Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 581
The two handed over their horses to their attendants, and when they came to the restaurant, the bartender enthusiastically invited them to the second floor. Fortunately, they found a seat by the window. Fan Ning looked diagonally across at the bustling Zhang Gurouge shop, yes Cao Shi laughed and said, "Why don't you buy some soap for the lady to take back?"

"I've already bought it. I bought it before going to the Daxiangguo Temple. There were not many people at that time."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Speaking of which, this soap was made in my fourth uncle's workshop. I have never seen what it looks like!"

"It's easy!"

Cao Shi ordered his entourage to say a few words, and the entourage ran down immediately. After a while, they brought a paper bag and handed it to Cao Shi.

Cao Shi took out a beautiful elongated red lacquer box from the box, and handed it to Fan Ning with a smile, "Zhang Gurouge is covered with members of the Cao family, and this box is for you."

Fan Ning took the vermilion box, only to see a line of Liu Yong's poem written on it: the eyebrows are beautiful and beautiful, and the green temples are full of spring smoke.

Below are the four gold characters of "made in Yugufang".

Fan Ning looked at the box, then shook his head and said, "It's actually ebony wood. It looks like this box of soap won't be cheap. How much is a box?"

"Let's talk after you read it!"

Fan Ning opened the box, and the inside was divided into six squares with fine wood chips, covered with golden satin, on which were placed six small pieces of soap, red, yellow, white, green, blue, purple, six colors, each piece was crystal clear and delicate , Just like a beautiful jade, Fan Ning leaned closer and smelled it again, the scents were different, even the precious ambergris.

"Well done!" Fanning praised.

"This box is called Jinyu Mantang, and it costs 30 taels of silver. Three thousand boxes were shipped to the capital, and they were all robbed."

Fan Ning was dumbfounded when he heard that, each piece of soap was sold out at five taels of silver, do they know how much it cost?I'm afraid I don't have fifty cents, a hundred times the huge profits!When did fourth uncle become so black-hearted.

"Are there any cheaper ones?"

"Have!"

Cao Shi pointed to the people who were rushing to buy and said, "Now it's called Golden Boy and Jade Girl, a piece of red soap and a piece of white soap, in an ordinary wooden box, with sandalwood fragrance, and it only costs two pennies."

Fan Ning shook his head. Two pennies are still too expensive. Once this kind of production technology spreads, it may soon drop to one hundred cents.

At this time, two bartenders brought the food and drinks, Fan Ning put the soap aside, poured a glass of wine for Cao Shi and asked with a smile, "How is the situation in the island?"

Cao Shi smiled and said: "It can be said that it can be described as ice and fire. Almost no one bought the southern mainland and the Southeast Asian islands, but the Luzon islands were snapped up. As far as I know, there are already more than 130 islands. After paying money to buy the island, the price has risen. The most expensive one is Xingdao. There are more than 40 people vying for it. Finally, it has risen to 20 taels of silver per hectare. It was won, and the price increased twenty-fold."

"and then?"

"The second is Ziyan Island. Fourteen dignitaries snapped it up, and the Shi family will most likely take it at a price of 10 taels of silver plus [-] hectares of fertile land in the Song Dynasty."

Fan Ning quickly calculated an account in his mind. The good land in the Song Dynasty was calculated at five taels of silver per mu. One thousand hectares of land was 50 taels of silver, plus one hundred thousand cash, the total price was 60 taels of silver. It is twice the size of Xingdao, but the area is five times that of Xingdao, so it has increased by eight times.

"Then did you buy it at the reserve price?"

"Yes! Huangtie Island is that. The copper and gold mines on it were mined by the imperial court. Only the Han family was willing to buy it. They bought the island at a price of 12 taels of silver, which is considered the reserve price."

The Han family is the family of Han Zhongyun, the founding hero, and has always been relatively low-key. The Han family probably bought Huang Tie Island because of its agricultural value.

Cao Shi couldn't help laughing and said: "Nowadays, the rich and powerful in the capital are talking about buying islands when they meet. What kind of islands did they buy? If someone said that someone didn't buy an island overseas, everyone would look contemptuous. To save face, I joined the ranks of Overseas Land.”

"What about the Cao family and the Gao family?"

Fan Ning asked again with a smile: "How far has the island purchase progressed?"

Cao Shi sighed, "Our two families are negotiating with the imperial court. The imperial court offered 15 taels of gold. We want to push it down to 10 taels of gold, but it is estimated that we can only pay back 12 taels of gold."

