Although the Ottomans were still lagging behind in terms of price comparison, and like Europe these days, magicians were rampant, but this did not affect the Tang Dynasty from selling goods to them and earning lovely gold.
Three days ago, Zuo Chengsheng was amazed at the tyranny of the government and worried that the business would not be successful.
But this worry soon disappeared. After the negotiations between the two parties were reached, the Ottomans came over the next day to buy the goods, because Hu Qinyuan and the diplomats also said that they came this time and originally wanted to do something.
For trade, I brought a lot of goods.
This made the Ottomans excited, and they sent people over to ask about the price. They all placed orders without hesitation and snatched up all the goods in Zuo Chengsheng's hands.
Finally, Zuo Chengsheng did the math and said, Oh my God, I’m rich this time!
The profit he made this time was more than three times!
When setting the price, he and several other businessmen adopted a unified price. At first, he was still a little nervous, but then he directly set the price to three times the purchase price. This was not good. How could those Ottomans buy it?
After all, the goods they purchased from Kuli were already very expensive, because these goods were produced from the hinterland of the empire, especially the eastern provinces, and then transported to Kuli by rail.
Shipping costs are very expensive.
The purchase price is already very high, and if the price is tripled on this basis, will these Ottomans buy it?
As a result, the Ottomans' arrogance exceeded his imagination. When they heard the quotation, they didn't even bargain, and just packed it all and bought it all.
After Boss Xu's explanation, he realized that even though their quotation was very high, compared with Tang products in the Ottoman region, especially the Caucasus region, the price was still relatively cheap.
In the past, trade between the Tang Dynasty and the Ottomans was done through maritime trade.
Today's sea transportation is cheap, so the price of goods transported by the Tang Dynasty to the Ottomans by sea is no longer as high as it was more than ten years ago. But the key point is that after their Tang Dynasty goods are sold to the Ottomans from Basra or Egypt, etc.
Although the price is cheaper than buying it directly here in Baku, if it is transported all the way to the Caucasus, the price will be expensive.
Now that the Tang Dynasty sent goods directly to Baku, the Ottomans could purchase these goods directly in Baku and then sell them in the Caucasus. This gave them a price advantage.
What's more, they are the first wave of merchants to come to trade. They eat alone, and they have also reached a price unification alliance. It is normal to obtain such huge profits.
However, Boss Xu also said that if he comes here for the second time, he may not be able to make such huge profits. After all, there are many people in Curry who want to engage in West China Sea trade.
There are more people coming here, and there are more goods, so naturally there won’t be such high profits.
But he estimated that even if the profits from subsequent trades would be less, they would still be able to maintain more than double the profits. It would be hard to say in another year and a half.
After all, when everyone sees the opportunity to make a fortune, they will definitely flock to it. If the competition is too great, profits will decrease.
A year and a half later, Zuo Chengsheng had no time to think about it. He was now overwhelmed by the triple huge profits, and all he could think about was purchasing goods to sell in Baku after he returned.
Strive to make the most profit in the shortest time.
At this time, Boss Xu was worthy of being a man who had been involved in Nanyang trade in his early years. He was very flexible. He found Zuo Chengsheng, Boss Chen and two other businessmen who participated in this trade.
It is suggested that everyone form a trading company, and then directly buy the Shengyuan from the government to engage in trade from Kuli to Baku.
Today, the trade situation in the West China Sea is very good, and the key to it is ships.
Those small sampans are of little use for this kind of trade. Although the West Sea is just an inland lake, it is also very large. A random wind or wave can kill a small boat.
Today's Kuli Shipyard is just a small shipyard, and its main task is to produce warships for the navy and army, and official ships for the government. Secondly, it is to build fishing boats for fishing to obtain more sources of meat.
As for ordinary passenger ships or cargo ships, they have not yet been taken seriously by Kuli Shipyard. After all, Kuli Shipyard is a serious local government enterprise.
The shipyard is jointly funded and established by the financial institutions under the governor's office of Haidong Province and the financial institutions under Kuri Prefecture, and is directly managed by the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises.
These official enterprises often have to take on political tasks first. Producing warships and official services is the first priority. Producing ships to meet the needs of the military and government is the first priority. As for the production of ordinary civilian ships for sale, it is generally done when the productivity is sufficient.
will do so.
However, the current scale of the Kuli Shipyard is small. Even if it is operating at full capacity, it is estimated that it will not be able to meet the military's orders in just a few years.
Because both the navy and the army have the idea of forming a large-scale inland river fleet, the navy naturally hangs directly under the West Sea Fleet and builds larger gunboats, while the army wants to form a fleet that can go deep into the Volga River.
The gunboat fleet in the basin provides fire support to the army troops.
