Chapter 183: The temptation of wool, mutual market and mutual benefit

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "The benefits of the frontier are greater than those of velvet and brown felt fur. The people of the country are engaged in animal husbandry. Cattle and sheep are worth millions, and their livestock is the bread of the frontier. It is better to shear some hairs, grazing on the spot, and selling wool on the spot to me. And the food can be provided by our Shanxi Town. The Mongolians are not good at farming, and the Hans are not good at pastoralism. The two sides cooperate and benefit each other. If your subordinates do not work, they can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Isn't that better?"

In Huang Laifu's plan, the grasslands in the border are suitable for land grabbing and raising sheep. If they cooperate with the grassland, on the one hand, they can continuously provide the wool raw materials and other materials needed by Wuzhaibao, and on the other hand, they can control the grassland economically, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The Wuzhaibao Wool Spinning Factory started its store in the 18th year of Wanli. Due to its popularity, the supply has been in short supply. The annual profit has expanded rapidly from more than 10,000 taels in the 18th year of Wanli to nearly 200,000 taels now. The huge demand for wool has also increased a lot of wool prices around Wuzhaibao.

The merchant Soli, whose huge profits have caused more and more Shanxi merchants to go out to the frontier to buy wool, but they inevitably caused various market chaos and serious tax evasion. Many taxes in Huang Laifu were not raised, and cooperation with the grassland outside the frontier was put on Huang Laifu's agenda.

After hearing Huang Laifu say this, the tribe leaders of the Altan tribes present were really moved. The third lady said, "Huang Junmen, can you really make a profit in this mere wool thing?"

The Altan tribe also had trade with the Ming Dynasty, but most of the transactions were whole cows, horses and other things. Even if they usually collected some ponytails and fur, they were still a few. Although some Shanxi merchants have been going out to the frontier and purchased wool in the past two years, due to the small amount and the problem of concepts, this situation has not yet entered the eyes of San Niangzi and others.

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "My wife doesn't know that the wool goods in Wuzhai Fort are very popular in various places in the Ming Dynasty. The military fort prefectures and counties around Wuzhai Fort also make a lot of profits because of the acquisition of wool from Wuzhai Fort. If your department cooperates with me, it will definitely be profitable and profitable."

He looked at the four sides of the hall and saw some tribe leaders wearing woolen wool fabric clothes produced by Wuzhaibao, and some chair cushions were also placed with cashmere products produced by Wuzhaibao. He smiled and said, "Are you not the wife's mansion, there are many wool products produced by Wuzhaibao? It can be seen how popular the wool products of Wuzhaibao are!"

He continued: "Madam, think about it, each sheep can get at least 30 kilograms of wool every year, which is about five cents, tens of 10,000, thousands of 10,000, and tens of 100,000, and tens of 100,000, and tens of 100,000, and tens of 100,000, and tens of 100,000 taels of white silver. A million, is even more amazing. There are also sheep manure, mutton and other things that can be sold for money, right? Madam, don't underestimate these wools, this is a huge wealth!"

In the mainland of Ming Dynasty, the market price of 30 kilograms of wool was about 2 taels of silver, and Huang Laifu lowered the price to 5 cents. Calculate the huge purchase volume and freight costs, the price is also reasonable. However, even so, if you make a profit, Altan's department can make a lot of money.

Sure enough, when Huang Laifu said this, everyone present was very excited. It turned out that in everyone's hearts, wool and other things were very valuable things, usually piled up there and rotten, but they didn't expect that they could exchange for so much money.

The wool of 100,000 sheep can be exchanged for 10,000 taels of white silver. What a fortune this is in the grassland. In which tribe, which casually does not have 100,000 sheep? For a moment, everyone felt a very heartbeat, and everyone's eyes emitted light, and they were talking in surprise. The hall was immediately as lively as a pot of porridge.

The third lady was also very excited. There were hundreds of thousands of sheep in her directly under her tribe. If all these wool were sold, how much could she earn? And Huang Laifu just said that if their Mongolian tribes do not farm, they can buy food that they lack from Huang Laifu. If the two parties cooperate, it will be mutually beneficial.

Thinking of this, the third lady said to Huang Laifu with a smile on her face: "What the Han Meng family, Huang Junmen said, is really about my heart. It is true that the two sides can cooperate, which is mutually beneficial, but..."

She remembered something and said, "It's just that after the wool is cut off, how will the two sides trade with each other? You must know that there is no place for trading between the Celestial Empire and our department in Shanxi Town."

Since the Longqing period, the Ming Dynasty and the grassland departments opened trade. By the Wanli period, there were ten places on the market for each other, including Desheng Fort, Xinping Fort and Shoukou Fort in Datong Town, Zhangjiakou Fort in Xuanfu Town, Liaodong Town, and Yansui Town. However, in Shanxi Town, there was no place for trading between merchants and traded, and they had to go to other border towns. It was extremely inconvenient, especially in the context of a large number of wool transactions.

Therefore, it is imperative to open an official market in Shanxi Town. Huang Laifu's ideal place is Shuiquanying Fort. In this place, in addition to the official market, Huang Laifu may also allow private markets, but under strict management, prohibited items and tax evasion, which is something that Huang Laifu will never allow.

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry. The officials can report to the Holy Lord and propose to establish an official market in Shanxi Town. And there is no limit on the number of transactions per year. At that time, both parties can trade as they wish!"

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But in reality, the trading time of each month once a year is far from meeting the needs of both parties. Therefore, Huang Laifu decided that the trading date of the trading between the two parties was not limited to the number of times. Of course, this required Huang Laifu to lobby for Emperor Wanli.

