Chapter Fourteen
Kong Fan, who disguised himself as he traveled thousands of miles to the enemy country Xiyang City, Huangzhou, was a lucky minister of Chen Shubao, the emperor of Chen State. He became the Minister of State of the Capital and was also a senior official in the court. Now he talked and laughed with Yuwen Wen, the general manager of Huangzhou who harmed Chen State. If anyone insiders saw him, he would really surprise him.
Since Yuwen Wen took office as the governor of Bazhou and began to sell glass mirrors, there are only a few merchants on the side of Chen who can get to this gold mountain. After all, the two countries are hostile and can travel back and forth safely. People on the border of Chen are not allowed to do without a strong boss.
The glass mirror, which was worth more than 5,000 guan, was sold in Jiankang for ten thousand yuan. The 100% profit made many people's eyes red, but Yuwen Wen had soldiers, no one dared to rob it.
The King of Shixing, who didn't know what was going on, dared to take action, and everyone saw the fate, such as the decisive battle at the top of Xiyang, the three-point true dragon energy, and the one-legged bronze man, if you die, you will die!
If you are too hard, you can only be soft. However, there are very few people who can join the business and make money with Yuwen Wen. Kong Fan's shopkeeper is one of them. After several years of business, Kong Fan made a fortune.
However, the He family had a great business and a lot of expenses. In order to please the emperor, to please the emperor's favorite concubine, and to please the emperor's close servants, the money Kong Fanhua spent was like flowing water, and it became increasingly inseparable from the profits brought by the transaction of glass mirrors.
Not only that, Bazhou (now renamed Huangzhou) produces more valuable goods, including books and fabrics, and these two things, which can make money quickly. Although it is impossible to compare with glass mirrors, it has small profits and high sales. If it is shipped to Jiankang for sale, it is money.
The only problem is that this is a trade with the enemy country. If you can't handle this transaction, you can't do it. After all, the glass mirror can be carried with you, and a fleet is not that easy to fool. But this cannot prevent Kong Fan. As a celebrity in front of the emperor, he has many ways to make Chen Guobian shut up.
If you have the right or not, it is a waste. If he can organize the fleet to risk his business with Zhou Guo, he must make good use of this resource and maximize profits as much as possible.
While suppressing people with power, you have to give benefits. The side generals will release the ship according to the order. The fleet has twenty ships once and two ships once. Therefore, in order to be worthy of the money to buy the road, the fleet cannot be small in size, so the purchase volume must be large.
But what if the seller doesn’t sell so much goods to you?
Kong Fan could handle the border generals of Chen State, but it was not the case with Zhou State. The Zhou army has now seized Yingzhou and cut off the Yangtze River route. To the west of Chen State Jiangzhou is the boundary of Zhou State Qizhou.
The Zhou Dynasty water army camps in Qikou were heavily guarded, and there were also Xisaishanshui Village, Wuzhou Shushui Village, and Chen State's official army dared not break through. Even businessmen should not think about it. If you want to have a smooth journey, the problem lies with Yuwen Wen.
This person agrees!
The general manager of Huangzhou was appointed as the governor of the eight states, including Huang, Heng, Qi, Luo, etc., to defend all military affairs; the only seller of the Liuli Mirror, Huangzhou Bookstore and the big boss behind the scenes of the Bufang, whether it is possible is just within his words.
How to talk to this person? Those shopkeepers are not qualified and they are not qualified. At most, they have to talk to each other. In the end, the important persons have to go to the interview. Only the bosses behind the scenes are qualified, and among these people, Kong Fan is unshirkable.
The risk is very high. First, what if Yuwen Wen turns his back, catches him and parades the streets, or takes the opportunity to threaten him and do something that is not worthy of the court, what should he do?
Secondly, if the matter is leaked, the crime of acquaintance with the enemy country for business is incredible.
After thinking about it, Kong Fan decided to take risks. First of all, he felt that Yuwen Wen would not be unable to get along with money, and at most he threatened him to cooperate. He would reveal the details of Jiankang from time to time, that is, to do his best.
It doesn’t matter. The Chen Guan family doesn’t take the country seriously. What does this country have to do with him, Kong Fan?
In order to fight for power, Kong Fan even became sworn brothers and sisters with Concubine Kong, who was favored by the emperor. This woman with a humble origin could humbly ask for swornship and collude with officials from enemy countries. What's wrong with this?
As for leaking things, it is not impossible, but if the planning is more meticulous and hiding whereabouts is better, the chances are much smaller. If the matter can be negotiated, the profit will increase greatly.
What's more, Kong Fan has met with Yuwen Wen several times in Jiankang!
