Chapter 55 Huge Transaction
"Brother Han, what do you think about this chamber of commerce?"
After Xiao Ming summoned him, merchants sat in groups of three or two in the Wei family restaurant in Qingzhou. The waiter in the restaurant was busy and his feet were not touching the ground. The arrival of merchants made the restaurant business busy.
"I can only say that the King of Qi is really good at planning. In this way, although the King of Qi is in Qingzhou, he has restrained the merchants in the world. All merchants who join the Chamber of Commerce must follow the leader of the King of Qi." said the merchant surnamed Han.
"What Brother Han thinks is what I think, but King Qi relies on fine wine, perfume and soap. If we don't join the chamber of commerce, we will get nothing. But if we join, we have to follow the mercy of King Qi and buy the fief that originally belonged to King Yan to sell. What if we advise King Yan to threaten the ban on sale?" the man said.
"No! The King of Qi will not care that the King of Yan prohibits other merchants from buying and selling, because his own merchants will secretly bring these three things in for the sake of money. At that time, the King of Qi will not lose much, but you and I will make a lot of money less." said the merchant surnamed Han.
"So, I can only join the Chamber of Commerce." The man said.
"The King of Qi is so clever, there is no other way." The merchant surnamed Han sighed.
As the two discussed, other merchants were also discussing the matter of the chamber of commerce. Just like the purpose of the two of them’s final discussion, they found that they could not restrain the King of Qi in this matter.
So at the auction the next day, the merchants who arrived at the Governor's Office the day before yesterday came.
They were looking for their hometown on the map of the Great Yu Kingdom. Although they felt depressed, they still had to spend money to buy the sales area of their hometown. If they paid less, they would probably have to produce soap.
As yesterday, Xiao Ming also arrived at the Governor's Office today. At the same time, Pang Yukun, Li Kaiyuan, Qian Dafu and others were all there. If today's affairs are successful, the Qi Palace will earn huge amounts of money.
"Your Highness, this map of the Great Yu Kingdom is well drawn." When I saw the map of the Great Yu Kingdom hanging on the wall, Pang Yukun's eyes were filled with admiration.
The outline of the Great Yu Kingdom above is clear, and the locations of each state are also presented, and the specific mountains, rivers and rivers are also presented. He has never seen such detailed drawings before.
"It's just something you can pick up at will." Xiao Ming smiled. Today is the turning point of Qingzhou's development. If he earned enough money today, he would be able to perform his skills in the beginning of spring. After all, there are really too many things to do.
While the two were talking, a gorgeously dressed merchant below shouted: "Your Highness, I have all the prefectures and counties in the fiefdom of the King of Wei. Is 300,000 taels of silver enough?"
"Who in the world knows the wealth of the King of Wei's fiefdom? Jinling City is a place where merchants, literati and poets gather, and there are 16 states. Is it less than 300,000 taels of silver?" Li Kaiyuan said lightly.
At this time, a businessman exclaimed: "Isn't this the rich man Ding Wanquan of Jinling?"
"That's right, it's him. It is said that Ding Wan's family's capital is worth tens of millions of taels of silver, and the offerings given to the King of Wei every year is worth tens of millions of taels."
"Hey, it is said that the bowls of the Ding family eat are all gold."
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The following discussion reached Xiao Ming's ears. Xiao Ming almost vomited blood. His family's capital was worth tens of millions of taels of silver. That was really a waste of money. Xiao Wenxuan's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver made him so happy that he couldn't sleep.
Pang Yukun looked at Ding Wanquan coldly, and saw Xiao Ming so shocked, saying, "Why is Your Highness so surprised? In addition to Ding Wanquan, there are several giants on the fiefs of each vassal king. Ding Wanquan is nothing but Er'er. It is said that the richest person in the Great Yu Kingdom is the Jiangnan Cao family, which is said to be rich enough to rival a country. The family's assets are equivalent to silver. "
"Ten thousand taels?" Xiao Ming felt for the first time how failed, this vassal king was. It was 10 million. The Cao family was simply the version of Chen Wansan from the Great Yu Kingdom.
It is said that the wealth of Chen Wansan, the richest man in the North Korea, was converted into silver and worth 2 billion taels of silver. Zhu Yuanzhang built a wall and contracted it. Now there is still a word "ten thousand" engraved on each brick in Nanjing.
Pang Yukun was even more surprised by Xiao Ming's reaction and sneered: "It's just fish on the chopping board. If the King of Wei is hungry, he can kill Ding Wanquan."
There was a cold feeling behind Xiao Ming that the Great Yu Kingdom was an official position after all. In Pang Yukun's eyes, these merchants were just pigs raised by vassal kings, and the fatter they were, the better.
"Pang Changshi Gaojian." Although Xiao Ming wanted to criticize Pang Yukun's face, it was obviously not the time to argue with him, and he still had to watch the show.
"When did Brother Ding become so stingy? The county where the King of Wei's fiefdom is worth at least one million taels. If Brother Ding doesn't want it, what should I give it to me?" said a businessman.
Ding Wanquan was not tall, had a short figure, but had very white skin, and his horoscope on his mouth must be particularly conspicuous. He looked at the speaker and said, "It turned out to be Brother Han. It is said that Brother Han is now the number one tycoon under the command of King Yan. Now it seems that it is true."
"Brother Ding has won the award, so we are still doing business." The businessman surnamed Han looked at Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, I am willing to pay one million taels of silver to buy the sales rights of the King of Wei's fief."
Ding Wanquan's face suddenly looked a little bad. The 300,000 was indeed less, but one million was too high. The fiefs of King Wei and King Yan both occupied the wealthy land in the south of the Yangtze River and were connected to each other. There were naturally some conflicts during this period. This person was named Han Kang, and he was also a giant in the fiefs of King Yan, and his family's wealth was not inferior to him.
Now that he joins the Chamber of Commerce, he must comply with the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce. If Han Kang bought it, he would not be able to explain it in front of the King of Wei. He gritted his teeth and said, "I will pay one million,300,000 taels."
This time, no one among the merchants raised objections, and they were not stupid. If they were raising prices, even if they acquired the operating rights, they would have to recover the cost.
Han Kang was also intentional about this matter, and he couldn't help but smile badly at this time.
Xiao Ming looked at the wall. These merchants came from all over the Great Yu Kingdom and represented different interest groups. He had a wicked smile on his lips, and the fisherman was profitable when he fought against the snipe and the clam.
With the beginning of Ding Wanquan, the fiefs of King Yan, King Zhao and other people below were basically monopolized by local giants, and the remaining areas were royal places. These places really became the most fiercely contested places, especially in Chang'an where ten merchants were jointly operated.
This was won by weak merchants joining forces, which is basically equivalent to a joint venture model, among which the Wang family and the Qin family are both there. It seems that they are excluding foreign merchants, and the two companies coincide.
In one day, the cake of Dayu Kingdom was cut by all the merchants who joined the Chamber of Commerce. Xiao Ming made a total of 7 million taels of silver with nothing.
Except for the two largest transactions of one million taels, there are basically no auctions for other places, because these places do not have the wealth of Jiangnan, nor the concentration of the powerful people in Chang'an, and even in some places, no one wants them at all.
Xiao Ming's business model is very common in modern times, basically equivalent to recruiting local agents, and he is the largest agent.
Chapter completed!