The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 230 Dosing
After Mrs. Xu sat down, she raised her head and looked around. She had a sense of majesty, and even a timid man didn't dare to look directly at her.

She looked around and suddenly smiled: "Boss Cao from Guangdong, it seems that he didn't come this year?"

Someone in the crowd immediately sighed: "Lao Cao had an accident when he ran to Japan last winter. His buddy was not able to withstand the cold, and he didn't keep warm on board. When he encountered extremely cold weather on the way, he froze to death. Drifting at sea, when other ships encountered them later, the people on board froze to death."

"Old Cao, what are you doing in Japan during the harsh winter?"

"He wants to make a lot of money. If the raw silk goes there, it will double ten times."

"I've seen them sell for twenty times."

"That also depends on luck, it won't happen every time."

Every word you say and me around are murmuring.

Ding Yi listened carefully. It seemed that he couldn't go to Japan in severe winter, so he was a little worried about Ruan Siqing for a while.

He thought about it, Ruan Siqing went to sea in November, and when he arrived in Fujian and Guangdong, plus the purchases and excavations along the way, it would probably be February, and when he looked back, um, fortunately, when he looked back, it should be March, and it would be spring.

If Fujian can meet Zheng Zhilong or someone reminds him, Ruan Siqing should not go to Japan in winter.

Thinking about it again, Ruan Siqing and Ruan Fanglong have been running on the sea for a long time before, so they should have experience.

Mrs. Xu heard that everyone was arguing, and slowly raised her hand, and everyone fell silent.

"Thank you all shopkeepers for supporting our Xu family's business." She said slowly.

She speaks the same as Ding Yi, slower, more articulate, clear and full of emotion.

"Cooperating with you for many years, our Xu family has also benefited a lot and received a lot of help from you."

"I represent the Xu family first, thank you all."

Mrs. Xu said, got up and bowed to everyone.

The crowd became lively again, we would like to thank Mrs. Xu for being the talent.

Thank you Mrs. Xu for making money for us.

Hope we can work together forever.

Everyone was shouting, but Ding Yi heard different meanings, this is the Xu family, want to raise the price?
Think about it, her Xu family sells raw silk, and you can earn five times, ten times, or even twenty times when you get it in Japan. If it were me, the price would probably increase, and I would not be reconciled.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xu's tone suddenly changed, and her expression became sad: "Recently, there have been many natural and man-made disasters in my Ming Dynasty. First, there was a conquest of Beijing by Houjin Jiannu, and there was a civil uprising in Shanxi and Gansu. There are wars everywhere—"

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this.

Mrs. Xu's voice was even more sad: "This year, there are diseases in sericulture and mulberry, the output has been greatly reduced, and labor has become more and more expensive--"

Before she finished speaking, someone in the crowd stood up: "Mrs. Xu, just tell me what the price will be next year. We are not outsiders. Let's discuss it together."

"You helped us before, so we will naturally help the Xu family."

That is, there are people around.

The corner of Ding Yi's mouth twitched. The person who stood up must be Tuo, who took advantage of the Xu family and took the lead in expressing his opinion.

This trick is commonly used by Ding Yi, and it can be seen at a glance.

Mrs. Xu nodded slightly when she heard the words: "Thank you for your support. After discussing with the elders of the clan, I have decided that the price of raw silk will increase by [-]% next year." She raised two slender fingers.

Raw silk usually costs 50 taels of silver and a hundred catties, but Mrs. Xu said that it would be 75% higher, so it would cost [-] taels of silver and one hundred catties.

Compared with selling five times and ten times in Japan, it seems that it is not very expensive.

Of course, the premise is that after you get it, you can sell it at a high price.

There are also raw silk that cannot be sold.

Ding Yi was lucky. During the year he went to sea, it happened that Zheng Zhilong almost defeated [-]% of the pirates, unified the sea, and took refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

He was a few years earlier, and there was chaos on the sea.

If you have raw silk, sometimes you may not be able to sell it.

But this does not mean that there are no pirates now, but that pirates are not as rampant as before, and there are not as many as before.

After Mrs. Xu said [-]%, many people at the scene fell silent.

After all, there are very few people who can sell at five times and ten times.

Most of them don't go to Japan, but sell directly to the Dutch or the Portuguese.

Ding Yi looked up at the supporter at this moment.

Sure enough, Nato shook his head and said, "It's a bit much to increase by [-]% all of a sudden, but if the output is reduced next year."

