboy by nature and you still need to work hard before you can achieve great things!
When things got to this point, Emperor Jing Xing was also ready to return to the palace.
But someone quit!
It is Yangcheng Hou, Zhu Wen!
This is eight times the market price! One pound of mahogany can be sold for eight pounds of silver!
The Zhu family invested 10,000 taels! In other words, they could earn back 80,000 taels with capital and profits!
Even if you calculate it based on nine departures and thirteen returns, you can still make a net profit of several thousand taels!
Such a good thing is gone now?
So he quickly walked up to Li Changkong and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, do you still have plenty of money in your hands?"
"If it doesn't work, don't pay back my ten thousand taels of silver."
"Just think of it as the mahogany from my Zhu family that you bought for ten thousand taels of silver. Just give me the mahogany."
When Li Changkong heard this, he stopped talking and just looked at Zhu Wen, thinking that there could be such a shameless person in the world!
Even Zhu Ben couldn't stand it. He didn't expect that Li Changkong could make so much money from his mahogany business. But when he lent the money to Li Changkong, he didn't do it for the money, he did it for the sake of face. !
It's embarrassing enough to get the money back, but now that someone is making money, and he wants to get a share of it, seriously... Zhu Ben can't afford to lose this person!
If word got out, how could he still hang out in the circle of distinguished disciples?
"Dad, just now under the witness of this adult, we have made an agreement with Changkong that we will repay our money when they make money. Why...why are you going back on your word?"
When Zhu Wen heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched for a moment, wishing he could crush this treacherous son into ashes.
Are you still the son of the Zhu family?
No matter how I look at you, you look like a member of the Li family!
If you help Li Zhufeng and his son to punish your father every day, you will be happy, right?
But... now in the presence of Emperor Jing Xing, and half a stick of incense, they had indeed made an agreement with red lips and white teeth. It would be inappropriate to break the agreement on the spot.
So... this matter all depends on Li Changkong. If he is willing to share the money with Zhu Wen, it is a good relationship. If he is not willing, no one can say that he is wrong at all.
After all, Zhu Wen had always done the whole thing improperly.
You were the one who asked others to pay back the money before, but now that they are making money, you are the one who wants to share the money.
Is it possible that you have taken possession of all the good things in the world? How could this make sense?
So Emperor Jing Xing just snorted coldly, turned around and left, which was regarded as giving Zhu Wen a warning.
When Prince Liu Yu left, his eyes looked at Zhu Wen with even more contempt.
Such fussing over everything shows no signs of being a general.
He was very interested in Li Changkong.
What a wonderful man, what a temper he has!
After a while, Emperor Jing Xing left with the prince and three cabinet ministers. Only Zhu Wen and his son, Li Changkong and others were left in Nanhe Lane.
"Shibo, that's not how business works."
"Ten thousand taels of silver will be delivered to your house in three days."
"The money I earned this time is nothing compared to Shibo. Next time, if there is still a chance to make money, I will call Shibo."
After Li Changkong finished speaking, he took Wang Hua and the people from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce home to move the redwood.
Zhu Wen was left standing there in annoyance.
Eighty thousand taels! That’s a full eighty thousand taels!
Just because of one wrong thought on my part, I completely missed it!