1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 55 Yazhou City ([-])
For cultural landscapes such as the Confucian Temple, the action team with a special mission has no plans to spend time to visit it - those who really want to see it can wait until they occupy the next Yazhou.After Yan Chujie's consent, Schneider simply proposed to Luo Shengdong to visit the largest local business first.Of course, Luo Shengdong would not object to this proposal. He had long known that these Haihans came to Yazhou for two purposes. One was to bring in population, and the other was to do business with businessmen in Yazhou.Since it is a business, there must be profits. Luo Shengdong is also looking forward to helping the Haihan people reach a few deals, so maybe he will have the opportunity to get some oil and water.Of course, no matter what, doing business is definitely better than starting a war. This truth is always true. If the Haihan people want to do business in Yazhou, they will definitely not start another war in the short term. Understood.

There are two largest firms in Yazhou City, but they are both foreigners, namely "Furuifeng" from Guangzhou and "An Fuxing" from Qiongzhou Fucheng.Luo Shengdong first led the action team to the "An Fuxing" located in Nancheng.

Chuanzhong discovered that Yazhou City was not what they thought it was before. It was located in the ends of the earth, the city was full of criminals, and its eyes were full of depression. On the contrary, the market here was extremely lively.There are many small shops selling groceries on the street, and there are also people on the street selling some seasonal vegetables and fruits or hot snacks. Pedestrians come and go in an orderly manner. From time to time, you can see groups of three or five walking. A reader shaking his head.

The only thing that makes people feel a little dissatisfied is the poor sanitation in the city. Domestic garbage is everywhere on the street. Occasionally, there will be a pool of steaming fresh horse manure in the middle of the road. This group of people from 400 years later The people who travel through can only cover their noses and pass by.In this era of lack of professional sanitation workers, residents do not have the habit of dumping garbage at fixed points. Such environmental problems will exist to varying degrees in every city with a large population.If you want to change the status quo of the urban environment like Yazhou City, I'm afraid you have to wait until the Executive Committee takes over this place.

"An Fuxing" is not far from the Nancheng Gate. After crossing two streets, you can already see the signboard with red letters on a black background outside the store.The guy who greeted the guests at the door saw that an officer brought a group of weirdos in strange clothes to the door. He didn't know what to do at the moment, so he went inside and called the shopkeeper to come out. The shopkeeper Zhang of "An Fuxing" was in the middle of the settlement, and when he heard the news, he rushed out in a hurry. At a glance, the officer who took the lead was someone he knew.

"Mr. Luo Bai, I'm here today, do you have any advice?" Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly greeted him.

"Manager Zhang, I brought you money today!" Luo Shengdong laughed, pulled Manager Zhang to his side, and introduced him: "These are all wealthy businessmen from overseas who want to live in Yazhou. Purchasing some things, I thought of you the first time!"

"Thank you Mr. Luo Bai for your care!" Manager Zhang was relieved when he heard this, as long as he didn't come looking for trouble.As for Luo Shengdong's initiative to show his favor, Manager Zhang will naturally express it afterwards.

"Manager Zhang, here's a list, please take a look at what goods you can provide?" Schneider, the plenipotentiary representative of the action team's business negotiation, did not intend to go around in circles, but went straight to the topic as soon as he came up.

After receiving the list, Mr. Zhang did not rush to read the contents, but instructed his staff to quickly go to the back hall and bring a few more stools out for the guests to take their seats.In the eyes of Shopkeeper Zhang, the people who were led by Luo Shengdong, who were wearing strange short shirts and only had short hair, were all taller, with fair skin and no sense of inferiority. Instead, they showed a kind of superiority. The self-confidence of the person seems to be a noble person who is pampered on weekdays.

Shopkeeper Zhang just stood there and chatted with Schneider and others for a while, and inquired about their origins by the way.Shopkeeper Zhang is also a bit of a skill. He heard Schneider speak with a northern accent, so he also used a similar accent to talk to him.Of course, Schneider also took advantage of the situation to bring out the story of the descendants of the Han people who are thousands of miles overseas looking for their roots and their homeland, which made Manager Zhang sigh.After all the people in the group sat down, he picked up the list and looked at it carefully.

Taking into account the reading habits of Ming people, the purchase list issued by the Executive Committee is written in traditional Chinese characters in vertical format, so that there will be no deviation in the understanding of the other party.After reading it, Shopkeeper Zhang put down the list, nodded to Schneider and said, "We have most of the items above, but the quantity you need is not small, and some items may take time to raise."

"What can you provide us right away?" Schneider didn't intend to hang himself from a tree. Isn't there another business firm "Furuifeng" in the city.

