Whether it is pig iron or fine iron, after all, it is just raw materials. The price of a pound of fine iron is almost the same as that of a pound of pork. Of course, it is impossible for a business to sell tens of millions of pounds of pork a year. It is very easy for fine iron. The amount of fine iron in the Ming Dynasty is extremely short of fine iron. No one knows the specific number, but it is believed that selling fine iron for 30 million or even 50 million is a very simple thing in the north.

But even if it is a business of 50 million kilograms or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it still has to be deducted from costs and logistics, which is really worth it.

Of course Li Shenming would not say these words. Fang Yi and others looked cheerful. He was responsible for opening up the path of the court during this trip, or asking the court to raise the purchase price. If it was in the name of the Ministry of Industry to purchase, those ordinary tax cards might be exempted from some blackmail. As long as they save it, they would be profits.

Everyone walked along the way, and the roads in the capital were not very spacious. They might have been very straight and wide when they were built. Now there are many shops along the streets, and many streets built by themselves have been occupied. Only when they walk on the main road do they feel much wider.

It is actually not uncommon for so many iron transport vehicles. Except for some people who are curious about the appearance of a carriage, four-** cars are still rare after all, especially the design and shape of the Heyusheng car is very particular. The streamlined body and wheels are very firm and exquisite, so people can't help but take a look at them.

There are often caravans coming in in the capital. When the camels arrive, they are dozens or hundreds of camels. It is not surprising that caravans with dozens of large trucks are coming. There are almost endless streams of food, southern goods, cotton and cloth, silk and silk cloth, fur goods... Some fur shops on the east and west streets of Zhengyangmen sell hundreds of thousands of fur goods a year, and hundreds of thousands of pigs and sheep transported to the capital a year.

The imperial palace uses five or six million kilograms of coal a year. This is a super city with a population of more than one.5 million. In this era, it is the most majestic and vast city in the world. The goods consumed are astronomical. There are many vibrant commercial cities in the south, either maritime trade cities, or central cities like Nanjing. However, in the vast north, there is only one capital and one city, and the unique and prosperous city of the world.

After passing through five or six large markets, all the way to Zhengyangmen, the vitality of the entire East and West Street suddenly came to your face.

It was very snowing, but the pedestrians on the streets were still shoulder to shoulder. According to Li Shenming's experience, almost all the people passing by were merchants or shops. Many cars and horses were walking back and forth on the wide streets, either full of unloading goods or loading goods empty. The consumption and purchasing power of more than one million people in the capital was amazing. Cities around Beijing would come to the capital to buy some goods that could not be bought locally... For example, southern goods, Japanese goods, North Korea, fresh goods, and various Mongolian or Huizi specialties transported from Zhangjiakou. In Beijing, almost all the goods that people can imagine can be bought. There were dozens of spices alone. In the Yongle period, there were a large number of specialties in the tributes in South China, including suma and various spices. In recent years, marine trade has flourished, and more Thai goods and Nanyang goods have entered the Ming Dynasty, but most of them are luxury goods, and the market share occupied is very limited.

He Yusheng's branch is in the west

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) On the street, Zhang Han asked someone to buy a large store here, and there was a large yard behind it. After a little renovation, it was a warehouse.

The business names in the capital are basically in this way, with the front store and back warehouse, or the front store and back factory, and the places are basically quite large.

When he arrived at the semicolon, Fang Yi handed over the accounts with the people here, and then came to dozens of laborers carrying the labourers to unload the goods. Li Shenming had nothing to do for a while and asked his entourage to take his luggage to resettle him. He watched the unloading in the store and waited for Li Guobin to come.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of iron are said to be a lot, but in fact they are all large pieces of iron ingots. These coolies are transporting like ants. If it weren't for too many iron ingots, they would probably be able to carry them all in a short time.

"Aha, Mr. Li is here."

Li Guobin walked over in a gray squirrel jacket. From a distance, he saw Li Shenming bowing low and greeting him, looking very polite.

Li Shenming himself was also from a financial background, but he was just a senior broker with the status of a general. He had no disgust for Li Guobin's behavior. He immediately smiled and bowed and returned the favor, and then the two sat down together.

"How is the sales going on in the capital?"

The two of them said a few polite words like hard work on the road. Li Shenming asked with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not bad before the New Year, so what if I do after the New Year?"

Li Guobin said: "There are still a lot of iron shortages in various places, and it will still be a prosperous market by the middle of next year. However, it is estimated that the sale will be slower next time. It will take a while for iron storage in various places to be converted into various utensils and then replenish them to the local area. It also depends on whether the people have money. I know that some places cannot afford iron plows, and now they use stones. This is not a good thing... The people have no money, that is, we have no money."

