Chapter 48: Now the golden house is hidden in beautiful beauty (Part 2)

What is Zhao Xing busy with?

In Hangzhou, on a mountain peak by Qiantang River, Zhao Xing leaned on a half-person-high Tang sword with gorgeous scabbard, pointed to the land at the foot of the mountain with a full spirit, turned around and said to the person behind him, "It's here, I bought this land and will build a large manor here. What do you think?"

The person behind him was Jiao Chu. Behind Jiao Chu was Liu San, a shipmaster who drove a boat to Japan. Behind Liu San were several Japanese, and the leader was the Japanese - he is now called "Nagmen Bu Si". On the hillside, Cheng Shuang, the only student who followed Zhao Xing, stood.

Nagamen is a place name, located in western Japan, across the East China Sea, facing China. In the Song Dynasty, Chinese people came to Japan from the Tang Ferry Crossing in Nagamen. Zhao Xing's trip to Japan received a lot of rewards from the Japanese royal family. He specially asked to grant a small piece of land in Nagamen and build a small manor. The small manor was named "Nagme Song Garden".

Then, he asked two Japanese to help him manage Song Yuan of Nagato. What surprised him was that among the two, Busan, who had always been smart, was very focused. He insisted on continuing to work as a follower behind Su Shi, but he was not very smart and willing to follow him. So Busan was given the name of "Namen" - from now on, he was the butler of Song Yuan of Nagato. He was also a little "daemon" in Japan.

Jiao Tu curled his lips, and he replied unwillingly: "Master, there is no better place in Mingzhou here...a barbaric land. Qiantang Dachao has been famous since ancient times. It is a warehouse here. It takes several months to do business in a year. When the tide goes along, the goods will be involved in the bottom of the river. How can it be..."

Zhao Xing raised his hand to stop him: "I know that it is very difficult for us to transport goods from Mingzhou to here, and it will invisibly increase a lot of costs. However, the development of Mingzhou has reached its end, and the development of Hangzhou has just begun.

This time, we have mastered the power to trade with the Japanese royal family and have set up a line with the Genji Kanto Warrior Order. If we insist on establishing a foothold in Mingzhou, we will be suppressed by Mingzhou merchants. Instead of doing so, it is better to change our perspective and we will gain a foothold in Hangzhou, enter and exit the sea through the Qiantang River, and avoid the siege of Mingzhou merchants.

I have always liked the principle of "win-win" in business. I will not let the people who work with me suffer losses. I will try to avoid direct conflicts when I compete with me. I am here to do business. Vicious competition will only increase operating costs, so I don't compete with them. I don't ship in Mingzhou and choose to be in Hangzhou. I would rather increase the transportation cost than spend money on vicious competition...

Forget it, it is useless to explain these business operations to you. Just follow me... Look, Liu San is here, and the goods to Japan will be handed over by you two. I will set up a housekeeper here... It is possible that my family will be moved here. In the future, if Nagato is not in Japan, I am in Hangzhou, we will be the supervisors and accountants at both ends - that's it!"

Jiao Chu, Liu San, and Changmen Busi agreed to "yes".

Since Jiao Tuo followed Zhao Xing, he made several quick trips (express delivery) to avoid the worries of selling goods, and his income was fixed and guaranteed. Originally, he thought he could spend the rest of his life in a stable and comfortable manner. Unexpectedly, at the end of the year, he was ordered to hand over the route he had run to his son Jiaozuo, and he came to Hangzhou to obey the orders.

When he arrived in Hangzhou, he realized that Zhao Xing had opened the trade route to Japan. This was a new route. Others stopped going to Japan in winter, but he could go to sea in winter and take the fastest route, sailing day and night, and the entire journey was half shorter than before.

Jiao Chu was very happy about this news. He once heard that a Song merchant bought a "Akuya Jade (i.e., Japanese tail clam pearl) in Hakata Bay for seventy silos or sixty silos. After returning to China, the pearl was sold for 50,000 silos.

What is 50,000 jin equal?

In the early Song Dynasty, 200 guan of money was very satisfied with the senior generals who worked hard and made great contributions. For example, before Cao Bin led his army to pacify the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Taizu made a wish and said, "When you defeat Li Yu, you should use you as the prime minister." But Cao Bin did not believe it. He told Deputy General Pan Mei that the Northern Han Dynasty had not yet been pacified, and the prime minister could not be fulfilled.

After the triumph, Song Taizu said indeed: "I was appointed as the prime minister, but Liu Jiyuan had not given up, so I was young and took care of him." "After hearing this, Mei looked at Bin and smiled. The emperor felt that Mei did not dare to hide, so he responded to it with reality. The emperor also laughed loudly and gave Bin 200,000 yuan in money. Bin said: "Why do you have to use the prime minister in life? Good officials can only get more money."

The origin of this famous saying is only 200 guan.

So, what can a Song man do with 50,000 guan?

In addition to 50,000 guan per pearl, Jiao Tun also knows that Japanese handicrafts are unique and have a high level of craftsmanship. Such as gold and silver paintings, mother-of-pearl utensils, crystals, Japanese jade, wooden rosary, screens, Japanese fans, Japanese knives, etc., which are very popular among the Song people.

It is said that the Japanese lacquered folding fan sold on the Tokyo Sangkyu Temple market is extremely exquisite, and the light pink paintings on the fan are praised as "exquisite brushstrokes". The mother-of-pearl vessels are also very popular, and are known as "all kinds of objects and very skillful". Among them, Japanese swords are especially loved by the Song people, and Ouyang Xiu once wrote the "Bao Sword Song" to praise Japanese swords. An exquisite Japanese sword is worth "a hundred gold" in the Song Dynasty...

The Japanese route was opened, and this Japanese route could be used continuously all year round, which means that the daily gains of gold. For example, this time, Zhao Xing went to Japan and used a few plates that wrote Su Dongpo's poems to exchange for various Japanese swords and 200 pairs of armor from the Japanese royal family; and three hundred "Akuya Jade" were exchanged from the Genji Kanto Warrior Order. If this batch of goods is sold in Mingzhou, it would be a huge fortune of tens of millions of yuan.

According to the prior agreement with Zhao Xing, the goods that Jiao Tuo handed can be charged 3% of the commission, which means that if Zhao Xing handed over the property to him, he would get a huge wealth of 300,000 yuan in the blink of an eye.

With the huge profits, he naturally tried his best to fight for his wallet. If Zhao Xing's property increased value, it would mean that his commissions would also increase with the increase. However, Zhao Xing abandoned the prosperous Mingzhou and came to Hangzhou, a remote little place.

Hangzhou has not yet been developed, surrounded by mountains, with sparse arable land and floods. At this point, floods and floods have become disasters. Over the years, Hangzhou has been like Huangzhou, a place where officials are waiting for crimes. Sending people to be officials here is a punishment.

In this case, Jiao Tu naturally had to strive for it. Although Zhao Xing gave him a lot of money, Japan's business was too generous. As long as a few delays in handling property, Jiao Tu's losses would be calculated in 100,000 yuan.

Zhao Xingcai was generous and didn't care about the hundreds of thousands of yuan of traffic, but Jiao Tu's loss was right in front of him. He could see that this loss was several times more than his current property. How could he not be sad?
Chapter completed!