Chapter 1417 The Golden Clan, the Best Trading Partner!
"The chief has an order! It has been confirmed that the team on the other side is here to trade! The front row lowered their weapons, and the vanguard guards retreated to the bottom of the boat to rest! ... That's right! The chief asked the Ainu tribe to retreat half a mile back, and then Sit down and take a rest. Their formation is completely messed up. The leader of the team needs to teach them a lesson! But they are much better than last time..."
"The Kudo family has given the order! Dismount the Yabusuri horse to reorganize, and the spear samurai rest where you are!..."
The two armies kept a safe distance and faced off for a long time. When they saw that they could not fight, they both put down their weapons. Confrontation in front of the formation is very exhausting, and confrontation in armor is even more so. It's just that both sides are still wary at the moment, and it's impossible to let the sergeant take off his armor. Messengers are constantly going back and forth on both sides of the river, increasing communication and mutual trust between the leaders of both sides.
"Blessed by Hachiman Bodhisattva! The group of heavily armored Shanta warriors finally retreated! The pressure these thirty people brought to me was much stronger than the three hundred Anton flags! It was just like the legendary picture book, Chengdu A group of ghost warriors are just as terrifying! Oh, Shan Tao’s ghost warriors..."
The Kudo family sat on the horse, and their backs could finally relax. His vigilant eyes were always chasing the group of heavily armored archers on the hillside to the galley team further behind. He was very sure that this was a new team of heavily armored warriors brought out by Chief Shantao!
Each of them is as tall as an iron tower, and they have never appeared in last year's battle. There are also those tall Jurchen horses, each of which is as good as the head of the family's mount. The terrifying fighting power of these Iron Tower Warriors can be glimpsed from their ferocious tiger-like aura. He definitely doesn't want to try it himself! …
"Gods and Buddhas! The power shown by this Shantao tribe is becoming more and more powerful! What else is hidden behind them? Is this an extraordinarily powerful Yuan Kou tribe, or an alliance of many tribes? ... "
The elder Kudo fell into deep thought. He was vaguely aware of the growth of the power of this "golden clan" and the relationship between this growth and the "gold trade". Just like the large armor on those Iron Tower Warriors, it always gives him a familiar Japanese style, much like it was transformed from the iron armor that was traded in the past. The "gold trade" of the Oyizaki family is like feeding a young tiger. Once the tiger grows up, the strengths of the two parties are no longer equal...
"O Great Bodhisattva Hachiman! The Oyizaki clan must grow in strength as soon as possible! This family must annex Matsumae as soon as possible and completely control the land of Kazuto. The sooner the better!"
"Owner! This is a return gift from Chief Shantao!..."
"Huh? This weight? This is?..."
On the Benzai merchant ship, Morino Kiyoshi took the exquisite wooden box and opened it, and a shining golden light came into view. Two pieces of gold, weighing a full kilogram, were placed proudly on his cassock and cassock, as well as a piece of bark letter paper. The handwriting on this letter paper seemed to be written with a rare quill pen, and was very thin.
The handwriting that curves like a picture also looks very special. Most of it is in Chinese, and there are also some pictographic variants spelled out in simple radicals, so you can roughly guess the meaning. Although this kind of writing is based on Chinese characters, it is not like the regular script, cursive script or official script he has been exposed to before. Instead, it has a more ancient flavor...
"The gift will be calculated in return. I'll give you two talisman gold nuggets...huh? What does this say?..."
After studying it carefully for a while, Morino Kiyoshi discovered that this Shantao reply was actually written horizontally from left to right, with commas to help break sentences. The wording of the other party's reply was also very plain and clear at a glance.
"Two gold talismans, given to you. Considered as a return gift..."
“I don’t want this field-patterned silk dress!…”
"Your letter is messy and I can't understand it. Write better next time!"
Seeing this, Morino Kiyoshi touched his chin. The chief Shantao of this "Golden Clan" seems to have some inherited culture, but not much? And the other party's gift in return was really heartfelt and refreshing, and it was like two pounds of gold in one move!
You must know that although the two silk costumes are high-quality products produced locally in Shancheng Country, as a local wealthy businessman, the cost of purchasing them directly from the workshop was less than 4 taels of gold. And the return gift of these two pounds and 32 taels is a full eight times! What a huge profit! …This “golden clan” really lives up to its name! The most of them should be...
"God bless... I've seen the catalog. I want them all! At the last price!"
"Trading by the river. Deliver with one hand, gold with the other!"
"Huh? This strange word? Is it the bird pattern on the back of the golden charm?..."
Morinoqing's eyes moved, and he first looked at the strange "hummingbird picture and text" that represented the main god. Although he didn't recognize this new Mexica word, which meant "Lord God," he had seen it many times behind those golden symbols. This seems to be the totem of the Shantao tribe? Could it be the "condor" that Yuan Kou believed in? …
Then, his pupils shrank and he looked surprised.