He also smiled and said, "Not only that, mainland merchants in the Ming Dynasty only need to receive the care and license issued by the Shanxi Town General's Mansion to go out to trade. Merchants from all tribes from the border can also enter the pass and trade as long as they receive the imperial edict and license issued by the Shanxi Town General's Mansion to go into the pass and trade!"

The care is the entry and exit certificate issued by the Ming border to the people who came out of the customs. The license was Huang Laifu's idea, similar to the dentistry and municipal system in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Han and Mongolian merchants in the border trade paid taxes according to the rules and prevented them from evading taxes. As for the imperial edict, it was the pass certificate for the entry of the Mongols, Jurchens and other Hu people outside the pass. It was called the "Baosuo" in the Tang Dynasty, it was called the "Yinsuo" in the Song Dynasty, and it was called the "Bizhao" in the Qing Dynasty.

Care and imperial edicts are favorable means to strictly control the exchanges between Han and Hu people, and licenses are related to Huang Laifu's wallet, so he naturally must strictly enforce both.

After hearing Huang Laifu's words, San Niangzi and others were even more happy, and this made trade between the two sides more convenient. Moreover, after hearing Huang Laifu's words, he seemed to be confident in many things. Even if no governor in the border town of Daming, he dared not guarantee these things, but Huang Laifu was confident and everyone could not help but look at him differently.

The third lady asked, "Dare you ask Huang Junmen, what is this license? I will understand the imperial edict, and I will forgive my ignorance if I am stupid!"

Huang Laifu explained that everyone present had a strange feeling in his heart. As a border general, Huang Laifu actually knew so many things among merchants. Is he a general or a merchant? A patriarch tentatively said: "Huang Junmen, there is a shortage of iron outside the border. I wonder if Huang Junmen can let ironware be traded freely when the trade is held?"

Hearing this tribe leader say, everyone present had their ears erected, and even the third lady showed a look of attention. The lack of iron outside the border was so short that even the iron pots were sold for one tael of silver in the mutual transactions between the divisions, and there was a shortage of supply. Therefore, the Mongolian divisions in the border outside the border also hoped that the Ming Dynasty could open up the trade of iron tools.

However, after hearing the clan leader's words, Huang Laifu's face darkened and said, "The court has its own laws and regulations, iron tools and other things, but they are still prohibited items. As the general of the court's town, how can I do rashness?"

In order to prevent the Mongols from buying iron tools, they used them to smelter iron weapons, and instead used them to invade the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty traded with each town and the border, it strictly prohibited the export of iron tools, which was the iron pot, which was originally prohibited. Since the Governor of Xuanda Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, asked: "When I found out that the market in Kaiyuan, Jianning, Liaodong, I entered the market with Guangguo. The pig iron in Guangguo was not subject to frying, and it has been practiced for a long time, so this can be effective. When I found out that the mountain along Xuanda was dangerous and far away, the iron pot was fresh, and Guangguo was often used. That is, according to the laws of Liaoyouwei, it was easy to enter the market with Guangguo, and Shangyiyou."

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty court allowed Guangdong iron pots that could not be returned to the furnace and smelted into the mutual trading. However, yellow nitrate, copper, iron, armor, and weapons are strictly prohibited from entering the mutual trading.

But despite this, there are no official markets in Shanxi Town, but at the junction of the border walls, the people and Mongolian tribes have mostly private markets. Because the trade between the two sides is very profitable, the merchants and civilians of the Ming Dynasty are flocking to it. Not only are there transactions of all kinds of goods, but also iron goods that the Ming Dynasty does not allow, merchants, residents of each village, and even border generals have violated the ban and traded privately with the Mongolians.

This is something that Huang Laifu did not allow. The Hu people outside the Great Wall were capricious and turned against each other like a book, with no faith. This was related to the safety of his Shanxi Town. For these violators, he would later see one of them and kill one, no matter if he was a general of the official and civilian army.

At this time, he heard Huang Laifu say this, and his expression was firm and without any discussion. The clan leader couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. The third lady also scolded him for his excessive language. He knew that Huang Junmen was the general of the Ming Dynasty and the court had strict orders, but he still talked about such uninteresting words.

However, despite such a small episode, the atmosphere in the hall was still warm. Everyone was talking about the good prospects of the time-trading and asking about Huang Laifu various matters. Huang Laifu also had questions and talked with everyone. He described a beautiful prospect to everyone. At that time, each department sold wool outside, made a lot of money, and improved the lives of the Mongolian people. The land in various places would be cultivated, and there would no longer be any worries about food shortage outside the border. He heard that all Mongolian people were very happy.

From the conversation, the men of the Mongolian people also felt that Huang Laifu, a man who was different from the Ming people and high officials he had seen in the past, had both profits and fame, was not threatened, and did not like false reputations. It is better to be a real person with him.

Only the leader of the tribe Dayan was depressed. He looked at Huang Laifu squintly and said, "Huang Junmen, I dare to ask something. Since the Han people went out of the subway to farms, men, women and children in my tribe have been running to various Han farms. What does Huang Junmen think about this?"

Huang Laifu didn't have any good feelings for this person, and he said coldly: "As the saying goes, wolves eat meat, dogs eat shit. People with abilities eat meat, while those without abilities have to drink some soup. You should think about it yourself, why all the people in your tribe run outside, but the Han people on the farm don't run into your tribe? You are incompetent, so don't show up here!"

Da Yancha was furious. Seeing that the tribes in the hall were about to make trouble again, they hurriedly smoothed out the situation. The third lady also scolded Da Yancha, so Da Yancha had to sit down with a grudge.
Chapter completed!