Chapter 192: Sea Trade, Contradiction

Wu Erkui said what he should say, but he was just doing his duty. He honestly stepped aside, put his hands on his abdomen, looking respectful.

Hu Keji wanted to speak, but when he saw Zhao Qian thinking, he was furious, so he opened his mouth and did not dare to spit out a single word.

Zhao Qian sighed. "I understand what you mean. Let's do this for the time being! If you can't buy horses, can you buy plowing oxen?"

Wu Erkui thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I can't buy plowing oxen in large quantities, because plowing oxen are in short supply. As for the Jurchens, there are plowing oxen? Some big yellow oxen are just afraid of having to cultivate it on their own for a period of time to be available!"

Zhao Qian nodded helplessly and said, "It's good to do that!"

There is a severe drought on Jingdong East Road, and no one cares about it. Where can we care about the plowing ox? Although the government does not slaughter the plowing ox that is not sick and old, people are hungry and dare to rebel, let alone kill the plowing ox to survive?

After the disaster, a large number of shortages of oxen were naturally caused in all prefectures and counties on Jingdong East Road, and the price of oxen was rising again and again. Whether it was to stabilize the price of oxen or facilitate the farming of refugees, Zhao Qian also wanted to buy some oxen to come back.

Wu Erkui knew the importance of this matter and did not dare to make a promise at will. He answered honestly: "Prince, this matter is important, and the young ones dare not issue military orders. In addition, the sea falcon ships are small boats, so they are afraid that they cannot carry many plowing oxen. If they load too many plowing oxen, they will die of illness on the sea."

Death from illness?

Zhao Qian was stunned for a moment and came to his senses. This is reality, not a game. Zhao Qian had also visited the Dengzhou Navy and saw that the living environment of the sea boat was very harsh. It was like a resident. The first floor of the sea boat was only two meters and five or six meters high, but there were three beds on the place where it was located. The bottom floor was used to place clothes, and the place was so narrow that it was conceivable.

People are like this, let alone animals. The environment is so harsh, it is not surprising that even a few people die every time they go to sea, let alone animals?

Zhao Jin waved his hand and signaled that Wu Erkui could leave.

Wu Erkui bowed and withdrew. Seeing that he had already left the door, Zhao Qianfang said to Hu Keji: "This dividend is a bit unreasonable!"

Hu Keji immediately felt nervous. His most fear was that Zhao Qian was greedy, but Zhao Qian was greedy and other big players were useless. Although it was a cooperative relationship, who was Zhao Qian? He didn't say he wanted to cooperate with someone, but his own energy was enough to work alone.

Hu Keji calmed down and asked cautiously: "I wonder how the prince is going to change it?"

Zhao Qian glanced at Hu Keji and saw through his little thoughts, but did not say it out loud. "The current dividends are obtained after deducting the cost of goods, caravan guards, head men, accountants, etc., sea ship repairs, and Goryeo officials' expenses. One of them is given to the seven head men and three ship owners of the caravan, and half of them are given to the servants and sailors below. Four hundred and a half percent are equal to the big Yizhou households, and the remaining 40% are from this king, but so?"

Hu Keji looked at Zhao Jin carefully and replied cautiously: "What the prince said is very true!"

Zhao Qian said with a slight nose without comment: "What I mean is that this dividend is not appropriate!"

Hu Keji bent his body and trembled slightly invisibly. "I wonder how the prince is going to distribute it?"

Zhao Qian glanced at Hu Keji and continued: "This sea trade needs to be expanded. It just so happened that the weather was cold and the land was frozen after winter, and the floating ice was suspended in the sea, which was not suitable for going to sea. Let's take this time to discuss it."

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian first looked at Hu Keji's slightly bitter face, showed a slightly sarcastic smile, and then said, "Don't have to be bitter, this is a must! The wealthy families in Qingzhou and Dengzhou need to join. Qingzhou's silk and satin are famous all over the world. You Yizhou's wealthy families have bought a lot of silk and satin recently. Did the wealthy families in Qingzhou not notice it at all? And no matter what, I am also the governor of Qingzhou, and I have to create some blessings for the people under my rule."

"As for Dengzhou, why are they also local snakes? How could they not find anything when you go in and out like this? No one can take this piece of fat by himself! And I also need to expand trade. Just three small sea boats went to sea, which is indeed a little less!" Zhao Qian said.

Although Hu Keji had known that this day would come, knowing that even though he knew, it was like death, no one knew that he would come. But when he really came that day, I am afraid that few people could face and accept it calmly.

Hu Keji was like a dying little animal, twisting his body unwillingly. "Prince, isn't it very good now? So many big families come in, I'm afraid you'll have to pay off your dividends!"

"Why do those who do big things focus on small profits?" Zhao Qian glanced at Hu Keji disdainfully.

Hu Keji dared not say anything else, and hung his head, as if a sick grass on the arid wasteland.

