The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 192 Copper mine is very suitable

Right now Zheng Zhilong is a gold-lettered signboard in Hirado, not only in Hirado, but also in the whole of Japan.

As mentioned earlier, Japan has Zhuyin ships. Zhuyin ships refer to ships that have "foreign sea crossing Zhuyin certificates" and are allowed to go to Annan, Siam, Luzon, Cambodia, including the Ming Dynasty and other Southeast Asian countries for trade activities.

On average, about 11 ships per year.The owners of the ship are mainly daimyo from the southwest, officials from the shogunate, and wealthy businessmen from home and abroad.

The small one can hold 12 jin, and the large one can hold 80 jin.

The money Matsudaira Uno earned in Yinshan was to provide such funds for the shogunate.

The shogunate used funds to buy large ships, filled with Japanese swords, handicrafts, copper, iron, silver, etc., and exchanged them for raw silk, cotton fabrics, ivory, medicinal materials, sugar, etc. in other countries.

But right now, ships from all countries going to Southeast Asia must be taken care of by Zheng Zhilong, otherwise they will be sunk by pirates at any time.

Japan's shogunate and other important wealthy merchants and daimyo's ships do not have to pay for their ships, but what they get in exchange is Zheng Zhilong's preferential treatment in Hirado and his son's growth here.

So Zheng Zhilong is really a golden sign at the moment. When Matsudaira Uno heard that this person is Zheng Zhilong's brother, he immediately looked at him differently.

And he knew that Zheng Zhilong was also in Hirado now, so naturally no one would dare to fake it.

Whether it is true or not, we will know when the time comes.

The two sides quickly found a place to discuss.

As soon as Ding Yi came up, he said that he had no money.

Matsudaira Unino was not in a hurry, and many of Zhu Yin's boats were bartered when they went out, as long as the price was negotiated.

"I have raw silk and silk fabrics to exchange for copper, iron, sulfur, flint, and nitrate."

"Copper should be more, sulfur, flint, nitrate should be the second, and iron should be the least. If you are willing to pay silver, that's fine."

Ding Yi quickly revealed himself and his conditions.

Doing business with the Japanese should be simple and direct, and you can't waste time.

Songping Haili immediately became deep in thought.

The least valuable of these things are brimstone and flint, and nitrate.

Because tens of thousands of catties of these things are not worth much, and if they are generally not used for war, tens of thousands of catties can be sold for several months or even a year in a city in the Ming Dynasty.

And there are quite a lot of these things produced in Japan.

Japan has many volcanoes, so it is rich in these materials, and the price is relatively reasonable.

As for iron, the Ming Dynasty also has it, and the output is not low.

What Ding Yi mainly wanted was also copper.

He thought that Ding Yi also wanted to use copper for private money.

But he doesn't care what Ding Yi does, only how much he can earn.

After a moment of silence, he slowly opened his mouth: "Mr. Ding should know that during the current silk production season, many merchants from the Ming Dynasty have shipped in raw silk, and there are mountains of piles on the wharf, and the price is the same every day."

"If you really want to discuss the price with silk, I will pay 300 taels for every hundred catties."

"For every hundred catties of silk fabrics, I will pay 350 taels."

In good conscience, Matsudaira Unino's price was slightly higher than that offered by ordinary Japanese businessmen, and Ding Yi had about five times the profit.

But compared with the ten-fold or twenty-fold profit of the peak period, it is definitely not satisfactory.

Moreover, Ding Yi's goods are few, and they are the main direction of making money. Other goods can't make so much money.

Ding Yi immediately asked how much his copper mine was per catty, and how many catties there were in total.

This time, Matsudaira Uno transported two shipments of copper ore, each with 20 jin, a total of [-] jin.

Sell ​​it to Zhou Yuanhai for 1 tael of silver per hundred catties, 10 taels for a thousand catties, and 20 taels for 2000 catties.

