The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 131 The Priceless Treasure
Ruan Wenyan, Wei Jiye and the others were dumbfounded. They never thought that it would be so easy to make money in shipping.

Think about how much money the Wang and Zhou families have earned through exploiting and operating for more than ten years, killing countless people and stealing goods?

Ding Yi made a trip and earned a small half of their assets.

Incredible.

But this business is difficult to replicate. Firstly, no one would think that he would buy [-] catties of raw silk at once. Secondly, without Zheng Zhilong’s charges, he would not be able to buy so much raw silk in Songjiang, and it would have been distributed by others.

Finally, most merchants would not buy raw silk here, let alone at such a price.

Xu Gonglie happened to have an empty boat and was in a hurry to go back, and he was willing to take over the offer because he had some profit.

This is also due to Ding Yi's good luck, plus the size of the ship, Shen Shikui's merchant ship with thousands of materials, ordinary medium-sized merchant ships, can't fit a single ship.

Xu Gonglie has two boats, and the empty space can only hold [-] catties.

Ding Yi sold [-] catties.

Then Fang Hui took Ding Yi to find a few foreign businessmen and talked with them one after another. It took a day and finally managed to sell the remaining raw silk, but most of the prices were around 80-100 taels/[-] catties. How much do you earn.

So Ding Yi made a total of more than 12 taels in this wave of raw silk.

These days he spent a lot on purchases, but right now, he still has nearly 60.

Even he didn't believe it himself.

It's unbelievable that he has made so much money in just a few days since he came to the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that as long as you are brave and have connections in this world, there will naturally be ways to make money that ordinary people can't think of.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, most merchants went to sea with one or two boats, and it was rare for Ding Yi to have three or four boats.

Because many people are afraid of risks. If the fleet goes out to sea together and is unlucky together, the entire army will be wiped out, and there will be no chance of turning around.

Ding Yi is also very courageous, and he knows this period of history, which is the time when Zheng Zhilong was recruited and performed well.

If he had come here a year or two earlier, his four boats would have been sunk halfway.

After the transaction was completed, even Fang Hui couldn't believe it: "Boss Ding will come back in the future, it's best not to simply bring raw silk. Bosses like Xu Gonglie are rare."

It turned out that Xu Gonglie's family owned a weaving factory in Nanyang. He needed raw silk and fabrics, which is why Ding Yi needed so much raw silk. The most common merchants wanted tea, cotton, ceramics, silk, etc.

"Then I'm just lucky, hahaha." Ding Yi took it for granted. It was his first time doing sea freight and he had no experience. At that time, he heard Ruan Wenlong's father and daughter say that selling raw silk to Japan could increase tenfold. , Now that I think about it, it is indeed ridiculous.

Fortunately, this business has made money, so it can be considered a success.

Now Ding Yi's ship had a lot of space left, and Ding Yi continued to let people buy saltpeter, sulfur, and finished gunpowder in Quanzhou. At the same time, he asked Fang Hui about recruiting sailors for buying boats and guns.

Fang Hui is a local and very experienced.

In terms of sailors, most of the local sailors are in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, but there are also a small number of foreign sailors, such as Portugal and Spaniards who live in Quanzhou, but they charge high prices and are difficult to manage.

And usually these people have a head, and they lead a group of people together, and they have to use a wave if they want to use it. It is difficult to invite one by one.

You can only buy a boat from Zheng Zhilong. In the past, he didn’t necessarily sell it because he wanted to use it. In the past two years, he has been recruited, the sea is peaceful, and the enemy has been wiped out. At present, only the Dutch are his only enemies, so his boat may be sold. .

But the chance of buying a new ship is not high. He has more than 1000 ships in his hands and usually only sells old ships.

As far as cannons are concerned, they are also in high demand here. Zheng Zhilong wants to use cannons on board, and he is also making cannons himself.

You can try your luck at the pier, because every once in a while, people from Portugal or Spain come to sell guns.