At the same time, there will be a large number of orders for military transport ships, which are needed to transport supplies for the military.
When production capacity is so tight, it is difficult for ordinary people to order ships. Even if they order, they don't know when they will be delivered.
If we take down the Shengyuan first now, it will be equivalent to monopolizing most of the commercial transportation power in the West Sea for a period of time. If they can't make enough money from this, they will never believe it.
Together, these five businessmen, who had just made a lot of money, directly approached several officials on the ship and said that they wanted to finance the purchase of the Shengyuan.
And buy it at a high price!
The ship is owned by the Kuli Prefecture Yamen, and today Kuli Prefecture Yamen is also very poor, with little tax revenue and huge investment in infrastructure.
It's all supported by financial allocations from superiors.
Even for the Shengyuan, the state finance department has not paid for it yet. Instead, it has been taken directly from the Kuli Shipyard. It will be used first and the money will be paid back slowly later.
Now I see that there are businessmen who are willing to pay a high price to buy the Shengyuan. After summing up, they find that if they sell the ship, they will not only be able to immediately replace the money spent by the shipyard to purchase the ship, but also get half the money.
You must do such a good deal!
So, when Zuo Chengsheng and the others returned to Curry City, they signed a contract with the state finance official at that time and bought the ship at a high price.
At the same time, the 'Kuli Xihai Trading Company' established by the five of them was also established. Zuo Chengsheng had a small capital and only held 15% of the shares. The person who held the most shares was the seemingly inconspicuous but wealthy Boss Chen.
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The five of them also work in division of labor.
Boss Xu personally sailed ships in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean back then, and his sailing skills were very good. Being a captain and sailing in the West China Sea was a piece of cake. As for the sailors, he just kept the original sailors.
As for Zuo Chengsheng, he is preparing to go to Baku to be stationed as the person in charge of their trading company's Baku office, responsible for the construction of sales channels.
Zuo Chengsheng and others acted quickly, and everyone consciously chose to keep the huge profit secret. When others asked, they just said that because the war affected the business, although they made some money, they didn't make much.
As for the 300% profit, that must not be disclosed. Otherwise, he can guarantee that there will be ships going to Baku for business in a few days. Don't think that there is really no ship in Kuri.
There are still some small sampans, and there are about a dozen warships. If these merchants are annoyed, they directly spend money and have connections with the navy. It is not impossible to use warships to transport goods.
Everyone is jealous of the 300% huge profit, including the navy!
After all, everyone has selfish motives!
After the establishment of Xihai Trading Company, they immediately purchased goods and then shipped them. In order to purchase goods quickly, they did not hesitate to spend high prices to directly contact some merchants in the inland through telegraphs, allowing them to ship goods directly and quickly.
Their actions will certainly attract the attention of interested people, but they can't control that much now. They are just grabbing time.
Because the West Sea trade is what many people want to run, but they have not yet had the opportunity to go to sea, so although they know that the profits are huge, how lucrative it is is unknown.
The difference between a profit of 10% or 20% and a profit of three times is huge.
The five shareholders of Xihai Trading Company are now trying to seize the time to make a few trips and make the huge profits in the early stage first.
After several trades, the sales channels on the Ottoman side have almost established a preliminary system. In the future, they will be able to stabilize their first-mover advantage. Even if the competition is fierce and profits are low, they can still
Earn some.
Just seven days after returning to Curry City, Zuo Chengsheng and Boss Xu, no, they should be called Manager Zuo and Captain Xu.
They just drove the Shengyuan and left the small port in Kuli again. This time, minus the loading time, was not even enough for the Shengyuan to perform routine maintenance.
But time is tight, time is money, we can’t do it if we don’t rush it!
The Shengyuan's voyage was naturally not enough to satisfy people. In fact, when the Shengyuan sailed again, it immediately aroused speculation and discussion among many people.
Many people have guessed that Xihai Trading Company must have made a lot of money from its last trade, otherwise it would not have been possible to go overseas for trade again in such a hurry.
Although I don’t know how huge the profit is exactly, it must be half or even more than double the profit no matter what. Otherwise, it is simply impossible to understand the hasty move of Xihai Trading Company.
Some of the brave ones can no longer care about many things. They can't find a steam ship of one or two hundred tons, and they can't find a hard-sailed boat of several tons or ten tons.
Although the West Sea is a bit big and sailing with such a small boat is very risky, it is also an inland lake. As long as we are not unlucky enough to encounter any storm, we should be able to survive it?
Regardless of whether you can survive it or not, let’s go to sea first!
If you can survive it, you will make a lot of money. If you can't resist it, feed the fish. It's a very simple multiple-choice question!