Chapter 1029 The Hot Songjiang

When Wang Tong came to Songjiang, the opening of Songjiang may be very prosperous. Everyone who has seen the miracle of Tianjin Wei has this premonition. The development of the situation is similar to their judgment. When Wang Tong began to clean up pirates and use the prisoners to build the opening of Songjiang, everyone thought it was reliable.

Sha Dacheng was the first to take the lead, and the others did not react slowly. They were simply built at the port in Shanghai County. After the trest bridge was built, their enthusiasm suddenly increased.

There are already several natural ports in Linjiang and Linhai, Shanghai County. Now all measures will be built to moor ships with larger tonnages immediately, allowing for more convenient loading and unloading. At the same time, the renovation and widening of river channels and the maintenance of roads are in progress.

The roads are smooth, merchants are more convenient to travel, and transport goods more conveniently. Even if Songjiang Prefecture does not have goods from the sea, its number one cotton cloth production in the world is extremely rich in various counties. Now this convenience is worth visiting and expanding its scale when doing business in the future.

Merchants came to Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Nanjing, even Yangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei, Jiaxing Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang, and Huzhou Prefecture.

Every year after July and August in Songjiang, it is the peak season for cotton trading and acquisition. On the one hand, everyone comes to do business, and on the other hand, they want to see what there is to participate in the opening of Songjiang port.

Jiangnan’s wealthy businessmen are rich for generations. They have a set of ways to make money and have extensive knowledge. Although they have heard of Tianjin Wei over the years, they have their own world, so paying attention and participating are another.

Tianjin Wei is mainly centered on Tianjin Wei, using sea routes, canals and land routes as networks, connecting Liao Town, the capital, northern Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, as well as colonial sites and tribes outside the Great Wall to communicate trade and increase wealth. This route actually has nothing to do with Jiangnan.

Moreover, because of the clearly marked price of Tianjin's health tax card, most of the goods in Jiangnan north along the canal were actually boycotted, and the goods coming from the sea were the business of those sea owners. The local wealthy and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan did not make much profit and did not participate much. Just hearing all kinds of rumors, they would naturally not be willing to spend money.

After coming to Songjiang, the price of cotton cloth first increased by more than 20%. The reason is very simple. There are more people buying it. When the big ships coming from the north have to bring cotton cloth and silk. These things have high profits but not huge profits. They are always coming and going. It is a long-term transaction. The low shipping fee has increased the profits. Everyone is focusing on this. If they eat too much, others will naturally eat less.

The purchase price was raised like this. If you charge it at last year's price, I will sell it to a merchant from the north. The other party also gave it cash. Is your money valuable?

Good business was disrupted by Songjiang's port opening for nothing. Everyone was angry, but they couldn't help but make preparations. For example, they originally came during the peak season of cotton purchase, so they considered opening a semicolon in Songjiang Prefecture. They stayed there and also wanted to acquire it during the off-season. This saved a little. Those with semicolons had to increase their staff. Judging from the current situation, there would be some increase in the future.

When opening a port, it is said that it is to make money for everyone, but Shanghai County is not right. The Duke of Liao set some rules for peace and handed over another piece of silver out of thin air.

The merchants from various prefectures in Jiangnan agreed, thinking that Wang Tong wanted to make money. If such a noble person is there, everyone should be filial. It is better to give generous gifts to your Duke of Liao. The Duke can still remember everyone's favors, so why should the silver be safe and the public? What I thought makes sense, but the silver gift was given to the Duke of Liao and was thrown out again.

The guard guard at the gate didn't even go inside to report it, and directly scolded:

"The Duke cares about your money, and everything will follow the rules!"

It is said that the Liao Dynasty is just and honest, but the merchants who come from all over the south of the Yangtze River do not believe it. Otherwise, how could there be so many ways to make money? They nail wooden stakes everywhere outside the city, and connect them with thin ropes to circle the land out of the grid. This means that this is the future store, warehouse, cargo yard and residence, but according to the price of the land, the merchants are asked to bid, either to buy the land, or to rent it for many years.

This is really ridiculous. This is the sale of painting cakes. There are still grass growing in those places, and some don’t even have grass. Why do you want real money and silver? No wonder Wang Tong doesn’t want everyone’s gifts. It turns out that the place where you make money is here.

But he also thought everyone too stupidly. This was voluntary for the transaction. How could the big guy fall for this? But there was something wrong. The merchants who rushed from the north rushed to buy the goods like they didn't have money, throwing a lot of cash into them, just like some treasures buried underground.

Not to mention, there were really some wealthy merchants in Jiangnan who sent people to dig and explore, but naturally they didn't find anything. At the moment, such a scene can only be considered a setting. The Duke of Liao was a martial artist and did not care about any shame when doing things. He didn't want a gift, but he actually wanted to set up a setting to scrap everyone's money.