The area of ​​South Island and North Island was reported by Fan Ning to the imperial court, and the size is the same as that of Luzon Island. In fact, the area of ​​South Island is equivalent to one and a half of Luzon Island, and the imperial court will not measure it, just according to Luzon Island. The area was quoted to them. Because of the remoteness of the area, the imperial court gave them a [-]% discount. This is the imperial court's bottom line.

Although Fan Ning is also a purchaser of the island, he must not go too far, especially for the North Island. He must try to be as accurate as possible, and he does not want to be caught because of this matter. In terms of area, he put a little water in, which is a favor to Cao Gao's family.

"For 12 taels of gold, Cao Gao's family will each pay 6 taels, so they should be able to get it out!"

Cao Shi nodded, "Both of our families made a fortune from gold panning in Kunzhou, so it's not a big problem, and both of our families are going to take out 3 hectares of land to offset, and each family can offset another [-] taels of gold. "

"How do you calculate the land offset? Isn't it one to ten?"

Cao Shi shook her head like a rattle drum, "One to ten is too unreasonable. The land in the Song Dynasty is all Shangtian, but there are mountains and deserts on the island. Everyone strongly opposes it. Later, the imperial court made concessions, and the land in the Song Dynasty was discounted at the current price. For 30% reduction, ten taels of silver for an acre of land, and then three taels, a thousand hectares of land is [-] taels of silver, so many people don’t have to pay, and they can directly exchange overseas islands with the fertile land of the Song Dynasty.”

So that's the case, Fan Ning nodded and asked again: "Then when do you two plan to sign the contract?"

"It hasn't been confirmed yet. If the price can't be negotiated, my father and Gao Zunfu plan to sign an agreement with the court to purchase the island in the near future."

Fan Ning said indifferently: "This kind of thing has long nights and dreams. I suggest you sign the contract as soon as possible."

"It makes sense! I'll tell my father when I get back."

After lunch, Fan Ning found an urgent courier and packed the golden soap box to Ying Tianfu's younger sister.

Back at Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion, the East Inner Court of Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion had been given to him as Fan Ning's foothold in the capital.

At the door, Fan Ning met Zhu Jie. Zhu Jie is indeed a very capable woman. After she lost her husband, she did not remarry. A daughter, after negotiating with her husband's family, the husband's family agreed that the child's mother's surname would be Zhu, who was only 16 years old. Zhu Yuanfeng intended to betroth her to Fan Ning's cousin Lu Min. Fan Ning also felt that this marriage was good and could protect Fan Zhu. The bond between the two.

"A'Ning, when did you come back?" Zhu Jie asked in surprise.

"I came back in the morning, met friends outside at noon, and had a few drinks."

"Oh! Your third grandfather went to Jingkou Shipyard."

Fan Ning nodded, "I met the third grandfather, and he has a letter for me to forward to you."

Fan Ning took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Jie. Zhu Jie opened the letter, read it, nodded and said, "I see, let's go in and sit for a while!"

Fan Ning followed Zhu Jie into the lobby and sat down. Zhu Jie smiled and said, "Father asked me to transfer the gold and land to you in the letter. Have you taken care of the island?"

After discussing with Zhu Xiaolin, Zhu Yuanfeng and Zhu Xiaolin decided that the Zhu family would bear half of the cost of purchasing the island, that is, 4 taels of gold. The land is worth 1 taels of gold.

Fan Ning nodded, "There is no problem with the island. The agreement to purchase the island will be signed in these two days, and I will sign it with the imperial court."

"Then when do you plan to relocate the people there?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "Let's make all kinds of preparations in the past two years!"

Zhu Jie smiled and said, "Are you worried that no one will respond to us?"

Fan Ning nodded, there is indeed this factor.

Zhu Jie continued: "Actually, the Zhu family can mobilize about [-] households to move southward. If we offer favorable conditions, I think there are still many people willing to follow us southward. The first batch of [-] households will be fine."

Fan Ning walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Even if someone wants to leave, they have to wait until the city is built first. I plan to apply to the imperial court to borrow 35 soldiers and recruit [-] laborers from Japan to build the city. It takes a year to build a city. It takes about [-] taels of silver a year to build the city and build houses and other expenses."

"No problem, we will fully support you in terms of money!"

(End of this chapter)