Chapter 797 Seeking Cooperation
As soon as Huangfu Chaobo's fleet docked, it was immediately surrounded by the noble families and merchants from all over Jiangdong who had already heard the news and rushed over. The main attraction was that there were hundreds of excellent war horses on the ship.
Huangfu Chaobo did not pay much attention to the caravan. He had already handed it over to a caravan manager sent by the Mi family. He brought Jia Jing and Dian Wei to Dantu City quietly. This was their first time to enter the city in Jiangnan.
Unlike the northern city where he lived all year round, the city in Jiangdong was also full of ditches. Walking on the streets of Danyang, you can see players walking hurriedly everywhere. The players here are different from those in the north. Many of them are wearing silk clothes unique to the south. It can be seen that they are all life players.
The south is different from the north. The south has sufficient food and rich fishery resources. In addition, Jiangnan can grow mulberry and raise silkworms, and is far away from the war in the Central Plains. Therefore, overall, the stability of players and NPCs is much higher than that in the north.
Another point is that the shipbuilding industry in the south is extremely developed. Many player territories are developing the shipbuilding industry, while ordinary players are going out to sea to explore by purchasing ships, which also promotes the development of Jiangdong's shipbuilding industry.
Although at present, high-end shipbuilding is still in the hands of the family and the government, the low-end shipbuilding has developed very well under the full impact of the players. Huangfu Chaobo believes that in the future, it will only take a few years for players to master the manufacture of more advanced ships.
Along the way, not only players come and go, but also many barbarian warriors wearing animal skins can be seen from time to time. Most of them are warriors recruited and trained by players.
At the end of the day, Huangfu Chaobo took Jia Jing to visit Danyang City roughly. Until it was dark, the group of people left the city before the city gate was closed and returned to their own building ship at the dock outside the city to rest.
Back on the ship, after dinner, Huangfu Chaobo was about to rest, but heard someone outside the ship asking for a meeting.
"My Lord, Shopkeeper Mi wants to see you!"
Huangfu Chaobo was stunned. Shopkeeper Mi was Mi Fu, the leader of the Gao team. He was originally from the Mi family and one of the most capable shopkeepers of the Mi family business. At this time, Mi Zhu sent him to take charge of the entire caravan after obtaining Huangfu Chaobo's consent.
As early as when he boarded the ship in Qingzhou, Huangfu Chaobo had already made it clear that he would give all the affairs of the caravan to Mi Fu, and he would not show up himself. So when he arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it was him who came forward to collude with Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou. After the fleet docked, he was responsible for the sale of goods and the purchase of grain for the caravan.
I didn't expect that he would suddenly ask for an interview at this time. Is there something he can't handle? You must know that the Mi family represents the Andong General's Mansion. The princes of the world generally have to give some face, even the Cao and Yuan families, because the smooth flow of trade routes is related to the economy under their rule, and they will not kill the caravan.
What's more, Jiangdong has no conflict of interest with General Andong's Mansion, so there is no reason to embarrass him. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo ordered him to come in.
After a while, Mi Fu entered the ship's hold and bowed deeply, saying: "Old servant greets the Marquis!"
For these old clansmen of the Mi family, they all regarded themselves as Huangfu Chaobo's slaves, so they also called themselves servants when they met.
Huangfu Chaobo nodded and said: "Get up, what's the matter?"
"It's like this," Mi Fu stood up and answered respectfully: "Today, the old servant met with the people of the Gu family. They handed over a message and said that if possible, they hope to meet with the person in charge. Their purpose is to cooperate with us and monopolize the war horse business of General Andong's Mansion in Jiangnan. The old servant cannot make the decision, so I came to ask the Marquis for instructions."
Huangfu Chaobo heard the meaning of his words. The Gu family wanted to do not only Jiangdong, but also the entire Yangtze River Basin in Jingzhou and Yizhou.
"Hehe... His Gu family has a big appetite, and wants to monopolize the entire Jiangnan business. In your opinion, can his Gu family take it?" "In my opinion, it is probably difficult for his Gu family to take it, but from the tone of the visitor, there should be other families joining in. In this way, it should not be difficult to take over the war horses in the entire Jiangnan. Moreover, they mean that they can take at least 10,000 horses a year." Huangfu Chaobo was also surprised when he heard it. Five thousand horses a year, according to the price of a level 40 war horse, the official price in Youzhou is about 12,000 coppers. In Luoyang and the Central Plains, the price is basically 20,000 coppers. If it reaches Jiangnan, the price will at least double, that is, 60,000 coppers. You know, nowadays, there are only a few places in the world where war horses are sold, Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou. Except for the Ma and Han families, the war horses in Liangzhou are basically consumed by the Western Liang Army themselves. Lü Bu of Bingzhou didn't sell many war horses to the outside world, so except for Huangfu Chaobo of Youzhou, there were basically not many war horses sold to the outside world in other places.
In addition, due to the continuous wars in the Central Plains, war horses became strategic materials that were prohibited from leaving the country by various princes, so there were basically no war horses to buy in Jiangdong and Jingnan, so the price was ridiculously high.
Ten thousand horses a year, that is, 60,000 gold. If you purchase grain from Jiangdong, one catty of grain is five coppers, and one stone is 500 coppers. These 60,000 gold can buy 1.2 million stones of grain.
Of course, since they are agents, they will definitely not be able to sell at this price, but at least they can sell for 20,000 to 30,000 coppers per horse. If calculated in this way, there are also hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, and this also saves the trouble of the An Dong army caravan to purchase by themselves, which can be said to be more cost-effective.
Another point is that the strong dragon cannot suppress the local snake. The An Dong army went south to Jiangdong to seek wealth, not to make enemies, so it is necessary to find a suitable partner in Jiangdong.
Huangfu Chaobo stood in the ship's hold and looked at Danyang City a few miles away from the window. He saw that the lights were bright over there, and it looked really lively. After thinking for a moment, he turned to Mi Fu and said, "You arrange it and give them a hint. Just say that we will arrange important people to discuss cooperation with them, and let them send someone who can make the decision."
Mi Fu agreed and gently retreated.
The next day, Huangfu Chaobo did not leave the building ship, but waited for the Gu family on the ship. At 9:00 p.m., Mi Fu came to report that the Gu family had arrived at the dock. Huangfu Chaobo immediately asked someone to invite the people on board.