Geng Scroll, Section 95: The Value and Significance of Yongping Mansion
Feng Ziying put her hands behind her back, and Wang Shaoquan followed behind her, "Sir, this is the first batch. It will be delivered to Santun camp tomorrow. The total value of brick tea is about 30,000 taels of silver, and cloth is about 15,000 taels. In addition,
There is also silk worth about 5,000 taels, all prepared according to your wishes, but it seems that the Inner Khalkha people may not like silk..."
Feng Ziying laughed and waved her hands, "How can we follow their wishes? They must like the brick tea from Huguang, it is compact and compact, top quality, and the cloth is also the best cotton in the north. As for silk
Isn’t it true? There are so many elders in their tribe. They don’t like it just because they haven’t learned to enjoy it yet. They will soon fall in love with it. This is an honor..."
Feng Ziying smiled and picked up a piece of tea brick and pinched it carefully. It was not the kind of low-grade tea brick that would break when pinched. Feng Ziying was not willing to make any fuss about this kind of transaction.
This kind of brick tea is basically specially prepared for the nomadic tribes in the border areas and grasslands. It is suitable for the living habits of the tribes on the grasslands and is also an indispensable material for all grassland tribes.
The quality of the cloth is also good, not as good as the Songjiang cotton from Songjiang, but it is still at a medium level in the North. Most of it is pure white cotton, and some are dip-dyed with indigo.
As for silk, this thing is too valuable. Although it is Lu silk from Shanxi, it is still expensive. A piece of Lu silk that is three feet long and one size is worth four, three and a half taels of silver. A thousand pieces of Lu silk is worth three
More than a thousand taels, so a few cars can be worth 5,000 taels. They can find out this price, and they are innocent.
As for whether they like it or not, that needs a process, right?
They are all based on Zaisai’s ideas, how is that possible? The goods need to be matched and added.
"I think it's okay. This will be just in time to catch up with the last group of Zaisai and his friends to retreat. Let's send them there." Feng Ziying clapped her hands and said, "Don't worry about the money. The court still has to pay attention to its credibility. Let's entrust it to Haitong Yinzhuang.
I have already said hello to Jia Yun when handling the Jingshi number. If you need it, you can pick it up at Datong, Jingshi, Yangzhou, Jinling or other places, but remember to say hello in advance."
"That's not to say that we can't trust the imperial court? We trust you more, sir." Wang Shaoquan smiled very happily. Haitong Bank also has shares from Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen, all of whom are family members. Of course they can rest assured, "Then second
What about approval? When it comes to preparation, we can prepare it at any time. Follow the steps as you said. When do you think it is appropriate?"
"In a month, we can land at Yuguan Port, go to Yehebu via western Liaoning, and deliver it at Yehebu." Feng Ziying thought for a while, "There are still one hundred thousand taels of goods left, so pay attention to matching them.
The pig iron and wrought iron from our Yongping Prefecture can be put to use, and I believe the people in Inner Khalkha will also be very satisfied."
This batch of goods are all relatively high-priced light goods, including tea, silk and cloth, and the goods cost 50,000 taels of silver. They can be loaded and unloaded in only ten or twenty carriages. The condition of the post road from Lulong to Santunying is not bad.
It can be delivered within one day.
"Don't worry, sir. The Qian'an Iron Works has already started firing up the furnaces the day before yesterday, and it will be a day earlier for Lulong." Wang Shaoquan rubbed his hands excitedly, "If possible, can more people from the Inner Khalkha people do it?
Use iron materials as a discount?"
Feng Ziying pondered for a moment and did not express his position for a while.
A copy of the agreement between Zaisai and Liaodong has been sent to the court. Of course, the Inner Khalkha people are not qualified to sign an alliance with the Great Zhou, but Liaodong can. This is almost a form close to an official alliance, but Liaodong is only owned by the Great Zhou.
A local administrative area, not even a local administrative area, can only be regarded as a military-demarcated area, Liaodong Town.
So no matter from which perspective, this must be approved by the imperial court. Even if it is not expressed externally, it must at least be approved by the imperial court. Otherwise, it would be an overstep. It would even be impossible to frame you at some point and say that you are a collaborator.
Therefore, after the Ministry of War secretly authorized Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying also obtained an edict from Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke, which was a document authorizing him to act expediently. Without this thing, Feng Ziying would not dare to negotiate terms with the Inner Khalkha people.
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Even after the negotiation was settled, Feng Ziying still needed to submit a copy to the Ministry of War and the General Affairs Department for filing, and the signer was not Feng Ziying, but his father's deputy, Liaodong Town Deputy Chief Soldier Zhao Lejiao, who arrived at the last moment.
It’s not that Feng Ziying doesn’t dare to shoulder this responsibility, but because her status is inappropriate. Although Zai Sai doesn’t mind, he values trust between individuals more, but the rules cannot be broken.
Of course, Feng Ziying also assured Zaisai that in terms of commercial trade, Yongping Mansion has always been a transit hub, so Zaisai did not have to worry about this.
