DAY 191 How can I return empty-handed when entering Baoshan Mountain?
The Dafu ship still had no way to dock, but the small boat still picked up the people.
The white-famous crane arrived in person, so naturally Sangsong had to greet him personally.
What's more, Sang Song already knew in the letter that Bai Minghe brought the golden scroll of the Ming Emperor's enthronement and possessed the scepter of the Ming Emperor. If he hadn't been familiar with Bai Minghe, Bai Minghe would have signaled that he would have stayed for a short time this time, he would probably have to come to greet him in person.
"Governor Sang, I'll be fine if I haven't seen each other for many days!"
"Hello, Mr. Bai, I really miss Mr. Bai these naive people." Sang Song greeted him with a smile.
Bai Minghe signaled that Bai Hong walked to Bai Minghe with his hands. Bai Minghe picked up a gift list on it: "These gifts are for your Governor's Office, and some of them are the Nanzhangwang. I, Bai Minghe, have visited many times and have not yet visited Nanzhangwang. I, very rude. Before the New Year, I will definitely go to Nanzhanghuo City in person."
Sansong took the gift list and thanked him repeatedly.
Regardless of whether the gift is expensive or not, Sangsong is a little flattered by this feeling alone.
"There are top-quality items in this box. There are only six parts that have been leaked overseas in the Ming Dynasty. There are two parts in your Nanzhang, one in the gift list. Four parts have been prepared in the Siam."
"Is this?" Sansong took the box and felt it was not heavy. He asked the follower to hold it and opened it, and saw that it was silk.
"This volume is called "Hundred Birds to Pay the Phoenix". If you really want to say that it is worth a hundred times the weight of gold, you can't buy it. This is a top-notch embroiderer who spends a year embroidering it. It can be listed as the top-notch work of the hundred birds to pay the Phoenix in the palace. It is enough to be called the pinnacle of the embroidery." After Bai Minghe said that, he opened it in front of Sangsong.
In fact, the white-known crane is a small trumpet, only two feet long and one foot wide. However, the tribute grade in the palace is as far away as the Yangtze River.
But when the embroidered face was opened, how many people's eyes were spent on the moment the embroidered face was opened.
The Su Xiu of the Ming Dynasty was famous all over the world. Sangsong was also a nobleman in the Southern Plate. It was fake to say that he had never seen it. But such a high-quality eunuch was never brought out at that time.
"This is too expensive."
"It's a friend, don't be polite about these feelings. He will definitely like your wife when he goes back to give it to you. He can also give it more face in the circle of ladies. I also brought some small Su embroidery round fans, you can change them back." Bai Minghe stretched out his hand, and a follower behind Su Hong immediately opened it with a beautiful brocade box. There was only one fan inside.
This fan is gourd-shaped, with a wooden frame on the outer ring, a silk fan on the inside, and some flowers and plants are embroidered.
For ordinary people in Suzhou, such work is a quick job and can be embroidered in two days.
"Sir!" The man behind Bai Minghe was queuing up to get off the boat, and he actually walked over quickly, knelt down and kowtowed: "The villain died, but he praised Su Xiu in his words just now. The villain dared not say that Su Xiu was not good, but the four famous embroidery in the world. Who is the first one has no distinction between the superiority and inferiority? The villain dared to ask the adult to give Guangdong embroidery a chance to show it."
"Although you are a little rude, you are kind-hearted. You can compete for your hometown without any mistakes."
The white-name crane did not pursue it, after all, it was a Gentile.
This person must have full confidence in his courage to stand up.
Bai Minghe came out this time, because the Guangdong Gang made trouble, they were delayed their own time, so there were not many goods in Guangdong this time. There was really no embroidery.
It is said that Guangdong embroidery is different from Su embroidery. Su embroidery is a worker for women. However, Guangdong embroidery was created by men of the Li tribe, and embroidery workers are mostly men. They are rare in the world.
Bai Minghe bowed to Sansong: "It's such a rude thing. I'll accompany Governor Sang on his behalf."
"It's okay, it's okay. I think I'm here. If I say that the soldier is very skilled in martial arts, I'm afraid there will be many people who will stand up to challenge him. They are all loyal and brave people. Can Mr. Bai give him a chance?"
"It's easy to say!"
Soon, someone sent solid-color silk, needles and thread. The man actually brought a full set of tools. The needle bag was lined up, and Sang Song's eyes were real. The needles were big and small, and there were more than 40 pieces of various shapes. Because there were not enough threads here, this man only chose a black silk thread.
Seeing that he started to embroider, his technique was so skillful that he could not see his hand at all.
This is in front of the Gentiles, in front of Bai Minghe, the most powerful official in Guangdong, which is currently the most powerful official in Guangdong. He lifted it up in one breath, and he was definitely a super-level performance. He fell into a madness. He could not hear the voices of people, the sound of sea waves, and the exclamations around him. He only had a black silk thread. He wanted to make a reputation for Guangdong embroidery.
The white-known crane took a few steps back: "What's the origin?"
"The reason why Chaozhou Guards chose him is that he is very good at matching dyes, and he always goes to the mountains to select materials. If you bring him with you, you can probably find out how many things that can make dyes." Chen Ada said next to him. Looking at the level of embroidery, Chen Ada also praised: "This craft is probably the one who can be ranked among Chaozhou Guards."