When Yu Wen, Yu Wen and Kong Fan returned to the taste, Yu Langjun had already gone to Bazhou. When he later prepared the joints and contacted Yu Wen, he confirmed that Yu Wen was Yu Wen.
"Yu Langjun, Jiankang has been separated for two years. Kong still remembers the style of Yu Langjun's chanting poems after drinking."
"Shame, Mr. Yu said something wrong after drinking that day, which made Mr. Kong laugh." Yuwen Wen smiled, "I wonder if Mr. Guan is going to be fine lately?"
"Guan Langjun is still happy as ever. Since he received a letter from Yu Langjun, he learned that Langjun was going to take his family away and retreat to the mountains and forests. He was quite sad for a few days, but he still missed him from time to time."
"How about you, what about you..." Yuwen Wen told the truth. However, he was a member of the Zhou royal family and could not be a minister of the Emperor of Chen, not to mention that the Chen Kingdom was already declining, and sooner or later it would be over.
The two continued to talk and finalized some details. First of all, Kong Fan did not need to or were allowed to organize a fleet to advance westward. Just like other Chen Guo merchants, they had to buy ships in Xiyang and load them downstream.
Because Yuwen Wen was still shameless, he could not order the soldiers to guard the river strictly, but then he made them turn a blind eye and let a large-scale fleet pass under his nose and go upstream.
This also involves security issues. He didn't want to hide it in the fleet one day for Chen Jun, and cross the river in white like Lu Meng of the Three Kingdoms, but he ended up "losing Huangzhou carelessly."
The principle must not be shaken, and then everything else is easy to say. Yuwen Wen will not be able to get along with the money. He doubled the supply of goods on Kong Fan, whether it is books or various cloths. The glass mirror will increase the share of Kong Fan and his "friends" on two sides each month.
Within the Zhou Dynasty, the fleet could go down smoothly with the road guide. Thinking of Kong Fan's sincerity, he personally ran to Xiyang and gave Cheng Yi the four-sided glass mirror.
Of course, there are also conditions, but the first one is beyond Kong Fan's expectations: collecting various books in Jiangnan, not only classics, history, and literature, but also Buddhist scriptures.
All the books in the aristocratic families, temples, and palaces in Taichengli were needed, but they were not "needed" for themselves, but they were asked Kong Fan to borrow them and copy them, and hand-written them to Yuwen Wen, and the original book was returned.
Of course, it is necessary to publish and make money. As a partner, Kong Fan can also have a "share of share".
This kind of thing is nothing to Kong Fan. He is the emperor's favorite minister. It is not difficult to borrow it from the palace library or from the aristocratic families. He is just a little surprised that Yu Wen Wen cares about books so much.
Secondly, it is to provide shelter and provide necessary protection for Yuwen Wen's industry when conducting transactions in Jiankang. To put it bluntly, it is a backer, and Kong Fan has long been mentally prepared for this.
Trading? Who knows whether you are doing a real deal or a fake deal? The shopkeeper and the man, maybe he will do it carefully and specialize in spying on all kinds of things. But Kong Fan doesn't care.
This country is not his Kong person!
There are also some "in-depth cooperation". After Yuwen Wen's store in Jiankang opens, he will talk in detail with "pen pal" Kong Fan.
Kong Fan took a huge risk to Xiyang City, Huangzhou, and gained a lot. Yuwen Wen finalized a large deal and opened up a market for him and his friends, which was a joy.
A dirty deal and a collusion were achieved in the spring of the sixth year of Zhengtong.
After arranging Kong Fan's return, Yuwen Wen left the courtyard quietly with joy. He was happy not only about other transactions, but also about one detail of this transaction, and that was the boat.
The merchants from Chen State now all docked in front of Qikoushui Village, and counted the copper coins used as payment for goods and equivalents at the place designated by Yuwen Wen, and then took the land to Xiyang.
After buying the goods, I could only buy a ship in Xiyang to load a cabin, and then go back to Jiankang along the way. Therefore, Huangzhou's shipbuilding industry is very prosperous!
Not only to transport books, but also to the downstream of cloth, Huangzhou also has a great demand for cargo ships. Cargo ships also need to transport various raw materials such as stone, bamboo, charcoal, etc.
Therefore, the number and scale of the boat yard are increasing, and the owner of the boat yard has cramped when counting copper coins.
Prosperous trade promotes the development of water transportation and requires many ships, so there are more and more shipyards, and there are enough shipbuilders and there is no shortage of wood. When the time is ripe...
Thinking of this, Yuwen Wen hummed a poem: "Wang Bin Tower's boat down to Yizhou, the king's aura of Jinling was depressed..."
"The Qianxun iron lock sinks to the bottom of the river, and a stone descending from the flag..."
Chapter completed!