readxYangzhou has been prosperous since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
It has been thousands of years, but the city has been expanded several times but still cannot accommodate nearly one million people.
A large number of residences outside the city have been built around the docks.
The docks are the blood of Yangzhou and the leader of Yangzhou's prosperity.
Materials such as cotton, silk, grain, ironware, and porcelain flowed continuously from north to south every day, bringing prosperity to Yangzhou and attracting countless people of the Ming Dynasty to gather here.
Li Shen's poem: The night bridge is lit up with stars, and the sails on the water are close to the bullfighting.
It not only reflects the prosperity of Yangzhou, but also points out the reason.
The prosperity of water transportation is the reason why Yangzhou has been prosperous for hundreds of years.
This is the contribution of the Grand Canal, which can gradually turn some unknown deserted villages that have existed for thousands of years into prosperous cities.
Huang Han was deeply aware of the busyness of the canal.
In Zhenjiang, he exchanged the goods for a flat-bottomed water transport ship and arrived in the suburbs of Yangzhou.
The ship flow was congested and the ship moved very slowly.
After finally reaching the port, he paid the tax, and Huang Han took people ashore to find the canal.
We stayed at an inn and rested for half a day.
A man introduced by the innkeeper came to visit us.
His name was Shen Taikang.
He was tall and thin, and his eyes moved around.
He looked extremely naughty.
"Yangzhou City, this is my first time here.
I want to know how many major merchants there are in Yangzhou.
Feel free to tell me."
Huang Han didn't care that this person was naughty, but he had already seen the bottom.
Shen Taikang knew his status as a general and didn't dare to rash.
"Sir, the great merchants of Yangzhou have taken over several major salt merchants, the Lu family, the Hu family, the Wang family, the Huang family, the Wu family, and the Meng family.
Each of them is as rich as the rest of the country.
They build lavish mansions, raise countless slaves, and spend money like water," Shen Taikang said.
There is a person from Yangzhou who is eloquent and immediately crooks the building.
"Ahem, don't be wordy," Huang Han interrupted, "Tell us about the freight merchants in various places."
"Oh, there are big merchants among the salt merchants.
The reason why I say salt merchants is because the big merchants are among them..."
Shen Taikang took a few sips of tea before explaining.
It turned out that the Yangzhou salt merchants Wu family and Meng family had less connections than the previous families, so they found a new way to form a fleet and used their abundant funds to sell goods north and south.
They set up their own shops in the south of the Yangtze River to sell grain, porcelain, cotton, silk, etc., and in the north with The joint venture between local wealthy families has created another situation.
Relatively speaking, the Wu family is stronger.
"Can you contact the Meng family?"
Huang Han interrupted Shen Taikang's chatter.
Huang Han did not contact the Wu family because of the tone set by Zhao Lie.
The leaders in any industry were unruly people and were very demanding in terms of price and supply.
It would be easier to find the next one, which would be easier to contact.
This was what Zhao Lie told Huang.
All Han people obeyed.
"Of course, sir, as long as you are dealing with Yangzhou City, I will definitely handle it for you."
Shen Taikang promised, patting his chest.
Blow to no end.
"I know Zhang Ting, the third shopkeeper of the Meng family.
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I am not an ordinary acquaintance.
Let me wait..."
Seeing that he was gushing again.
Huang Han's long and thin face twitched.
This Shen Taikang was too wordy, so he interrupted Shen Taikang impatiently: "I want to talk to Zhang Ting today, so just tell him that there is a big client in the north who is in contact with the Meng family."
Shen Taikang nodded and walked away.
Shen Taikang may have boasted a lot, but it was true that he was able to get in touch with the Meng family.
An hour later, Shen Taikang reported back and made an appointment with Zhang Ting for a banquet at Guanghan Residence tonight.
At this time, it was less than an hour before the banquet.
Guanghanju is located in the dock area.
In Huang Han's opinion, it is large in scale and luxuriously decorated.
In fact, it is only a third-rate winery in the local area, but it is suitable for the status of Zhang Ting.
Zhang Ting is distantly related to Shen Taikang's family.
However, Shen Taikang was too naughty and had done things with Zhang Ting several times.
In general, Zhang Ting was not very satisfied.
This time, Zhang Ting was unwilling to come.
Shen Taikang swore that the person coming this time was a northern military general with a good background.
There was both delivery of goods and purchase of large quantities of goods.
Zhang Ting preferred to believe it.
He went through this life with the attitude of not being able to trust what he had and what he didn't have.
When Shen Taikang led Huang Han into the private room on the second floor, Zhang Ting saw that a young man less than 20 years old had arrived with Shen Taikang.