"Selling it to Japan can still make a lot of money."

Someone immediately said: "I never go to Japan, I only sell to the Dutch, at most twice as much."

In the past, the purchase price was 50 taels, and if you sold it for 100 taels, you could earn 100. Now if you sell it for 25 taels, you can only earn [-], so you can earn less.

There are also few people and small ships, and they don't buy much at a time, so the profit is not high, so they are not happy to raise the purchase price by [-]%.

No one else spoke at this time, and the room suddenly became a little quiet.

Ding Yi thought for a while, and finally said slowly: "As a woman, Mrs. Xu is not easy to preside over such a big family."

"There are thousands of people in the Xu family who want her to take care of them."

"How about this, let me express my opinion first, I have no objection, next year I want to allocate [-] catties."

Hiss, the audience gasped, and everyone looked at him in disbelief.

Fifty thousand catties is definitely a huge amount, and ordinary businessmen dare not buy so much.

Although you earn a lot, if something happens, you will lose a lot.

Mrs. Xu looked at Ding Yi in surprise, she probably didn't expect that Ding Yi would also cooperate as a trustee.

She blinked her beautiful eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your support, shopkeeper Ding, but according to the rules of our Xu family, the upper limit for each family is five thousand catties."

Their Xu family wants to be exposed to both rain and dew.

Ding Yi smiled and didn't speak, anyway, he made a statement first.

Seeing what Ding Yi said, a shopkeeper in the crowd said, "I want to ask, Mrs. Xu, is it the same price in the year after tomorrow?"

"The next year's price will be next year's price." Mrs. Xu said indifferently: "You have done business with our Xu family, and some of them have been doing business for decades. When did we raise the price arbitrarily?"

Many people nodded one after another. When the harvest was bad before, the Xu family went up, and then it went back down. It seems that this year is indeed not good.

"Okay, then I still want two thousand catties." Someone quickly expressed his opinion.

"Old Zhu, is two thousand catties enough?" Someone asked.

"The boat is small, I have to pretend to be something else, that's enough." Old Zhu shook his head.

He never puts all his eggs in one basket when doing business, what if the raw silk plummets?
Moreover, raw silk takes up a lot of space. Two thousand catties of raw silk can hold more than one-eighth of four hundred merchant ships, so many merchants dare not load more.

"I'm still the same, three thousand catties." Someone else said in the crowd.

"Old Zhou, don't you come to Japan? I heard that Japan is very profitable?"

"Fuck, it's hard to get over this year. The local shogunate doesn't accept it, and Hirado doesn't accept it anymore. Damn, the pier is full of raw silk. If you buy it at fifty, you'll sell it at eighty. It's almost a loss."

"This year is so miserable?" Someone exclaimed.

"This year has been particularly miserable, and it's hard to describe in words."

Ding Yi’s mouth twitched. It seemed that this year he had monopolized the purchase of goods from the Shogunate and Herato. Now that Mingren wanted to sell them, he might have to go to Nagasaki, where it was farther away and more dangerous. He couldn’t help but smile knowingly.

Then everyone expressed their opinions one after another, some wanted two thousand, some wanted five thousand, and the little maid beside him took a pen and paper to write down.

Finally, she said crisply: "I'll read it again. Bosses, check if there is any problem. If there is no problem, I will press this sign in a while—"

"Boss Jinan Wei, five thousand catties of raw silk—"

"Fuzhou shopkeeper Zhu, three thousand catties of raw silk—"

There were 21 people on site, and a total of 78000 catties of raw silk was needed.

After they set the quantity, they signed and pledged, confirmed the quantity, and paid the deposit. Next year, the Xu family will follow this output, and each family will come to pick it up.

If you don't show up, your deposit will be forfeited.

If the Xu family doesn't do this, if there is too much production and no one wants it, they will lose money, and if there is less production and not enough, they will feel a loss.

Mrs. Xu waited for everyone to confirm, and then slowly stood up: "Someone will come to deliver the contract later, and you can just place a deposit as usual."

"I'm not feeling well, so I won't accompany you all."

"Please enjoy the Jade Fragrance Court, all expenses are our Xu family's."

"Thank you Madam Xu." Everyone laughed and thanked.

Some people have already started discussing how good a certain girl here is.

Mrs. Xu nodded with a smile, got up and left, seeing the strange smiles on everyone's faces, a look of disdain flashed in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)