Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 28 Qilisi

400 taels per load... Lin Hai was surprised when he heard this. The delivery voucher Li Guozhu gave him said "eight ounces of seven-mile silk". If this guy hadn't bragged, then this batch of goods would have sold for 3 yuan in Japan. More than 5000 taels.Li Guozhu told him that the purchase price was [-] taels, and the profit was almost double.

Lin Hai had heard about Qilisi for a long time. After all, it was a domestic product that had been famous at home and abroad for hundreds of years.However, in his impression, Qili silk should belong to Zhejiang Hu silk, but for some reason it was classified as "Nanjing silk" in the young man's mouth.

He didn't bother to think about it. It was probably due to confusion among Macao maritime merchants that they collectively called the raw silk produced in the Jiangnan area Nanjing silk. In any case, it was higher quality than the local raw silk in Guangdong.

Ting Lun first crossed his hands and said to the little brother: "I've learned a lesson. It turns out that Qilisi is such a market trader. It's strange that Xie Jisi came all the way from Nanjing. It's not easy to travel through mountains and rivers all the way."

"What does that mean? As long as there is money to be made, there are still many people who come and go in the East and West." The young man started to show off with excitement, "Let me tell you, this is a business that others are jealous of, and you can't do it even if you want to do it." Hey! This is the only one selling Qili silk in Haojing, there is no other shop."

Lun Di asked curiously: "Why is this?"

The young man said proudly: "Have you ever heard of Australian tickets?"

Lun Di shook his head, and the young man said with disdain: "What a grown-up man, but he turns out to be so short-sighted!"

Lun Diyi said with a smile: "How can you compare with Brother Xian who can see thousands of miles clearly?"

The young man was flattered and continued to explain: "Let me tell you, from Guangzhou to Haojing for selling goods, all bulk goods must be checked for the Macau stamp issued by the Haidao Yamen when they reach the Lianhua Trail gate. If you don't have this thing, no matter how generous you are, you will never get through."

Lun Diyi suddenly said: "You think that if others want to sell Qili silk, the Haidao Yamen will not give you any tickets?"

The young man nodded and said, "Although you are not well-informed, you are still a smart person."

When Lin Hai heard that this place was clear, no wonder Xie Jisi Xing was able to do business in the courtyard of Tidiao Division.Speaking of which, the doorman who entered the scene was probably a benefit to the promotion department. After all, the big bosses had to eat meat, but they also had to let the people working below drink soup. This was an official custom.

At this moment, a Chinese businessman came out of the side door of the Tidying Department and personally drove a mule cart filled with goods.The young man hurriedly said goodbye to Lun First, and went up with a few servants. This must be his boss.

Lin Hai roughly figured out the way, walked forward and said to Lun Yiyi: "First, let's go in."

Lun Yi shook his head and smacked his tongue: "It's not even worth two taels of silver if you sell it to me. Why don't you go in while I wait outside?"

"How can I buy a smart person like you with two taels of silver? It's not a loss if I just buy you to see the world." Lin Hai smiled and patted his shoulder. The pearl was sold long before the wedding, and now there are still More than 800 taels, a mere two taels of silver is really nothing, not to mention that he still has the delivery receipt in his arms.

As he spoke, Lin Hai walked to the door of the Tidiao Department, took out a piece of silver and handed it to Bing Yong who was guarding the door: "Master Jun, our brothers are going in. We don't have a scale with us, so there is no need to give change."

The big-headed soldier took the silver and shook it with his hand. He estimated that there would be about five taels. He put it in his mouth and bit it. A professional smile appeared on his face. He blurted out the auspicious words in an instant: "Okay, you two are very lucky." , Good luck awaits you, you get rich all year round, and five blessings come to your door!"

Lin Hai led Lun First into the courtyard of the Tidiao Division. They saw that the courtyard was quite spacious, as big as half a football field. There were dozens of carts parked in it, including cattle, horses, donkeys and mules, and all kinds of draft animals. Everything is ready, and there are about a dozen porters carrying loads.

A Portuguese man wearing a woolen coat was directing his men to move the goods. Boxes of raw silk were being loaded onto pallets and stacked neatly.