"Tung oil, all kinds of shipbuilding tools, and high-quality Songjiang thick cotton cloth, because we have to supply Yazhou Water Village, we have been stocking them for a long time, and Luo Bai has passed them a lot of times. You can rest assured of the quality. As for cassiterite and cinnabar, although there are stocks in stock, the quantity is not much." Inadvertently, the shopkeeper Zhang also pointed out that this "An Fuxing" is one of the official suppliers of Yazhou Water Village, and Luo Shengdong should have received a lot of purchase rebates from here.

"And the saltpeter, sulphur, coal, and coke that you have designated are not easy to buy in this firm, even in the entire Qiongzhou Island." Shopkeeper Zhang shook his head helplessly: "If you need [-] catties, It may be easy to raise, but your list starts with a thousand pounds, and it may be difficult to buy enough in a short period of time."

"For the things that are not easy to buy, let's not be busy for the time being. Let's talk about the price of these goods you can provide here!" Schneider is gearing up, ready to let his peers see his bargaining skills.

However, in the presence of Luo Shengdong, a former buyer, shopkeeper Zhang did not leave much moisture in the quotation. The thick cotton cloth with a width of more than three feet was finally sold at the price of eight coins and silver per piece. They bought the special preferential price given in the face of "An Fuxing"'s [-]-horse stock in one breath.According to the shopkeeper Zhang, the supply price for Yazhou Water Village is at least one tael of silver.Of course, everyone present knew in their hearts that the supply price for Yazhou Water Village included public relations costs, which was completely different from the current commercial procurement.

These cloths are the purchased items required by the Ministry of Shipping. When the production of cotton by the company is still far away, the Ministry of Shipping cannot expect to have its own textile production in a short period of time, and the cloth produced locally in Qiongzhou Island is in The strength could not meet the requirements, so the Ministry of Shipping asked the Commerce Department to purchase a batch of Songjiang cotton cloth with better quality for trial production of sails.

After negotiating the prices of several commodities, shopkeeper Zhang still refused to give up, and continued to sell various "luxury goods" such as porcelain, lacquer ware, jewelry, and high-end stationery to Schneider and others.I have to say that his recommendation was actually carefully considered, because these Haihan people do seem to be very rich businessmen. They are accompanied by officers of the [-]th level when they go out to talk business. seen.It stands to reason that these social elites should be very concerned about the quality of life. There are no two high-end vases in the study room, no lacquer toilet in the bedroom, and no set of Hubi, emblem, ink and rice paper and inkstone on the desk.

If a group of people saw so many bright blue and white flowers in front of them before crossing the road, they would have gone crazy. This thing is so expensive in the cultural relics market of later generations that it can be directly priced.But today is different from the past. Everyone knows that these things will not help their ongoing career, let alone improve the quality of life and other nonsense, so their attitudes are also relatively cold - everyone now lives in the city It is still a collective dormitory, and these useless things are not moved back to the place where they are kept.

Shopkeeper Zhang worked hard to sell and finally came back without success, and his face was naturally not so good-looking.However, Schneider did not intend to end this business negotiation - the purchase of things has been negotiated, and the sale of things has not been discussed yet, and it is not the behavior of the chief commercial representative of the Executive Committee.

"We also have some special products. I wonder if your firm is interested in consignment sales?" Schneider said as he opened his backpack and carefully took out a few things.

Shopkeeper Zhang's eyes lit up, he reached out and picked up a crystal clear glass in front of him, and then grabbed another glass to examine it carefully: "Is this a glass utensil sold by Folang machine? It's rare in the local area. I have seen such glassware in Guangzhou, and the price is indeed high, I wonder how much you are asking for?"

"These glassware are not made by the Folang machine, but our Haihan products. The quality is definitely better than the Folang machine. It's just that we come from overseas and are not familiar with the local commodity prices. Let us refer to the price for reference." Seeing the other party's obvious interest, Schneider knew that this matter was half done.

The glass that has been used as a wealth-gaining tool in the hands of countless passers-by, the Executive Committee will naturally not let it go.As the basic material for making glass, there is a huge reserve of quartz sand in Sanya, and the conditions are unique.With the super-era technology in the hands of Chuanzhong, it will be much better than any competitors in this era in terms of cost and quality. In the future, glass products will be excellent foreign trade products in both the East and the West.In order to fire glassware on a large scale, the Ministry of Industry also sent several people to the glass factory to receive special training to learn glass production technology and the manufacturing process of various common glassware.Some of the dozens of tons of refractory clay still installed on the "New World" are ready to be used to build crucible kilns for melting glass.

(End of this chapter)