The iron material must be given to the Inner Khalkha people. Since the policy of strengthening the military strength of the Inner Khalkha people has been determined, the iron material related to the demand for weapons is indispensable, but how much quantity should be given?
, but still needs to be considered.
"Shaoquan, you can expand the quantity appropriately, but you need to communicate with the Ministry of War and the Governor-General's Office of Jiliao. I personally think it's okay. The Inner Khalkha people may also put forward the demand for fire guns in the next step. This is a difficult problem.
, now I can give you some more iron material, I think it’s okay.”
Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants also have great influence in the court. Let them communicate with the Ministry of War to avoid greater pressure on their own side, and also help reduce the pressure on Dad's side.
“I understand.” Wang Shao understood with all his heart.
"In addition, Shao Quan, you may want to consider the official road from Lulong via Funing to Yuguan and Shanhaiguan as soon as possible. The news from my cousin from Guangzhou is that there is a huge demand for iron materials in Nanyang. In addition,
The reclamation of Dongpan has great demand for all kinds of ironware. This should be the best time for our Yongping Ironware to occupy the markets in these places, including North Korea. The quality of the ironware they produce is far inferior to ours. Why are Shanxi merchants
Don’t you dare to occupy the market?”
Promoting the transformation of merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi has always been what Feng Ziying has been doing, and iron materials and cement will be the two magic weapons, especially iron materials. The market demand in various places is huge. In many places, the quality is inferior and the price is high, and in Yongping
As long as the gold medal product of iron is launched, the entire northern land and grasslands, Korea, Dongpan and part of the Southeast Asian market can be included in the bag.
Guangzhou is the most important maritime trade port in the south. The importance of the Haitong Yinzhuang Guangzhou will exceed that of Yangzhou in the future, and Guangdong and Guangxi are unfamiliar to everyone, so Duan Xigui is based in Guangzhou. In contrast, Jia Lian
You need to be familiar with Yangzhou a lot, and letting Jia Lian sit in Yangzhou can also create coordination.
Wang Shaoquan hesitated for a moment, "Sir, I once heard you mention that from Xiang Lulong to Yuguan, you said that an iron track can even be laid to transport goods in the future?"
Feng Ziying turned around and glanced at Wang Shaoquan, "Well, I did say that."
"Sir, I can't imagine what such an iron track would look like and how much it would cost. But now it's expensive to use cement mixed with the gravel and sand you mentioned to build such a road. It also has to be laid with iron materials.
, does this make sense?”
Wang Shaoquan really couldn’t understand what Feng Ziying was thinking.
Although it is also very expensive to use cement mixed with sand and gravel to pave the road, considering that this person is familiar with it, most of the Lulong Iron Works and the various iron-making, charcoal-burning and even artillery and gun-making industries developed by it require
Through Yuguan Port's Sinotransport and Yongping's special geographical location, it connects the Eastern Mongolian grasslands and the Western Liaoning Corridor, so they are willing to hold their noses and accept it.
But if iron materials were really needed to be used to build tracks in the future, the monetary cost would definitely still fall on merchants like them, and he had to ask clearly.
It's just that Feng Ziying's Chrysostomian assertion gave Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants an inexplicable dependence and trust, like an early warning of the Mongolian invasion, like his insights into new iron smelting techniques, like his proposal to open the Yuguan Port.
, many things that Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen thought were difficult to achieve or unpredictable were finally achieved, and they were even better than imagined.
Coupled with his father's status as governor of Jiliao and his current prosperous career, Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen increasingly feel that this young Feng Xiuzhan, who has an unlimited future, will be the leader of scholars and merchants in the entire Northland in the future.
The absolute leader, even this little Feng Xiuzhan seems to have maintained a good relationship with the merchants in Jiangnan.
“I’m talking about the future, not the short term.” Feng Ziying could understand Wang Shaoquan’s concerns.
When iron was still a very expensive means of production, using iron to lay tracks was just to facilitate transportation, improve transportation efficiency, and reduce transportation costs. This was unimaginable to businessmen.
In fact, when productivity has not developed to a certain stage, this is obviously inappropriate. Although there is only a hundred miles from Lulong to Yuguan, how much iron materials will be spent to use railway tracks, and these iron materials are placed on the ground?
It can be stolen almost at any time. This is simply throwing money into the wild and letting others pick it up. Is it because someone has to guard a road at every other section? This cost is simply too high and no one can afford it.
Come on.
Even cement concrete pavement is not in compliance with the market rules at this stage. So much cement could have been used in other aspects with more valuable returns, such as building cities and houses. With a little promotion, everyone can see this.
How big will the market demand for this new building material be? Businessmen in Shanxi and Shaanxi have already proposed to open up the southern market for this building material as soon as possible and occupy the market as much as possible, because this building material obviously has a greater market demand in the humid south.
For the market and demand, you must know that the rainy season in Jiangnan, Guangdong and Guangxi, Huguang and even the southwest is much longer than that in the north.