The market for Jin Iron Marketing is still mainly in the north, and there is no plan to seize the southern territory... I can't grab it. There are more iron ore in the south than in the north. In fact, it is not that there are more iron ore, but that there are more traditional areas for mining and smelting than in the north. Not only Jiangsu and Fujian, but also Jiangxi is also a traditional iron producing area. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a famous miner uprising of more than 10,000 people was launched from Jiangxi. Later, the court spent a lot of effort to wipe them out. The south produces more iron, and the iron shortage is not large. Even if the cost of transportation and logistics is too high, it will be impossible to compete in the south.

To put it bluntly, Lingqiu Iron is a robbery of the previous quota. The iron shortages in the north are very powerful. Zunhua Iron Field has a major trend from the official office to the bankruptcy. Now the imperial court uses iron to buy Fujian Iron, so there is no need to mention it among the people.

There is a process of seizing share. After filling the gap, it is a competition in the market. Then, Lingqiu iron slowly occupy the market and then produces it based on the annual iron quantity... Li Shenming is now unable to figure out, including Li Guobin, the big bosses, and Lingqiu.

"I'm here this time," Li Shenming said: "It's just to seize the market purchased by the imperial court. This area is at least several million kilograms a year, and the price is much higher than that of the people. Of course, the profit is not small. I want to help me with this."

Li Guobin said: "I have received a letter before. I went to Tianjin once a month ago, and now I will start doing this."

"How about the trip to Tianjin?"

Li Shenming's boat

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) I was not very interested in the matter, but I still have to ask if I heard about it.

"Zhang Dongzhu just asked me to go and take a look first. I went downstairs to find a Qianzong Military Officer named Duan Shiming in Tianjin. He was the owner of the ship and a captain who was used to running to the sea. The ship was 1,200 pieces of material, and the ship was very large. Even the captain and sailors were ready-made. Duan Shiming offered to sell it to us for a price of 70,000 taels. At this price, I asked Zhang Dongzhu, and he said, wait and see, and there was no hurry. As I had agreed before, I would like to rent the boat first and let Duan Shiming talk."

"Seventy thousand!" Li Shenming snorted from his nose and said, "We want to buy a ship to sell goods to Japan. If we buy a ship for 70,000, I don't know how many years I can earn it back."

Li Guobin knew that if the ship was running well, he would earn most of it in one trip. However, Duan Shiming's price was indeed a bit inflated, which is normal. The transaction of ships is not a small matter. If this ship is in Jiangnan, it is probably worth the price. It is still a little higher in the north. It is estimated that it should be bought for about 60,000 yuan. In addition, the cost of hiring captains and sailors is not much higher. If a ship of goods worth about 100,000 yuan can be put down, and one trip can be recovered after one trip. Of course, it may only take one trip a year. If it encounters a typhoon shipwreck or a pirate, it will be lost all its money. Therefore, the sea trade in the past is still very risky and dangerous. Although Li Guobin himself is very good at these things and is willing to help He Yusheng manage the matter, Li Shenming, who does not agree with this matter much, could not say too much. If something happens, he will blame him on the head.

"Sir, I'll settle here first..." Li Guobin stood up and said, "I know that living here with Yusheng is much more comfortable than the guild hall. Sir, just rest first and wait for me to find out the right way before we invite you to go with you."

"Brother, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Han had already given Li Guobin the fee. Li Shenming was not polite, and responded with a smile, watching Li Guobin, the local snake, leave in a hurry.

"Take my post to the Tongzheng Department to meet Mr. Huang, and then to the Ministry of Revenue to meet Mr. Liu." After Li Guobin left, Li Shenming took out his reply and asked the boss to submit a post to ask for a meeting. Of course, he would not wait for Li Guobin to make arrangements, but instead use his relationship in the capital first, and at least he should inquire about the actual situation first.

As for He Yusheng's relationship in the capital, Li Shenming did not intend to use it. He Yusheng was just an ordinary business after all, and it was not the first in Datong. Big merchants such as the Fan family were still stronger than He Yusheng in terms of their background, so there was no need to mention He Yusheng in the capital. He Yusheng could not rank as a member.

Zhang Han had a source of information and reliable personnel in the capital, but Li Shenming felt that most of these people were asking for information in the market, and copying newspapers, which was not a great skill. It was better to rely on his own relationship to do everything.

Two days later, Li Shenming visited more than a dozen officials in the capital, most of whom were from Shanxi. The Jin Party now has no backbone and no talent to show off, and it is already like a scattered sand. However, the rich people in Shanxi have the habit of asking their children to study and are always willing to spend money in their studies, so there are still many officials from Shanxi. Li Shenming usually manages the relationship between these officials, and at this time he should use it.

After a round of news, the prospects were not very good-

I will update one chapter today, and I will update it in the afternoon.

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