Chapter 151
"Six people, please come in." Hu Xueyan smiled and led his six newly-familiar friends to the Ningde Trading Company he opened in Sanqingzhuang. It has been a while since he was the Hui Shangshang Trading Branch in Zhaoguo.
However, when he met the head offices of merchants from various countries a few days ago, Feng Hao seemed to have ignored Hu Xueyan's existence. He once told the branch of the business opened in Zhaoguo that was in Sanqingzhuang. Time passed too long and he wanted to support Qin's economy and trade, so he didn't take it seriously. But this time, he should have taken it seriously, because the foundation of Hui merchants in Zhaoguo was almost firm.
The six people came to the living room of the business bank and sat down. Hu Xueyan smiled and ordered his subordinates to make the best tea for the guests. This was the first time their merchants came to visit the distinguished guests, so they could not let the guests feel bad. This time he happened to be here. It was better to come early than to come. Some goods came from the merchants.
"Brother Ma, it's a coincidence today. Brother, I'm here to transfer goods today. I'm going to Beijing to meet King Zhao. My Majesty wants to discuss the tea trade with the king." Hu Xueyan said with a smile on his face.
"Tea? Aren't these trades controlled by Zhao Kuangyin?" Feng Hao was a little confused. The tea trade has always been controlled by Qin Dao and Zhu Que. Why did the Qing Dynasty still have a lot of tea?
Hu Xueyan shook the fan in his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Ma doesn't know anything. Although I, the Qing Dynasty, could not defeat them by force, we can still compete with the Song Dynasty in terms of economic means.
We and the Shanxi merchants purchased a large number of tea from the Song Dynasty market in the tea market and sold it out at half price. Although we lost money, many wealthy families were willing to buy tea in large quantities at double the original price. Therefore, in terms of tea market dumping, theoretically Song was in control, but in fact it had already fallen into our hands."
No wonder Liu Bao's reports during these days were all about tea dumping by Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants, but the commodity trade in the Song Dynasty was mostly based on ceramics and sachets. It turned out that Hu Xueyan had already made another preparation.
Feng Hao smiled and said, "Boss Hu is such a good method. In this way, the dumping of the tea market in the Song Dynasty naturally fell into the hands of Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants."
Hu Xueyan took a sip of tea and nodded slightly, "That is, as long as we control the tea, we can open a large net out on a large scale, gather all the tea under our hands, and even out 30% of it for other countries. In this way, no one will say we have monopoly."
These six people looked at Hu Xueyan, who was dressed in plain clothes in front of them. It seemed that the person in front of them was the biggest obstacle to Zhaoguo's economic and trade. From just now, he has been playing a kind and unthreatening businessman, but his methods are not at all friendly, and they are even a bit fatal.
At this time, the style of painting suddenly changed, Hu Xueyan explained his own business, and he also wanted to know what the business Feng Hao was doing.
"Dare you ask Brother Ma, what do you do?"
Feng Hao smiled and said, "We are the Ma Shang of Zhaoguo."
The eyes of the shadow guards suddenly turned to the horses outside the house. Their meaning was very simple, which was to attract Hu Xueyan to look out and prove that they were horse merchants.
Sure enough, Hu Xueyan looked out in their eyes. The six top-class Dayuan horses came into Hu Xueyan's eyes. These six horses were definitely not ordinary horses. Seeing that they were brown and yellow, with soft mane, very developed muscles, and a little strong personality, Hu Xueyan also understood horses a little. After all, the expansion of Hui merchants has expanded to the horse industry.
"It turned out to be the industry of horse merchants. Our Hui merchants' business is getting bigger and bigger now, and there are also horses involved. I wonder what kind of horses the horses sold are?" Hu Xueyan wanted to use horse jargon to confuse Feng Hao's real background. His purpose was to see if the person in front of him was a real horse merchant.
Feng Hao smiled, and he just said, "I don't need to say anything about these, let my guy sneer on Boss Hu."
So, the shadow guard, who was born in a horse-raising family, stood up and bowed to Hu Xueyan first: "Boss Hu, the horses sold by our young master are all the best horses in the Western Regions. The horses we ride, your palms, are all domestic horses from Dayuan. They are strong in shape and travel 300 miles a day. We still have many such horses."
He said that, but he was afraid that Hu Xueyan would continue to say to him. The problem of horses was always a burden. There were many cavalrymen from various countries, but it was very troublesome to support them. He also had to prepare the equipment and food for the cavalry, and the equipment and feed for war horses. The palms and backs of the hands were full of meat. If you put them down, you would feel that you were losing money.
"Hahahaha... This little brother is talking very happily, but Brother Ma, Mr. Hu wants to ask Brother Ma, how many horses do you have?" Hu Xueyan finally picked up the most important words and continued, how many horses are you?
Since he had asked all the questions, Feng Hao didn't mind telling them the quantity. He was just making up anyway. He stretched out his hand and put out five fingers. Hu Xueyan thought it was five hundred. Feng Hao shook his head. Hu Xueyan guessed another five thousand. He shook his head again. Hu Xueyan called out fifty thousand. Although these quantities were large, if the horses were of so many quality, Hui merchants would not make a fortune.
"Oh, it's really fifty thousand!" Hu Xueyan was already smiling from ear to ear at this time. Who has the 50,000 best Western Region horses? It seems that Hu Xueyan has been with the master this time.
Feng Hao said not to be too happy. The horse sales are in the hands of Liu Bao. He is just a businessman under his command. If he wants to sell it, he has to sign and seal it from the Ministry of Revenue before he can sell it.
"You should also understand the rules of our country that horses need to be sold to the Ministry of Revenue to witness the sale. Moreover, such a large number must be witnessed by Liu Bao and Liu, the highest official of the Ministry of Revenue. " Feng Hao nodded while touching his beard.
After hearing this, Hu Xueyan was in trouble. He had to see so many horses. Feng Hao nodded and agreed to him. However, this time, he wanted to investigate the situation of domestic officials in secret. After only half of the secret visit, such a big problem occurred. Hu Xueyan's appetite was quite big.
"Boss Hu, this group of horses is not here. In the northeast of the capital, there are abundant water plants. The horses are shepherded there and often run on the grasslands, which can allow these horses to relax their wild and free character."
Hu Xueyan nodded repeatedly and said that what Feng Hao said was that horses cannot be kept or watched the most. They must be allowed to rush on the grassland to have the confidence to be invincible to others on the battlefield.
Chapter completed!