Everyone scoffed, but some well-informed people found out that it was really boxes of real money and silver coming to the office of the General Office. It was not the kind of person who everyone suspected that Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang. Thousands of soldiers took turns to show it. There were merchants coming from land and sea in the north and investing a lot of money. Moreover, Wang Tong's own Sanjiang Trading Company also encircled a large area of ​​territory.

If you can deceive others, real money cannot deceive others, and Wang Tong will not cheat himself. All the merchants from the north have seen Wang Tong's methods. Isn't this a scam?

There are many wealthy people in Jiangnan. Some people simply bought one or two pieces of land, and it was not bad for this amount of money. However, the salt merchants who came from Yangzhou were not vague. They had a lot of money and didn't care. They invested in a lot of money and also built farms near Shanghai County. They were rich and idle, and they also liked to see a situation. The opening of Songjiang port is unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty. You can definitely see many new situations here and open your eyes.

If you don’t sell the regret medicine, you can’t catch up for the moment. If you want to remedy it later, it will be very troublesome. However, at this time, the merchants in the north spend a lot of money, while the merchants in the south are watching.

However, the big merchants who operate silk and grain in Jiangnan have already tasted the sweetness. Merchants from the north purchase a large amount of silk, and they save freight costs on sea freight, so they are naturally willing to increase the purchase price. Because the sea is not peaceful, many merchants have saved a lot of silk, and the freight costs for canal transportation are also high. Now this is a matter of convenience. These silk merchants are buying shops and warehouses in Songjiang Prefecture, and are preparing to reduce the share of canal transportation in the coming year. They are transported to Songjiang. How convenient is this.

Not to mention the large number of prisoners and laborers in Songjiang Prefecture, there are also many merchants and related personnel used everywhere, not to mention that after the infrastructure is completed next year, the large increase in population will be consumed, which will require a large amount of food and plan ahead. It was done during Tianjin Pacification.

In addition to squeezing out part of the grain from the grain, Tianjin Wei also had to rely on the southern grain transported from sea and built a large number of farms in northern Zhili. There was no such problem in Jiangnan. Jiangnan was originally the main grain producing area in the world. The grain produced every year was collected from waterways and then transported to the north. In addition to grain, there were many grain merchants who were transported to the north for sale. Now it is purchased by Songjiang Prefecture, and it is really easy to provide it.

What made the grain merchants in Jiangnan even more happy was that Songjiang Prefecture imposed various taxes on other merchants, but it had various preferential treatments for grain merchants, such as warehouses that can help with construction, safe silver can be reduced and exempted, etc. With such benefits, they are naturally willing to transport the grain here.

Before Wang Tong arrived in Songjiang, the matter of opening a port was not progressing. After Wang Tong came to Songjiang, it was almost a day. The wealthy businessmen in Tianjin Wei knew that they would have the opportunity to make a fortune with Wang Tong, but after Wang Tong made great contributions, they suddenly went to Songjiang. They didn't find out, so they kept waiting and watching.

When Cai Nan, Li Hutou and others returned to the army, the court's rewards were generous and news that it was about to be useful came, and everyone had let go of their minds.

If the court really wants to control Wang Tong, it will not allow the Huwei Army system close to Wang Tong to continue to exist, and it will be of great use. This is actually a way of showing an attitude, and it is also a compliment to Wang Tong indirectly.

With this, Wang Tong's actions in Songjiang are equivalent to having an endorsement. Don't worry about abortion in the middle of the journey. What are you waiting for? Wang Tong, the Duke of Liao, has some tricks to turn into gold. If you go too late, you will not be able to make money.

A large number of merchants rushed to Songjiang Prefecture. Fortunately, there were also fast ships from Tianjin Wei to Jiangnan on the Sanjiang boat trip. Some people were directly on land and did not bring too much cargo, so they rushed all the way.

This group of people came, brought a large number of silver and a large number of experienced business personnel. Everything in Songjiang Prefecture was still invented, and they didn’t have much to do, but they quickly went to the rest of Jiangnan to see if there was a source of goods and business opportunities. These people made Songjiang Prefecture’s construction funds more abundant, and the business prospects for Songjiang’s ports suddenly became clearer, and Jiangnan businessmen were also moved.

What really made the situation hotter was the joining of the nobles and wealthy families in the capital. They came first and then retreated, and now they returned with money. The joining of the nobles and wealthy families in the capital directly made the nobles in Nanjing also moved. The nobles in Nanjing were the weather vane of Jiangnan business, because everyone knows that if you invest with these people, you will not lose money at least.
Chapter completed!