"No, there are too many embroidery workers such as Chaozhou Weiyi. He probably fought for a while to fight for a while." Another man said in a low voice.
This sentence is superb.
About half an hour, two black swallows were embroidered on about one and a half inches. With the crazy performance, their hands stopped but kept trembling. Two people came to massage their arms. Sangsong could see that this person was working hard. If he embroidered for a while, he would be afraid that his hands would be ruined.
Look at the pair of swallows again, they are lifelike.
There are only these four words to evaluate, and the other extra words belittle the pair of Feiyan.
"Sir, I, Guangdong embroidery, dare to compete for the best in the world."
"No." Lu Qiwen came over and shook the folding fan in his hand: "The four famous embroidery in Ming Dynasty, Su, Guangdong, Hunan and Shu have their own advantages, just like spring, summer, autumn and winter, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums. Do you have to compare? I have to compare, I can only say that this time, the embroidery prepared in Suzhou is more attentive. Chaozhou Gang was half a step slower, and their embroidery has not yet been put into the warehouse!"
The one who embroidered the double swallows knelt down again to Bai Minghe: "It's the villain who is wrong, please punish him!"
"Don't be punished!" Sangsong came over to persuade.
Sang Song believed that this scene was accidental and definitely not arranged in advance. He could only sigh that the people under Bai Minghe all had real skills. If a person like this was placed in Nanzhang, he would probably be a big official in Nanzhang Palace, but here he was obviously the most ordinary sergeant.
"I am not that stingy. First get a bottle of medicinal oil, and then you can do your work."
Sang Song is the word "正", not "正", but "正". The real "正" is full of talents, and any person comes out has all his abilities.
Thinking of this, Sang Song said to Bai Minghe: "Young Master Bai, I don't know if you can go to see your department inspect the goods today."
"I also plan to invite Governor Sang to go there. If there is anything special, I will definitely prepare more next time. Come here, I bring some very cheap linen cloth so that the people in Nanzhang can wear good clothes. The prices are absolutely fair, even ordinary people can afford it."
In fact, during this period of the Ming Dynasty, cotton fabrics were slowly beginning to represent linen fabrics. The price of linen fabrics continued to decline. It can be said that a piece of coarse burlap costs only two cents of silver, and high-quality fine white hemp costs more than half a tael of silver, which is the price of a stone of rice.
The white-known crane has not yet made a quote, so he has to wait at least for large-scale production before setting the price.
However, there is already a price in my heart. It is always very suitable to exchange a load of fine white hemp for a few hundred stones of rice.
The two entered the cargo yard together. The goods here had been divided into batches. The Ming Dynasty mainly inspected the goods and then graded them. From a distance, they heard the shouts: "Two hundred stones of grass fruit, four more stones per stone!"
Immediately afterwards, I heard a shout in Nanzhangyu.
There is no silver or gold as currency here. Everything is used as the intermediate price. One stone grass fruit is four and one quarter stone rice, and ten stone grass fruit is forty-two and one half stone rice. Here, I shouted that every stone plus four, that is, the benchmark price is for the 200 stone grass fruit. The price is 800 stone rice.
With the original price, it is already more than 1,600 stone rice, which is half a pole of silk from the Ming Dynasty.
This shout attracted countless attention. Even Sansong couldn't help but go forward and take a closer look.
If Sangsong wants to see it, the white-famous crane naturally needs to keep up.
When I opened the bag of random inspection, each of them was the same size and color, and was a circle larger than the hundreds of stones piled next to it. This was obviously carefully selected, and I carefully selected the second-hand mouth during the drying process. The inspectors were trained in advance and knew when the price should be increased.
This time, except for the one stone mixed with gravel and soil particles in the bag, the rest were priced up.
This is the first time that the price is doubled directly.
"Sir, this is a first-class product." The person in charge of verification held it in front of Bai Minghe.
"Very good, good goods, you have a good vision, keep going." Bai Minghe praised, and there was no need to say too much. This is the grass fruit alone, which requires at least two ships. The price of grass fruit in the Ming Dynasty is twenty times the price of rice. Of course, based on silver, it is almost hundreds of taels of silver and one stone.
However, Baiminghe believes that with a large amount of supply here, the price of Caoguo will definitely drop, and it will drop sharply.
The Ming Dynasty did not monopolize business, and the Ming Dynasty's businessmen did not have the degree to which the black-hearted teamed up to monopolize and raise prices.
"Lanzhang Xiaomin Luba greeted the noble Mr. Bai of the Ming Dynasty!" A Nanzhang merchant in silk asked Bai Minghe in very unskilled Chinese. Bai Minghe smiled and replied: "Hello Luba, thank you for preparing these high-quality goods." After Bai Minghe said that, he waved his hand gently, and Bai Hong immediately took out a small brocade box from his entourage and his backpack.
"Little care!" Bai Minghe opened the iron box and took out a sandalwood fan. The merchant thanked him repeatedly, and it was Sang Song who helped him say something thankful.
Bai Minghe knew very well that the merchants who could bring goods here must be slaves of the noble family or subordinates of the noble family. Ordinary people have no chance of seeing themselves, and such huge profits cannot be given to ordinary merchants.
PS: Second update
Chapter completed!