After Zhou Yuanhai went back, he usually refined 50-60 jin of copper per [-] jin.

Each catty of copper plus other suitable metals can be made into 200 Wen.

100 jin of copper ore can produce 10000-12000 Wen.

Worth 10-12 taels of silver.

After deducting wages, transportation, and other consumption, the profit is nearly ten times.

Of course, this is the current price. A few years after Chongzhen, the capital has reached 2000 Wen for one tael of silver, but it still has five times the profit.

After Ding Yi's calculations, the copper mine is actually quite suitable, a little bit more suitable than the Fujian Railway of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of barter, he only needs to use [-] catties of raw silk to exchange for these two shipments of copper mines, which is a huge profit.

And Matsudaira Uno also felt that they were making a lot of money. They stored the raw silk, and after the peak silk production period, one or two months later, they could double the sales.

Ding Yi then discussed the details with him.

Songping Haiye brought [-] catties of iron and [-] catties of sulfur with him.

The price of iron material is 450 taels of silver, sulfur is 250 taels of silver, and all goods of Matsudaira Uno are 2700 taels of silver.

It sounds like Matsudaira didn't make much money, it's only for four ships of goods?

But he is not a businessman, he is mainly in charge of Yinshan’s business. These things are accessories produced by Yinshan. If they are sold, they will belong to them and the shogunate themselves. Earn your own money, of course, for nothing.

Ding Yi directly calculated 3000 silver.

Fold a thousand catties of raw silk.

Uno Matsudaira was overjoyed.

He got a thousand catties of raw silk, and sold it after a month or two. At least double it, and he could get 6000 taels.

So these few boats earned 6000 taels.

Regardless of the lack of money, Ding Yi came from the Ming Dynasty after several months of preparation.

And he is in Japan every day, and Iwami Yinzan has several shipments coming out to sell here every few days.

So he makes money faster and easier than Ding Yi, otherwise how could his predecessor Okubo Chang'an make Tokugawa Ieyasu jealous because he made too much money.

Like Matsudaira Uno, who sells five times a month, and earns 5000 taels if he counts less, and picks 5 taels for nothing a year.

All the materials are supplementary materials excavated near Yinshan, which are divided into 2 or [-]% with the shogunate, and there can be more than [-].

Compared with Ding Yi and the others working hard to run the sea merchants, it is really a hundred times easier.

Matsudaira Uno was very happy, Ding Yi brought [-] catties of raw silk and [-] catties of silk fabrics.

When will the one thousand and one thousand be sold?
At that moment, he asked Matsudaira Uno to buy flint and nitrate, both of which were very suitable. Matsudaira Uno said, you wait for ten days, and I will send you a ship of each. (Anyway, public ones are worthless.)
Ding Yi was overjoyed, and asked again, who else wants a lot of raw silk?You sell it for me, and I give you a discount.

What is a discount?Matsudaira Uno was inexplicable, and then said that the shogunate actually needs a lot of raw silk and silk fabrics every year, but there are other people who are responsible for the purchase. I can ask for you. The price direction is probably not as high as mine.

The person in charge of the purchase was called Tomita Takawa, a small local official with a small official but great power.

Ding Yi said decisively: "You take me there."

It's about two o'clock in the afternoon.

Matsudaira Unano and Ding Yi came to an official building near the Maritime Trade Office.

It turned out that this was the business point of the shogunate in Hirado, which was equivalent to an office.

The main task is to shop for the shogunate and collect taxes.

Silver mines like Matsudaira Uno sell a lot of silver and must pass here and collect taxes.

When they arrived, there were many merchants from the Ming Dynasty and foreign countries.

Ding Yi had sharp eyes, and when he entered, he saw a foreigner with a telescope hanging from his waist.

This thing, Zheng Zhilong gave him one last time, and he is handing it over to the craftsmen for research.

Immediately signal Ruan Siqing to pay attention to this foreigner.

(End of this chapter)