"Really want it all?! If you add up all this batch of goods, there will be dozens or hundreds of kilograms of gold! Shantar people... no, the Golden Clan, can they really take it out? It's not easy to get credit! ... And The selling price of this batch of goods, minus the cost, is double, no, triple the profit!…”
Thinking of this, Morino Qing's heart was ups and downs. He looked at the Shanta Chief on the opposite galley, as if he saw the "Buddha" covered in golden light. "Buddha" Zuvalo smiled, nodded to him, pointed to the long river, and said a brief Nahua language. Although Morino Kiyoshi couldn't hear the other person's words or understand the other person's mouth shape, he instantly understood the meaning of this sentence!
"Buddha is here, he has enough gold!..."
"Xiang Erlang!..."
"Owner?..."
"Start trading! First trade the two ships of cattle and horses! Then trade the ship of craftsmen! Then trade the ship of rice, and finally trade the ship of tea, wine, salt, iron pots, weapons and armor!..."
"Yes! Owner!..."
Soon, the neighing of a large group of cattle and horses and the shouting of warriors from both sides were heard by the winding river. Whenever a warrior of the kingdom led two cattle or three horses, he would give Xiang Erlang a gold talisman! And after the trading of four male buffaloes, twenty female buffaloes, and thirty mares, there were a full twenty-two gold talismans, twenty-two kilograms of gold!
After the trading of the two ships of cattle and horses was completed, the warriors of the kingdom were all smiling. Especially those short mares, which made the warriors extra careful. Because every additional mare can give birth to an extra foal every year. And as long as the herd of horses multiplies and grows, each of their warriors can become a mounted infantry, or even a cavalry!
"Buddha... Buddha! Twenty-two kilograms and eight ounces of gold? According to 1 kilogram of gold and 90 copper coins, that's two thousand and twenty-five coins?! Two thousand coins are... on my back?!..."
At this moment, the twenty-two kilograms of gold directly bent Xiang Erlang's back. He trembled all over and stuttered. Just in case, he looked at the opposite side vigilantly, and hurried back to the boat, and put the "back bag" filled with gold in front of the owner of Morino Kiyoshi!
"Owner! Two ships of cattle and horses, 24 cattle and 30 horses, sold for 22 jin and 8 liang of gold! These Shantar gold tokens are very heavy, some even have more... This is really the most generous trading partner, much more generous than the big merchant groups in Sakai Port!..."
"Yes! I saw it all!... Does the Ando family elder know this weight?"
"He only knows it's 22 jin."
"Then let's calculate it as 22 jin! What is our cost?..."
"Ah, each Omi oxen purchases 12 kan , 10 kan for each Mutsu mare. Including the cattle and horses handed over to the Kakizaki clan, this time the purchase is large and the price is relatively low... The total cost is 588 kan, about 6 jin and 5 liang of gold, and the net profit is about 30% of the cost! ..."
"Well... Xiang Jilang, calculate according to the market price of Mutsu. We have to give the Kakizaki clan 'half' of the dividends, and the agreed with them is all 'market price'."
"Yes! Owner, I understand! ..."
Xiang Jilang bowed quickly and demonstrated his abacus skills again. As a merchant from the three countries in East Asia, if he can't even do abacus, then he will only be a low-level apprentice or hand agent for his whole life. As for the level of Central American merchants who weigh gold by kilograms and pack spices by bags, Xiang Jilang has never heard of it, let alone imagined it! …
"According to the market price, Omi beef is 15 kan per head, and Mutsu mare is also 15 kan... That is 810 kan, which is converted into 9 jin of gold! And based on the income of 22 jin of gold, the net profit of 13 jin, half of which is distributed to the Kakizaki clan... That is 6 jin 8 taels!..."
"Well, the income is 22 jin 8 taels, the cost is 6 jin 5 taels, the dividend is 6 jin 8 taels, and the net income is 9 jin 11 taels... The dividend distributed to the Kakizaki clan is still a little bit too much! But it doesn't matter, most of these dividends will be converted into the transported materials, and then delivered to the Kakizaki clan, and they can still get another 30% profit!..."
As the owner of the rice house, Morino Kiyoshi's mental arithmetic is naturally better than Xiang Jilang. In just a few breaths, he calculated the pure profit of the rice house in this trade. Then, his shining eyes stared at the box of golden talismans that were shining brightly, as if in an instant, he was also covered by infinite golden light!
"The golden light of the Buddha! With this calculation, the gold trade with the Shantaars, even if the extra power of gold in my hands is not counted, even if it is just the value of gold itself!... is a 20% net profit!"
"And if the leverage effect, reputation effect, gift effect, and market development effect of gold are added, the potential return that this 'Shantaar trade' can bring in the future... must at least double, a full 60% return!"
After calculating all this, Morino Kiyoshi suddenly raised his head and bowed deeply in the direction of Zuwaro for ten full breaths. After successfully attracting Zuwaro's attention, he straightened his clothes, pointed to the riverside of the transaction, and smiled calmly.
"Xiang Jilang! Bring two monks and get off the boat with me!... I will personally introduce the Kinki craftsmen on the third ship to the respected Golden Clan, to my best trading partner, the Mongolian chieftain from the north!..."