He was a little angry for a while, but Zhang Ting, who had been practicing for a long time, saw this man walking With his posture and the four guards with swords behind him, he felt something in his heart and hurriedly stood up to greet him.
"Xiao Ke is Zhang Ting, the manager of the Meng family.
I wonder what the guest will do when he comes here."
Zhang Ting smiled and bowed his hands, showing his true qualities as a shopkeeper.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say.
I am also the boss of my family and come from Shandong."
Huang Han returned the gift with a smile.
Zhang Ting smiled and said nothing, thinking, it's weird to believe you, there is such a young steward.
Shen Taikang hurriedly placed the two of them at the wine table and ordered the waiter to serve the food.
They chatted animatedly and ate and drank for a while.
Seeing that it was almost time, Huang Han went straight to the topic.
"Brother Zhang, I am in urgent need of 10,000 shi of grain, 500 bolts of cotton cloth, cooking utensils, wrought iron, cotton, and needlework.
Here are the specific quantities and colors.
Can you prepare them here and send them to Shandong?"
Huang Han took out The specific accounts were handed over to Zhang Ting.
Zhang Ting took it and looked at it, and was secretly shocked.
The amount was very huge.
It was estimated that it could provide food and clothing for at least tens of thousands of people.
He thought to himself, Shen Qingpi finally didn't deceive me this time.
He was really a big customer.
"Don't worry, sir.
Our Meng family can prepare all the items listed.
It will definitely not delay your trip."
Zhang Ting responded with a smile on his face.
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What he had to do at this time was to retain this big customer.
"To be honest, Brother Zhang, my eldest son belongs to the Jinghaiwei Qianhu in Dengzhou Town.
He has been ordered by the governor Denglaiwu to resettle tens of thousands of Liao people.
Winter is coming and time is tight.
We must not delay."
Huang Han warned carefully. , Mr.
Zhao’s matter cannot be delayed.
"It turns out that thousands of families have been ordered to resettle the victims.
It's respectable and respectable.
Don't worry, there will be no delay."
Zhang Ting smiled even more.
That's right.
Otherwise, it would be too rare for tens of thousands of people to buy food, clothing, housing and transportation.
It's the merchants who buy like this.
"Besides," Huang Han looked at Shen Taikang and hesitated to speak.
Shen Taikang wisely got up and went out, thinking that Mr.
Huang wanted to talk to Zhang Ting about how to use his hands to get some money.
This is a routine, not surprising.
Shen Taikang has experienced a lot, not surprising.
Shen Taikang went downstairs quickly. wait.
"Brother Zhang, my lord is the son of the commander of the Weihai Navy, Zhao Haiming.
My lord has the means to bring in a large number of goods from the Japanese country, and the price of the goods is much lower than your purchase price."
Huang Han made a request and handed over the goods account.
"I hope our two families can have long-term cooperation."
"Yeah."
Zhang Ting also thought that Huang Han wanted to discuss the benefits in private.
Who knew it was for such a reason?
He couldn't help but be stunned and subconsciously took it and read it.
The Ming Dynasty had been closed to the sea for more than a hundred years.
Anyone who could profit from Japanese trade was either a wealthy merchant family or a noble and high-ranking official with a profound background.
"Hiss," Zhang Ting took a deep breath.
The sword, folding fan, and silk were more than 20% less than what he paid for the smuggling ship.
He didn't even think about seizing the ship at sea.
What he thought was that Mr.
Zhao was really capable. , also has amazing connections in Japan.
"Sir, I don't know if these items are available now."
Zhang Ting was very moved.
"There are all of them.
They are all on the naval warships parked in Zhenjiang."
Huang Han looked around and said.
"Okay, my family will eat all these goods.
I dare to ask, from now on, will these goods be often available, or..."
Zhang Ting needs to confirm whether there can be regular exchanges.
"Yes, it happens all year round."
Huang Han replied in the affirmative.
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Zhang Ting asked quietly: "Is there any Japanese silver and copper?"
This was the main source of smuggling.
There was a shortage of silver and copper in the Ming Dynasty, and silver taels and copper coins were used as the currency of circulation, so the silver shortage and the copper shortage were fierce.
Huang Han pondered for a moment, "Such an item requires an interview with my family."
Zhang Ting agreed.
For such a large family, the head of the family would definitely ask him to meet and discuss it in detail.
Even if it expands in the future, the head of the family would definitely have to discuss with the other party in person.
The two chatted happily, and the banquet ended happily.
When the two of them went downstairs to say farewell drunkenly, it seemed to Shen Taikang that it was a successful meeting.
He sent Huang Han to the inn, happily accepted the 20 taels of Xie Yi, and then went home humming a ditty. s Newcomers and new books, thank you for recommending and collecting them
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