Zhao Qian knocked on the handrail in dissatisfaction and made a crisp sound. He scolded: "I didn't kick you Yizhou big players out! Why did you have this expression? I am still going to hand over the matters to contact Qingzhou big players and Dengzhou big players. How can I leave the matter to you assured? "

After hearing this, Hu Keji felt as if he had a heart-boosting injection, and his whole body was full of energy. "Prince, please continue to trust the students. I will definitely do the things properly and will never disappoint the prince!"

In any case, Hu Keji's jing god is much better than before. Zhao Qian was a little satisfied and nodded and said, "You can contact this matter! However, in terms of dividends, I believe that the dividend rewards of the head and the friend cannot be cut off. They are just taking risks across the ocean and seeking money. If they cut off their wealth and are far away from overseas, we are afraid that it will be difficult to deal with anything we do."

Hu Keji nodded with a deep sense of agreement.

After a pause, Zhao Jin continued: "Secondly, 10% of the dividends should be used as research costs and handed over to Dengzhou Shipyard, so that they can develop sea ships suitable for sailing in the northern part of the East China Sea."

Hu Keji was a little dissatisfied with this, but he was beaten by Zhao Jin just now. Now he dared not object, so he nodded helplessly. He just made up his mind and wanted to persuade the prince to change the distribution of this dividend.

Zhao Qian didn't know what Hu Keji was thinking. He thought, and said, "There is only 75% left after ri. I give up 15% and only take 25% of the money. The remaining 5% will be negotiated by your Yizhou big family and Dengzhou big family. Whoever makes great contributions can get more! Moreover, if the big family in Qingzhou and Dengzhou want to get involved, they have to take out some real money and silver. The money is not divided! Instead, they are used to buy sea ships, go to the south to buy them, and buy them ready-made! The new ships built are good, but we don't have time to wait for the new ship to come out!"

Hu Keji nodded in agreement. "The prince is wise, so students will go on and hold it now. He just needs to invite the major households in Qingzhou. I am afraid that only the students will come forward, and these large households will not pay too much attention!"

When Zhao Qian heard what Hu Keji said, he knew what Hu Keji wanted to say. He said readily: "Allow you to take my famous post!"

Hu Keji bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Prince, please feel sympathy, students will go on now!"

The matter of Hai Trade is relatively simple, and no one can resist it in the face of huge profits. The Wang family, the leader of Qingzhou's major, even paid 7,000 guan of shares. Other big investors also paid some money, totaling 57,000 guan.

Of these, 20,000 guan is used to purchase sea ships because they are just ready-made, even old ships are more expensive than buying new ships. A flat-bottom sea ship of 2,000 materials is only 3,000 guan, but it takes more than 3,400 guan to buy a ready-made ship. And it also costs more than 3,400 guan. Or you have to wait for eight months, and the shipyard has to build it for you now, or it is not surprising that you wait for more than a year to get a new ship.

It cost more than 13,600 guan to buy four 2,000 sea boats. In addition, it cost more than 14,000 guan to invite guests and dragging the sea boats to Qingzhou.

In addition, twenty grain transport ships with 200 materials were purchased, one of which was only 200 stagnant. These grain transport ships were not used for maritime trade, but transported goods to Wuhu Island at the end of the island chain, and the sea ships directly loaded the goods from here. After formulation, the sea transport can be increased from twice a year to four times a year.

However, we also need to be on guard against pirates. In fact, there are pirates in this era. After all, the profits of maritime trade are so generous, it is inevitable that some people will take risks.

Zhao Qian also purchased two eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long sea falcon ships. Each eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long eight-foot-long sea falcon ships were much cheaper, and each only required more than 329-foot-long.

The sea trade was very smooth. Although seven sailors died of escorts due to epidemics or fighting with bandits in the middle, the profits were still considerable, especially the big yellow cattle. The first time the sea trade was shipped back 150 big yellow cattle, and some died of illness in the middle. When I arrived in Dengzhou, I eliminated the sick cattle, and there were still 140 to sell.

Because it is not a plowing ox, the price is cheaper, but it can still be sold at a price of seven guan. Now the price of plowing ox on Jingdong East Road reaches ten guan per head. A big yellow ox can become a plowing ox after training for a period of time. It is so popular among the people. It is sold out in just two days. The money is nearly a thousand guan, and the cost of the account room is deducted, and the profit can be more than 700 guan.

In addition to the big yellow cow, other goods make more profits. Goryeo medicinal materials, Goryeo special cloth, Jurchen marten, Jurchen pearls, and Jurchen horses are all things that can be sold at high prices.

A profit of more than 17,000 chunks of sea trade!

But when it comes to dividends, the big players are a little dissatisfied.

There are three dissatisfactions. First, there are too many big yellow cows sold! If you are not selling big yellow cows, but selling marten and pearls with small storage space, making a profit of more than 20,000 yuan this time is definitely not a problem! If you don’t do it well, you can make a profit of nearly 30,000 yuan!

Second, why should I take out 10% of the total, 1700 trump card to study new sea ships for Dengzhou Shipyard? Isn’t it a waste of money to give these officials?

Third, why should the pension be included in the cost? It should be deducted from the top and half of the dividends!

Although there are many contradictions, to put it bluntly, it is just one word that can be said to be the core of it - money!
Chapter completed!