Lin Hai leaned over and took a look. The box was filled with bright white silk, tied into bundles with silk threads.Although they are tied tightly, they are not stuck to each other, and no mold or water stains can be seen.Looking carefully, each strand of the white silk thread was thin and round. Even a layman like him could tell that the quality was extraordinary.At this moment, a fat Chinese businessman came over and talked to the Portuguese man.Lin Hai listened for a while. The language of these two people was very strange. It was unclear whether it was polysyllabic or monosyllabic. Some Cantonese words popped up from time to time, but they were very different from Cantonese.

He knew that this was the so-called Macau Portuguese. In the past two months at Chen Kee Shipyard, many Portuguese shipowners had come to repair their ships. The general manager of the shipyard used this language to communicate with them.This is a pidgin language that combines Portuguese, Malay and Cantonese. To some extent, it is a common trade language in East Asia in this era.

Although Lin Hai didn't understand much, some scattered Cantonese vocabulary still provided enough information.It sounded like the Chinese businessman wanted to buy something from the Portuguese, but the other party refused to sell.

Seeing that the two of them had broken down, Lin Hai stepped forward and patted the fat Chinese businessman on the shoulder: "Brother, do you want to buy Qili silk?"

The fat man turned around and hit Gong'er: "Is it possible that my brother has something?"

Lin Hai smiled and returned the courtesy: "Whether it's available or not depends on what price I'm willing to pay."

This fat man was born into a wealthy businessman's family in Guangdong, and his family owned quite a lot of property in Guangzhou City.A few years ago, Fatty was sent to Macau by his father to run a business. He opened more than ten shops in the Third Street area. He was one of the best businessmen in Haojing City.

After staying in Macau for several years, Fatty learned about the huge profits from overseas trade. He also met a sailor on a flower boat. They liked each other very much, and he wanted to take a share.

Most of the maritime merchants at this time were doing business by raising funds. Many people neither bought ships nor went to sea. Instead, they sent their slaves and adopted sons to board the ships to pledge the goods, so there might be goods from many families on a single sea-going ship.

Fatty just wanted to get involved in sea trade. The main purpose of this trip was to order autumn silk and see if he could buy some second-hand spring silk. Lin Hai happened to catch up with him.

The two talked for a while, and the fat man said that he could eat eighty dan and seven lis of silk in one bite, and there was no problem paying the bill in gold. However, he insisted that the price of two thousand, three hundred taels of gold would not be relaxed. No matter how high the price was, he would rather wait until the autumn of half a year later. Si said it again.

Lin Hai spent a long time talking and finally agreed to the price.There is nothing that can be done about it. There are many categories of maritime trade products these days. The profit rate of raw silk is not the highest, but the total market volume is the largest.Fatty has plenty of capital, so he can also take more risks and choose other niche products with higher profit margins.

Anyway, Lin Hai was doing a business without capital. It would be fine if the purchase price could be a little higher than Li Guozhu's. Who told him to rush to cash out on the spot?
In the afternoon of that day, Lin Hai picked up raw silk from Xie Ji Silk Shop.The fat man originally ran a gold and silver shop in Haojing, and he collected 300 taels of gold in half a day, and the two parties completed the transaction in the courtyard of the Tiduo Department.Shibi also received the news from Lun No. [-], and he took a few confidants to meet him not far outside the promotion department.

After the two sides met, Yu Lun first carried the burden of gold, and everyone returned to the last ship together.After walking for more than a mile, Lin Hai found someone following him, so he deliberately fell a few steps behind. Sure enough, he saw that the person following him also slowed down.

So Lin Hai let Shi Bi, Lun First and others go first, and ducked into an alley.Sure enough, the man behind him quickly followed in. Lin Hai turned around suddenly and said, "Brother, what's wrong?"

The man was startled when he heard this, and stopped in his tracks. His body was as straight as a javelin.

He crossed his hands towards Lin Hai and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to follow you. I actually have a few private words that I want to say to Boss Lin, but I can't say it in the Titiao Department."

Lin Hai looked at this man up and down and saw that he had a handsome figure and steady movements. He thought that the Titiao Department was the camp's yamen, so he asked: "Is this man from the army?"

The man replied: "Boss Lin has good eyesight. I am Wu Guoyi, General Xie of Guangdong. I am a personal soldier."

(End of this chapter)