But this chance is rare and requires patience and time.

Ding Yi didn't have much time, because he knew that the Hou Jin soldiers were going to invade the Ming Dynasty in late October, and the war was about to break out, and it would take nearly half a month before he returned.

If there is a headwind, it may be slower.

But he had no choice but to wait for luck while moving around.

Buying goods, looking for craftsmen, looking for sailors, Ding Yi led people to move around in Quanzhou every day, and went down with a lot of money to find out news.

On the 27th, three days after coming to Quanzhou, Fang Hui finally brought two Portuguese.

The Portuguese Silao is in his 30s, and the person who came with him is Franjalanda.

According to him, he is retired from the navy and is proficient in naval warfare and artillery, and Franjalanda is a gunner.

The two took a team of Portuguese soldiers, about a dozen people, and a Portuguese medium-sized warship, and traveled across the ocean to the legendary Ming Dynasty, the kingdom of all nations, to seek life.

It is naturally impossible for Ding Yi in this meeting to remember clearly everything he has seen in his previous life.

If he could remember every word, he would know the two Portuguese in front of him.

In the end, the Dengzhou Rebellion in Chongzhen's five years would be a bloody battle for the Ming army.

Back then, the Wuqiao Mutiny caused the Dengzhou Rebellion. The Portuguese in the city fought to the death for Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Keda. In the end, 12 people were killed and 15 people were seriously injured. Later, those who were injured and survived followed Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. These two people actually fought at that time. among the dead.

In the original history, Ding Yi did not come to Quanzhou, but this group of people also went to Dengzhou later.

Ding Yi and Xilaojing had a conversation. Damn, Xilaojing can also speak plain language, which excited them both.

After they had been in Quanzhou for more than half a year, Xilao was waiting for a big money-making plan every day.

But they didn't come at the right time. Zheng Zhilong had just been recruited, and he didn't have any enemies anymore. If it was a year ago, he might have used them.

So they have been miserable in Quanzhou for the past six months, and they have no source of income, and the money they bring is getting less and less.

On the contrary, it is the Ming language of this guy Xilaojing, the more he learns, the better.

Historically, he was an interpreter in the Portuguese camp. The other one who can speak is not in this team at the moment, and it is estimated that he has not yet arrived in Ming Dynasty.

Ding Yi quickly discovered that he was a talented person. First of all, he really knew how to cast cannons. He had never cast them before, but he did, and he knew how to cast them. Moreover, they had cannons on board, and there were people in the team who knew how to forge cannons.

Second, many of his men are artillerymen, and only a few gunmen are talents of this era.

Ding Yi was very decisive: "What request do you have, tell me."

Silao thought for a while: "We have sixteen people."

"Franjalanda and I, each at least 30 taels of silver per month."

The corner of Fang Hui's mouth twitched, this one is a bit expensive.

"Other brothers, at least 20 taels of silver each."

Ding Yi didn't hesitate: "Deal, take your boat and guns, and follow me."

"Oh, my boss." Xi Lao was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Boats and guns need to be paid extra."

"You must add more money." Ding Yi said heavily.

The two Portuguese smiled, feeling that they had met the biggest boss of the Ming Dynasty.

It turned out that the two had discussed it before they came, and first offered a price of 30 taels. In fact, the price of 20 taels was acceptable in their hearts.

After all, they have been here for half a year and have been rejected countless times in the past.

I didn't expect Ding Yi to be so straightforward.

When the two returned to bring troops and boats, Fang Hui reminded him friendly: "Boss Ding, the Portuguese are not worth the price. Others used to drive up to 15 taels a month."

"It's okay, I have plenty of money." Ding Yi said domineeringly.

Fang Hui was speechless for a moment.

Little did he know that Ding Yi was thinking, these talents are priceless treasures, they are the same as Zhou Dahu, they cannot be measured by silver.

(End of this chapter)