The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 408

Tranquility returned to the room.

Mrs. Xu lay weakly on Ding Yi's shoulders, her legs were spread apart, and she sat on Ding Yi's body. She didn't even think that she would become like this.

Whenever afterwards, she would hate herself for being immoral.

But when the storm comes, there is an inexplicable expectation.

Actually, I am not such a woman, she thought silently in her heart.

But seeing himself sitting on Ding Yi and leaning on his shoulders, he couldn't be confident.

At this time, Ding Yi was gently stroking her back, trying to calm her down slowly.

He said softly: "Don't blame me for being rude, I miss you so much."

"It's been more than two years, and every day of my life feels like a year."

"General Ding, don't say nice things." Mrs. Xu's expression was slowly indifferent. She stood up slowly, landed her feet carefully, then turned around and tidied herself seriously.

With her back facing Ding Yi, her body became straight again, very imposing, as if she had changed completely from the meekness just now.

"Let's talk about something serious, this time you came here, you definitely didn't just want to bully me." Mrs. Xu said angrily.

I haven't been here for more than two years. Who will believe you?
Of course I didn't just want to bully you a little bit, I wanted to bully you a lot. It was hard for Ding Yi to say that, but he was thick-skinned, smiled brightly, stood up and started to tidy up.

"Believe it or not, I really miss you." He emphasized again.

You miss my body, Mrs. Xu blushed slightly, she was embarrassed to say this.

She rolled her eyes at Ding Yi, quickly tidied herself up, and sat on the side again solemnly.

Ding Yi had no choice but to think for a while and said, "There are three things I want to discuss with you this time."

"En." Mrs. Xu listened carefully, she looked at Ding Yi intently, and found that Ding Yi was very special when he spoke seriously.

He has a confident face, and he speaks slowly, as if others cannot hear clearly, but he utters every word clearly.

But Mrs. Xu has a feeling that when he speaks seriously, you'd better not believe it.

"The first thing is that I - miss you very much." Ding Yi said it again in an unbelievable tone.

"..." Mrs. Xu bit her lips, not knowing what to say, Ding Yi had a very serious expression on her face, as if she was about to say something important, but suddenly this sentence popped up.

But women are so strange, knowing that Ding Yi may be talking nonsense, Mrs. Xu is still happy.

"The second thing is for Siqing and Miaozhu's marriage. They are not young anymore. I think it's best to arrange their marriage this time and let Miaozhu live in Lushun."

"So urgent?" Mrs. Xu's expression changed slightly.

"Miao Zhu too." Ding Yi said lightly.

Mrs. Xu nodded, Xu Miaozhu is not young, but the Xu family is a big family in Songjiang, and getting married is not that simple.

"I mean, keep everything simple and don't show off." Ding Yi continued: "Siqing is the chief executive of the imperial court, and the Xu family is a wealthy family in Songjiang."

"Everyone's eyes are on."

"Let's call some relatives at home and simply hold a meeting at Xu's house."

"Let us in Lushun give you 800 taels of silver, 880 taels of gold, ten high-quality ginseng plants, a bucket of Dongzhu, and two boxes of Japanese handicrafts."

Mrs. Xu's face changed slightly when she heard this. Ding Yi made such a generous move, how could the Xu family's dowry be less?

Then Ding Yi said that he had opened up the business line to Japan and North Korea, and he still wanted to negotiate business with the Dutch. He thought that Xu's raw silk would be sold to him only in the future, and the price would remain the same.

Mrs. Xu was shocked again, can you eat it?

Xu’s annual production of raw silk is about 8 to 10 catties, and there are about [-] finished products. Songjiang has a special production of finished silk. Like Xu’s, they are all processed by others and then sold back.

The Xu family usually sells raw silk first every year, and then sells the finished silk if it cannot be sold.

"Why not sell them all as finished products?" Ding Yi asked.

"It's inconvenient for the Lin family to specialize in this." Mrs. Xu sighed.

Moreover, they have been working for several years, and they have machines and skilled workers. If you let the Xu family do this suddenly, they will not be able to do it.

Everyone eats a bowl of rice, which is very good.

Ding Yi's problem now is that Japan and the Netherlands are both, and they don't all want raw silk. You always sell raw silk, and they can't collect so much, so they need finished products.

Madam Xu said in a deep voice at this time: "In business, every line of business has its own rules."

"For so many years, the bosses who have cooperated with our Xu family have taken our raw silk."

"Now you suddenly want to eat alone, and you take it all?"

When Madam Xu said this, she said decisively: "It's not impossible, but can you guarantee that in the future, you can eat all the raw silk products of our Xu family?"

"Once you can't eat, if I want to find these bosses again, no one will pay any attention to us, and the reputation of our Xu family has long since disappeared."

"You and I are already a family." Ding Yi said softly, "I will definitely sell these quantities."

He now sells it in Japan and North Korea, and then contacts the Dutch to sell it to Southeast Asia and Europe.

The four lines sell about [-] catties of raw silk a year, and there is no problem at all.

At this time in history, Japan has a population of 1500-2000 million, which is equivalent to the sum of Europe. It consumes 450000 catties of raw silk every year, and its domestic production is about half.

That is to say, 22 raw silk needs to be imported from outside.

And because Japan's handicraft industry is underdeveloped, and the annual demand for silk is about 40 pieces,

During the same period, about 20 pieces of silk were sold to Europe every year. The number of raw silk is unknown. Considering that the population of Europe is similar to that of Japan in the same period, and no silk was produced, it can be estimated to be half of it, about [-] catties. (Because of the distance, the risk is high)
The sum of other small countries in Nanyang is estimated to be tens of thousands of catties.

In this way, the combined demand from all over the world is quite high, with 50 catties of raw silk and 50 bolts of silk being the least.

But Ding Yi didn't know how much the Ming Dynasty produced. Even if it didn't have so much production, he got the raw silk from Xu's family, whether it was raw silk or silk, there were ways to sell it.

Only the shogunate and Matsuga in Japan can't eat so much. They can be sold in Europe, or traded with other daimyo lords in Japan.

He is very famous in Japan now, as long as he uses the excuse of selling guns and cannons, he can completely defeat other Ming merchants and make all the big names snap up his goods.

His current opponents are other silk merchants.

Zheng Zhilong often did this in the early stage, and in the later stage, he has already made a lot of money just by charging fees. His maritime trade is basically helping others.

For example, in history, we helped the Dutch buy silk, and helped the Japanese buy raw silk and tea.

Ding Yi is very sure that he can sell, as long as he doesn't fall out with Zheng Zhilong.

Mrs. Xu thought about it for a while, then said: "The money and the goods are cleared?"

"It must be cleared up." Ding Yi said: "Will it make you lose money?"

On that day, Ding Yi and the Xu family agreed that the raw silk of the Xu family would only be sold to Ding Yi in the future, at 85 taels per hundred catties, regardless of price fluctuations.

Everyone in the Xu family is satisfied with this price.

At this time, the price of raw silk is mostly 50 taels/[-] catties.

Occasional spikes, but not huge.

Ding Yi offered 85 taels/[-] catties, which is considered a high price, and the highest price wins. The Xu family said that they have nothing to do with this and other cooperative merchants.

Ding Yi uses volume, through a large volume and low price, to achieve the goal of making a lot of money.

This requires a good sales channel. Once the channel is lost, his trick is completely useless.

(End of this chapter)